Well I doubt we see the Dodgers again this year, unless we make the playoffs.........
Not at Wrigley, but there's a four-game set in Los Angeles at the end of next month...
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Not at Wrigley, but there's a four-game set in Los Angeles at the end of next month...
So I am guessing that makes it more difficult for the firemen at the Waveland station to grab a ball....I saw it happen once from the left-field Da bleachers and a few times on TV. I was up on one of the roof-tops too once.
Until we saw the Dodgers, I thought the schedule was in favor of regional match-ups. Is there something different about the schedule this year, or am I still confused from last year? Seems like a lot more inter-league games.
If ya' get the chance watch the review of the Reds vs Rockies.
It was a defensive shit-fest by the Reds early and lots of gems by the Rockies. I do not have a box-score yet, but I think 4 of the Rockies runs were unearned. Reds were behind 6-1 in the eighth.
To paraphrase Yogi: "It ain't over in Denver till it's over."
Reds WIN. 7-6.
It was a defensive shit-fest by the Reds early and lots of gems by the Rockies. I do not have a box-score yet, but I think 4 of the Rockies runs were unearned. Reds were behind 6-1 in the eighth.
To paraphrase Yogi: "It ain't over in Denver till it's over."
Reds WIN. 7-6.
The schedule has been fucked up ever since MLB computerized the scheduling, as opposed to having this old husband and wife duo, who had manually done the schedules for something like 25 years, do it. Here's their story. Now the whole schedule is generated by a random number generator (translation: they just hit the shuffle function in Excel a few times until everything shakes out a little bit) and it's gotten really shitty in the years since, like how the Cubs seem to have played the Pirates approximately 600 times a month and a half into the season.
...and will play the Cards for the first time next weekend.
“New York always had a long list,” Holly laments.
https://www.everythingzoomer.com/arts-entertainment/film-television/2017/02/22/mlb-schedulers/
https://www.everythingzoomer.com/arts-entertainment/film-television/2017/02/22/mlb-schedulers/
A lengthy list of MLB's problems....
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...ggest-questions-mlb-facing-future-sport-stake
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...ggest-questions-mlb-facing-future-sport-stake
There's a little too much of the ESPN writers jacking off into their own mouths (Kurkjian whining about how there's too much offense is just the stupidest bullshit, and I generally like him as a reporter), but generally this is pretty well written.
ESPN is more miss than hit these days, but I agree - this article is structured in a way that fosters productive conversation.
Now, back to the obviously biased "Power Rankings."
Jon Lester currently has a 176 ERA+ this season. (Granted, small sample size, as he's only had three starts, but still.)
He and the beefy lad face off against the Cubs tonight. They're going to get a hell of an ovation. I almost hope that Schwarber hits a massive dinger, blowing a hole in the scoreboard, and then flips the bird to the box where Tom Ricketts and Jed Hoyer are sitting, because, well, fuck those guys.
Edit: And in other news, Manny Machado continues to be a completely dirty shithead, sweeping the leg of Tommy Erdman by doing a stutter step and re-directing himself right into Erdman with a slide ... despite being about 20 feet away from the bag.
He and the beefy lad face off against the Cubs tonight. They're going to get a hell of an ovation. I almost hope that Schwarber hits a massive dinger, blowing a hole in the scoreboard, and then flips the bird to the box where Tom Ricketts and Jed Hoyer are sitting, because, well, fuck those guys.
Edit: And in other news, Manny Machado continues to be a completely dirty shithead, sweeping the leg of Tommy Erdman by doing a stutter step and re-directing himself right into Erdman with a slide ... despite being about 20 feet away from the bag.
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Jeez. That looks ejection-worthy.
That's some fucking bullshit. How the hell is that not player interference?
Manny Manchild - can't stand that guy.
I'd ordinarily give Machado the benefit of the doubt if it weren't for two things: Number one, he does that blatant shuffle and literally turns to the left to aim himself into Erdman, and he hits the dirt literally 20 feet away from the bag. Second, he has a history. As I recall, he spiked Dustin Pedroia and ultimately ended his career, and he also kicked a Brewer--Nelson Aguilar?--in the NLDS a while back while running out a grounder at first.
That's total bush league horseshit IMO.
Pujols will wear #55 with the Dodgers...cuz apparently Corey Seager won't give up #5. 
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