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2021 MLB

Discussion in 'Sports Board' started by NatCH, Nov 6, 2020.

  1. Fiveslide

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    Thank you for speaking american!
     
  2. Jimmy James

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    So pumped to see the Mariners this year.

    I live literally 15 minutes away from the Triple A stadium, so come May, I'll get to see Kelenic and hopefully Julio
     
  3. toytoy88

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    The game in Detroit today, Miguel Cabrera hit a home run and slid into second base. It was snowing so hard he couldn't see exactly where the ball landed, he thought it may be somewhere in play.
     
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    I saw an incredibly cinematic video clip of that from the home plate camera view. It was insanely artistic... super slow mo, etc. It was amazing.
     
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    Not that shot, but this gives a pretty good idea.

     
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    Yeah, I wish I could find it... it really was amazing.
     
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    If history holds you'll probably get to see Paxton make a few rehab starts. If only he could stay healthy....
     
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    Dumb question from someone who doesn't watch baseball: Why were they playing in the snow? Games only get rained out but not snowed out?
     
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    Umpires discretion.

    Not a real good idea to play in the snow like that if you ask me. Besides the distraction and limited visibility from the falling snow, the ball is also getting wet which could result in an errant pitch at 95mph with the batter having a diminished ability to pick it up in time.
     
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    I’ve been to a game that was snowed out. Opening day in Cleveland. 10 or so years ago. It was a blizzard.
     
  12. Rush-O-Matic

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    They can get snowed out. But, also, they will play in the rain, if it's not so much it's dangerous - like pitcher can't grip the ball, players slipping and getting hurt, visibility too low to see a fly ball. So, same for snow. As long as it's not a hazard, they play on. Prior to game time, cancelling or delaying the game is up to the home team (the grounds crew chief). Once lineups are exchanged at home plate, just before game start, pausing or canceling the game is up to the umpire crew chief. They are usually in close contact with the grounds crew chief for lightning danger, watching the radar if it's about to pour, and how much rain the field can take.

    No danger of snowouts in Atlanta, generally, but it rains a lot. Even then, though, at Turner Field, it was 6 years before they had their first rain out. Since it was originally built for the Olympic stadium, it had this massive subsurface drainage system. There was tremendous amount of drain tiles in the sand and gravel beds below the grass, and they had these huge turbine pumps in underground chambers that would suck off the rain. It could take a LOT of water before the field was unplayable. I remember sitting through a 3 hour delay for a game to start. It was just a monster Summer rain, and I thought no way they'd play. Just rivers on the field. Sure enough, it stopped raining and they played a full game.
     
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    They first Blue Jays game ever was during a monster snow storm against the white Sox. They had to shovel off the entire field to play. Too cold for the White Sox to wear their shorts:



    ...it was a freak of nature day, but the Umps assumed that a Canadian game would usually have snow.
     
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    I'm watching the Red Sox game from Fenway and the fans just broke into a "Yankees suck!" chant. They're playing Tampa.
     
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    You’ll have that...quite often. I don’t know why it happened tonight, but in the past it’s because the big scoreboard on the Monster has to be manually changed - so you notice when the numbers switch, and sometimes it involves the scorekeepers running out with a ladder, making it more exciting.

    I was at the Sox/Angels game in 2004, when the Yankees were playing Cleveland, and lost 22-0. We were cheering the scoreboard more than the game all night.
     
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    That had crossed my mind, but the Yanks game was finished quite awhile before the chant started. So who knows? Probably some group of drunks decided it was the perfect time to start the chant, since the BoSox were up 7-0 at that point.
     
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    It's almost like I'm psychic. 1.1 innings and....

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    The Oakland Athletics are no longer winless.
     
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    What happened, he injure himself tying his shoes? Dude is the Matt Geiger of baseball.
     
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    Have I mentioned how much I hate the new rule that puts a runner on second base to start the inning in extra innings games? It’s like watching a little league game.