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  • Savannah Bananas' MLB ballpark debut had everything, from the Rocket to breakdancing

    03/15/2024 6:47:45 AM PDT · by FLNittany · 20 replies
    MLB ^ | 2-9-24 | Joshua Koch
    HOUSTON -- Jason and Brady Johnston’s day on Saturday started in Aledo, Texas. The father and son jumped in their car at around 8 a.m. and began their trek towards Houston, which would be the first stop of their Spring Break trip. After the four-plus-hour journey, including a stop for lunch in College Station, the duo arrived at Minute Maid Park around 4:15 p.m. to attend the Savannah Bananas' first game in a Major League stadium. “We’re very excited,” Jason said. “It looks like a great show. Just seeing the dances, the crazy plays and flips and all of that.”...
  • Giants’ Bob Melvin Will Require Team to Stand on Field for National Anthem

    03/03/2024 2:11:41 PM PST · by canuck_conservative · 19 replies
    Sports Illustrated ^ | March 3, 2024 | Joseph Salvador
    New San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin has instituted a new rule for his club in his first year with the the franchise, and it’s difficult to miss during spring training. Melvin is requiring every person in the team’s dugout to stand for the national anthem, and he explained why. “It’s all about the perception that we’re out there ready to play,” Melvin said, per The Athletic. “That’s it. You want your team ready to play, and I want the other team to notice it, too. It’s really as simple as that.” Melvin also made it clear his reasoning has...
  • Don't Widen The Plate

    02/25/2024 12:12:39 PM PST · by OneVike · 14 replies
    The reason For My Faith ^ | 2/25/24 | Chuck Ness
    Twenty six years ago, in Nashville, Tennessee, during the first week of January, 1996, more than 4,000 baseball coaches descended upon the Opryland Hotel for the 52nd annual ABCA’s convention. Like all conventions, there are an array of prominent individuals in whatever the convention is about invited as speakers.As the guests lined up to register with the hotel staff, the name of one of the speakers kept coming up in conversations. Usually with the same sentiment, "John Scolinos is here? Oh man, this convention is going to be worth every penny I spent on the airfare and hotel room."So...
  • MLB players miffed at sport's new see-through pants, relaying concerns to league

    02/23/2024 10:19:09 AM PST · by DallasBiff · 33 replies
    AP ^ | 2/22/24 | David Brandt
    PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — MLB's new uniform reveal hasn't gone very well. Now some of the rampant criticism has moved below the belt. Major League Baseball Players Association deputy executive director Bruce Meyer confirmed on Thursday that the organization is relaying concerns from players to MLB about the new pants, which are somewhat see-through. The complaints — first reported by ESPN — are part of broader scorn for the new uniforms, which are designed by Nike and manufactured by Fanatics.
  • Cover-Up Being Finalized

    02/16/2024 3:20:40 PM PST · by DUMBGRUNT · 7 replies
    Second City Cops ^ | 16 Feb 2024 | Second City Cops
    Media assisting in the details: Chicago police could soon issue a final report on the mysterious shooting at a White Sox game last summer. Two women in the stands were shot and injured, and theories have varied about how it happened. During the game, two women were injured by bullets that struck them while sitting in the left field bleachers. One 40 caliber bullet was recovered. Another bullet remains lodged in the leg of the woman who was most seriously wounded. So two bullets? Or one bullet (in a known location) and one shell casing? Because the media is famous...
  • ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. are putting together a juggernaut sports streaming app

    02/07/2024 8:21:59 AM PST · by Red Badger · 31 replies
    The Verge ^ | Feb 6, 2024, 4:16 PM CST | By Emma Roth
    Warner Bros. Discovery is preparing to launch a streaming service in partnership with ESPN / Disney and Fox Sports, as reported earlier by CNBC and Sports Business Journal. All three companies have agreed in principle to launch an as-yet-unnamed standalone app, of which they all share one-third ownership, this fall that streams a range of leagues and sports. It is poised to have sports networks including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNews, ABC, FOX, FS1, FS2, BTN, TNT, TBS, and truTV. The new service will air games from the National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball...
  • Las Vegas mayor says Athletics should pitch new plan to Bay Area

