I appreciate all the recommendations and will report back laterback!
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Friday, 19 April 2024 11:49 (five months ago) link
Thanks phone/slow brain
Sox are injured/bad but Bello is pitching and I love him so much š„ŗ
This game ruled. Bello was missing his spots early on but still getting outs and then he settled and started striking guys out. My large adult son Wilyer Abreu hit a fucking moonshot that I honestly thought went into the Allegheny; after that Triston Casas hit a bomb with a crack of the bat that was probably audible a mile away and it was oppo. Cook!Felt sorry for the Pirates pitcher especially cos after he gave up the home run to Abreu a fan across the aisle stood up and yelled, Welcome to the big leagues, kid! Same fan also shouted āGo Bobby D, ya finally got a hit, no more 0-21, go Bob!ā We were sitting near first base and Casas was constantly throwing balls into the crowd. I witnessed a grown man with a glove rush forward and plead for a ball, crying āTriston throw me a ball baby!ā I didnāt know that they donāt play walk up songs for the road team. Cam Booser, who the Sox just called up from triple A, made his big league debut and struck out Cutch. He gave up a triple and a run scored but was able to get three outs to end the game. After the game his family came forward and onto the field and he embraced them and was crying. Heās got a really interesting story and heās been shoving in triple A so hopefully he sticks.
This followed years of obstacles in Booserās development, including Tommy John surgery, labrum surgery, a broken back following a bike accident, a 50-game suspension for testing positive for marijuana and self-admitted attitude problems. After the 2017 season, Booser decided to call it quits.So instead of building a career as a pitcher, Booser moved home to Seattle and built something else: acoustical ceilings.Booser joined the Northwest Carpenters Union in the area, Local 41, to work for the company that his father had worked at for many years. He admits that in terms of construction, he was a Minor Leaguer compared to his coworkers who could ādo it in their sleep.ā
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 20 April 2024 02:20 (five months ago) link
Sweet stuff :)
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 20 April 2024 02:23 (five months ago) link
Mitch Keller tomorrow and heās a great pitcher
he absolutely is not. he's 28 years old and has a 4.70 ERA (90 ERA+) over 104 career starts
in scouting terms, he 'flashes' 'top stuff' before reality sets in. but i thank you for throwing me a bone
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 April 2024 03:39 (five months ago) link
Ok, heās fine. Heās got a FIP of under 4 his last three seasons though!
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 20 April 2024 03:41 (five months ago) link
smdh
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 April 2024 03:42 (five months ago) link
The scoreboard said Cutch is one single away from 1000 so hopefully we get to see that
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 20 April 2024 03:42 (five months ago) link
Best game report/posts on here in years, tyvm gyac.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 20 April 2024 05:51 (five months ago) link
š«”A no doubter home run off the bat sounds unmistakeable. You hear commentators talk about it all the time but itās something you need to experience irl. And there were three in this game! The Abreu home run didnāt sound like this on TV but it was unmistakable irl:
Rob Refsnyder (1)2-Run Home RunOpponent: Pittsburgh PiratesPitcher: Quinn PriesterDate: 4/19/24 pic.twitter.com/MA3utJFeLZ— Red Sox Home Runs (@RedSox_HR) April 20, 2024
Wilyer Abreu (1)Solo Home RunOpponent: Pittsburgh PiratesPitcher: Quinn PriesterDate: 4/19/24 pic.twitter.com/HKn1vm6tah— Red Sox Home Runs (@RedSox_HR) April 19, 2024
Ceddanne Rafaela (1)Solo Home RunOpponent: Pittsburgh PiratesPitcher: Roansy ContrerasDate: 4/19/24 pic.twitter.com/R2yR7hLAkr— Red Sox Home Runs (@RedSox_HR) April 20, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 20 April 2024 11:42 (five months ago) link
Oh yeah the Refsnyder one is not a no doubter; it was only gone in 9/30. This was a no doubter.
Triston Casas (6)Solo Home RunOpponent: Pittsburgh PiratesPitcher: Quinn PriesterDate: 4/19/24 pic.twitter.com/iVe2du98xU— Red Sox Home Runs (@RedSox_HR) April 19, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 20 April 2024 11:45 (five months ago) link
Oh yeah, video I got of our view which I forgot about until I got back. I checked already and weāre not in view at any point, but we had a great one.https://streamable.com/u7ea2a
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 20 April 2024 12:09 (five months ago) link
Yay!
― brimstead, Saturday, 20 April 2024 14:20 (five months ago) link
Man oh man. Casas drew a walk in the first inning, then had clutched at his side and was subbed out after the inning. Me: šTo recap, the starting infield for this team:SS: Trevor Story - season ending injury 2B - Vaughn Grissom - groin strain in spring training, working through a rehab assignment3B - Rafael Devers - sore shoulder, bone bruise on knee 1B - Triston Casas - āleft field with left rib discomfortāFucking brutal. Hopefully he doesnāt miss too much time, but at least I got to see him hit a home run yesterday. Saw Yoshida go 3-4 with a home run today and he was great. Kutter Crawford got into a jam in the sixth inning, Cora left him in and he got out of it. Joely Rodriguez came in to pitch the seventh and I was looking on my phone for Casas and when I heard Joely was coming in, I went, FUCK! I was right though.Kenley came in for a save and was actually fine. Pirates manager got tossed for arguing an automatic strike call. Please donāt miss too much time, Casas!
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Sunday, 21 April 2024 00:08 (five months ago) link
gyac please stop killing my hometown baseball team
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 April 2024 00:11 (five months ago) link
my man Mitch Keller might have injured the least healthy infielder btw I cheered for Cutch when he came on to pinch hitAlso I talked to lots of Pirates fans
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Sunday, 21 April 2024 00:57 (five months ago) link
<3
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 April 2024 01:01 (five months ago) link
Surprise win today with a patchwork lineup. Have I mentioned that on all three days that we were sitting in seats that we ended up realising were the wrong ones on two separate occasions and having to move? I have not. Today Wilyer Abreu went 3-5 and drove in two runs; as someone whoās a nl Abreu truther based on his eye and his arm (both great), this was incredible for me. Ceddanne playing shortstop was great too; it remains to be seen if heāll be as good there as at CF but I definitely felt good about him fielding the position and he made some plays. Connor Wong was catching today and he was fine. He played well too.Reese McGuire pinch hit and drove in two runs; did this prevent us from making fun of him? Reader, it did not.Oh yeah, Aroldis Chapman came on to pitch and I booed him. I could not have told you I had that in me.Various pictures that are mainly zoomed the fuck in or moving closer to the field when the game ended/before it started, so sorry for the mostly poor quality. I regret not being able to get a video of Bello dancing in the dugout:https://i.postimg.cc/KcD5q11z/IMG-9511.jpgBello! I love him so much and I was glad I was there to see him pitch well. Today he was in the dugout wearing his hoodie up and dancing to music played between innings. Heās adorable.https://i.postimg.cc/HsS9mF41/IMG-9518.jpgThe man himself on the right.https://i.postimg.cc/5y48dmXt/IMG-9665.jpgOur view before we realised we were sitting in the wrong section (!) and had to move.https://i.postimg.cc/3JrFP3GZ/IMG-9679.jpgKutter Crawford after his first win of the year (his ERA over five starts is like 0.77).https://i.postimg.cc/26FnKt8J/IMG-9704.jpgAlex Cora today. He was out throwing batting practice earlier and will sometimes join in with the infielders as well. https://i.postimg.cc/BnXcnNML/IMG-9711.jpgAndrew Bailey and Jason Varitek going to the bullpen before the game.https://i.postimg.cc/tg63hJ09/IMG-9727.jpgConnor Wong. https://i.postimg.cc/GmVP8Y5M/IMG-9734.jpgChris Martin, ???, Kenley Jansen. Possibly the middle guy is Bailey, I know all the relievers on this roster and I can see Joely Rodriguez and Bernie in the background. Everyone else was used.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 22 April 2024 03:42 (five months ago) link
Fun photos. Always love being able to see the bridge in the outfield.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Monday, 22 April 2024 10:34 (five months ago) link
