2018 MLB Thread

[The Buscher]

One game into Spring Training and Juan Lagares and Jay Bruce are already hurt.
 

 

[The Buscher]

My post was mostly facetious.  The general consensus I've always heard is that position players only need a week and a half/two weeks to get their timing and be ready to go for the season.  Spring Training is only as long as it is for the pitchers to get themselves stretched out.  Opening Day is March 29th so if the Mets have any of their guys hurt by March 15th I'll start to be a bit concerned.

That being said.....Tim Tebow has been added to the injury report after he sprained his ankle tripping on a sprinkler head.  So he's officially a Met!

[Meacon Keaton]

Tommy Joseph is one old-ass lookin' 26-year old, lemme tell ya. 

Also Logan Morrison has agreed to terms with Minnesota. Sounds like a one-year deal for only $6.5 million which is awesome for the Twins. 

[gunnar hendershow]

Twins making some solid moves to lock up that wide open 2nd wild card spot. Also wouldn't be sold on Cleveland being that good again. I mean they should be, but they're probably the likeliest of the AL division winners from last year to wind up having a down year.

[The Buscher]

I don't care if it's a pointless spring training game, seeing Cespedes just absolutely clobber a baseball today made me smile.  So glad baseball is back, even fake baseball.

[Meacon Keaton]

Not MLB, but my wife’s cousin who has had an injury plagued college career hit a home run on the first pitch he saw yesterday. 

[Your Mom]

Do you guys ever listen to games on radio? I just can't get into it no matter how many times I try

[Meacon Keaton]

I LOVE listening to games on the radio. Some of my fondest early childhood memories were playing ball in the backyard while my dad would have the Yankees radio broadcast playing over the boom box. There’s something about the flow and the use of imagination. When radio broadcasts are done right they can be better than watching it on television.

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

Yeah. I used to listen to them when I worked at a gas station because we only had a radio on. And we used to listen to it at the cottage while we were outside.

With that being said, the Jays longtime radio announcer retired just before the season. Jerry Howarth was my fave and I really don't love Mike Wilner, who's replaced him. Will take some getting used to.

[Your Mom]

That all makes sense and is really cool but all my memories of Cubs games with my dad are either TV or we actually went to the game. We were never really into the radio part. Or I wasn't anyway. I was a bit of an antsy kid. He did love listening to Ron Santo

[The Buscher]

 

[Meacon Keaton]

It's so weird when you see 90, 91, 92 mph and you think "That must be his change-up"...

[thatshortguy]

Keep those numbers in mind when he's shut down for the year around Memorial Day.

[The Buscher]

Memorial Day would still be an improvement from a year ago

[Your Mom]

20 minutes ago, Buschoru Suzuki said:

Memorial Day would still be an improvement from a year ago

I always feel bad when pitchers blow their arms out. I know that pain 2 times over 

[Meacon Keaton]

A week after the deal was announced, JD Martinez finally signed with Boston. 

[gunnar hendershow]

On 2/25/2018 at 21:34, Meacon said:

I LOVE listening to games on the radio. Some of my fondest early childhood memories were playing ball in the backyard while my dad would have the Yankees radio broadcast playing over the boom box. There’s something about the flow and the use of imagination. When radio broadcasts are done right they can be better than watching it on television.

Most sports don't really translate well to radio. But baseball on the radio just feels right. I put the game on, turn on the lawn mower, and get my yard cleaned up during a Sunday afternoon Orioles tilt. I also like to put the radio broadcast on when I'm cleaning or when I'm doing homework in the evenings. I don't get MASN at my house unfortunately so unless I'm at my parents or out at a restaurant it's the only way I tend to know what's happening.

Baseball on TV also works well for background noise, but unlike a radio I can't drag the TV with me as I do what I need to do that day.

[Lowerdeck]

I will sometimes put on the Sox game on the radio when I'm in the car.

Best radio story was: listening to the last couple innings of a game, driving home after leaving Fenway.  We left after the 11th inning cause it was about midnight, got back to the car for the 13th or so, and the game ended on a walk off homer in the 15th - halfway home by that point.

[The Buscher]

Mike Moustakas back to the Royals.  Carlos Gonzalez back to the Rockies.  One year deals for each.

The union has to be trying to get rid of compensation picks in the next CBA.  Nobody wanted to give up their second round draft pick for either of those guys.

[GhostMachine]

Ichiro back to the Mariners on a one-year deal.