The background to 2003/2004 Sox/Yanks in my mind is that it’s the modern Yankees not quite in their full pomp but close to it, a young Jeter, Torre at the helm, just a few years removed from “greatest team ever” status (they got that engraved on their 1998 World Series rings). so-called because they set the MLB record for most wins in a season (though not the most regular-season wins iirc). They’ve still got Mariano (greatest closer ever), Bernie, Posada, Soriano, Pettite, Weaver, David Wells for god’s sake, Clemens, Contreras was great that year, they’d just signed Matsui. They were a great team. A-Rod was still playing short in Arlington, Texas. Boston largely already had the lineup that would win it all a year later. Crazy to realise that Nomar was still playing for them in 2003! Feels like he doesn’t belong in this era of the team but there he was. It was Big Papi’s first year in Boston. Dustin Pedroia was NOT on this team (?!?) Schilling wasn’t either. The starting pitching was hittable apart from Pedro. And no real certified closer. Foulke was busy locking up the American League lead in saves in Oakland.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 17 October 2022 22:24 (one year ago) link
For a self-contained game, maybe G6, 2011--the David Freese game. Incredible...I think the Rangers were one strike away from winning the series three times.
― clemenza, Monday, 17 October 2022 22:24 (one year ago) link
Last post for a bit, else I'll never shut up...If you're interested in individuals, not just games, I'd suggest Reggie's 3-HR game in the '77 Series, Brooks Robinson in the '70 Series, and Roberto Clemente in the '71 Series. Not sure which specific games to look for with Robinson and Clemente.
― clemenza, Monday, 17 October 2022 22:28 (one year ago) link
5. Buster Posey grew up playing baseball in a purpose-built batting cage on his parents' 50 acre farm. 6. "Soft hands" - this is such a weird term omg?
― barry sito (gyac), Monday, 17 October 2022 22:29 (one year ago) link
Can I just point out, I made this thread as a way of giving some relief to the people I was no doubt boring to death about it, so please don't worry. And yes I am interested in individuals too!
― barry sito (gyac), Monday, 17 October 2022 22:30 (one year ago) link
G6, 2011--the David Freese game
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 17 October 2022 23:00 (one year ago) link
Maybe this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ypIakgaR2c
The whole game's on YouTube too--almost four hours.
― clemenza, Monday, 17 October 2022 23:38 (one year ago) link
post season baseball is the absolute best and I'm sad I can't really afford bt sport anymore to record the games and watch them during UK friendly hours. at least I got to see the Atlanta baseball team win the WS for the first time since my beloved maddux/glavine/smoltz era.
― oscar bravo, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 06:15 (one year ago) link
You could fall down the rabbit hole for weeks with these recommendations, but if I had to pick one game from the last decade it has to be Game 7 of the 2016 WS, Cleveland vs Chicago Cubs. The history and backstory won't ever be repeated (176 combined years between the two teams since their last championship) and the game has at least five or six "WTF did I just see????" moments.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 07:02 (one year ago) link
good oneoscar bravo i guess you might cite the 1991 World Series? it comes up a lot in “the best ever played” conversations. the beginning of the Smoltz/Maddux era in Atlanta.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 07:34 (one year ago) link
would recommend game five of the 2015 ALDS between toronto and texas
it was toronto’s first playoff appearance in 22 years. the blue jays lost the first two games at home, then won both games in texas to force a decisive fifth game. the seventh inning alone — top and bottom — is among the craziest single frames in history
would also recommend game one of the 1988 world series between the dodgers and a’s. it has a legendary conclusion and the announcer was vin scully, who was peerless
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 07:52 (one year ago) link
I remember that 2015 game (how did I not think of that first?)...Another insane one with the Jays: G4, 1993. I don't know that it's famous for any one hit or play, but I think it was the longest Series game ever at the time (4:14), and maybe the highest scoring (15-14). Mitch Williams took the loss, a bit of foreshadowing.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 13:14 (one year ago) link
I am excited for you to be in a position to watch an entire season next year! Baseball is best when you can let it ambiently drift by for a summer and take in the rhythms by osmosis (“he’s having a good year…” you’ll nod to yourself when your 2B is slashing 240/300/275. “Whaddabum…” you’ll say about your fringey reliever who’s pitched 50 innings of low-leverage ball to the tune of a 2.00 era)
Off the dome shit:
Kerry Wood’s 20K game
A’s at dodgers WS 88 game 1
Any supercut of Pedro Martinez strikeouts
Any supercut of Bonds’ HR in 2001, to see what peak performance looks like
I have also recommended the book “Class A” by Lucas Mann as a contemporary look at the low minors.