Trip to Clemente museumWent to the Clemente museum a few days back, felt like a necessary visit. Had a great time. Itās basically set across two floors with exhibits laid out across the floors and you can just walk around and explore within your time slot. They limit the number of people in there in every given hour so thereās a chance for everyone to see everything.One of the first things we saw was this very morbid exhibit: a wing from the small plane that Clemente died in.https://i.postimg.cc/J4Ym9mHQ/IMG-9613.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/XNQ0C3L0/IMG-9614.jpgThey had shirts and bats and other expected memorabilia:https://i.postimg.cc/bvcXhvy1/IMG-9621.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/c4rPt36Q/IMG-9632.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/RVyy70n2/IMG-9635.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/tRmMbgD7/IMG-9636.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/ZqcwMYCb/IMG-9654.jpgBut also some less expected stuff, like his custom golf clubs, his fashion suit(!) and my favourite of all, a pot he made for his wife after he got into throwing pottery while suffering from insomnia:https://i.postimg.cc/nz2NBYv1/IMG-9628.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/0QPLzHJQ/IMG-9630.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/SKqZdYQ1/IMG-9639.jpgI didnāt get a picture of it, but he messed up the side of the pot and drew a little heart with his name on it there instead.There were guides who were very helpful; they were mainly people whoād seen him play and one man told us that he and his brother overheard Clemente give his number to a reporter and theyād ring him after games. He said Clemente always answered and was kind to them.One of the guides told us that Clemente would rent buses in his earliest days for the black and Latin players because often they couldnāt go to the same places as their white counterparts and he tried to help them out whenever he could. Iād seen a RETIRE 21 sign at PNC so I asked about it; his number is obviously retired by the Pirates but they are pushing for league wide recognition to have the number retired like Jackie Robinsonās.Some signed shirts belonging to visiting players; the Giants one is Posey.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 22:02 (four months ago) link
Thereās a picture of Javy Baez wearing the Clemente suit jacket in the museum which you can see in my photo, more on this here: https://www.mlb.com/cut4/javy-baez-wore-a-jacket-from-the-roberto-clemente-museum-at-the-home-run-derby-c
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 22:05 (four months ago) link
I love Javy Baez. I asked my hometown Cubs friend the other day his favorite player from the 2016 Cubs team and we agreed it's Javy Baez. That suit looks perfect on him, so styling ~~
― felicity, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 22:13 (four months ago) link
Yes! His bat is terrible now but I donāt think that man will ever need to pay for a drink in Chicago for the rest of his life. Truly a blessed team
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 22:14 (four months ago) link
My last few pictures didnāt load, think I messed up bb code. Player shirts:https://i.postimg.cc/XvcP6cD0/IMG-9647.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/5yjKvc9x/IMG-9648.jpgOther pics:https://i.postimg.cc/PJc3Q6N1/IMG-9646.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/LsMWW0DT/IMG-9644.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/sgW8wRYx/IMG-9633.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/d3SXSsNk/IMG-9626.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/brCccHrv/IMG-9625.jpg
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 22:19 (four months ago) link
xp Folks in Detroit keep hoping he'll get his groove back. He's still a great fielder and base runner. He did have an RBI yesterday.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 22:21 (four months ago) link
He is! Iāve been following him.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 22:24 (four months ago) link
Things my parents learned about baseball this week (from coming in when I was watching a game and insisting I left it on):- āYeah it was the one in the Handmaids Taleā (Fenway)- āYeah itās called the Green Monster itās like 40 feet highā- āYeah theyāll hit home runs over that, that big fella there smashed someoneās windscreen there last weekā- āi do support them but itās complicatedā- āSo they had this disgusting sausage that theyāve been throwing around in the dugout for home runs because theyāre on a really long winning streakāāHeās really good but heās injuredāā92 isnāt that fast to throwā
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 6 May 2024 15:19 (four months ago) link
āi do support them but itās complicatedā
loll
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 6 May 2024 15:20 (four months ago) link
My collector friend was appalled that I didn't recognize Fenway in The Handmaid's Tale; I was appalled that, same episode, he didn't know "Oh Bondage! Up Yours!"
