MLB 2021

[Dr. Medulla]

Well, at least now I know who to blame for Boston's fourth-place finish in the AL East this year!

Haven't read the article, but minorities, right?

With the Sox yeah that's always part of it but this is all about the balls.

But you know who controls the manufacture of baseballs, right? BLM and Antifa.

Well baseballs used to be made in Haiti..

Arrange the letters of Haiti, you get … Soros. No, I think you get Obama.

[revbob]

Haven't read the article, but minorities, right?

With the Sox yeah that's always part of it but this is all about the balls.

But you know who controls the manufacture of baseballs, right? BLM and Antifa.

Well baseballs used to be made in Haiti..

Are they not making them down there anymore?

No they moved operations to Costa Rica a while back.

[revbob]

Sox traded that guy with all the letters in his name.

[Dr. Medulla]

Sox traded that guy with all the letters in his name.

Andrew Supernintendochalmers. Solid dude who fell off a cliff. Hope he rediscovers his skill in a new atmosphere. Two years ago the Sox won the WS with their best OF in a generation and now they're all gone (assuming they don't re-sign Jackie Bradley Jr., which doesn't seem probable).

[revbob]

Sox traded that guy with all the letters in his name.

Andrew Supernintendochalmers. Solid dude who fell off a cliff. Hope he rediscovers his skill in a new atmosphere. Two years ago the Sox won the WS with their best OF in a generation and now they're all gone (assuming they don't re-sign Jackie Bradley Jr., which doesn't seem probable).

Andrew Alphabetendi was my favorite nick name for him

[Dr. Medulla]

Sox traded that guy with all the letters in his name.

Andrew Supernintendochalmers. Solid dude who fell off a cliff. Hope he rediscovers his skill in a new atmosphere. Two years ago the Sox won the WS with their best OF in a generation and now they're all gone (assuming they don't re-sign Jackie Bradley Jr., which doesn't seem probable).

Andrew Alphabetendi was my favorite nick name for him

I remember on SoSH, Doug Mientkiewicz was referred to as Doug Eyechart.

[Dr. Medulla]

Perhaps this belongs in another thread, but for obvious reasons, I think, it's better here: https://thehardtimes.net/blog/5-backwar ... y-has-hpv/

[Flex]

Perhaps this belongs in another thread, but for obvious reasons, I think, it's better here: https://thehardtimes.net/blog/5-backwar ... y-has-hpv/

i almost died laughing when i saw that headline. good data for a day at the ballparl

[Dr. Medulla]

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-news-johnn ... 53592.html

Looks like someone is coming out of retirement to join the White Sox.

[Boddington]

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-news-johnn ... 53592.html

Looks like someone is coming out of retirement to join the White Sox.

.2 is...impressive.

[Dr. Medulla]

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-news-johnn ... 53592.html

Looks like someone is coming out of retirement to join the White Sox.

.2 is...impressive.

Another news site had him as close to .3, which is astounding. He'd have to pound back, like, 10 drinks in an hour to get there. He's gonna get his frat put on double-secret probation.

[Kimmelweck]

Looks quite possible the Blue Jays might play in Buffalo again this year. Hoping they allow some fans in this time. I've never seen a major league game in person and would be stoked to catch a Jays game here.

[revbob]

Looks quite possible the Blue Jays might play in Buffalo again this year. Hoping they allow some fans in this time. I've never seen a major league game in person and would be stoked to catch a Jays game here.

Said nobody ever...well maybe Inder.

[Dr. Medulla]

Looks quite possible the Blue Jays might play in Buffalo again this year. Hoping they allow some fans in this time. I've never seen a major league game in person and would be stoked to catch a Jays game here.

Said nobody ever...well maybe Inder.

I watched a few Jays games last season. It looked like a nice intimate park, especially compared to Rogers Centre. The novelty of it all might generate more fans than if they played in TO this year.

[Kimmelweck]

Looks quite possible the Blue Jays might play in Buffalo again this year. Hoping they allow some fans in this time. I've never seen a major league game in person and would be stoked to catch a Jays game here.

Said nobody ever...well maybe Inder.

I watched a few Jays games last season. It looked like a nice intimate park, especially compared to Rogers Centre. The novelty of it all might generate more fans than if they played in TO this year.

The closest I came to an MLB game was in the early 80s when the Pirates played an exhibition game against their (at the time) double-A farm club the Buffalo Bisons. The game was at the long-gone War Memorial Stadium (aka The Old Rockpile) in downtown Buffalo, the same place they filmed much of The Natural. It existed from 1937-1989. I sat with my Little League team about 10 rows back from the Pirates bench, which was along the first base line just beyond first base. I was about 10, and my favorite player was Willie Stargell. The team also included Dave Parker, Kent Tekulve, Bill Madlock, Dale Berra, John Candelaria, Grant Jackson, Tony Pena, etc. All my favorites from my Topps baseball cards.

In the center of the bench, about 30 feet away from me, sat Willie Stargell, with a 3-gallon bucket of Buffalo wings between his legs. He was devouring them mid-game. An older fan, to my right and slightly behind me, cupped his hands over his mouth and yelled “Hey Willie! How are they?” Stargell never turned around, but with his mouth full, raised a half-eaten chicken drumstick, a hunk of skin flapping in the breeze, over his right shoulder and gave it a mighty, triumphant shake. The crowd in my section erupted spontaneously, like the crowd of Texans in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure when Pee Wee says “I remember…..the Alamo?”

And holy shit, I just realized The Old Rockpile might have inspired the setting of my crazy Christmas Eve dream I described in the dream thread! The Bills, with OJ, played there in the 60s/early 70s, and won the '64 AFL championship game there, Buffalo's last major sports championship.

edit - The Bills also won the AFL championship in '65, but that was played in San Diego.