April 5, 20187 yr um, am i seeing this right? are there only 9 games tomorrow, a friday? 40% of the teams in major league baseball are not playing on a fucking friday? is nothing sacred?
April 6, 20187 yr I thought this was more exciting. Edited April 6, 20187 yr by Beau Vine Why is twitter embedding not working? Oh, now it is.
April 6, 20187 yr Damn, looks like our boy Knebel blew out his hamstring throwing a pitch, had to be carried off.
April 6, 20187 yr 5 hours ago, henrygandorf said: um, am i seeing this right? are there only 9 games tomorrow, a friday? 40% of the teams in major league baseball are not playing on a fucking friday? is nothing sacred? OK, this is fucking weird. Arizona finished their Dodgers series yesterday afternoon, flew to STL, played the Cardinals tonight... and both teams have the day off tomorrow and they'll play again Saturday and Sunday???
April 6, 20187 yr Damn, looks like our boy Knebel blew out his hamstring throwing a pitch, had to be carried off. Looks like he is gone for at least a month.
April 6, 20187 yr 29 minutes ago, Beau Vine said: OK, this is fucking weird. Arizona finished their Dodgers series yesterday afternoon, flew to STL, played the Cardinals tonight... and both teams have the day off tomorrow and they'll play again Saturday and Sunday??? Tampa and Boston are doing the same thing, as well as some other teams I’m sure with only 9 games tomorrow. Very odd.
April 6, 20187 yr There’s always a bunch of off-days in April to try and account for the inclement weather still present in many parts of the country. If you didn’t know that already you might be a very unintelligent person.
April 6, 20187 yr Twins/Pirates had the same scheduling, pretty stupid for a 2 game series to have an off day in between games.
April 6, 20187 yr To open the season, they need to schedule more of these games on the west coast and southern states. These rainouts are becoming a beating.
April 6, 20187 yr 10 hours ago, Helobious said: There’s always a bunch of off-days in April to try and account for the inclement weather still present in many parts of the country. If you didn’t know that already you might be a very unintelligent person. When's the last time there were fewer than 10 scheduled games on a Friday during the regular season?
April 6, 20187 yr The new CBA adding extra off days is why we’re seeing this. Same reason the entire sport started last Thursday
April 6, 20187 yr 11 hours ago, Helobious said: There’s always a bunch of off-days in April to try and account for the inclement weather still present in many parts of the country. If you didn’t know that already you might be a very unintelligent person. not 8 days into the season, and not on a friday. insane that they're making certain stadiums give up a friday box office/concession. typically the season starts and everyone plays 3 games over 4 days. that's likely what you (and other highly intelligent people) are referring to. find me a friday with 10+ teams with a scheduled day off and i'll confirm your iq level.
April 6, 20187 yr Obviously still early, but I wonder if the shift (including the Astros' softball shift) has gotten into Joey Gallo's head a bit. He's not pulling the ball at all so far and the contact quality on his fly balls has been trash.
April 6, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, spystud13 said: The new CBA adding extra off days is why we’re seeing this. Same reason the entire sport started last Thursday I would have presumed an extra four days off would mean more off Mondays and Thursdays, not Fridays. And if the point is to accommodate weather issues, it only makes sense to put off days at the end of a series, not after the first game of it.
April 6, 20187 yr I read somewhere that there were a lot of scheduled off days last Friday (day after opening day) and this Friday in case of bad weather to let every team have two chances to get in their home opener. Apparently the teams with scheduled off days today had their home openers yesterday. I still think it's stupid but I guess that's an explanation. Supposedly there are no scheduled Friday off days the rest of the season.
April 6, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Fozzz said: Obviously still early, but I wonder if the shift (including the Astros' softball shift) has gotten into Joey Gallo's head a bit. He's not pulling the ball at all so far and the contact quality on his fly balls has been trash. It’s one week my God
April 6, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, WBT said: I read somewhere that there were a lot of scheduled off days last Friday (day after opening day) and this Friday in case of bad weather to let every team have two chances to get in their home opener. Apparently the teams with scheduled off days today had their home openers yesterday. I still think it's stupid but I guess that's an explanation. Supposedly there are no scheduled Friday off days the rest of the season. Still seems like it'd make more sense to just do a Thurs-Sat series (or leave Monday open for both teams). Skipping Friday only helps you if there is a weather issue on Thursday whereas skipping Sunday or Monday can help if any of the games are rained/snowed out.