― clemenza, Monday, 6 May 2024 15:55 (four months ago) link
Lol
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 6 May 2024 17:19 (four months ago) link
Just like the real conversation all the actual points came back to me late - āDo foreign players play baseball? Are they any good?āI talk about Dominicans and Venezuelans and point to Ceddanne Rafaela and say, heās from CuraƧao but I donāt know if that counts as part of the Netherlands or not. Literally ten minutes later OH YEAH SHOHEI OHTANI - yeah so his assistant who was his best friend stole $16m from him and it was a HUGE thing and now I guess heās going to jail- yeah he deferred $680m presumably until heās living in a different tax jurisdiction but itās all on NPV so itās not actually $680m in 2024 money I think?- yeah they do get injured all the time throwing like that
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 23:08 (four months ago) link
āDo foreign players play baseball? Are they any good?ā
You have no doubt posted about this and I missed it, but I literally learned yesterday time that the Red Sox have one of only two Portuguese-born players in MLB history on their roster, Isaiah Campbell; the other was Frank Thomspon, who played 12 games for Washington and Brooklyn in 1875. How did I find out? Well, as you might expect, it all started with an upcoming book on Canadian glam rock.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 23:56 (four months ago) link
time
― clemenza, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 23:57 (four months ago) link
I didnāt post that but I did know that. My Sox friend says thereās a Portuguese community there thatās very excited about him. Heās currently rehabbing an injury (along with 90% of the roster)
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 8 May 2024 00:10 (four months ago) link
Earlier this week I was on hold for a phone call forever and while I was waiting I was drawing, as I often do. I found myself drawing something unusual: a gameday box. Gradually I knew which at bat I wanted to draw: the described AB from Casey At The Bat. Iād never heard of this poem before a few weeks ago when a podcast I listen to did a bit mocking Casey and wondering what his baseball savant page would look like. But the way the batter came out from my pen (grim-looking, not dynamic, he doesnāt believe in choking up on the bat or a two strike approach or any of that modern NONSENSE), made me think of that discussion and so I went with it.To my mind, the unnamed other teamās pitcher was probably pitching a complete game because the poem is gloomy about the quality of the Mudville lineup. Casey pitches no higher than fifth in this lineup and heās fucking awful; thereās no way that Mudville ever wins unless the pitching is lights out. Mudville as a team clearly has some clutch qualities; two of their bad hitters manage to get on base in the bottom of the ninth with two outs (a single and a double) and Casey only needs a bloop into the outfield to tie the game. Casey seems like a fan favourite whoās fallen on hard times. But the fans are tired of losing and theyāre wishing that kid hitting .400 would get a shot and Casey canāt come up with the old magic one last timeā¦can he? Can he?Anyway this is far too many words for something that took me five minutes to draw (and effort seems like rather less) tbhhttps://i.postimg.cc/L5493J9H/IMG-1083.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/rsYkGgZJ/IMG-1082.jpg
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 16:10 (four months ago) link
If you want to know how ingrained baseball was (is?) in USA culture, this is the first poem I can remember reading in English class (3rd grade, 5th Grade maybe?).
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 16:58 (four months ago) link
Great drawing, too. Though he needs baggier pantaloons.
I wondered about this but by the time I thought about that it was drawn
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 17:03 (four months ago) link
I'm interested to know how you cam up with the pitch sequence
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 17:14 (four months ago) link
camE
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 17:15 (four months ago) link
Do you really think the hoodoo and the cake are batting 4-5? I'd always thought of them as the bottom of the order - like the last guys you'd expect to come up big. i suppose it is true that Casey is "mighty" - maybe not your archetypal leadoff hitter
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 17:17 (four months ago) link
If theyāre batting at the bottom of the order making Casey the nine hole hitter then why would there be a stir in the crowd at the thought of Casey getting a chance to hit? Mudville clearly arenāt a good team, they can only muster a crowd of 5000 odd in the days before tv
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 17:58 (four months ago) link
I thought they were 8-9
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 19:11 (four months ago) link
But why would you put a guy who strikes out on three pitches as your leadoff guy? Casey has to be bad enough to do that but also relatively good enough that the crowd want to see him at the plate
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 19:47 (four months ago) link
The entire poem is about how even the greatest can strike out on three pitches!!!
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 20:10 (four months ago) link
āThatās baseballā
Heās the mighty Casey! Judge and Ohtani and Ruth rolled into one!
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 20:17 (four months ago) link
Cause theyāre the bottom of the order? Cause their good guys have been on the IL for two weeks? Who knowsIt was the first pitch! Guys like Wade Boggs pretty much never swung at the first pitch
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 May 2024 20:26 (four months ago) link