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« Reply #770 on: October 17, 2021, 03:02:35 PM »
Your brother is 22 years older than you? He's older than my father!


I'm sorry to hear that about your father. Jeez, that blows.

Thanks.  It's been so long, I really don't give it much thought.  Coincidentally, pretty much all my memories of him relate somehow to baseball.  He's the guy second from the right in the picture below.  He'd have been 100 this year.



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« Reply #771 on: October 17, 2021, 03:08:00 PM »
That's a great picture. Thank you for sharing it.
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« Reply #772 on: October 17, 2021, 03:09:56 PM »
That's a great picture. Thank you for sharing it.

Seconded.
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« Reply #773 on: October 18, 2021, 09:43:23 AM »
That's a great picture. Thank you for sharing it.

Seconded.

 :tup

Unfortunately, the Dodgers had a shitty weekend.  Hopefully things get batter as the series shifts to Dodger Stadium.

Go Sox tonight!
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« Reply #774 on: October 18, 2021, 02:49:14 PM »
Dodgers ain't going to the WS if they can't close a f'n game!!!  :censored :facepalm: :loser: ::)  Ridiculous. 
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« Reply #775 on: October 19, 2021, 09:26:11 AM »
Sox just destroyed the Astros last night.  Great to see.

Dodgers hitters need to pull their collective heads out of their collective asses and get some clutch hits.  Keep up the 2-18 with RISP, and this will be a short series.
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« Reply #776 on: October 21, 2021, 03:10:06 PM »
Who'da figured...Joe Kelly will be starting what might be the last Dodgers game of 2021.

Oy....
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« Reply #777 on: October 22, 2021, 09:36:19 AM »
Well...Kelly sucked yesterday but, for a change, EVERYONE else did not.  Only one of eight position players in the starting lineup did not have a hit, and Chris Taylor did his best Reggie Jackson impression.  And Cody Bellinger, who was under the Mendoza line all season, is now hitting .355 in 31 postseason ABs.  If THIS Dodger team can show up every night NO ONE is going to beat them.
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« Reply #778 on: October 23, 2021, 09:54:08 PM »
Congratulations to the Braves! 2021 NL Champions! Dodgers and fans should be proud as well.

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« Reply #779 on: October 24, 2021, 07:07:27 AM »
The Brewers have been eliminated by the NLCS champion four years in a row

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« Reply #780 on: October 25, 2021, 10:21:27 AM »
Congratulations to the Braves! 2021 NL Champions! Dodgers and fans should be proud as well.

I mean...it's disappointing, but the Braves absolutely deserved it, and PLEASE destroy the Astros.

As for the Dodgers, it's sometimes easy to lose sight of the fact that 60% of the teams starting rotation missed significant time this year and weren't around for the playoffs.  Dustin May was lost for the season after making only 5 starts.  Trevor Bauer has been on "administrative leave" since the end of June.  Clayton Kershaw only pitched 122 innings (none in the playoffs).  Getting Scherzer made the division close, but he and Buehler and Urias couldn't handle being the only three legit starters in the playoffs.

Lots of big free agent decisions to be made this offseason, so 2022 could be a very interesting season for the boys in Blue.
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« Reply #781 on: October 27, 2021, 08:07:56 AM »
Braves pitcher Charlie Morton got hit in the leg in Game 1, continued pitching, not knowing he broke his leg.

Give him the MVP right now.
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« Reply #782 on: October 27, 2021, 09:41:38 AM »
[Former Astros] pitcher Charlie Morton got hit in the leg in Game 1, . . . he broke his leg.

2017 karma?

That said, GO BRAVES!
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« Reply #783 on: October 28, 2021, 04:36:31 PM »
So...game 2 was basically a mirror image of game 1.  Series resumes in Atlanta on Friday.  Braves need to sweep to avoid going back to Houston for games 6 and 7.  However, with Morton out, the Braves' pitching staff is going to be shorthanded.  Hope they come through!


