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Post by Powerthirteen on Apr 4, 2017 14:56:13 GMT -5
So what random team should I hitch myself to this year now that I can watch any game any time? Im thinking I should just go Red Sox, I already love the pats and they should be really fun this year having both Mookie Betts and Chris Sale. But then again I could become a twins fan just for shits and giggles! Or I could root for the dodgers and never think they could do wrong and will make sure people understand no other team is as good. I base my mlb.tv decisions on aesthetic value of games at the home teams' stadium, so the Cubs, Orioles, and Dodgers are good choices and the D-Backs and Rays are the opposite. Fuck Toronto and their assumption that all Canadians can and will cheer for them. Go Expos! With my admittedly occasional MLB fandom I cheer for my closest Geographical team (Go Twins) and for some reason the Angels. I used to cheer for the mariners because I liked their logo/colours as a kid but brief window of competence in the late 90s aside they've just been too terrible to stay up late and watch when on tv here  I would be a Mariners fan but all their games are blacked out on mlb.tv so I had to default to being a Jays fan even though in all other circumstances TO is Canada's stinky butt. |
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Post by Baron von Costume on Apr 4, 2017 15:10:29 GMT -5
Fuck Toronto and their assumption that all Canadians can and will cheer for them. Go Expos! With my admittedly occasional MLB fandom I cheer for my closest Geographical team (Go Twins) and for some reason the Angels. I used to cheer for the mariners because I liked their logo/colours as a kid but brief window of competence in the late 90s aside they've just been too terrible to stay up late and watch when on tv here I would be a Mariners fan but all their games are blacked out on mlb.tv so I had to default to being a Jays fan even though in all other circumstances TO is Canada's stinky butt. Hamilton is Canada's stinky butt, Toronto is Canada's Taint. Almost as stinky but doesn't do anything useful. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2017 15:27:55 GMT -5
TWINS ARE 2-0 THAT'S ONE OF MY TEAMS RIGHT THERE!
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Post by Desert Dweller on Apr 5, 2017 22:05:11 GMT -5
I base my mlb.tv decisions on aesthetic value of games at the home teams' stadium, so the Cubs, Orioles, and Dodgers are good choices and the D-Backs and Rays are the opposite. Hey, what's wrong with the Dbacks stadium? Yeah, the Rays one is ugly, but there is nothing wrong with the aesthetics of Chase Field:  It's a very traditional looking park. I wouldn't rate it anywhere near the bottom of a list ranked on aesthetics. Sure, it isn't Wrigley Field or Camden Yards. But, it is a nice park. |
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Post by Powerthirteen on Apr 5, 2017 22:14:32 GMT -5
I base my mlb.tv decisions on aesthetic value of games at the home teams' stadium, so the Cubs, Orioles, and Dodgers are good choices and the D-Backs and Rays are the opposite. Hey, what's wrong with the Dbacks stadium? Yeah, the Rays one is ugly, but there is nothing wrong with the aesthetics of Chase Field: It's a very traditional looking park. I wouldn't rate it anywhere near the bottom of a list ranked on aesthetics. Sure, it isn't Wrigley Field or Camden Yards. But, it is a nice park. To my eye there's something grotesque about that enormous wall of screens and billboards beyond the outfield seats. |
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Post by Desert Dweller on Apr 5, 2017 22:32:41 GMT -5
Hey, what's wrong with the Dbacks stadium? Yeah, the Rays one is ugly, but there is nothing wrong with the aesthetics of Chase Field: It's a very traditional looking park. I wouldn't rate it anywhere near the bottom of a list ranked on aesthetics. Sure, it isn't Wrigley Field or Camden Yards. But, it is a nice park. To my eye there's something grotesque about that enormous wall of screens and billboards beyond the outfield seats. The screens and billboards you can't see in that photo because they are all open? They aren't actually billboards. They are panels which open to let air in. They are open during most games. Except for day games in Summer when it is too hot to let outside air in. I barely notice them. The Dbacks also don't have any ads behind home plate, like a lot of teams do. DBacks have no solid walls from dugout to dugout. Unlike, say, Wrigley Field, which has ads shown right behind home plate:   |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2017 22:56:37 GMT -5
When I play for MLB the show, I dont like when im in the Dbacks stadium or the brewers.
