alocispepraluger102 Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Saturday's Diamondbacks vs. Brewers game in Phoenix became the first MLB game to be broadcast on radio in the Navajo language. The game was called by Dan Arnold for KTNN 660 AM in Window Rock, Arizona on the Navajo reservation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Carly Rae Jepsen throws out the first pitch at the Tampa Bay Rays game. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/sports-video/video-carly-rae-first-pitch/article13220018/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Train Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) Tune in at any given point in a baseball game, and there is a very good chance you are going to see people standing around doing nothing. http://www.newser.com/story/170904/baseball-games-contain-about-18-minutes-of-baseball.html The link it has to scorekeeping. I do it for games I go to, or see on tv. My grandfather taught me initially. Though I have moved onto using Reisner. So much easier and next to now backtracking. For anyone like me that likes to use a pencil, but add some color to their scorecard. I recommend the Uni-ball Jetstream 4&1 Color.http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/12/sports/baseball/who-scores-games-by-hand-anymore.html?pagewanted=all Reisners for anyone interested. http://www.reisnerscorekeeping.com/ Edited July 16, 2013 by Blue Train Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) 4 ex-phillies with brain cancer http://www.philly.com/philly/health/cancer/215604051.html?authenticate=y "4 Phils and brain cancer: Is there a connection? Tug McGraw. John Vukovich. Johnny Oates. And now Darren Daulton. All four played for the Phillies at Veterans Stadium, and all four developed brain cancer. Is there a connection? The rate of brain cancers in team members from that era appears to be about three times the rate in the adult male population. " Edited July 16, 2013 by alocispepraluger102 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Tune in at any given point in a baseball game, and there is a very good chance you are going to see people standing around doing nothing. http://www.newser.com/story/170904/baseball-games-contain-about-18-minutes-of-baseball.html That's part of the beauty of going to a game. A relaxing time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McG Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Lincecum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 never heard of HR derby champ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 never heard of HR derby champ..... He's a good hitter from the A's, I think he's in his second year. A lot of A's players get little or no recognition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 never heard of HR derby champ..... He's a good hitter from the A's, I think he's in his second year. A lot of A's players get little or no recognition. He's had a classic sophomore slump. Even when he's off he's an exciting at bat. Last year he was better after the break. Often you don't want your player entered in the HR contest for fear it'll mess up the swing, but in this case maybe the contest busted his bad habits/luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Mo Rivera = straight gangsta 100% classy career Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 ...and in other news, the Houston Astros are bringing up the rear for all of MLB. Go 'Stros! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Train Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 (edited) ...and in other news, the Houston Astros are bringing up the rear for all of MLB. Go 'Stros! Not sure why Crane was so desperate to buy a team that he agreed to have the team moved to the AL as part of the sale. Going from the NL to the AL and with that payroll. It's a miracle they won as many as they have. Unfortunately they're going to be bad for a good while. They better hope the farm system turns out to be as good as people are rating it. Mark Appel has the makings of a potential big name pitcher if he stays healthy. At least if they ever get a hitter that's any good....they can move him to DL as he get's older. P.S. At least on the "bright side" front this year.....Tampa Bay and Miami have a worse attendance....and Tampa Bay is in 2nd in the East. Edited July 17, 2013 by Blue Train Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Blue Train, I read that the Astros sales price was reduced $60 million because he agreed to the moving of the team to the American League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Yes, that was a forced requirement as a condition to the sale of the team to Crane. None of my relatives in Houston (or any Stros fans in the rest of Texas that I know of) were a fan of the move in the first place. BT - the Astros' AA team is located here in Corpus Christi, and they've got some decent talent, fun to go to their games, too (they've got a great stadium with a swimming pool behind right field that you can rent and watch the game from, even). Hopefully that talent transitions up the chain to AAA and the bigs some day. Part of the problem for the Astros is that they gutted any talent they had over the past couple of years, and traded it all away for prospects, and then moved too many of them up to the majors before they were ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Train Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 (edited) @ GA Russell - it was $70 million with half paid by McLane and half by the MLB @ Aggie87 - have a good deal of family/friends from/in Texas. The few that are Stros fans hated it and I have yet to hear from any friend that does haha They're probably looking @ next year's #1 pick as well. The third year in a row if I am not mistaken. The top prospects are all pitchers. Now onto shit Joe Canseco tweets. http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-06/jose-canseco-who-insane-dropped-some-science Edited July 17, 2013 by Blue Train Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Mo Rivera = straight gangsta 100% classy career Loved the ovation he got last night, well deserved and a cool move with the defensive team not taking the field so he was there by himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Garrett Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 ...and in other news, the Houston Astros are bringing up the rear for all of MLB. Go 'Stros! They're definitely the Lastros, but that's (marginally) better than being the Half-Astros! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 as for the all star game------ Posted 27 August 2012 - 02:44 PM The Altoona Mirror reports the Neil Diamond song "Sweet Caroline" will no longer be played at Penn State football games. School officials are concerned about the lyrics, specifically "touching me, touching you." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McG Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 ...and in other news, the Houston Astros are bringing up the rear for all of MLB. Go 'Stros! Hang in there, Aggie....still half a season left! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 (edited) manager Ron Roenicke wore this throwback jersey yesterday. goody is beside himself. http://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/ron-roenicke-jersey-misspelled/197392 Edited July 21, 2013 by alocispepraluger102 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McG Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 Nah. Goody [me] is a realist who knows July isn't the time to decide who is good and who isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 Nah. Goody [me] is a realist who knows July isn't the time to decide who is good and who isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blue Train Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) Nah. Goody [me] is a realist who knows July isn't the time to decide who is good and who isn't. Come on....the Stros have 66 games to make up the 23.5 games they're behind. At this point they're trying to avoid their third 100+ losing season while still getting the #1 pick in next year's draft. I feel bad for the fans. As well as the players that are being thrown into the meat grinder in hopes of higher draft picks. It's going to be ugly for many years unless Crane starts bringing in free agents. Even when they start bringing up the players from their farm system....it's going to take them a few years to live up to the hype. As Aggie87 pointed out....this is going to be a complete stripping/rebuilding from the foundation up. Edited July 22, 2013 by Blue Train Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 wilkommen to the AL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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