Baseball

[Vrede too]

From the weird factoid and there's still hope trivia department.

The Braves have been up 3-1 in a best of seven series five times in their history.

They lost all five times.

1 down, 2 to go.

[Ulysses]

So I've got satellite TV, Netflix, Roku, Paramount, Peacock, and 1000's of other viewing options. I've also got a bunch of good books, and an entire internet to browse. Why do I want to watch a show about a guy I don't like in a sport I have no interest in, other than that millions of people and apparently the rest of this forum thinks it's wonderful?

Kudos!

[GoCubsGo]

Fucking Stros.

[Vrede too]

Fucking Stros.

Fucking shutout, too.

[GoCubsGo]

Fucking Stros.

Fucking shutout, too.

Two measly hits.

[Vrede too]

This had the potential to be ultra cool if they were to use the original farm and field which are still standing.

It'll still be awesome. I'm watching.

‘Field Of Dreams’ Game Ready For MLB Action

White Sox are looking good.

Field of Dreams site sold to company headed by Hall of Famer Frank Thomas

[GoCubsGo]

Cool!

[Vrede too]

... A Cheatin' Houston - ATL Series is looking likely.

Yawn. Moving on to basketball. Or the pro cornhole tour. Whatever.

Anything.

[GoCubsGo]

From the weird factoid and there's still hope trivia department.

The Braves have been up 3-1 in a best of seven series five times in their history.

They lost all five times.

Yeah, never mind.

Sometimes useless trivia is just useless trivia.

[Vrede too]

Yeah, never mind.

Sometimes useless trivia is just useless trivia.

Useless trivia.

[Vrede too]

Useless trivia.

Desperate 'Look at me! Look at me!' Useless has now started a WS thread that he will be the only person to post to. Tragic. Very strangely, he doesn't even say who he is rooting for. :confusion-scratchheadblue:

[GoCubsGo]

Whelp here we go.

The Election Integrity Thieves vs. The Unconstitutional Abortion Laws.

Who ya got for King of the Dipshits? ( this has to be a nightmare for MLB, the last matchup they would've wanted)

I'm thinking The Unconstitutional Abortion Laws in six.


Awwww, crap.
A Rod agreed with me.

[Vrede too]

Is MLB still going on?

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I do like firsts, regardless of who is playing.

... Per MLB.com's Sarah Langs, (ATL's Jorge) Soler's homer is the first time the World Series has ever been opened with a home run. Four leadoff batters had homered in the first inning, but it had never been done by a visiting team (i.e. the team that hits first)....

Surprising.

[Vrede too]

Useless trivia.

Desperate 'Look at me! Look at me!' Useless has now started a WS thread that he will be the only person to post to. Tragic. Very strangely, he doesn't even say who he is rooting for. :confusion-scratchheadblue:

Seriously, what's the point?

I guess I'm leaning towards wanting Cheatin' Houston to lose, but I don't care enough to watch. Maybe game 7 . . .

[O Really]

So exactly what is that Houston cheated at?

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So exactly what is that Houston cheated at?

Houston Astros sign stealing scandal

[O Really]

Thanks.
Seems a bit of a tempest in a teacup to me, though, considering "Sign stealing is not inherently against baseball rules and has long been considered part of the game.[6] In 2017, The New York Times wrote that sign stealing was "something of an art form in baseball" which "is tolerated, even admired".[7] Many players and coaches are considered masters at stealing signs."

So if you steal signals with your own eyes, or ostensibly binoculars, you're clean. But if you use "technology" to reach the same end, you're trashed all over the internet and people get fired. Allrightythen.

[GoCubsGo]

Thanks.
Seems a bit of a tempest in a teacup to me, though, considering "Sign stealing is not inherently against baseball rules and has long been considered part of the game.[6] In 2017, The New York Times wrote that sign stealing was "something of an art form in baseball" which "is tolerated, even admired".[7] Many players and coaches are considered masters at stealing signs."

So if you steal signals with your own eyes, or ostensibly binoculars, you're clean. But if you use "technology" to reach the same end, you're trashed all over the internet and people get fired. Allrightythen.

The unwritten rules of baseball!
There was more suspected but not proven. The Stros were not universally loved last year for obvious reasons. The first month or so they were used as target practice.

Astros' star Jose Altuve denies wearing sign-stealing device under his jersey

[O Really]

Before long they'll be banning the spitter.