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Re: Baseball 2025 - Batter Up! ⚾
« Reply #100 on: August 19, 2025, 11:20:18 pm »
Quote from: GrouchoTex on August 18, 2025, 02:23:10 pm
Did any of you see the re-alignment and and expansion Rob Manfred is proposing?
It is more geographical, 8 divisions, 4 teams each.

Might as well.  Everything is the gay-ass American League now.  Old school National League baseball is dead.

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Re: Baseball 2025 - Batter Up! ⚾
« Reply #101 on: August 20, 2025, 09:02:12 am »
Quote from: Hoodat on August 19, 2025, 11:20:18 pm
Might as well.  Everything is the gay-ass American League now.  Old school National League baseball is dead.

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Re: Baseball 2025 - Batter Up! ⚾
« Reply #102 on: August 20, 2025, 09:30:30 am »
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Fixed!

Yep...   Idiots in the past 30 years have been hell bent on making MLB into the NBA. 

Ruined the game.
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« Reply #103 on: August 20, 2025, 09:40:55 am »
Quote from: catfish1957 on August 20, 2025, 09:30:30 am
Yep...   Idiots in the past 30 years have been hell bent on making MLB into the NBA. 

Ruined the game.

I wouldn't walk across the street to watch them for free but any that want to for $60.00 are welcome to.
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Re: Baseball 2025 - Batter Up! ⚾
« Reply #104 on: August 20, 2025, 12:13:50 pm »
Astros in the worst offensive drought in 40 years.
Scored zero runs in 3 games.
Scored zero runs in the last 4 out of 5 games.
Yet, the Mariners keep losing right along with them.
Still have a 1.5 game lead in the west.
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« Reply #105 on: August 20, 2025, 12:48:28 pm »
Professional sports is a media entertainment business.  They are out to increase their number of media markets and maximize their TV revenue.

Whatever happened with balks?  They were all the rage for a brief time in the late 1980s.
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Re: Baseball 2025 - Batter Up! ⚾
« Reply #106 on: August 20, 2025, 01:10:40 pm »
Quote from: GrouchoTex on August 20, 2025, 12:13:50 pm
Astros in the worst offensive drought in 40 years.
Scored zero runs in 3 games.
Scored zero runs in the last 4 out of 5 games.
Yet, the Mariners keep losing right along with them.
Still have a 1.5 game lead in the west.

That because they ran into the 'awesome' Cy Young rotation of the ORIOLES.  /s

O's will hopefully play the spoiler in October games.
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Re: Baseball 2025 - Batter Up! ⚾
« Reply #107 on: August 20, 2025, 02:38:44 pm »
Quote from: GrouchoTex on August 20, 2025, 12:13:50 pm
Astros in the worst offensive drought in 40 years.
Scored zero runs in 3 games.
Scored zero runs in the last 4 out of 5 games.
Yet, the Mariners keep losing right along with them.
Still have a 1.5 game lead in the west.

And why I for the first time in a long time, don't really care if they make the playoffs.  I think we have like a 10 year run. 

If they do make it, this team is too weak, and lack of depth, to go far.    I say let another team enjoy the party for a change.
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« Reply #108 on: August 20, 2025, 02:42:17 pm »
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That because they ran into the 'awesome' Cy Young rotation of the ORIOLES.  /s

O's will hopefully play the spoiler in October games.

The Orioles are one of my favorite non-Houston team.   Was wowed and inspired by their late '60's and early '70's pitching.  4- 20 game winners on one team?  That will never happen again,   Brooks, Boog Powell, Belanger, Robinson...  How could you not like those teams.

Your team reminds me of our '95 team....  Great on paper....  On the diamond, not so much
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« Reply #109 on: August 20, 2025, 02:48:52 pm »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on August 20, 2025, 12:48:28 pm
Professional sports is a media entertainment business.  They are out to increase their number of media markets and maximize their TV revenue.

Whatever happened with balks?  They were all the rage for a brief time in the late 1980s.

Back in the '80's- early '90's  'ol Faye Vincent went on purist rampage with rule book/umps.  Foot drags, phantom stops, and even a wayward pitcher' glance were triggering  faux balk calls.  Same with "in the vicinty" at second base on pivots.  There were enough collective groans in the stands, that if finally evened out,.

Our problem is we haven't had a decent Commish since Bowie Kuhn. And the worst of all time?  Bud Selig.
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Re: Baseball 2025 - Batter Up! ⚾
« Reply #110 on: August 20, 2025, 02:53:17 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on August 20, 2025, 02:42:17 pm
The Orioles are one of my favorite non-Houston team.   Was wowed and inspired by their late '60's and early '70's pitching.  4- 20 game winners on one team?  That will never happen again,   Brooks, Boog Powell, Belanger, Robinson...  How could you not like those teams.

Your team reminds me of our '95 team....  Great on paper....  On the diamond, not so much

Baseball is strange.  The O's traded a third of their starting lineup last earlier this month or so.

Because virtually the entire starting rotation on OPENING DAY was recovering from surgeries.

Told my sons...they should fire the entire pitching training staff.

THAT...or write into contracts that they have to live at the ORIOLES Headquarters...no running, no playing pick-up basketball or ANYTHING.   :laugh:
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Re: Baseball 2025 - Batter Up! ⚾
« Reply #111 on: August 20, 2025, 04:15:35 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on August 18, 2025, 04:51:14 pm
I like the alignment, but ditching the term "League" for conference after 150 years of history?  Nope.
Unfortunately they haven't been leagues in the organizational sense for several decades.

And at least finally this might bring some darn consistency with the designated hitter rule.
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Re: Baseball 2025 - Batter Up! ⚾
« Reply #112 on: August 21, 2025, 12:06:36 am »
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on August 20, 2025, 04:15:35 pm
Unfortunately they haven't been leagues in the organizational sense for several decades.

And at least finally this might bring some darn consistency with the designated hitter rule.

league /lēg/
noun
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An association of teams or clubs that compete chiefly among themselves.
A class or level of competition.
"The ski jump was out of his league."

Since interleague play is a minority of team schedule, I guess that point could be debated. 
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« Reply #113 on: August 25, 2025, 01:38:24 pm »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on August 20, 2025, 12:48:28 pm
Professional sports is a media entertainment business.  They are out to increase their number of media markets and maximize their TV revenue.

Whatever happened with balks?  They were all the rage for a brief time in the late 1980s.

Funny that you mentioned balks,
I just saw one yesterday in the Orioles/Astros game.
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« Reply #114 on: August 25, 2025, 01:39:31 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on August 20, 2025, 01:10:40 pm
That because they ran into the 'awesome' Cy Young rotation of the ORIOLES.  /s

O's will hopefully play the spoiler in October games.

Followed by Detroit...ouch.

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