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OrangeAfroMan

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2020 MLB Thread
« on: February 09, 2020, 05:50:43 PM »
Spring Training is coming up.
I'm cutting my games schedule to half a week.  If anyone needs any Cactus League info, just ask.  The ballparks, the parking, the traffic, etc.  
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I'm starting out at Camelback Ranch (LAD), then Sloan Park the next day (CHC), a double-header - Camelback (CWS) and American Family (MIL) after that.  I can walk to the Brewers games (cheese curds).  I'll go out to Goodyear (CIN) next, and finally back to Camelback for my Dodgers again.
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Only do a double-header if the ballparks are close OR if you see a game way out west first and the next is in-town.  Otherwise, you'll be arriving in the 2nd inning still fuming from road rage.
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Re: 2020 MLB Thread
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2020, 10:08:30 PM »
I might miss the Cactus League this year  :'(

I'm particularly bummed out as it starts a wee bit earlier this year and I love getting out there before the spring break crowds.

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« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2020, 11:56:50 AM »
I'd get out to more non-spring break games, except there aren't many night games.  It stinks.
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Re: 2020 MLB Thread
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2020, 02:46:16 PM »
I see the Brewers are hosting a rare night game on Monday March 9th in Maryvale.  Peoria seems to host the most night games in Cactus League.  I didn't notice any night games until Feb 28th.
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« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2020, 09:08:09 PM »
Yeah, there are especially few night games for the Brewers because it is ghetto here.
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« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2020, 09:33:38 PM »
I've never been to a night Maryvale game.   I know it's not ritzy Ritz but is it really that big of a problem at night?  I've never experienced a problem. Beats hauling out to Goodyear or Surprise.   Of course depends where you are staying. 
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« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2020, 10:39:25 PM »
I'm sure it's fine, but I don't look at it from the fans' perspective.  If you're a team and you have your millionaire players around, you're not wanting them in Maryvale at night.  
I promise you none of the Brewers' players stay anywhere near their home park while they're visiting.
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« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2020, 08:29:15 PM »
I want to say it was Badge847 saying the White Sox would be good/decent last year.  I think he was a year too early.  The Twins will still win the Central, but the Indians are falling and the ChiSox will finish 2nd.
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Re: 2020 MLB Thread
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2020, 08:22:37 PM »
watching Don Larson's perfect game - 1956
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« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2020, 08:31:30 PM »
Anyone been watching the 5am Korean League games?  A former Gator is the best hitter so far!
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« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2020, 09:01:05 PM »
3am central?

nope
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« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2020, 04:05:39 PM »
Watching Game 6 of the 1995 World Series....the Tom Glavine strike zone is in full force.  

The mid-90s strike zone was absurd - not just for Glavine, not just that ump for the Livan Hernandez game - all of it.  
It was barely up to the waist and down to the knees, then on the edge of the plate inside and literally 4-6 inches outside.  Not sometimes, but always, consistently.  


If those hitters in the mid-90s had our current, consistent strike zone, the numbers they'd have put up would've been even more cartoony.
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« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2020, 04:09:28 PM »
most pitchers got 4 inches outside - Glavine got the full 6
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Re: 2020 MLB Thread
« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2020, 09:58:02 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on June 23, 2020, 04:09:28 PM
most pitchers got 4 inches outside - Glavine got the full 6
Maddox got a few inches out there too.  He'd start with pitches right on the edge, then work them out, maybe 1/4 of an inch at a time.  When he'd get one called a ball, he's go back to the outer edge of the plate and start working his pitches back outside again.
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