ESPN estimated that his second hit off the wall would have left 11 of the 30 MLB parks - per the Ringer - which i guess means something but still only about 1/3 of ballparks, which doesn't really support their thesis about the big green monster being the difference-maker
― na (NA), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:24 (two years ago) link
looking at the stat casts now, actually the first was only projected to go 345?? it felt huge in the stadium
the second one, similar balls have been homers 70% of the time in the statcast era. it certainly scores judge in any other park
― mens rea activist (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:33 (two years ago) link
Kev – what do you mean by "socioeconomic"?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:45 (two years ago) link
that Sterling call reminds me of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6juExvh7rlY
ITS GONE!! No its not
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:50 (two years ago) link
as a NYY apologist i want to say this team deserved to die on the vine this year and has been joyless to watch. Not even fun in a cardiac kids way
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:56 (two years ago) link
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, October 6, 2021 11:45 AM (thirteen minutes ago)
overwhelmingly trumpy whites
― mens rea activist (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:59 (two years ago) link
a "fuck joe biden" chant started at one point
I was stoned so possibly just thinking about it too much but I'm also always struck every time I go to a major baseball or basketball game just how much of the gametime is filled with middling pop-rock blasted over the loudspeakers, I wonder what tha experience is like for the players
― mens rea activist (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:03 (two years ago) link
Sterling took a while longer to figure out what was going on vs that clip. had to lol at the immediate "NO it's not!"
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
a "fuck joe biden" chant started at one point― mens rea activist (k3vin k.), Wednesday, October 6, 2021 10:59 AM (twenty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― mens rea activist (k3vin k.), Wednesday, October 6, 2021 10:59 AM (twenty-two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
truly weird given general political lean of suffolk co. and i wonder whether there's some kind of bizarre tom brady fandom political spillover effect
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:23 (two years ago) link
Then again
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/05/01/orioles-adam-jones-berated-racist-taunts-fenway-park-peanuts/101187172/
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:27 (two years ago) link
all the fans with the scratch to attend a game like that are white suburban republicans
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
I guess I never thought about it but it makes sense that playoff crowds would skew rich (I have been to one playoff game ever)
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, October 6, 2021 10:56 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
otm
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link
my fav sterling mishap is by far this one, which i heard live and thought i was hallucinating: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/john-sterling-confuses-hideki-matsui-for-a-rod/1896440/
this was an incredibly satisfying game to watchthe play on judge at the plate probably the highlight. rizzo had just homered, eovaldi chased precipitately from the game, stanton misses a home run by a few feet, it takes an unexpected carom to get by verdugo… but kiké hits xander and xander makes a pin-perfect throw to the plate. they jawed a lot on WEEI about the send call and yeah it was bad, but maybe not as bad as it looked. you’re down by just 2 in a 1-game playoff, it’s the 6th inning. you need to score. if either kiké or xander’s throws are off-line there’s a chance. and the sox have not been great in the field. so to see that happen was like an exorcism of the Bad Games this season. they played great. the pitching was incredible. no matter what happens with tampa bay that was a great game.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 22:27 (two years ago) link
Sad faceI’ll maybe watch the Boston Rays series though if I remember
― calstars, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 22:38 (two years ago) link
I actually think it was kind of unfair to make the Yankees reveal that they chose to play Boston rather Toronto if it had come to that. Can't they declare their preference confidentially? Do logistics require that everyone knows?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 22:42 (two years ago) link
i didn’t think sending judge was so terrible. it took two perfect throws, judge still almost slid by, and the next guy up (gallo) could not be counted on to put the ball in play
xp agreed, that was lame
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 22:49 (two years ago) link
Do logistics require that everyone knows?
this is the most logical (ba-dum-dum) answer i can come up with. i was already kind of surprised that they were going to be able to choose, because it would seem like such a last minute feat to arrange all the travel, but also the merchandise and all that shit? either that, or a related reason, which is that they could declare their preference confidentially, but it would likely leak immediately anyway since so many people would have to be involved with the logistics of it
― typo hell #12: a hundreds of millions of people (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 22:59 (two years ago) link
Lol, Yankees fans so want:
1. Boone fired.2. Cashman fired.3. No more analytics.
Seems like a great strategy.
― Hannibal Lecture (PBKR), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 23:01 (two years ago) link
number one is necessary, dude has no idea what is going on
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 23:12 (two years ago) link
cashman is very clearly constrained by a stingy (by yankees standards) front office, but he's been pretty excellent for 20+ years.
#3 is obviously not gonna happen, i think maybe those twitter fans think that analytics were behind boone's weird bullpen decisions or the fact that they would never ever start all their best players in the lineup at once, resting starters willy nilly and willfully hobbling themselves into truly pitiful record in day games.
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 23:16 (two years ago) link
ANOTHER YEAR OF THE SAME OLD CRAP IT COMPLETELY SUCKS SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE HERE!!!— Big Nick Turturro (@NickTurturro1) October 6, 2021
― Andy K, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 23:21 (two years ago) link
― mookieproof, Wednesday, October 6, 2021 6:49 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
i dunno, the first throw was pretty weak iirc. it WAS a great slide by judge but the throw home beat him by a lot
― mens rea activist (k3vin k.), Thursday, 7 October 2021 01:23 (two years ago) link
Boone legit cost this team 5-8 wins at least and that’s borderline impossible
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 7 October 2021 01:27 (two years ago) link
you can't send someone on a ball hit that hard off the left field wall in fenway. just can't do it.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 7 October 2021 01:31 (two years ago) link
they played great. the pitching was incredible. no matter what happens with tampa bay that was a great game.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, October 6, 2021 6:27 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
yeah i've barely watched this team for a variety of reasons but i did sit down and watch this game with intent and it was great to see an end-to-end ass kicking. there's a weird genre of baseball game where the score doesn't reflect the fact that one team dominated the other and this was a great example.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 7 October 2021 01:34 (two years ago) link