Baseball stuff

[Bob78164]

My two least favorite teams made the World Series. There is no side for me. I'd rather do colonoscopy prep every night for the week.

Sorry Bob. I really wanted your Mets to get in.

It turns out that O’Brien’s, the Los Angeles trivia mecca, also has become a hangout for Mets fans, so that’s where I watched yesterday’s game. I watched Game 2 from the top deck of Dodger Stadium, and that was a lot more fun.

But as a Mets fan, I’ve grown inured to disappointment. Perhaps next year I’ll get to break out the First Place thread, if only for a day. —Bob

[Vandal]

A map of who America is rooting for in the World Series:

[silverscreenselect]

I have to say people got their money''s worth in that first game of the World Series last night.

[Vandal]

First ever walkoff grand slam in WS history.

[Vandal]

Start spreading the news…

[littlebeast13]

If you want to win a World Series in the 2020's, you better have a Will Smith on your team...

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[BackInTex]

If you want to win a World Series in the 2020's, you better have a Will Smith on your team...

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Seriously? Had Kevin Hart fought back he'd been crushed.

[Beebs52]

If you want to win a World Series in the 2020's, you better have a Will Smith on your team...

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Seriously? Had Kevin Hart fought back he'd been crushed.

Chris Rock?

[littlebeast13]

If you want to win a World Series in the 2020's, you better have a Will Smith on your team...

lb13

Seriously? Had Kevin Hart fought back he'd been crushed.

Chris Rock?

Everybody hates Chris, including BiT...

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[BackInTex]

Seriously? Had Kevin Hart fought back he'd been crushed.

Chris Rock?

Oh, yeah. It was Rock. Even more, would have crushed Will Smith.

Everybody hates Chris, including BiT...

Never saw the show. But I like Chris.

[Beebs52]

I like Chris.

[Jim Rome]

Don’t call him Chris…

[Jim Everett]

Don’t call him Chris…

Hey, I was Will Smith before there was Will Smith!

Or that other Will Smith....


Or that other other Will Smith....


Now I'm confused...

[Vandal]

BREAKING: It’s been announced that Yankee superstar Aaron Judge will be in Times Square this New Year's Eve to help drop the ball.

[Vandal]

Netflix is showing The Comeback, the story of the 2004 Boston Red Sox. They are interviewing many of the players from that season, including Curt Schilling, he of the bloody sock in Game 6 of the ALCS. Schilling is barely recognizable in the interview. I know he was diagnosed with oral cancer ten years ago and that can age a person quickly. He turned 58 last week.

I took these with my iPhone.

Spoiler

Fuck cancer.

PS The documentary is great!

[Vandal]

Dave Parker, Dick Allen elected to baseball's Hall of Fame

Dave Parker, the rifled-arm outfielder and 1978 National League MVP for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Dick Allen, the feared slugger for the Philadelphia Phillies and 1972 American League MVP for the Chicago White Sox, are the new members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Parker, 73, hit .290 with 339 homers and 1,493 RBIs from 1973 to 1991, making seven All-Star teams. Allen, who died in 2020, hit .292 with 351 homers and 1,119 RBIs from 1963 to 1977. He also was a seven-time All-Star.

The Classic Baseball Era Committee ballot considered players, managers, executives and umpires whose primary contributions came prior to 1980. A screening committee selected eight distinguished finalists for the final vote, with candidates needing to receive at least 12 votes from the 16-person committee that consisted of Hall of Famers Paul Molitor, Eddie Murray, Tony Perez, Lee Smith, Ozzie Smith and Joe Torre, plus five executives/owners and five media members/historians.

Parker was named on 14 of the 16 ballots, while Allen was on 13.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/428 ... -hall-fame