2023 MLB Thread

[tower912]

Get in and you never know when you are going to get stupid hot.

[Uncle Rico]

Get in and you never know when you are going to get stupid hot.

Yup.  Nats in '19, Braves in '21 weren't exactly teams anyone expected to win it all.  Heck, the whole century has been full of unexpected winners

[Uncle Rico]

Ah, porn tweet liker Ted Cruz is at the game.  His teams lose important games he attends.  The Drake of America

[CreightonWarrior]

Rangers making the World Series potentially going through Tampa, Baltimore & Houston is why you keep taking bites at the apple

Rangers took some big ass bites.

[Uncle Rico]

Rangers took some big ass bites.

They had that 8-game losing streak in August and I think they were on the outside looking in entering September.  Just pounding teams now

[CreightonWarrior]

They had that 8-game losing streak in August and I think they were on the outside looking in entering September.  Just pounding teams now

Yeah I just mean they've spent a ton of money the last year or so to get to this point.

[Jockey]

Ah, porn tweet liker Ted Cruz is at the game.  His teams lose important games he attends.  The Drake of America

Plus they have to clean all of the slime off his seat after the game.

[JWags85]

They had that 8-game losing streak in August and I think they were on the outside looking in entering September.  Just pounding teams now

Win games 1 and 2 on the road in Houston.  Lose the next 3 including an absolute soul crushing Game 5 at home on the Altuve bomb, to bring up elimination...so they proceed to win the next 2 in Houston putting up a combined 20 runs in 2 games...good GAWD.

[MU82]

Win games 1 and 2 on the road in Houston.  Lose the next 3 including an absolute soul crushing Game 5 at home on the Altuve bomb, to bring up elimination...so they proceed to win the next 2 in Houston putting up a combined 20 runs in 2 games...good GAWD.

There's no such thing as game-to-game momentum in baseball.

[shoothoops]

Texas waived Garcia in 2021. 29 teams had a chance to claim him. None did. He was then invited to Texas camp as a non-roster player.

[Uncle Rico]

https://x.com/cardinals/status/1208491425928818691?s=46&t=QSiaGcOIKZrrpw0ciZkI5Q

[tower912]

Tommy Pham is also a former Cardinal.  Both were clearly taught the right way to play.

[MU82]

HOUSTON – Dusty Baker has expressed to multiple people inside and outside of the Houston Astros organization that 2023 will be his final season as manager, sources briefed on the matter told The Athletic over the past week.

https://theathletic.com/4992336/2023/10/23/dusty-baker-astros-final-season/?source=pulsenewsletter&campaign=8075008

I'm glad Dusty got his championship last season. Every team he managed got better, usually much better, after he took over. Every single one. He also was a fine player, and a guy who played during a tumultuous time for Black ballplayers - and Black people in general - and has some amazing stories about it.

I would think he'll get into the Hall of Fame now; given some recent inductees, he should be a shoo-in.

[tower912]

He has earned it.

[shoothoops]

https://x.com/cardinals/status/1208491425928818691?s=46&t=QSiaGcOIKZrrpw0ciZkI5Q

Yep. He was 26 with 17 career at bats. Rangers were desperate for right handed hitters and hey were willing to give him lots of playing time on a 102 loss team. 29 teams including the Brewers could have claimed him but didn't.

I told you the other day that Katie and Derrick are good at their jobs. I'm not surprised Derrick has it here.

https://twitter.com/dgoold/status/1716651426280050814?t=5tCqDOzC7p7DNjaJVzQzzQ&s=19

[shoothoops]

Tommy Pham is also a former Cardinal.  Both were clearly taught the right way to play.

He must have played for Tim Izzo at some point.

[shoothoops]

I've said many times that baseball is by far my least favorite of college basketball, college football, NBA, or NFL but it might be my favorite playoffs. The atmosphere is just more intense in the MLB playoffs than any of the others.

Go to some college games near you. They don't have the set up yet as some other teams in their league, but they'll host 5 or 6 weekends of top 25 ball. College baseball is a lot of fun. And they aee announcing stadium ans facilities upgrades soon.

[cheebs09]

Yep. He was 26 with 17 career at bats. Rangers were desperate for right handed hitters and hey were willing to give him lots of playing time on a 102 loss team. 29 teams including the Brewers could have claimed him but didn't.

I told you the other day that Katie and Derrick are good at their jobs. I'm not surprised Derrick has it here.

https://twitter.com/dgoold/status/1716651426280050814?t=5tCqDOzC7p7DNjaJVzQzzQ&s=19

Sounds a lot like the Nelson Cruz situation.

[Uncle Rico]

Sounds a lot like the Nelson Cruz situation.

Lucky for him, he found an organization that can develop talent

[wadesworld]

Go to some college games near you. They don't have the set up yet as some other teams in their league, but they'll host 5 or 6 weekends of top 25 ball. College baseball is a lot of fun. And they aee announcing stadium ans facilities upgrades soon.

Yup that is definitely on the agenda. Kind of just lost track with a lot of traveling and wedding planning but SEC baseball is incredible and looking forward to getting to some games next season.

[shoothoops]

Yup that is definitely on the agenda. Kind of just lost track with a lot of traveling and wedding planning but SEC baseball is incredible and looking forward to getting to some games next season.

It's unusually windy at their stadium. They are looking to improve that. Dave Matter would be good to go to for local tips. He used to be a sports beat writer, and now he's a Communications Asst AD there. Good guy. There are a few other names too.

New.coach will need.a.little time but he and his staff can recruit. And he has a good relationship with former players and staff like Scherzer, Kinsler, etc...

Some of those home series will include top 5 level teams.

[Uncle Rico]

Phillies were also known as the Blue Jays from 1944-45.  They had two nicknames those years

[Lennys Tap]

Ah, porn tweet liker Ted Cruz is at the game.  His teams lose important games he attends.  The Drake of America

8.5 out of 10

Shtick and politics, just what the MLB thread needed during down time when nobody's paying attention!

[CreightonWarrior]

Good back and forth game so far. Pretty wild this is Philly's first game 7 ever.

[Uncle Rico]

Good back and forth game so far. Pretty wild this is Philly's first game 7 ever.

Can feel the tension building in the stands.  That K to end the 4th when the Phillies had the bases loaded looms large