IWST 2019: WSH vs HOU — Two TONs o’ Fun

[bmfc1]

This has been going on for decades and will continue unless MLB: cuts the amount of commercial time between innings (eliminating just one 30-second ad per break saves 18 minutes--you can do more of the split-screen ads to recoup the revenue) and starts the games at 7 ("What about the poor West Coast!" "STFU, 2/3 of the country lives in the eastern time zone and I'd rather miss the beginning of a game than the end.") Maybe the new 3-batters per reliever rule will help.

[Edgy MD]

It's 2019, and Fernando Rodney is pitching in the World Series.

[Frayed Knot]

=bmfc1 post_id=25212 time=1572091522 user_id=73]... eliminating just one 30-second ad per break saves 18 minutes

[bmfc1]

You're right, 9 minutes. I'll take it.

Wait until tonight as HOU goes with a "bullpen game".

[batmagadanleadoff]

Frayed Knot wrote: -- Selig talks often of how his major accomplishment was 'raising the revenue' but neglects to mention the cost (in number of eyeballs) of his actions

If you wanna be purely cynical about this -- well, so what? Money is the end. So long as tbey continue to make more money than ever, what do they care if nobody watches?

[Frayed Knot]

They should care because the model they've chosen -- increased money in the short term in exchange for interminably long games and ceding full time-slot control to the networks -- isn't sustainable.

Depressed ratings lead either more immediately to 'make-goods' where MLB rebates the network -- either directly or through reduced rates in future transactions -- and then down the road when the

next contract comes up for negotiation. And that's before you even get into whether you're essentially pre-alienating future fans which in turn could lead to reduced revenue.

[Frayed Knot]

Well tonight at least they've got the first three innings completed in (slightly) under an hour ... so there's that.

[LWFS]

Your MVP: Robinson Ducking Chirinos?

[Frayed Knot]

The Nats have just been Rodney'd

It was only a matter of time.

[Edgy MD]

My wife has never rooted for the Mets to win as hard as she is right now rooting for the Nats to lose.



I don't know who she likes more right now — Alex Bregman or Fernando Rodney.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Dark blue Nats unis aren't great. Not that the original was any good. But, number font entirely too thick. Was same issue with latter-day Expos jerseys, after they perfected the thin and stylish uni number

[Frayed Knot]

The problem is that the Nats had a lengthy winning streak with those unis so they've stuck with them for the entire post.

Maybe that'll end after tonight.









And obviously that sub-3 Hour pace went away long ago and this one will be closer to (though at least under) 4:00

[G-Fafif]

The Series whose games never end will go on and on...

[Frayed Knot]

Home teams are now 17-17 in this year's post-season play.

The Houston-v-Tampa ALDS series was a home team 'Sweep' (5-0).

This series, so far, has been an 0-4 'anti-sweep'.

[HahnSolo]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Dark blue Nats unis aren't great. Not that the original was any good. But, number font entirely too thick. Was same issue with latter-day Expos jerseys, after they perfected the thin and stylish uni number

I get the superstition that the team has about going with their "lucky" dark blues. But one of the few things I like about the Nats are their home whites.

[Edgy MD]

Asdrubal Cabrera, despite not debuting as a Nat until August 6, was 11th on the team in bWAR.



He's also hitting .385 in the World Series. I suspect he must be hurt.

[bmfc1]

"The warrior", "the toughest MF on the planet", "the ultimate gamer", Max Scherzer, is not starting tonight b/c of recurring back/neck issues.

Joe Ross gets the ball.

I don't want to belittle his injuries but the local media gives us nonstop crap about how tough he is and now he isn't starting a Series game. He really must be hurt.

[Frayed Knot]

"The warrior", "the toughest MF on the planet", "the ultimate gamer", Max Scherzer, is not starting tonight b/c of recurring back/neck issues. Joe Ross gets the ball.

WOW!!



I hadn't realized that Ross was even on the roster until he showed up in the middle of Friday's game: a tidy 2 scoreless innings, one hit/19 pitches.

He only pitched 3 times in September (including one on 9/2 where we hit him up for 7 runs in under 4 IP) and Friday was his first appearance in this year's post-season.

[bmfc1]

Trump will be in the building, maybe he'll want to pitch.

[Frayed Knot]

Trump will be in the building, maybe he'll want to pitch.

Did you see where he doesn't want to throw out the first pitch because they'll make him wear the kevlar vest and all that and "it'll make me look fat".

Yeah, that's what'll do it!

Edited October 27, 2019 by Guest

[bmfc1]

If he waddled onto the field the boos would be overwhelming but they'd play "Hail to the Chief" very loudly the way they play music whenever we chant "Lets Go Mets".

BTW, the Washington Post reported that Manfred played golf yesterday with Trump and Lindsay Graham.

[bmfc1]

Why couldn't this game have started at 7:30? I know that football rules and NFL games run longer than 3 hours but everything was finished by 7:30. Instead, first pitch is at 8:08.

[bmfc1]

Here's a fun group to hang out with at the 'ol ballpark (scroll):

https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1188612476809760769https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1188612476809760769

[LWFS]

So what happens if, like, Gaetz or Scalise gets accidentally locked out?



Anyway...turns out the 107-win, Yank-waxing Astros are, like, pretty good after all.

[Edgy MD]

The red-hot Nats: Because everything the president touches turns to shit.

[LWFS]

I'm not typically one to get all red-ass, but... post-HR choreography in the dugout when said HR only puts you within three of tying, and said HR BARELY made it out of the damn park, AND you're about to lose your third straight at home... well, it ain't a great look.

[LWFS]

WAAAAAAY too close to take, Master Robles.

[Frayed Knot]

=LWFS post_id=25293 time=1572229944 user_id=84]
I'm not typically one to get all red-ass, but... post-HR choreography in the dugout when said HR only puts you within three of tying, and said HR BARELY made it out of the damn park, AND you're about to lose your third straight at home... well, it ain't a great look.

Edited October 27, 2019 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

=LWFS post_id=25294 time=1572230314 user_id=84]
WAAAAAAY too close to take, Master Robles.

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: =LWFS post_id=25293 time=1572229944 user_id=84] I'm not typically one to get all red-ass, but... post-HR choreography in the dugout when said HR only puts you within three of tying, and said HR BARELY made it out of the damn park, AND you're about to lose your third straight at home... well, it ain't a great look.

I remember early in Deion Sanders' career when he intercepted a pass late in the game and took it to the end zone while doing his check-me-out, high-stepping dance all the way, a TD which put the Falcons ... down only 35-7

I was thinking at the time that if I were his teammate I'd want to kick his ass over that.



Turns out that was only the beginning.