December 12, 2024Dec 12 Over the summer, I went to the Oakland Coliseum to visit the place before baseball left. I LOVED this place after experiencing it. Shame the A’s are bound for Vegas (assuming all goes well after their three-year temporary stint in Sacramento), this stadium was unique and charming in its own way. Much more reflective of reality than Wrigley or Fenway. If you’d like to see a bunch of photographs + history on MLB relocation/expansion/etc., here’s the latest story I’ve put together: https://ronnysalerno.com/queencitydiscovery/2024/12/two-nights-at-the-oakland-coliseum
December 12, 2024Dec 12 A shame Tampa can't play there for a few years until the stadium is built. Sure would be better for them and MLB than their playing at the Yankees spring training park. Absolutely bollocks that Tampa is paying tens of millions to fix up Tropicana when it's scheduled for demolition in 2028 anyway. Does that region have Saudi money to burn? Edited December 12, 2024Dec 12 by TBideon
December 12, 2024Dec 12 Went there for a game a few years back and was pleasantly surprised. Fans were great and into the game the whole time. Seating areas gave great views. But those concourses, ramps, corridors fueled bad flashbacks of Riverfront.
December 12, 2024Dec 12 7 hours ago, TBideon said: A shame Tampa can't play there for a few years until the stadium is built. Sure would be better for them and MLB than their playing at the Yankees spring training park. Absolutely bollocks that Tampa is paying tens of millions to fix up Tropicana when it's scheduled for demolition in 2028 anyway. Does that region have Saudi money to burn? Yeah, unfortunately playing on the West Coast as an AL East team would make things difficult for Tampa, and then that goes against MLB and the Athletics claims that the Coliseum was so woefully inadequate they needed to leave asap (Oakland offered the A's a three year lease to keep the team around a little bit longer before Vegas, but the A's went with the temporary Sacramento solution). Tampa is in a weird situation right now, though. At present, they're crying up a storm because local officials have delayed public funding votes (in order to deal with the hurricane fallout). Now they're claiming those delays may cause them to reconsider Tampa altogether. Even if that does come through, though—I'd wager they play at Steinbrenner for a few seasons until a new TB ballpark is built, rather than try to repair the Trop. Either way it's all bulls**t. These owners and teams can more than afford what they want. 5 hours ago, Rabbit Hash said: Went there for a game a few years back and was pleasantly surprised. Fans were great and into the game the whole time. Seating areas gave great views. But those concourses, ramps, corridors fueled bad flashbacks of Riverfront. Haha, the Riverfront flashbacks were something I loved, but I only knew Riverfront as a nostalgic kid.
December 13, 2024Dec 13 1 hour ago, Gordon Bombay said: Yeah, unfortunately playing on the West Coast as an AL East team would make things difficult for Tampa, and then that goes against MLB and the Athletics claims that the Coliseum was so woefully inadequate they needed to leave asap (Oakland offered the A's a three year lease to keep the team around a little bit longer before Vegas, but the A's went with the temporary Sacramento solution). Tampa is in a weird situation right now, though. At present, they're crying up a storm because local officials have delayed public funding votes (in order to deal with the hurricane fallout). Now they're claiming those delays may cause them to reconsider Tampa altogether. Even if that does come through, though—I'd wager they play at Steinbrenner for a few seasons until a new TB ballpark is built, rather than try to repair the Trop. Either way it's all bulls**t. These owners and teams can more than afford what they want. Haha, the Riverfront flashbacks were something I loved, but I only knew Riverfront as a nostalgic kid. Don't get me wrong, I loved Riverfront too...and it holds some special nostalgia for me as well. It was just the dungeon-esque walls and ramps that got me...magnified because GABP was built by that point as well.
January 16Jan 16 RIP Bob Uecker. Us older guys will forever remember his classic Miller Lite commercials.
January 16Jan 16 1 hour ago, Cleburger said: RIP Bob Uecker. Us older guys will forever remember his classic Miller Lite commercials. And, uh... "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 17Jan 17 4 hours ago, Cleburger said: Never watched it... I only knew Major League (filmed in Milwaukee for some reason) https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/cleveland-guardians/2025/01/16/major-league-bob-uecker-quotes/77745009007/
January 17Jan 17 19 minutes ago, Willo said: I only knew Major League (filmed in Milwaukee for some reason) https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/cleveland-guardians/2025/01/16/major-league-bob-uecker-quotes/77745009007/ Fun movie and helped kickstart that epic era for baseball in Cleveland. It still bothers me that i never got to see the Tribe win a World Series in my lifetime….not even the fictionalized version of the team on t.v. lol. Edited January 17Jan 17 by surfohio
February 20Feb 20 busted and burned by the announcers — 😂 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF1odPLMJpb/?igsh=MXBoaHg1dWtmdzNidw==
February 20Feb 20 On 1/16/2025 at 8:30 PM, Willo said: I only knew Major League (filmed in Milwaukee for some reason) https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/cleveland-guardians/2025/01/16/major-league-bob-uecker-quotes/77745009007/ During a 2016 interview with ESPN, writer-director David S. Ward, a Cleveland native, revealed Major League was filmed in Milwaukee because the Cleveland Browns, who shared a stadium with the Indians until relocating to Baltimore and changing their name to the Ravens, had already started preseason football and there were lines on the field, making it not look ideal. There were also union issues that would have made shooting there much more expensive than taking the production to Wisconsin.
