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  1. Frayed Knot
    We needed to get thru the 7th ... and we have!
  2. Frayed Knot
    To answer Gary/Keith's question, 100 XBHs has occurred 15 times by 12 different players: Ruth, Gehrig (x2), Barry Bonds, Chuck Klein (x2), Todd Helton (x2), Albert Belle (he also had 99), Hank Greenberg, Stan Musial, Sammy Sosa, Rogers Hornsby, Jimmie Foxx, Luis Gonzalez,
  3. Frayed Knot
    I agree. The LF was getting rid of the ball about the time Benge was reaching 3rd. Now it was lousy throw but, of course, you don't know that at the time ... and now he winds up scoring anyway!!
  4. Frayed Knot
    Alvarez manages to avoid hitting into a GiDP in a potential GiDP situation!!!
  5. Frayed Knot
    > 2-1/2 hours just to get thru 5 innings ... and although that's a lot quicker than it would be for the pre-speed-up rules, this one is not exactly sailing along, especially for a low scoring game.
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    x 3
  7. Frayed Knot
    And now a one-out triple by MJ Melendez capped by a very stylish head-first into 3rd.
  8. Frayed Knot
    Soto HRs in the 3rd pitch of the game ... Quick, call time out!!!
  9. Frayed Knot
    The intent is to keep owners, who may have various incentives at a particular time to Not want to win, from being the one calling the shots on the field. Not that they can't do so remotely but at least there it's a level or two removed from the dugout rather than in it. Of course the number of teams in the NBA openly and purposely tanking may have been in double digits this season and few of their fans seem to mind. I mean, why there were more than 10 fans at any given Washington Wizards game over the last three seasons is a mystery to me, but I don't seem to get basketball culture in general.
  10. Frayed Knot
    Lorenzen skunked us on 1 run/7 hits over 7 innings two weeks ago in NY where the Mets scored their only run off him via a GiDP (cuz that's how we roll) in an eventual 4-3 Rox win. Time for some payback ... or at least maybe an XBH or three. Mets had 11 hits in that game: 10 singles and one double, plus zero walks and three GiDPs!!.
  11. Frayed Knot
    Just to keep everyone up to speed on first pitch times: - Monday was the day game which was supposed to be a night game - Tuesday was an off day which was also supposed to be a night game - Wednesday is a night game (9:20) which was originally supposed to be a day game - and Thursday will be a day game (3:10) in what was supposed to be an off/travel day And when you've digested all that we'll move along to differential calculus
  12. Frayed Knot
    The honor for best NYM hitter in April is roughly the equivalent of best ice hockey player in Peru.
  13. Frayed Knot
    Then there's only one solution. EXPAND THE PLAYOFFS!!!!
  14. Frayed Knot
    The rain-to-snow is expected to last until around noon (MDT) on Wednesday with temps right around freezing and a 12 mph north wind, hence the altered start time. By scheduled first pitch (6PM MDT) the temps will have rocketed into the 40s (OK, 40 even) with even a little sun and calmer winds. For the finale Thursday temps should be in the 60 - 65 range and partly cloudy.
  15. Frayed Knot
    I have no reason to be over optimistic / But sometimes when they win I can brave bad weather
  16. Frayed Knot
    3 - 1 in May, baby (against two bad franchises) no stopping us now!!
  17. Frayed Knot
    Oh that logic has been going on since the WBC was first concocted. Some guy would get injured in August and it would be accompanied by a statement that 'the WBC claims another victim'. Making connections is easy when you come up with the cause and effect ahead of time.
  18. Frayed Knot
    It's Carson Benge's world and the rest of us are just living in it. OK, that's way over the top, but this is starting to get the feel of something big coming on
  19. Frayed Knot
    But in-market streaming is a different situation. Here, both Edgy and Hot Corner are paying for NYM games via mlb.tv but are getting blacked out of more than 10% of them*: all 14 Nats games (used to be 18) plus three more vs the O's (was occasionally six). * with network and 'alternate' platform games included, it's around 11-12% (17 of 150?) or around one game in eight. And of course with no discount for the missed telecasts.
  20. Frayed Knot
    He's a Moniak, Moniak in the box / Was a bust in Philly but is raking for the Rox
  21. Frayed Knot
    Yeah, the real crime of his is the not-quite-in-market teams that wind up on the banned list. That Hot Corner, 230-some miles from D.C. and an additional 40 or so from Baltimore, has those teams blocked on the basis that he could potentially get the MASN network in his area (varying wildly on which cable/satellite packages he does or doesn't subscribe to) reeks of short-sightedness. 'Protecting' MASN in the DMV area is arguably one thing in the attempt to keep regional sports network partners viable. But then extending that umbrella all the way out to eastern N.C. and therefore placing him square in the Nats/Orioles 'fan base' because those are the closest teams to him goes way overboard in the idea to keep MASN from potentially losing some of 'their' customers.
  22. Frayed Knot
    Yes, he successfully hid his true age for many years but that eventually got tougher in the internet age. He became father to triplets at the age of 61, something that's capable of killing a 21 y/o!! Nets games and Braves games were mentioned above. He also did Atlanta Hawks basketball, Islanders hockey for a short time [Islander Goal! Islander Goal! had the same delivery and cadence as Yankees Win! Yankees Win!] and a bunch more as well. I was first aware when he did a sports talk show on WMCA in NYC (570) where he played the role of the acerbic host in the days prior to 24 hrs/day sports stations.
  23. Frayed Knot
    Denver actually has more hours/year of sunshine than any other big city in this country. It's just very ... changeable. It can be 70+ as it was yesterday, then be 70+ again as is forecast for Fri/Sat, but drop into the '30s w/snow in between as is almost certain for tomorrow. So it's often clement.
  24. Frayed Knot
    Now that we're down to one trip per year vs the Rox, it certainly seems like a while since we hit town in mid-summer.
  25. Frayed Knot
    The all-important probables for the series. No, not he pitchers but the weather in this first week of May. Monday: around 60 for first pitch (6:40 local time) but showers possible starting around 9 PM Tuesday: rain all day with temps plummeting to the upper 30s by first pitch (6:40) Wednesday: the good news? 1:10 local time first pitch. Bad news? snow, high of 39 degrees
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