The Rockies are planning on having up to 10k fans in the stands.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 9 July 2020 05:48 (three years ago) link
that will end well
how many for the Cubs?
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 July 2020 17:21 (three years ago) link
How taxi squad works .. 1) 18$ a day and you have to pay 8$ dues”plus tip cause the Clobby is a nice guy . “They provide you 2 meals “ , apartment with out a TV, “you need to get your own tv, sheets for bed, pillows,bathroom stuff, cleaning stuff, kitchen supplies..— Adbert Alzolay (@adbert29) July 9, 2020
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 July 2020 17:59 (three years ago) link
ingrates
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 July 2020 18:48 (three years ago) link
wau
Here is what’s going to keep #BlueJays players in their stadium/hotel bubble this summer:Per multiple sources, players have been told penalty if seen outside ballpark is $750,000 fine and potential jail time.— Scott Mitchell (@ScottyMitchTSN) July 10, 2020
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 July 2020 15:13 (three years ago) link
Ambient 5
Eno details a fascinating development in baseball 2020, and baseball people see another advantage to pre-recorded crowd noise: Teams will be less able to hear sniping from the opposing dugout, defusing potential confrontations. “It may prevent some ugliness,” one coach says. https://t.co/2X4AD6Qy4W— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 10, 2020
― Andy K, Friday, 10 July 2020 15:23 (three years ago) link
(I know, I know.)
― Andy K, Friday, 10 July 2020 15:24 (three years ago) link
Eno is a fan of Eno, I asked him once in a Fangraphs chat and he confirmed
btw I hate this idea, why take away the one potentially interesting thing about this situation
― frogbs, Friday, 10 July 2020 15:27 (three years ago) link
iirc eno is named after eno
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 July 2020 15:28 (three years ago) link
although i always think of him as enos arris
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 July 2020 15:29 (three years ago) link
i assume that any younger person named eno is named after brian eno, which tells me that at least their parents are cool, so they are probably kind of cool too
so far i know of two other enos (eno sarris and a twitter artist person) and they confirm this theory
― Karl Malone, Friday, 10 July 2020 15:35 (three years ago) link
haha, I know this dude IRL because he is a "beer nerd"* and he frequently drives down from his cowboy town and of all the "big city" places to go, he chooses my rundown neighborhood dive. As you can imagine he just rants & rants incessantly until people have cleared a large swath of space around him.
*I think I posted his (wait for it) "data driven beer blog" on ILX right when it started and most of you dudes clowned on it (rightfully so).
Also, if you can point me towards a deindexed thread, I used to work with the founder of The Athl3t1c and man I have some good stories for you, surprised he hasn't been canceled yet tbqh.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 10 July 2020 15:42 (three years ago) link
buster posey is opting out
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 July 2020 16:06 (three years ago) link
Also, if you can point me towards a deindexed thread,
do you have 77 access?
― Karl Malone, Friday, 10 July 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link
more details on posey:
Buster Posey and his wife are adopting identical twin girls. That is why he has missed time in camp. The twins were born prematurely and stable but will be in NICU for some time. He is opting out of the season.— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) July 10, 2020
― na (NA), Friday, 10 July 2020 16:58 (three years ago) link
congrats to the olsen twins and the growing posey family
― Karl Malone, Friday, 10 July 2020 17:09 (three years ago) link
i hadn't heard about this ... pitchers can't use saliva on their fingers and then touch the ball, so they're allowed to carry a "wet rag" for the purposes of moistening their fingers. of course everyone expects they'll use it to gunk up balls:
https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2020/7/10/21175567/banned-substances-pitchers-spin-rate-four-seam
― na (NA), Friday, 10 July 2020 17:13 (three years ago) link
i won't hear a word against eno i miss him every day (even though i have an athletic membership)
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Friday, 10 July 2020 17:13 (three years ago) link
no spitting, no hi-fives, no butt slaps
― brimstead, Friday, 10 July 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
surely a butt to butt slap would be fine
― Karl Malone, Friday, 10 July 2020 17:24 (three years ago) link
baseball, but with the requiem for a dream soundtrack pumped in through the speakers
Blade Runner soundtrack
― calstars, Friday, 10 July 2020 18:21 (three years ago) link
aroldis chapman gets covid19
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 12 July 2020 01:32 (three years ago) link
i mean, this is just a shitshow
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Monday, 13 July 2020 23:56 (three years ago) link
baseball without butt slaps is like ice hockey without skating
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 00:56 (three years ago) link
seeing this thought expressed with increasing frequency; it is both true and disturbing as hell
Brewers catcher Omar Narvaez: "Everybody knows the healthiest team is going to win, and we're all trying to stay healthy."— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) July 14, 2020
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 17:23 (three years ago) link
wonder how many players are gonna end up permanently fucked up from getting it
― ℺ ☽ ⋠ ⏎ (✖), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 18:49 (three years ago) link
puig your barve
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 20:11 (three years ago) link
Dunno if this is the right or good place to post this, but as many of you are likely aware, Red Sox organist Josh Kantor has been doing a daily livestream, and takes requests:
https://www.facebook.com/7thinningstretch2020/
Today's broadcast (starting around 51:00 into the stream) features a fascinating interview with Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 20:13 (three years ago) link
tonight's cardinals intrasquad game is the first to be broadcast. just dan mclaughlin, i think (who i find much more tolerable when he's by himself).
