2022 MLB Thread formerly the 2021 thread..

[TAC]

Wow, Scherzer gets pulled for Psycho Joe?

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

I see the Cardinals decided to just roll over. Didn't even attempt to put up a fight. Oh well.

Bring on the Dodgers on Friday!

[KevShmev]

I see the Cardinals decided to just roll over. Didn't even attempt to put up a fight. Oh well.

Bring on the Dodgers on Friday!

Huh?  That was a great game. Both teams got great pitching, and LA got the big hit to win it.  No one rolled over.

[gmillerdrake]

I see the Cardinals decided to just roll over. Didn't even attempt to put up a fight. Oh well.

Bring on the Dodgers on Friday!

Huh?  That was a great game. Both teams got great pitching, and LA got the big hit to win it.  No one rolled over.

StL was 0-11 with runners in scoring position. One hit and LA loses that game. But honestly they 'should' have won it so I don't know what the big hub bub is? I'd be more worried if I were LA that they didn't mop the floor with StL and had to wait for StL's manager to put a pitcher in that everyone in StL knew the game was over when he did. Anyway.....

[pg1067]

I see the Cardinals decided to just roll over. Didn't even attempt to put up a fight. Oh well.

Bring on the Dodgers on Friday!

Huh?  That was a great game. Both teams got great pitching, and LA got the big hit to win it.  No one rolled over.

StL was 0-11 with runners in scoring position. One hit and LA loses that game. But honestly they 'should' have won it so I don't know what the big hub bub is? I'd be more worried if I were LA that they didn't mop the floor with StL and had to wait for StL's manager to put a pitcher in that everyone in StL knew the game was over when he did. Anyway.....

I'm with Kev.  As nerve-wracking as it was, that was a great game.  Neither starter was on his game, but each managed to surrender only a single run, and both bullpens were excellent.

While the Cards may have been 0-11 with RISP, at least they got guys into scoring position.  The Dodgers only had five ABs with RISP and got two hits, one of which was the walk-off HR, and the other was an infield single that didn't allow the runner on second to advance.  Other than Justin Turner's home run, the Dodgers didn't have a hit that left the infield until the seventh inning.

Dominant pitching or offenses didn't show up...call it what you want.  That was pretty par for the course for the Dodgers.

[dparrott]

Wow, Scherzer gets pulled for Psycho Joe?

Always a roll of the dice there...

Yea the Dodgers not hitting good pitching is not surprising.  We got lucky with a couple of pitching mistakes and crushed them.  SF and LA look pretty even this season, could go either way.

[T-ski]

Go Brewers!

[romdrums]

I'm rooting for a Brewers-White Sox or Brewers-Rays World Series this year.   I suppose I could also support an Astros-Dodgers rematch as long as the Dodgers humiliate the Astros. 

[pg1067]

I didn't see either of the games yesterday, but the scores suggest they will be short series.  The Red Sox apparently carried no momentum from the wild card win, and I hope this isn't an indication that the White Sox are completely overmatched.

Keeping my fingers crossed for tonight.  I'm assuming that the series will go five games and that every game will be bad for my blood pressure (although I'll miss a good chunk of Saturday's game).

GO BLUE!!!

[pg1067]

These two AL series are shaping up to be real duds.  The Astros have outscored the White Sox 15-5 over the first two games, and now the Rays look to be following suit against the Red Sox.  Chris Sale got yanked after giving up 5 (all earned) in the first inning.  At least the Braves v. Brewers game was close.

[TAC]

Sox go ahead in 8-5 in the top of the 5th. They'll need at least 4 more runs to win this game.

[Glasser]

Sox go ahead in 8-5 in the top of the 5th. They'll need at least 4 more runs to win this game.

I hope the Rays pissed in the Sox Ovaltine. 

[TAC]

Sox go ahead in 8-5 in the top of the 5th. They'll need at least 4 more runs to win this game.

