Posted on 06/23/2020 6:43:33 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Ah, I haven’t liked baseball since 13. or 14 :)
All I have left is boxing.
And even if they speak out i get to watch them beat each other up :)
I was just talking to my Dad about Rick Monday this afternoon. My favorite player growing up was Nolan Ryan. But after learning about the incident you pictured, my favorite player is now Rick Monday.
“Want to watch/listen, but without fans it just would not be the same.”
So, I guess, you don’t go to WNBA games, eh?
If you want to see how far we have fallen as a nation, watch and listen to the national anthem as performed in Chicago during the 1991 National Hockey League All-Star Game. By far, the best rendition of the anthem I have heard. But more so, the signs, the energy, the patriotism. So sad, we now have pampered ungrateful poodles getting the attention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmyatm0t3Bg
. My favorite player growing up was Nolan Ryan.
I got an autograph from Nolan Ryan when I was a young kid. He was pitching for the Angels at the time. He had just finished warming up in the bullpen to start a game in Oakland and I leaned over the rail. Probably an inappropriate time to ask but he signed for me and went off to pitch the game. Funny part was I didn’t know who he was and was trying to read the autograph to tell who it was when his name was announced over the stadium PA. So from that day on I was a Nolan Ryan fan.
(Also, in another rule change for this year, a glove shake from six feet away, aimed in the general direction of the runner, will count the same as an actual tag on the basepaths.)
I bet they hope the players wont kneel, but they dare not say it. And Delino Deshields of the Indians says he regrets not kneeling in the past, so bet on it. And its bye bye baseball.
I hate the DH rule. It’s heresy.
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Take Me Out.
Boom Boom Boom..jumbo tron in your face.
Done with them.
MLB should not play the Anthem, if the players are going to show they hate the country, and if they wont fine them.
But they will play the Anthem. Kneeling will happen, and we will tune out, and theyll blame racists and the WuFlu for abysmal ratings.
One damn player or official takes a knee and Baseball, at least pro, will be dead to me too. I prefer to watch my grandsons little league games, they play harder and care more.
Why Bother
Because its baseball and our country needs some shared experience of our history to get us away from all the crap that is going on. I can go to the sports section for box scores of the Dodgers Giants Rangers and Yankees rather than the front page.
Plus I get to waste 3 hours at night at a bar and 3 hours the next day watching another replay. Retirement sucks without baseball.
Hi. Tough sport to bet on? Au contraire. 162 games x 30 teams = 4,860 opportunities. I do just fine. In fact, better than fine.
Only issue with UFC is that it is 65 bucks per event or 85 for some packaged deal. Yes it is on Espn+ but not 4.99 only it is ppv. 65 dollars will also be charged for archives.
I’ll give a game a try...but after the first woke ceremony, commercials depicting how wearing a mask is beautiful and protesters advocating harmony, followed by announcers discussing racial disparity on the rosters and managers...I will turn it off. Same with NFL. What is this NBA stuff, never heard of it.
I could care less about professional sports, we’re about to lose this country forever, American Military troops are going to have to fire on Citizens or it’s over ...
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