Author Topic: 2019 MLB Regular Season (Read 14252 times)

Natsinpwc · « **Topic Start:** March 20, 2019, 12:27:09 PM »

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1R11QN

skippy1999 · « **Reply #1:** March 20, 2019, 12:37:54 PM »

MLB is the WORST at promoting itself-what a waste of an opening day! Baseball being back should be freaking celebrated not hidden away in the middle of the night, ridiculous!!!

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #2:** March 20, 2019, 01:10:14 PM »

Quote from: skippy1999 on March 20, 2019, 12:37:54 PM

MLB is the WORST at promoting itself-what a waste of an opening day! Baseball being back should be freaking celebrated not hidden away in the middle of the night, ridiculous!!!

Yea. I didn’t even know it was going on until I saw the results.

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #3:** March 20, 2019, 01:35:14 PM »

So the International Date Line is now an International Week Line?

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #4:** March 20, 2019, 06:33:13 PM »

Game 2 is on ESPN tomorrow morning at 5:30. Just saying. Keiguchi is pitching. Had no idea Ichiro was still playing.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #5:** March 20, 2019, 06:42:42 PM »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on March 20, 2019, 06:33:13 PM

Game 2 is on ESPN tomorrow morning at 5:30. Just saying. Keiguchi is pitching. Had no idea Ichiro was still playing.

he is playing this series and then reretiring

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #6:** March 21, 2019, 07:11:39 AM »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on March 20, 2019, 06:33:13 PM

Game 2 is on ESPN tomorrow morning at 5:30. Just saying. Keiguchi is pitching. Had no idea Ichiro was still playing.

Kikuchi is the correct spelling. Shutout so far.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #7:** March 21, 2019, 07:11:50 AM »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on March 20, 2019, 06:42:42 PM

he is playing this series and then reretiring

Thanks.

rileyn · « **Reply #8:** March 21, 2019, 09:54:45 AM »

Are there any outdoor stadiums in Japan? If so, I have never seen one. They all look like Tropicana Dome, or whatever the name of Tampa Bay's stadium is called.

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #9:** March 21, 2019, 10:29:59 AM »

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koshien_Stadium

80k capacity outdoor for Hanshin Tigers

imref · « **Reply #10:** March 22, 2019, 09:34:04 AM »

Mariners beat the As 5-4 in Ichiro’s final game. Same result as his first game.

So who’s going to argue that he doesn’t deserve to be in the HoF?

Count Walewski · « **Reply #11:** March 22, 2019, 09:45:17 AM »

Quote from: imref on March 22, 2019, 09:34:04 AM

Mariners beat the As 5-4 in Ichiro’s final game. Same result as his first game.

So who’s going to argue that he doesn’t deserve to be in the HoF?

I'm sure one sportswriter somewhere will take the contrarian stance that Ichiro is not a first-ballot Hall of Famer, and I don't know if Mariners fans will rough him up the way that Yankees fans roughed up the guy who made (and then was forced to retract) this claim about Mariano Rivera. Ichiro is one of the most obvious first ballot HoFers of my lifetime when you consider not just his numbers, but his significance in opening MLB to more foreign-born players and bridging American and Japanese baseball.

UMDNats · « **Reply #12:** March 22, 2019, 10:00:37 AM »

mike francesa was going on about ichiro not being HOF worthy yesterday apparently, but he doesn't really count

bluestreak · « **Reply #13:** March 22, 2019, 10:07:44 AM »

Quote from: UMDNats on March 22, 2019, 10:00:37 AM

mike francesa was going on about ichiro not being HOF worthy yesterday apparently, but he doesn't really count

https://twitter.com/backaftathis/status/1009871918164533249?s=21

imref · « **Reply #14:** March 22, 2019, 11:38:49 AM »

“Ichiro played his first game of professional baseball in 1992, the same year that Manny Machado, Mookie Betts and Bryce Harper were all born.”

Francesa somehow gets paid to speak about sports. Amazing.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #15:** March 22, 2019, 12:27:18 PM »

Quote from: imref on March 22, 2019, 11:38:49 AM

“Ichiro played his first game of professional baseball in 1992, the same year that Manny Machado, Mookie Betts and Bryce Harper were all born.”

Francesa somehow gets paid to speak about sports. Amazing.

Speaking? Is that what that noise is?

imref · « **Reply #16:** March 25, 2019, 11:20:06 AM »

Verlander gets a 2 year, $66 million extension for his age 37 and 38 seasons. FWIW, Scherzer becomes a FA for his age 37 season (2022).

imref · « **Reply #17:** March 25, 2019, 10:58:16 PM »

https://deadspin.com/mets-flight-to-syracuse-grounded-on-tarmac-for-three-ho-1833562612

skippy1999 · « **Reply #18:** March 25, 2019, 11:07:15 PM »

Quote from: imref on March 25, 2019, 10:58:16 PM

https://deadspin.com/mets-flight-to-syracuse-grounded-on-tarmac-for-three-ho-1833562612

Syndergaard’s AMA

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #19:** March 26, 2019, 07:26:24 AM »

Nice to see the mets really embracing Syracuse

imref · « **Reply #20:** March 26, 2019, 07:40:55 AM »

Quote from: skippy1999 on March 25, 2019, 11:07:15 PM

Syndergaard’s AMA

Quote

Jp Kitzmiller
@JP_Kitz27
· 10h
Replying to @Noahsyndergaard
If you had to grab a beer with Mr Met or Mike Francesca, who you got

Noah Syndergaard
✔
@Noahsyndergaard
Trade me

Wonder if we can swing a deal for him....

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #21:** March 26, 2019, 08:57:36 AM »

Quote from: HalfSmokes on March 26, 2019, 07:26:24 AM

Nice to see the mets really embracing Syracuse

Nothing like an early spring night in Syracuse.

imref · « **Reply #22:** March 26, 2019, 10:23:49 PM »

Angels release Dan Jannings, I could see the Nats taking a flyer on him if he'd agree to pitch in Fresno.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #23:** March 28, 2019, 07:25:00 AM »

Marty Brennman’s final year as Reds announcer. He has been doing their games since 1974.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #24:** March 28, 2019, 09:42:44 AM »

Cheapest tickets I can find in StubHub for opening day in Cincy are about $150 so I will have to pass. Unfortunately other duties as assigned will cause me to miss the parade also. So it’s TV. All the local stations are wall to wall opening day coverage as it should be for our unofficial national holiday.