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The home team is starting to show a little life. Early on in the season the Mets were using the Braves like a 10-dollar hooker.
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The home team is starting to show a little life. Early on in the season the Mets were using the Braves like a 10-dollar hooker.
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Will the third time be a charm?
I've grown up right next to St. Louis, home of the Cardinals. I'm sure any even moderate baseball fan knows St. Louis's reputation of being a baseball town. Opening day is a bigger holiday than Christmas around here, if one were to judge by the news coverage, and I'm not exaggerating. That being said. . .
I HATE BASEBALL.
I really, really do. It's so boring, and he amount players are paid for playing a child's game is insane. I root for The Cards to lose for the simple reason that if they do, it's that much less time I have to hear about them.
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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Oh yeah, yous got a baseball team too.
Okay, I'll bite.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mutatis-Mutandis
MM, you don’t understand. Baseball is the game of life. It’s as much like a children’s game as James Joyce is like Dr. Seuss. Baseball has everything: tactics, strategy, politics, pathos, ethos, mythos, plot, tension, drama, history, philosophy, love, and hate. It’s the sort of thing that makes us human.
Now football, that’s a sport for complete imbeciles.
Also, the Cards suck horse c*ck.
One could apply any number of hyperbolic adjectives to even the lamest of subjects if one were to try.
Are you really saying baseball has more tactics than football? Are you really saying that? There's nothing to baseball. You hit a ball, run around bases while someone attempts to catch the ball and get the runner out. That's it. WOW! What complexity! Football, now that actually has tactics, configurations, planning, strategy. Plus, the players are actually tough. I've seen baseball players injure themselves when running. RUNNING! They're a bunch of overpaid pussies.
I agree that baseball is what makes us human, though. Humans are generally idiots, so that baseball is the American pastime comes as no surprise.
Though only sport worse than baseball is NASCAR, though I'd hesitate to even call that a sport.
And, yeah, the Cards suck ****. I thought I we pretty clear on that point.
^
See what I mean.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
All kidding aside, football fans aren’t really imbeciles and the Cards don’t really suck horse c*ck. I’ve enjoyed many a fine fall afternoon on the gridiron and many a fine afternoon at Busch Field (I saw Ozzie play). I used to live on the other side of St. Louis from you, MM. I lived in Eureka, MO in the 90s – out there with the hoosiers.
Oh sure, I've heard of Eureka, though I'm not sure if I've ever been there. I'm in Belleville. Not Hoosier country, but ignorant country all the same.
Seriously, my only dislike of baseball stems from the constant news coverage. When I turn the news on in the morning, I want to hear about the news, not the Cardinals. Sports should not be headline news unless a team wins the championship of said sport, and even then it shouldn't last more than 5 minutes. But being from this area, you know that's not the case when it comes to the Cardinals. Now every news show has to broadcast live from Bush stadium on opening day, play off games, whatever, in an inane attempt to outdo the other stations Carsinals fandom. It's highly annoying.
I see your point, MM. The Cardinals are riding high now and cashing in on their popularity after last season, so I say - ride that pony ‘till it drops. Back when I lived there the Cards stunk up the entire Mississippi river valley and some of Big Muddy’s as well. They couldn’t buy a 30-second spot on local news. Scalpers were starving. You could get 4 free tickets with the purchase of a large Imo’s pizza, and you’d have practically a whole section of seats to yourself. You may have had to share the center-field section with a troop of Cub Scouts and their Den Mother, who was usually content to sit there and catch up her knitting, but other than that you’d have the place to yourself.
Then Mark Maguire got into an anabolic steroid race with Sammy Sosa, and that sparked things up a little, but truthfully that was pretty boring baseball. More interesting was the Macarena dance video the players made:
Dale a tu cuerpo alergria Macarena – Toe-knee Larussa.
Anyway, my wife worked downtown, so from time to time, I’d get her to play hooky and we’d take in an afternoon game. Then we’d wander over to Soulard and listen to live music and tilt a few cold ones. All in all, it made for a good day.
