The MLB Thread

[RedKnight]

I thought the Mets would do it but KC just small-balled the shit outt of them in the last two games. That Duda throwing error last night will haunt Mets fans for years. Thought the playoffs were the best for years this year.

[Karl_b]

We went to a Minor League game last summer: Hillsboro Hops, an A-Rated short season affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Every time we were in a big city the MLB team were away so that was our alternative, plus we live in Hillsborough, Sheffield and you know...hops, beer, etc. My first experience of a live game, really enjoyed the incredible family atmosphere, great beer and snacks and cheap tickets. Decided to give a MiLB.tv subscription a go, as the short season started last week. For £30 it's a steal, it's a sport my other half will actually watch and something we can make a Friday night of for a few months over the summer.

 

Don't have an MLB team, tempted to go for the D-Backs just for the affiliation to the Hops.

[Nunavut Patrick]

We went to a Minor League game last summer: Hillsboro Hops, an A-Rated short season affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Every time we were in a big city the MLB team were away so that was our alternative, plus we live in Hillsborough, Sheffield and you know...hops, beer, etc. My first experience of a live game, really enjoyed the incredible family atmosphere, great beer and snacks and cheap tickets. Decided to give a MiLB.tv subscription a go, as the short season started last week. For £30 it's a steal, it's a sport my other half will actually watch and something we can make a Friday night of for a few months over the summer.

Don't have an MLB team, tempted to go for the D-Backs just for the affiliation to the Hops.

Not a huge baseball fan but we have a team here called the Goldeyes. They sell a pilsner called Angry Fish ( a Goldeye is a type of fish found around here....they are like a smoked kipper). Its independant ball, meaning no MLB affiliation...the players are about AA level, some have had the cup of coffee in the majors.

 

Anyway, the pints are 5$ before first pitch and 6$ after, they have good selection of food (Indian, pizza, perogies, etc) and lots of old people go and they are ace...old people at baseball games will chat your ear off and are interesting with their stories. There is a main frieght train line that runs by the stadium and it adds to the feel of the place with trains rambling by.

[3 Stacks]

We went to a Minor League game last summer: Hillsboro Hops, an A-Rated short season affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Every time we were in a big city the MLB team were away so that was our alternative, plus we live in Hillsborough, Sheffield and you know...hops, beer, etc. My first experience of a live game, really enjoyed the incredible family atmosphere, great beer and snacks and cheap tickets. Decided to give a MiLB.tv subscription a go, as the short season started last week. For £30 it's a steal, it's a sport my other half will actually watch and something we can make a Friday night of for a few months over the summer.

 

Don't have an MLB team, tempted to go for the D-Backs just for the affiliation to the Hops.

 

Yeah, baseball is a great spectator sport. A little tedious to watch on tv in my opinion, but taking your kids/friends to watch a baseball game is almost always a great experience. 

 

Be ready to tolerate a lot of losing if you decide to support the D-Backs, though because the Giants and Dodgers almost always own their division.

[Jenson]

Yeah, baseball is a great spectator sport. A little tedious to watch on tv in my opinion, but taking your kids/friends to watch a baseball game is almost always a great experience.

Watching baseball at the stadium is fantastic. Been lucky enough to have seen the Nats in Washington and the Rockies in Denver. A day in the sunshine and beer delivered to your seat. What more could you want? Oh, and some guys play rounders for a bit too.

[Paco]

Pathetic tonight red sox

[Nunavut Patrick]

Blue Jays looking good.

 

Disgraceful behavior though lobbing a full can of Bud Light at Oriole outfielder...but then again, it was Bud Light.

[RedKnight]

If it was Labatt's...

[Trumo]

So Big Papi bows out on a damp squib as the Red Sox are swept by the Indians. It was kind of like Stevie's final bow. I think the Red Sox mentally relaxed too much once they were guaranteed top spot in the AL East, and couldn't raise their game again when it mattered. They went into this play-off series without the momuntum required to kick on. The Indians and the Blue Jays especially had that momentum, and the winner of their ALCS will go on to the World Series.

 

Am I right in thinking that, club loyalties aside, people would like to see this finally be the Cubs' year?

[Josef Svejk]

No! Giants fan. Hanging in there, difficult to kill off...

