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Offline Hoodat

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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #275 on: August 12, 2024, 01:30:58 pm »
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #276 on: August 13, 2024, 05:07:30 am »
Chicago White Sox, currently with 91 LOSSES in 120 games played, crush the Yankees 12-2
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #277 on: August 13, 2024, 06:30:37 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on August 13, 2024, 05:07:30 am
Chicago White Sox, currently with 91 LOSSES in 120 games played, crush the Yankees 12-2
I looked at the season attendance of the WS, and it's over one million.
My question: why would anybody go to the ballpark to watch them?
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #278 on: August 13, 2024, 07:56:27 pm »
Quote from: goatprairie on August 13, 2024, 06:30:37 pm
I looked at the season attendance of the WS, and it's over one million.
My question: why would anybody go to the ballpark to watch them?

Agree the television experience surpasses the "live" experience.

Less expensive...less hassles...super-slo-mo replays and central air-conditioning.
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #279 on: August 13, 2024, 11:58:45 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on August 13, 2024, 07:56:27 pm
Agree the television experience surpasses the "live" experience.

Less expensive...less hassles...super-slo-mo replays and central air-conditioning.

Me at age 67?  Yep.  I'm adverse to the madness and hassles of modern baseball

At age 25?  No way.   The electicity and excitment at the park can not be reproduced at home.  I think I saw every Nolan Ryan home start in 1985.  Just seeing the likes of Ryan and Mike Schmidt battling it out.... 
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #280 on: August 14, 2024, 05:47:16 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on August 13, 2024, 07:56:27 pm
Agree the television experience surpasses the "live" experience.

Less expensive...less hassles...super-slo-mo replays and central air-conditioning.
yeah, but why would you watch them at home, at the ballpark, or anywhere when they're obviously an awful team? I checked the team stats. There isn't one regular is who batting at least .250.
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« Reply #281 on: August 15, 2024, 04:05:34 pm »
So proud of my 'Stros!


April 26 -------> August 15, 2024

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« Reply #282 on: August 15, 2024, 05:55:18 pm »
Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on August 15, 2024, 04:05:34 pm
So proud of my 'Stros!


April 26 -------> August 15, 2024

They are doing well!
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #283 on: August 15, 2024, 06:50:33 pm »
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They are doing well!

Who says there aren't smoke and mirrors to cover a weak staff? 

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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #284 on: August 15, 2024, 09:15:21 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on August 15, 2024, 06:50:33 pm
Who says there aren't smoke and mirrors to cover a weak staff? 

 :beer:

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Have you always been a turd in a punch bowl or am I just now noticing?  :shrug:
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« Reply #285 on: August 16, 2024, 12:05:53 am »
Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on August 15, 2024, 09:15:21 pm
@catfish1957

Have you always been a turd in a punch bowl or am I just now noticing?  :shrug:

Ignore button is just a click or 2 away if needed......
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #286 on: August 16, 2024, 12:01:10 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on August 15, 2024, 06:50:33 pm
Who says there aren't smoke and mirrors to cover a weak staff? 

 :beer:

Weak?
No
Average?
Maybe.

Lot of managers out there would trade their own pitching staffs for this "weak" one.
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #287 on: August 16, 2024, 12:10:11 pm »
Quote from: GrouchoTex on August 16, 2024, 12:01:10 pm
Weak?
No
Average?
Maybe.

Lot of managers out there would trade their own pitching staffs for this "weak" one.

Just putting it into perspective.  With our almost expected success....  6 straight ALCS appearances.   Our (my) expectations are tad different.  Especially how this staff would fare in the post season.  In that world, this is a weak staff. 

And we are lucky to be in the ALW this year.  In another division, we might not even make the playoffs. And I am still not convinced tht the M's right their ship, and make a push.  A 3 game lead is nothing at this point in the season.
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #288 on: August 26, 2024, 10:06:02 am »
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Danny Jansen situation explained: Catcher to make MLB history by playing for Red Sox, Blue Jays in same game

Catcher Danny Jansen will make history Monday afternoon at Fenway Park. Jansen, currently a member of the Boston Red Sox, will become the first player ever to play for both teams in the same game when the Red Sox resume their suspended game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Red Sox manager Alex Cora announced it will happen Friday.

"Yeah, he's catching," Cora said Friday (via Boston Herald). "Let's make history!"

