2022 MLB Thread formerly the 2021 thread..

[TAC]

What's wrong with the Rays?

I'm up for anyone mashing the Astros. Especially the Sox.

[Glasser]

What's wrong with the Rays?

I'm up for anyone mashing the Astros. Especially the Sox.

Nothing, they’re great and always shit on the Yankees. I’m just bitter. 

[TAC]

SOX WIN!!!

Seemed the Rays got jobbed of a run in the top of the 13th though. Fucking weird ass play.

[Glasser]

SOX WIN!!!

Seemed the Rays got jobbed of a run in the top of the 13th though. Fucking weird ass play.

Now going forward outfielders can try and sell that play. This one was not intentional but wow!{

[pg1067]

That's one!!

And that's all you get!  Ha!

Every once in a while, the Dodgers decide that some scrub pitcher needs to feel better about himself and make him look like a Cy Young award winner.  Alex Wood on the mound for the Giants and Max Scherzer for the Dodgers today.      Close out game tomorrow.


As for the other series, very nicely done by the Red Sox.  I watched most of yesterday's game.  Made me really miss Kike Hernandez.  That play in right field was crazy, but it was absolutely the right call based on the rule.  The guys on MLB Network were speculating that the rule will be changed, but I don't see why it would be.  It's not like this sort of thing happens with ANY frequency.  If they do change it, the only thing that ought to change is giving the umpire discretion as to where to place runners already on base.  Of course, my understanding is that they already have discretion with a regular ground rule double, but I can't recall them ever letting a runner score from first on a GRD.

Haven't seen a second of the Brewers/Braves series.  Glad to see it knotted at one.  Hopefully it goes 5.

The White Sox looked for all the world like they were going to get swept.  I checked the score at some point yesterday and it was 6-1 Astros.  Next thing I knew it was tied at 6, and then the White Sox scored three more before I turned it off.  Really hoping the Sox pull off the reverse sweep.

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.

I've been to (including the two that are local to me):

Giants
Dodgers
Angels
Padres
Diamondbacks
Rockies
Nationals
Orioles
Yankees (new)
Mets (Citi)
Red Sox

Fenway is easily the best for obvious reasons, but the nicest of the newer stadiums was probably SD.  I love Dodger Stadium, but the access just kills it for me.  Parking costs a small fortune.  You can avoid that by taking public transportation, but that's a huge pain in the butt.

I'm seriously thinking of planning a CHC/CHW/MIL/MIN trip in late June 2022.

[pg1067]

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[T-ski]

Can’t win if you don’t score. Brewers bats have gone ice cold.

[lonestar]

That's one!!

And that's all you get!  Ha!

Every once in a while, the Dodgers decide that some scrub pitcher needs to feel better about himself and make him look like a Cy Young award winner.  Alex Wood on the mound for the Giants and Max Scherzer for the Dodgers today.      Close out game tomorrow.

Please...if you think the baseball gods are gonna make it that easy, you haven't been paying attention to the game enough. We all know this one is going 5, and it'll be decided in the 9th. It's gonna be earned, and no matter the side you're on, it's going to take a bit of your soul.

[pg1067]

That's one!!

And that's all you get!  Ha!

Every once in a while, the Dodgers decide that some scrub pitcher needs to feel better about himself and make him look like a Cy Young award winner.  Alex Wood on the mound for the Giants and Max Scherzer for the Dodgers today.      Close out game tomorrow.

Please...if you think the baseball gods are gonna make it that easy, you haven't been paying attention to the game enough. We all know this one is going 5, and it'll be decided in the 9th. It's gonna be earned, and no matter the side you're on, it's going to take a bit of your soul.

Probably true, but I so rarely take a moment to flex and talk smack.  It figures that the game I missed in nearly its entirety will probably end up being the only game that doesn't end up being at least a little close (of course, game 1 was really close either).

[lonestar]

 

[King Postwhore]

3 run jack by Devers.  5 am wake up call for a flight to Dallas.   Ugh. Lol

[TAC]

3 run jack by Devers.  5 am wake up call for a flight to Dallas.   Ugh. Lol

That's one more hour of sleep than I get! Plus you can sleep on the plane. Quit wining bitch.

[King Postwhore]

3 run jack by Devers.  5 am wake up call for a flight to Dallas.   Ugh. Lol

That's one more hour of sleep than I get! Plus you can sleep on the plane. Quit wining bitch.

Went to a wedding and forgot my C pap machine. Didn't sleep a wink last night

[TAC]

3 run jack by Devers.  5 am wake up call for a flight to Dallas.   Ugh. Lol

That's one more hour of sleep than I get! Plus you can sleep on the plane. Quit wining bitch.

Went to a wedding and forgot my C pap machine. Didn't sleep a wink last night

Ooh that sucks. Don't forget to pack it.

