Baseball 2024

[AllThatJazzZ]

I'm still not over that first game yesterday.  Good Lord.

http://twitter.com/CodifyBaseball/status/1840890069680603214

Definitely one for the record books. Almost like a Hollywood script.

[catfish1957]

Well that was unsurpisingly quick.  I knew the 'stros this year were a mere shadow of team's past.

Earlierst season exit since October 1, 2016.  Now I get have a normal October for a change.   

[AllThatJazzZ]

 

Well that was unsurpisingly quick.  I knew the 'stros this year were a mere shadow of team's past.

Earlierst season exit since October 1, 2016.  Now I get have a normal October for a change.   

Yep. Same for me. I won't know what to do with all my spare time.

[catfish1957]

Yep. Same for me. I won't know what to do with all my spare time.

After watching plenty of playoff baseball for a decade , I have come to conclusion the teams with the best chance have:

1. Top 1/3 of teams  in OPS and power.
2. Have a dominating no.'s  1-2 starters, with at least 3 lights out relievers.
3. Minimal defensive miscues

Astros just didn't have this, this year.  The pitching was good, but playoffs require dominance.

[GrouchoTex]

Well that was unsurpisingly quick.  I knew the 'stros this year were a mere shadow of team's past.

Earlierst season exit since October 1, 2016.  Now I get have a normal October for a change.   

@catfish1957 @AllThatJazzZ

Last Saturday was the one of the 1st one in October where the wife and I got out of town, day tripping around the area.
1st one in 7 years, due to the play-offs and World Series. (We did go to the Devil's Backbone once 5 years ago, in October).
One thing I noticed was it takes a lot longer to get out in the middle of nowhere anymore.

[AllThatJazzZ]

@catfish1957 @AllThatJazzZ

Last Saturday was the one of the 1st one in October where the wife and I got out of town, day tripping around the area.
1st one in 7 years, due to the play-offs and World Series. (We did go to the Devil's Backbone once 5 years ago, in October).
One thing I noticed was it takes a lot longer to get out in the middle of nowhere anymore.

@GrouchoTex
@catfish1957

Houston's in the process of gobbling up all the undeveloped areas. They call it progress. There are lots of new "Texans" theses days. From south of the border. Apparently they're trying to make room for them.

I've mostly stopped driving down to Galveston for a good plate of seafood because it's a pain in the butt anymore due to all the construction on the Gulf Freeway. Same for Kemah and 146.

[AllThatJazzZ]

Who has a preference about the postseason outcome? Why?

[DCPatriot]

[AllThatJazzZ]

@DCPatriot

  Stole it to send to my son-in-law in LA. Dodgers need to bring it home or stay home tonight.

[DCPatriot]

@DCPatriot

  Stole it to send to my son-in-law in LA. Dodgers need to bring it home or stay home tonight.

@AllThatJazzZ       

[catfish1957]

@DCPatriot

  Stole it to send to my son-in-law in LA. Dodgers need to bring it home or stay home tonight.

Dodgers have some of the whiniest fans in MLB.  Go Padres.

[DCPatriot]

Dodgers have some of the whiniest fans in MLB.  Go Padres.

The game tonight ... looking for shady umpiring.

Television WORLD SERIES advertisers are all on "Suicide Watch"

[catfish1957]

The game tonight ... looking for shady umpiring.

Television WORLD SERIES advertisers are all on "Suicide Watch"

Yep...

MLB is dreaming of an all NY series.  I hope Karma comes through and it is Cleveland-San Diego.

[DCPatriot]

Yep...

MLB is dreaming of an all NY series.  I hope Karma comes through and it is Cleveland-San Diego.

Damnit!   You're right!  Never thought of the YANKS/METS matchup.

They want Yankees vs. Dodgers!

[AllThatJazzZ]

I've never seen anything like this. 



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB3Ac7kyDL4

[Gefn]

Yep...

MLB is dreaming of an all NY series.  I hope Karma comes through and it is Cleveland-San Diego.

@catfish1957

It will be a subway series of a kind. Yankees vs Bklyn Dodgers.

(Only true New Yorkers still refer to them as from Brooklyn)

[catfish1957]

@catfish1957

It will be a subway series of a kind. Yankees vs Bklyn Dodgers.

(Only true New Yorkers still refer to them as from Brooklyn)

In this MLB playoff sweeps, MLB held the inside straight, with only Cleveland of the final 4, not being acceptable to the Commish Cabal.
I won't be watching any, so I'll just have to rely on clippage. 

[mountaineer]

A map of who America is rooting for in the World Series:



Yep.

[Polly Ticks]

A map of who America is rooting for in the World Series:



Yep.

Accurate.

[Hoodat]

I've never seen anything like this. 

At the 0:19 mark, the home plate umpire signaled 'time', thus blocking the runner at second from legally advancing to third.  The runner did so anyway.  Nashville then put the ball in play with the runner advanced without appeal.  At that point, the runner should have been awarded third base since Nashville declined to object.

