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Post by nowhereman on May 18, 2022 23:05:16 GMT -5
Any thoughts so far on either the major league or college season?
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Post by ned3vball on May 19, 2022 5:46:11 GMT -5
The Red Sox are hoping for a run to the finals by the Celtics so they can stay hidden as long as possible. And if your favorite player is having a bad year it is because he is on my fantasy team.
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Post by trojansc on May 28, 2022 23:51:19 GMT -5
This is a heck of a box score. UCLA beats Oregon State 25-22 in the PAC-12 Tournament in 10 innings. 53 hits. 16 pitchers. Game time: 5 hours, 44 minutes. uclabruins.com/sports/baseball/stats/2022/oregon-state/boxscore/31074What makes it even better? It forced the if necessary game and doubleheader. UCLA-Oregon State currently playing now, Oregon State leading 6-2 in the 5th.
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Post by nowhereman on May 28, 2022 23:56:35 GMT -5
This is a heck of a box score. UCLA beats Oregon State 25-22 in the PAC-12 Tournament in 10 innings. 53 hits. 16 pitchers. Game time: 5 hours, 44 minutes. uclabruins.com/sports/baseball/stats/2022/oregon-state/boxscore/31074What makes it even better? It forced the if necessary game and doubleheader. UCLA-Oregon State currently playing now, Oregon State leading 6-2 in the 5th. I just got tickets today to see Mike Trout and the Angels against the Mariners. Also just started a book "Dynastic, Bombastic and Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish,and Charlie Finley's Swingin'As" byJason Turbow. So far so good. Right in my wheelhouse. I definitely prefer the crack of the bat to the PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING! Okay I overdid it for emphasis.
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Post by trojansc on May 29, 2022 0:01:14 GMT -5
This is a heck of a box score. UCLA beats Oregon State 25-22 in the PAC-12 Tournament in 10 innings. 53 hits. 16 pitchers. Game time: 5 hours, 44 minutes. uclabruins.com/sports/baseball/stats/2022/oregon-state/boxscore/31074What makes it even better? It forced the if necessary game and doubleheader. UCLA-Oregon State currently playing now, Oregon State leading 6-2 in the 5th. I just got tickets today to see Mike Trout and the Angels against the Mariners. Also just started a book "Dynastic, Bombastic and Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish,and Charlie Finley's Swingin'As" byJason Turnbow. So far so good. Right in my wheelhouse. I definitely prefer the crack of the bat to the PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING! Okay I overdid it for emphasis. The Angels are my favorite MLB team (though I'm no die-hard and don't watch the MLB religiously). Looks like they have a decent shot at making the playoffs this year though!
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Post by nowhereman on May 29, 2022 0:18:57 GMT -5
Numbers you won't see in MLB anymore. In 1971 Vida Blue started 39 games, went 24-8 with a 1.82 ERA, 24 complete games, eight shutouts, 301 strikeouts and just 88 walks in 312 innings pitched. I don't know sometimes I wonder if the money in MLB is so huge now that managers baby the players because they are considered valuable "assets" and decide so and so needs a day off. My thinking is anyone with real pride wants to play every single day.
We've gone from four man rotations to SIX.
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Post by nowhereman on May 29, 2022 0:24:45 GMT -5
If I needed any convincing that Oakland is a bad baseball town, this anecdote nailed it. For the final two games of the 71 season the A's sold a total of 2.660 tickets and played to 49,000 empty seats. The author said the atmosphere was more New Orleans funeral than major league baseball.
Even this season the As don't draw diddly. Lucky to hit 10,000 for a game.
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Post by nowhereman on May 29, 2022 0:33:59 GMT -5
I'm on a roll here but another funny anecdote: in 1965 Finley replaced the A's elephant mascot with a Missouri Mule - at the time the A's were in KC. He named the mule Charlie O and kept it in an airconditioned trailer on the street outside the ballpark. If Finley ever considered that such a mascot, named after himself no less, would inevitably lead to jokes about the Jackass of the A's and his mule.. he never let on and certainly didn't care.
