Daily MLB Banter

[Naturalhoosier 15,436]

Love the Royals this year!!!

[PointBlank 116]

Love the Royals this year!!!

 

I like the Royals as well, just wish the pitchers had to bat. I wonder if there would be as many hit batters if the pitchers had to bat. Not having to bat can make the most yellow belly coward of a pitcher look brave.

[Dalton26 16,892]

I love their attitude.

[PointBlank 116]

Haha I was just messing with you. Wrigley is a frickin hole. Neighborhood is cool, history is cool, the smell of stale pee and rotting, well, everything not so cool. I'll go to Busch or Great American any day.

 

Wrigley and Notre Dame stadiums are places you need to visit once. I am sure the new Wrigley will be improved, but both Notre Dame Stadium and Wrigley are cesspools. 

[Hovadipo 56,838]

Wrigley and Notre Dame stadiums are places you need to visit once. I am sure the new Wrigley will be improved, but both Notre Dame Stadium and Wrigley are cesspools.

Yeah I've done my duty and visited Wrigley, more than once actually. It was cool to see, but when you mix the structure itself with the people that go there...no thanks. ND Stadium is a bucket list place too. I'd love to get up there for a game, just to see it. I've heard it's really something during a big game.

[PointBlank 116]

Yeah I've done my duty and visited Wrigley, more than once actually. It was cool to see, but when you mix the structure itself with the people that go there...no thanks. ND Stadium is a bucket list place too. I'd love to get up there for a game, just to see it. I've heard it's really something during a big game.

 

ND Stadium has a good atmosphere, good not great tailgating and depending on who they play the crowd is good. The concourse under the stands is reminiscent of walking in a small outdated sewer system.  

[Naturalhoosier 15,436]

^^^Sounds like the old Yankee Stadium.  You could fit at most 5 people shoulder to shoulder on the concourse.

[Kyleweberiu 386]

I recommend going to fenway at least once. Got to go during the World Series a couple years back as a early graduation present. It was insanely cool and not as rundown as one might think

[Naturalhoosier 15,436]

^^^World Series in general are amazing!  Definitely needs to be added to any sports fans bucket list!  When the Rockies made their amazing Post-season run back in 2009ish (?) I attended every home playoff game (world series, NLCS, NLDS, Play-in game...even the 'final' regular season game).  Coors Field is an amazing venue when packed!

 

I'm about a 5-6 hr drive from Boston, so I'll get there some day.  It's certainly on my list.

[Kyleweberiu 386]

^^^World Series in general are amazing! Definitely needs to be added to any sports fans bucket list! When the Rockies made their amazing Post-season run back in 2009ish (?) I attended every home playoff game (world series, NLCS, NLDS, Play-in game...even the 'final' regular season game). Coors Field is an amazing venue when packed!

I'm about a 5-6 hr drive from Boston, so I'll get there some day. It's certainly on my list.

the atmosphere was crazy. Gave me chills. The World Series is defiantly a must go at least once in your life if you're a baseball fan. Unless you're a Cubs fan. Then you'll never get the opportunity lol

[LIHoosier 26,573]

I like the Royals as well, just wish the pitchers had to bat. I wonder if there would be as many hit batters if the pitchers had to bat. Not having to bat can make the most yellow belly coward of a pitcher look brave.

The Royals go to Wrigley, St Louis, and Milwaukee at the end of May, beginning of June. I wonder if Yordano Ventura's attitude changes once he reailzes he has to step in the box.

[protectthishouse 162]

The Royals go to Wrigley, St Louis, and Milwaukee at the end of May, beginning of June. I wonder if Yordano Ventura's attitude changes once he reailzes he has to step in the box.

I hope when they go to wrigley the south side has an off day and just happen to come watch.

[brtjohns 711]

in my mind there's 4 primary reasons for the national league to adopt the dh:
- al has a big advantage attracting players like cruz, mccann, gattis, etc. when they hit free agency or deadline deals.  same might be said for starters and nl.

- when nl goes to al parks for interleague play, nl uses a bench hitter.  bench hitters rarely rival a dh.

- in the nl, when a starter is pitching well and it's late in a close game, often the manager is forced to remove him come his spot in the lineup for a legitimate hitter.  everybody wants to see him continue pitching.

- pump some energy into the less potent league of this relatively sluggish sport

 

both leagues need to be the same.  if the leagues never played each other then it wouldnt be an issue, but they do.  i vote for dh.  separate the pitching game from the hitting game, defense from the offense.  when a sport recognizes an opportunity to improve, it should.  i think it's more than a sensible improvement.  al adopted the dh in 1973, so nl pitchers have been given 41 seasons worth of chances to prove they can hold their own and not dull the game...and here we are.  i pay little to no attention when a pitcher comes up to bat.  feels like 9/10 at bats a pitcher fails to either bunt or put the ball in play.

 

good to see big shuma still obliterating baseballs.  hell of a pick by the cubs front office.

[Naturalhoosier 15,436]

DH sucks IMO.

[chicagoHOOSIER 1,051]

Me too.  Also not a fan of the dh.

 

I like the strategy involved in batting your pitcher.  And I like pitchers who can hit too.  That's fun.

[JSHoosier 20,472]

Me too. Also not a fan of the dh.

I like the strategy involved in batting your pitcher. And I like pitchers who can hit too. That's fun.

I personally prefer the DH, I'd rather see an average hitter up there instead of a pitcher because the average pitcher is on their own level of awful with the bat. Even pitchers that are good hitters by pitcher standards suck with the bat.

Not to mention you see pitchers get hurt running the bases making them unavailable to do their actual job. And I hate giving away outs by having him bunt.

[TheStillman 991]

As a fan of an AL team there are few things more annoying or boring than when the O's are playing in an NL park, they have 2 outs with none or one man on base and the opposing team walks the 7th and 8th batter in order to face the pitcher to end the inning. 

[brtjohns 711]

As a fan of an AL team there are few things more annoying or boring than when the O's are playing in an NL park, they have 2 outs with none or one man on base and the opposing team walks the 7th and 8th batter in order to face the pitcher to end the inning. 

 

yes.  knew there was another seemingly obvious scenario that i wanted to add to my points.  couldnt think of it.  thats exactly it, you see it all the time.  they're inning killers.

 

pitchers have just proven to have no business being at the plate, period.  in a sport that has way too much downtime as it is, replacing a pitcher's bat with a dh's is, to me, a must.

[chicagoHOOSIER 1,051]

You poo-pooing upstarts just don't understand the game as it is intended to be played if you see it that way.

 

The key is dominant pitching, with pitchers who can crush the ball, and a bench that is synchronized with your pen.

 

That's baseball, boys.

 

When you get to the playoffs and your mashers are still working the butterflies out, and your ace steps into the batters box and launches one against a future Hall-of-Famer in the third to get the offense untracked, you know you have a team to be reckoned with!

[Naturalhoosier 15,436]

Moved the DH conversation out of Mr. Schwarber's personal thread.  :)