MLB 2021 season: Corn-Driven Humidity

[Worf factor9]

Ad infested site that.

I have an ad-blocker .

How about this one?

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/03/pitchers-mound-get-introduced-baseball/

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

I have an ad-blocker .

How about this one?

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/03/pitchers-mound-get-introduced-baseball/

That one is good. It talks about the different distances.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Chicago White Sox's Carlos Rodon is three outs from pitching a PG.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ ...broken up by a HBP.

He still got the no-no though!

 

[The Nth Doctor]

After losing the perfect game with one out by hitting Roberto Perez on the foot (who didn't even bother trying to move out of the way), Rodon pitched a no-hitter!

What's truly incredible, after all of the injuries and the Tommy John surgery, is the fact that Rodon's fastest pitch at 98 MPH was pitch number 110.

 

[Worf factor9]

https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/what-is-your-favorite-sports-movie.307808/

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

At least a foot is outside the strike zone...........I'm looking at you Michael Conforto.

 

[tomalak301]

At least a foot is outside the strike zone...........I'm looking at you Michael Conforto.

There is a big difference between trying to avoid getting hit and actually wanting to get hit on purpose. Conforto was the latter.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Tonight's Yankees-Rays game was paused for over two minutes after irate Yankees fans started throwing baseballs at the field; the Yankees, who now have a solid lock on last place in AL East, were behind 8-2 in the 8th inning when the shenanigans started. There's something to be said for cardboard cutouts in the stands instead of people.

And while we're on the subject, I don't ever want to hear another fucking word from Mr. Laser Beam or anyone else about the behavior of Philadelphia sports fans.

 

[Worf factor9]

And while we're on the subject, I don't ever want to hear another fucking word from Mr. Laser Beam or anyone else about the behavior of Philadelphia sports fans.

You are right, who can ever give shit to fans that boo Santa Claus. Go Philly!!!

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Tonight's Yankees-Rays game was paused for over two minutes after irate Yankees fans started throwing baseballs at the field; the Yankees, who now have a solid lock on last place in AL East, were behind 8-2 in the 8th inning when the shenanigans started. There's something to be said for cardboard cutouts in the stands instead of people.

Wow, how horribly petty.

I've always maintained that Yankee fans are the worst and this only further proves the point.

 

[cardinal biggles]

You are right, who can ever give shit to fans that boo Santa Claus. Go Philly!!!

Ah yes, that old chestnut.

 

[Worf factor9]

Ah yes, that old chestnut.

Yeah, but it was mostly the Eagles fans.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Yeah, but it was mostly the Eagles fans.

As with most things it's a little more complex than that they simply booed Santa...

The incident in question occurred during a game on Dec. 15, 1968. The Eagles stunk that year and were heading to halftime of what would wind up being a loss in their final game to cap off a 2-12 season.

As Boston Globe writer (and Philadelphia native) Brian J. White described last year, fans were angry in the stands, which hadn’t been properly cleared. Meanwhile, the halftime show was supposed to be a 50-piece brass band welcoming Santa Claus onto the field. Except their Santa Claus got stuck in New Jersey because of a snowstorm (now that’s a nightmare).

So, of course, the Eagles’ solution to the problem was to pull a random fan from the stands who happened to be wearing a semblance of a Santa costume -- little more than a Santa hat and a fake beard.

“He was the worst-looking Santa I’d ever seen," former Eagles PR director Jim Gallagher said in “The Great Philadelphia Fan Book.” "Bad suit, scraggly beard. I’m not sure whether he was drunk, but he appeared to be.”

That man was Frank Olivo, who was 19 years old at the time and would go on to have his involvement in this incident be cited in the first line of his obituary in 2015.

With the band playing “Here Comes Santa Claus," Olivo ran downfield, and all appeared to be taken in stride. That was until he reached the endzone and was pelted by dozens of snowballs.

“When I hit the end zone, and the snowballs started, I was waving my finger at the crowd, saying ‘You’re not getting anything for Christmas,'” Olivo said in 2005.

But to hear White and former Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Stan Hochman tell it, the fans weren’t angry at Santa. No, they were angry at the team who put on a fancy haltfime show instead of investing in a good team or bothering to shovel out the stands.

“The fans pelted Santa Claus with snowballs because they would have needed a bazooka to reach the owner’s box,” Hochman wrote.

Source: MassLive.com

 

[tomalak301]

As with most things it's a little more complex than that they simply booed Santa...

Source: MassLive.com

I always hear that story without context. Thank you for the context. That actually changes that whole thing for me.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Damn, I never heard of that story before. That's a different kind of petty to drag out a 50-plus-year old story without any kind of context.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Damn, I never heard of that story before. That's a different kind of petty to drag out a 50-plus-year old story without any kind of context.

Sadly, it's the go-to story when people want to talk shit about Philadelphia sports fans, when they really aren't much better or worse than passionate sports fans in any other major city. (Especially since Citizens Bank Park and Lincoln Financial Field replaced Veterans' Stadium; you don't hear about nearly as much rowdyism now that they have two very nice facilities for the Phillies and Eagles to play in.)

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Sadly, it's the go-to story when people want to talk shit about Philadelphia sports fans, when they really aren't much better or worse than passionate sports fans in any other major city. (Especially since Citizens Bank Park and Lincoln Financial Field replaced Veterans' Stadium; you don't hear about nearly as much rowdyism now that they have two very nice facilities for the Phillies and Eagles to play in.)

I can't imagine how obnoxious it is to deal with that. Ugh.

In other vomit-inducing news, Joe Buck will be guest hosting Jeopardy! this summer.

 

[cardinal biggles]

In other vomit-inducing news, Joe Buck will be guest hosting Jeopardy! this summer.

Oh, for fuck's sake... are they trying to make me stop watching?

 

[Worf factor9]

Sadly, it's the go-to story when people want to talk shit about Philadelphia sports fans

I was makin' a joke. I am an inveterate smart-ass.

I love the Eagles--fuck the Cowboys--and revere the 1983 Wheeze Kids, cuz three of my childhood Red legs heroes were on that team.

https://vault.si.com/vault/1983/03/14/in-philadelphia-theyre-the-wheeze-kids