I hope the Rays pissed in the Sox Ovaltine. 

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Buster Posey!

[TAC]

Buster Posey!

First ballot!

[T-ski]

Pitching wins in the post season…… I like my team.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Logan Webb is absolutely dealing again! And KB has broken out of his slump at the perfect time! GO GIANTS!

[lonestar]

That's one!!

[Glasser]

Buster Posey!

First ballot!

Posey, Yadi, and maybe Salvy.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Game 2 under way. Let's go Giants!

[TAC]

Game 2 under way. Let's go Giants!

I'm watching!

That ballpark is awesome!!

[King Postwhore]

Tim, your favorite stadium you've visited?

[TAC]

Tim, your favorite stadium you've visited?

Easily. It's not like my list is huge.

Phoenix
Baltimore
LA
Denver
SF
SD

We don't base our vacations on it, but if there's a game where we are going, we usually get one in.

We're going to Texas this winter and we're taking in a Spurs game.

[King Postwhore]

Did you see the video of the Raiders new stadium with the huge screen next to the highway?  It's asking for accidents.

[TAC]

Did you see the video of the Raiders new stadium with the huge screen next to the highway?  It's asking for accidents.

I did not. Sounds crazy.

[King Postwhore]

I'll text you it.

[TAC]

I'll text you it.

Got it..Wow that's nuts!

[King Postwhore]

Can you imagine driving home seeing that screen? I'd cause an accident.

[lonestar]

Welp...seems like we're going to have a battle. Not that it surprises me, but I really don't need the added stress lol



Oracle Park is fucking stunning. Fun story...so I worked at Lyft HQ, which is next door to Oracle, and out of the main dining area the view is of the promenade where the home runs splash down over right field. So anyways, it's the off season, and I'm on my break chilling and watching the bay. There's a father and son, maybe 6 or 7, and a dude in a kayak. The father is giving underhanded pitches to his son, and the son is knocking them into the water. The dude in the kayak is then fishing them out.

Now that is parenting 

[TAC]

...so I worked at Lyft HQ, which is next door to Oracle, and out of the main dining area the view is of the promenade where the home runs splash down over right field.

I took this shot behind the stadium. Were you in one of these buildings?





Before the game, we had crossed that small black bridge on the other side. This was our view of the ballpark.





We actually walked out on the pier on that side and had a nice conversation with an elder Sox fan who was with his Yankees fan adult son, and they were doing a SF Ballpark trip together.

[axeman90210]

Tim, your favorite stadium you've visited?

I've not been to a game at that stadium, but there's a great beer bar built into the stadium that I've been to. It's open to the public like a normal bar, but there's also a way for fans at the game to access it and get beers to bring back to their seats. My buddy has sent me pictures of him double fisting Pliny the Elder at a game

[lonestar]

...so I worked at Lyft HQ, which is next door to Oracle, and out of the main dining area the view is of the promenade where the home runs splash down over right field.

I took this shot behind the stadium. Were you in one of these buildings?





Before the game, we had crossed that small black bridge on the other side. This was our view of the ballpark.





We actually walked out on the pier on that side and had a nice conversation with an elder Sox fan who was with his Yankees fan adult son, and they were doing a SF Ballpark trip together.

So Lyft HQ occupies the 3,4,5,6 floor of this building, and the 4,5 of the sister building obscured by the park. The circled area is where I took my breaks and watched the bay...



If your pics were for a weekday game, and before gametime, it's a guarantee I was in said building.

[TAC]

I think it may have been a Sunday game (it was August 12) . This was in 2018. You were working at a hotel across the bay at the time I thought. I got my wife to agree to eat there after the game, but you weren't working that day.

[lonestar]

Yup, I didn't start at lyft until 2019

[Glasser]

I don’t like the Sox but I want the Rays gone. Bottom line, now that the Yanks are out I would like to see the Giants or Brewers mash the Astros in WS 2021!!!