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When do yo think the MLB regular season will start?

On time
- 1 (33.3%)
Late, but on or before April 15th
- 0 (0%)
April 16th through April 30th
- 0 (0%)
May 1st through May 15th
- 2 (66.7%)
May 16th through May 31st
- 0 (0%)
Jun1st through June 15th
- 0 (0%)
June 16th through June 30th
- 0 (0%)
After June 30th
- 0 (0%)
No Season
- 0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 3

Voting closed: February 13, 2022, 10:41:25 PM


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josh

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Re: Major League Baseball
« Reply #5640 on: October 12, 2021, 10:49:54 AM »
On the subject of drinking at sporting events, it looks like MLB fans are far more restrained than fans of other sports, with the exception of the NCAA fans, but given the latter group's ages, that's a good thing.

https://www.lines.com/nfl/game-day-drinking-which-sports-fan-consume-the-most-alcohol-560

Philly fans are 50% more likely to binge drink during a game than Boston fans and nearly double as likely to smoke pot during a game.

Not that they are at the top, by any means, but the Boston fans are near the bottom. Puritanism, I'm sure, will be the claim, rather than that the fans just might actually care more about the game than getting plastered or stoned.

I was interested to note that almost everybody drinks more at the game than at home.
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Re: Major League Baseball
« Reply #5641 on: October 12, 2021, 10:56:54 AM »
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« Reply #5642 on: October 12, 2021, 11:04:20 AM »
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Re: Major League Baseball
« Reply #5643 on: October 12, 2021, 11:05:46 AM »
Quote from: kidcarter8 on October 12, 2021, 10:56:54 AM
Sometimes you do get the breaks


https://fansided.com/2021/10/11/ron-kulpa-red-sox-terrible-call-wander-franco/?a_aid=41091&fbclid=IwAR2SuE7I-yY-EeEIQ3clDRMtyY5vhnFzhzex1erkMMgNW4M-zmuS5p9AHCw

That was an awful call.

But I've hated the balls and strikes calling throughout the postseason and during much of the year, as I have previously noted.

And I don't know if Culpa has something against Franco, but I am sure some umps have issues with individual players, teams, races, etc.
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« Reply #5644 on: October 12, 2021, 11:10:12 AM »
Quote from: kidcarter8 on October 12, 2021, 10:36:40 AM
HamilSam -

who do you have winning it all?

Dodgers certainly not looking like their best self.

I am pulling for Chicago, then Milwaukee.  Each could end today.

The team that pitches the best and plays the best D and has the most depth usually wins.

Which looks like SFG.

If they beat LA, they will win it all with an older squad of dudes who just know how to play the game.

Then again, they have Gabe The Meddler Kaplan managing.
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Re: Major League Baseball
« Reply #5645 on: October 12, 2021, 11:16:52 AM »
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Re: Major League Baseball
« Reply #5646 on: October 12, 2021, 12:08:44 PM »
Where it began, I can't begin to knowing
But then I know they've played so long
They won in the spring
But spring turned to a bummer
Who'd have believed they'd again turn Boston strong?
Hands, swinging bats, throw balls
Reaching out, to crooked umps, getting calls


Sweet Hamilton
Good times never seemed so good

so good

so good

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« Reply #5647 on: October 12, 2021, 06:59:59 PM »
That was almost an amazing catch by the Brewers' 3rd baseman from the catcher!

That they are calling the batter out is beyond me.
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« Reply #5648 on: October 12, 2021, 07:03:41 PM »
Red Sox and White Sox - 0 (0%)
Red Sox and Astros - 3 (50%)
Rays and White Sox - 2 (33.3%)
Rays and Astros - 1 (16.7%)

Three of us called it right for both teams. One other of us got the Astros.

Time for the next poll!
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« Reply #5649 on: October 12, 2021, 07:12:28 PM »
Quote from: josh on October 12, 2021, 06:59:59 PM
That was almost an amazing catch by the Brewers' 3rd baseman from the catcher!

That they are calling the batter out is beyond me.

Because it is not reviewable?!

What kind of bs is that?!

There's a fine example of a rule that needs changing a whole lot faster than the pinball rule.
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« Reply #5650 on: October 12, 2021, 07:39:17 PM »
Quote from: josh on October 12, 2021, 06:59:59 PM
That was almost an amazing catch by the Brewers' 3rd baseman from the catcher!

That they are calling the batter out is beyond me.

What happened?
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« Reply #5651 on: October 12, 2021, 07:47:54 PM »
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« Reply #5652 on: October 12, 2021, 08:02:26 PM »
Bullock has prayed for the fire to fall on the American government and for God to remove the fraudulent government leaders from the nation, so that the world may breathe.



It's working
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« Reply #5653 on: October 12, 2021, 08:13:08 PM »
Astros and Sox again.

This time they host us to start.

Sox got to knock them down

and knock them down

and knock them down again.

They'll thanks us eventually.

Because as many Texans are learning its better to get knocked down than knocked up in Texas.

had to

 
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« Reply #5654 on: October 12, 2021, 10:10:56 PM »
Quote from: kidcarter8 on October 12, 2021, 07:39:17 PM
Quote from: josh on October 12, 2021, 06:59:59 PM
That was almost an amazing catch by the Brewers' 3rd baseman from the catcher!

That they are calling the batter out is beyond me.

What happened?

Pop foul near the stands.

Catcher almost catches it, but it bounces out of his glove toward the field.

Third baseman dives and appears to have caught the ball before it hit the ground.

Batter called out.

His manager objects. The umps talk together and then put headsets on.

The replays clearly show the ball hit the ground.

The call stands because it is not a reviewable play, even though the truth is visible to all concerned.

The good news is that it seems to have no impact on the outcome of the game. The player called out was for the team that won.

But... how can that not be reversed or reviewed?!
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