it's really great fun to watch.
― otto midnight, Thursday, 15 January 2004 15:33 (twenty years ago) link
The ugliest park in baseball is that piece of crap in Tampa. The Devilray uniforms are also terrible, which is saying something because they have like nine different ones they use.
― earlnash, Friday, 16 January 2004 03:48 (twenty years ago) link
haha, keep it comin'!
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 16 January 2004 06:57 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, 7 March 2004 01:17 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 05:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― j.q. higgins, Tuesday, 4 May 2004 14:33 (nineteen years ago) link
Baseball sticks in vines on bleacher wall ... Double
This occasionally gives the outfielder a (figurative) "out"; often, long drives to the wall become triples, especially if the batter's got much speed. But if the ball lodges in the vines, the fielder can raise his hands in surrender, even if he can see the ball perfectly well, and the batter is limited to a double.
Funny, a ball stuck in the not-yet-leafing ivy against the Reds a couple weeks back. The ball was clearly visible, and Adam Dunn raised his hands and the 2B umpire pointed to the ball and let (I think) Aramis Ramirez run around the bases for probably the only triple he'll ever get.
― mattbot (mattbot), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 17:04 (nineteen years ago) link
discuss!
― j.q. higgins, Tuesday, 4 May 2004 17:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 17:22 (nineteen years ago) link
Todd "Mercedes" Benzinger
Man, I had completely forgotten about that guy.
― boldbury (boldbury), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 17:27 (nineteen years ago) link
didn't quite work out that way.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 17:31 (nineteen years ago) link
How Lou Gorman thought having a pitching staff w/ Clemens, Mike Boddicker, and toejam would do a damn thing boggles my parchessi.
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 17:33 (nineteen years ago) link
then he winds up SIGNING mcgee 5 years and 15 knee operations later. typical bosox.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 17:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― earlnash, Tuesday, 4 May 2004 18:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 20:26 (nineteen years ago) link
he ended his career in texas of all places. 8 games, 8 games started less than 40 innings pitched and an era over 7.10. a sad end to the ace of the bosox postseason in '86.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 23:30 (nineteen years ago) link
- Roger Clemens (duh)- Mike Boddicker- Dana Kiecker- Kevin Morton (one of a looong line of post-Clements BoSox pitching prospects that never panned out) (see also: Paxton Crawford - better stuff than Pedro!; Brian Rose; Aaron Sele, to a lesser extent)
I like how the ILBBall threads are all mixed up & stuff re: the original topics and the various deviations therein.
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 00:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 00:52 (nineteen years ago) link
god, did anyone in the history of mlb get more second chances than brian rose?
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 01:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 01:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― j.q. higgins, Wednesday, 5 May 2004 13:43 (nineteen years ago) link
now if you want to talk phenom's then you've just got to mention phil plantier and mo vaughn, i was sure the were the next incarnation of the gold dust twins from 15 years earlier.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 13:53 (nineteen years ago) link
- Atlanta- Philly- Boston- Toronto- Mets- Cincy- Houston- Montreal- and now Baltimore!!
Hope he likes crab.
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 14:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― j.q. higgins, Wednesday, 5 May 2004 14:26 (nineteen years ago) link
man i wish there was a team in mvp2004 with nothing but sluggers who either hit it a mile or missed it completely. deer, gorman thomas, dave kingman, pete incaviglia, sam horn, tony armas, ron kittle, etc.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 14:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 15:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 15:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 15:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 16:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 16:01 (nineteen years ago) link
Recent pitching phenoms that are hanging on as long relief dregs:
Todd Van Poppel (AKA the next Nolan Ryan)Cal Elred (AKA the next Tom Seaver)Pat Mahomes (AKA the next Doc Gooden)
― earlnash, Wednesday, 5 May 2004 17:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― boldbury (boldbury), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 17:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:50 (nineteen years ago) link
not really dimensions so much, but general RFK wackiness involving its conversion between soccer and baseball (at a cost of $40K each time):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/daily/graphics/rfkConvert_040905.html
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Saturday, 9 April 2005 15:37 (nineteen years ago) link
see, forget about the nats new stadium...where's the new stadium for the dee cee jooniteds?!
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Saturday, 9 April 2005 16:10 (nineteen years ago) link
Good read, will repost to the media thread:
http://thedataface.com/2019/04/sports/baseballs-irregular-outfields
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 2 May 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link
Incredible thread:
People are posting weird HS baseball field dimensions on r/baseball and I could look at these forever pic.twitter.com/OecXuumDco— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) April 5, 2020
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 6 April 2020 04:43 (four years ago) link
Good read, will repost to the media thread:http://thedataface.com/2019/04/sports/baseballs-irregular-outfields🕸
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 14 February 2024 22:57 (two months ago) link
lol, that's worse than the Wrigley ivy!
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 15 February 2024 01:44 (two months ago) link
Morehead State, who plays against Illinois today and is a popular upset pick, has maybe the weirdest baseball field in the country. Haven for lefties. Apparently they're unable to push the right field fence back because there's a species of endangered salamanders living there? pic.twitter.com/c3VAD5Ihrw— Matt Monagan (@MattMonagan) March 21, 2024
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 March 2024 16:56 (one month ago) link
I would put my everyday CF in left, my RF in center and my LF in right and just pray a dying-quail-peeler doesn't end up in the corner.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 22 March 2024 17:08 (one month ago) link