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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: GopherRock on March 28, 2025, 09:09:34 AM
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https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1575341759529308160
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https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1575341759529308160
Although they were beating the Angels so badly on Opening Day, that the Angels put a position player on the mound
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I was gonna say...
How'd the twinkies do yesterday?
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They got eliminated from playoff contention as well. If you're looking for a team to talk trash about, this Twins team isn't it.
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Tigers' Cy Young winner had a bad outing, they went 0-15 with RISP, and still only lost by 1 to LAD. Not worried about the pitching, but getting more length out of the lineup, with arguably our 2nd best offensive player on the IL is promising to more consistency
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I didn't think you had enough to overturn the home run for the dodgers, but then you also don't have enough to overturn that,
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I didn't think you had enough to overturn the home run for the dodgers, but then you also don't have enough to overturn that,
Never mind, I forgot you were dealing with the Dodgers. I was trying to be rational, MLB is trying to make money
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Dodgers wine and cheese crowd booing everything on cue. LA baseball fans are doing their best to not let Boston and Philly corner the market on awful fanbases
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That's one of those that if it was game two of an NFL season, the terrible call would be analyzed all week, instead it's just another bad call in a 162 game season that will be forgotten
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Dodgers have like a 49% chance at going 162-0. :57:
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Was watching highlights yesterday, and noticing the Rays playing home games outdoors, I realized I'd forgotten that two MLB franchises will play their home games in a semi-pro ballpark (A's) and a spring training stadium (Rays).
George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa will host the Rays. Capacity seating = 11,026
(https://i.imgur.com/TkiRnsP.png)
Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, home of the Triple-A River Cats, will host the A's. Capacity seating = 14,014
(https://i.imgur.com/Og9jdaD.jpeg)
Both stadiums are nicer than where the Rays and A's originally played. And both franchises weren't well attended, so the lower seating capacities play into the lower demand.
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Sellout? What's that?!?
The Rays had 4 days to Ray-ify that ballpark. It's across the street from the Bucs stadium and a strip club (although everything in Tampa is across from a strip club).
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Sellout? What's that?!?
The Rays had 4 days to Ray-ify that ballpark. It's across the street from the Bucs stadium and a strip club (although everything in Tampa is across from a strip club).
I was going to say, at no point in Tampa are you more than a block away from a Hooters, outback steakhouse, or a strip club. Hitting all 3 is a Tampa bar crawl
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I'm in
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New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695 feet on Saturday.
Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin, Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, Austin Wells, Anthony Volpe and Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered in New York’s 20-9 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Yankees hit four more homers in a 12-3 win Sunday and their 15 homers through the first three games matched the 2006 Detroit Tigers for the most in major league history.
“That’s just trying to be the best we can be,” manager Aaron Boone said Sunday. “That’s one of the things that’s gotten pointed out. I say to you guys all the time, we’re trying to win on the margins and that shows up in so many different ways.”
(https://i.imgur.com/KhTDtoQ.jpeg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/iAg1U46.png)
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NY Yankees scored 20 in their 2nd game of the season. NY Giants didn't score 20 til their 3rd game, and not at home until November
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Dodgers were down 5-0, likely to take their first L. Nah. 6-5 win. Maybe a 49.1% chance of going 162-0. haha
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After an 8-0 start, the Dodgers' chances of going 162-0 are gone.
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The entire AL West has a negative run differential.
White Sox are already dead last in the AL at 2-6 despite only a -4 run differential, which is tied with the 6-2 Rangers, who lead the AL West
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After an 8-0 start, the Dodgers' chances of going 162-0 are gone.
And now in a 3 way tie in the loss column in the division
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Albert Pujols might have dethroned Tiki Barber as most disappointing transition to analyst
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Ah nothing like waking up to a hot cup of black coffee and a dusting of snow on the ground.....for the opening day of baseball in Cleveland. No worries though the mercury is going to shoot up to 32° - good times
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Chicago in a few weeks. Bought White Sox tickets. Can't believe how rock-bottom the prices are. As low as TWO dollars and only FIVE for the lower bowl are like prices from the 1960s! ⚾
5 minutes before first pitch for White Sox Vs Oakland A’s:
(https://i.imgur.com/6DGNvzO.jpeg)
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What did you eat?
