Baseball

[GoCubsGo]

I know it's low hanging fruit, but it's been a while since I picked on that A's.

[Vrede too]

I know it's low hanging fruit, but it's been a while since I picked on that A's.

5th AL West | 45-78 .366
Batting Avg 30th .216 AVG
Runs 29th 414 R
Earned Runs Avg 24th 4.29 ERA
WHIP 22nd 1.31 WHIP
(Walks plus hits per inning pitched, a pitcher metric)
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/oak/ ... eType=list
Pitching sucks almost as bad as batting does.

At first I thought it was an off day, but no:
Mon, Aug 22 vs Miami Lost 3 - 0
Attendance: 2,630
7%
Capacity: 35,067
https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401356041

[GoCubsGo]

Attendance: 2,630

Glad someone found a use for the Coliseum.

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Who says losing can't be fun!

[Vrede too]

The Little League World Series is a lot of fun. Incredible how good these 12ish year old kid are. Italian team pulled off a triple play - actually it would have been a quadruple play if they could have counted it all. Pitchers flinging 60-70mph fast balls, curves, sliders. Infielders picking up short hops on the run and a rifle throw to first base. Diving catches. And just enough fumbles to remind you they really are just kids.

An Iowa Little Leaguer showed off his cannon of an arm to get runner at home plate, and fans were impressed



"Goodness, gracious!"

[Vrede too]

Charlie Morton's (Atlanta) backdoor curve with 17 inches of break might be the most beautiful pitch of the MLB season

That's an unfathomable amount of RPM

I didn't know that they're measuring RPMs. 3K+ would have seemed impossible to me. It almost still does.

Sorcery

This is just silly.

This isn't normal

Bro if I took this pitch for strike 3 I would have thrown my bat into space. Literally unfair lmfao.

[GoCubsGo]

I believe they call that an unhittable pitch.

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[O Really]

Unbridled joy.

[GoCubsGo]

Unbridled joy.

Baseball does heartstring stuff better than any other sport. One of the reasons I stay with it.

[O Really]

Unbridled joy.

Baseball does heartstring stuff better than any other sport. One of the reasons I stay with it.

She makes you happy and laugh just watching her.

[O Really]

Wasn't it George Carlin who compared baseball to football?

Yep.

[Vrede too]

Unbridled joy.

Baseball does heartstring stuff better than any other sport. One of the reasons I stay with it.

She makes you happy and laugh just watching her.

The teaser for this article says "Unbridled joy", though it's not actually in the article. Great minds . . .

It's been 12 years. Now "Ichiro Lady" is aging well, as is now Mariners Hall of Famer 48 year old Ichiro.

Wasn't it George Carlin who compared baseball to football?

Yep.

I was going to stop it when the thrash metal came on, but those are some pretty excellent, and brutal, football clips.

[GoCubsGo]

Awesome!

[Vrede too]

Awesome!

Mets, still the best NYC team.
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/standings/

They won tonight 2-1. Attendance: 41,799, or about 16x Oakland attendance.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401356158

[GoCubsGo]

Awesome!

Mets, still the best NYC team.
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/standings/

They won tonight 2-1. Attendance: 41,799, or about 16x Oakland attendance.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401356158

I haven't checked on the sewer dwellers in awhile....

Ooh, they lost to the lowly gNats, the only team in baseball worst than the A's.

Ouch, they're not gonna break a million on attendance this year. Good thing their payroll is so low otherwise they might be bouncing checks.


Vegas may still be in their future.

Feral cats, few fans and lewd acts: is the A’s era in Oakland over?
The A’s are all but a minor-league team, with 56 different players on their roster this season. RingCentral Coliseum, the latest of many names for the stadium that opened in 1966 as the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, is a dump – forlorn, obsolete and riddled with critters. A website sells T-shirts calling the place “Baseball’s Last Dive Bar.”

[GoCubsGo]

Ouch. (I even posted it on LNF. )

[Vrede too]

Ouch. (I even posted it on LNF. )

That's a little rude of FOX Sports to be so splashy about it.

Crap, I still had hope.

[GoCubsGo]

Ouch. (I even posted it on LNF. )

That's a little rude of FOX Sports to be so splashy about it.

Crap, I still had hope.

Guess they're not irredeemable now that they got rid of Buck and Aickman.