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Only once have I made a "highlight reel" worthy catch of a foul ball, although I wasn't holding a baby. Our minor league ballpark has a lawn section along the foul lines in the outfield where you are pretty close to the field. Years ago we were sitting in the lawn when the batter hits a frozen rope line drive right at me. I just stuck up my hand and caught it caught it. They put me on the big screen grimacing in pain after the catch. Got a good cheer from the crowd.
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padres have a new promotion.
$99 lets you keep coming to games until the padres win 5 games.
or until september 30. whichever comes first.
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max.patch wrote:
Astro wrote:
Don't look now, Pirates have won 11 straight.
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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Even though this play ended up costing my team the game, it was still awesome to see.
mlb.com/cut4/raimel-tapia-scor…astros-dugout/c-287405406The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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max.patch wrote:
i came across this when looking for the above video.
bartman was also at a game in april.
this time he screwed up a home run.
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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IMScotty wrote:
Two interesting videos. In the second one it looks like the ball bounced out of the glove anyway, I don't think it was taken from the outfielder.
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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I know there are multiple Braves fans on this site. They now have 8 of the top 100 prospects in MLB and 6 of them are pitchers. And 19 of their top 30 prospects are pitchers, so they definitely have an abundance of it coming up.
So the question is will they trade some of it to Texas to rent 3B Adrian Beltre for Aug/Sep and hopefully October?
Austin Riley "should" be ready for 2019. If I was them I would go ahead and offer to take on all of his salary so it would not cost quite as much in the prospects. So it will be interesting to see what they will do.The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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And if you wondering why the Rangers need pitching help, with Cole Hamels now joining Yu Darvish and Kyle Hendricks, 3/5 of the Cubs starting rotation is ex-Rangers.The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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Astro wrote:
I know there are multiple Braves fans on this site. They now have 8 of the top 100 prospects in MLB and 6 of them are pitchers. And 19 of their top 30 prospects are pitchers, so they definitely have an abundance of it coming up.
So the question is will they trade some of it to Texas to rent 3B Adrian Beltre for Aug/Sep and hopefully October?
Austin Riley "should" be ready for 2019. If I was them I would go ahead and offer to take on all of his salary so it would not cost quite as much in the prospects. So it will be interesting to see what they will do.
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chief wrote:
Astro wrote:
I know there are multiple Braves fans on this site. They now have 8 of the top 100 prospects in MLB and 6 of them are pitchers. And 19 of their top 30 prospects are pitchers, so they definitely have an abundance of it coming up.
So the question is will they trade some of it to Texas to rent 3B Adrian Beltre for Aug/Sep and hopefully October?
Austin Riley "should" be ready for 2019. If I was them I would go ahead and offer to take on all of his salary so it would not cost quite as much in the prospects. So it will be interesting to see what they will do.
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General -
Astro wrote:
chief wrote:
Astro wrote:
I know there are multiple Braves fans on this site. They now have 8 of the top 100 prospects in MLB and 6 of them are pitchers. And 19 of their top 30 prospects are pitchers, so they definitely have an abundance of it coming up.
So the question is will they trade some of it to Texas to rent 3B Adrian Beltre for Aug/Sep and hopefully October?
Austin Riley "should" be ready for 2019. If I was them I would go ahead and offer to take on all of his salary so it would not cost quite as much in the prospects. So it will be interesting to see what they will do.
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chief wrote:
Yeah, I get a possible (unneeded) utility use for Camargo, but I think the Braves will concentrate on pitching help.
There is an abundance of 3B available Beltre, Moose (KC), Fraizer, Donaldson, Valbuena, Gyorko, ect...Now most of those are not improvements, but they still impact supply and demand. And it is not so much Camargo's ABs you would be replacing as it is Flaherty, Culberson, Tucker, ect..The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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gee, we just picked up venters...isn't that enough?
a couple weeks ago the local newspaper sports opinion guy said it was a hard call, but managment "owed" it to the players to get a rental. his opinion was that the players had done their part, and now it was up to management to do theirs.
last i read, management doesn't want to do rentals, but would be interested in obtaining the right "controllable assets".
personally, i agree with management.
no matter what, it's a good problem to have.2,000 miler -
RIP tony cloninger an atlanta brave from my youth.
best remembered for pitching and losing an opening day 13 inning complete game (won't see that again!) and being the only pitcher to hit 2 grand slams in one game (probably won't see that again either).2,000 miler -
love him or hate him, pete rose makes some good points (and one spectacularly bad one).
usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/…iced-baseballs/856590002/
gotta love this quote:
“What do they say, 'Chicks like the long ball.' Thank God I had some chicks that like the short ball."2,000 miler -
much ado about nothing...i think the braves announcers need to take a chill pill.
and while i can see the advantages of an official batting practive t-shirt -- i bet they'd sell of few of em -- if t-shirts and exposed knees and no socks is acceptable to dodger management then that's the end of the story.
streamable.com/0vgbk2,000 milerThe post was edited 1 time, last by max.patch ().
