February 22, 20241 yr Reinsdorf is expecting over a billion dollars in public subsidies so the Sox can move to a completely undeveloped chunk of land a few miles north. My god, this guy is even worse than Haslam. If the Ricketts can fund Wrigley's multi-year renovations, so too can this scam artist. Comiskey, I'm sorry Guaranteed Rate, uniquely accesible with train and freeway access, is a beautiful stadium that could have been another Wrigley or at least a St. Louis Ballpark Village. But instead there are dozens of empty acres and 8 parking lots blighting the area, because Reinsdorf didn't and doesn't care. This 78 project is interesting, but aside from an inaccessible road connecting downtown to Chinatown, there has been no movement whatsoever despite all kinds of proposals and fantasies. Let the Sox go to Tennessee if it comes down to that. Also, and MLB purists, please correct me if I'm wrong, but the stadium is not allowed to be facing that direction because the glare could affect the players. So take those images with a grain of salt.
February 23, 20241 yr 19 hours ago, TBideon said: Also, and MLB purists, please correct me if I'm wrong, but the stadium is not allowed to be facing that direction because the glare could affect the players. So take those images with a grain of salt. It looks to me to be facing NE. ENE is ideal, but 22 of 30 current ballparks face between N and E. Comiskey is one of the worst offenders of the ideal. The rendering appears to make it one of the closest to ideal. Edited February 23, 20241 yr by aderwent
February 23, 20241 yr 19 hours ago, TBideon said: Also, and MLB purists, please correct me if I'm wrong, but the stadium is not allowed to be facing that direction because the glare could affect the players. So take those images with a grain of salt. The "all stadiums must face in XYZ direction" is one helluva urban myth. I remember hearing that as a kid. Then the internet was invented and satellite images came along, debunking the whole thing. I just heard some youtuber blockhead announce that "no major rivers flow north". Somehow these old urban myths persist.
February 23, 20241 yr Put him on the Cuyahoga while it's on fire so he can see how wrong he was as he dies
February 23, 20241 yr 23 minutes ago, Lazarus said: The "all stadiums must face in XYZ direction" is one helluva urban myth. I remember hearing that as a kid. Then the internet was invented and satellite images came along, debunking the whole thing. I just heard some youtuber blockhead announce that "no major rivers flow north". Somehow these old urban myths persist. From the MLB rule book: 2.00 –THE PLAYING FIELD 2.01 Layout of the Field It is desirable that the line from home base through the pitcher’s plate to second base shall run East-Northeast.
February 23, 20241 yr Interestingly, it doesn't appear to matter much as the park furthest from ENE is Atlanta's Truist Park, opened in 2018. Edited February 23, 20241 yr by aderwent
February 24, 20241 yr On 2/23/2024 at 10:45 AM, aderwent said: Interestingly, it doesn't appear to matter much as the park furthest from ENE is Atlanta's Truist Park, opened in 2018. It was a lot easier to do with round multi-purpose stadiums, but even they didn't do it consistently.
March 1, 20241 yr running the bases of thee very first baseball field in hoboken — 👍 https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1N1uW2uBcH/?igsh=azJiN3k0MTh1Nmlp
March 2, 20241 yr ^ Cool. I’ve done this myself when I lived in NJ. I think the placement is a bit speculative, but fun nonetheless. My hovercraft is full of eels
March 2, 20241 yr 4 hours ago, roman totale XVII said: ^ Cool. I’ve done this myself when I lived in NJ. I think the placement is a bit speculative, but fun nonetheless. true its highly unlikely its the exact spot, i mean how convenient would that be to end up as the exact street corners, right? but indeed elysian fields was known to be around there at what is now the intersection of washington and 11th. and of course they were playing ball in murray hill manhattan and elsewhere prior to this, including back in england, but it was all variations of rounders and widely varied rules until hoboken, which is the start of the modern baseball era. its also interesting how football originally morphed around from other olde sports too, like gridiron and rugby. afaik the only fully original american sport is lacrosse.
