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LakerLanny Retired Number
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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The Yankees have hit 33 Home Runs vs Baltimore this season as of May 22nd.
That is a record for one team vs another at this point of the season.
Thoughts? _________________ Love, Laker Lanny |
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adkindo Retired Number
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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Aeneas Hunter wrote: | I saw a couple items of trivia that would have been unthinkable when I was a kid.
Joey Gallo is the first player in major league history to hit 100 home runs before hitting 100 singles. As I write this, he has 103 home runs but is still looking for that elusive 100th single.
Mike Fiers now has two career no-hitters. He also has two career complete games. |
probably should put an asterisk on the latest...it was against the 2019 Reds, and I am pretty sure I could no hit them through a couple innings some nights. |
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ribeye Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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How about I stick this here.
Whada catch
I could start a cricket thread, but . . . _________________ "A metronome keeps time by using a Ringo" |
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Aeneas Hunter Retired Number
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Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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ribeye wrote: | I could start a cricket thread, but . . . |
You’d get the sound of . . . crickets.
It was a great catch. I’ve tried to figure out cricket, but it seems like a sport that is determined to be incomprehensible to Americans. |
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adkindo Retired Number
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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Aeneas Hunter wrote: | ribeye wrote: | I could start a cricket thread, but . . . |
You’d get the sound of . . . crickets.
It was a great catch. I’ve tried to figure out cricket, but it seems like a sport that is determined to be incomprehensible to Americans. |
I just recently got a quick lesson on the sport....I could imagine liking the sport as played by college clubs which is a shorter version....but those international matches that can last for days seem a little extreme. |
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adkindo Retired Number
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venturalakersfan Retired Number
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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Cards sweep the Cubs. If the only wins they have in a season is every Cub game then it will have been a great season. _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023. |
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adkindo Retired Number
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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The Orioles select Adley Rutschman, a Catcher from Oregon State as the #1 pick in the 2019 MLB draft. |
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oasisdude77 Star Player
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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adkindo wrote: | Aeneas Hunter wrote: | ribeye wrote: | I could start a cricket thread, but . . . |
You’d get the sound of . . . crickets.
It was a great catch. I’ve tried to figure out cricket, but it seems like a sport that is determined to be incomprehensible to Americans. |
I just recently got a quick lesson on the sport....I could imagine liking the sport as played by college clubs which is a shorter version....but those international matches that can last for days seem a little extreme. |
Having many cousins and considering London is my second home, I've been forced to watched many a cricket matches. Man, they are boring!
But, over time, as I started it started to make more sense, I did gain a sense of appreciation of it.
It's pretty much the same correlation to my American friends who just can't stand baseball for thinking it's boring. If it's a sport we grew up watching, then we'd all love it, I'm sure. |
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DaMuleRules Retired Number
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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venturalakersfan wrote: | Cards sweep the Cubs. If the only wins they have in a season is every Cub game then it will have been a great season. |
St. Louis . . . still boring. _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
Jason Isbell
Man, do those lyrics resonate right now |
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LakerFan87 Franchise Player
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Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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LakerLanny wrote: | The Yankees have hit 33 Home Runs vs Baltimore this season as of May 22nd.
That is a record for one team vs another at this point of the season.
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My thoughts are that the Yankees have a lot of power hitters and the Orioles suck. _________________ ...in my opinion. |
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adkindo Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:05 am Post subject: |
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venturalakersfan wrote: | Cards sweep the Cubs. If the only wins they have in a season is every Cub game then it will have been a great season. |
I am good with the only wins the Cardinals having being against the Cubs......Reds @ Cardinals series begins tonight. |
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LakerLanny Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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LakerFan87 wrote: | LakerLanny wrote: | The Yankees have hit 33 Home Runs vs Baltimore this season as of May 22nd.
That is a record for one team vs another at this point of the season.
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My thoughts are that the Yankees have a lot of power hitters and the Orioles suck. |
The Twins are on some nutty home run pace too....American League seems to have a lot of pitchers serving meatballs for dinner if you smell what is cooking! _________________ Love, Laker Lanny |
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adkindo Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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LakerLanny wrote: | LakerFan87 wrote: | LakerLanny wrote: | The Yankees have hit 33 Home Runs vs Baltimore this season as of May 22nd.
That is a record for one team vs another at this point of the season.