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Post by Baron von Costume on Apr 5, 2017 23:50:33 GMT -5
When I play for MLB the show, I dont like when im in the Dbacks stadium or the brewers. The new Marlins stadium is hideous too. I'm not a huge fan of Dbacks land and I wouldn't describe it as "traditional" but it's one of the least bad of the newer stadiums, especially the weird roof ones. My MLB RTTS game is punishing me on that though because I got drafted by the Phillies (ugh) and I dislike all the NL east stadiums. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2017 0:09:15 GMT -5
When I play for MLB the show, I dont like when im in the Dbacks stadium or the brewers. The new Marlins stadium is hideous too. I'm not a huge fan of Dbacks land and I wouldn't describe it as "traditional" but it's one of the least bad of the newer stadiums, especially the weird roof ones. My MLB RTTS game is punishing me on that though because I got drafted by the Phillies (ugh) and I dislike all the NL east stadiums. I got drafted by the cubs. Traded to the phillies before I could get called up. Won a WS by myself, they traded any of the other players worth a damn and that kinda ticked me off. Seriously, trading our only other player above 84? After last year trading the two best starters on the team? So I demanded a trade to the white sox, fuck that, traded to the A's, was kinda okay with that but with the constant trades they didn't like my attitude and I ended up tradrd again this time to the Rockies. The rockies actually had a killer lineup at this time and matt harvey, so pretty easy track to the WS. Now im their starting shortstop, I was a centerfielder but decided to switch positions because our SS sucked and I wanted something different. |
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Post by Hawkguy on Apr 6, 2017 12:05:57 GMT -5
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Post by Desert Dweller on Apr 8, 2017 20:52:57 GMT -5
I mean, I've survived the horrible DBacks uniforms of the last couple seasons. If I can take that, something vaguely Rugby-looking wouldn't be so bad.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Apr 8, 2017 21:43:50 GMT -5
Damn, I was watching a DBacks game tonight and they've actually hung a banner with an ad right behind home plate. Freaking stupid.
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Post by Kangaroosevelt-Ecks on Apr 8, 2017 22:32:07 GMT -5
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Post by Desert Dweller on Apr 9, 2017 1:58:49 GMT -5
All according to plan, eh Desert Dweller? Ha! I just came here to post something similar. Week 1: Objective achieved! It is also great to see the Giants in last place. And the Dbacks just won this series vs Cleveland, which is nice to see. Rockies had fun back-to-back HRs off Kershaw. And Jeremy Hazelbaker is still batting 1.000, because why the hell not? And the DBacks have scored 45 runs in 6 games. LOL. The DBacks-Indians game tonight had Angel Hernandez as the home plate umpire. Ah, this is how you know baseball season has truly begun: You get to boo Angel Hernandez's impressionistic interpretation of the strike zone. Several players threw their bats down in frustration. It's baseball tradition! Edited to add: Yeesh, check out this work of art from Angel Hernandez tonight. He called this one a strike:  That is 6.4" from the edge. HALF A FOOT. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2017 17:32:17 GMT -5
I might have to get a Miguel Sano jersey.
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Post by Desert Dweller on Apr 9, 2017 19:09:42 GMT -5
DBacks sweep the Indians! LOL, I love baseball. So unpredictable. Dbacks are now in 1st place at 6-1. We definitely all saw that coming, eh?
I tweeted to the guy who runs the Sb Nation DBacks site: "Maybe the team was onto something with that stupid hashtag". He replied "At this point, I'm embracing it. #OurSeason"
Saw another Dbacks fan tweeting with "#IHateOurTeamsHashtag"
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Post by Desert Dweller on Apr 9, 2017 20:06:25 GMT -5
Also, that Mariners/Angels 9th inning has many of my Mariner-fan friends sinking into despair.
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Post by Pastafarian on Apr 12, 2017 18:48:36 GMT -5
I know next to nothing about most sports, and baseball is no exception. So some questions for those of you who do follow:
The World Series, are all 7(?) games played in the same stadium? Or do they switch between stadiums so teams get a chance to play both at home and away? And the series is the final set of games between two teams, equivalent to the Super Bowl after the regular season, correct?
