First-World Problems...Part 2C (Base 15)

Baseball is unique among professional sports in its obsession with statistics. Of course all of them compile an insane amount of trivia, but baseball's love of the numbers links it to its history, and the never-ending debates of who is best,

But along with MLB's suicidal embracing of BLM and the other SJW causes they are meddling with the rules of the game, and that is simply a bridge too far. Tweaking the strike zone is fine; revamping the rules for plays at the plate is...okay...but changing the essence of the game by placing a man on second at the start of extra innings allows runs to score in spite of excellent play on the part of the defense, and that is simply silly and disrespectful of the traditions of the game.

And I haven't even mentioned seven-inning doubleheader games!

But I will give MLB credit, they have succeeded in driving away legions of dedicated fans who would normally be excited beyond all reason for the season to begin. Will I still watch baseball? Sure. As much? Absolutely not. And as for going to see a game? No thanks. I won't spend money on a sport that has no respect for me, its own game, and the country that made its success possible.

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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Posted by: Skip at February 14, 2021 02:01 PM (Cxk7w)

2 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 14, 2021 02:03 PM (TK8Ry)

3 My problem is my 2013 F-150 radio is out, it's a issue with lots of people. It also makes the Bluetooth out. There it theory on resetting but it's not working.

Posted by: Skip at February 14, 2021 02:03 PM (Cxk7w)

4 Haven't watched in over a year and surprisingly I don't miss it. My dad's eyesight going is a factor, though. We used to discuss the games often, and now he doesn't watch for multiple reasons.

Posted by: Catherine at February 14, 2021 02:03 PM (89Sgd)

5 There is a better discussion going on downstairs

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at February 14, 2021 02:03 PM (h1jJh)

6

Republicans need to buy shoes too ....

Posted by: Michael Jordan in 1981 at February 14, 2021 02:04 PM (r4bSV)

7 My problem is my 2013 F-150 radio is out, it's a issue with lots of people. It also makes the Bluetooth out. There it theory on resetting but it's not working.
Posted by: Skip at February 14, 2021 02:03 PM (Cxk7w)

My 2012 Dodge minivan has the same problem. All I can do is stream, and my four-year-old iPhone can only handle that for a little while.

Posted by: Catherine at February 14, 2021 02:05 PM (89Sgd)

8 Suicide by SJW.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 14, 2021 02:05 PM (W4eKo)

9 Hey Catherine!! *waves*

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2021 02:06 PM (nxdel)

10 Top 10ish!

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 14, 2021 02:06 PM (KKitP)

11 Ditto CBD.
Went to games alone, took the wife and boys to many games in PHX.
I also had a tradition of buying a table for 5 at the in stadium restaurant for my wife's b-day.
Haven't watched a game since they shoved BLM into the mix and will not.
Better half just told me she got rid of all the major sport memorabilia sportswear as well.

I've felt all the TV sports were the 'bread an circuses' for years, now I know they are and have been.

Posted by: AZ isolated deplorable at February 14, 2021 02:06 PM (gtatv)

12 Base 15?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at February 14, 2021 02:06 PM (ZSK0i)

13 used to care and liked sports

now, who cares , take a knee when making at least $500k per year, have fun with that

Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 14, 2021 02:06 PM (r4bSV)

14

Fuck professional sports, anally, dry.

Posted by: Dr. Nick Riviera at February 14, 2021 02:07 PM (j64/6)

15 Hey Catherine!! *waves*
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2021 02:06 PM (nxdel)

Hi!! I got my keychain Wednesday, I think. Thank you so much! I hope y'all are warm. It is too freakin' cold up here.

Posted by: Catherine at February 14, 2021 02:07 PM (89Sgd)

16 Good afternoon, Horde!

1" thick ice in the cats' water bowl outside in the Texas Hill Country.

@$!Ł global warming! *shakes fist*

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 14, 2021 02:08 PM (KKitP)

17 Catchers can't block the plate, no more takeout slides at second, no more chin music. It's a reflection of the Pussification of America.

Posted by: Shooter McGavin at February 14, 2021 02:09 PM (7cueZ)

18 If a team has more persons of color than their opponent then they should get a run spotted for every extra person of color they have on their team.

How did I do?

Is that woke enough?

Posted by: torabora at February 14, 2021 02:09 PM (Yh8AQ)

19 Catchers can't block the plate, no more takeout slides at second, no more chin music. It's a reflection of the Pussification of America.

The trannys are warming up in the bullpen.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 14, 2021 02:10 PM (W4eKo)

20 Baseball lends itself uniquely to keeping elaborate statistics because, in essence, it consists of a whole series of individual one-on-one matches on which statistics can be kept.

Contrast, e.g., football. As soon as the ball is snapped 11 one-on-one matches take place. How could you possibly keep stats on, e.g., how many blocks each interior lineman missed?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:10 PM (YqDXo)

21 Lot of better things to do. Even past the SJW posturing, the K, HR, BB outcomes are just boring

Game would be more fun if we had bigger parks, higher mounds, and defense actually mattered

Posted by: buanadha at February 14, 2021 02:11 PM (WYheA)

22 bazeball bin berry berry good to me. Shame me, shun me. I love me some baseball. Some of these rule changes are stupid though. I blame it on when they started fiddling around and POOF there was a designated hitter. That was the beginning of it all.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 02:11 PM (45fpk)

23 Aces, Deuces, and one-eyed Jacks wild!

Posted by: West at February 14, 2021 02:11 PM (QY+6a)

24 Good afternoon, Horde!

1" thick ice in the cats' water bowl outside in the Texas Hill Country.

@$! global warming! *shakes fist*
Posted by: callsign claymore

Well ... if your cat is a dirty Scandi, you can tech them how to go ice fishing ...

Posted by: Adriane the All Movies are Imaginary Critic ... at February 14, 2021 02:12 PM (LPnfS)

25 I've had an MLB TV subscription for years and I cancelled it the night the walked off the field after the Jackass Blake thing. I hope that virtual signal was worth a lifelong customer that bought a ton merch every year

Agreed on the extra innings and 7 inning double-headers

Posted by: DaninTexas at February 14, 2021 02:12 PM (0v9Bu)

26 I had to call MLB.tv and chew them out for auto renewing my subscription after I had specifically told them I had no interest in renewing.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 14, 2021 02:12 PM (2SdPm)

27 There'd be more stolen bases if runners could take their bats with them.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 14, 2021 02:13 PM (kTF2Z)

28 23 Aces, Deuces, and one-eyed Jacks wild!

And a pair of natural sevens takes all!

Posted by: TN Deplorable at February 14, 2021 02:13 PM (mgeBd)

29 They stole the name "baseball" but it's not baseball anymore with all the rule changes. Add disrespect to America and her flag, they can kiss my ass.

Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2021 02:13 PM (+ya+t)

30 " Base 15?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy"

I thought it was a baseball inside joke.

Posted by: West at February 14, 2021 02:13 PM (QY+6a)

31 I hope y'all are warm. It is too freakin' cold up here.

It's absolutely miserable here. It's been blowing snow all day, high expected to reach a whopping 1 degree! I've just stayed in. Glad you got the keychain!

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2021 02:14 PM (nxdel)

32 It was the rule changes mostly that soured me on baseball. As a kid it was the one sport where I did fairly well (except at the plate - was never a good hitter). I mostly played first base, or right field.

I used to love watching games, particularly in the playoffs. But it just doesn't work for me now. Last WS I watched was the Cubs when they won. That was cool to see.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Being Moar Dumber at February 14, 2021 02:14 PM (x8Wzq)

33 "My problem is my 2013 F-150 radio is out, it's a issue with lots of people. It also makes the Bluetooth out. There it theory on resetting but it's not working.
Posted by: Skip"

Is it completely nonfunctional? My 2010 150's has started acting up and the sound goes out but it's still on and the menus work.

I hate the new radios with the touchscreens and all the layers of menus. We used to do perfectly fine with knobs and buttons.

Posted by: f'd at February 14, 2021 02:14 PM (Bs55t)

34 Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:10 PM (YqDXo)

Game tape. Defensive coordinators. Assistant coaches.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 14, 2021 02:14 PM (5XK0y)

35 I'm not sure but I think this all might have started when these guys first started wearing pink for boob cancer "awareness".

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 14, 2021 02:15 PM (W4eKo)

36 Well, at least MLB didn't go to the universal DH rule.

I hated it was even proposed, even though I followed an AL team.

Losing that difference during inter league play would have been a killer.

But, then again, MLB is trying to commit suicide, so, whatever.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 14, 2021 02:15 PM (2SdPm)

37 What Full Woke will look like in professional sports: The winning team gets sacrificed to the sun god on top of a ziggurat.

"No way! That's crazy!"

"So is mass murder in American nursing homes under the pretense of Bat Soup Flu. Yet here we are."

Go long on blue paint and obsidian.

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 14, 2021 02:16 PM (KKitP)

38 I don't understand watching any sports ball now that has embraced BLM and SJW causes.

I have to apologize to Jordan Spieth because apparently my watching the PGA up until they crapped on Trump was keeping him down. He has been doing better since I've stopped watching.

Posted by: C 137 at February 14, 2021 02:16 PM (2DOZq)

39 I like 7 inning doubleheaders. They should also institute a mercy rule. 7 run lead after 7, game's over. Also, a batter who strikes out should forfeit his next at bat. The pace (too slow) and style (boring 3 true outcomes) of play...not SJW messaging, which compared to other major American entertainment entities is marginal in baseball...are hurting pro baseball.

Posted by: occam's brassiere at February 14, 2021 02:17 PM (8HvsU)

40 But what's left?

Posted by: Ralph Carlson at February 14, 2021 02:17 PM (rs93E)

41 the only organized sport I ever played was baseball

65 and 66, commercial BB in Dallas

my school back at the farm in east TX didn't have a team

didn't matter, left the next year to go on my on

Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 02:17 PM (6iURM)

42 Looking forward to watching Bubba Wallace DNF today.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 14, 2021 02:17 PM (kTF2Z)

43 Gimmicky rule changes is what ruined NASCAR also.

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 14, 2021 02:18 PM (xPl2J)

44 Anyone who was around this morning, looks like my SIL had a frozen pipe in her kitchen. She doesn't know enough to turn her faucet on a small drip at night until this thing is over. No wonder she's been married 3 times.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2021 02:18 PM (nxdel)

45 Catchers can't block the plate, no more takeout slides at second, no more chin music. It's a reflection of the Pussification of America.

I have to respectfully disagree. People can get seriously injured by those plays. Note that baseball cleats, unlike football cleats, stick in the ground; if someone takes you out, and you don't get your feet up in the air, you will break your leg, pretty much guaranteed, because your foot will not move. At. All.

Catchers could NEVER legally block the plate without the ball, any more than any other position player could. (Otherwise a first baseman could just move five feet up the line and clothes line a runner before he got to first base, then receive the ball and tag the runner out.) Contra the explicit rules, it was just an accepted practice.

The problem is that all too often the ball and the runner get there at the same time. Was the catcher blocking the plate without the ball? Hard to say. In any case, the runner has no idea if the ball will be there before or not.

So eliminating blocking the plate, and freight-training the catcher, is a good thing.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:19 PM (YqDXo)

46 Each cup adjustment = 2 strikes

Play with gloves while preening for the camera = 3 strikes.

Posted by: klaftern at February 14, 2021 02:19 PM (RuIsu)

47 MLB is making the same mistake that a lot of sports have made: They are alienating their core audience though trying to pull in people who aren't interested to begin with.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 14, 2021 02:19 PM (2SdPm)

48 I'm not sure but I think this all might have started when these guys first started wearing pink for boob cancer "awareness".
Posted by: Notorious BFD

Between that and the off field thug behavior is when I started not watching any sports. Now I actively avoid it. It used to be an enjoyable pastime.

Posted by: Infidel at February 14, 2021 02:19 PM (JKh2y)

49 if they would have had a redneck decathlon when I was a spike

could have won the gold medal

Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 02:19 PM (6iURM)

50 Adriane,

Better Scandi fishing than Scandi movies.

Swedish movies...none more bleak. Sheesh.

Except "In Order of Disappearance," which is hilarious.

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 14, 2021 02:19 PM (KKitP)

51 @Breaking911 7m

BREAKING: Pres. Biden issues a statement calling on Congress to enact legislation mandating background checks on all gun sales, a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and to hold gun manufacturers liable for violence committed with firearms -AP

Posted by: Tami at February 14, 2021 02:19 PM (cF8AT)

52 Base 15?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy

For one of those ternary computers, I guess?

No, that would be base 9 or 27.

It must be for one of those quantum computers, somehow.

I thought it was a baseball inside joke.
Posted by: West

Given the other rule changes, 15 bases doesn't seem out of line.

Posted by: mikeski at February 14, 2021 02:20 PM (P1f+c)

53 Re chin music - have you ever been hit in the head with a pitch? I have, and helmet or no, it hurts like hell. And if it doesn't hit the helmet, but your face ... I don't even like to think about it.

Afterthought re takeout slides, blocking bases, etc. Would you support runners freight-training infielders parked under pop-ups? Kinda the same thing.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:20 PM (YqDXo)

54 So eliminating blocking the plate, and freight-training the catcher, is a good thing.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:19 PM (YqDXo)
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Yeah, that stand-out catcher for San Francisco that got his leg broken at the plate was the impetus behind that rule change.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 14, 2021 02:21 PM (2SdPm)

55 and to hold gun manufacturers liable for violence committed with firearms -AP
Posted by: Tami

Now do cars.

And kitchen implements.

And FBI agents.

Posted by: mikeski at February 14, 2021 02:21 PM (P1f+c)

56 When I was a kid, I attended all levels of baseball games with my (retired) MLB uncle and his sons. A, AA, AAA, college, American Legion, and high school games.

To have Uncle sit next to you all the while explaining what was really going on, or going to happen, was a rare treat. He was still employed by the MLB scouting service then and, since he played or managed during the 30s, 40s and 50s, his knowledge was encyclopedic. I miss him.

He was always horrified over most rule changes.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 14, 2021 02:22 PM (Rvt88)

57 Sportsball can EABOD then FOAD.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 14, 2021 02:22 PM (nakwk)

58 I'm not sure but I think this all might have started when these guys first started wearing pink for boob cancer "awareness".
Posted by: Notorious BFD

That "pink" crap is an abomination. The surprising thing is that BLM hasn't squawked that it's racist.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:22 PM (YqDXo)

59 Contrast, e.g., football. As soon as the ball is snapped 11 one-on-one matches take place. How could you possibly keep stats on, e.g., how many blocks each interior lineman missed?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

Let's go to the videotape.

Posted by: Warner Wolf at February 14, 2021 02:23 PM (KAi1n)

60 Baseball??

I'd rather watch paint dry

Posted by: Uncle Rick at February 14, 2021 02:24 PM (48/MM)

61 How could you possibly keep stats on, e.g., how many blocks each interior lineman missed?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

But they do Jay - those are called 'sacks'.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 14, 2021 02:24 PM (Rvt88)

62 I loved baseball. Grew up playing it, copying my favorite player's batting stances, going to games, buying jerseys, etc.