[King Postwhore]

Oh not for tomorrow. Last night was hell.

[TAC]

Went to a wedding and forgot my C pap machine. Didn't sleep a wink last night

Ooh that sucks.

Oh not for tomorrow. Last night was hell.

Yeah, I got that, sleepy.

[King Postwhore]

I'm flying out to Dalkas tomorrow.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

That's one!!

And that's all you get!  Ha!

Every once in a while, the Dodgers decide that some scrub pitcher needs to feel better about himself and make him look like a Cy Young award winner.  Alex Wood on the mound for the Giants and Max Scherzer for the Dodgers today.      Close out game tomorrow.

Please...if you think the baseball gods are gonna make it that easy, you haven't been paying attention to the game enough. We all know this one is going 5, and it'll be decided in the 9th. It's gonna be earned, and no matter the side you're on, it's going to take a bit of your soul.

Probably true, but I so rarely take a moment to flex and talk smack.  It figures that the game I missed in nearly its entirety will probably end up being the only game that doesn't end up being at least a little close (of course, game 1 was really close either).

It wouldn't surprise me at all if the Giants flipped the script on Scherzer and pulled out 5 or 6 runs against him. Then again it would surprise me either if this ended up being a super low scoring game like 2-1 or something like that.

[TAC]

I'm flying out to Dalkas tomorrow.

Enjoy your trip to Texkas.

[King Postwhore]

AT&T Stadium for dinner tomorrow night!

[King Postwhore]

Dammit.

[lonestar]

That's one!!

And that's all you get!  Ha!

Every once in a while, the Dodgers decide that some scrub pitcher needs to feel better about himself and make him look like a Cy Young award winner.  Alex Wood on the mound for the Giants and Max Scherzer for the Dodgers today.      Close out game tomorrow.

Please...if you think the baseball gods are gonna make it that easy, you haven't been paying attention to the game enough. We all know this one is going 5, and it'll be decided in the 9th. It's gonna be earned, and no matter the side you're on, it's going to take a bit of your soul.

Probably true, but I so rarely take a moment to flex and talk smack.  It figures that the game I missed in nearly its entirety will probably end up being the only game that doesn't end up being at least a little close (of course, game 1 was really close either).

It wouldn't surprise me at all if the Giants flipped the script on Scherzer and pulled out 5 or 6 runs against him. Then again it would surprise me either if this ended up being a super low scoring game like 2-1 or something like that.

Tonight will be a war of attrition.

[TAC]

RJ, aren't you supposed to be posting in orange or something?

[King Postwhore]

Dammit.

[lonestar]

RJ, aren't you supposed to be posting in orange or something?

I don't need to virtue signal my allegiances.

[TAC]

SOX WIN!!   SOX WIN!!

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

My stress level is through the roof with this game....

[lonestar]

As it should be.

[TheCountOfNYC]

Seriously why is it that the teams that seem to be most successful in this era are all teams that I absolutely despise?

[lonestar]

Seriously why is it that the teams that seem to be most successful in this era are all teams that I absolutely despise?

 

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Seriously why is it that the teams that seem to be most successful in this era are all teams that I absolutely despise?

I don't know what you are talking about. The Yankees aren't in the postseason 

[TheCountOfNYC]

Seriously why is it that the teams that seem to be most successful in this era are all teams that I absolutely despise?

I don't know what you are talking about. The Yankees aren't in the postseason 

Lol nicely done. I was raised a Yankee fan, and of the four teams I root for (Yankees, Jets, Rangers, Nets), they’re the only one I’ve actually seen win a championship. Meanwhile, across all four leagues I’ve had to watch the city of Boston (and Foxborough), which is my least favorite sports city (Philly is a close second), have sustained success. The New York/Boston sports rivalry is a big part of my fandom, and unfortunately the bad guys (well they’re the villains in my world) have been more successful in my lifetime.

[Fiery Winds]

What a catch by Crawford, that might be the deciding play keeping SF's lead.

It's only because of the rivalry with LA that I'm checking out this series after not really following the Giants since their last World Series run, but what was that about the NL voting on adding the DH? The pitchers batting (as a pitcher in HS) was one thing I liked about the NL, and was hoping it would go the other way in the AL.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

What a catch by Crawford, that might be the deciding play keeping SF's lead.

It's only because of the rivalry with LA that I'm checking out this series after not really following the Giants since their last World Series run, but what was that about the NL voting on adding the DH? The pitchers batting (as a pitcher in HS) was one thing I liked about the NL, and was hoping it would go the other way in the AL.

Apparently there have been complaints about pitchers hitting. They aren't exciting enough People don't respect the strategy of the game anymore. I am firmly against the DH in the National League.

[lonestar]

What a catch by Crawford, that might be the deciding play keeping SF's lead.

I have no idea how he got high enough to get that, just amazing.