~2024 MLB Thread~

[847badgerfan]

Should have moved to Florida when they had the opportunity. 

Chicago is shrinking, cost of attendance is too high for the Sox' blue-collar fan base, and they are heavily eclipsed by TTUN.

The location is also not desirable.

[FearlessF]

like the Brewers?

and Tigers??

[MarqHusker]

Can't overstate how gut wrenching it is to watch baseball playoffs when your favorite 9 is involved. 

Dice roll element of mlb postseason makes it particularly tough to handle.

[ELA]

Got tickets to Game 1 in Cleveland.

First playoff game I'll have been to in person since Game 5 of the 2004 NBA Finals

[ELA]

Holy Polar Bear

[ELA]

Happy to have him back, but happier hes in a different division now


https://twitter.com/Feinsand/status/1842023323732963480?t=ENKIYUqAmz6Ksz7v5aGbNg&s=19

[MaximumSam]

Happy to have him back, but happier hes in a different division now


https://twitter.com/Feinsand/status/1842023323732963480?t=ENKIYUqAmz6Ksz7v5aGbNg&s=19

Interesting...now they just need to televise their games

[ELA]

Interesting...now they just need to televise their games

That's how their announcers get fired though

[ELA]

I definitely wish I could find the drunk Indians fan who was yelling at me and my son the whole way out of Progressive Field that raising him as a Tigers fan was child abuse, and they couldn't wait to get a piece of Skubal, but Detroit wanted no part of Clase

[FearlessF]

A senior citizen caught John Kruk after smoking a cigarette after a game: "That's horrible, to see a professional athlete like you smoking."
"I'm not an athlete, lady, I'm a baseball player."
John Kruk
Legend

[OrangeAfroMan]

The Dodgers are a game away from being eliminated.

Again, baseball's postseason is the least prudent one in all of sports, given how the games percentages are (the best team vs the worst team being a 60/40 thing vs and 90/10 thing with something like college football, etc).

Why bother with 162 games if you've just got a best-of-5 waiting for you at the end of it.  As a person with at least a decent understanding of statistics, I'd have major trouble being highly motivated to play hard.  

[FearlessF]

The Dodgers are a game away from being eliminated.

Again, baseball's postseason is the least prudent one in all of sports, given how the games percentages are (the best team vs the worst team being a 60/40 thing vs and 90/10 thing with something like college football, etc).

Why bother with 162 games the highest payroll in baseball if you've just got a best-of-5 waiting for you at the end of it.  As a person with at least a decent understanding of statistics, I'd have major trouble being highly motivated to play hard. 

[GopherRock]

I'm firmly in favor of retrenchment of the baseball playoffs, and going back to 4 divisions only. 

[FearlessF]

60 years ago this week

Bob Uecker, who had been shagging out in left field, tries his hand at catching batting practice balls with a tuba when an unsuspecting member of a Dixieland band leaves it unattended. Much to the delight of the crowd, the comedic Cardinals backup catcher is successful in two of his six attempts to snag a fly ball in the mouth of the instrument, but the owner, who is not amused, asks the team for $250 to cover the cost of repairing the dented brass.