But, not to worry, I predict the Cards will start sucking again soon, and then things will be back to normal, or as John Steinbeck said, “Once again the world was spinning in greased grooves.”
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Originally Posted by papayahed
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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Glad I could help!
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Actually I've always like the Rangers.
I'm actually a casual observer. They started out great, but now they seem to be stagnating.
There's plenty more baseball left though.
What's the latest with the Tigers?
Los Yanquis de Neuve York are in town for the next few nights, and I’m thinking:
3 GAME SWEEP
But I won’t say if the Braves will sweep the Yankees or vice versa.
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Right now we're doing pretty good against the Reds but overall we're in the crapper.
Okay, so, after last night's game (NYY-3, ATL-Zip), I'm pretty sure the Braves won't sweep the Yanquis.
So then, I found myself in Boston last Thursday, and then I found myself wandering down Boylston in the evening, and then I found myself in front of Fenway Park chatting with a sidewalk entrepreneur:
“Aye, you theyah, need tickets?”
“What you got?”
“I got box tickets and I got grandstand.”
“How much for the box?”
“80 dollahs.”
“Too much. How much for the grandstand?”
“25 dollahs.”
“Still too much.”
“How much you got?”
“I got 10 dollars.”
“No way. I wouldn’t give you these tickets for 10 dollahs during the 7th inning stretch.”
“Alright then, I’ma go talk to that guy over there.”
“Wait! Okay, 10 dollahs. Yer killin’ me.”
“Thanks, man. Here’s a 20. Keep the change.”
“Bah! Haha! Yer a friggin’ comedian. Enjoy the game.”
“Thanks, man.”
Sancho’s 10 dollar seat:
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A seat that Sancho liked better, but was asked to leave by the park staff:
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(Bo-Sox lost to the Angels 13/14)
Nice, I've always wanted to see a game at Fenway.
I was in Arlington at Rangers Stadium last week, there was a bit of a rain delay but it turned out pretty good:
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Ranger lost to the Twins
Nice stadium. My only question for you, Papaya, is: how did you deal with the hypoxia up there?
A few years ago I almost got to go to a Rangers game at Dubya’s ball park, but I was out voted by my fellow revelers and we wound up going to 6 Flags instead.
So then, Tuesday night I got to go to a Giants game at AT&T Park in San Fran. There’s definitely a different attitude there than in Boston. At Fenway the fans were – intense. There was a pop fly to short right field and the Bo-Sox 1st baseman and right fielder looked at each other as it dropped between them. The dude beside me nearly blew a gasket: “Jeee-sus Christ! This is the may-jah leagues you bums! Get offa my field. Get outta my town! You F**ks.”
Just a bit more laid back in San Francisco: Middle of game, score tied, Giants have runners on 1st and 3rd, nobody out. We’re sitting there thinking – squeeze play. Am I right? Well the next three batters swing away, three up, three down, runners stranded. We’re talking to each other about how we can’t believe they didn’t bunt. The California dudes in front of us (who were wearing their Giants ball caps and jerseys, and waving their big orange foam fingers, cheering the home team the whole game) turned around and asked us, “Hey man, what’s a squeeze play anyway.” We told them how it worked and they agreed that it would’ve been a good idea.
Ah well.
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Giants lost to the D-Backs in extra innings 6 to 8.
Right Fielder Hunter Pence did swat the 62nd homer from AT&T Park into the San Francisco Bay that night, which was pretty cool.
I practiced by holding my breath.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
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Miguel Cabrera 1st Triple Crown winner in 45 years
By RONALD BLUM, AP Sports Writer – 7 hours ago
It is more rare than a perfect game and about as uncommon as an unassisted triple play.
Miguel Cabrera won baseball's first Triple Crown in 45 years Wednesday night, becoming only the third living player to achieve the feat.
