RIPPA Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 None of these are officially official yet but the expectations for next year's international games are Phillies/Mets - London Astros/Rockies - Mexico Dodgers/Giants - South Korea (this series will open the season) All of them are 2 game series with each team getting the chance to be the home team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 In the thread is the actual video of Flaherty being the "unless you wrestled, you can't talk about wrestling" guy (The thread also notes that the Cardinals noticed his velocity dipping and checking on him during the game to make sure he wasn't hurt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 I would say Buzz Bissinger should write a follow up book on this Cardinals season but then I would have to read another Buzz Bissinger book 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 As hinted at a couple of posts ago in a tweet The As have now signed a different land agreement for their stadium in Vegas This one will be directly on the Strip at the current site of the Tropicana hotel Apparently the new site will require less public funding (first site was estimate to cost the public $500 million, new one "only" $395 million) Quote The hope is that by reducing their ask on public funding by $105MM, their proposal will be more palatable whenever it’s formally put in front of the Nevada legislature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 My favorite dumb MLB rule showed up today The Yankees beat the As 11-3 Deivi Garcia got a save because he pitched the last 3 innings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 (edited) speaking of rules, I got to see this happen in a 9-1 Royals win. Bottom of the 6th, Royals up 7-1. Runners on 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs. Groundball to 3rd base. Both runners break, the third baseman opts to tag out Salvador Perez (the runner going from 2nd to 3rd) instead of attempting to force out the batter going to 1st. The runner going from 3rd to home crosses before the tag was applied. 8-1 game and the 6th inning is over. A video of the tag play (took until the commercial break ended for them to mention that Vinnie scored before the tag): https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/7b2ccf25-ca94-40f1-a25f-bf003d21a3ea.mp4 Edited May 11, 2023 by Cobra Commander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 The Kenley Jansen experience got his 400th save last night 7th player in history to reach that mark Craig Kimbrel should be the 8th player in the upcoming weeks (he needs 3 more saves) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted May 11, 2023 Author Share Posted May 11, 2023 There's good timing and then there's this: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Not sure what's better, that, or the Dominos ad in the middle of Jericho and Gage using the pizza cutter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 You can probably guess from the answers in this graphic which one of these Royals had a dad in the majors although Bobby Witt the pitcher was pretty much done in the majors when Bobby Witt Jr was born okay, Matt Duffy wanting to be a journalist as a kid sorta sticks out too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 If you are a Junior, do they only call you that in sports if your dad was a pro athlete? If ohtani was a junior but his dad was a salaryman, would it matter, as opposed to if his dad had played for the Nippon Ham Fighters or Yakult Swallows, when he would be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 5 minutes ago, odessasteps said: If you are a Junior, do they only call you that in sports if your dad was a pro athlete? If ohtani was a junior but his dad was a salaryman, would it matter, as opposed to if his dad had played for the Nippon Ham Fighters or Yakult Swallows, when he would be? Jackie Bradley Jr is on the Royals and his dad was a bus driver. So I guess it depends on what you're used to being called. Jackie Bradley Jr does sorta flow smoothly although maybe it's due to familarity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 That name has a good ring to it with the Junior at the end. Maybe because it makes me think of Jackie Rogers Jr? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 (edited) There are the occasion mentions of Jackie Bradley Jr being named after Jackie Wilson, followed by people noting "isn't Jackie Bradley Jr named after Jackie Bradley Sr" Edited May 11, 2023 by Cobra Commander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 time to wrap up a series with a walkoff bunt from the backup catcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Game-Winning was SO much better than walk-off. . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 On 5/9/2023 at 11:40 AM, Craig H said: So my group of Cubs friends all had that moment of WTF when the Cubs didn't even try to keep Willson, but then we laughed at the Cards signing him. One of us asked at the time, "did the Cardinals suddenly become dumb?" And then we went on figuring the Cards would just run away with the division anyway. Turns out that yes, the Cardinals became very dumb and signing Willson was like the canary in the coal mine for that team. They went to replace one of the best catchers of all time with a bat first catcher who was the worst or one of the worst pitch framers in the league and all of his pitchers throwing to him weren't great. It was a recipe for a disaster. Now that alone is a fucking delight because fuck them Cardinals. But everything else on top of that? Like the manager repeatedly throwing the team under the bus? I mean...you love to see it. I'm sure somewhere @piranesi is like, yeah, this team is crazy stupid now and there's no point in bothering with them. I'd also wager that at least half of the "BEST FANS IN BASEBALL" want Palpatine back. I think it's not that they suddenly became dumb but that the dumb guy, John Mozeliak, suddenly, about two years ago with everyone who ever stood up to him finally gone, is totally in control for the first time. His coach. His prospects. His signings. His style. His vision. A coaching staff that just takes orders and a press corps that had long ago forgotten what it's like to write about a loser and sees him as his past results (holding the old core together just long enough to keep making the playoffs all decade in a weak division). But two years into Queen Cersei's full reign and here we are. the 1950s cardinals. The 1970s cardinals. now the 2020s cardinals. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 "Ridiculous" is understating it. Watch where this fucker landed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Uh, so this Morel kid might be pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted May 13, 2023 Author Share Posted May 13, 2023 Speaking of which, Eury Perez got brought up from AA for a spot start(?) and here's his family's reaction to his first big league K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 In a follow up tweet - you see that Rockies pitcher Jake Bird started taunting Harper and/or the Phillies dugout which is what set things off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/10/2023 at 10:54 AM, RIPPA said: As hinted at a couple of posts ago in a tweet The As have now signed a different land agreement for their stadium in Vegas This one will be directly on the Strip at the current site of the Tropicana hotel Apparently the new site will require less public funding (first site was estimate to cost the public $500 million, new one "only" $395 million) Looks like the A's are going to the Strip... Details are as above, though also, it will be a partially retractable roof stadium with a 30,000(!) seat stadium. This will make it - by far - the smallest capacity stadium in the majors. MLB approval is pending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 Boy oh boy did the Toronto announcers dance all around the words "Judge is cheating" during the game yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Boy oh boy did the Toronto announcers dance all around the words "Judge is cheating" during the game yesterday. Judge says he was looking at the dugout because they were chirping about balls and strikes. LOL. Sure thing, Aaron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 The internet noticed that Angel Hernandez hasn't umped a game since April 3 The NY Post says it is due to a back injury MLB only says it is a "medical matter" But if you were wondering why things haven't been fucked up - that's why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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