April 6, 20187 yr yeah, having an off day on monday makes the most sense. if one of the fri/sat/sun gets ppd, you play monday.
April 6, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, WBT said: I read somewhere that there were a lot of scheduled off days last Friday (day after opening day) and this Friday in case of bad weather to let every team have two chances to get in their home opener. This makes a little more sense, and apparently Colorado should have done it. Daughter just called and said it's 26 degrees, windy, and snowing hard in Golden, CO. Rockies' home opener scheduled for 3pm. Edited April 6, 20187 yr by Beau Vine
April 6, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, DanRydell said: Still seems like it'd make more sense to just do a Thurs-Sat series (or leave Monday open for both teams). Skipping Friday only helps you if there is a weather issue on Thursday whereas skipping Sunday or Monday can help if any of the games are rained/snowed out. 1 hour ago, henrygandorf said: yeah, having an off day on monday makes the most sense. if one of the fri/sat/sun gets ppd, you play monday. Thinking about it some more I bet they're trying to avoid having to refund opening day tickets. They jack prices way up for opening day now. If it then gets rain/snowed out and there's a game scheduled the next day, you have to refund the opening day tickets and you've already sold the next day's tickets at regular price. So you lose your chance for that elevated opening day payday. If the next day is a scheduled off day, no refunds and the people that can't make it are shit out of luck. Edited April 6, 20187 yr by WBT
April 7, 20187 yr This is pretty damn cool. http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23055073/pittsburgh-pirates-99-year-old-usher-phil-coyne-retires-81-seasons
April 7, 20187 yr Judge just robbed Caleb Joseph. Now hes up in the 13th Araujo said nope... not dealing with you.5 pitch walk
April 7, 20187 yr Imagine if someone said that he could be an All Star this year. Imagine.Now imagine that idiot said it after one inning.
April 8, 20187 yr The post-Knebel experience is not going well right now on FS1. Only one ball was at all well hit so that was mostly a combination of bad batted ball luck and bad defense.
April 8, 20187 yr On 4/5/2018 at 8:29 PM, Beau Vine said: OK, this is fucking weird. Arizona finished their Dodgers series yesterday afternoon, flew to STL, played the Cardinals tonight... and both teams have the day off tomorrow and they'll play again Saturday and Sunday??? Yeah weird as hell
April 8, 20187 yr http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23055073/pittsburgh-pirates-99-year-old-usher-phil-coyne-retires-81-seasons PITTSBURGH -- The oldest usher in the major leagues is calling it a career after 81 years on the job. The Pittsburgh Pirates announced Friday that 99-year-old Phil Coyne, who has been working home games for the organization since 1936, will not return this season. He turns 100 later this month. Coyne worked thousands of games for the Pirates through the decades, following along as the franchise moved from Forbes Field to Three Rivers Stadium to PNC Park. Coyne worked in sections 26 and 27 down the third-base line at PNC Park. The team gave him a No. 99 jersey with his name on the back last summer, and the Pittsburgh City Council designated Aug. 29, 2017, as "Phil Coyne Day." Pirates President Frank Coonelly thanked Coyne for serving fans "with incredible grace and distinction" through the years. Coyne's only sabbatical came when he served in the armed forces in World War II. The team plans to throw a party for Coyne and his family and friends on April 27 to celebrate Coyne's 100th birthday.
April 8, 20187 yr Kershaw is PH'ing in the 14thin SF He K’dShould have stayed in to pitch the bottom of the inning3 run walkoff for SF
April 8, 20187 yr 3 run homer to walk it off on the 12th pitch of the ab. Nice little 6 for 7 night. Dodgers are 2-6
April 8, 20187 yr 3 run homer to walk it off on the 12th pitch of the ab. Nice little 6 for 7 night. Dodgers are 2-6Fuck the dodgers
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