Cabrera led the American League with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 RBIs, making him the 15th Triple Crown winner and the first since Boston's Carl Yastrzemski in 1967.
And look how cute he is:
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My Milwaukee Brewers came back from the dead in September and made a late run for the playoffs, but faded at the end and came up short.
The Tigers (who have former Brewer Prince "the largest vegetarian in the world" Fielder) are a team I generally respect and wish well. Cabrera's achievement is amazing.
Now the playoffs have begun I can only hope the Yankee's lose tonight and exit the playoffs in shame and disgrace. That would make me happy.
I'm kinda rooting for a Nationals vs. Orioles World Series. It would be historically surprising given the clubs' recent histories.
It's a good year to be a baseball fan.
Ichiro, Safe!
What do they feed those guys in Osaka?
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Infante, Safe?
Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker, could’ve made that call from upper deck: “He missed the tag, Ump, he missed the tag!”
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Ichiro is great. I'd put him on the team of best players I've ever seen, in the outfield with Tony Gwynn and Ken Griffey Jr. On the infield I'd put Albert Pujols, Roberto Alomar, Cal Ripken, and maybe George Brett. As catcher, probably Ivan Rodriguez. Leaving out lots of other greats of course. Not sure about pitchers, that's another area to consider. Been watching baseball for 30 plus years.
Hmm, I might go with The Big Unit on the mound.
Well, the ALCS 2012 is history. Think the Bronx Bombers were missing this guy? (ouch!)
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How much fun was that?
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Los Gigantes move on to the fall classic.
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What a game!
I'm so happy!
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Ya see. In the game of baseball, there's a little something for everybody.
Last night a dark cloud descended over the Middle Mississippi River Valley. From St Louis, Missouri to East St Louis, Illinois; from Big Muddy (the Missouri River) to Big Muddy (also the Mississippi River); from O Fallon, Missouri to O Fallon, Illinois, people had a little less spring in their step, a not-so-bright twinkle in their eye, a little less lead in their pencil. And yet, out east of St Louis, over on the Illinois side of the river, out there in a corn field somewhere, a little ray of sunshine shined down.
Baseball, MM. Ain't it grand?
My Rangers burned out early along with Big Tex, so I no longer have a dog in the hunt.
I reckon I'll pull for Papaya's Tigers and Miguel.
Man-O-man the Tigers stranded a lot of runners last night.
I gotta tell ya, though, I’m kinda pulling for Old Crazy Eyes:
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Or maybe:
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You decide:
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Game 4 starts now. See ya later.
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Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Thanks man. What a damn shame though, huh?
From The Onion:
DETROIT—Sources close to Major League Baseball confirmed Tuesday that, oh, um, the World Series just happened. “So, yeah, Giants won it in four,” sources told reporters. “They beat the Tigers.” At press time, a new report confirmed that, uh, one of the Giants won the MVP, too.
*sigh*
I can smell the peanut from here......How I wish I was at the ol' ballpark this afternoon.
The Bravos be boomin' early on.
However, the entire Yankees organization seems to be on the injured-reserve list.
Jose Reyes of the Blue Jays suffered an awful-looking injury and may be gone for months if not the whole season. He's a great player.
^Walk it off, man. Walk it off.
I gotta tell ya, the rookie Evan Gattis has Braves fans excited this year – and the Bravos still be booming.
So then, the other day I had a wave of nostalgia wash over me as I remembered the first Little-League Louisville Slugger I ever owned was embossed with this fellow’s siggy:
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And I thought San Fran’s Hunter Pence was intense last year.
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It took a real man to guard the plate when Ty Cobb was bent on stealing home.
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Hats off to one of the greats:
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Are women allowed in baseball teams or do they have women-only separate league as in other sports?
Women do not play on MLB teams
...because "There's no crying in baseball!!"
I'm sure there is no prohibition against women playing professional baseball in the U.S. major leagues—if only because it has never been an issue; As yet there have been no viable female prospects.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade