i didnt even know about the collusion era either that is mad interesting
― ゙(゚、 。 7 (cankles), Thursday, 8 January 2009 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
wo ho, time to get some '80s/90s baseball histories for cankles. (Is there a definitive book on collusion?)
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 8 January 2009 14:52 (fifteen years ago) link
This morning's "legendary game" was a Pirate-Cub battle from the early '90s? About all I caught was Mike Harkey pitching to Jay Bell! Anyone know what that was?
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 12 January 2009 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I just noticed this thing last night. Spent the afternoon watching the thrilling near-conclusion of the 2008 World Series.
This channel's free, but NFL is still premium. Go figure.
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 12 January 2009 16:09 (fifteen years ago) link
The Pirate-Cub game had something to do with Andre Dawson, I think.
― Andy K, Monday, 12 January 2009 16:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Barry Larkin has promise and is easier on the ears than "HR"
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 16 January 2009 14:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Batting Stance Guy's Youkilis wasn't very convincing.
― Andy K, Saturday, 17 January 2009 00:53 (fifteen years ago) link
not enough glowering?
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 17 January 2009 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link
No sliding finger, not enough bend in the warmup swings, etc.
― Andy K, Sunday, 18 January 2009 01:12 (fifteen years ago) link
hey, the other night's Prime 9 picked the top all-time offensive seasons -- and the V/O said they used OPS Plus!!!
VIVA LA REVOLUCION
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link
From the link posted by Thermo in the '08 retirees thread:
Former Red Sox first baseman Sean Casey is officially retiring, having signed on with the MLB Network. Casey, The 34-year-old, who played in 69 games with Boston last season, hitting .322, finishes his 12-season career with a .302 lifetime batting average to go along with three All-Star appearances. Casey’s role with the network has yet to be defined.
YES
― Andy K, Sunday, 25 January 2009 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
was he that good in the booth?
― JtM Is Ruled By A Black Man (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 25 January 2009 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
that MEX-PR Caribbean Series game went late last night.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Harold Reynolds major save-a-Rod
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 14:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Beats me.
Thought it was interesting last night how he kept saying "a lot" of guys are/were clean. Always "a lot" -- not "most," "a majority," or a rough percentage.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 15:13 (fifteen years ago) link
that's what you say when you can't prove anything
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 15:17 (fifteen years ago) link
February 141:30 PM We Are Young: The Story of a Baseball FamilyDmitri Young, Brother Delmon and their Father and Coach, Larry
― dancing in foam to "Church Lady" (Andy K), Thursday, 12 February 2009 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
The pride of Camarillo, CA
― mayor jingleberries, Thursday, 12 February 2009 22:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm considering switching from cable back to Directv, partly to get this channel (and a few others, and to save $$).
― WmC, Thursday, 12 February 2009 22:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Sunday, February 222:00 PM All-Time Games6/28/76 NY Yankees @ DetroitMark The Bird Fidrych Tosses a Complete Game
― Andy K, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I saw that live on NBC Game of the Week
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 21:30 (fifteen years ago) link
This was Monday Night Baseball!
A+ for showing the pre-game stuff as well.
Not sure how Holtzman was able to pitch like that.
― Andy K, Monday, 23 February 2009 11:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Awesome torrent of idiocy on stats and the almighty power of elderly scouts (after an even-handed bit on BP/PECOTA from Vasgersian) by Reynolds, Casey, Larkin. Keywords: winners, character, straw hat, stogie, laptop, calculator, touch and feel.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 01:02 (fifteen years ago) link
these guys are making me long for return of BBTN just bcuz they won't be on it.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 03:26 (fifteen years ago) link
BOS-MIN on mlb tomw night.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link
From the 1976 Fidrych game: "Billy Martin, manager. Born in Berkeley, California, died in New York."
― Maltodextrin, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 07:11 (fifteen years ago) link
? did Curt Gowdy say this?
