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Want me to say Hi to anyone?

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Want me to say Hi to anyone?

https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/ ... _watch.jpg

6/16 (2:20 PM EDT), 17 & 18. Which game are you going to?

Cubs .456. No need, thanks!, but you could wave to .632 Orioles as they round 3rd.
Edit, end of 3: Opps?
Edit: Opps!

Kansas City Royals .265
Oakland Athletics .268. We're #29!!!

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Want me to say Hi to anyone?

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6/16 (2:20 PM EDT), 17 & 18. Which game are you going to?

Cubs .456. No need, thanks!, but you could wave to .632 Orioles as they round 3rd.
Edit, end of 3: Opps?
Edit: Opps!

Kansas City Royals .265
Oakland Athletics .268. We're #29!!!

That would have been today's game!

Good seats!



It was a hit parade!

10-3, good guys win!

[Vrede too]

That would have been today's game!

Good seats!

https://i.imgur.com/g4RkaiM.jpg

It was a hit parade!

10-3, good guys win!

https://i.imgur.com/weEQZEH.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K67gGZbK1Jw

Congrats. Those were good seats!
Tomorrow.

[Vrede too]

... It was a hit parade!

10-3, good guys win!

https://i.imgur.com/weEQZEH.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K67gGZbK1Jw

Congrats. Those were good seats!
Tomorrow.

Ouch.

Today. 1:05 PM EDT. Peacock . BAL still slightly favored.

[Vrede too]

... It was a hit parade!

10-3, good guys win!

https://i.imgur.com/weEQZEH.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K67gGZbK1Jw

Congrats. Those were good seats!
Tomorrow.

Ouch.

Today. 1:05 PM EDT. Peacock . BAL still slightly favored.

[GoCubsGo]

... It was a hit parade!

10-3, good guys win!

https://i.imgur.com/weEQZEH.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K67gGZbK1Jw

Congrats. Those were good seats!
Tomorrow.

Ouch.

Today. 1:05 PM EDT. Peacock . BAL still slightly favored.

Weird year.

The Cubs don't win on Sundays.

[GoCubsGo]

Off of Bruce Sutter. 2x

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Off of Bruce Sutter. 2x

https://twitter.com/WatchMarquee/status ... 4424239105

The game has its own Wiki page!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_C ... e_23,_1984
I assume that's pretty rare for a mid-season game.

... After his great season in which he garnered national attention, he wrote an autobiography Ryno with Fred Mitchell....

He was 25 and had only completed his 3rd full season.
https://www.mlb.com/player/ryne-sandberg-121665

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He was 25 and had only completed his 3rd full season.
https://www.mlb.com/player/ryne-sandberg-121665

He was a phenom at the time and put the 1984 Cubs on the national stage.

Then came the Gatorade glove in the playoffs...
Martínez scored when pinch hitter Tim Flannery's sharp grounder went under Durham's glove and through his legs for an error. Alan Wiggins singled Flannery to second.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Na ... d%20Series.

Speaking of phenoms...

[Vrede too]

Then came the Gatorade glove in the playoffs...
Martínez scored when pinch hitter Tim Flannery's sharp grounder went under Durham's glove and through his legs for an error. Alan Wiggins singled Flannery to second.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Na ... hip_Series

Neither Wiki nor the 2 citations use the phrase "Gatorade glove".
https://vault.si.com/vault/1984/10/15/y ... the-padres
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/08/spor ... tinez.html
Never mind, found it:

... The error became known as the "Gatorade Glove Play" because before taking his position in the field that inning, Gatorade was spilled on Durham's glove. Some Cub fans believe the Gatorade spilled on Durham's glove amounted to a curse, similar to the goat and Bartman curses of Cub lore....

Speaking of phenoms...
https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/sta ... 7749214210

Bravo. "1st cycle by a Red since June 2, 1989"!!!

