Yes, they were exploring splitting their time between Tampa and Montreal.
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^ SO glad they didn't go that route.
I mean, what the hell were they thinking? "Gee, we'd like to play in TWO shitty stadiums rather than just one"?
I mean, what the hell were they thinking? "Gee, we'd like to play in TWO shitty stadiums rather than just one"?
^ SO glad they didn't go that route.
I mean, what the hell were they thinking? "Gee, we'd like to play in TWO shitty stadiums rather than just one"?
If memory serves, one of Stuart Sternberg's business analysts told him that Montreal was baseball-starved and could easily support 41 games and almost all of them would be sellouts. And, as with anything involving Sternberg, he was just trying to pad his already-loaded wallet, because having a net worth of a billion dollars isn't enough for him. Same with all the bullshit John Fisher has been pulling in Oakland and with Las Vegas; he's worth $3 billion and change because he inherited The Gap from his parents.
BatBros did another comparison of high school, NCAA and Major League baseballs. Turns out there's some real fuckery going on with MLB's balls.
(Skip to 6:30 if you want to just see the average results.)
Also:
The MLBPA should be throwing the mother of all shitfits over this. A three percent variation in diameter is unacceptable.
(Skip to 6:30 if you want to just see the average results.)
Also:
The MLBPA should be throwing the mother of all shitfits over this. A three percent variation in diameter is unacceptable.
What's in a name? As it turns out, not much.
Sure are a lot of Phillies fans in London.
According to Nick Castellanos, all of the kids over there are Hogwarts students. 
https://www.si.com/mlb/phillies-nick-castellanos-london-kids-wear-hogwarts-uniforms-jokes
https://www.si.com/mlb/phillies-nick-castellanos-london-kids-wear-hogwarts-uniforms-jokes
Apparently Rob Thomson wasn't too happy with Bryce Harper doing that "soccer slide". The broadcasters said that the Phillies coaches were fairly upset at Harper for that.
(with a turf surface that bouncy, a slide like this isn't too friendly on the knees)
Edit: Pete Alonso is a Chelsea fan! Linky
(with a turf surface that bouncy, a slide like this isn't too friendly on the knees)
Edit: Pete Alonso is a Chelsea fan! Linky
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The British call of the ending to the London Series.
I don't know which is stranger....hearing a British announcer call a baseball game, or Americans commentating on Premier League matches (which I have also heard, since I'm a Liverpool fan).
I mean, it's COOL of course. But still kinda weird
I don't know which is stranger....hearing a British announcer call a baseball game, or Americans commentating on Premier League matches (which I have also heard, since I'm a Liverpool fan).
I mean, it's COOL of course. But still kinda weird
I think one MLB team has an Australian or British announcer.
I’d be very interested to know which one.
I wanna say it's an AL team. I watched a lot of baseball other than the Cubs the last 1-2 years, but not so much this year.
I will never understand why they cut him over Turner or Vogelbach.
Ryan Rowland-Smith, Mariners, is Australian. Wiki says he does TV pre- and postgame shows, and does the radio broadcast.
If that's the guy I remember, he did some TV broadcasts as well.
ZZZZZZ!
Yeah, he co-anchors the Mariners broadcast. It's an interesting set-up, Rick Rizz and Ryan Rowland Smith alternate radio/tv commentary.
Rick and Ryan will call one inning on the radio, then the next on ROOT Sports, then back to the radio.
I've gotten so used to his voice that I don't even notice the accent anymore.
We've also had an Englishman and a Scottsman calling the Sounders Football games, so I'm used to hearing that as well.
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