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 13:35 (one year ago) link
The Rhys Hoskins bat spike this weekend was rad
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 13:38 (one year ago) link
xp on Kerry Wood & Pedro Martinez but I appreciate specific recommendations, tysm!
― barry sito (gyac), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 13:42 (one year ago) link
Also commit this to memory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn28Dz4RUxc
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 13:44 (one year ago) link
gyac, I assume you've seen this classic moment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbEHAsZxRYo
― sometimes you have to drink to kill the paranoia (PBKR), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 13:58 (one year ago) link
Fun fact you might enjoy:
Left-handed relief pitcher Billy Wagner (known for his absurd strikeout rate) is actually a natural right hander but after breaking his right arm twice as a kid he learned to throw with his left arm. And now he’s probably going to wind up in the hall of fame for being such a dominant pitcher.
― omar little, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 15:56 (one year ago) link
Game 7 of the 2016 series is also my pick. Classic Cleveland clutch comeback to tie it coupled with a classic Aroldis Chapman meltdown, finished off with a determined Cubs team scraping out two runs (and Cleveland making it tense at the end too.)
― omar little, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 15:58 (one year ago) link
Ten cent beer night is an event that encapsulates baseball in Cleveland in the 70's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daWdOwqQhCs
― brownie, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 21:02 (one year ago) link
I will respond to all these posts in time but I’m watching this alds game atm. However I am nearly finished A Band of Misfits, about the 2010 Giants, and I’ve seriously watched this clip about ten times & also Clark’s homer against Nolan Ryan in his first big league at bat (!)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUkTfbOEKTsLmao both at the guy going “you’re overmodulating” and Clark going “HUH??? NO WAY!” And also the guy stepping in from the side to clearly try to calm him down, and Clark shakes his hand instead. Supposedly he used The Thrill is Gone as his answering machine message as well. Legendary.
― barry sito (gyac), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 21:16 (one year ago) link
smoothest swing of all time
― Spottie, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 21:17 (one year ago) link
there's also a whole thread about BASEBALL MOVIES that i haven't really paid attention to
would recommend:
BULL DURHAM - it's long since passed into cliche (and tim robbins very obviously cannot pitch) but it presents the cliches in a nice manner, and also i used to live in durham and know where that house is
SUGAR - pretty honest look at what it's like to be a (dominican/puerto rican/venezuelan) kid left to fend for himself in the minor leagues. needless to say, there are a lot of non-success stories
NO NO: A DOCKUMENTARY - the story of 1970s pitcher dock ellis, who once threw a no-hitter (for the pirates, no less) while tripping on LSD. among other crazy shit like plunking four straight cincinnati reds to start a game. he was a troubled and interesting man
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 October 2022 23:45 (one year ago) link
This, along with Aaron's 715th, is my favorite baseball memory ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4nwMDZYXTI
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 23:49 (one year ago) link
I remember that 2015 game (how did I not think of that first?)
These days Toronto vs Texas G5 is the first thing I think of when it comes to games/moments that I want to rewatch. But I didn't want to be accused of homerism by recommending it first ...
And that's only the last three innings!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 19 October 2022 06:26 (one year ago) link
This week has been rough and I’ve barely watched any baseball.More things I learned specifically about “Surfin” Barry Zito from reading excerpts fromhttps://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61frVWPOc1L.jpg- Barry Zito did meth in his teens- the first chapter opens with a quote from someone saying “if San Fran wins the World Series, does Barry Zito get a ring?” (Ouch - though I am a fan of brutally honest sports autobios).- Barry Zito’s grandfather started a newspaper with Mussolini (!)I need to read this book, there’s nothing more boring than reading stories of endless success from people who go to bed early and never do anything bad.
― barry sito (gyac), Friday, 21 October 2022 21:32 (one year ago) link
watch game 5 2012 NLCS giants vs cardinals if you want some more zito lore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8S-PI7HZ8ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Meay49NgGXIgiants down 1-3 in the series and he gets the start despite a very poor showing in the series before. giants win the next three then zito wins game 1 of the world series vs verlander which you mentioned.
― Spottie, Friday, 21 October 2022 21:45 (one year ago) link
I was thinking about which game I would recommend watching and actually realised the games I got the biggest kick out of weren't necessarily epic important ones. Like any Greg Maddux 85 pitch complete game shutout with like 2 strikeouts and upward of a dozen groundouts + handful of weak pop flys is amazing viewing imo. Especially with how different baseball is now.