Their BLM romance has permanently turned me off the game. I'm done. Never again.

Posted by: NJRob at February 14, 2021 02:24 PM (Ce7wD)

63 Anyone who was around this morning, looks like my SIL had a frozen pipe in her kitchen. She doesn't know enough to turn her faucet on a small drip at night until this thing is over. No wonder she's been married 3 times.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2021 02:18 PM (nxdel)

I never leave stuff dripping and I've never had this problem. Is it when you only have one or two people in the house? My four kids generally keep the water moving, but I've always wondered when that was necessary.

Posted by: Catherine at February 14, 2021 02:24 PM (89Sgd)

64 Afterthought re takeout slides, blocking bases, etc. Would you support runners freight-training infielders parked under pop-ups? Kinda the same thing.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:20 PM (YqDXo)

Toe poppers randomly activated along the baselines. Fielders with bladed gloves.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at February 14, 2021 02:24 PM (nakwk)

65 These days, sports junkies absolutely track all kinds of things for offensive linemen. A lot of it is subjective, but considering sacks wasn't even tracked individually until 1982 (1982???), it's come along way because of the technology.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 14, 2021 02:24 PM (KAi1n)

66 Sliding through the bag (2d and 3d) ought to be allowed. As long as no movement toward the next base is made, all good. Would also marginally encourage one of the more exciting but increasingly infrequent aspects of the game...stolen base attempts.

Posted by: occam's brassiere at February 14, 2021 02:25 PM (8HvsU)

67 Trying to figure out what I can do gardening wise. It's 21 below.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 14, 2021 02:25 PM (hLKSS)

68 Yeah, that stand-out catcher for San Francisco that got his leg broken at the plate was the impetus behind that rule change.
Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 14, 2021 02:21 PM (2SdPm)

Buster Posey. The change was long overdue.

It's very much like pass interference in football. You can't tackle the receiver before he gets the ball. Fair enough. Same thing with the crackback block. It's a cheap shot, and all too easy to really injure somebody.

In baseball, runners can run over fielders making a play, fielders cannot block the bases, and catchers cannot block the plate.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:26 PM (YqDXo)

69 I'm not sure but I think this all might have started when these guys first started wearing pink for boob cancer "awareness".
Posted by: Notorious BFD

Is there anyone in the US that is unaware of breast cancer? Methinks their campaign was wildly successful.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 14, 2021 02:26 PM (Rvt88)

70 What sort of madness is this? I've never heard of such things.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 14, 2021 02:26 PM (03n3v)

71 I never leave stuff dripping and I've never had this problem. Is it when you only have one or two people in the house? My four kids generally keep the water moving, but I've always wondered when that was necessary.
Posted by: Catherine at February 14, 2021 02:24 PM (89Sgd)
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Supposedly, during an incredible cold snap in MN, a person flooded their kitchen because they left the faucet on. Drain pipe was close enough to an exterior wall to freeze.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 14, 2021 02:26 PM (2SdPm)

72 Trying to figure out what I can do gardening wise. It's 21 below.

Plant ice cubes.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 14, 2021 02:26 PM (W4eKo)

73 >>and to hold gun manufacturers liable for violence committed with firearms -AP
Posted by: Tami

now do videogames, music, movies, books, political operatives, diets, anti-deprescent drug manufactures, computer manufactures

Posted by: will choose a nic later at February 14, 2021 02:26 PM (r4bSV)

74 My pet peeve is the NFL's decision to start touchbacks at the 25. Why not start them at the other 25? I just want my childhood team to redeem itself for the last 30 years of mostly failure so I can get closure.

Posted by: SFGoth at February 14, 2021 02:26 PM (KAi1n)

75 Catherine we've rarely had to but this is the coldest it's been in years and we did have a pipe freeze up on us at the old house many years ago. Usually just faucets that are against an outside wall.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2021 02:27 PM (nxdel)

76 Sports used to be based on tradition. Was the old guy better than the new guy? Can this decades old record be broken? My grandfather watched this team play as a kid, and now I am. The modern "elites" have a worldview that tells them they are the smartest people that have ever lived. People before then were basically cavemen, because they didn't know how to operate computer programs. So they hate traditions of any kind and think only they know what to do and want to change everything mostly just to change it. They also revere PR and image, so they view sports not as an independent thing that should stand apart from politics but as an unused platform to bend people with. Not understanding at all why people watch sports, they have destroyed everything that made people watch it, and all their interest is dissipating at a time where sports as mostly a stay home escape should make sports bigger than ever.

Posted by: azjaeger at February 14, 2021 02:27 PM (3/XaG)

77 I can proudly say I have not watched a minute of any sport. My wife had the SB half time and it was fing weird. I walked by and back into the office I went to get some shit done.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 14, 2021 02:27 PM (hLKSS)

78
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:26 PM (YqDXo)
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Buster Posey, yeah, that's the name. I couldn't remember and was too lazy to look it up.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 14, 2021 02:27 PM (2SdPm)

79 I think we've debated all of this before. The chance of getting hurt is part of the game. Get your foot stepped on playing first your foot is in the wrong place and on and on.

Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2021 02:28 PM (+ya+t)

80 Trying to figure out what I can do gardening wise. It's 21 below.

Snow peas.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 14, 2021 02:28 PM (7/jKO)

81 Trying to figure out what I can do gardening wise. It's 21 below.
Posted by: Minnfidel
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Grow lights and hydroponics and you can make a nice little side "hobby business".
Just saying...

Posted by: lin-duh 27-4 at February 14, 2021 02:28 PM (UUBmN)

82 But they do Jay - those are called 'sacks'.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 14, 2021 02:24 PM (Rvt8

No, no. What interior lineman missed the most blocks last season? No idea, right? It's easy to find out who had the most sacks, but who missed the block that allowed the sack? Who knows? And of course, a factor in sacks is good coverage by the defensive secondary.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:28 PM (YqDXo)

83 Trying to figure out what I can do gardening wise. It's 21 below.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 14, 2021 02:25 PM (hLKSS)
Hydroponics

Posted by: Mark1971 at February 14, 2021 02:28 PM (xPl2J)

84 They finally got me to not care.

...good job, sports leagues.

Posted by: Slapweasel at February 14, 2021 02:28 PM (Ckg4U)

85 "How could you possibly keep stats on [football]"

How about "seven," more than any franchise.

It's my World, I just let you live in it.

Posted by: Tom Brady at February 14, 2021 02:28 PM (ZHVt1)

86 I spent my childhood at the local AA baseball field. Neat grandstand...a WPA project. We were poor, so Dad would smuggle in a big bag of peanuts but he'd spring for soft drinks and a beer for himself. We sat in the bleachers, of course. (I knew we weren't poor any more the day Dad walked up to the window and ordered box seats.)

I quit caring about baseball the day they instituted the designated hitter rule. That told me something, too...that baseball was no longer about the game. It's only about the money.

Posted by: creeper at February 14, 2021 02:29 PM (XxJt1)

87 I'm still pissed over the strike in 1994. The Expos were the only sports team I truly cared for and they were going all the way. We had the Lynx, their Triple A farm team and it was awesome.

Then I had a 12 pack for the Ottawa Senators. After the second strike, I said that's it I'm out.

Went to my first ever Jays game two summers ago, just to see Galarraga Junior play. Funny how many people were wearing Expos gear up and down Blue Jay Way. I could say I saw both father and son play, man his dad could throw from right field. Remember when Pedro Martinez was this squirt that the Dodgers dumped? Felipe Alou was one of the best managers, of all time.

Posted by: Youppi at February 14, 2021 02:29 PM (uM4/2)

88 So eliminating blocking the plate, and freight-training the catcher, is a good thing.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:19 PM (YqDXo)
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Yeah, that stand-out catcher for San Francisco that got his leg broken at the plate was the impetus behind that rule change.
Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 14, 2021 02:21 PM (2SdPm)

Back in the day, Mike Scioscia of the Dodgers was a concrete wall when blocking the plate. I hated him but always respected him.

Posted by: DR.WTF at February 14, 2021 02:29 PM (AiZBA)

89 to me, watching sports would be like watching the democrat national convention

why and nope

Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 02:29 PM (6iURM)

90 Catherine we've rarely had to but this is the coldest it's been in years and we did have a pipe freeze up on us at the old house many years ago. Usually just faucets that are against an outside wall.
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2021 02:27 PM (nxdel)
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Now there is something I don't miss. Finding the shut off valve for external faucets, turning it off, finding out it's gone bad, scrambling to repair/replace, then, draining external faucets.

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 14, 2021 02:29 PM (2SdPm)

91 Trying to figure out what I can do gardening wise. It's 21 below.
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 14, 2021 02:25 PM (hLKSS)

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Ice cream seeds?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 14, 2021 02:30 PM (kTF2Z)

92 Well, time to wander. Need to get mom for our Sunday get together.

later!

Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing at February 14, 2021 02:31 PM (2SdPm)

93 MLB just eliminated the names of all the minor legaues. International League, Pacific Coast League, Eastern League, Teaxs League...all gone. Some of these leagues have been around for 100 years, different permutations, but the names stuck and kept up their lineage. Replaced with AAA East, AAA West, AA Northeast, AA Midwest, etc. Soulless corportate technocracy, justified by "efficiency", I guess. I'm not sure the men who run baseball understand why a lot of Americans like baseball.

Posted by: occam's brassiere at February 14, 2021 02:31 PM (8HvsU)

94 Went to my first ever Jays game two summers ago, just to see Galarraga Junior play. Funny how many people were wearing Expos gear up and down Blue Jay Way. I could say I saw both father and son play, man his dad could throw from right field. Remember when Pedro Martinez was this squirt that the Dodgers dumped? Felipe Alou was one of the best managers, of all time.
Posted by: Youppi at February 14, 2021 02:29 PM (uM4/2)

How does the vendor throw poutine at you?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 14, 2021 02:31 PM (7/jKO)

95 79 I think we've debated all of this before. The chance of getting hurt is part of the game. Get your foot stepped on playing first your foot is in the wrong place and on and on.
Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2021 02:28 PM (+ya+t)

It is, but then there's the reasonableness factor. I played first base man and boy for decades, and only got spiked once. The rule changes are designed to eliminate situations in which injuries are not only possible, but very likely.

It's exactly the same reason that roughing the passer or the kicker is forbidden in football, along with hitting someone who is out of bounds, or hitting in head to head. The chance of someone getting really hurt are high.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:31 PM (YqDXo)

96 Ah, Sportsball.

Don't watch, don't buy, don't care. Pablum for 8 year olds.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 14, 2021 02:32 PM (R/m4+)

97 They finally got me to not care.

...good job, sports leagues.
Posted by: Slapweasel

I will always remember your play by play for the WS!

Posted by: Infidel at February 14, 2021 02:32 PM (JKh2y)

98 So eliminating ... freight-training the catcher, is a good thing.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:19 PM

Let's not go too far there, hmmm?

Posted by: Bathhouse Soetoro at February 14, 2021 02:33 PM (DMUuz)

99 91 Trying to figure out what I can do gardening wise. It's 21 below.
Posted by: Minnfidel at February 14, 2021 02:25 PM (hLKSS)

Have we got an offer for you!

Posted by: Grow Owners Everywhere at February 14, 2021 02:33 PM (XxJt1)

100 In response to a FOIA request, the Defense Intelligence Agency has admitted that DOD has recovered and studied material from alien spacecraft.

Not kidding.

http://bitly.ws/bJUy

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 14, 2021 02:33 PM (sWM8x)

101 Pablum for 8 year olds.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 14, 2021 02:32 PM (R/m4+)

I'll have you know I turn 9 and a half come May.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 02:34 PM (45fpk)

102 I played baseball and softball for 20 years and the one thing that I really appreciated about baseball was that, if you didn't know what the rule was for a situation, it invariable was what is most fair.

Also I like that the rules grew organically, The rules were codified as they came up. For instance, there didn't used to be a rule that says that the batter has to advance to first base when the ball is hit fairly, but then the situation came up where, to avoid a double play, the batter just stayed in the box until he was tagged out, not forcing the baserunners to move. The MLB rules had to be changed to where it is assumed the batter will advance and force the other runners whether any moves or not.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 14, 2021 02:34 PM (yQpMk)

103 2013 F150 radio.

I assume you already pulled the neg battery cable and let the truck sit for 10-15 min.

Chances are you need a new one, or replacement.

That's the bad news, but the good news is they made a million of them so boneyards will be stocked. Other end of that is this is a common problem and you risk having the same problem with the replacement.
Also looks like you might need to have the dealership flash the replacement radio.

Posted by: Inogame at February 14, 2021 02:34 PM (+2xjH)

104 There's an objective reason for rules intended to reduce injuries: certain players bring in the fans.

Remember at one time football teams used to try to injure star QBs by freight-training after they'd thrown the ball. The league stopped that crap because 1) it was a cheap shot, and 2) losing star QBs for the season kicked attendance in the balls.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:35 PM (YqDXo)

105 Baseball?

Was ist baseball?

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at February 14, 2021 02:35 PM (2BZBZ)

106 Slapweasel

I will always remember your play by play for the WS!

That was a thing of beauty. I still have those threads bookmarked. Slap was amazing.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 02:35 PM (45fpk)

107 My clock is keeping time ( though not right now not on correct setting As a try disconnected the battery ) but flashing, temperature is reading right but no other functions work.

Posted by: Skip at February 14, 2021 02:36 PM (Cxk7w)

108 Portland notices the city is trashy but "it's complicated" to clean up:

https://youtu.be/mzDfOPKDtEc

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at February 14, 2021 02:36 PM (YynYJ)

109 "Sports" hasn't been about sports for the last 40 years.

It's about entertainment now. Who draws the biggest crowds to the fanciesst stadium.

The NFL is the worst and I prefer football over the other pretend sports by far. The NFL will even tell you (as they did in the SCOTUS) that they have no obligation to provide their audiences with a 'fair' game. They provide entertainment, nothing more. They are under no obligation to make sure the outcome of a game is fairly decided any more than a Movie Director is obligated to provide historical facts or a 'fair' outcome. They are entertainment, not sports. Anybody that thinks otherwise is seriously stoopid

Posted by: Uncle Rick at February 14, 2021 02:36 PM (48/MM)

110 I remember you too GW. Chews and farts.

Posted by: The Goat at February 14, 2021 02:37 PM (cknjq)

111 Full disclosure: I played baseball from age 9, through high school and college, to ... uh ... 29+, and still play today. I love the game, but ... cannot abide MLB's caving to BLM. I canceled my MLB.TV subscription - permanently, and intensely dislike the "runner on second" rubbish as well as the DH.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:38 PM (YqDXo)

112 Been watching the European rugby championship. Great stuff.

To a man, the Irish refused to take a knee when an away match started with BLM BS

Posted by: Tom Brady at February 14, 2021 02:38 PM (ZHVt1)

113 Professional sports is unnecessary as a hobby.

You all should embrace my hobbies of strangling animals, golf and masturbation...

