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McFly

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10 hours ago, Salsa Party Animal said:

Baseball stuff :)
 

Ive been to Fenway Park and its well worth going to. My dad and I got tickets for the concourse so we could wander about during the game. A seat sounded a good idea but the were old wooden things and looked pretty uncomfortable.

Theres an awesome bar called Tequila Rain iirc right next to the stadium and its worth a visit for food and drink. If you dont like sexy waitresses in vests, 70s small sports shorts and knee high socks then id give it a miss.

 

Edit: its bloody closed down :(

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Timbuktu

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We will probably get some MLB games in London in 2019, hopefully it might become a regular thing.  Baseball can afford a shift a few games abroad much better than the NFL.  Not sure about having it at the London Stadium, even though it would be very convenient for me.  I've never seen baseball in an oval ground, feels a bit too much like cricket.  

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/baseball/43473214  

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Season opener tomorrow, first time every single team is playing it since the 50s, for whatever reason.

 

Anyway, I'm going to be really unpopular in work wearing my Cards shirt tomorrow. This is deep Cubs country.

 

We're away to the Mets. Suspect we'll go 0-1.

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Thanks for the heads up i would have missed it. Houston won last year iirc against the Dodgers?

 

Its so cool how fans mix together in America, SF Giants and LA Dodgers maybe not anymore, but generally its workable unlike here.

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Aye, Astros v Dodgers. Hell of  a series. 

 

Actually, I've noticed that a lot with US sport. I mean, you'll have your bitter rivals, but generally fans mingle OK. That's what always makes me laugh when they play up rivalry here - I'm coming from watching Old Firm games, or seeing shenanigans break out at a Milan derby. Rivalries here feel almost fabricated for TV ratings.

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Cubs received the first pitch of the season, and scored a home run off it. Nrgh.

 

Cards went down 9-4 to the Mets. Extra annoying because the game was blacked out on Fox for me. St Louis is 4.5 hours drive away, but I'm "in market' still. 

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Not MLB, but I recently went to a game while I was in Tokyo. It was a pretty decent standard and in my opinion the atmosphere overall was better than most games I’ve been to in the states. It was all very well behaved in the stands with both sets of fans taking it in turns to chant when their team was at bat. 

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Timbuktu

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On 03/05/2018 at 19:17, ryodi said:

Red Sox Yankees to play two games at the London Stadium next year

 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/may/03/red-sox-yankees-mlb-london-games-olympic-stadium-baseball

 

Kind of crazy to get the two best teams in baseball at the moment in London.  And that's the next time they play each other after these ALDS playoff games?  Can get quite tasty.

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Yeah tjatd should ve ace, im gonna try and go. If the Sox dont win the World Series this year its gonna be majorly disappointing after such a great season.  Beating the Yankees in round 1 will be fun, though its far from certain

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On 04/10/2018 at 14:51, McFly said:

Yeah tjatd should ve ace, im gonna try and go. If the Sox dont win the World Series this year its gonna be majorly disappointing after such a great season.  Beating the Yankees in round 1 will be fun, though its far from certain

 

The series has made me look forward to getting up in the middle of the night and bottle feeding the baby.

 

It has been a decent series for Red Sox apart from David Price.  He have had his opportunities but obviously just wilt in postseason.  The key game for me turned out to be holding on to that win in Game 1.  I was nervous going into game 3 and didn’t expect the Yankees to mess up so badly after gaining that momentum.  I thought Kimbrel might hand it to them last night, but the Yanks didn’t take advantage.  

 

This is will be an ok season no matter how it goes now.  The Red Sox bullpen is obviously vulnerable, they might have a chance if they can match Astros in offence.  I don't really see much weakness in Houston though, they are better than they were when the won it all last year.  Hopefully the Brewers can put the Dodgers in their place too.

 

Now I need to find something to keep me awake for the next couple of nights.

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On 10/10/2018 at 22:22, McFly said:

Wow game 4 of Bos v NYY was a proper nailbiter! The inly reason they took of Sale was for rest? He was awesome and Kimbrel....well he got there in the end.

 

Bring on the Astros!

 

Using starting pitchers as relief is always a bit of a risk and it is always only meant to get you to the closer that is Kimbrel.  Using Sale and Porcello as relievers shows acknowledgement of the weakness in the bullpen.  Kimbrel also seem a bit more erratic compared with before and certainly don’t inspire the confidence Uehara did for me back when Red Sox last win in 2013.

 

That 1-2-3 inning against the Yankees probably didn’t affect Sale all that much, but he looked off last night.  I know it’s just one game but already I feel the Astros is too strong.  They probably would have had a 110 wins season if not for injuries and they are at full strength now.  Meanwhile we see David Price again for some reason.  Unless something unexpected happens, game 2 is a write off and it will be a massive hill to climb for Red Sox.  It’s kind of unbelievable that the whole season is down to whether Price finally get a postseason win at his 11th attempt.

 

Post match edit: I guess I was wrong.  The unexpected did happen and Red Sox won despite David Price, who still doesn’t qualify for a postseason win btw.  That should make the series more interesting.  Hopefully they can bring it back to Fenway.

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Timbuktu

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So the starter is just a decoy?  Will have to see how it pans out whether this move unsettles the Dodgers or backfires.  Slightly odd with all the reviews already though.  

 

In other news, it feels like MLB is just sweeping Astros' cheating under the rug.  I don't think the Astros really needed to cheat, but the explanation that they are spying only to make sure the other side isn't spying is very weak.

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