In the end, it looks like the umpire sent the runner back to second and replayed the at-bat, which in my opinion was dead wrong.  The at-bat should have stood (fly out to LF), and the runner should have remained at third base.

The proper action for Nashville should have been for the pitcher to step off the rubber, toss the ball to the 3rd baseman, and tag the runner out for being off second base.  At that point, the runner would either be out, or the umpire would have sent him back to second.

[DCPatriot]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41982044/world-series-rivalry-los-angeles-dodgers-new-york-yankees-history

The history behind the Dodgers-Yankees World Series rivalry

David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior Writer




There is history and nostalgia and YouTube videos to scour through just in the names alone: New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series. It's a matchup of the two best teams from the 2024 season -- a rare occurrence in this age of expanded playoffs -- and a showdown that requires a look back at the 11 previous World Series between the two franchises.

That history began when the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn, their home for the first seven of those World Series battles before the franchise moved to L.A. in 1958. The Yankees won six of those and also won in back-to-back years in 1977 and 1978. They last met in 1981 -- Fernando Valenzuela's memorable rookie season. Valenzuela's shadow will now loom over this World Series after his death on Tuesday, a reminder not only of his significance to the Dodgers and the Latin American community in Los Angeles, but of the last time these two historical franchises met with everything on the line.

Let's take a little history lesson and look back at their 11 previous matchups.

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[DCPatriot]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41982044/world-series-rivalry-los-angeles-dodgers-new-york-yankees-history

The history behind the Dodgers-Yankees World Series rivalry

David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior Writer




There is history and nostalgia and YouTube videos to scour through just in the names alone: New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series. It's a matchup of the two best teams from the 2024 season -- a rare occurrence in this age of expanded playoffs -- and a showdown that requires a look back at the 11 previous World Series between the two franchises.

That history began when the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn, their home for the first seven of those World Series battles before the franchise moved to L.A. in 1958. The Yankees won six of those and also won in back-to-back years in 1977 and 1978. They last met in 1981 -- Fernando Valenzuela's memorable rookie season. Valenzuela's shadow will now loom over this World Series after his death on Tuesday, a reminder not only of his significance to the Dodgers and the Latin American community in Los Angeles, but of the last time these two historical franchises met with everything on the line.

Let's take a little history lesson and look back at their 11 previous matchups.

continued at above link.

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Started falling in love with baseball at the age of 8, when I tried out for a local "PAL" city-wide Little League.

My first memories of baseball were kneeling on the living room floor watching the Yankees/Dodgers or Yankees/Braves World Series in the mid-50's.

No matter the weather...could be a foot of snow on the ground, when the FINAL OUT was made, we raced out to the front yard to play catch!!

Back then it was Ebbets Field

I blame the Yankees for my propensity to cheer/favor the "underdog".   

[DCPatriot]

1953: Yankees over Dodgers (4-2)
Key highlight: Martin's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth of Game 6 wins it for the Yankees.

This was going to be the year. It was the best Brooklyn team yet, even with Newcombe still in the Army. The Dodgers went 105-49 behind one of the best offenses of all time: Snider (.329, 42 home runs), Roy Campanella (.312, 41 home runs), batting champ Furillo (.344), Robinson (.329, 95 RBIs), Gil Hodges (.302, 31 home runs), Reese (.374 OBP, 108 runs) and Jim Gilliam (.383 OBP, 125 runs).

It was not to be. The Yankees won the first two games, then Brooklyn took the next two. The Yankees hit four home runs in an 11-7 victory in Game 5. In Game 6, Furillo hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth off Reynolds (pitching in relief of Whitey Ford) to tie the score. In the bottom of the ninth, however, Hank Bauer drew a walk off Dodgers reliever Clem Labine, Mantle singled him to second and then Martin singled to center to win the Series.

As always, it was "wait 'til next year" for Dodgers fans.

The Beginning of my hatred of all things "Yankees"!....... 

[AllThatJazzZ]

@DCPatriot

Like you, my son-in-law is a huge baseball fan. He was always a season ticket holder until recent years when he became a grandfather and some of his priorities shifted. He's so excited about the series, desperately hoping for a Dodgers' championship this year. I remember one of the first things he said after the season was over in 2017 (when I started watching baseball for the first time): he said he feels kinda lost until the season starts up again in the spring. Is that you too?

When my SIL and I had this conversation, I had only watched the WS and only because we had been so devastated by Hurricane Harvey and needed something to look forward to. I had no plans to watch beyond that. I got a little hooked on the game.

[DCPatriot]

@DCPatriot

Like you, my son-in-law is a huge baseball fan. He was always a season ticket holder until recent years when he became a grandfather and some of his priorities shifted. He's so excited about the series, desperately hoping for a Dodgers' championship this year. I remember one of the first things he said after the season was over in 2017 (when I started watching baseball for the first time): he said he feels kinda lost until the season starts up again in the spring. Is that you too?

When my SIL and I had this conversation, I had only watched the WS and only because we had been so devastated by Hurricane Harvey and needed something to look forward to. I had no plans to watch beyond that. I got a little hooked on the game.