Posted by: Dr. Nick Riviera at February 14, 2021 02:38 PM (j64/6)

114 intensely dislike the "runner on second" rubbish as well as the DH.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:38 PM (YqDXo)

To be fair, I think everybody hates the DH. Except CBD I think.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 02:39 PM (45fpk)

115 I loved baseball and it's a shame that they made me not care about The Show. Years ago, if the Devil had popped up and offered me a contract that I could be good enough and play one year at the major league level, but after that year I would have a tragic accident and lose my right arm, I would have asked Where to I sign.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 14, 2021 02:39 PM (yQpMk)

116 I quit going to games when they stopped selling beer after the 7th and wanted smokers to go outside in cages to smoke at an open-air stadium.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at February 14, 2021 02:39 PM (ju2Fy)

117 Looking forward to watching Bubba Wallace DNF today.

I especially liked last year after Door-Pull-Gate how the other drivers let him lead for half the race and then -- when real money was on the line -- left him in the dust.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 14, 2021 02:39 PM (qc+VF)

118 When I saw King LeBron running the women's 100 meter hurdles, I knew something was up.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 14, 2021 02:40 PM (03n3v)

119 AA Midwest...the league I grew up with.

RIP, Abner Doubleday.

Yah, I know. But he's who we remember.

Posted by: Grow Owners Everywhere at February 14, 2021 02:40 PM (XxJt1)

120 Been watching the European rugby championship. Great stuff.

To a man, the Irish refused to take a knee when an away match started with BLM BS
Posted by: Tom Brady at February 14, 2021 02:38 PM (ZHVt1)

Good. The Irish are still hard headed SOBs but you have to love them. The Scotts, on the other hand, lost the spark long ago.

Posted by: DR.WTF at February 14, 2021 02:40 PM (AiZBA)

121 Buster Posey, yeah, that's the name. I couldn't remember and was too lazy to look it up.
Posted by: blake - Dr semi lurker in marginal standing

A baseball player named "Buster" got his leg broke?

You'd think after the whole "Lou Gehrig" thing...

Posted by: mikeski at February 14, 2021 02:40 PM (P1f+c)

122 This article appeared in Politico in late 2015. Interesting reading it now knowing current events. Also, 'political seduction' takes on a whole knew meaning with him today...

Winning Isn't Everything
John Weaver and the business of political seduction.

https://tinyurl.com/y2hyo9mp

Posted by: Tami at February 14, 2021 02:40 PM (cF8AT)

123 I have never watched sports and I have a 10 acre garden that is to die for

that you can sell

you can never get back the time you spend watching sports

Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 02:41 PM (6iURM)

124 *pitches sock in fire*

Posted by: creeper at February 14, 2021 02:41 PM (XxJt1)

125 I have three faucets on a trickle. Hoping it warms up above freezing later today. It's been in the high 20s and there is no insulation under the house. I'd rather pay higher water and electric than deal with busted pipes.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at February 14, 2021 02:41 PM (YynYJ)

126 "My problem is my 2013 F-150 radio is out, it's a issue with lots of people. It also makes the Bluetooth out. There it theory on resetting but it's not working.
Posted by: Skip"

Is it completely nonfunctional? My 2010 150's has started acting up and the sound goes out but it's still on and the menus work.

I hate the new radios with the touchscreens and all the layers of menus. We used to do perfectly fine with knobs and buttons.
Posted by: f'd at February 14, 2021 02:14 PM (Bs55t)

I can't believe this is as common an issue as it is - almost a decade of models and completely different systems! There seems to be a variety of possible things going wrong, and dozens of videos on YT with hundreds of thousands of views. I'd be pissed AF if I spent $75k on a truck and the entertainment system craps out 4 days after the warranty is over. Here's an example of a fix that worked for a lot of people on a 2018 model:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcxiQjwbl1A

Chinese garbage.

Posted by: clutch cargo | with concentrated China Virus stain fighters at February 14, 2021 02:42 PM (46GDR)

127 grammie, can you post the link? I could use some old fashioned fun.

Posted by: Infidel at February 14, 2021 02:43 PM (JKh2y)

128 you can never get back the time you spend watching sports

Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 02:41 PM (6iURM)

Why would I want to? Sports have given me some of the happiest times of my life. All kinds of sports. Memories with family I would never trade away.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 02:43 PM (45fpk)

129 I used to listen to Reds games on the radio with my dad and uncles and my grandpa. Its one of my earliest memories. I haven't seen or heard a baseball game since 2019. I miss it terribly but if they can't respect the game, they can't possibly respect me.

Posted by: Megthered at February 14, 2021 02:43 PM (SM/op)

130

https://youtu.be/mzDfOPKDtEc
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at February 14, 2021 02:36 PM (YynYJ)

No sympathy whatever.

Good and hard, Portland.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 14, 2021 02:43 PM (TdMsT)

131 To be fair, I think everybody hates the DH. Except CBD I think.
Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 02:39 PM (45fpk)

Yep. One of the things I dislike about football is the excessive specialization of the players. ("He's the third and long yardage guy.") For my money, I think they should only be allowed to change players at times out, or injuries, in which case the guy is out of the rest of the game.

The DH was a move toward such excessive specialization, along with the dick LaRussa and his pitch count, the middle reliever, and the closer crap. When I played competitively, you continued pitching as long as you were effective. I once threw an 11 inning game in HS, where 7 inning games (for time reasons) were the norm.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:43 PM (YqDXo)

132 you can never get back the time you spend watching sports

or sleeping. Trump figured that out.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 14, 2021 02:43 PM (yQpMk)

133 grammie, can you post the link? I could use some old fashioned fun.

Posted by: Infidel at February 14, 2021 02:43 PM (JKh2y)

Of the 2016 World Series? Sure! Lemme go dig....

Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 02:44 PM (45fpk)

134 I used to watch every game and go to a dozen a year, even being four hours outside of the stadium. I was a baseball lover for sure.

As it became clear that neither the players nor management of my team gave even a ruffling fuck about the fans, and that my "love" for my team was beyond unrequited - and into actual hate me territory - I said fuck 'em and quit it completely.

The league has only degraded since in every single way I saw coming. Baseball is the best game. But I'm not gonna watch a bunch of greedy commie fucks play it for millions, for greedy commie owners who have billions. Better things to do with my time, like paint my toenails with Gorilla Glue.

Posted by: ... at February 14, 2021 02:44 PM (uEbPt)

135 Water pipe dripping rules really depend on your home. Specifically where your pipes travel in your walls. Interior walls are usually ok as long as your heat works.... it's exterior walls where you have to ask if the insulation is still efficient for the weather.
Pipes under the house can matter as well for homes with crawl spaces...

Posted by: Inogame at February 14, 2021 02:45 PM (+2xjH)

136 Darling {{{Slap}}}

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 14, 2021 02:45 PM (TdMsT)

137 I regret that I will never get back the time I spent working.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 14, 2021 02:45 PM (yQpMk)

138 137 I regret that I will never get back the time I spent working.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 14, 2021 02:45 PM (yQpMk)

I'm doing everything I can do to make up for it now.

Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 14, 2021 02:46 PM (TdMsT)

139 Posted by: creeper at February 14, 2021 02:29 PM (XxJt1)

We had the Ft Worth Cats back in the day, and it was easy to take 4 kids to the game, get them a hot dog and a soda, and enjoy an evening game. No way I could do that with the Rangers. Plus, the minor league gaes were always more agressive in terms of stealing bases or playing small ball.

It was a much more enjoyable experience and a better game.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 14, 2021 02:47 PM (5XK0y)

140 Aight, Mrs928 has the Mexican food ready.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 14, 2021 02:47 PM (yQpMk)

141 Would be nice if they actually called the true strike zone: nipples to bottom of the knee caps.

Remember watching Greg Maddux paint the corners with those sliders and curces that tailed in or out depending upon his mood? Once the true strike zone is re-established you might actually see the return of perfect finesse pitchers like Maddux. He was an artist.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 14, 2021 02:47 PM (0bGEp)

142 I do not know how Seattle has ANY police officers left. Effing idiots. Is it wrong to pray the call they were trying to go to was one of the idiots relatives? If that's wrong, I don't want to be right...

@MrAndyNgo

Overnight, #antifa in Seattle gathered to pile snow on one of the driveways of the Seattle Police east precinct (where CHAZ used to be). They stopped police from being able to drive out to respond to calls during the snow storm.

Video: https://tinyurl.com/y44yz2cr

Posted by: Tami at February 14, 2021 02:48 PM (cF8AT)

143 https://youtu.be/mzDfOPKDtEc
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at February 14, 2021 02:36 PM (YynYJ)
No sympathy whatever.
Good and hard, Portland.
Posted by: Ladyl, Insurrectionist at February 14, 2021 02:43 PM (TdMsT)

Hahahaha....I love it. A democrat run city turned into a waste dump.

You made your toilet now sleep in it.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 14, 2021 02:48 PM (R/m4+)

144 I loved baseball and it's a shame that they made me not care about The Show. Years ago, if the Devil had popped up and offered me a contract that I could be good enough and play one year at the major league level, but after that year I would have a tragic accident and lose my right arm, I would have asked Where to I sign.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 14, 2021 02:39 PM (yQpMk)

Several of the guys I play with and against in the geezer leagues played in MLB (albeit briefly). My impression: it wasn't that big a deal, and unless you're a standout, you worry every day about getting sent back down ... never to return. Which is what happens to most players, pretty quickly. It's worse than academia!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:49 PM (YqDXo)

145 CrotchetyOldJarhead, you're right. I went to several Astros games. Compared to AA ball they were boring.

Posted by: creeper at February 14, 2021 02:50 PM (XxJt1)

146 There was a HUGE number of robins in my yard and across the street a few hours ago, in far-southeast Houston. I looked around to see if Hitchcock and a cameraman were hidden someplace!

I didn't think robins flocked. Maybe a huge number of pairs got stuck in Houston, on the way north, by the unseasonable deep freeze.

Posted by: Gref at February 14, 2021 02:50 PM (AMIL/)

147 You all should embrace my hobbies of strangling animals, golf and masturbation...
Posted by: Dr. Nick Riviera at February 14, 2021 02:38 PM (j64/6)

You mispelled masturbation when you used the letters "g" "o" "l" & "f".

Posted by: BifBewalski - gokf is the wikful misuse of a good rifle range at February 14, 2021 02:50 PM (VcFUs)

148 My old team, the Cardinals, are making serious moves to make a run in 2021. Including acquiring Nolan Arenado, for basically nothing, which in and of itself is an indication of MLB being in a bad way. How does a team give away the best player at his position, in the peak of his career, and then PAY the team to take him?

Anyhoo, other than the surface observing of these things, do I care? Will I pay any money to this corporate entity known as MLB? Will I spend any more than passing moments following the progress of the season, and the team I loved all my life?

No. Nope. Hell no and Go F yourselves.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 02:51 PM (C7zIl)

149 Pipes under the house can matter as well for homes with crawl spaces...
Posted by: Inogame at February 14, 2021 02:45 PM (+2xjH)

------------

Never buy a house without a crawl space.

Posted by: Hairy Reed at February 14, 2021 02:51 PM (VfdXf)

150 Craptastic. I can't get ace's own post past Pixy. Even tiny url won't get thru

Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 02:51 PM (45fpk)

151 The Scotts, on the other hand, lost the spark long ago.
Posted by: DR.WTF at February 14, 2021 02:40 PM

Well, except for Dr. Everett Scott, of course.

Posted by: Brad Majors at February 14, 2021 02:51 PM (DMUuz)

152 Mrs f'd and our boys go to the local Macon Bacon games and have a good time. They have all you can eat specials with the tickets so they will come home with extra hot dogs in their pockets.

I don't go anymore because I don't care anything about baseball and get bored.

Posted by: f'd at February 14, 2021 02:52 PM (Bs55t)

153 My other first world problem is where my pressure gauge is on the line coming in started dripping a few weeks ago, got plumbers tape that should have stopped the leak but only worked a bit more than a week or two. Its a double threaded part that has to get necked down.
Well tonight going to drain that part of system and try Flex Seal on the joints, then let sit overnight.

Posted by: Skip at February 14, 2021 02:52 PM (Cxk7w)

154 Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 02:51 PM (45fpk)

Thanks for trying. On a day I'm not feeling so lazy, I will look it up.

Posted by: Infidel at February 14, 2021 02:53 PM (JKh2y)

155 Sorry - I just can't get the 2016 WS thread to post.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 02:53 PM (45fpk)

156 "I didn't think robins flocked."

I think they must because there are times we see dozens under our feeders.

Posted by: f'd at February 14, 2021 02:53 PM (Bs55t)

157 151 The Scotts, on the other hand, lost the spark long ago.
Posted by: DR.WTF at February 14, 2021 02:40 PM

Well, except for Dr. Everett Scott, of course.
Posted by: Brad Majors at February 14, 2021 02:51 PM (DMUuz)

I was dredding that one

Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 02:53 PM (6iURM)

158 putting a man on second is the stupidest thing I ever heard

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 02:54 PM (85Gof)

159 Lifelong Mets fan here who will never again watch a MLB game in person or on TV, or spend a dime on merchandise. .

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 14, 2021 02:54 PM (Ownyb)

160 156 "I didn't think robins flocked."

you probably don't think men lactate

so yesterday

Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 02:54 PM (6iURM)

161 Pres. Biden issues a statement calling on Congress to enact legislation mandating background checks on all gun sales, a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and to hold gun manufacturers liable for violence committed with firearms -AP
Posted by: Tami at February 14, 2021 02:19 PM

...but only when the shooter is white, and except when the white shooter is a Bernie Bro, or shoots a right-winger, whereupon same manufacturers will be given awards, tax breaks, and deregulation.

Gotta set up some loopholes and incentives.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist (bofa/deez) at February 14, 2021 02:55 PM (OssQ4)

162 Lifelong Mets fan here who will never again watch a MLB game in person or on TV, or spend a dime on merchandise. .
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at February 14, 2021 02:54 PM (Ownyb)

well as a Yankees Fan, who the fuck can afford to go to a game anymore?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 02:55 PM (85Gof)

163 Water pipe dripping rules really depend on your home. Specifically
where your pipes travel in your walls. Interior walls are usually ok
as long as your heat works.... it's exterior walls where you have to ask
if the insulation is still efficient for the weather.
=====
Also if water lines are in cabinets or closets on outside walls. Just opening the door will keep it from freezing. Trickling a faucet also helps keep the service line from the main from popping.

Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2021 02:56 PM (+ya+t)

164 Which number game thread, grammie?

Posted by: Tami at February 14, 2021 02:57 PM (cF8AT)

165 Lifelong Mets fan here who will never again watch a MLB game in person or on TV, or spend a dime on merchandise.

Well, yeah. Mets.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 02:57 PM (45fpk)

166 I'll admit I'm watching the Daytona so I can laugh when Bubba goes spinning through the infield.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 14, 2021 02:57 PM (kTF2Z)

167 Tami - lemme grab it again and look

Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 02:58 PM (45fpk)

168 Pres. Biden issues a statement calling on Congress to enact legislation mandating background checks on all gun sales, a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and to hold gun manufacturers liable for violence committed with firearms -AP
Posted by: Tami at February 14, 2021 02:19 PM

Gun control kabuki. Gun violence is the province of ghetto blacks murdering each other with illegally-obtained guns. Period.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:58 PM (YqDXo)

169 Also if water lines are in cabinets or closets on outside walls. Just opening the door will keep it from freezing. Trickling a faucet also helps keep the service line from the main from popping.
Posted by: dartist at

This was why I was crapping my pants last month when the furnace went out and it was going to be 10 degrees. Thankfully, the heating guy got here in 30 mins. It was a fn dead spider stuck in the relay connection.

Posted by: Infidel at February 14, 2021 02:59 PM (JKh2y)

170 Tami - Game 7 is 366646

Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 02:59 PM (45fpk)

171 The DH was a move toward such excessive specialization, along with the dick LaRussa and his pitch count, the middle reliever, and the closer crap. When I played competitively, you continued pitching as long as you were effective. I once threw an 11 inning game in HS, where 7 inning games (for time reasons) were the norm.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:43 PM (YqDXo)

One of the interesting things about the change in the game is pitcher velocity. People think pitchers throw harder these days. They don't. The phony speed guns they use now are for show more than anything else, but there is a significant change in how pitchers pitch, which creates part of the illusion.

If everyone from the starter to the four or five other guys they routinely bring into a normal game, throw as hard as they can with 60-90% of their pitches, then yeah, it looks like they're throwing harder. Back in the era of the pitcher, those guys threw JUST as hard as anyone today, but I'm guessing the ratio of pitches thrown at maximum velocity was somewhere around 25%. Or less.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 02:59 PM (C7zIl)

172 First hubby received his WWII draft order to report in the same mail as his notice to report to Yankees training camp. The USAAC won.

Posted by: creeper at February 14, 2021 02:59 PM (XxJt1)

173 friggin' spiders

bastard creatures

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at February 14, 2021 02:59 PM (oAY8z)

174 > There was a HUGE number of robins in my yard ...

They've been here in KY for about 3 weeks. Stupid birds. It's going to be in the single digits tomorrow night and they're forecasting snow/sleet/freezing rain.

Signs of spring my ass.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 14, 2021 03:00 PM (3H9h1)

175 There are some youth who play baseball on Saturdays in a park near me, and it works for me. I don't know any of the players, but at least they care about the G
game

Posted by: JM in Florida at February 14, 2021 03:00 PM (HCeRP)

176 Tried to say "youts"

Posted by: JM in Florida at February 14, 2021 03:01 PM (HCeRP)

177 I think everybody hates the DH. Except CBD I think.

Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 02:39 PM (45fpk)

No! I despise it. And there are so many ways within the current rules to speed up the game that for baseball to insist on changes that distort the spirit of the game is disgusting. For instance. How about calling the strike zone as defined? That would speed up the game and add offense.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 14, 2021 03:01 PM (Q9lwr)

178 This was why I was crapping my pants last month when the furnace went
out and it was going to be 10 degrees. Thankfully, the heating guy got
here in 30 mins. It was a fn dead spider stuck in the relay connection.
=====
Stuff that happens just at the perfectly wrong time. Glad it worked out for you.

Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2021 03:02 PM (+ya+t)

179 One of the interesting things about the change in the game is pitcher velocity. People think pitchers throw harder these days. They don't. The phony speed guns they use now are for show more than anything else, but there is a significant change in how pitchers pitch, which creates part of the illusion.

A big factor, I've been told: modern radar guns measure speed out of the pitcher's hand. Older ones used to measure the speed at the plate, by which time the air resistance has slowed the pitch considerably.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:02 PM (YqDXo)

180 There are some youth who play baseball on Saturdays in a park near me, and it works for me. I don't know any of the players, but at least they care about the G
game
Posted by: JM in Florida at February 14, 2021 03:00 PM (HCeRP)

It's still a great game. If there are games being played here this summer, I'll take some in. Last summer there were high school games played for a while, and we didn't go, because meh. That's just how I felt about everything last year, but this year I'm gonna try to take some in.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:03 PM (C7zIl)

181 7 innings? Shit the old Yankees would not need the starting pitcher to go more than innings? baseball? I don't think so

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:03 PM (85Gof)

182 "Good. The Irish are still hard headed SOBs but you have to love them..."
****
My kid did a college semester abroad in Ireland. When the bus from the airport was dropping their group off at the campus one of the local lads yelled, "Hey did you bring any of the dark ones?"

Posted by: Cosda at February 14, 2021 03:04 PM (DNa2M)

183 This one, grammie?

WORLD SERIES GAME 7 [BCochran]

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/366646.php#366646

https://tinyurl.com/1p0t3qut

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at February 14, 2021 03:04 PM (ju2Fy)

184 The Scotts, on the other hand, lost the spark long ago.
Posted by: DR.WTF at February 14, 2021 02:40 PM

Well, except for Dr. Everett Scott, of course.
Posted by: Brad Majors at February 14, 2021 02:51 PM

I was dredding that one
Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 02:53 PM

Aye, me too, laddie.

Posted by: Montgomery Scott at February 14, 2021 03:04 PM (DMUuz)

185 Baseball was the hardest sport for me to give up. It was the sport I was most successful in. It was the sport in which I met my heroes and they did not disappoint me.

But the strikes and the steriod scandals broke my hart. Stopped watching around 2007. Stopped listening on radio around 2010. Stopped following the box scores around 2015.

I do sometimes watch old games from the 20th century.

Posted by: Big V Caffeinated at February 14, 2021 03:04 PM (6Pqz7)

186 I love the formulation "Biden has called on".

Biden don't even know what's inside his zipper.

Posted by: ... at February 14, 2021 03:05 PM (uEbPt)

187 I did not really appreciate Baseball until 2 years ago, my son played little league. We were fortunate to have a great coach who taught and me and the kids the ins and outs of the game and made them competitive, by learning to steal bases. I enjoyed watching little league, but no more than that.

Posted by: Picric at February 14, 2021 03:05 PM (TvjbX)

188 I think the pitchers throw harder today, at least the average pitcher. They all work out and bulk up, the everyday players also. Which is why all of them are always getting hurt on on the DL. They are unnatural freaks. Trout seems to be an exception.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:05 PM (85Gof)

189 One of the interesting things about the change in the game is pitcher velocity. People think pitchers throw harder these days. They don't. The phony speed guns they use now are for show more than anything else, but there is a significant change in how pitchers pitch, which creates part of the illusion.
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A big factor, I've been told: modern radar guns measure speed out of the pitcher's hand. Older ones used to measure the speed at the plate, by which time the air resistance has slowed the pitch considerably.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:02 PM (YqDXo)

The documentary, Fastball, talks about this, and I believe, if I remember correctly, they determined the fastest pitch ever recorded, was from Bob Feller. I believe it was clocked at 98 at the time, but with some rather complicated analysis, they figured out by modern standards it would be somewhere closer to 108... or something like that.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:06 PM (C7zIl)

190 grammie, it seems like the archive of the thread is lost or something. I can pull up the thread but can't 'access comments'. Maybe was on a server that sh*t the bed?
Here's the original post:

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/366646.php#366646

Posted by: Tami at February 14, 2021 03:06 PM (cF8AT)

191 One of the pernicious effects of the DH is that pitchers don't bother batting at all.

We have a number of minor league pitchers who come to our practice field in the off season. I've invited them to take BP with us, but they're not interested. "We're pitchers," they reply. I pointed out that the ability to handle the bat - bunting, if not hitting - could improve their W-L record, and let them stay in the game instead of being lifted for a pinch hitter. No interest. (Dumb asses.)

This is why even in the NL most pitchers cannot bunt to save their lives, much less hit at all.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:06 PM (YqDXo)

192 Re chin music - have you ever been hit in the head with a pitch? I have, and helmet or no, it hurts like hell. And if it doesn't hit the helmet, but your face ... I don't even like to think about it.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:20 PM (YqDXo)

One of my sons took a pitch in the face. He took his base. I was glad mom wasn't there. There are some things mothers shouldn't be allowed to see.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 14, 2021 03:06 PM (BMmaB)

193 Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at February 14, 2021 03:04 PM (ju2Fy)

How'd you do that?! Ha! He got it!

Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 03:07 PM (45fpk)

194 174 > There was a HUGE number of robins in my yard ...

supposedly when your septic system fails, all the worms head to the surface and thus the flocking of robins

naw, just fucking with ya

Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 03:07 PM (6iURM)

195 We have a number of minor league pitchers who come to our practice field in the off season. I've invited them to take BP with us, but they're not interested. "We're pitchers," they reply. I pointed out that the ability to handle the bat - bunting, if not hitting - could improve their W-L record, and let them stay in the game instead of being lifted for a pinch hitter. No interest. (Dumb asses.)

which is why some get hurt when they have to swing a bat

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:07 PM (85Gof)

196 I did not really appreciate Baseball until 2 years ago, my son played little league. We were fortunate to have a great coach who taught and me and the kids the ins and outs of the game and made them competitive, by learning to steal bases. I enjoyed watching little league, but no more than that.
Posted by: Picric at February 14, 2021 03:05 PM (TvjbX)

Baseball is kind of like chess: you have to know the game a bit to enjoy it. Otherwise, in both cases, it's boring.

(PS: They steal bases now in Little League?)

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:08 PM (YqDXo)

197 which is why some get hurt when they have to swing a bat
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:07 PM

Let's not tell ace.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 14, 2021 03:08 PM (DMUuz)

198 You've forgotten the change of administration. Places like Portland will suck tax money out of red states for Federal grants, studies and non-profits to study the problem.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at February 14, 2021 03:08 PM (YynYJ)

199 Gref,

You know who coined the phrase "a murder of crows?"

Robins.

It's misdirection. Keep an eye on those shifty bastards.

* adjusts tinfoil hat *

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 14, 2021 03:08 PM (KKitP)

200 Gotta run. BBL

Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 03:09 PM (45fpk)

201 I think the pitchers throw harder today, at least the average pitcher. They all work out and bulk up, the everyday players also. Which is why all of them are always getting hurt on on the DL. They are unnatural freaks. Trout seems to be an exception.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:05 PM (85Gof)

I'm sure on average there are more hard throwers around today. Because of year-round workouts, overall general increase in the size and strength of humans, as well as those things we collectively call steroids, but the physics of the thing... I don't believe it is possible for a human to increase how fast it can throw a baseball, beyond a certain point. So yeah, the fireballers of the past threw just as hard as anybody today.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:09 PM (C7zIl)

202 I havent given up on the NHL, yet. Although Hockey Night in Canada lost me when they fired Don Cherry.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 14, 2021 03:09 PM (5XK0y)

203 The sports industries are not run for the fans, they are run for the owners. Once you understand that, everything they do makes sense.

Posted by: mikee at February 14, 2021 03:09 PM (xcC0Y)

204 putting a man on second is the stupidest thing I ever heard
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 02:54 PM (85Gof)

Concur.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 14, 2021 03:10 PM (R/m4+)

205 So yeah, the fireballers of the past threw just as hard as anybody today.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:09 PM (C7zIl)

I believe that is true. Also the pitchers of the past were allowed to "move" hitters off the plate.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:10 PM (85Gof)

206 which is why some get hurt when they have to swing a bat
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:07 PM (85Gof)

Yep. It's madness. It's why so many pitchers bat like Stephen Hawking.

Another pet peeve: coaches/managers sending in signs for pitches. I would never have accepted that.

"Hey, if you want to play the game, get off your ass, get out here and play."

I'll throw what I think I should throw, OK? Who gets charged with the hits and runs, after all? For the same reason, I viewed the catcher's signs as suggestions, and nothing more, and would happily shake off the catcher if I disagreed.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:11 PM (YqDXo)

207 I used to be able to put aside the problems of life and watch a good game. Not anymore the left has ruined that for me. Sigh

I think I hate them more for that, than anything.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:12 PM (85Gof)

208 OT: Scientific American has printed an article seriously claiming there's no such thing as a penis and the patriarchy is basically making it up to oppress women and create global warming.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 14, 2021 03:12 PM (6XLoz)

209 I am sure it was Daniel Greenfield a week or two ago that had a good article compair between alcoholism and banning alcohol and this gun banning on murders. Stopping the means will not stop the act.

Posted by: Skip at February 14, 2021 03:12 PM (Cxk7w)

210 204 putting a man on second is the stupidest thing I ever heard
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 02:54 PM (85Gof)

Concur.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 14, 2021 03:10 PM (R/m4+)

The practice arose from tournament play, where late in the week - i.e., just before everyone HAD to leave - a championship game was tied in the late innings.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:13 PM (YqDXo)

211 Ian S. Why do Leftists hate real science?

Posted by: Skip at February 14, 2021 03:13 PM (Cxk7w)

212 To access comments here's the link, but remember DO NOT POST ON OLD THREADS!

WORLD SERIES GAME 7 [BCochran]

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=366646

https://tinyurl.com/gz4v46pw

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at February 14, 2021 03:13 PM (ju2Fy)

213 (PS: They steal bases now in Little League?)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:08 PM (YqDXo)

A fast kid is almost guaranteed to get second base on the first pitch after he gets on first base. And then there's the old play with runners on first and third, when you send the runner on first to get the catcher to try to throw him out, then send the runner on third if he does, even though everybody's yelling "Hold the ball!"

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 14, 2021 03:13 PM (BMmaB)

214 This is why even in the NL most pitchers cannot bunt to save their lives, much less hit at all.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:06 PM (YqDXo)

And it's why there is more headhunting and beanball nonsense going on these days. Pitchers don't have to worry about standing in the box themselves.

People think there were more beanballs in the past, because of the reputations of guys like Gibson and Drysdale, but that's more bullshit that can be clearly refuted by data, if anyone is willing to look. Which most sportswriters and broadcasters won't. They just spout nonsense all day long, and people take it for truth.

Imagine that, media producing fake news.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:13 PM (C7zIl)

215 I think the pitchers throw harder today, at least the average pitcher.
They all work out and bulk up, the everyday players also. Which is why
all of them are always getting hurt on on the DL. They are unnatural
freaks. Trout seems to be an exception.
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I think that's true in all sports. They're better at fixing injuries too like Tommy John surgery for pitchers arms. Even read somewhere pitchers would get the surgery to make their arm stronger when nothing was wrong.

Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2021 03:14 PM (+ya+t)

216 OT: Scientific American has printed an article seriously claiming there's no such thing as a penis and the patriarchy is basically making it up to oppress women and create global warming.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 14, 2021 03:12 PM (6XLoz)

Scientific American is neither. It was bought by some Brits years ago, and long ago gave up any pretense of being about science.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:14 PM (YqDXo)

217 A fast kid is almost guaranteed to get second base on the first pitch after he gets on first base. And then there's the old play with runners on first and third, when you send the runner on first to get the catcher to try to throw him out, then send the runner on third if he does, even though everybody's yelling "Hold the ball!"
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 14, 2021 03:13 PM (BMmaB)

Growing up I was a decent athlete. Real good arm and fast. Fast as hell. Well compared to the other white kids. And I could pretty much steal at will. Stole home more than once

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:15 PM (85Gof)

218 >>> 100 In response to a FOIA request, the Defense Intelligence Agency has admitted that DOD has recovered and studied material from alien spacecraft.

Not kidding.

http://bitly.ws/bJUy
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at February 14, 2021 02:33 PM (sWM8x)

Ok, you're not kidding about the report, but are *they* kidding about the contents?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 14, 2021 03:15 PM (TK8Ry)

219 213 (PS: They steal bases now in Little League?)
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:08 PM (YqDXo)

A fast kid is almost guaranteed to get second base on the first pitch after he gets on first base. And then there's the old play with runners on first and third, when you send the runner on first to get the catcher to try to throw him out, then send the runner on third if he does, even though everybody's yelling "Hold the ball!"
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 14, 2021 03:13 PM (BMmaB)

When I played Little League you couldn't steal on the pitch. IIRC, you could try stealing after the pitch (i.e., like a delayed steal), but not on the pitch.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:16 PM (YqDXo)

220 Is putting a man on 2nd any more stupid than having hockey a 1 on 1 shootout to determine the game?

Posted by: Skip at February 14, 2021 03:16 PM (Cxk7w)

221 Tami, the old comments went to minx.cc. I switched that out for acecomments.mu.nu and was able to access them.

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at February 14, 2021 03:16 PM (ju2Fy)

222 220 Is putting a man on 2nd any more stupid than having hockey a 1 on 1 shootout to determine the game?
Posted by: Skip at February 14, 2021 03:16 PM (Cxk7w)

Nope.

Or the shootouts they have in soccer games.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:17 PM (YqDXo)

223 Catering to blacks and their BLM proclivities was a huge mistake. Icing on the cake is the wokeness/SJW angle that the whites have adopted to "fit in."

They deserve to be shunned and end up broke.

Posted by: Martini Farmer - Now a Pirate, Hoisting the Black Flag at February 14, 2021 03:17 PM (3H9h1)

224 Award 2 points to any team who has an LGBT in the starting lineup. 5 points if that player is trans. They can have female players on the team, but any hit not fielded is considered a home run, and they can't be thrown out on strikes.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 14, 2021 03:17 PM (Oz1pK)

225 is putting a man on 2nd any more stupid than having hockey a 1 on 1 shootout to determine the game?
Posted by: Skip at February 14, 2021 03:16 PM (Cxk7w)

I think it is more stupid. But I get your point. And anyway I thought we were talking about Mom Apple Pie and America, not some Canuck game?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:18 PM (85Gof)

226 Growing up I was a decent athlete. Real good arm and fast. Fast as hell. Well compared to the other white kids. And I could pretty much steal at will. Stole home more than once
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:15 PM (85Gof)

One of my kids was fast and stretched a hit to the wall in right field that should have been a double into an inside-the-park HR. The key was, he never slowed down and never even looked. The coach on 3B waved him on. If he had hesitated even a little bit he would have been out at the plate.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 14, 2021 03:18 PM (BMmaB)

227 >>> 169 Also if water lines are in cabinets or closets on outside walls. Just opening the door will keep it from freezing. Trickling a faucet also helps keep the service line from the main from popping.
Posted by: dartist at

This was why I was crapping my pants last month when the furnace went out and it was going to be 10 degrees. Thankfully, the heating guy got here in 30 mins. It was a fn dead spider stuck in the relay connection.
Posted by: Infidel at February 14, 2021 02:59 PM (JKh2y)

Wait, spiders are the squirrels of the insect world?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 14, 2021 03:19 PM (TK8Ry)

228 Is putting a man on 2nd any more stupid than having hockey a 1 on 1 shootout to determine the game?
Posted by: Skip at February 14, 2021 03:16 PM (Cxk7w)

Yeah, but baseball is a real sport, made up by Americans.

Not some weird Canadian invention, played on water, using a flat disc made of concrete-like rubber.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:19 PM (C7zIl)

229 @julie_kelly2

The ⁦@nytimes⁩ just retracted its January 8 report that claimed Brian Sicknick was killed by a Trump supporter using a fire extinguisher. Not only is the original story untrue, they lied about the anonymous sources linked to the story. My update here:

https://tinyurl.com/y567zonh

"It appears the anonymous sources were not law enforcement officials but people 'close' to the police department--which means they could have been anyone from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to inveterate liar Adam Schiff to the Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C., Muriel Bowser."

Posted by: Tami at February 14, 2021 03:20 PM (cF8AT)

230 Thank you olddog!

Posted by: Infidel at February 14, 2021 03:20 PM (JKh2y)

231 NY Yankees the first team with an all trans starting lineup, begins each game with 45 points.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 14, 2021 03:20 PM (Oz1pK)

232 168 Pres. Biden issues a statement calling on Congress to enact legislation mandating background checks on all gun sales, a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and to hold gun manufacturers liable for violence committed with firearms -AP
Posted by: Tami at February 14, 2021 02:19 PM

Gun control kabuki. Gun violence is the province of ghetto blacks murdering each other with illegally-obtained guns. Period.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:58 PM (YqDXo)

Yup. I'd like to ask Biden and Beto why states with no license required to carry handguns aren't totally depopulated because of the continual mass gun battles in restaurants, stores, parks, and everywhere else.

If the gun control nuts get their way near-term on "assault weapons," "high-cap" magazines, and needing a license to buy more than 25 rounds of ammo a year, in 20 years, shotguns, machetes and knives off all kinds, and baseball bats and crowbars will be illegal. Hell, 2x4's will be banned.

Posted by: Gref at February 14, 2021 03:20 PM (AMIL/)

233 Hey does BLM have any comment on the A-Train ripper?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:20 PM (85Gof)

234 Award 2 points to any team who has an LGBT in the starting lineup. 5 points if that player is trans. They can have female players on the team, but any hit not fielded is considered a home run, and they can't be thrown out on strikes.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 14, 2021 03:17 PM (Oz1pK)

And you lose a player for every felony conviction your team sustains. You field 8 players in baseball, 4 in basketball, or 10 in football.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:20 PM (YqDXo)

235 I stopped following MLB when the Montreal Expos moved south but baseball is the ultimate American sport, going ant-American is insane.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:20 PM (lgiXo)

236 Posted by: Skip at February 14, 2021 03:16 PM (Cxk7w)

Nope.

Or the shootouts they have in soccer games.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:17 PM (YqDXo)

Good grief, don't bring that Euroweenie nonsense into this discussion.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:20 PM (C7zIl)

237 Is putting a man on 2nd any more stupid than having hockey a 1 on 1 shootout to determine the game?

Im definitely a fan of the 3 on 3 format for OT.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 14, 2021 03:20 PM (5XK0y)

238 Award 2 points to any team who has an LGBT in the starting lineup. 5 points if that player is trans. They can have female players on the team, but any hit not fielded is considered a home run, and they can't be thrown out on strikes.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 14, 2021 03:17 PM (Oz1pK)

Just completely do away with women's sports. There's swimming, and basketball, and track and field, etc. There's no such thing as a women's Army or women's police or a women's fire department, because women can do anything a man can do, amirite?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 14, 2021 03:21 PM (BMmaB)

239 I'm right back to not caring about the sport at all. If MLB isn't going to play baseball, then there's no reason to watch anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at February 14, 2021 03:21 PM (DeFud)

240 If MLB isn't going to play baseball, then there's no reason to watch anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone, read some movie thoughts at February 14, 2021 03:21 PM (DeFud)

I am getting there

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:21 PM (85Gof)

241 Yeah, but baseball is a real sport, made up by Americans.

standing around with a stick while you paw your balls and spit is definitely Merican

Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 03:22 PM (6iURM)

242 Wait, spiders are the squirrels of the insect world?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

lol. Apparently for a crawl space they are. There were also wasps nest down there I wasn't aware of. Pest control is coming to spay first part of March.

Posted by: Infidel at February 14, 2021 03:22 PM (JKh2y)

243 Within 3 years the only players in MLB are trans females.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 14, 2021 03:22 PM (Oz1pK)

244 NY Yankees the first team with an all trans starting lineup, begins each game with 45 points.
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I have no trouble believing both of your posts will come true, lol.

Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2021 03:23 PM (+ya+t)

245 Thanks for your threads on Sunday CBD, much appreciated. I wonder if one of the COBs might consider hosting a regular weekend GAINZ thread for the Chads.

Posted by: Max Power at February 14, 2021 03:23 PM (QCc6B)

246 >>>This is why even in the NL most pitchers cannot bunt to save their lives, much less hit at all.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:06 PM (YqDXo)

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You have to remember, the DH is used at every collegiate level, and at every minor league level. A pitcher coming out of HS will never touch a bat (other than a fungo) again until they make the Majors, and even then, only if they are in the NL. Also, unlikely that the NL pitcher will swing a bat unless they are a starter, as the relievers will be victims of the double switch. The exception for the reliever would be if the game is no longer in doubt.

Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at February 14, 2021 03:23 PM (CKRdI)

247 now do videogames, music, movies, books, political operatives, diets, anti-deprescent drug manufactures, computer manufactures
Posted by: will choose a nic later

I think you missed *politicians* who incite as well.

Posted by: AZ isolated deplorable at February 14, 2021 03:23 PM (gtatv)

248 This I never got. The "sports" thing. Yeah - when I was a kid, you played youth league. By the time you were in high school - you were expected to work. At least where I came from.

I'm not trying to shit on anybody. It's just another data point that demonstrates how different certain sub-cultures and generations are.

Posted by: Main Street at February 14, 2021 03:23 PM (Xjbjx)

249 MLB died for me personally after their first big player strike that destroyed that particular season, early 90s or thereby. And I was one of those game lovin stat quotin fans who knew what players were where and such. Just shut it off.

Posted by: Cringe Biscuit at February 14, 2021 03:23 PM (EyIu7)

250 >>> 208 OT: Scientific American has printed an article seriously claiming there's no such thing as a penis and the patriarchy is basically making it up to oppress women and create global warming.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 14, 2021 03:12 PM (6XLoz)

Who was that tranny asshoe who twatted that kids should *ALL* be forced to take puberty-blocking drugs? I guess the pod people have endorsed this idea.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 14, 2021 03:23 PM (TK8Ry)

251 Boston Red Sox beat the Yankees 436- 218.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at February 14, 2021 03:24 PM (Oz1pK)

252 Catering to blacks and their BLM proclivities was a huge mistake. Icing on the cake is the wokeness/SJW angle that the whites have adopted to "fit in."

BLM and wokeness in general didn't come from actual minorities, it came from upper-middle-class white women who are basically wearing the skin suit of the civil rights movement as a means to collect unearned status.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 14, 2021 03:24 PM (6XLoz)

253 Good grief, don't bring that Euroweenie nonsense into this discussion.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:20 PM (C7zIl)

Sorry. (Hangs head.)

I have to say, I hate soccer.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:25 PM (YqDXo)

254 CGI will have an all heshe, shehe and whatevershe win every sporting event

Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 03:25 PM (6iURM)

255 Re: NHL. I like 3 on 3 overtime. I think I could do without the shootout. I'm ambivalent about the loser point.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:25 PM (lgiXo)

256 You're welcome, Infidel. How you doing?

Posted by: olddog in mo, uckfay ancercay at February 14, 2021 03:25 PM (ju2Fy)

257 Yeah, but baseball is a real sport, made up by Americans.

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standing around with a stick while you paw your balls and spit is definitely Merican

Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 03:22 PM (6iURM)

Not true!

Sometimes we paw our balls while standing in the field, wearing our glove.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:25 PM (C7zIl)

258 C.A.T. Dominion keeping score?

Posted by: Skip at February 14, 2021 03:26 PM (Cxk7w)

259 What would Babe Ruth think?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:26 PM (85Gof)

260 Better, thanks olddog. I think my medical issues have been resolved.

I've missed the HQ.

Posted by: Infidel at February 14, 2021 03:27 PM (JKh2y)

261 I still think it was cool when I was underage and my Dad would take me to the Pastime bar in Dallas

and Mantle would be holding court at the bar

Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 03:27 PM (6iURM)

262 There's no such thing as a women's Army or women's police or a women's fire department, because women can do anything a man can do, amirite?

If there were a women's fire department, it would be overrun by men who failed the requirements for the regular FD and magically discovered that they're women.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 14, 2021 03:27 PM (6XLoz)

263 MLB died for me personally after their first big player strike that destroyed that particular season, early 90s or thereby. And I was one of those game lovin stat quotin fans who knew what players were where and such. Just shut it off.
Posted by: Crin

Was that the strike that occurred when my 'Spos had the best record in baseball. Still bitter.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:27 PM (lgiXo)

264 Now that we all have internet access to videos on how to do anything, maybe it is good for kids and adults to develop better pastimes than watching other people play sports? --
Learn to fix cars, weld, home repair, clean guns, garden, train dogs ... learn and do ... instead of drink and watch. ... that became my attitude at least, after "they" ruined so many things with Wokeness.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 14, 2021 03:27 PM (Cus5s)

265 We could not steal bases in LL in 1966. Maybe in Pony League.

Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at February 14, 2021 03:27 PM (2BZBZ)

266 Good grief, don't bring that Euroweenie nonsense into this discussion.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:20 PM (C7zIl)

Sorry. (Hangs head.)

I have to say, I hate soccer.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:25 PM (YqDXo)

True confession: I played soccer long after high screwel, until injuries stopped me. Loved to play, hated to watch.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:28 PM (C7zIl)

267 106 Slapweasel

I will always remember your play by play for the WS!

That was a thing of beauty. I still have those threads bookmarked. Slap was amazing.
Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 02:35 PM (45fpk)

Yeah, it was great...

UNTIL THE TRIBE LOST!!!

Posted by: browndog at February 14, 2021 03:28 PM (BgMrQ)

268 You have to remember, the DH is used at every collegiate level, and at every minor league level. A pitcher coming out of HS will never touch a bat (other than a fungo) again until they make the Majors, and even then, only if they are in the NL.
Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at February 14, 2021 03:23 PM (CKRdI)

Of course. But that's a consequence of the DH rule, Satan's spawn. And don't get me started on aluminum bats.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:28 PM (YqDXo)

269 MLB died for me personally after their first big player strike that destroyed that particular season, early 90s or thereby. And I was one of those game lovin stat quotin fans who knew what players were where and such. Just shut it off.