Monday's game is the resumption of the June 26 game suspended due to rain in the top of the second inning. Jansen started the game behind the plate for the Blue Jays, his longtime team. He was traded to the Red Sox at the deadline and replaced Reese McGuire on the team's roster. McGuire started the June 26 game behind the plate for the Red Sox.

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It gets weirder: Jansen was in the batter's box taking his first at-bat of the day when the game was suspended. He fouled away a Kutter Crawford first pitch cutter, then the umpires called for the tarp, and the game was unable to be resumed that day. Here is the final pitch that was thrown on June 26: [video in article]

When the game resumes Monday, the Blue Jays will have a runner at first base with one out in the top of the second inning, and the batter who replaces Jansen in Toronto's lineup will inherit his 0-1 count.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/danny-jansen-situation-explained-catcher-to-make-mlb-history-by-playing-for-red-sox-blue-jays-in-same-game/

Baseball is so quirky.  I love it.
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #289 on: August 26, 2024, 10:25:03 am »
W-Sox become second quickest team to lose a 100 in a season (131 games).  What a silly excuse for a baseball team.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10133086-white-sox-lose-100th-game-of-2024-mlb-season-2nd-fastest-team-ever-to-reach-mark
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« Reply #290 on: August 27, 2024, 08:34:44 pm »
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #291 on: August 27, 2024, 10:56:59 pm »
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #292 on: August 29, 2024, 09:17:12 pm »
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W-Sox become second quickest team to lose a 100 in a season (131 games).  What a silly excuse for a baseball team.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10133086-white-sox-lose-100th-game-of-2024-mlb-season-2nd-fastest-team-ever-to-reach-mark
I saw some pictures of the White Sox attendance today. Let's just say it makes Oakland look like a sellout!
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #293 on: August 29, 2024, 09:30:34 pm »
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I saw some pictures of the White Sox attendance today. Let's just say it makes Oakland look like a sellout!

Seriously, at that point they need to be giving away seats for free.  The empty stadium is not a good look, and maybe  people would spend some money on concessions if nothing else.  Crazy.
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #294 on: September 04, 2024, 08:34:11 am »
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Seriously, at that point they need to be giving away seats for free.  The empty stadium is not a good look, and maybe  people would spend some money on concessions if nothing else.  Crazy.
I have a bro-in-law who has (or used to have....I don't know now) season tickets to White Sox games. I haven't talked to him for a few years, and I'm wondering what he's thinking now.
I saw the last game played at old Comiskey Park before their new stadium was built next door. It was so small some foul balls would go completely over the stands and out of the park.
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« Reply #295 on: September 17, 2024, 11:02:40 pm »
11 or so games to go, and I am imagining the Commish office is in doom and gloom mode, with maybe the most boring end (races) at least in my memory in the Wild Card era.....

All 6 races have 4 or more game leads. (NYY, CLE, HOU, PHI, MIL, LAD)

Only 9 teams fighting for the 6 WC spaces, with 2 of those on the bubble.

MLB hope for parity sure came through. this will be the first time with no 100W team since 2014

And last, there likely will be one team with <10K daily avg. attendance.  Oakland.  How does this happen at the MLB level
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #296 on: September 18, 2024, 12:56:15 am »
The Braves clearly do not want to make the playoffs this year.
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #297 on: September 18, 2024, 08:25:14 am »
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The Braves clearly do not want to make the playoffs this year.

It's only sad because it's true.
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Re: Baseball 2024
« Reply #298 on: September 20, 2024, 06:13:51 am »

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Shohei Ohtani just had one of the greatest performances in MLB history:

6-for-6
3 Home runs
2 Doubles
1 Single
10 Runs Batted In
4 Runs Scored
2 Stolen Bases

He became the first player in MLB history to reach the 50/50 (and now 51/51) club.

Greatest. Of. All. Time.
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« Reply #299 on: September 20, 2024, 08:48:17 am »
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Shohei Ohtani just had one of the greatest performances in MLB history:

6-for-6
3 Home runs
2 Doubles
1 Single
10 Runs Batted In
4 Runs Scored
2 Stolen Bases

He became the first player in MLB history to reach the 50/50 (and now 51/51) club.

Greatest. Of. All. Time.


He's a freak of nature! Just amazing. There will be a bunch of fans who will have the privilege of saying they were there the day Ohtani broke records. What a day for him. And he hasn't even started pitching yet.
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