2024 MLB Thread

[guy incognito]

2 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

A metro bus was set on fire in Los Angeles during celebrations and 12 people were arrested for looting stores. 

I would assume Tinseltown rioters are more glamorous than Bubba Helms.

Edited Thursday at 09:18 PM by guy incognito

[guy incognito]

2 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

A metro bus was set on fire in Los Angeles during celebrations and 12 people were arrested for looting stores. 

I would assume Tinseltown rioters are more glamorous than Bubba Helms.

Edited Thursday at 09:19 PM by guy incognito

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On 10/30/2024 at 8:00 AM, Motor City Sonics said:

Great gig for Will Venable - coming in as White Sox manager.  He can go 61-101 and it's a 20 game improvement.   

 

Good luck with that, Will.

[Sports_Freak]

4 hours ago, 1776 said:

Interesting article on the Tampa Bay Rays ballpark, present and future. A bond vote has been delayed for the new ballpark pending where the Rays call home the next three seasons. 
 

https://stpetecatalyst.com/storm-impacts-delay-rays-stadium-bond-vote/

Hopefully they can rebuild it before the next hurricane blows it apart again. Just abandon Florida, America's wang.

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15 hours ago, guy incognito said:

Looks like we won’t have Bob Costas to kick around anymore. I still think he was a genuinely great announcer when he was working with Kubek back in the day.

http://amp.awfulannouncing.com/mlb/bob-costas-retires.html

 

There's nostalgia for sure but the last few years when he started working playoff games on MLB Network I wasn't a fan.  He lived too much in the past.... he came across as a broadcaster who hasn't done a game in 30 years and assumed his audience hasn't watched a game in 30 years.  He'd say things like "the game is a lot more global now" and once made a reference to Albert Belle.  He kind of reminded me of Mitch Albom... someone who pops in every once in a while in a sport but doesn't have the recent knowledge that a regular sports writer would.  A Lions column written today referencing Scott Mitchell for example.

 

[gehringer_2]

6 hours ago, oblong said:

someone who pops in every once in a while in a sport but doesn't have the recent knowledge that a regular sports writer would.

this exactly. You can keep working a gig like that when you are old if you are in decent condition, but you have to keep working all the time to stay current like Scully did.

[oblong]

Speaking of Scully... I'm pick the off season to start reading basball books.  This year I had Joe Posnanski's book "Why we love baseball" on standby.  His books are so much more than just a list of what happened. When he discusses Koufax's 4th no hitter he focuses on Scully's PBP of the 9th, verbatim.  It's pure poetry.   I'll share some screenshots later from my kindle.

 

[guy incognito]

9 hours ago, oblong said:

There's nostalgia for sure but the last few years when he started working playoff games on MLB Network I wasn't a fan.  He lived too much in the past.... he came across as a broadcaster who hasn't done a game in 30 years and assumed his audience hasn't watched a game in 30 years.  He'd say things like "the game is a lot more global now" and once made a reference to Albert Belle.  He kind of reminded me of Mitch Albom... someone who pops in every once in a while in a sport but doesn't have the recent knowledge that a regular sports writer would.  A Lions column written today referencing Scott Mitchell for example.

 

I remember reading someplace that **** Enberg stayed away from baseball announcing for years even though it was his favorite sport to call, precisely because his full plate with other sports meant that he wouldn't be able to do it on more than an occasional basis and baseball is the type of sport you have to be involved in regularly if you want to do it justice. 

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[gehringer_2]

2 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

Not good. Might look somewhat better for the Tigers if you looked at the losses per 9 inning of BP work.

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49 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Not good. Might look somewhat better for the Tigers if you looked at the losses per 9 inning of BP work.

I suspect many were a result of our bullpen games.  Not necessarily an indictment.

[gehringer_2]

9 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

I suspect many were a result of our bullpen games.  Not necessarily an indictment.

great point. I  hadn't even thought about bullpen start days  being included, but they may well have been..

Edited 34 minutes ago by gehringer_2