2017 regular-season game chatter

yes it must be hard for you to root for a competent team with so little practice

wocka wocka

Sunday stunt:

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2017/9/27/16376670/tigers-andrew-romine-nine-positions-one-game

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Xx5zuUSrL._SX322_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

makes u think

life lessons from right field: you gotta watch the corner in the carolina mudcats stadium. a "ball" (a "life problem") can take a weird bounce back in the "corner" (the "place you live in") and the hitter (possibly also a "life problem") could end up getting a "triple" (you could "make a mistake". i forget the batter's name. i don't think the manager was mad at me, though, considering i didn't usually play that position.

- excerpt, chapter 9, "life lessons from right field", justin toole

tip #2: never take a shit in a borrowed catcher's mask. it's not worth it. nobody "gets" your humor.

tip #3: if you ever want to make it to "triple a" (a "meaningless promotion for someone your age"), exhibition stunts are not the way to go

What is there to watch for today, besides Stanton batting leadoff?

I was going to say that the best record in the AL is still up for grabs, but Cleveland has the tiebreaker over Houston, so no.

Every team that will finish over .500 in the AL will make the playoffs this year.

117 players hit 20 or more home runs

41 players hit 30 or more home runs

NBC News: Stephen Paddock searched for hotels near Fenway Park in Boston, senior official says. Few if any hotels have any view of stands.

— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) October 5, 2017

yikes

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