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on May 29, 2022 0:37:11 GMT -5
I just got tickets today to see Mike Trout and the Angels against the Mariners. Also just started a book "Dynastic, Bombastic and Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish,and Charlie Finley's Swingin'As" byJason Turnbow. So far so good. Right in my wheelhouse. I definitely prefer the crack of the bat to the PING PING PING PING PING PING PING PING! Okay I overdid it for emphasis. The Angels are my favorite MLB team (though I'm no die-hard and don't watch the MLB religiously). Looks like they have a decent shot at making the playoffs this year though! Until the inevitable appearances on IR by Trout and Ohtani, that is. I'm not being snarky, those guys are great to watch, but they can't stay healthy (see also: Anthony Davis, Zion, Christian McCaffery, to name a few).
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Post by nowhereman on May 29, 2022 0:39:39 GMT -5
The Angels are my favorite MLB team (though I'm no die-hard and don't watch the MLB religiously). Looks like they have a decent shot at making the playoffs this year though! Until the inevitable appearances on IR by Trout and Ohtani, that is. I'm not being snarky, those guys are great to watch, but they can't stay healthy (see also: Anthony Davis, Zion, Christian McCaffery). Point taken. One time I wanted to see an NBA game between Seattle and the Clippers so I could see Lamar Odom. He never showed. And sometimes even a guy you want to see throws up a stinker of a game. I went to see Kevin Garnett when he was with the Timberwolves and I think that game he shot 3 for 22. Ouch.
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Post by trojansc on May 29, 2022 1:29:36 GMT -5
#PAC12AfterDark
After a 25-22 game 1....
Bottom of the 9th. Oregon State down a run. Infield popup.
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Post by mikegarrison on May 29, 2022 2:40:09 GMT -5
Until the inevitable appearances on IR by Trout and Ohtani, that is. I'm not being snarky, those guys are great to watch, but they can't stay healthy (see also: Anthony Davis, Zion, Christian McCaffery). Point taken. One time I wanted to see an NBA game between Seattle and the Clippers so I could see Lamar Odom. He never showed. And sometimes even a guy you want to see throws up a stinker of a game. I went to see Kevin Garnett when he was with the Timberwolves and I think that game he shot 3 for 22. Ouch. I had a friend who was a big Nolan Ryan fan. She wanted to go see him, so we got tickets to a Mariners game. It was Nolan's retirement tour season, 1993. She was late to the game. I got there on time. In the first inning, Nolan was pitching to a guy named Dave Magadan. In the middle of the at-bat he called for the trainers. They talked and talked, and then they left the mound and Nolan went to make another pitch. He sailed it way over the heads of the batter, catcher, and umpire. And that was that. He came out of the game, and that was his last pitch in the major leagues. And then my friend showed up. After Nolan was out of the game. Oops. Guess she should have gotten there on time....
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Post by nowhereman on May 29, 2022 12:54:30 GMT -5
The Oakland athletics need a new home. Okay partially in jest but for a Saturday contest against Texas they drew 6,502. If you have any desire to ever see a game in Oakland - I admit I do - getting a good seat will not be a problem.
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Post by Floyd R. Turbo on May 29, 2022 13:12:53 GMT -5
I've attended one Phillies game in my life.
I've attended one Astros game in my life.
The same game - Houston at Philly, May 1985 at Veterans Stadium. The starting pitchers that night? Two stiffs named Carlton (Phillies) and Ryan (Astros).
Phillies won 3-2. Neither starter figured in the decision. I was among the teeming throng of 17,330 in the stands at Veterans Stadium on a cold rainy Friday night. Across the street at The Spectrum, the 76ers beat the Bucks 109-104 in front of almost as many people.
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Post by nowhereman on May 29, 2022 13:34:59 GMT -5
I've attended one Phillies game in my life. I've attended one Astros game in my life. The same game - Houston at Philly, May 1985 at Veterans Stadium. The starting pitchers that night? Two stiffs named Carlton (Phillies) and Ryan (Astros). Phillies won 3-2. Neither starter figured in the decision. I was among the teeming throng of 17,330 in the stands at Veterans Stadium on a cold rainy Friday night. Across the street at The Spectrum, the 76ers beat the Bucks 109-104 in front of almost as many people. Too many mariner games to recall exactly but other yards: Wrigley field -2018 Dodger stadium -1991 The big A -1991 Jack Murphy stadium -1991 Royals stadium - 2017 Twins ballpark -2011 I have my cousins in SoCal to thank for treating me like royalty and taking me to Dodgers, Angels, and Padres games.
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