March 4, 20241 yr if robots take an interest in baseball someday this is who they will be cheering — 🤖 https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3_dC41usXm/?igsh=MW8zY2ptZ21zNW02aA==
March 11, 20241 yr espn current top 100 players — acuna es numero uno — https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39652798/mlb-rank-2024-baseball-top-100-players
March 23, 20241 yr special games for all teams this season — 2024 MLB schedule packed with marquee matchups February 20th, 2024 https://www.mlb.com/news/2024-mlb-schedule
April 3, 20241 yr about the a’s — https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39863995/a-talk-oakland-officials-sacramento-meeting-tap
April 24, 20241 yr white sox what heck? it reminds me of the old muni days — https://www.instagram.com/reel/C57N6kds9y3/?igsh=MTIwaTdzajEzMnZ3bw==
May 14, 20241 yr in ballpark food news — this is the most queens thing ever - 😂 a chinese fried eggroll rainbow cookie: New York Mets introduce an adventurous 'cookie egg roll' more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39788252/new-york-mets-citi-field-ballpark-food-cookie-egg-roll
May 28, 20241 yr thank goodness -- its about time — ⚾ Universally Loathed Umpire Angel Hernandez Abruptly Retires — And Baseball Fans Are Celebrating With Clips of His Craziest Blown Calls Ahmad Austin Jr.May 28th, 2024 https://www.mediaite.com/sports/universally-loathed-umpire-angel-hernandez-abruptly-retires-and-baseball-fans-are-celebrating-with-clips-of-his-craziest-blown-calls/
June 3, 20241 yr ^Umpiring is really, really hard. WAY harder than it looks. Look at how the instant replay in baseball is creating as many problems as it solves.
June 8, 20241 yr very, very well put … ⚾👍 https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7khAsCMBCl/?igsh=MWo3eWxmZTE0Z2piMw==
June 10, 20241 yr london stadium transforms for mlb — https://www.instagram.com/reel/C72CBSpJWGm/?igsh=bWlsbHVpOXhrdWU1
June 18, 2024Jun 18 abs moves forward — ABS challenge system set to fully be used in Triple-A Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff Writer Jun 18, 2024, 01:11 PM ET Major League Baseball sent a memo to farm directors Tuesday indicating that beginning on June 25, all Triple-A games will use the automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system as opposed to full ABS, which was previously used for half the week. The move is another indication that the league is inching toward implementing the challenge system at the major league level, though commissioner Rob Manfred has said that move is still at least another season away from happening. more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40377474/abs-challenge-system-set-used-triple-starting-june-25
July 25, 2024Jul 25 2 hours ago, mrnyc said: a 33mph pitch — 🙀 https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/40635473 I absolutely love when field position players need to pitch haha. GO PADRES!!!!!
July 26, 2024Jul 26 francisco lindor is doing well — https://www.amny.com/sports/francisco-lindor-generational-mets-7-25-24/
August 1, 2024Aug 1 The White Sox are on pace for one of the worst seasons in the history of baseball. This week they managed to match and then exceed their 14-game losing streak from earlier in the season. Their current streak is at 17 games.
August 1, 2024Aug 1 ^ They are so bad, yet somehow turn into a different team against the Guardians and play us really hard. 5-5 on the season series, so far. My hovercraft is full of eels
August 16, 2024Aug 16 soooo yeah, yesterday the mets invited the hawk tuah girl to throw out the first pitch … for a kids camp out day game … way to keep it classy metsies lol. then of course they ‘blew’ a five run lead because they ‘suck.’ 😂 Mets beat writer not allowed to mention ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl "I am not allowed to mention in Newsday who threw out the first pitch for the Mets today." CULTUREBy Sam Neumannon 08/15/2024 more, or less: http://amp.awfulannouncing.com/pop-culture/mets-tim-healey-newsday-hawk-tuah.html
August 26, 2024Aug 26 On 8/1/2024 at 9:11 AM, roman totale XVII said: ^ They are so bad, yet somehow turn into a different team against the Guardians and play us really hard. 5-5 on the season series, so far. Update - they have only won four games so far in August and now boast 100 losses:
September 1, 2024Sep 1 Wanna feel old? The toddler who interfered with this play back in 2002 just got called up to the majors: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_V9IbKPnmL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
September 2, 2024Sep 2 On 8/26/2024 at 1:18 AM, Lazarus said: Update - they have only won four games so far in August and now boast 100 losses: they're no 1962 mets. yet ...