― oscar bravo, Friday, 21 October 2022 21:53 (one year ago) link
Or Tom Glavine locating his fast ball consistently just outside the outside edge the strikezone with such monotone regularity that the umpire starts calling it a strike.
― oscar bravo, Friday, 21 October 2022 21:57 (one year ago) link
(xpost) You've almost perfectly described Maddux's G2 win against the Yankees in the '96 Series:
86 pitches, 6 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 0 runs. He didn't pitch a shutout, though--Bobby Cox brought in Wohlers for the 9th. He didn't let Maddux finish his Maddux.
― clemenza, Friday, 21 October 2022 22:07 (one year ago) link
yeah those 90s braves pitchers were clinical, hated them of course.
― Spottie, Friday, 21 October 2022 22:12 (one year ago) link
For what it's worth, Maddux was more of a strikeout pitcher than he's generally remembered as (with some help from the umps): 6.1/per 9 for his career, 6.9/per 9 during his '92-'98 peak. My favourite pitcher then--travelled to Montreal to see him somewhere in the middle there.
― clemenza, Friday, 21 October 2022 22:21 (one year ago) link
I did get the chance to see Smoltz's 3,000th career strikeout in person, that was epic. Still much love for him in the ATL.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 21 October 2022 22:44 (one year ago) link
ALCS game 3 2003
― after several days on “the milk,” (gyac), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 19:26 (one year ago) link
One that I forgot to recommend, on YouTube in its entirety: Mark Fidrych vs. the Yankees, June 28, 1976, 48,000 people in Yankee Stadium (on a Monday), ABC's Monday Night game, Fidrych 7-1 with a 2.18 ERA going in, the biggest story in baseball.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwGj4VfCreg
For style, Luis Tiant.
https://phildellio.tripod.com/tiant.jpg
― clemenza, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 19:42 (one year ago) link
Yes! I have been meaning to check out Fidrych as well!
― after several days on “the milk,” (gyac), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 19:45 (one year ago) link
xpsI'm glad!! He was my favourite player back when I first started watching baseball. used to love andruw jones as well. and in the non atlanta baseball players division it was tony gwynn and his incredibly flat no uppercut swing. then later i was all about ichiro.
― oscar bravo, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 19:53 (one year ago) link
(xp) I think you'll fall in love. I was so lucky to have watched that game (14 years old). It's just hard to convey today how one baseball player could so thoroughly capture the public's attention and imagination. It happened again a few years later with Fernando, although I don't know that there's one single game of his where it all coalesced so perfectly.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 19:54 (one year ago) link
xp Parker looking cool af.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 19:56 (one year ago) link
(Oops--the Fidrych game was in Tiger Stadium, which makes the 48,000 people even more remarkable. The mid-'70s Tigers were not good.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 20:03 (one year ago) link
I love they have the commercials too in that broadcast!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 20:45 (one year ago) link
I’ll be honest, a thing I found - and find, tbh - really difficult about watching baseball both live and classic is the number of ad breaks! How does that not drive people mad?
― after several days on “the milk,” (gyac), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 20:47 (one year ago) link
“At that time, I often thought that if I had had to live in the trunk of a dead tree, with nothing to do but look up at the sky flowing overhead, little by little I would have gotten used to it.”
— Albert Camus
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 20:49 (one year ago) link
Fidrych throwing 250 innings and striking out 97(!) that season is always really amazing to me. 9.6 bWAR!
― omar little, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 20:52 (one year ago) link
xp lmao
― after several days on “the milk,” (gyac), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 20:56 (one year ago) link
xp baseball as a tv spectator sport simply isn't designed to hold your attention 100% of the time, you gotta pair it with something else that can be done in fits and starts such as browsing the internet or chopping vegetables or playing a turn-based video game
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 21:10 (one year ago) link
Parachuting in to say that I am a 51-year-old American male human with exactly one sports allegiance. And that allegiance is to the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals. Not the Cardinals in general, not St. Louis teams in general. Pretty much just that one spectacular season.
I was exactly the right age to be excited by a baseball team. Especially, a locally beloved and long-storied team that suddenly caught on fire in a particular way. Was it slugfesty? No it was not. Was it Sabermetric? No it was not. Was it especially steroidal? No it was not. It was a style of play based on baserunning, stealing, speed, fielding, contact. It was called "Whiteyball" after the (in retrospect) rather unfortunately nicknamed manager Whitey Herzog.
