2026 MLB Thread

[#UnleashThePortal]

Minnesotans are marshmallow soft. Green Bay fans would be there in tee shirts and shorts.

Wild take from a team who plays under a roof.

Anywho, a 5f game at Lambeau hits different then a 40f day at a baseball game.

[CTWarrior]

I'm here for all the CB Bucknor highlights.

Red Sox blew his first game by getting two challenges wrong early in the game (along with 1 right).  He had some terrible blatant misses later in the game but they couldn't challenge.  I think the Reds got 5 or 6 overturned in the game.

[MU82]

Red Sox blew his first game by getting two challenges wrong early in the game (along with 1 right).  He had some terrible blatant misses later in the game but they couldn't challenge.  I think the Reds got 5 or 6 overturned in the game.

He called strike 3 on Geno Saurez on two consecutive pitches - complete with an exaggerated arm pump - only to have both calls overturned.

[JWags85]

He called strike 3 on Geno Saurez on two consecutive pitches - complete with an exaggerated arm pump - only to have both calls overturned.

His pissy and annoyed face/demeanor on that second challenge, even before it was shown to be correct, was hilarious.

Brewers just did the same thing with Cooper Pratt.

Pratt was surprising.  Emerson had great numbers in AA/AAA last year.  Pratt was just decent in AA last season.  That's not to say he won't turn into a good MLB player, but his numbers weren't "oh wow, lock him in good", IMO.  Especially compared like for like to Emerson.

[Dish]

I'm at LGA this morning trying to get home, plane sits on tarmac for 90 minutes, then we have to go back to balance the weight of the plane.

United announces they will compensate $300 to 8 volunteers to take a later flight.

I go to get my daughter a Coke as we wait and the gate announces they have their volunteers, time to re-board.

We're standing waiting at the back of the line and right next to me is a very familiar voice. It's Tom Ricketts on his phone. He hangs up and I go "Hey Tom, the $300 isn't enough to entice you off this flight?".

He goes "Nah, I got bumped up to first class, I'm not giving that up."

Nice guy, talked to him for a while as we waited to board.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I'm at LGA this morning trying to get home, plane sits on tarmac for 90 minutes, then we have to go back to balance the weight of the plane.

United announces they will compensate $300 to 8 volunteers to take a later flight.

I go to get my daughter a Coke as we wait and the gate announces they have their volunteers, time to re-board.

We're standing waiting at the back of the line and right next to me is a very familiar voice. It's Tom Ricketts on his phone. He hangs up and I go "Hey Tom, the $300 isn't enough to entice you off this flight?".

He goes "Nah, I got bumped up to first class, I'm not giving that up."

Nice guy, talked to him for a while as we waited to board.

I have had a lot of fun with LaGuardia the last week and a half.
* LGA is still under "flight management" from the crash a week and a half ago.
* My Monday morning flight for March 23 was obviously canceled immediately after the crash.  I enjoy completely rearranging travel schedules at 5:00am.  (Fly to alternate location.)
* My Monday morning flight for March 30 was cancelled, but at least they let me know Sunday evening so I was able to schedule something reasonable. 
* My meetings in Alabama ended sooner than planned and my scheduled late afternoon flight from Atlanta was already delayed an hour so I managed to catch an earlier flight back to LGA.  I had to give up my Comfort Plus aisle seat for a window in Economy.  No baseball owners were on my flight.
* Carry-on luggage is out of control.