2024 Baseball Season

[BuffaloKyle]

Looking like the Dodgers gonna win it all. Their offense is just so overwhelming. I'd say they beat the Yankees in 5 and Guardians in 4.

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11 hours ago, BuffaloKyle said:

Looking like the Dodgers gonna win it all. Their offense is just so overwhelming. I'd say they beat the Yankees in 5 and Guardians in 4.

"Overwhelming" indeed: 😍

[samhexum]

On 10/4/2024 at 6:50 PM, samhexum said:

I predict the Royals in four, the Padres in five and on paper, the guardians and Phillies in five, but in the actual games, the Mets and tigers in five.

 

On 10/4/2024 at 7:03 PM, TonyDown said:

What would be a more compelling, dramatic World Series?  Enlighten us! 

Yankees vs Phillies or Yankees vs Mets

 

On 10/4/2024 at 7:08 PM, samhexum said:

Who is murdering the Royals and the winner of the Det-Clev series?  The Yanks will be the first team eliminated.

 

On 10/4/2024 at 11:09 PM, samhexum said:

As for the Yankees, he typed disgustedly with a sigh, they have the worst bullpen of any of the remaining teams in either league, a one man starting rotation, and an offense with seven stiffs and two superstars, one of whom doesn't hit in the postseason.

very happy to be proven wrong, but I still didn't watch a single pitch.

[TonyDown]

On 10/18/2024 at 9:04 AM, sync said:

"Overwhelming" indeed: 😍

When the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to LA they temporarily played at the Coliseum.  There are still a few folks around here that attended games there, but most of that old timey nostalgia is long gone.

That said, I look forward to an  exciting world series .

 

Edited October 21, 2024 by TonyDown

[samhexum]

Had the Mets pulled off the comeback I would have been afraid of them because it would have continued their string of miracle finishes and because they had a fairly well balanced team that had flaws but could beat you in different ways.

That being said, I think the Dodgers will be a tougher opponent than the Mets would've been.

Yet I am very happy with the outcome because I think that if it were Yankees-Mets, the winner would get Soto.  The Mets have the richer, more aggressive owner, and a better farm system at this point and Judge is 32 and Cole is 34, so if the Mets won and appeared to have a brighter future, it would've been a much easier sale to make to him than it will be now, whether or not the Yankees beat the Dodgers.

Of course, Steve Cohen will WAY outbid Hal Steinbrenner, but hopefully Soto will feel that he can scrape by on somewhere between $600 and $700 million as well as he can on $750 to $850 million and will want to stay where he already knows he is happy.

[samhexum]

Ken Griffey Sr. & Jr., the first father and son to play in a major league game together (Tim Raines Sr. & Jr. later did it, tI), will attend the Lakers' opening opening night, when LeBron & Bronny James will become the NBA's first such duo if Bronny gets into the game.

The first time this occurred was in hockey when the legendary Gordie Howe and sons Mark and Marty played for the 1979-80 Hartford Whalers.

Edited October 22, 2024 by samhexum
Because you people are worth my best effort… You really are… No, really!

[samhexum]

WOOF!!! BIG G SHOULD NEVER AGAIN WEAR ANY SHIRT OTHER THAN A CHAMPAGNE-SOAKED SKIN-TIGHT TANK TOP.

[samhexum]

Fernando Valenzuela has died.

[MikeBiDude]

56 minutes ago, samhexum said:

Fernando Valenzuela has died.

I just teared up a bit 😢 catching this on local LA news. He was loved so much by LA fans.

Well he beat the Yankees in the World Series, hoping his spirit motivates this series.

[BuffaloKyle]

A lot of losses very recently. Fernando, Pete Rose, Willie Mays all these past four months.

[samhexum]

A big difference is that Mays was in his 90s and Rose was 83.  Valenzuela was 63.

[BuffaloKyle]

Freeman's ankle enjoyed that time off to heal up.

[+ Charlie]

Had dinner with Lucky and his spouse last night while we watched the opening game. However, I had to leave at the end of the 9th inning with the score tied, so when I got home and turned on the TV again, I had missed the historic grand slam win at the end of the the 10th.

[topunderachiever]

Nestor Cortez should be shamed for that last pitch.  Bases loaded and he tees it up.  Unforgiveable.  

[BuffaloKyle]

6 hours ago, topunderachiever said:

Nestor Cortez should be shamed for that last pitch.  Bases loaded and he tees it up.  Unforgiveable.  

I knew that was going to happen. He hasn't pitched in 5 weeks. This is one reason for minor league rehabs. You have to get your mechanics and location all in sync again. Same thing happened with Senga as well with the Mets.

[samhexum]

7 hours ago, Charlie said:

Had dinner with Lucky and his spouse last night while we watched the opening game. However, I had to leave at the end of the 9th inning with the score tied, so when I got home and turned on the TV again, I had missed the historic grand slam win at the end of the the 10th.

 

7 hours ago, topunderachiever said:

Nestor Cortez should be shamed for that last pitch.  Bases loaded and he tees it up.  Unforgiveable.  

 

1 hour ago, BuffaloKyle said:

I knew that was going to happen. He hasn't pitched in 5 weeks. This is one reason for minor league rehabs. You have to get your mechanics and location all in sync again. Same thing happened with Senga as well with the Mets.

LIFE GOES ON... (I get all of my philosophies about life from TV theme songs.)

 

[samhexum]

51 minutes ago, samhexum said:

(I get all of my philosophies about life from TV theme songs.)

So does Freddie Freeman.

 

[MikeBiDude]

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Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani expected to play in World Series Game 3 - ESPN

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Shohei Ohtani is expected to play in Game 3 of the World Series after he suffered a shoulder injury late in the Dodgers' Game 2 win.

 

[+ WilliamM]

3 hours ago, MikeBiDude said:

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Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani expected to play in World Series Game 3 - ESPN

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Shohei Ohtani is expected to play in Game 3 of the World Series after he suffered a shoulder injury late in the Dodgers' Game 2 win.

 

Glad he is doing well.    Truly.

[samhexum]

Getting ready to not watch the next-to-last Yankee game of the year...

I bet he struck out three times during the Halloween parade.

Edited October 28, 2024 by samhexum
because he was bored & not in the mood to do anything else!

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On 10/27/2024 at 9:13 PM, MikeBiDude said:

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Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani expected to play in World Series Game 3 - ESPN

WWW.ESPN.COM

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Shohei Ohtani is expected to play in Game 3 of the World Series after he suffered a shoulder injury late in the Dodgers' Game 2 win.

 

Never have I more wanted to be an L.A. Dodgers' physical trainer.  😛

[BuffaloKyle]

If the Dodgers close it out in game 4 this will actually go down as an eh world series overall despite the walk off grand slam in game one. Speaking of that Freddie Freeman MVP easily too right now.

Edited October 29, 2024 by BuffaloKyle

[samhexum]

Happy last day of the 2024 baseball season. 

[samhexum]

Getting ready to not watch what will probably be the last world series game of Aaron Judge's career, unless he approves a trade to restock the farm system and reset the luxury tax after Cole opts out and is allowed to leave and Soto signs elsewhere.

[samhexum]

On 10/14/2024 at 2:47 PM, MikeBiDude said:

How come I’m not feeling any Dodgers-love in this thread???? Do I need to keep posting pics of my crush and the best catcher in the league to drum up interest? 😉

There. 

Are you happy now? 

Austin Barnes' backup homered.

On 10/17/2024 at 11:34 PM, sync said:

I could make do with Will Smith.  😛

Just don't let Jada catch you.