2018 MLB Season Thread (1 Viewer)

[Mike Frezon]

Mostly baseball needs to saved from itself and leave it alone and stop trying to make it The X-Games Cool. Field of Dreams style -- Baseball makes people remember what it was like when ......

Amen, brother.

 

[ponset]

Twins hire Rays coach ROCCO BALDELLI as their new Manager.

http://www.startribune.com/rocco-baldelli-named-minnesota-twins-manager/498529892/

 

[Dennis Nicholls]

 

[Malcolm R]

I'm not sure the shoes even matter:

 

[Dennis Nicholls]

No comments by the peanut gallery? Top of the 9th.....

 

[TonyD]

Despite of having two “high profile” teams this World Series is more boring then dirt.

The WS in the past felt special no matter what teams were there.
Not anymore. Nw it’s just kind of there.
I think part of it is the broadcast.
It’s just ordinary.
Buck and Smoltz are a big part of it.
Smoltz doesn’t have any gravitas and Buck doesn’t have the tone to call baseball.

I’m not sure if there is anyone anymore who has the gravitas to make a World Series feel like a big deal now.

 

[Dennis Nicholls]

Back to speculation.

What if every player of 9 has to rotate past all 9 positions during the 9 innings. Say a player started at first base. Next inning he'd play 2nd base, then 3rd base, etc. etc. until he pitches the last inning.

 

[Mike Frezon]

What if every player of 9 has to rotate past all 9 positions during the 9 innings. Say a player started at first base. Next inning he'd play 2nd base, then 3rd base, etc. etc. until he pitches the last inning.

Kinda like this?

Despite of having two “high profile” teams this World Series is more boring then dirt.

We must be watching different games...

But I can agree that the broadcasts aren't very good.

 

[TonyD]

Mary Hart is trending more then the actual game.

 

[holtge]

IDK. That HR by Bradley Jr. in the 8th inning and all of the extra frames since then have made this Game 3 exciting for me. But I haven't been watching. Listening to the game on the ESPN radio app.

 

[TonyD]

Who’s calling the game there?

 

[TonyD]

Uh oh Madsen just came in the game.

 

[TonyD]

And there he goes.

 

[Dennis Nicholls]

Coming up on 1 AM eastern time..... will Commissioner Frezon pack it in?

 

[holtge]

Who’s calling the game there?

Dan Shulman, Chris Singleton, and Buster Olney.

 

[holtge]

Both teams have used just about every guy on their respective 25-man rosters. To the 13th. 5-hour game now. Crazy!

 

[Mike Frezon]

Coming up on 1 AM eastern time..... will Commissioner Frezon pack it in?

Never!!!

 

[holtge]

Oh man! Tied 2-2 in the bottom of the 13th now? This game has had a little bit of everything tonight!

 

[David Norman]

What an absolutely weird inning -- has to be the 13th and near Halloween.

I think it's justified for the game to be tied, but this is the most bizarre series of strange things I've ever seen in a playoff game.
14th Inning -- Ghost of Babe Ruth and 1916 series

Ed. Nunez deserves a Purple Heart for just surviving. Boston's going end up playing the game with 8 players by the end -- if that's even allowed anymore. I think Sale and Pomeranz are the only 2 guys left for Boston if someone gets hurt.

At least LA appears to have 7 players of some variety left.

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[Dennis Nicholls]

The players are all getting tired. Pitchers are throwing wild balls, catchers are bobbling things, fielders are throwing wild. This game may be decided on errors.