September 3, 2024Sep 3 The reason my 2017 last place finish in my keeper league was the best thing that ever happened to my team stands a real shot of being the first 50-50 player in MLB history. As our trading deadline approached I posted that I would talk about trading anyone 30 or over who is not Japanese.
September 20, 2024Sep 20 On 9/3/2024 at 12:47 PM, E Rocc said: The reason my 2017 last place finish in my keeper league was the best thing that ever happened to my team stands a real shot of being the first 50-50 player in MLB history. As our trading deadline approached I posted that I would talk about trading anyone 30 or over who is not Japanese. This post is too old to edit it I guess. Not only did he do it, but last night he produced the most insane stat line I have ever seen in sports:
September 21, 2024Sep 21 Judge and Ohtani are just absolute units this year. Historic performances. God knows the world wants to see them in the World Series, and if Cleveland doesn't advance, then yeah, I'm hopping on the bandwagon for Judge and rooting for LA/NYC (ughh, I feel dirty). Sale AND Skubal are also triple crowning. Has that ever happened? I'm sure it has, but can't think of any instances at the moment. Sorry Witt and especially sorry Clase. Amazing performances, but the MVP and CY Young are locked for both leagues. I say skip the votes and just hand over the trophies after 162. It's been a boring season but my god have things picked up (for Cleveland and the aforementioned studs) the last month or so.
September 26, 2024Sep 26 ^ if its dodgers-yankees like mlb would want i’ll grab a glass of oj to honor it before i sit down to watch. who doesn’t like a refreshing glass of JUICY oj? 😂 *** in even sadder news, oakland fans taking the seats — 😬 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAWO6_uvgat/?igsh=bjdqbXpobWp2ZjNh
October 10, 2024Oct 10 tropicana field post hurricane milton 🙀😬 https://www.cnn.com/shorts/events-mw-cnn-shorts?iid=vertical-video_entry
October 10, 2024Oct 10 Congrats to Frankie Lindor, who sends the Mets to the NLCS on a grand slam! https://www.mlb.com/news/mets-win-nlds-2024?partnerId=it-20241010-11326256-mlb-1-A&utm_id=it-20241010-11326256-mlb-1-A&lctg=235559334
October 11, 2024Oct 11 19 hours ago, LibertyBlvd said: Yankees vs Mets World Series? oh nooos — that would make me … 😂
October 30, 2024Oct 30 if only they both could lose. 😂 that said, its currently 2-1 in the 3rd via another mvp freeman 2 run tater lead, so come on dodgers keep it up pressing and give me sweep satisfaction. 🎉 a shame ohtani’s hurt tho, that ain’t right.
October 30, 2024Oct 30 of course just as i post there is a yankees grand slam. just my jinxed luck. 😂
November 1, 2024Nov 1 aah yeah time to dissect the epic beating and collapse. i love it. somebody slap the three stooges soundtrack over this — 😂 https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/42111466
November 1, 2024Nov 1 one more — 😂 From Twitter: The Yankees still have a chance to win if Mike Pence does the right thing.
November 8, 2024Nov 8 the funniest play in mlb history — https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBg6xzZIVAp/?igsh=MWx1Mjh0Ym01MDNhbw==
November 8, 2024Nov 8 27 minutes ago, mrnyc said: the funniest play in mlb history — https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBg6xzZIVAp/?igsh=MWx1Mjh0Ym01MDNhbw== When was this game and who did the Cubs play?
November 8, 2024Nov 8 9 hours ago, simplythis said: When was this game and who did the Cubs play? i dk — it just popped up on insta sorry.
November 11, 2024Nov 11 gritty baseball — 🙀😂⚾ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBsEmIxOF17/?igsh=MW01Nzl0aHo5MmN2ag==
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