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We have our "reunion game" Sunday, usually the only game I attend in person. That means most of the Fantasy Camp folks and coaches show up in a "suite" to have lunch (not very good) and banter about some (which is fun) and watch the game. The "suite" is far from being luxury anything, the food is typical dogs and burgers etc. They do have "free beer". It's nice to see the guys but we keep up with each other through the year pretty much.
I think the Bravos started 0-9 but lost their shot at a defeated season by winning a handful.
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What did you eat?
A Bavarian Pretzel w/ hot mustard, and cracker jacks. The box of cracker jacks ($4) was twice the price of the ticket.
The White Sox lost 8-0 to the A's. Their lineup is hopelessly awful; only TWO batters are hitting over .200.
Cool stadium but not much to root for for the 10,000 fans in attendance yesterday. The timing of the afternoon game worked out; once the game ended around 4PM it started raining.
(https://i.imgur.com/BwnQcp7.jpeg)
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That doesn't look like 10,000.
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They may have sold 10,000 tickets and had 758 show for the game.
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Tigers-Royals game today took 2:02.
Baseball is my favorite sport, and yet I will still hear no pitch clock rules slander
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Just left As v Brewers are shade over 2hrs. My kids noticed how brisk it was. Now we hit a late dinner. Perfect
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Tigers-Royals game today took 2:02.
Baseball is my favorite sport, and yet I will still hear no pitch clock rules slander
not from me but I do have a gripe
The extra innings rule starting with a man on 2nd should go away
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not from me but I do have a gripe
The extra innings rule starting with a man on 2nd should go away
It's a math thing.
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I don't know the prevailing top strategy for the man on second deal.
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a seeing eye single
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I watched these guys growing up, when baseball was baseball.
Baseball’s Lost Legends: 15 Stars Who Deserved Better (https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/baseball-s-lost-legends-15-stars-who-deserved-better/ss-AA1DyUGT?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=4b7092bc114a415b8a94c218c139b66d&ei=14#image=1)
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Vida Blue and Bobby Bonds are definitely not forgotten here in the Bay Area. I know a lot of those other guys, though not all of them. That Dave Parker throw in the All-Star game was a thing of beauty.
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Folks have this notion that failing short of the HoF is somehow a big negative. I understand "they" want to keep its exclusivity, but for players like Dale Murphy and Andruw Jones, it's a recurring question that has to make them feel bad. I've met both and listened to how they respond to such questions. Do these players "deserve better"? Maybe.
All the players who ever played MLB would not fill an MLB stadium. Just to play MLB is a thing.
I know Steve Avery pretty well. Before his injuries he was one of the best left handed pitchers in the game, but his arm gave out. He's a pretty neat guy, doesn't dwell on what might have been, he pitched in MLB with a lot of success.
There are myriad stories like these, players who had great careers cut short, or just didn't quite make the Hall. Remembering them is what should be done, not criticizing whatever for not getting top recognition.
But we humans have to have our "rankings" to argue about.
Incidentally, Dale Murphy is hilarious.
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such as "who's the best golfer w/o a major?
who's the best 3rd basemen NOT in the hall?
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such as "who's the best golfer w/o a major?
who's the best 3rd basemen NOT in the hall?
Graig Nettles or Darrell Evans
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I'd go with Nettles with that choice
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If not Nettles I'd go Sal Bando or Cey. Buddy Bell but not sure he's enough 3b.
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Cey was a Dodger and a penguin so, no
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A penguin dodging trolleys in Brooklyn would be quite a sight.
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Didn't say I liked Cey at all.
Nettles has some huge home v road splits.
I'm not a big Hall guy anyways.
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I liked Cey more than most Dodgers
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Ron Cey's rookie card is the same as Mike Schmidt's rookie card. One of those rookie trio cards.
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The Cey Hey Kid?
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The Cey Hey Kid?
Not quite.
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not even close
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I spot watched off and on the Braves last night, they are ... interesting, I guess, a bit, started the year 0-7 and are still missing a couple top players.
I do think teams that buy their rosters are going to kill off baseball in smaller markets, in effect, maybe the teams linger but everyone knows they won't be competitive.
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I get your meaning, but that's how baseball has always been. Different franchises sucked for decades at a time. With the near-random outcomes of short series, spending tons of money only gets you a playoff spot. KC was acting like a farm team for NYY for awhile there, through FA.
But yeah, it's getting more extreme, for sure.