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My thoughts are that the Yankees have a lot of power hitters and the Orioles suck. |
The Twins are on some nutty home run pace too....American League seems to have a lot of pitchers serving meatballs for dinner if you smell what is cooking! |
Seattle is right there with the Twins. |
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adkindo Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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did not want to create a new thread....but congratulations to the UCLA Women's Softball team for winning the Women's College World Series! Oklahoma had been #1 most of the year as far as I can recall, and UCLA beat them in the first two games of a 3 game series. |
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adkindo Retired Number
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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adkindo wrote: | venturalakersfan wrote: | Cards sweep the Cubs. If the only wins they have in a season is every Cub game then it will have been a great season. |
I am good with the only wins the Cardinals having being against the Cubs......Reds @ Cardinals series begins tonight. |
Reds - 4
Cards - 1
Good guys win game 1.... |
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ChickenStu Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 1:00 am Post subject: |
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adkindo wrote: | did not want to create a new thread....but congratulations to the UCLA Women's Softball team for winning the Women's College World Series! Oklahoma had been #1 most of the year as far as I can recall, and UCLA beat them in the first two games of a 3 game series. |
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adkindo Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Ken Rosenthal Verified account
@Ken_Rosenthal
Multi-year deal for Kimbrel with #Cubs, source tells The Athletic.
8:48 PM - 5 Jun 2019 |
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Aeneas Hunter Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 7:11 am Post subject: |
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Kimbrel found a team willing to gamble on him. Keuchel didn’t. I feel a little sorry for Keuchel. He’s a good guy, and he gave us some decent years (especially the Cy Young season, of course). But he’s really a mid-rotation guy who had a great season, not a staff ace. The market just told him that he overvalued himself. That’s got to be a bitter pill. He just lost $4.9M compared to the qualifying offer from the Astros.
The Cubs are gambling that Kimbrel will bounce back after stinking up Boston in the second half of last season. I don’t know about that. Closers tend to walk a tightrope. When they start to lose their balance, they can become a liability. We’ll see whether the Cubs did a better job of assessing Kimbrel than they did with Darvish. |
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adkindo Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:50 am Post subject: |
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Aeneas Hunter wrote: | Kimbrel found a team willing to gamble on him. Keuchel didn’t. I feel a little sorry for Keuchel. He’s a good guy, and he gave us some decent years (especially the Cy Young season, of course). But he’s really a mid-rotation guy who had a great season, not a staff ace. The market just told him that he overvalued himself. That’s got to be a bitter pill. He just lost $4.9M compared to the qualifying offer from the Astros.
The Cubs are gambling that Kimbrel will bounce back after stinking up Boston in the second half of last season. I don’t know about that. Closers tend to walk a tightrope. When they start to lose their balance, they can become a liability. We’ll see whether the Cubs did a better job of assessing Kimbrel than they did with Darvish. |
I still wish my Reds took a chance on Keuchel for a couple years. Rumors were his medicals were filled with red flags. |
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DaMuleRules Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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venturalakersfan wrote: | Cards sweep the Cubs. If the only wins they have in a season is every Cub game then it will have been a great season. |
Cubs Sweep . . .
Cards Sweep . . .
Cubs win today . . .
Cubs up 4-3 on the season . . .
Your move Cards. _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
Jason Isbell
Man, do those lyrics resonate right now |
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adkindo Retired Number
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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Father says David "Big Papi" Ortiz has been shot, wounded
Quote: | Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was shot and wounded at an amusement center in the Dominican Republic, his father told ESPN's Enrique Rojas. |
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ChefLinda Moderator
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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He was shot in the leg. Hopefully he'll be okay. The guy who tried to rob him and shot him was nabbed by bystanders who proceeded to beat him up. |
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DaMuleRules Retired Number
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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DaMuleRules wrote: | venturalakersfan wrote: | Cards sweep the Cubs. If the only wins they have in a season is every Cub game then it will have been a great season. |
Cubs Sweep . . .
Cards Sweep . . .
Cubs win today . . .
Cubs up 4-3 on the season . . .
Your move Cards. |
And it's a Cubbie SWEEP. _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
Jason Isbell
Man, do those lyrics resonate right now |
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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ChefLinda wrote: | He was shot in the leg. Hopefully he'll be okay. The guy who tried to rob him and shot him was nabbed by bystanders who proceeded to beat him up. |
I saw the Ortiz thread first and posted there. Apparently he was actually shot through the back and then the bullet came through his abdomen. Just a very scary thing, though thank goodness he's apparently in stable condition after surgery and his brother said he thinks he's going to be OK. |
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