I tired Googling some of this stuff and didn't really get anywhere that wouldn't involve me doing a bunch more reading than I feel like right now.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 10:11:26 GMT -5
I know next to nothing about most sports, and baseball is no exception. So some questions for those of you who do follow: The World Series, are all 7(?) games played in the same stadium? Or do they switch between stadiums so teams get a chance to play both at home and away? And the series is the final set of games between two teams, equivalent to the Super Bowl after the regular season, correct? I tired Googling some of this stuff and didn't really get anywhere that wouldn't involve me doing a bunch more reading than I feel like right now. Yes, the world series is the Super Bowl of Baseball. The teams do switch stadiums. I believe the format is 2 - 3 - 2. So the first two games is for the team with homefield advantage, then the next 3 is at home for the other team, and then the final 2 is back to the team with homefield advantage. Homefield advantage is determined by the MLB all star game. So the american league and the national league have their all stars compete, and whichever league wins that game secures homefield advantage for the team from their league that ends going to the world series. |
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Post by Pastafarian on Apr 13, 2017 12:22:22 GMT -5
I know next to nothing about most sports, and baseball is no exception. So some questions for those of you who do follow: The World Series, are all 7(?) games played in the same stadium? Or do they switch between stadiums so teams get a chance to play both at home and away? And the series is the final set of games between two teams, equivalent to the Super Bowl after the regular season, correct? I tired Googling some of this stuff and didn't really get anywhere that wouldn't involve me doing a bunch more reading than I feel like right now. Yes, the world series is the Super Bowl of Baseball. The teams do switch stadiums. I believe the format is 2 - 3 - 2. So the first two games is for the team with homefield advantage, then the next 3 is at home for the other team, and then the final 2 is back to the team with homefield advantage. Homefield advantage is determined by the MLB all star game. So the american league and the national league have their all stars compete, and whichever league wins that game secures homefield advantage for the team from their league that ends going to the world series. Thanks! So, how far in advance would you know which two teams are going to make it? In other words what's the time between the all stars game and the first of the final series? Also, how much time passes from game one to game seven? I'm writing something with this as a minor background occurence so want to make sure I don't sound as obviously ignorant as I am on these matters. Much appreciated. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 12:34:17 GMT -5
Yes, the world series is the Super Bowl of Baseball. The teams do switch stadiums. I believe the format is 2 - 3 - 2. So the first two games is for the team with homefield advantage, then the next 3 is at home for the other team, and then the final 2 is back to the team with homefield advantage. Homefield advantage is determined by the MLB all star game. So the american league and the national league have their all stars compete, and whichever league wins that game secures homefield advantage for the team from their league that ends going to the world series. Thanks! So, how far in advance would you know which two teams are going to make it? In other words what's the time between the all stars game and the first of the final series? Also, how much time passes from game one to game seven? I'm writing something with this as a minor background occurence so want to make sure I don't sound as obviously ignorant as I am on these matters. Much appreciated. Well, the all star game happens mid way through the season, and is just a collection of talent spread through all the teams. The all star teams are chosen via fan vote. The MLB is split into two different leauges, American League and National league, and each league has about 15 teams a piece. So those all star teams are made up of the best players from teams within the leagues. It is actually very nonsensical way of choosing homefield advantage in sports. Most other sports leagues just have the team with the best winning record gain homefield advantage, or hold the championship game in a neutral location. So for the MLB, homefield advantage is chosen months before the teams going to the playoffs are. The all star game is in july, the world series is in mid to late october. The world series can take up to two maybe two and a half weeks if it goes all 7 games. |
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Post by Pastafarian on Apr 13, 2017 12:44:12 GMT -5
Thanks! So, how far in advance would you know which two teams are going to make it? In other words what's the time between the all stars game and the first of the final series? Also, how much time passes from game one to game seven? I'm writing something with this as a minor background occurence so want to make sure I don't sound as obviously ignorant as I am on these matters. Much appreciated. Well, the all star game happens mid way through the season, and is just a collection of talent spread through all the teams. The all star teams are chosen via fan vote. The MLB is split into two different leauges, American League and National league, and each league has about 15 teams a piece. So those all star teams are made up of the best players from teams within the leagues. It is actually very nonsensical way of choosing homefield advantage in sports. Most other sports leagues just have the team with the best winning record gain homefield advantage, or hold the championship game in a neutral location. So for the MLB, homefield advantage is chosen months before the teams going to the playoffs are. The all star game is in july, the world series is in mid to late october. The world series can take up to two maybe two and a half weeks if it goes all 7 games. Wow, there's so much I don't understand about all this. Thanks for the clarification. I was assuming all star meant the best of the season and led to who was going to play in the series. Thanks, this helps! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2017 14:34:48 GMT -5
Well, the all star game happens mid way through the season, and is just a collection of talent spread through all the teams. The all star teams are chosen via fan vote. The MLB is split into two different leauges, American League and National league, and each league has about 15 teams a piece. So those all star teams are made up of the best players from teams within the leagues. It is actually very nonsensical way of choosing homefield advantage in sports. Most other sports leagues just have the team with the best winning record gain homefield advantage, or hold the championship game in a neutral location. So for the MLB, homefield advantage is chosen months before the teams going to the playoffs are. The all star game is in july, the world series is in mid to late october. The world series can take up to two maybe two and a half weeks if it goes all 7 games. Wow, there's so much I don't understand about all this. Thanks for the clarification. I was assuming all star meant the best of the season and led to who was going to play in the series. Thanks, this helps! No, all star just means best player on any team. Like there could be a guy on a pretty crappy team, but he is the person with the most home runs so far. To