Author Topic: 2023 Regular Season (Non-Nats) (Read 13583 times)

imref · « **Reply #25 on:** April 08, 2023, 09:19:48 pm »

Now this is a fight:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpbcGJYvgqv/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Senatorswin · « **Reply #26 on:** April 08, 2023, 09:48:50 pm »

Quote from: imref on April 08, 2023, 09:19:48 pm

Now this is a fight:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpbcGJYvgqv/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Holy smokes. What kind of broadcast is that!!

imref · « **Reply #27 on:** April 08, 2023, 09:59:22 pm »

Quote from: Senatorswin on April 08, 2023, 09:48:50 pm

Holy smokes. What kind of broadcast is that!!

I’m assuming that was a dub

imref · « **Reply #28 on:** April 08, 2023, 10:58:07 pm »

Astros are 3-6, same as the Nats

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #29 on:** April 09, 2023, 07:51:48 pm »

Were the Sunday night ESPN games always blacked out on MLB TV? I always had espn previously so perhaps didn’t notice.

Nat of the Living Dead · « **Reply #30 on:** April 11, 2023, 10:42:09 am »

Absolutely love those retro Devil Rays uniforms. I'm not even a fan but I'm thinking of at least picking up the cap.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #31 on:** April 11, 2023, 10:19:55 pm »

Rays win again. 11-0.

imref · « **Reply #32 on:** April 11, 2023, 10:30:08 pm »

Mariners blow a 7-0 lead

skippy1999 · « **Reply #33 on:** April 11, 2023, 11:46:27 pm »

Quote from: Natsinpwc on April 09, 2023, 07:51:48 pm

Were the Sunday night ESPN games always blacked out on MLB TV? I always had espn previously so perhaps didn’t notice.

Yea Sunday night games are always going to only be on espn.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #34 on:** April 12, 2023, 08:03:33 am »

Quote from: skippy1999 on April 11, 2023, 11:46:27 pm

Yea Sunday night games are always going to only be on espn.

Thanks Skippy.

imref · « **Reply #35 on:** April 13, 2023, 04:00:27 pm »

Rays 149 wins from a perfect season. They beat Boston today 9-3 to go to 13 and 0.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #36 on:** April 13, 2023, 04:15:02 pm »

Quote from: imref on April 13, 2023, 04:00:27 pm

Rays 149 wins from a perfect season. They beat Boston today 9-3 to go to 13 and 0.

Attendance listed at 21175. And time to get to the early bird special after the game.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #37 on:** April 13, 2023, 04:43:06 pm »

Quote from: imref on April 13, 2023, 04:00:27 pm

Rays 149 wins from a perfect season. They beat Boston today 9-3 to go to 13 and 0.

I'm sure in the post-season video they will say the key to the streak was coming back against Kyle Finnegan in the 9th.

imref · « **Reply #38 on:** April 14, 2023, 10:37:45 pm »

Rays finally lose.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #39 on:** April 15, 2023, 07:33:41 pm »

Red Sox win on 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/angels-vs-red-sox/2023/04/15/718576/final/wrap

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #40 on:** April 19, 2023, 05:27:43 pm »

Pirates have a big lead and look like they will close the day at 12-7. Not sure it will last but nice to see.

imref · « **Reply #41 on:** April 20, 2023, 03:43:51 am »

The A’s are heading to Las Vegas

https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/athletics/oakland-as-enter-binding-agreement-to-buy-las-vegas-ballpark-site-2764701/

Senatorswin · « **Reply #42 on:** April 20, 2023, 11:08:49 am »

Quote from: imref on April 20, 2023, 03:43:51 am

The A’s are heading to Las Vegas

https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/athletics/oakland-as-enter-binding-agreement-to-buy-las-vegas-ballpark-site-2764701/

Wow. Tampa's stadium lease is up in 2027 so they'll have to figure something out in the next two years I would think.

Mattionals · « **Reply #43 on:** April 20, 2023, 12:04:46 pm »

Quote from: Senatorswin on April 20, 2023, 11:08:49 am

Wow. Tampa's stadium lease is up in 2027 so they'll have to figure something out in the next two years I would think.

At this point, probably Nashville given the group of people trying to get major league ball out there. Personally, Tampa weather is a nice getaway in the early and late parts of the baseball season, and a nice retractable roof in Ybor City would be perfect. But the Rays aren't going to put out the money, and the taxpayers aren't going to put out the money, so, Nashville it will be.

imref · « **Reply #44 on:** April 22, 2023, 08:01:18 am »

Drew Smyley loses a perfect game in the eight when his catcher collides with him as smyley tried to field a dribbler.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #45 on:** April 24, 2023, 09:49:52 am »

Tough for the Angels.

https://www.mlb.com/news/logan-o-hoppe-shoulder-surgery

Senatorswin · « **Reply #46 on:** April 24, 2023, 05:00:15 pm »

I've been hearing a lot this year about a pitch called a sweeper. I didn't know what they were talking about until last night's ESPN game when one of the announcers said the sweeper is what people are calling the slider. What's up with that? I guess somebody said it one time and somebody else thought it was cool and started using it and so on. It's like a few years ago when somebody started saying "score the ball" in the NBA and knuckleheads started using it. Or when Ron Rivera coined the saying QB1. I hadn't heard that before now everybody wants to say QB1.

Just an off-day rant.

Natsinpwc · « **Reply #47 on:** April 24, 2023, 05:19:42 pm »

Quote from: Senatorswin on April 24, 2023, 05:00:15 pm

I've been hearing a lot this year about a pitch called a sweeper. I didn't know what they were talking about until last night's ESPN game when one of the announcers said the sweeper is what people are calling the slider. What's up with that? I guess somebody said it one time and somebody else thought it was cool and started using it and so on. It's like a few years ago when somebody started saying "score the ball" in the NBA and knuckleheads started using it. Or when Ron Rivera coined the saying QB1. I hadn't heard that before now everybody wants to say QB1.

Just an off-day rant.

The explanation I heard was that the normal slider has some sideways break but also goes down. The sweeper is more sideways and bigger break. Like 10 inches. Splitting some hairs but not much different than differentiating between four seem fastballs and sinkers. They never used to do that. Or cutters.

Slateman · « **Reply #48 on:** April 24, 2023, 05:24:54 pm »

Traditionally, sliders have more vertical break. A sweeper is just another term for a slutter, a mix between a slider and a cutter. Sometimes called a slurve

Traditional slider

"Sweeper"

Senatorswin · « **Reply #49 on:** April 25, 2023, 09:36:16 am »

Bob Melvin doesn't know what a sweeper is lol:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2023/04/25/what-is-a-sweeper-a-look-at-the-pitch-taking-over-mlb/70149037007/