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 11:53 (fifteen years ago) link
It was Martin, during the introductions.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 11:56 (fifteen years ago) link
ha! I saw that game when it originally aired. I think '76 was my first year of really understanding baseball, the boxscores etc
― mullah mangenius (brownie), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 14:20 (fifteen years ago) link
I caught only the last 20 secs of the Stats Suck panel. Reynolds: "Pete Rose wouldn't play today; Tom Seaver wouldn't play today." WHAT????
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 14:24 (fifteen years ago) link
LOOOOOOOL at some of Reynolds SB/CS numbers: 35/29 in 1988, 25/18 in 1989, 15/12 in 1992, 12/11 in 1993.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 14:34 (fifteen years ago) link
well, it's why he hates stats!
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 14:38 (fifteen years ago) link
srsly i suspect i'll watch this show muted henceforth
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 14:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Imagining Reynolds on Reynolds: "Now here is a speed guy you can pencil in for 10, 20, 30 stolen bases EVERY SINGLE SEASON."
And for having such a hard-on for smallball, he sure didn't move over many runners.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 14:41 (fifteen years ago) link
he was king of Unproductive Outs (that is, outs).
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 14:46 (fifteen years ago) link
"In 1988 you'll notice that most of the times I was caught stealing, it was the third out of the inning and I was taking one for the team because we knew Henry Cotto could do special things leading off that next inning, rather than with two outs and me on first."
― Andy K, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 14:57 (fifteen years ago) link
"CS > slow guys cloggin' up the basepaths."
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Phils-Rays on now, Ibanez w/ first of many flyouts
― Dr Morbius, Saturday, 28 February 2009 18:23 (fifteen years ago) link
h.r. and Joe Magrane are delighted that Cito Gaston has had Toronto abandon the "deep counts" philosophy to "swing the bat." Is there any basis of reality to this?
they really need to retire that screamo track they play at EVERY FUCKING BREAK.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 14:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Hubla nubluh bluh (c'mon c'mon)Things are gluh when blu whuh uhg (c'mon c'mon)Yuh buh heeba bluh (c'mon c'mon)Ebbluh neebuh hlow ('cmon c'mon)Yedleh nuhdluh bluh neh debla bluh (c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon)C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'monC'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'monC'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'monC'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'monC'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'monC'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
― Andy K, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 14:29 (fifteen years ago) link
― Andy K, Tuesday, February 24, 2009 8:02 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark
Here it is:
"Gray hair" also a prerequisite for talent evaluation.
― Andy K, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'monC'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
so this is the Von Bondies. Thank you retroactively, Jack White, for smashing the singer in the face.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 9 March 2009 20:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow, that clip is infuriating.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Monday, 9 March 2009 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Al Leiter breaking down the Reds' last chance vs Johan on Monday was pretty awesome.
very clever use of Tom Jones song on a promo.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 12:29 (fifteen years ago) link
just caught last few frames of this Cub-Cardinal tilt:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198406230.shtml
lol aging Bowa
― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 12 April 2009 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Now I'm glad they showed that Fidrych game.
― Maltodextrin, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 05:59 (fifteen years ago) link
i lol'd @ Mitch Williams the other night on Ryan Braun's HR styling: "If I was still pitching, Ryan's pretty blue eyes would be black and blue."
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 00:23 (fourteen years ago) link
they're showing the '86 Dave Henderson Boston-Angels game right now. (i'd forgotten Hendu tipped a Grich fly over the fence.)
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 25 May 2009 13:42 (fourteen years ago) link
That was interesting to watch again. Great catches by Rice and Downing in key situations. The Gary Pettis/Devon White/Ruppert Jones experience. And Rob Wilfong!