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The error became known as the "Gatorade Glove Play" because before taking his position in the field that inning, Gatorade was spilled on Durham's glove. Some Cub fans believe the Gatorade spilled on Durham's glove amounted to a curse, similar to the goat and Bartman curses of Cub lore....[/b][/url]

Speaking of phenoms...
https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/sta ... 7749214210

Bravo. "1st cycle by a Red since June 2, 1989"!!!

Durham said it softened the leather and that's why the ball went through.


Ironically Durham replaced Bill Buckner at first earlier in the year. Didn't work out too well for either of them.

The error became known as the "Gatorade Glove Play" because before taking his position in the field that inning, Gatorade was spilled on Durham's glove. Some Cub fans believe the Gatorade spilled on Durham's glove amounted to a curse, similar to the goat and Bartman curses of Cub lore.

The play would also turn out to be very similar, in style and effect, to Bill Buckner's much-discussed error in the 1986 World Series. The coincidental connection between these two events is that Durham had been moved from the outfield to first base during the 1984 season, replacing Buckner after the Cubs traded him to the Boston Red Sox for pitcher Dennis Eckersley. Buckner's error, like Durham's, would be seen as turning a post-season series around. The same joke even circulated for both incidents: That they had been despondent, jumped in front of a moving truck, and "the truck went between their legs".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Durham

The Reds kid has only in the bigs three weeks.

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Speaking of phenoms...
https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/sta ... 7749214210

Bravo. "1st cycle by a Red since June 2, 1989"!!!

... The Reds kid has only in the bigs three weeks.

Nice start:
AB 61, R 17, H 22, HR 3, RBI 10, SB 7, AVG .361, OBP .418, OPS 1.074
https://www.mlb.com/player/elly-de-la-cruz-682829

On-base plus slugging (OPS) is a sabermetric baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player's on-base percentage and slugging percentage. The ability of a player both to get on base and to hit for power, two important offensive skills, are represented. An OPS of .800 or higher in Major League Baseball puts the player in the upper echelon of hitters. Typically, the league leader in OPS will score near, and sometimes above, the 1.000 mark.

[GoCubsGo]

Speaking of phenoms...
https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/sta ... 7749214210

Bravo. "1st cycle by a Red since June 2, 1989"!!!

... The Reds kid has only in the bigs three weeks.

Nice start:
AB 61, R 17, H 22, HR 3, RBI 10, SB 7, AVG .361, OBP .418, OPS 1.074
https://www.mlb.com/player/elly-de-la-cruz-682829

On-base plus slugging (OPS) is a sabermetric baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player's on-base percentage and slugging percentage. The ability of a player both to get on base and to hit for power, two important offensive skills, are represented. An OPS of .800 or higher in Major League Baseball puts the player in the upper echelon of hitters. Typically, the league leader in OPS will score near, and sometimes above, the 1.000 mark.

If he keeps it up he's ROY.

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If he keeps it up he's ROY.

Might slack off as batteries get the message that he's the real deal and not just some 21 year old punk that they can blow off.

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If he keeps it up he's ROY.

Might slack off as batteries get the message that he's the real deal and not just some 21 year old punk that they can blow off.

Oh yeah, the league will adjust. Will he?

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Bring on the automated strike zone.

[O Really]

Bring on the automated strike zone.

They can do it. I think they should do it. You can say that judgement calls are part of the game, but if they can be avoided, they should.

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Bring on the automated strike zone.

https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/sta ... 6132604928

They can do it. I think they should do it. You can say that judgement calls are part of the game, but if they can be avoided, they should.

The sportscaster mentioned how the pitcher was walking back to the rubber. If not automated maybe the pitcher or batter could request a review on the honor system when a bad call has gone in their favor. Not all will do it, but those that don't will be shamed by the fans. With only one ref and no line judges in club league games we goalies were unofficially expected to admit it when a close one was actually a goal.

[GoCubsGo]

Bring on the automated strike zone.

They can do it. I think they should do it. You can say that judgement calls are part of the game, but if they can be avoided, they should.

When they are that egregious leave them out.