In other news, PETA demonstrates that it has nothing important to do:  https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/peta-mlb-should-rename-bullpen-to-more-animal-friendly-arm-barn/

Seriously?  Are there NO legitimate animal welfare issues to be addressed?  The term "bullpen" "devalues talented players"?  WTF?!
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« Reply #784 on: October 29, 2021, 09:49:31 AM »
I made sure I didn't fall for this by clicking that link, as well as the link the author provided.  One never knows if its something clever or insane that The Onion wrote up.

But, sure enough, that's what they suggested :facepalm:

Arm barn?  Seriously!?!?  Who raises arms?  (other than students....)

Many teams fade during the dog days of August, as well as during the stretch run.  Guess we'll have to change those two terms as well ;)
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« Reply #785 on: November 03, 2021, 07:56:17 AM »
FUCK THE ASTROS!!
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« Reply #786 on: November 03, 2021, 08:18:11 AM »
Nice to see the cheating scumbags come up short yet again.


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« Reply #787 on: November 03, 2021, 08:34:28 AM »
I don’t know if I’ll ever get tired of watching the Astros come up short. Fuck them.
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« Reply #788 on: November 03, 2021, 08:35:31 AM »
I don’t know if I’ll ever get tired of watching the Astros come up short. Fuck them.

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« Reply #789 on: November 03, 2021, 08:53:06 AM »
The Brewers have been eliminated by the NLCS champion four years in a row

The Brewers have now been eliminated by the World Series winner three years in a row.
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« Reply #790 on: November 03, 2021, 09:38:00 AM »
Nice to see the cheating scumbags come up short yet again.

Indeed.
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« Reply #791 on: November 03, 2021, 09:46:48 AM »
FUCK THE ASTROS!!

Damn right!!!  Well done, Braves.

The Dodgers didn't repeat, but I got two great things:  the Dodgers winning a playoff series against the Giants on the Giants' field and another team winning a World Series and celebrating at the Juice Box (and with the Braves fans, at times, overpowering the Astros fans in the stands).

Bring on 2022!
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« Reply #792 on: November 03, 2021, 09:57:04 AM »
Outstanding series!

Also, we got the Pujols/Lidge hit video! 16 years in orbit.


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« Reply #793 on: November 03, 2021, 10:08:30 AM »
I love baseball, but I think I watched a handful of innings from the LCSs onwards.  The four to ten camera angle switches between every pitch, and the four hour games have made the game unwatchable for me for most of this century.  The games last well past my bedtime, and I was so disinterested in the WS that I didn't know who won until I saw it here.  Just glad the A**tros lost.
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« Reply #794 on: November 03, 2021, 12:32:20 PM »
The Brewers have now been eliminated by the World Series winner three years in a row.

That's true of the Dodgers in each of the last six seasons (except 2020 when they won it all).


Fun fact time!

In the 27 seasons since the strike, the NL has won the World Series 14 times, and the AL has won 13 times.  In the 27 prior seasons (1967-93), the NL won 13 and the AL won 14.

During that same 54 year span, only once (1979-82) did one league win more than thrice in a row.

No team has won back-to-back since the Yankees won three in a row from 1998-2000, and the only other back-to-back winners during this 54 year stretch were the 1977-78 Yankees, the 1975-76 Reds and the 1972-74 A's.

During this 54 year span, 29 of the 30 franchises have played in at least one World Series (sorry Mariners fans), and 23 of the 30 franchises won at least one World Series (sorry Mariners, Padres, Rockies, Rangers, Rays, Brewers and Indians fans).

All in all, that's some pretty impressive parity.
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« Reply #795 on: November 03, 2021, 02:35:00 PM »
No team has won back-to-back since the Yankees won three in a row from 1998-2000, and the only other back-to-back winners during this 54 year stretch were the 1977-78 Yankees, the 1975-76 Reds and the 1972-74 A's.

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« Reply #796 on: November 03, 2021, 03:49:17 PM »
No team has won back-to-back since the Yankees won three in a row from 1998-2000, and the only other back-to-back winners during this 54 year stretch were the 1977-78 Yankees, the 1975-76 Reds and the 1972-74 A's.

Joe Carter would like a word with you.

Damnit.  I knew I was going to miss one.

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« Reply #797 on: November 03, 2021, 04:15:14 PM »
Posey to announce retirement tomorrow  :(

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« Reply #798 on: November 03, 2021, 04:20:24 PM »
FUCK THE ASTROS!!