have any of you watched a game yet?
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 20:18 (three years ago) link
is that on mlb.tv?
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 20:37 (three years ago) link
i only know this:
Updated streaming information for tonight's intrasquad game: The game will now be streamed only on https://t.co/5VUsLLPWKx. The stream will begin at 6:55 p.m. CT. pic.twitter.com/jAsYE7PtFr— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) July 14, 2020
cardinals.com redirects to mlb.com/cardinals, so i'm hoping my mlb.tv subscription will cover it. if not, i'll be searching for a link to the stream elsewhere and can share it here if you need one
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 20:52 (three years ago) link
the way that's worded suggests to me that it will be free for everyone on the cardinals site (but not necessarily shown through mlb.tv)
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link
i'm currently watching Astros vs Astros
no need for banging the can
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 21:03 (three years ago) link
seemingly no audio, cuz the broadcasters have standards?
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 21:05 (three years ago) link
👀 @ynscspds pic.twitter.com/xYc91xfz0T— New York Mets (@Mets) July 14, 2020
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
jfc the long-ass interview going on with the cardinals front office mozeliak
https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/video/cardinals-intrasquad-live-stream-1440
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 00:31 (three years ago) link
hey there are like ten free “spring training” games on mlb.tv today! watching the brewers blue v. golf game.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 23:50 (three years ago) link
can't find the 'playing baseball' thread but yeah, hitting is hard.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 16 July 2020 00:19 (three years ago) link
Time to practice your español! I've known Miguel Sanó for a long time and I've always admired his candor. When I asked him about testing positive for COVID-19 and what was the hardest part, he said ‘crying myself to sleep in the basement, away from my family.’ Incredible honesty. https://t.co/gU3v19i5cY— Marly Rivera (@MarlyRiveraESPN) July 16, 2020
― Andy K, Thursday, 16 July 2020 01:06 (three years ago) link
VHS i’ve found that doing it right usually doesn’t feel “natural”, at least if you’re not manny ramirez. it’s often about little adjustments that seem fucked up at the time, like “swing an inch lower than you think you should” etc
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 16 July 2020 08:00 (three years ago) link
New info on the fake crowd noise:* Every team is using it* MLB is giving clubs the sounds (but teams can have their own) & a touchpad device to use it* There are 75 effects/reactions* MLB-provided sound is derived from audio recorded for "MLB The Show" at real MLB games https://t.co/Nl501rjSWt— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) July 16, 2020
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 16 July 2020 16:42 (three years ago) link
Will the fake stadium ambient noise have trash can banging?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 16 July 2020 16:44 (three years ago) link
Papi and his cowbell better be an option or gtfo
― calstars, Thursday, 16 July 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
I hope there are pretend lines for imaginary $14 beers
― singular wolf erotica producer (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 17 July 2020 03:07 (three years ago) link
I would also ask to be virtually frisked before not entering the stadium
― singular wolf erotica producer (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 17 July 2020 03:08 (three years ago) link
the NYPD is ready to help
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 July 2020 03:12 (three years ago) link
this should free them up for some extra murdering
― singular wolf erotica producer (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 17 July 2020 03:21 (three years ago) link
so where are the archives for yesterday's intrasquad games on mlb.tv?
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 July 2020 12:20 (three years ago) link
puig and gregory polanco have tested positive
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 July 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link