    02/06/2024 4:22:37 PM PST · by ConservativeStatement · 33 replies
    Field Level Media ^ | Feb 6, 2024
    Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman isn't exactly extending a warm embrace to the Oakland Athletics, who plan to build a $1.5 billion stadium in her city. In fact, Goodman said the team's stadium plan "does not make sense" and that A's ownership should go back to the drawing board and pitch a new plan in the Bay Area. "I personally think [the A's have] got to figure out a way to stay in Oakland to make their dream come true," Goodman told the Front Office Sports Today podcast, which was released Tuesday.
  • Freeper gubamyster Has Passed Away

    01/12/2024 7:07:14 AM PST · by exit82 · 100 replies
    Freeper gubamyster passed away on December 10, 2022 at the age of 59. His name was James Ryan Williams II. He was an accountant, and lived in Huntington Beach, CA. "Gub" was a regular on the Weekly Dose of the Trump Family Train, and was known for his wry sense of humor and his witty repartee. He was married with four children. He loved baseball, and we followed the exploits of his oldest son, who played for his college baseball team. At the link, there is a picture of Gub and video tribute. We noticed he was not posting sometime...
  • Bud Harrelson, Miracle Mets World Series shortstop, dead at 79

    01/11/2024 5:25:03 PM PST · by ConservativeStatement · 11 replies
    New York Post ^ | Jan. 11, 2024, | Don Burke
    Bud Harrelson, the shortstop on the Mets’ first two World Series teams and later the club’s manager for parts of two seasons, died Wednesday at a hospice home in East Northport on Long Island. Harrelson, who was 79 was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016. A good-field, no-hit player, Harrelson spent 15 years in the major leagues and was the starting shortstop on both the Miracle Mets’ 1969 world championship team which upset the Baltimore Orioles that October and their 1973 National League pennant winners who lost that year’s World Series to the Oakland Athletics in seven games.
  • Libertarian: Ohtani Signs as a Tax Dodger

    12/18/2023 6:22:06 PM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 14 replies
    NY Post ^ | December 18, 2023 | By Post Editorial Board
    Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani “will collect $2 million in each of the next 10 years” from the LA Dodgers, notes Reason’s Eric Boehm, with the other $68 million of Ohtani’s yearly salary being “deferred for a decade.” “The Dodgers will owe it to him in annual installments starting in 2034.” Why? “California has the country’s highest state income tax rates,” so “Ohtani could save as much as $98 million” if “he relocates out of California by 2034.” And the Dodgers might also reduce their own tax burden” by dodging the “MLB’s so-called ‘luxury tax’ ” that limits “how much money...
  • Statement from the New York Yankees regarding the passing of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger

    11/30/2023 11:01:20 AM PST · by JSM_Liberty · 3 replies
    MLB and Yankees ^ | 11/30/2023 | New york Yankees
    "The Yankees are profoundly saddened by the passing of former United States secretary of state Henry Kissinger, who performed varied and vital diplomatic and advisory roles throughout his distinguished career. A lifelong friend of the Yankees organization, he was a frequent welcome guest of the Steinbrenner family at Yankee Stadium. We offer our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and all who had the privilege of knowing him. He will be deeply missed.”
  • Mariners Legend Ichiro Suzuki Dominates Girls Baseball Team With Complete Game Shutout

    11/21/2023 4:46:19 PM PST · by DFG · 16 replies
    whiskeyriff.com ^ | 11/21/2023 | Andrew Mies
    The legend of the great Ichiro Suzuki continues to grow. snip That league, called Nippon Professional Baseball, has brought us many great MLB stars, including league MVP Shohei Otani, but none have had the impact of Ichiro Suzuki. After playing 9 suburb seasons in the NPB, he made his MLB debut back in 2001 and had one of the greatest “rookie” seasons of all-time, winning the Rookie of the Year and MVP after batting .350, stealing 56 bases, and racking up 242 hits, all while being pretty much the best outfielder the league has ever seen. He played for 19...
  • MLB admits they were LIED to about Georgia Voting Laws! Returns ALL STAR Game to Atlanta in 2025!