March 16Mar 16 40 hours to go folks. 40 hours to go!!!! Hell of an opener too, Cubs/Dodgers. I wish MLB could play in Europe/Asia from March-mid April so we could have better weather the remaining US games AND the season ends six weeks early. Frankly, I wish the season would end in early September since so much attention shifts to the NFL by then -- but obviously that's not happening.
March 26Mar 26 the metsies will do a 5 boro mascot race this summer (the yankees of course always do the video board subway race) — https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHoN49AsbvN/?igsh=cXFzZDAycmZrczho
March 26Mar 26 On 3/16/2025 at 10:51 AM, TBideon said: 40 hours to go folks. 40 hours to go!!!! Hell of an opener too, Cubs/Dodgers. I wish MLB could play in Europe/Asia from March-mid April so we could have better weather the remaining US games AND the season ends six weeks early. Frankly, I wish the season would end in early September since so much attention shifts to the NFL by then -- but obviously that's not happening. We ended up having to do our rotisserie half-dynasty draft (keep 16, draft 11) the night after the opener. Someone asked if we were gunna count those games, I replied of course I want to but I get it if we don't. (I have Ohtani). We ended up voting unanimously to count them.
March 27Mar 27 On 1/16/2025 at 8:47 PM, surfohio said: Fun movie and helped kickstart that epic era for baseball in Cleveland. It still bothers me that i never got to see the Tribe win a World Series in my lifetime….not even the fictionalized version of the team on t.v. lol. I walked into a bar once when the game sequence of the movie was on the TVs and you'd have thought the game was real. Charlie Vaughn jerseys are a trend lately it seems. I have two. Though my authentic from that era is Alex Cole. Before Kenny there was Alex, before Alex there was Willie Mays Hayes. Before them, Miguel Dilone, one of the great one season wonders in MLB history overshadowed by George Brett's 0.400 chase nationally and the more colorful Joe Charboneau locally.
March 27Mar 27 3:10 pm EST folks. Let's go... Tanner Bibee? Who the F is that? Oh, he was quite good last year. I'll take it.
March 27Mar 27 2 hours ago, TBideon said: 3:10 pm EST folks. Let's go... Tanner Bibee? Who the F is that? Oh, he was quite good last year. I'll take it. He doesn't need to finish the game either. A pretty good bullpen and the best closer in baseball are behind him. Game does indeed start at 3:10 EST (or CDT), but it's 4:10 EDT. >:)
March 27Mar 27 4 hours ago, TBideon said: 3:10 pm EST folks. Let's go... Tanner Bibee? Who the F is that? Oh, he was quite good last year. I'll take it. He's sick. Ben Lively is starting. Jinx.
March 27Mar 27 24 minutes ago, E Rocc said: He's sick. Ben Lively is starting. Jinx. As some wag on Reddit pointed out, “If you don’t like this, you don’t like Cleveland sports” My hovercraft is full of eels
March 27Mar 27 And who the f is Ben Lively? Better look him up. Am I living in the Twilight Zone? I have NO recollection of these guys from last year.
April 1Apr 1 rip joe depugh — and the countless other guys like him — Springsteen pays tribute to late inspiration behind 'Glory Days' https://www.mlb.com/news/bruce-springsteen-glory-days-joe-depugh
April 1Apr 1 5 minutes ago, Rabbit Hash said: Offense explosion in the NL Central last night. Had to be one somewhere. My HR leader is a catcher I picked up on waivers, and I have Ohtani and Guerrero. :0
April 28Apr 28 and now trump gangster tactics have invaded mlb — ESPN.comManfred to rule on Rose ban after Trump meetingAfter meeting with President Trump, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said he wants to issue a ruling on a request to end the permanent ban of Pete Rose, who died in September.
April 29Apr 29 a look inside the pa booth —https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIuSNxLS-9u/?igsh=eGNrbDYwZmdvcXVn
May 1May 1 42 minutes ago, TBideon said:April:AVG: 427HR: 10RBIs: 32Runs: 29Hits: 50Is Judge considered human still?Amazing stats, but I’d say his most amazing achievement is being a likable Yankee. My hovercraft is full of eels
May 1May 1 5 minutes ago, roman totale XVII said:Amazing stats, but I’d say his most amazing achievement is being a likable Yankee.I don't think there has been a likable Yankee since Rivera. Boone managed Yankees rival the 2016 Cubs. Edited May 1May 1 by downtownjoe
May 1May 1 On 4/28/2025 at 6:46 PM, mrnyc said:and now trump gangster tactics have invaded mlb —ESPN.comManfred to rule on Rose ban after Trump meetingAfter meeting with President Trump, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said he wants to issue a ruling on a request to end the permanent ban of Pete Rose, who died in September.Leaving aside that Manfred is a disaster and an illustration of how the commissioner has too much power, not really.He's a master at identifiying issues where one side has a lot of passionate advocates and the other has few, and allying with the former.
May 2May 2 9 hours ago, E Rocc said:Leaving aside that Manfred is a disaster and an illustration of how the commissioner has too much power, not really.He's a master at identifiying issues where one side has a lot of passionate advocates and the other has few, and allying with the former.so your take is to whuddaboud with manfred and just buy you boy trump's word that rose only gambled on his own team to win, eh?because that is how it is to you with rampant gambling addicts, they are always truthful and moral about their gambling. and never mind rose is also a well known pedo, wonder what epstein pal trump's take on that is?
May 18May 18 behold —tim wakefield knuckleball slo mo —https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJMdcSDMAGY/?igsh=cmVmaHVmaDA3Nmo4
June 1Jun 1 the mets have turned their broadcasts into cinematic masterpieces — 😂https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJznLUgSn79/?igsh=bGlvNjl5cXYyOWZ3
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