Baseball chatter 2023

Beachy · 18 Sep 2005

Twins win the first game of their season. I'm only expecting about 83 more, but, hey, it's nice to get the first one.

Marcus · 27 Nov 2004

Opening Day for the Yankees could not have gone better. The Yanks win 5-0 over the Giants. Aaron Judge hits the 2nd pitch he sees for a 422’ HR in the first, Gerrit Cole sets a new Yankee record for strikeouts on opening day with 11 in 6 innings and new SS Anthony Volpe makes his debut with a walk and a stolen base.

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Mar 30, 2023 9:00 pm

Mets won as well. We all had a good Opening Day.

Jason Gore · 22 Aug 2004

19 runs
34 hits
23 men LOB
3 ties
5 lead changes
14 pitchers
runs scored in 12 of 18 half innings
3 3 up 3 down half innings (including the bottom of the ninth to leave Goldie on deck)

total time of game 3:38.

not exactly how they drew it up, but a helluva fun game to watch. Jays win 10-9 over the cards.

Was thinking that before the pitch clock, the game would have been in the bottom of the 6th at the time it ended.

DanO · 30 Jul 2006

Mets opening day results:
1962-1969: 0-8
1970-2023: 41-13

ARK · **Joined:** 23 Mar 2013 **Posts:** 1328

Beachy wrote:

I am still sad that instead of getting rid of inter-league play, MLB has doubled down and added more.

You must have inter league play with odd numbers of teams in each league (15) or else have at least two teams off every single day, including weekends. Not practical.

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Apr 02, 2023 4:35 pm

Kodai Senga brought great honour to Mets Nation and his home country with a stellar major league debut. The Marlins were struck out 8 times, looking frustrated as they couldn't make contact with the ghost fork. Mets leave Miami with a record of 3-1, all alone on top of the NL East where they belong.

Beachy · 18 Sep 2005

Whoo! Nice to see the Twins start a season 3–0. Two-homer day for Joey Gallo.

DanO · 30 Jul 2006

Linda wrote:

Kodai Senga brought great honour to Mets Nation and his home country with a stellar major league debut. The Marlins were struck out 8 times, looking frustrated as they couldn't make contact with the ghost fork. Mets leave Miami with a record of 3-1, all alone on top of the NL East where they belong.

Crazy how he improved after those first inning jitters. We need him!

Spiderboy · 31 Jul 2006

ARK wrote:

Beachy wrote:

I am still sad that instead of getting rid of inter-league play, MLB has doubled down and added more.

You must have inter league play with odd numbers of teams in each league (15) or else have at least two teams off every single day, including weekends. Not practical.

True, but there need be only one interleague game on any given day. However, as Beachy points out, they're scheduling three now.

Jason Gore · 22 Aug 2004

They want so badly to get to 32 teams, but there's too many unknowns with Tampa, Miami and Oakland to think about expansion. I don't know if they're eliminate inter-league (those inter-city games are money), but honestly, I think there's only about 6 match ups that have any meaning to fans

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26169

Jason Gore wrote:

They want so badly to get to 32 teams, but there's too many unknowns with Tampa, Miami and Oakland to think about expansion. I don't know if they're eliminate inter-league (those inter-city games are money), but honestly, I think there's only about 6 match ups that have any meaning to fans

Best scenario:

Oakland moves to Vegas.

Tampa moves to Charlotte.

Expansion brings Montreal and another city (Nashville, Portland, San Antonio-wherever makes sense).

Beachy · 18 Sep 2005

Yeah, 4 – 0. * Go, Twins!

* yes, I know who they've been playing. But you're supposed to beat up on everyone you can.

dustydan · 10 May 2009

Beachy wrote:

Yeah, 4 – 0. * Go, Twins!

* yes, I know who they've been playing. But you're supposed to beat up on everyone you can.

As long as you do it to the rest of the Central division, too.

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Apr 07, 2023 4:42 pm

Mets board the uniform sponsorship train with this patch:

I'll ask what I always ask about these sponsorshop deals -- who is actually going to patronise New York Presbyteian because they saw the name while watching a baseball game?

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Apr 07, 2023 4:50 pm

At least the Mets won today. Too bad they can't play the Marlins all the time!

Beachy · 18 Sep 2005

That patch looks hideous on the sleeve.

TS Garp · **Joined:** 29 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 32306 **Location:** MN

It is too dammed big.

TS Garp · **Joined:** 29 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 32306 **Location:** MN

The 7-0 Tampa Bay Rays pitching staff has given up a total of 18 runs this season.
The offense has hit 18 home runs.
Every victory has been by 4 or more runs.

Marcus · 27 Nov 2004

The Mets are already going to change the patch.

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Apr 08, 2023 1:21 pm

Marcus wrote:

The Mets are already going to change the patch.

Quote:

Steve Cohen announced that the Mets have an agreement in place with New York-Presbyterian to alter the new sponsorship patch that first appeared on the Mets’ jerseys during Friday’s home opener. The new patch has been met with backlash for both its color and its size. Cohen said that the red and white on the patch are “Phillies colors” and wants them to be Mets colors. It remains to be seen whether the size of the patch will be reduced in addition to the color change.

The picture posted yesterday was a photoshopped mockup. This one is too, but it's the actual size of the patch as worn on the field. (Still too big, IMO.)

Marcus · 27 Nov 2004

Well, I don't like any of the patches.

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