    11/18/2023 3:45:34 AM PST · by Texan4Life · 49 replies
    Black And White Sports ^ | 11-16-2023 | John Matrixx
    Voter turnout actually increased after Georgia's Voter Laws were changed... The opposite of the supposed voter "suppression" that the MLB saw.
  • MLB Rumors: Oakland A's Move to Las Vegas Approved by MLB Owners After Fans' Protests

    11/16/2023 12:13:30 PM PST · by DallasBiff · 47 replies
    Bleacher Report ^ | 11/16/23 | Adam Wells
    The Oakland Athletics are one step closer to leaving their hometown for the past 56 years and relocating to Las Vegas. Per ESPN's Jeff Passan, MLB owners unanimously voted Thursday to approve the A's move amid season-long fan protests in Oakland and ongoing legal issues regarding the site of a new stadium in Vegas. A's owner John Fisher spoke about the team's impending move to Las Vegas after the relocation vote went his way
  • Lee Richards (Chicago White Sox) passes at age 74

    11/12/2023 7:54:47 AM PST · by texas booster · 4 replies
    Lee Richard, a speedy utility infielder who played for the Chicago White Sox from 1971-1975, and for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1976, died back on August 6 at age 74 (per Baseball Player Passings). According to his B-Ref bio page, the Lafayette, Louisiana native was at the plate in 1974 when Nolan Ryan threw what was believed to be the first pitch clocked over 100 mph by a radar gun.
  • Ichiro Suzuki proves he can still mash home runs — and break windows — at age 50

    11/07/2023 8:32:00 AM PST · by texas booster · 10 replies
    X-Twitter NekoSuke5_5 ^ | Nov 7 2023 | NekoSuke5
    Ichiro, now 50, spent last weekend coaching young ballplayers at Asahikawa Higashi High School in Hokkaido, Japan. While showing players how he hits, Ichiro got ahold of a ball and sent it flying over the fence that separates the field from the school. It ended up breaking a window and flying into an unsuspecting math class.
  • Texas Rangers Win World Series, Players & Coaches Give 'God The Glory'

    11/03/2023 11:14:13 AM PDT · by ViLaLuz · 26 replies
    CBN ^ | 11/2/2023 | Talia Wise
    The Texas Rangers are World Series Champions for the first time in the franchise's 63-year history after beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 on Wednesday in Game 5. And many of the players have remained thankful to God for their success in the post season.
  • Rangers take out D-backs for franchise's 1st World Series title

    11/01/2023 9:02:49 PM PDT · by dfwgator · 98 replies
    ESPN ^ | November 1, 2023 | Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff Writer
    PHOENIX -- The Texas Rangers spent seven months of this season terrorizing opponents with a menacing offense that feasted on home runs and hardly ever let up. The first night of November showcased the other aspects that make them dominant -- gritty starting pitching, sound defense and a lineup versatile enough to manufacture runs when needed. It sealed them a title.
  • United flight attendants blocked from Dodgers charter for not being ‘white, young, thin’: lawsuit

    10/30/2023 4:36:02 PM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 51 replies
    New York Post ^ | October 30, 2023 | Peter Aitken
    Two flight attendants from United Airlines claim in a lawsuit that a charter flight for the Dodgers denied them a position because the players preferred women who were “white, young, thin.” “United fosters an environment of inclusion and does not tolerate discrimination of any kind,” United Airlines told Reuters in a statement. “We believe this lawsuit is without merit and intend to defend ourselves vigorously.”
  • Official 2023 World Series Thread

    10/27/2023 4:48:53 PM PDT · by fhayek · 303 replies
    World Series 2023 TV Schedule Game 1: Friday, Oct. 27, 8:03 p.m. ET, Fox (at Arlington, Texas)Game 2: Saturday, Oct. 28, 8:03 p.m. ET, Fox (at Arlington, Texas)Game 3: Monday, Oct. 30, 8:03 p.m. ET, Fox (at Phoenix)Game 4: Tuesday, Oct. 31, 8:03 p.m. ET, Fox (at Phoenix)Game 5 (if needed): Wednesday, Nov. 1, 8:03 p.m. ET, Fox (at Phoenix)Game 6 (if needed): Friday, Nov. 3, 8:03 p.m. ET, Fox (at Arlington, Texas)Game 7 (if needed): Saturday, Nov. 4, 8:03 p.m. ET, Fox (at Arlington, Texas)