Ozzie Smith. Lonnie Smith. Willie McGee. Keith Hernandez. Bruce Sutter. Joaquin Andujar. It's been 40 years and no sporting persons have dislodged those names from my memory. Nor will they.
Since then, I have watched a few other sporting contests, with varying amounts of interest. But none has matched the passionate intensity of being eleven years old in a red hat in terrible seats in that cranky old Busch stadium with a scorecard on my lap and a fire in my heart. Personally I am fine leaving it there: a whole life of fandom in a few humid evenings in 1982, eating ice cream from a novelty batting helmet.
― blissfully unawarewolf (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 21:11 (one year ago) link
― after several days on “the milk,” (gyac), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 21:14 (one year ago) link
That's beautiful, YMP.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 21:14 (one year ago) link
^
― after several days on “the milk,” (gyac), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 21:17 (one year ago) link
DO NOT be tempted by the Primanti Bros. sandwich at PNC park, it's a faint shadow of their off-stadium locations which I would highly recommend instead.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 19 April 2024 04:47 (six days ago) link
anyone recommending primanti bros is just recommending the pittsburgh equivalent of the cincinnati chili
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 19 April 2024 04:51 (six days ago) link
i have said this before: it's a gimmick, and not actually pittsburgh lore
i'm told there's some kind of hot dog-pierogie thing though, which would be vaguely lore but nevertheless not something i can recommend
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 April 2024 04:55 (six days ago) link
clark bar is lore but i'm not sure it even exists anymore
also my mom worked for heinz when i was born, so i support ketchup on everything
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 April 2024 05:01 (six days ago) link
You guys are jaded rusted-out souls. Absolute madness.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 19 April 2024 05:10 (six days ago) link
#freeippeei
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 April 2024 05:21 (six days ago) link
i had a primanti brothers sandwich in state college in high school. still remember/think about it to this day. probably because my brain was young and malleable then. i'm sure i'd find it more average now.
it's a good candidate for PASTA SANDWICH
― 龜, Friday, 19 April 2024 11:46 (six days ago) link
I appreciate all the recommendations and will report back laterback!
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Friday, 19 April 2024 11:49 (six days ago) link
Thanks phone/slow brain
Sox are injured/bad but Bello is pitching and I love him so much 🥺
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 “Go Bobby D, ya finally got a hit, no more 0-21, go Bob!” 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 “Triston throw me a ball baby!” I didn’t know that they don’t 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. He’s got a really interesting story and he’s been shoving in triple A so hopefully he sticks.
This followed years of obstacles in Booser’s 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 “do it in their sleep.”
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 20 April 2024 02:20 (five days ago) link
Sweet stuff :)
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 20 April 2024 02:23 (five days ago) link
Mitch Keller tomorrow and he’s 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 days ago) link
Ok, he’s fine. He’s 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 days ago) link
smdh
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 April 2024 03:42 (five days 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 days ago) link
Best game report/posts on here in years, tyvm gyac.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 20 April 2024 05:51 (five days ago) link
🫡A no doubter home run off the bat sounds unmistakeable. You hear commentators talk about it all the time but it’s something you need to experience irl. And there were three in this game! The Abreu home run didn’t 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 days 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 days ago) link
Oh yeah, video I got of our view which I forgot about until I got back. I checked already and we’re 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 days ago) link
Yay!
― brimstead, Saturday, 20 April 2024 14:20 (five days 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: 🙃To 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 - “left field with left rib discomfort”Fucking brutal. Hopefully he doesn’t 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 don’t miss too much time, Casas!
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Sunday, 21 April 2024 00:08 (four days ago) link
gyac please stop killing my hometown baseball team
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 April 2024 00:11 (four days 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 (four days ago) link
<3
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 April 2024 01:01 (four days 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 who’s 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 he’ll 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. He’s 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 (three days 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 (three days ago) link
Trip to Clemente museumWent to the Clemente museum a few days back, felt like a necessary visit. Had a great time. It’s 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 there’s 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 didn’t 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 who’d seen him play and one man told us that he and his brother overheard Clemente give his number to a reporter and they’d 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 couldn’t go to the same places as their white counterparts and he tried to help them out whenever he could. I’d 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 Robinson’s.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 (two days ago) link
There’s 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 (two days 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 (two days ago) link
Yes! His bat is terrible now but I don’t 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 (two days ago) link
My last few pictures didn’t 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 (two days 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 (two days ago) link
He is! I’ve been following him.
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 22:24 (two days ago) link