― Maltodextrin, Monday, 25 May 2009 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
hey if anyone's bored they're showing giants/nats right now, rj's potential 300th win. sick double play just turned by giants 2Bman
― hugging used to mean something (call all destroyer), Thursday, 4 June 2009 22:22 (fourteen years ago) link
anyone listening?
it has been a pretty cool broadcast.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 9 July 2011 02:45 (twelve years ago) link
MLB Network was just been added to Dish Network for the stretch run, now they have around 75 million people on board:
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/473226-MLB_Network_Slides_Into_Dish.php
― Bee OK, Saturday, 3 September 2011 05:27 (twelve years ago) link
don't have cable anymore, so you'll have to tell me if I have a cameo:
http://sabr.org/latest/set-your-dvrs-september-18-behind-seams-stat-story
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 September 2011 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/09/5-questions-with-brian-kenny-of-mlb-network-espn-jumps-moves-anchor/1
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 06:54 (twelve years ago) link
Everytime I see the "GOT HEEM!" commercial I want to kill myself.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 04:16 (eleven years ago) link
Many gems:
http://twitter.com/HeardOnMLBT
You hand-manage the game by managing who is on the on deck circle.
When he gets hot, you can literally jump on his back and he can carry you.
This is where Shelby Miller needs to do his best to make the pitch he needs to make.
― Andy K, Thursday, 16 May 2013 12:46 (ten years ago) link
HeardOnMLBTI would put it on again. - Harold Reynolds, on BJ Upton bunting with two strikes and a man on first.
Hope someone assembles a clip of irritated/uncomfortable position players attempting to bunt -- between-pitch body language, nervous/pitiful stabs at pitches, etc.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 5 June 2013 02:54 (ten years ago) link
@HeardOnMLBT"I guarantee you Brandon Phillips cannot spell 'sabermetrics'." - Mitch Williams
@WildThingMLBNJV @Realjoeyvotto hope u have as much fun as I do messin up words on this. DatDude must have girl thumbs.
― Andy K, Thursday, 11 July 2013 22:44 (ten years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BRLRj3RCMAAuMLT.jpg:large
― Andy K, Thursday, 8 August 2013 21:27 (ten years ago) link
lol a dude on a dodger board I read made those shirts.
you can get one here -
http://www.redbubble.com/people/gigawatt121/works/10514224-stop-bunting-white-text?c=219445-baseball&ref=work_carousel_work_collection_2
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 8 August 2013 21:36 (ten years ago) link
Heard on MLB Tonight @HeardOnMLBTAmsinger: "Which National League team would you least like to face in the postseason?" Reynolds: "The Nationals"
― Andy K, Friday, 23 August 2013 00:10 (ten years ago) link
Heard on MLB Tonight @HeardOnMLBT 3m"Not bunting is like telling a NFL team they can't throw deep. The bunt is an offensive weapon." - Harold Reynolds (h/t @maxdank420)
― Andy K, Friday, 20 September 2013 17:54 (ten years ago) link
@HeardOnMLBT"I still don't see how [Mark Reynolds] didn't take off as a superstar." - Harold Reynolds
@HeardOnMLBT"[Mark Reynolds] was hitting close to .300 in Arizona." - Harold Reynolds (he had a .242 AVG for the Diamondbacks)
― Andy K, Thursday, 10 April 2014 16:07 (ten years ago) link
And can anyone defend Chris(topher) Russo?
― Andy K, Thursday, 10 April 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
@HeardOnMLBT"Why do they call it K/9 if they never go 9?" - Harold Reynolds
― Andy K, Friday, 2 May 2014 13:19 (nine years ago) link
the “hall of game connections” trailers on MLB.TV have got. to. go.
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 29 April 2023 21:22 (eleven months ago) link
I promise you it can’t possibly be as bad as BT Sport ads. They’re even worse this year!
― Everybody's gonna get what they got coming (gyac), Saturday, 29 April 2023 21:48 (eleven months ago) link
this is probably the right thread for this unheimlich conception, slouching towards bethlehem to be born
https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-unveils-new-virtual-ballpark
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 7 July 2023 09:10 (nine months ago) link
For the inaugural event, the Celebrity Softball Game during All-Star Week, the virtual ballpark will feature a live stream of the game on the virtual ballpark's video board
so you can go to a virtual ballpark to watch a game unfold on a little two-dimensional screen beyond the virtual outfield
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 7 July 2023 09:12 (nine months ago) link
For the MLB virtual ballpark, that could mean fans talking to each other, walking through the stadium together, meeting in the concourse
have they thought this part through
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 7 July 2023 09:13 (nine months ago) link