determine which teams play in the world series is over the course of the regular season each team plays 162 games. The teams who win their divisions within the league and two wild card teams (the teams with the best records who didn't win their respective divisons) then go into a tournament to decide who will represent their league in the world series. The first round is the wild card game, a game between the two wild card teams to see who will play in one of the divisonal series. Then the next round is the divisonal series which includes the three division winners and the one wild card team. Wild card team faces off against the divison with the best record, and then the other two division winners face off against each other. The divisional series is a best of 5 series, so first team with 3 wins will move onto the next round. The next round is the championship series, this is a best of 7 and then whatever team wins the championship series will represent their league (american or national) in the world series. So basically each league has their own mini tournament and the two teams left standing face off against each other. This is all called the playoffs and the playoffs usually start in late september going all the way through october with the world series specifically starting around late october. |
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Post by Kangaroosevelt-Ecks on Apr 14, 2017 13:49:45 GMT -5
Wow, there's so much I don't understand about all this. Thanks for the clarification. I was assuming all star meant the best of the season and led to who was going to play in the series. Thanks, this helps! No, all star just means best player on any team. Like there could be a guy on a pretty crappy team, but he is the person with the most home runs so far. To determine which teams play in the world series is over the course of the regular season each team plays 162 games. The teams who win their divisions within the league and two wild card teams (the teams with the best records who didn't win their respective divisons) then go into a tournament to decide who will represent their league in the world series. The first round is the wild card game, a game between the two wild card teams to see who will play in one of the divisonal series. Then the next round is the divisonal series which includes the three division winners and the one wild card team. Wild card team faces off against the divison with the best record, and then the other two division winners face off against each other. The divisional series is a best of 5 series, so first team with 3 wins will move onto the next round. The next round is the championship series, this is a best of 7 and then whatever team wins the championship series will represent their league (american or national) in the world series. So basically each league has their own mini tournament and the two teams left standing face off against each other. This is all called the playoffs and the playoffs usually start in late september going all the way through october with the world series specifically starting around late october. I thought they nixed the ASG determining home field advantage now? I think it's whoever has the best reg season record going in that gets it. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2017 15:39:03 GMT -5
No, all star just means best player on any team. Like there could be a guy on a pretty crappy team, but he is the person with the most home runs so far. To determine which teams play in the world series is over the course of the regular season each team plays 162 games. The teams who win their divisions within the league and two wild card teams (the teams with the best records who didn't win their respective divisons) then go into a tournament to decide who will represent their league in the world series. The first round is the wild card game, a game between the two wild card teams to see who will play in one of the divisonal series. Then the next round is the divisonal series which includes the three division winners and the one wild card team. Wild card team faces off against the divison with the best record, and then the other two division winners face off against each other. The divisional series is a best of 5 series, so first team with 3 wins will move onto the next round. The next round is the championship series, this is a best of 7 and then whatever team wins the championship series will represent their league (american or national) in the world series. So basically each league has their own mini tournament and the two teams left standing face off against each other. This is all called the playoffs and the playoffs usually start in late september going all the way through october with the world series specifically starting around late october. I thought they nixed the ASG determining home field advantage now? I think it's whoever has the best reg season record going in that gets it. As far as I know it is still ASG, which is somehow worse than the idea before that of switching each year between the leagues. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2017 15:40:12 GMT -5
No, all star just means best player on any team. Like there could be a guy on a pretty crappy team, but he is the person with the most home runs so far. To determine which teams play in the world series is over the course of the regular season each team plays 162 games. The teams who win their divisions within the league and two wild card teams (the teams with the best records who didn't win their respective divisons) then go into a tournament to decide who will represent their league in the world series. The first round is the wild card game, a game between the two wild card teams to see who will play in one of the divisonal series. Then the next round is the divisonal series which includes the three division winners and the one wild card team. Wild card team faces off against the divison with the best record, and then the other two division winners face off against each other. The divisional series is a best of 5 series, so first team with 3 wins will move onto the next round. The next round is the championship series, this is a best of 7 and then whatever team wins the championship series will represent their league (american or national) in the world series. So basically each league has their own mini tournament and the two teams left standing face off against each other. This is all called the playoffs and the playoffs usually start in late september going all the way through october with the world series specifically starting around late october. I thought they nixed the ASG determining home field advantage now? I think it's whoever has the best reg season record going in that gets it. Nvm, you right, you right. Just checked. |
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Post by Kangaroosevelt-Ecks on Apr 14, 2017 15:43:27 GMT -5
I thought they nixed the ASG determining home field advantage now? I think it's whoever has the best reg season record going in that gets it. Nvm, you right, you right. Just checked. It's a shame, I liked blaming the NL losing home advantage every time on Bochy stuffing as many Giants as he could on the team. |
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Post by Desert Dweller on Apr 15, 2017 23:02:04 GMT -5
And reality has caught back up to the Dbacks. Now looking much more like the 75 win team I am predicting them to be.
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Post by Kangaroosevelt-Ecks on Apr 17, 2017 11:40:29 GMT -5
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Post by Powerthirteen on Apr 17, 2017 16:39:54 GMT -5
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