I know Joe Buck said we need to get past it and he gave valid reasons why we should move on.

But I agree - FUCK THE ASTROS!!!!!!

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« Reply #799 on: November 03, 2021, 04:35:48 PM »
Posey to announce retirement tomorrow  :(

Wow...why?  Too much wear and tear on the body?  Or something else?

Not counting his September call-up season in 2009, he only played 11 full seasons (and was injured for most of the 2011 season).

He's obviously got the credentials for the HOF (ROTY, MVP, four Silver Sluggers and a Gold Glove), but his numbers are lacking (only 1,500 career hits, 158 HR and 729 RBI), and his postseason numbers aren't very good.  As a Dodger fan, I'm legally obligated to hate him, but I'm on the fence about him getting into the HOF.
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« Reply #800 on: November 03, 2021, 05:23:35 PM »
Posey to announce retirement tomorrow  :(

Wow...why?  Too much wear and tear on the body?  Or something else?

Not counting his September call-up season in 2009, he only played 11 full seasons (and was injured for most of the 2011 season).

He's obviously got the credentials for the HOF (ROTY, MVP, four Silver Sluggers and a Gold Glove), but his numbers are lacking (only 1,500 career hits, 158 HR and 729 RBI), and his postseason numbers aren't very good.  As a Dodger fan, I'm legally obligated to hate him, but I'm on the fence about him getting into the HOF.

I'd guess the wear and tear, and maybe he's just done and wants to go out in good shape. I'm sure hell be in the HOF, maybe not first ballot but he'll make it. He's just too good a steward of the game not to.

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« Reply #801 on: November 03, 2021, 06:16:00 PM »
Right. He'll be in. Didn't MLB change the plowing into home rule because of his injury?
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« Reply #802 on: November 04, 2021, 10:15:47 AM »
Didn't MLB change the plowing into home rule because of his injury?

Yup.

As for the HOF, I feel like he's going to make it, but I'm not sure he should...maybe the Sandy Koufax exception applies.  I don't know.
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« Reply #803 on: November 04, 2021, 10:26:00 AM »
2022 universal DH, thank goodness!!! . Just common sense. Jorge Soler the WS MVP was a DH. Would you want your starter batting when you have hitters on the bench? Too risky and literally cost some pitchers their careers. Should have been universal DH years ago. Moronic! It automatically gave NL teams advantages in their home field.

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« Reply #804 on: November 04, 2021, 11:07:13 AM »
2022 universal DH, thank goodness!!! . Just common sense.

So much NO.


Jorge Soler the WS MVP was a DH.

Well...sort of.  He was the DH in the 50% of the games that were played with designated hitters.  And in the other 50% of the games he was the right fielder (and, in one game, bench warmer).


Would you want your starter batting when you have hitters on the bench?

Yes.  Catchers are also often weak hitters.  Let's have designated hitters for catchers too.  Same with second basemen.  Heck...let's have a whole roster of designated hitters so that no one who plays in the field also bats.


Too risky and literally cost some pitchers their careers.

Who?


It automatically gave NL teams advantages in their home field.

It does?  Is that advantage any different than the advantage that the home team is presumed to enjoy simply because it is playing at home?

While I was not able to find statistics limited to interleague games played in National League parks, American League teams have won 302 more interleague games than National League since interleague play began, so I doubt that any advantage is statistically significant.

Also, in the 34 World Series from 1986-2021 (excluding 2020, in which the DH was used in all six games), the designated hitter was used in games in the AL park and not used in games in the NL park.  During those 35 series, the AL teams' aggregate record in games played in the NL parks was 46-50.  Hardly a statistically significant advantage, and certainly not one that rises above the level of an ordinary home-field advantage.  However, if you add all games in the 1973-75, 77, 79, 81, 83 and 85 World Series (in which NL rules were used in all seven WS games despite the AL using the DH during the regular season), the AL's overall record in games in which the pitchers batted jumps to 74-72.

Needless to say, I disagree that the universal DH is "common sense" and that not using DHs is "moronic" (or anything close to it).
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