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max.patch wrote:
mr. iverson, what do you think about the dodger batting practice controversy?
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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max.patch wrote:
much ado about nothing...i think the braves announcers need to take a chill pill.
and while i can see the advantages of an official batting practive t-shirt -- i bet they'd sell of few of em -- if t-shirts and exposed knees and no socks is acceptable to dodger management then that's the end of the story.
streamable.com/0vgbk
Some irony there with Chase Utley's reputation as an old school guy. His slide into 2nd in the playoffs against the Mets a few years back changed the rules in MLB.The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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larry brown still coaching at 77 years old -- recently tool a job as coach of a professional team in italy.
back in the day coaches weren't required to wear suits...there's a picture of him coaching wearing sandals with those overalls that i can't find.
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max.patch wrote:
much ado about nothing...i think the braves announcers need to take a chill pill.
and while i can see the advantages of an official batting practive t-shirt -- i bet they'd sell of few of em -- if t-shirts and exposed knees and no socks is acceptable to dodger management then that's the end of the story.
https://streamable.com/0vgbk
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Art Howe visiting in the booth of the Astros game just said back when he played (70-80s) the umpires were on the field during batting practice to make sure the players did not even talk to the players on the other team before a game.
My how the times have changed.The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General -
Nationals willing to trade Bryce Harper. Lookout for the Dodgers, Yankees, and Cubs. Red Sox don't need him, but then the Yankees really don't either, but that hasn't stopped them before.
Who knows being a Vegas guy maybe Arizona will belly up to the bar like they did last year for JD Martinez.The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General -
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chief wrote:
Astros willing to trade for Roberto Osuna - look out girls a domestic abuser is coming to a stadium near you. Way to go 'stros!
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Astro wrote:
Nationals willing to trade Bryce Harper. Lookout for the Dodgers, Yankees, and Cubs. Red Sox don't need him, but then the Yankees really don't either, but that hasn't stopped them before.
Who knows being a Vegas guy maybe Arizona will belly up to the bar like they did last year for JD Martinez.
but contract issues aside -- i still say the nationals are crazy to trade him. (but whatta i know - i'm a basketball guy. and i get to see vince carter in a hawks jersey next year.)2,000 miler -
max.patch wrote:
Astro wrote:
Nationals willing to trade Bryce Harper. Lookout for the Dodgers, Yankees, and Cubs. Red Sox don't need him, but then the Yankees really don't either, but that hasn't stopped them before.
Who knows being a Vegas guy maybe Arizona will belly up to the bar like they did last year for JD Martinez.
but contract issues aside -- i still say the nationals are crazy to trade him. (but whatta i know - i'm a basketball guy. and i get to see vince carter in a hawks jersey next year.)
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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max.patch wrote:
chief wrote:
Astros willing to trade for Roberto Osuna - look out girls a domestic abuser is coming to a stadium near you. Way to go 'stros!
I just wish they had done as much background work on the the insubordinate nut job who punches himself in the face that they traded for him. I would put a lower chance on him achieving normalcy and success.The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
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if ya like analytics...you'll love this.
statisticians have developed a cheat sheet to tell ya when it's "safe" to leave a baseball game early.
short excerpt:
In developing the cheat sheet, we tolerate a 5 percent false positive error rate. Take the 2016 season as an example. The impatient fan who took our advice would have left early in 1,750 games, but in 61 of those games, the eventual winner came from behind to win, and so the fan missed out on some later-inning excitement. For that season, our model attained an accuracy rate of 97 percent.
If you follow our cheat sheet, you will leave early in about eight of 10 baseball games.
fivethirtyeight.com/features/t…ontent=link&ICID=ref_fark2,000 milerThe post was edited 1 time, last by max.patch ().
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max.patch wrote:
learned on PTI tonite (and confirmed via google) that the astro's have a "zero tolerance" policy against domestic violence.
at least they used to.
Perhaps they considered this on the Blue Jay's watch, not theirs. Sort of like (or the inverse) of a pre-existing condition with insurance.The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General -
Time to try again.
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odd man out wrote:
Time to try again.
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Max Scherzer goes 1 for 1 with an rbi and a run scored and raises his batting average to .292 -- but the reason i'm posting is that he now has a 5 game hitting streak which is pretty incredible if ya think about it. goes without saying that is currently the longest hitting streak by a pitcher in the majors.2,000 miler
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max.patch wrote:
Max Scherzer goes 1 for 1 with an rbi and a run scored and raises his batting average to .292 -- but the reason i'm posting is that he now has a 5 game hitting streak which is pretty incredible if ya think about it. goes without saying that is currently the longest hitting streak by a pitcher in the majors.
The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
Richard Ewell, CSA General
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