Same. I switched to NFL when that happened. And now I don't watch any sports.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 14, 2021 03:28 PM (6XLoz)

270 MLB's current commish is consumed with bringing corporate efficiency to baseball. He absolutely cannot stand the pace of play. He is repelled by the history of the game, except when identity politics is needed for demographic marketing purposes.

CEO Rob's latest innovation is to "reform" the minor leagues, cutting the unruly large number of teams, and thereby abandoning the spiritual home of baseball. Towns are losing teams, and the leagues are renamed. The "International League" and the "Pacific Coast League" are now AAA East and West.

As a baseball fan I'm shocked MLB is so suicidal, but these are the times in which we live.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Hey! You can't do that here! at February 14, 2021 03:28 PM (aSGq2)

271 265 We could not steal bases in LL in 1966. Maybe in Pony League.
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at February 14, 2021 03:27 PM (2BZBZ)

we had stealing at that time in commercial ball in Dallas.

Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 03:29 PM (6iURM)

272 265 We could not steal bases in LL in 1966. Maybe in Pony League.
Posted by: JAS, AoSHQ addict at February 14, 2021 03:27 PM (2BZBZ)

That's my recollection as well. There was no stealing until pitchers started throwing from the stretch with men on base.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:29 PM (YqDXo)

273 >>>standing around with a stick while you paw your balls and spit is definitely Merican

Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 03:22 PM (6iURM)

======

Try wearing a cup for 4-5 hours on a hot day while running, sliding, crouching, and see how well you do without having to readjust it.

Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at February 14, 2021 03:29 PM (CKRdI)

274 Learn to fix cars, weld, home repair, clean guns,
garden, train dogs ... learn and do ... instead of drink and watch. ...
that became my attitude at least, after "they" ruined so many things
with Wokeness.

That seems to be the attitude of a certain subset. They're simply not content to sit in front of the TV for two or three hours and cheer for laundry. I don't blame them. I haven't done it for years.

Posted by: Main Street at February 14, 2021 03:30 PM (Xjbjx)

275 I'm not sure I like the swing for the fences game. I miss the day of leadoff hitters who would steal bases. I liked the game more when players like Ricky Henderson and Tim Raines were playing.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:30 PM (lgiXo)

276 Did anyone think the supremely ignorant Sean Penn would stay silent forever?

https://tinyurl.com/7mz75j9q

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Hey! You can't do that here! at February 14, 2021 03:30 PM (aSGq2)

277 My daughter goes to an all-girl Catholic school. How long before the tranny train of litigators force them to accept boys pretending to be girls? Given how pathetically squishy the school has been over covid I see them an easy target.

Posted by: Cringe Biscuit at February 14, 2021 03:30 PM (EyIu7)

278 True confession: I played soccer long after high screwel, until injuries stopped me. Loved to play, hated to watch.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:28 PM (C7zIl)

Your secret shame is safe with me!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:30 PM (YqDXo)

279 I would love to have been around in the Honus Wagner days or to see Joe Dimaggio play. Rough games I'll bet.

Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2021 03:31 PM (+ya+t)

280 In some of the leagues I played in you could not lead of first until the pitcher threw the ball or sometimes you could not steal until the ball crossed the plate? It was a while ago Sigh

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:31 PM (85Gof)

281 Try wearing a cup for 4-5 hours on a hot day while running, sliding, crouching, and see how well you do without having to readjust it.
Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at February 14, 2021 03:29 PM (CKRdI)

why I became an antique dealer instead of a ballplayer

Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 03:31 PM (6iURM)

282 Skip,

Leftists hate real science, because real science points to fixed facts, immutable laws, cause and effect.

And to the Uncaused Cause who designed all of that.

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 14, 2021 03:31 PM (KKitP)

283 My daughter goes to an all-girl Catholic school. How long before the tranny train of litigators force them to accept boys pretending to be girls? Given how pathetically squishy the school has been over covid I see them an easy target.
Posted by: Cringe Biscuit at February 14, 2021 03:30 PM (EyIu7)

Less than a year, if they haven't already figure out the target behind the scenes.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at February 14, 2021 03:31 PM (jOcSX)

284 I would love to have been around in the Honus Wagner days or to see Joe Dimaggio play. Rough games I'll bet.
Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2021 03:31 PM (+ya+t)

Cobb?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:32 PM (85Gof)

285 Try wearing a cup for 4-5 hours on a hot day while running, sliding, crouching, and see how well you do without having to readjust it.
Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at February 14, 2021 03:29 PM (CKRdI)

I only wore a cup once in my life, when in HS I played in a summer league that required them.

I once was asked whether I was worried about getting hit in the nuts in the field.

"That's what I've got this for," I replied, holding up my glove.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:32 PM (YqDXo)

286 I wish I had a MLB team to root for.

Posted by: Puddleglum, Pirates fan at February 14, 2021 03:33 PM (Etgg5)

287 I'm not sure I like the swing for the fences game. I miss the day of leadoff hitters who would steal bases. I liked the game more when players like Ricky Henderson and Tim Raines were playing.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:30 PM (lgiXo)

I saw a headline somewhere recently, MLB is considering de-juicing the balls, to reduce home runs.

Good job, fellas. Nothing says "sports" like corporate decision making.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:34 PM (C7zIl)

288
They're simply not content to sit in front of the TV for two or three hours and cheer for laundry.

I cheer for the bold moves of cotton.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 14, 2021 03:34 PM (63Dwl)

289 Having watched the 2020 season that had the extra-inning rule in place... it's fine.

In the real world, people find it hard to be in a stadium for 4 or 5 hours. Especially when it's a night game. Gotta get to work tomorrow!

Posted by: ArthurK at February 14, 2021 03:34 PM (2GyWm)

290 I cheer for the bold moves of cotton.

It is, after all, the fabric of our lives.

Posted by: Main Street at February 14, 2021 03:35 PM (Xjbjx)

291 True confession: I played soccer long after high screwel, until injuries stopped me. Loved to play, hated to watch.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:28 PM (C7zIl)

Your secret shame is safe with me!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:30 PM (YqDXo)

I'll never be able to show my face around here again.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:35 PM (C7zIl)

292 276 Did anyone think the supremely ignorant Sean Penn would stay silent forever?

https://tinyurl.com/7mz75j9q
Posted by: Huck Follywood, Hey! You can't do that here! at February 14, 2021 03:30 PM (aSGq2)

That has to be a hacked account. Not even Spicoli is that dumb....

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 14, 2021 03:36 PM (PiwSw)

293 lol, Sean Penn is such a dumb ass he can't even spell Stan correctly.

Posted by: Jewells45 at February 14, 2021 03:36 PM (nxdel)

294 I think a case can be made that hockey is better than ever. The player pool is bigger. Training is better and the game is crazy fast now.
Can the same case be made for baseball?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:36 PM (lgiXo)

295 254 CGI will have an all heshe, shehe and whatevershe win every sporting event

Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 03:25 PM (6iURM)

45 years aqo I read a sci-fi short story that had computerized/CGI sports leagues causing the demise of all live pro sports. The story was about the day of the last live-player Super Bowl, that no one attended or watched because the CGI League Super Bowl was on TV at the same time. The CGI League in the story consisted of teams from the past, voted on each year by fans. In a given season you could have a Super Bowl with 1965 Green Bay Packers against the 1972 Dolphins, for example. It was a short story so did not go into details of what years' rules were used and how player abilities were determined.

I think we are headed towards the situation in that story. Why pay real players if you can have teams of all-stars, selected by fan votes. Or simply made-up athletes?

Posted by: Gref at February 14, 2021 03:37 PM (AMIL/)

296 well, I'm looking for a place to move to

I'm down to Varna, Bulgaria

Posted by: REDACTED at February 14, 2021 03:38 PM (6iURM)

297 Cobb?
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That's actually who I meant, not Honus Wagner. Posted before I could catch it. Ty Cobb, thanks!

Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2021 03:38 PM (+ya+t)

298 294>> The best thing to do in hockey would be to go to an olympic sized rink.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 14, 2021 03:38 PM (5XK0y)

299 I'm not sure I like the swing for the fences game. I miss the day of leadoff hitters who would steal bases. I liked the game more when players like Ricky Henderson and Tim Raines were playing.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:30 PM (lgiXo)

I really like the way the KC Royals of a few years ago played. One time they were down by a couple runs in the late innings, had runners on second and third, and their big bopper of the time, Kendrys Morales, came up and was quickly down to his last strike.

What did he do? Did he swing for the fences again? No. He shortened up, and punched the next pitch for a line drive single to CF, driving in two runs. Good baseball.

Meanwhile, the Padres of that time would have a .200 hitter come out of his shoes, strike out, and return to the dugout. Stupid baseball.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:38 PM (YqDXo)

300 To be fair, I think everybody hates the DH. Except CBD I think.
Posted by: grammie winger

Wait til they put maple syrup on him.

Posted by: JT at February 14, 2021 03:40 PM (arJlL)

301 Television killed baseball - it was made for radio. And big TV for the Yankees, Braves and Cubs killed the game.

Posted by: rando East Texas Poster at February 14, 2021 03:40 PM (QgW45)

302 The best thing to do in hockey would be to go to an olympic sized rink.
Motorcycles. Spiked gloves. A steam catapult that flings the puck - made of steel - at a fantastic rate along the boards instead of the traditional face off.

Posted by: Main Street at February 14, 2021 03:40 PM (Xjbjx)

303 Be funny if the players placed on second intentionally step of the base and get tagged out. A gentlemanly middle finger to the front office.

Posted by: Jean at February 14, 2021 03:41 PM (Xih1H)

304 Last year, maybe in June, MLB was running some black and white games. Seeing Sandy Koufax again was a treat

Posted by: JM in Florida at February 14, 2021 03:41 PM (HCeRP)

305 The best thing to do in hockey would be to go to an olympic sized rink.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 14, 2021 03:38 PM (5XK0y)

Russian and European leagues are reducing the size of their rinks. And for what it's worth the top Russian league is lower scoring than the NHL. With the wider ice surfaces they focus on defense.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:41 PM (lgiXo)

306 >>>"That's what I've got this for," I replied, holding up my glove.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:32 PM (YqDXo)

======

I wore the tools of ignorance. Not an option. But my sons, who played infield, were like you.

Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at February 14, 2021 03:42 PM (CKRdI)

307 I think a case can be made that hockey is better than ever. The player
pool is bigger. Training is better and the game is crazy fast now.
=====
I didn't care for that era of hockey where they encouraged fighting and hired no talent goons to beat the shit out of each other. More skill involved now.

Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2021 03:42 PM (+ya+t)

308 The best thing to do in hockey would be to go to an olympic sized rink.
Motorcycles. Spiked gloves. A steam catapult that flings the puck - made of steel - at a fantastic rate along the boards instead of the traditional face off.
Posted by: Main Street

Overtime is played in complete darkness - except for a lone spotlight on the puck.

Posted by: Jean at February 14, 2021 03:42 PM (Xih1H)

309 Huck - and Twitter has no problem with that.

Posted by: Skip at February 14, 2021 03:42 PM (Cxk7w)

310 I didn't care for that era of hockey where they encouraged fighting and hired no talent goons to beat the shit out of each other. More skill involved now.
Posted by: dartist

I agree the game is better - but I watched more to see the fights

Posted by: Jean at February 14, 2021 03:43 PM (Xih1H)

311 Jean make the puck glow in the dark and you havd a real game.

Posted by: Skip at February 14, 2021 03:43 PM (Cxk7w)

312 Fuck McConnell...sorry must be my Turrets. Hey batter, batter batter

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:43 PM (85Gof)

313 I think a case can be made that hockey is better than ever. The player pool is bigger. Training is better and the game is crazy fast now.
Can the same case be made for baseball?
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:36 PM (lgiXo)

Don't know, don't care. All these leagues are trying to out-Woke each other.

Including NHL.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:43 PM (C7zIl)

314 Y'all have no idea what it's like to wear a Cupp.

Posted by: Sarah Elizabeth at February 14, 2021 03:44 PM (DMUuz)

315 =====
I didn't care for that era of hockey where they encouraged fighting and hired no talent goons to beat the shit out of each other. More skill involved now.
Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2021 03:42 PM (+ya+t)

I don't disagree but there was an Era when even good players would fight.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:44 PM (lgiXo)

316 Darkness, and a glow in the dark puck that randomly explodes now and then - and you got yourself a game.

Posted by: Main Street at February 14, 2021 03:44 PM (Xjbjx)

317 Grew up in a small town with a little league baseball diamond at its center. During the summer, when I was a kid, I would get up in the morning
and head straight for the ball park. Wait for others to show up. Loved to play the game. Last play was when I was in my mid forties. I was legging out a bunt when my right knee gave out. They said it looked like I was shot by a rifle. Down in a cloud of dust. I haven't been to, or watched, a game in years. Just not the same. They don't even wear their pants right.

Posted by: Javems at February 14, 2021 03:45 PM (8SSHh)

318 I don't have television so I actually don't watch any sports anymore. My interest is entirely theoretical.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:45 PM (lgiXo)

319 The funny thing about overtime/extra-inning rule changes is that they give insight into how enjoyable a sport considers itself to the spectator.

Rules like starting with a runner at second base or shootouts are basically a statement that no one wants to watch a soccer team, baseball team, hockey struggle to score all night. "Just get this sh*t over with" is the message.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 14, 2021 03:45 PM (vsCvU)

320 310 I didn't care for that era of hockey where they encouraged fighting and hired no talent goons to beat the shit out of each other. More skill involved now.
Posted by: dartist

ur gay

Posted by: the Hansons at February 14, 2021 03:46 PM (6iURM)

321 304 Last year, maybe in June, MLB was running some black and white games. Seeing Sandy Koufax again was a treat

Posted by: JM in Florida at February 14, 2021 03:41 PM (HCeRP)

I watched their replay of a 1968 World Series game, between the Tigers and Cardinals. I can't recall the starting pitchers - it wasn't McClain and Gibson. It was a hoot watching Al Kaline, Tim McCarver, and all the other top-notch mid-60s players.

Posted by: Gref at February 14, 2021 03:46 PM (AMIL/)

322 Wait, so by elevating a Jesuit to Pope - the counter reformation is over and the various sects have submitted to the authority of the Holy See. How did I miss that?

Posted by: Jean at February 14, 2021 03:47 PM (Xih1H)

323 Russian and European leagues are reducing the size of their rinks. And for what it's worth the top Russian league is lower scoring than the NHL. With the wider ice surfaces they focus on defense.