[Cardie]

 

 

So Big Papi bows out on a damp squib as the Red Sox are swept by the Indians. It was kind of like Stevie's final bow. I think the Red Sox mentally relaxed too much once they were guaranteed top spot in the AL East, and couldn't raise their game again when it mattered. They went into this play-off series without the momuntum required to kick on. The Indians and the Blue Jays especially had that momentum, and the winner of their ALCS will go on to the World Series.

 

Yep, you can't win 11 on the bounce to clinch the division, take your foot off the gas and lose the next 6 or 7 in a row with nothimg to play for and still expect to perform.

[RedKnight]

They didn't take their foot off the gas. This team is the strongest offense in the league but it's been shutdown for no reason too many times. Last night they were leaving too many balls that were right in the middle of the strike zone. If the pitching rotation was more stable then there wouldn't be such reliance on the bats. The core of the team is young and signed up for years so the future is looking good, so long as you don't look at the pitching mound.

[sir roger]

Shouldn't they be the Cleveland Native Americans ?

 

Mate has been banging on about the Blue Jays for weeks, so I got fed up with calling it Rounders to wind him up, and as he is away in Florida at present on hols I actually went on to the Toronto Star website to read the details of the 3rd win against Texas. I understood about 1 word in 4 and it may as well have been in Swahili. 

[RedKnight]

People don't so much object to the name as they do to the cartoon Indian they have on some of their merch.

[3 Stacks]

Either the Cubs or Indians winning it all would be fine by me. Both long-suffering sets of fans. The Jays can fuck off though. The amount of people in Canada that just now started caring about them since they got good has made them unbearable for me. The Washington Expos can also fuck off. 

[Nunavut Patrick]

People don't so much object to the name as they do to the cartoon Indian they have on some of their merch.

Yeah, Chief Wahoo is pretty offensive.

 

Even the Atlanta Braves got rid of Chief Noc-a-Homa....he was a mascot who had a teepee in ghe outfield stands.

[Nunavut Patrick]

Either the Cubs or Indians winning it all would be fine by me. Both long-suffering sets of fans. The Jays can fuck off though. The amount of people in Canada that just now started caring about them since they got good has made them unbearable for me. The Washington Expos can also fuck off.

 

Repled for Expos.

 

I fucking loved the Expos, used to go to Montreal in the mid 80s and early 90s to see them in the worst stadium ever, the Big O.

 

And Montreal had strip clubs where you could touch the girls. And Nick's Palace Sex Aquarium was incredible, girls stripping in big fish tanks, girl on girl shows and champagne rooms.

 

Pretty enlightening stuff for a 18-20 year old at the time, the 80s was still a bit soft porn Emmanuelle.

[polymerpunkah]

Fuck you Rick Monday.

[Nunavut Patrick]

Fuck you Rick Monday.

Fat fucking twat but Steve Rodgers should never have been in there; the Expos bullpen was pretty shit if i recall...Woody Fryman, Elias Sosa...but Burris was pitching his ass off and won in LA as wel.

 

It took me a long time to get over that and the cancellation of the season where they had the best record in baseball killed the franchise, well that and not building a proper downtown ball park.

 

And Youppi was the best mascot in baseball!

 

 

Val de rai....val de ra....val de rai....val de ra-ha-ha-ha-ha

 

Good times.

[Nunavut Patrick]

To this day I hate the Dodgers (except Vin Scully).

 

Fuck Kirk Gibson, too.

 

And Lasorda the bigot.

[polymerpunkah]

Me too.

 

Fat Tommy Lasorda. That cunt.

 

It's irrational--they're on TV now, and I can't stand them. Not a single one of them.

[Trumo]

World Series between Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs gets under way in the early hours. Cleveland's manager Terry Francona has a 100% record in the World Series from his time with the Red Sox, whereas I bet the Cubs are the neutrals' pick given how it's well over a century since they last won the thing. I'll just check the scores in the morning - no way am I staying up to watch it like I did in 2013.

[Trumo]

Cleveland take game 1, winning 6-0. Francona still has a 100% record in the World Series.

[Trumo]

Cubs take game 2, winning 5-1. Francona loses his 100% record as the action now moves on to Chicago.

[dave u]

How about Kyle Schwarber? Did his ACL and was ruled out for the year. Had a check up with the doc last friday and was given the all clear to start training again, immediately lobbied to be included in the world series, went to Arizona and had two run outs in the minors and then came back in and has looked great.

 

Looking forward to watching tonight, even though Schwarber can't play because there's no DH in the National League. He might pinch hit though, so there's that.

 

Just wish the games didn't take so damn long and weren't on so late.