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MLB has been a regional sport for a while now. Occasionally a team captures the imagination, but fans mostly care about their team and their rival(s) losing...that's about it. Once their team is out not many are tuning in no matter what the match-up ends up being.
Also, MLB has been consistently showing playoffs games that end after midnight on the east coast (and now more and more in the Midwest as well) to build that next generation of fans.
Agree but kids today can’t sit through 5 minutes of anything without bringing out their phones to check TikTok. And as much as I would have enjoyed catching the 2nd half of the game, I was long asleep. But, as you say, the 8pm start time (locally) isn’t the problem, it’s the 4+ hours.It was a 5PM local start time
Why a 3-1 nine-inning ballgame should take 4 1/4 hours is another story, but I accept that things slow when the stakes are high.
how long after the game ended? Did he start drinking when they pulled him in the 5th?
This was after the champagne in the locker room spraying and all.
You and like one ESPN writer has confidence in the Braves. I don’t - too many injuries and they have almost no way to generate runs without going deep. It wouldn’t shock me to win this series (although I doubt it) but they should be heavy dogs to SF/LA winner if they advance.TheWalkmen said:
I figured. Still surprised he'd be that hammered that fast.
Tell me about it.
Didn't see anything from a quick search, but did see that Rodriguez was pulled early from a game in July due to migraines. Maybe that's it?
Just a little to the left or right, yes? Now they know exactly where the ball is going. Wild.
Correct. And then it started slowly with shifts for the extreme pull hitters. Can't remember when that started, but it seemed limited to that for a long time.
In my coed softball league at Sijan Field in Bayview in the 90s we would come way in when a girl was up. We did the normal lefty/righty shift and would back up a bit for the big fat guys.
Yea during the play when they kept showing his lead. Texted it to my friend too lol he said I should go coach third.
A friend has a video from just behind the 3rd base dugout of the whole play…the lead was 1/3 of the way to home before the pitcher even stepped on the rubber.
If you think about it, most of these guys have been hitting bombs since they were five years old. They've probably never bunted in their whole lives.
Friend posted the video on FB and tagged Randy…and ‘he’ responded that he was excited to see the video and loved the ‘happiness in all of you’.
Brantley is a professional hitter. He just gets it done, and is super consistent and low key. His father is a hitting coach.
Room for one more in the 90's Sijan Club?
I started my softball career playing coed at Sijan circa 1998
I always did this also when throwing batting practice (softball)