It reduces the clutch and grab defense, and opens up the passing game, though. I wonder if the reduction in scoring is primarily due to the quality of the goaltending.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 14, 2021 03:47 PM (5XK0y)

324 At last.

Pitch Meeting: Prometheus:

https://youtu.be/y56kWIr-RjI

Posted by: Sharkman at February 14, 2021 03:47 PM (0bGEp)

325 that's a terrible thing to say

Posted by: mr wizard at February 14, 2021 03:47 PM (g741k)

326 312 Fuck McConnell...sorry must be my Turrets. Hey batter, batter batter
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:43 PM (85Gof)

I agree but we have no Newt to oust his lame ass

Posted by: the Hansons at February 14, 2021 03:48 PM (6iURM)

327 Motorcycles. Spiked gloves. A steam catapult that flings the puck - made of steel - at a fantastic rate along the boards instead of the traditional face off.

You're thinking of a slightly different game, that's less violent than hockey. Rules are here: http://speedrally.net/?p=1204

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 14, 2021 03:48 PM (SchxB)

328 I've watched a classic NHL playoff game from the 70s and it was sooo slow.

BTW Bobby Orr is a Trump supporter.
I'm not a Bruins fan but he is my choice as the greatest ever.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:48 PM (lgiXo)

329 Last year, maybe in June, MLB was running some black and white games. Seeing Sandy Koufax again was a treat
Posted by: JM in Florida at February 14, 2021 03:41 PM (HCeRP)

Games can be found, on Youtube and elsewhere. Problem is, everyone seems to have all the same games, so there are great gaps in what film still remains of World Series, some of them even into the 70s don't have whole games for many. And the ones that do exist, are often recorded off television broadcasts, so the quality stinks.

The whole '65 World Series is available, for example, but other than single games here and there, I don't believe other than '69 that any complete Series is available.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:48 PM (C7zIl)

330 Fuck McConnell...sorry must be my Turrets. Hey batter, batter batter.

Be my guest.

Posted by: Elaine from China at February 14, 2021 03:49 PM (Xjbjx)

331 They have even ruined boxing. I used to like watching boxing with Dad. Back before Cassius Clay changed his name.

Dad took us to a Lakers game when Wilt Chamberlin and Jerry West were playing. Fun times as a kid.

Posted by: Infidel at February 14, 2021 03:49 PM (JKh2y)

332 The whole '65 World Series is available, for example, but other than single games here and there, I don't believe other than '69 that any complete Series is available.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:48 PM (C7zIl)

For the decade of the 60s, I mean.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:49 PM (C7zIl)

333 >>> Television killed baseball - it was made for radio. And big TV for the Yankees, Braves and Cubs killed the game.
Posted by: rando East Texas Poster at February 14, 2021 03:40 PM (QgW45)

=======
A lot of truth to this. They have to get those 3 minutes (at a minimum) of tv ads in between each half inning. Seventeen half innings per nine inning game ads a minimum of 35 minutes to the game. Add in pitching substitutions throughout the game and you're looking at full hour thrown on top of an already 2 1/2 hour game.

And FWIW, I'd rather watch a pitcher's duel than a slugfest game any day. Most boring MLB game I've ever been to was a twins game that the twinks won 8-4, and their were 5 dingers in the game.

Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at February 14, 2021 03:50 PM (CKRdI)

334
To be fair, I think everybody hates the DH. Except CBD I think.
Posted by: grammie winger at February 14, 2021 02:39 PM (45fpk)
Growing up in an AL city (twice, once only in 1969 - So Go, Go You Pilots, You're Going to be the Best!), I like the DL.

*stands up and takes massive verbal abuse*

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 14, 2021 03:50 PM (sy5kK)

335 It reduces the clutch and grab defense, and opens up the passing game, though. I wonder if the reduction in scoring is primarily due to the quality of the goaltending.
Posted by: Crotchety

I see your point but the best Russian goaltenders do make their way to the NHL.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:50 PM (lgiXo)

336 They have even ruined boxing. I used to like watching boxing with Dad. Back before Cassius Clay changed his name.

Is boxing still around?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:51 PM (85Gof)

337 I watched their replay of a 1968 World Series game, between the Tigers and Cardinals. I can't recall the starting pitchers - it wasn't McClain and Gibson. It was a hoot watching Al Kaline, Tim McCarver, and all the other top-notch mid-60s players.
Posted by: Gref at February 14, 2021 03:46 PM (AMIL/)

Oops! Yeah, all of the '68 Series is available too. How could I forget.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:51 PM (C7zIl)

338 The DH is a blight upon the sport, even over in the AL, but at least it's confined over there. "Wah, I'm a pitcher, I shouldn't have to get up to bat because if the other team is mad at me for throwing at them now they get to throw at me, it's not fair!"

MLB, like all other sports, has most likely permanently lost me anyhow, but I'd love to go back to the way things were, long ago.

Posted by: Andy_in_Colorado at February 14, 2021 03:51 PM (CBrao)

339 I enjoyed PLAYING baseball. Watching it.......not so much. Especially pro baseball.
What really bugged me was batters stepping out of the box after every pitch and readjusting their entire wardrobe. Total waste of time. I'd like to see pitchers get to launch "free" fastballs at batters each time they step outside the box.
This is free advice and would produce millions of dollars.

Posted by: TwentytwoLR at February 14, 2021 03:52 PM (eFqcA)

340 "Fuck McConnell.."
we could use it instead of good morning/ afternoon for the next 6 years and it might be wrong twice.

Posted by: DaveA at February 14, 2021 03:52 PM (FhXTo)

341 What ruined boxing was making you pay $80 to watch a championship bout on your television

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 14, 2021 03:53 PM (vsCvU)

342 >>>Rules like starting with a runner at second base or shootouts are basically a statement that no one wants to watch a soccer team, baseball team, hockey struggle to score all night. "Just get this sh*t over with" is the message.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at February 14, 2021 03:45 PM (vsCvU)

======

Managers probably are for it because it lets them save on availability of relief pitcher, for games later that week.

Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at February 14, 2021 03:53 PM (CKRdI)

343 Just for the sake of completeness...

F*ck the Giants

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 14, 2021 03:53 PM (4BMGG)

344 True confession: I played soccer long after high screwel, until injuries stopped me. Loved to play, hated to watch.
Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:28 PM (C7zIl)

Your secret shame is safe with me!
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:30 PM (YqDXo)

A friend of mine refs soccer games to stay in shape. He says he runs 3-4 miles a game.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 14, 2021 03:53 PM (BMmaB)

345
Is boxing still around?
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Not that I've noticed. Seems PPV took it over a decade or so ago.

They have even ruined the olympics.

Posted by: Infidel at February 14, 2021 03:53 PM (JKh2y)

346 What ruined boxing was making you pay $80 to watch a championship bout on your television
Posted by: Bitter Clinger

Taught me how to hack RF feeds

Posted by: Jean at February 14, 2021 03:53 PM (Xih1H)

347 I've watched a classic NHL playoff game from the 70s and it was sooo slow.

BTW Bobby Orr is a Trump supporter.
I'm not a Bruins fan but he is my choice as the greatest ever.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:48 PM (lgiXo)

I'm not a hockey fan, so it's not like I care, but speed doesn't seem to me to be the thing that should be the determinant of whether the game is good or not.

Same with tennis. I could (but don't) watch women's tennis... and not just for the short skirts, but men's tennis is so much about velocity, the game is basically unwatchable.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:53 PM (C7zIl)

348 I didn't care for that era of hockey where they encouraged fighting and hired no talent goons to beat the shit out of each other. More skill involved now.
Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2021 03:42 PM (+ya+t)

I don't disagree but there was an Era when even good players would fight.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:44 PM (lgiXo)

What's a Canadian farm boy to do?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 14, 2021 03:54 PM (BMmaB)

349 Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:50 PM (lgiXo)

Some of those guys are pretty big too. Someone that big, flopping and thrashing around like Dominic Hashek did can cover a lot of space.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 14, 2021 03:54 PM (5XK0y)

350 And FWIW, I'd rather watch a pitcher's duel than a slugfest game any day. Most boring MLB game I've ever been to was a twins game that the twinks won 8-4, and their were 5 dingers in the game.
Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at February 14, 2021 03:50 PM (CKRdI)

Increasing scoring is a target for every sport. I've never had an issue with low scoring games.
One of the best hockey games ever was between the Montreal Canadiens and Soviet Red Army. The score was either 1-1 or 0-0.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:54 PM (lgiXo)

351 Rules like starting with a runner at second base or shootouts are basically a statement that no one wants to watch a soccer team, baseball team, hockey struggle to score all night. "Just get this sh*t over with" is the message.

When i used to go to a lot of Yankees games, there were times I might have had to leave early. I left and often got home to watch the last few innings in bed. Was fine. Play the fuckin game, No shortcuts

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:55 PM (85Gof)

352 What's a Canadian farm boy to do?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 14, 2021 03:54 PM (BMmaB)

The Gordie Howe hat trick.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:55 PM (lgiXo)

353 326 312 Fuck McConnell...sorry must be my Turrets. Hey batter, batter batter
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:43 PM (85Gof)

I agree but we have no Newt to oust his lame ass

Posted by: the Hansons at February 14, 2021 03:48 PM (6iURM)

If a new Constitution is ever written - by the deplorables - there must be a FOIA for Congress written into it. McConnell, and Pelosi, and Schumer, and all the rest make deals affecting every citizen in complete secrecy. You can get quite a lot of behind-the-scenes info from every Executive Branch organization, but Congressional stuff is behind unbreakable walls because Congress will never pass a Congressional FOIA law that has any teeth.

Posted by: Gref at February 14, 2021 03:56 PM (AMIL/)

354 A friend of mine refs soccer games to stay in shape. He says he runs 3-4 miles a game.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 14, 2021 03:53 PM (BMmaB)

If he refs pro games he can also brush up on his medic skills, what with all the eyes being gouged out, spleens torn from bodies, broken bones all over the place, and general murder and mayhem, when a player flicks the ear of his opponent.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:56 PM (C7zIl)

355 What ruined boxing was making you pay $80 to watch a championship bout on your television
Posted by: Bitter Clinger

Taught me how to hack RF feeds
Posted by: Jean

It's why I learned to hot wire descrambler boxes. But it's all digital and encrypted now.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - moronhorde.com. Not using Okta to secure logins (Unlike Parler) at February 14, 2021 03:56 PM (SchxB)

356 What's a Canadian farm boy to do?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 14, 2021 03:54 PM (BMmaB)

No. Canadian farm girls?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:56 PM (85Gof)

357 I saw last week a stat, America is the third highest gun murder country in the western world, but if you take out Chicago, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Detroit, it becomes the forth LOWEST gun murder country in the western world.

I think I see a pattern here.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 14, 2021 03:56 PM (sy5kK)

358 They have even ruined boxing. I used to like watching boxing with Dad. Back before Cassius Clay changed his name.
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Reminds me of a movie I just saw called The Setup where boxer Robert Ryan of all people was supposed to take a dive. I swear they were actually hitting each other in the boxing scenes. Best way to win was to knock your opponent the fvck out!

Posted by: dartist at February 14, 2021 03:56 PM (+ya+t)

359 Is boxing still around?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:51 PM (85Gof)

It's still around, but less professional and more amateur. The latinos coming to NJ have brought it back here and training gyms are popping up in Central NJ

Posted by: CN at February 14, 2021 03:57 PM (ONvIw)

360 They have even ruined boxing. I used to like watching boxing with Dad. Back before Cassius Clay changed his name.

Is boxing still around?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:51 PM (85Gof)

I think the mid-70s was actually the golden age. Frazier, Ali, Foreman, Leonard, even the Spinks brothers.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 14, 2021 03:57 PM (BMmaB)

361 345
Is boxing still around?
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Not that I've noticed. Seems PPV took it over a decade or so ago.

They have even ruined the olympics.

Posted by: Infidel at February 14, 2021 03:53 PM (JKh2y)

PPV plus the MMA stuff, that I detest.

Posted by: Gref at February 14, 2021 03:57 PM (AMIL/)

362 thx, CBD, for detailing the rule changes I had heard vague rumblings about ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 14, 2021 03:58 PM (h89VN)

363 When i used to go to a lot of Yankees games, there were times I might have had to leave early. I left and often got home to watch the last few innings in bed. Was fine. Play the fuckin game, No shortcuts
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:55 PM (85Gof)

Yep, it's excruciating when your team goes into extra innings, and they don't score in 10th, then the 11th, 12th... and who knows how long after.

It's torture, but who says torture is a bad thing*?

*Besides those puthies in Geneva, I mean.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 03:58 PM (C7zIl)

364 I think wokeness in hockey is ridiculous
No poor kid makes it to the NHL and how much more diverse can you get than Russia Finland, Sweden, Germany,, Slovakia Canada and the au.S. can you get?

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:58 PM (lgiXo)

365 What really bugged me was batters stepping out of the box after every pitch and readjusting their entire wardrobe. Total waste of time.

That used to annoy the hell out of me when I was pitching. Some guys would go through elaborate rituals, readjusting their wardrobes, their nuts, stretching their necks six times, etc., and for bonus points holding a hand up to the umpire while doing all this.

I'd stand patiently on the rubber until they finished their ritual, got in the box, and looked out at me expectantly.

At which point, I would take off my glove, turn toward CF, and slowly and elaborately rub up the baseball.

"See, I can make you wait, too."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 03:59 PM (YqDXo)

366 I loathe the DH. In baseball, everybody has a defensive and an offensive position, and one of the beauties of the game is a player must master a number of different skills to succeed at the game. The DH is the first step along the road to platooning, which (IMHO) wrecked football.

As for statistics, yes, baseball is loaded with them. In a sense, though, statistics have diminished the game. For me, baserunning and defense were always the most enjoyable parts of the game, with a suicide squeeze bunt being the most exciting play I can think of. (Think of that marvelous photo of Jackie Robinson stealing home on Yogi Berra.) But the number-crunchers have reduced the game to home runs and strikeouts: boooorrrrring!

Posted by: Nemo at February 14, 2021 03:59 PM (S6ArX)

367 I'm ready to start watching poker.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 03:59 PM (lgiXo)

368 >>>Wah, I'm a pitcher, I shouldn't have to get up to bat because if the other team is mad at me for throwing at them now they get to throw at me, it's not fair!"

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Which is another great reason to eliminate the DH. How many fewer hitters would Nolan Ryan hit if he knew he had to go up to bat the following inning? Okay, that's a poor example because there is probably no deterrent that would have kept him from plunking a batter. But you get my point.

Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at February 14, 2021 03:59 PM (CKRdI)

369 What's Canadian farm boy to do?

https://tinyurl.com/1wlvqyt2

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 14, 2021 04:00 PM (BMmaB)

370 I saw last week a stat, America is the third highest gun murder country in the western world, but if you take out Chicago, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Detroit, it becomes the forth LOWEST gun murder country in the western world.

I think I see a pattern here.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 14, 2021 03:56 PM (sy5kK)

The white murder rate in America is the same as that of ... Belgium.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 04:01 PM (YqDXo)

371 What ruined boxing was making you pay $80 to watch a championship bout on your television
Posted by: Bitter Clinger

Taught me how to hack RF feeds
Posted by: Jean at February 14, 2021 03:53 PM (Xih1H)

Yup....Don King ruined boxing. He made a ton of money but the PPV took the game out of the weekly rotation on TV. He would also not let fights get set if he had control over both fighters, especially heavyweights.

