Made perfect sense to me. I love this aspect of baseball. I think the thing that draws me in is the same thing that is making so many millennials consider it "boring" or "difficult".jerryd6818 wrote:Don, I didn't see the game yesterday so have no idea what you're talking about so I went to my expert source for everything, Google. There I found this discussion and if it doesn't leave you dazed and confused then you are my baseball hero. ---> http://www.umpire.org/vb/archive/index.php/t-11197.html
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Well here we are at the beginning of a new season. I had hoped for some improvement in my Braves this year, but the of season moves that the management made seemed somewhat frantic and nonsensical to me and seem to be playing out as I suspected in these first few games. Oh I how I long for a crazy rich owner like Ted Turner. This Money Ball ain't much fun for the fans.Might check in a few times here but don't look for much out of me.
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Heyward's bat has come alive. He has two hits so far tonight and Bryant finally broke out with a hit in the top of the fifth. Bottom of the fifth and it's Cubs 1 - Brewers 0
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One of those nights in Philadelphia. Against the Nats, 16 to 3, bottom of the 7th. It was 11 to 0 after one. Wish they could hoard runs and use them later.
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Cubs 4 and 2 on the road. Home opener at Wrigley tonight with the Dodgers in town. Jay Hay doing really well at the plate... Schwarbs is carving out one heck of a season so far, as lead-off man.
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GO AMAZINS! Big knock Jay Bruce!!!
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Now 1-0 at home. When Maddon brought in Edwards in the 7th, I thought everything would be okay until he loaded the bases with some bad sloppy pitching. Grimm came in and got them out of it with a weak fly ball to right center followed by a no doubt double play. I watched the Cubs leave guys stranded on 1st and 2nd in the bottom of the 7th, turned it off and went to bed just before midnight. They won without me.CheckSix wrote:Cubs 4 and 2 on the road. Home opener at Wrigley tonight with the Dodgers in town. Jay Hay doing really well at the plate... Schwarbs is carving out one heck of a season so far, as lead-off man.
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Don't get to excited , wait till mid season when Bruce is batting below .200 and o-fer with r.i.s.p. ftdTsar Bomba wrote:GO AMAZINS! Big knock Jay Bruce!!!
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Haha...!!! Rizzo to the rescue, assisted by John Jay. The Cubs bullpen is still their Achilles heel. Grimm did good. I think Edwards was being affected by the cold temp. He's done fine so far, in warmer games.jerryd6818 wrote:Now 1-0 at home. When Maddon brought in Edwards in the 7th, I thought everything would be okay until he loaded the bases with some bad sloppy pitching. Grimm came in and got them out of it with a weak fly ball to right center followed by a no doubt double play. I watched the Cubs leave guys stranded on 1st and 2nd in the bottom of the 7th, turned it off and went to bed just before midnight. They won without me.CheckSix wrote:Cubs 4 and 2 on the road. Home opener at Wrigley tonight with the Dodgers in town. Jay Hay doing really well at the plate... Schwarbs is carving out one heck of a season so far, as lead-off man.
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And they still have the terrible twins Strop and Rondon.CheckSix wrote: The Cubs bullpen is still their Achilles heel. Grimm did good. I think Edwards was being affected by the cold temp. He's done fine so far, in warmer games.
Yeah, that may have been Edwards problem last night. He has done well most of the time and you could see their breath last night.
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As a lifelong Mets fan, I've seen more than my share of abysmal batting with runners on 2nd and 3rd. I will soak up the Bruce magic while it's there, however, because we're not hurting for outfielders so I think we might be OK if he goes south by July.fergusontd wrote:Don't get to excited , wait till mid season when Bruce is batting below .200 and o-fer with r.i.s.p. ftd
Besides, that's when Yoenis really starts to torch it anyway.
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Hey Red, your Nats are looking pretty good tonight.
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Two come from behind wins in a row.
Hey Ferg. How 'bout those Reds?
Hey Ferg. How 'bout those Reds?
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Has anybody seen Jose Reyes's offense?
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Jerry, so good so far, but we'll see how things play out. Watching the game with Baltimore, 12 k's from Garrett, good pitching from the rookies. ftd
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I'm a little nervous about seeing the Cubs go into P-burg tomorrow after getting swept by the Pirates at home. At least they took 2 of 3 from the Reds this weekend.
Glad to see the Nats sweep the Mets.
Glad to see the Nats sweep the Mets.
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jerryd6818 wrote:Glad to see the Nats sweep the Mets.
Gonna be a real short season for Terry if the offense doesn't turn things around tout de suite.
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Shouda been Reds 2 out of 3, but only the Reds can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. ftd
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Rangers take the elusive 4-game sweep from the Royals! Darvish goes 8 innings, 5 hits 2 runs, Gallo strokes another HR - only went 432 feet which for him is turning out to be about average. Not sure what they'll do with him when Beltre comes off DL but if he keeps hitting like he has been, he's not going back to AAA. They'll find somewhere to put him!
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Watching the Nats and the Mets was a real pleasure for me. Any ending was a happy ending. Go Phils!Tsar Bomba wrote:jerryd6818 wrote:Glad to see the Nats sweep the Mets.
Gonna be a real short season for Terry if the offense doesn't turn things around tout de suite.
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Holy cats John (1967redrider)!! That must have been some game against Colorado. Nats 15 --- Rockies 12
Of course the ball does tend to fly in Denver.
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Is that Alf in the pic? Always wondered what happened to him...Mumbleypeg wrote:Rangers take the elusive 4-game sweep from the Royals! Darvish goes 8 innings, 5 hits 2 runs, Gallo strokes another HR - only went 432 feet which for him is turning out to be about average. Not sure what they'll do with him when Beltre comes off DL but if he keeps hitting like he has been, he's not going back to AAA. They'll find somewhere to put him!
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Supposed to be a palomino horse named "Captain". Like most other of these sports team costumed mascots (seems like every team from high schools through pros has a mascot these days) it's a cartoonish character. The guy that does the job for the Rangers seems to be great with kids - they love him. (I think alf was an alien - probably went back to his home planet! )Black Lion wrote:Is that Alf in the pic? Always wondered what happened to him...Mumbleypeg wrote:Rangers take the elusive 4-game sweep from the Royals! Darvish goes 8 innings, 5 hits 2 runs, Gallo strokes another HR - only went 432 feet which for him is turning out to be about average. Not sure what they'll do with him when Beltre comes off DL but if he keeps hitting like he has been, he's not going back to AAA. They'll find somewhere to put him!
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Today, all but three major-league teams have "official" mascots (Dodgers, Yankees, and Angels). The last mascot the Cubs had was a live bear named "JOA" in 1917. There wasn't another until "Clark" (a dressed up human as is the style these days) was announced in 2014. Thank goodness "Clark" doesn't show up at the games. I despise mascots.Mumbleypeg wrote: seems like every team from high schools through pros has a mascot these days
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I didn't realize there were that many teams without a mascot. That's encouraging.
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