But he had nice hair and is a nice guy for a fight promoter.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 14, 2021 04:01 PM (R/m4+)

372 I was always an NL fan but I don't hate the DH.

I'll show myself to the door.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 04:01 PM (lgiXo)

373 339 I enjoyed PLAYING baseball. Watching it.......not so much. Especially pro baseball.
What really bugged me was batters stepping out of the box after every pitch and readjusting their entire wardrobe. Total waste of time. I'd like to see pitchers get to launch "free" fastballs at batters each time they step outside the box.
This is free advice and would produce millions of dollars.

Posted by: TwentytwoLR at February 14, 2021 03:52 PM (eFqcA)

The MLB Commissioner could shorten games a lot by prohibiting batters from wearing gloves. What was good enough for Mickey Mantle should be good enough for a .225 hitter in 2021.

Posted by: Gref at February 14, 2021 04:01 PM (AMIL/)

374 RINGS DINNER NOOD

Posted by: Skip, the guy who says NOOD at February 14, 2021 04:01 PM (Cxk7w)

375 I'm ready to start watching poker.

I wish there was a way to turn off the view where they show you all the hole cards. Because all the bullshit commentary that alludes to everyone inferring what everyone else has just by betting size ? Horse shit. I've played at the semi-pro level. That is most certainly not how it works. It's how the talking heads like to pretend it works. Again - complete horse shit.

Posted by: Main Street at February 14, 2021 04:02 PM (Xjbjx)

376 I feel the same way. I'll watch a few games but I won't go to games or spend money on it. I just don't care that much.

Baseball has been dying a slow death before this BLM and SJW crap because their fans base was much older. The thing is, a good portion of those folks are conservative. They lost them and it isn't like young SJW are baseball fans. It will be a niche sport much sooner, like cornhole.

Posted by: pchuck at February 14, 2021 04:02 PM (6wB8G)

377 You wanna talk about first world problems?

I took Mrs VIA to our local Waffle House for a fine Valentines Day lunch, and they were not taking reservations this year.

Covid.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 14, 2021 04:02 PM (3D/fK)

378 Watch a baseball game from the 80's on YouTube, and the first thing you'll notice is how lean everyone is, the only exceptions being lumpy guys like Steve Balboni. Now, they all look like linebackers.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at February 14, 2021 04:02 PM (HmZuC)

379 I saw Ali Frazier 2 in a thearter and Ali Forman in the War memorial Stadium in Utica. Good times Good times

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 04:02 PM (85Gof)

380 I like watching baseball live on a warm afternoon. It doesn't matter the level.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 04:02 PM (lgiXo)

381 Is boxing still around?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 14, 2021 03:51 PM (85Gof)

I think the mid-70s was actually the golden age. Frazier, Ali, Foreman, Leonard, even the Spinks brothers.
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 14, 2021 03:57 PM (BMmaB)

Tyson Fury is a treat to watch, but I ain't gonna pay for it.

And he's not fought in a freakin' year. What the hell is up with that. Are they not holding fights because of the Covids?

Posted by: BurtTC at February 14, 2021 04:03 PM (C7zIl)

382 The recent dumbassery in Canadian hockey has filtered into the NHL. I blame Ron MacLean and Gary Bettman. Fucksticks of the first order.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 14, 2021 04:03 PM (5XK0y)

383 I loathe the DH. In baseball, everybody has a defensive and an offensive position, and one of the beauties of the game is a player must master a number of different skills to succeed at the game. The DH is the first step along the road to platooning, which (IMHO) wrecked football.

Posted by: Nemo at February 14, 2021 03:59 PM (S6ArX)

Exactly. The thing I like about baseball is that, generally speaking, it selects for normal-sized guys. A football or basketball team walking through a hotel lobby attracts attention. A baseball team does not. The average MLB (I figured this out once) is about 6'1" or 6'2" and weighs about 195-205 (IIRC). So, a good-sized boy, but not a freak.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 04:04 PM (YqDXo)

384 I'm ready to start watching poker.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy

bofus ?

Posted by: JT at February 14, 2021 04:04 PM (arJlL)

385 First world problem: deciding among the dog insurance companies for the new pupster. Ultimately I kept Embrace Insurance as it was affiliated with our house and car insurance company.

Posted by: CN at February 14, 2021 04:04 PM (ONvIw)

386 wish there was a way to turn off the view where they show you all the hole cards. Because all the bullshit commentary that alludes to everyone inferring what everyone else has just by betting size ? Horse shit. I've played at the semi-pro level. That is most certainly not how it works. It's how the talking heads like to pretend it works. Again - complete horse shit.
Posted by: Main Street at February 14, 2021 04:02 PM (X

Okay. I find the theory of poker interesting.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 04:04 PM (lgiXo)

387 Idea: add a small bit of rubbing alcohol to my truck's windshield washer fluid reservoir to avoid freezing in the lines

good idea or potential disaster?

Posted by: DB- just DB, currently of the ice world Hoth at February 14, 2021 04:04 PM (iTXRQ)

388 The recent dumbassery in Canadian hockey has filtered into the NHL. I blame Ron MacLean and Gary Bettman. Fucksticks of the first order.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 14, 2021 04:03 PM (5XK0y)

I agree.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 04:05 PM (lgiXo)

389 >>>The MLB Commissioner could shorten games a lot by prohibiting batters from wearing gloves. What was good enough for Mickey Mantle should be good enough for a .225 hitter in 2021.
Posted by: Gref at February 14, 2021 04:01 PM (AMIL/)

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This would of sped up any game exponentially in which Nomar Garciaparra was playing.

Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at February 14, 2021 04:05 PM (CKRdI)

390 Okay. I find the theory of poker interesting.

It is. Most commentary ruins it - because they imply certainty that most of the players simply do not have. Believe me, it's somewhat random - although, over time, the better players get the best of it. Long story short - and Mike Sexton really gets on my nerves with this - they'll call "bad" or "good" plays where the only way they could is by seeing those hole cards.

I assume you play. Often ? Everyone has their style. I'm a big fan of Sklansky. And do not at all subscribe to the style or writings of Doyle Brunson. To each their own.

Posted by: Main Street at February 14, 2021 04:08 PM (Xjbjx)

391 willowed again

Posted by: DB- just DB, currently of the ice world Hoth at February 14, 2021 04:08 PM (iTXRQ)

392 First world problem: deciding among the dog insurance companies for the new pupster. Ultimately I kept Embrace Insurance as it was affiliated with our house and car insurance company.
Posted by: CN at February 14, 2021 04:04 PM (ONvIw)

Not worth it. We had it for our most recent pup, and the premiums were more than the incidental costs up until his final illness, at which juncture there was no point in veterinary care.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 04:08 PM (YqDXo)

393 Exactly. The thing I like about baseball is that, generally speaking, it selects for normal-sized guys. A football or basketball team walking through a hotel lobby attracts attention. A baseball team does not. The average MLB (I figured this out once) is about 6'1" or 6'2" and weighs about 195-205 (IIRC). So, a good-sized boy, but not a freak.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 04:04 PM (YqDXo)

I saw Daryl Strawberry once in a hotel lobby and was kind of surprised at how big he was. And of course the Big Unit was, well, big. But then you get a Jose Altuve playing at the top level.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 14, 2021 04:10 PM (BMmaB)

394 certainty that most of the players simply do not have. Believe me, it's somewhat random - although, over time, the better players get the best of it. Long story short - and Mike Sexton really gets on my nerves with this - they'll call "bad" or "good" plays where the only way they could is by seeing those hole cards.

I assume you play. Often ? Everyone has their style. I'm a big fan of Sklansky. And do not at all subscribe to the style or writings of Doyle Brunson. To each their own.
Posted by: Main Street at February 14, 2021 04:08 PM (Xjbjx)

I've been listening to a book The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova who went from being a raw beginner to the World Series of Poker.
According to her Poker is the perfect intersection of skill and luck.

I find it interesting. But I'm only on the verge of playing with apps.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 04:12 PM (lgiXo)

395 The NHL has a lot of players in the 5'20" to 6' range.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 04:13 PM (lgiXo)

396 Were it not for DH, the Greatest Single Play in Major League History would never have occurred:

Griffey Jr scoring from first base on Edgar Martinez's double to beat the Yankees in the 5th game of the Division Series in 1995.

Posted by: Sharkman at February 14, 2021 04:18 PM (0bGEp)

397 Say what you will about major league soccer, but the matches are two hours. Period.
In the working world, that's a big deal for fans.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 14, 2021 04:20 PM (sy5kK)

398 I find it interesting. But I'm only on the verge of playing with apps.
My suggestion would be Sklansky - On Poker.

WSOP is a social game. Even if you could see all the cards - and knew you were a four to one favorite going all in - the odds say you're gone in four hands. Maybe three. A guy like Ted Forester is a ring game man. If you're a four to one favorite - you go all in every time, and trust your bank roll to carry you through the bad runs.

FWIW - I expect to win four small bets an hour every time I sit down at a pro table, and I expect to stop in four hours. At a house game ? I expect to win it all. And that's why I can't play pro. I can't play long enough, and I can't win enough quick enough. The real deal guys can play eight to twelve hours, and they expect to win at least six small bets every hour.

Posted by: Main Street at February 14, 2021 04:22 PM (Xjbjx)

399 What sounded the death knell for sports was TV. Before all the stupid rules, before all the SJW crap, before NFL couldn't tell what a catch or touchdown was, games were running 45 or so minutes longer than a few decades ago. All to cram in a few more commercials every chance they could. NFL team scores, 6 commercials, come back and kickoff already in air, downed in end zone, 4 more commercials, come back and ball is already snapped. How can you compare any player now with somebody that played 50 years ago when the current guy is getting an extra 1/2hr to 1 hour of rest during the game for TV time outs? Pro sports were complicit in allowing TV to stomp all over their junk with golf spikes in order to please corporate sponsors.
Go outside, enjoy your weekends with family, nature, shooting, home improvement, anything else. You'll be a happier person. (Oh, and you won't look nearly as silly as you do with some other man's name emblazoned across your back!)

Posted by: Fyathyrio at February 14, 2021 04:23 PM (sxf6y)

400 Happy Valentine's Day, lovies! shmooshes to ya

Posted by: Peaches at February 14, 2021 04:31 PM (14URa)

401 NHL players run between 5'10" not 5'20"

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at February 14, 2021 04:32 PM (lgiXo)

402 "But along with MLB's suicidal embracing of BLM..."
Which is precisely - as a fan for more than 45 years - I'll never watch another fucking pitch.

They can all go to hell.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at February 14, 2021 04:33 PM (jWe5r)

403 I've been a Giants fan since I was born. My parents had Giants season tickets, which I inherited. Also had 49'er tix which have gone unused since that Day of Infamy with Kaepernick and the 1st kneeling. Done. I freaking hated not watching, esp. baseball. But.. and this is what's going to kill the sports, is I'm in that zone where as much as it killed me to stand on principle - it's become easier and easier every season as they continue throwing gas on the woke-dumster fire that is NFL & MLB now. Marketing and advertisers know this phenomena well - forced alienation from a product one used to like becomes one's new normal over time. Impact can be generational or even permanent.

Posted by: DrDean at February 14, 2021 04:47 PM (zkimx)

404 "I've been a Giants fan since I was born."

And I was a Dodger fan since 1974. Nice that we can finally agree on something.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at February 14, 2021 04:51 PM (jWe5r)

405 Not worth it. We had it for our most recent pup, and the premiums were more than the incidental costs up until his final illness, at which juncture there was no point in veterinary care.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 04:08 PM (YqDXo)

Well it worked for me. Rusty had a lot of complicated care over the last few years, and it made the choice to keep him very easy, conflict free. With a 90% reimbursement rate, I didn't hesitate to plunk down the money for cardiology care. I didn't extend his life by painful days, but by several lovely years during which he was active and comfortable Kid 2 had dog insurance, and had positive experiences too.

Posted by: CN at February 14, 2021 04:52 PM (ONvIw)

406 MLB killed all the lowest level leagues- some had teams that were over 100 years old. Only a few years after demanding the towns upgrade stadiums- $10-15 million dollar "upgrades".

Posted by: free tibet at February 14, 2021 05:10 PM (sD7y4)

407 Not that this matters this late in the thread, but I was watching my alma mater's girls Basketball game. They were on the road, playing St. Mary's. The St. Mary's girls did not put their hands over their heart for the anthem (at least they didn't kneel!) but it was pretty nice watching my squad show respect.

1) pretty sad when a team showing respect to the National Anthem is noteworthy;
2) At least it's my team doing the right thing;
3) Not all sports teams are ruined.... yet.

Oh yes, we stomped the St. Mary's girls too.

Posted by: Vance at February 14, 2021 05:16 PM (DN0pc)

408 Been a Cleveland Indians fan until last year when they decided to go full on SJW and change the team name. The real damage is to the generational aspect of the sport. Fathers are no longer taking families or kids to the ball park and they are not watching the game together on television. Nobody is growing up today as a fan the way kids did a generation ago. Within 10 to 20 years they will have nothing left of a fan base and will hopefully implode. Serves them right.

Posted by: Sewer Urchin at February 14, 2021 05:39 PM (kiqjW)

409 I wld guess the MLB is doing that to shorten extra inning games cause the Nets were complaining about the length and canceling other shows. (I don't know if that happens I don't follow any of that.
this is just me being a know-it-all)

So far in this century and most of the last the majority of our problems are derived from corporations interference.

They never should've been ruled a 'person' and they should not be able to fund representatives. Billionaires is bad enough there's only so many of those but corporations are like cockroaches and just as unpleasant when they crawl out of the woodwork.

Posted by: jakee308.com at February 14, 2021 05:43 PM (WG8nE)

410 I have never understood why European Handball isn't played here. It's like combining basketball and soccer.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 14, 2021 06:59 PM (yQpMk)

411 I liked the New Rules. Still do.

Posted by: Dr Wang at February 14, 2021 08:47 PM (YLRF6)

412 I was done with baseball when the Lastros were moved to the Fake Baseball League in 2013.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 15, 2021 01:24 AM (49Dnm)

413 Gun control kabuki. Gun violence is the province of ghetto blacks murdering each other with illegally-obtained guns. Period.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 14, 2021 02:58 PM (YqDXo)

Why is "gun violence" bad and violence by all other means OK?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at February 15, 2021 01:35 AM (49Dnm)

414 Wrote my former team and told them they can support the USA or blm, not both. 58 year fan, no more.

Posted by: Deserttrek at February 15, 2021 12:36 PM (480Qo)

415 WHO'S ON FIRST?

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 16, 2021 05:54 PM (FLiOE)

416 Sounds good

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