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I didn't catch the pre-game. Was there a reason given for the "4" patch on each team's uniforms?
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1 hour ago, DrungoHazewood said:
They could have a cutout in the RF wall, and if the ball goes in there it's a homer. But if it's 10' higher it's off the wall and in play!
Sounds like one of the dreams I had a few years ago. The ballpark was a mash-up of OPACY and my childhood back yard. In the last play of the game, Matt Wieters went hard into third on a triple, overslid and went all the way into the visitor's dugout and a brawl ensued. I think the ball he hit was in a tree in centerfield and it took a long time to bound down from the various limbs, thus the triple!
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14 minutes ago, fansince1988 said:
I'd like them to put the scoreboard in the dead space that is the left field upper deck which vary rarely fills up. Make it the Scoreboard Pavilion with standing room and social space.
I'd have no problem with that. And for the people who can't see that, that RF auxillary board I pasted in will help those folks, at least.
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11 minutes ago, interloper said:
I like the idea but I think Elias would probably balk at making it even easier to hit home runs to RF. But maybe not!
I had assumed making a field level area in RF would be like a basement to the flag court, not a lowering of the RF fence. Just a cut out at the bottom of the out of town scoreboard.
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I like the idea of field level outfield section built in the wall, but I'd hate to see the grounds crew dugout gone, but that's where it probably makes most sense, unless it could be built under the flag court or Walltimore.
Btw, this is as good a place as any to repost my idea for moving the scoreboard / Jumbotron so the historic Camden Station could be seen. By doing so, the centerfield rooftop bar could be almost tripled in size in my drawing. I don't care if the scoreboard blocks the view of the freeloaders on the balcony of the Hilton. I still have my grudge based on it blocking the Bromo Tower. This is my graphic of how it would look. Note the auxiliary scoreboard behind the seats in the right field corner.
And for good measure, redesign the top of the scoreboard to incorporate the Key Bridge into the design since The Sun logo is gone.
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13 hours ago, 86this said:
This might have something to do with it.
On the bright side, that fan got the coolest in-game souvenir possible, his glove.
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On 5/27/2024 at 9:36 PM, Sports Guy said:
Wonder if this was a “forced retirement”?
That's one way to put it.
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It must be tough to be known as THE worst umpire. But someone has to be, I guess.
It reminds me of the old joke, "what do you call the person who finished last in his med school?"
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36 minutes ago, rudyrooster said:
Speaking as an old "hippy". This planet would be a much better place to live if their were more Bill Waltons walking among us.
When I was in my mid teens, his hippie ethic appealed to me and I followed his early NBA career when he was allowed to turn loose and be himself. I admired his playing in college, but I had to pull hard against him in his senior year as NC State was my hometown team and David Thompson was my guy. We all know how the '74 tournament went. But Walton was an intimidating presence on the court and that semi-final was one I dreaded. He had an amazing run at UCLA and as Frobby mentioned, the '73 title game was off the charts as far as domination and excellence, and propelled him straight into legend.
I didn't follow college nor NBA much in the last few decades, so I missed him as a commentator or analyst. But I'd heard a lot about how colorful he was.
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4 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:
Hyde! We got a new bullpen mate for you and a 3rd string catcher. Just have to DFA Urias.
I’d mow the grass there in exchange for Boog sandwiches and free admission to games.
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Just now, OriolesMagic83 said:
If you have an eephus pitch, we could use you out of the bullpen too.
See updated edit. Put me in, coach!
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7 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:
Can you catch? We might need a 3rd string catcher.
I can!
Me in the cage in '80 during offseason in high school.
And I have a knuckleball if needed in blowout games. More recent.
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2 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:
I think they can handle it. What they might get back to Baltimore at 10 or 11.
I'd have been napping since about 2pm and would be fresh.
But I'm 62.
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3 hours ago, RZNJ said:
One observation that I noticed since ST. And, hey, if it works who cares. Holliday looks like he’s coming out of his shoes on almost every swing. I’m sure Cowser, Kjerstad, and Mayo are taking max effort swings too. But they look more in control. He’s not a big guy compared to those three, Westburg and Henderson. It looks like a small guy trying to keep up with the big guys. And I know that Mookie Betts is not a big guy and you don’t have to be big to generate power but it doesn’t hurt.
I remember once he was asked about the all-star summer circuit in HS and why he didn’t do so well. I’ll try to find the interview. Essentially he said he was trying to do too much.
Good point about the big swing. Sometimes just trying to go opposite field helps guys make a breakthrough, too. I think the last five hits by Mounty were opposite field singles and doubles. And one of those games he got four hits, so he was onto something.
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3 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:
Piss missiles go over the fence
Dang auto-correct. I typed "miss missile".
But I was going by this definition.
piss missile - a line drive struck with force to cause any fielder in the path of said ball to lose their ability to hold his urine -
Just now, Moose Milligan said:
Stowers ripped it, too bad.
Piss missile
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34 minutes ago, justD said:
I loved that call so much!
Doesn't anyone have a link yet? We had the Apple feed on.
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53 minutes ago, baltfan said:
I don’t like Coulumbe because his name is hard to spell and sounds French.
I had that problem with Pillar. Not only did his name sound French, but he looked French!
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54 minutes ago, Malike said:
Cano is gone, so half the battle is behind us.
And half a bottle was behind me. And likely some others.
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Also, observation of games is so evolved that we have such things as pitch spin rate, all manner of analytics, and broadcast overlays with run, rbi, and HR probability.
And yet, we don't have robots calling balls and strikes or at least pitch challenges.
Color my world.
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It has been bothering me for awhile about who Beintendi reminds me of. Now I know.
Frank Sabotka from The Wire, Season Two.The baby-faced union guy from the docks.
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I did a Google search of Jason La Canfora to see what he looked like. Based on what I read on here, he's a blowhard and jack leg. I was kind of hoping the photo was of the guy I was sitting next to on row 2 in Section 336 on Saturday vs. Diamondbacks. He was opinionated, obnoxious, loud, and argumentative with nearly everything we talked about. He was a young guy, maybe mid to late 20s, a bushy beard, dark hair, and wearing a LOT of Orioles gear (socks, color-coordinated shoes, white O's jacket, and some specialty O's cap I didn't recognize). He said he had worked at 98 rock until last year. We got into a heated discussion about my proposal to move the main scoreboard in the offseason to the Hilton side behind the statue park, as part of the 600 million dollars of upgrades, and also so that the historic Camden Station could be seen from all of the seats. He was just relentless. I wanted to throw him over the rail.
After seeing his pic, I realize hit's not him, but I wonder who it was? He says he works for a high school now. He's not on OH, as I asked him.My parting words were, "well, if they decided to do that, you can say you heard it first from an asshole sitting next to you on May 11th, 2024." My wife just snickered when she heard that.
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Richmond and Baltimore this weekend!
Secret Monkey Weekend, fresh off of our Emmy for the PBS documentary on our band and family (view at that link) is playing Friday in Richmond in Carytown at Garden Grove Brewing & Urban Winery at 8pm with Brilliant Mistakes, an Elvis Costello tribute.
But for you MD folks, we're after Saturday's O's game, 8pm at Monument City Brewing at 1 N. Haven St. We're 3rd among 4 cool groups and solo acts (one is DC's Brian K & The Parkway and the other is The Bootstrap Boys). We'd love to see you at one or the other!
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And, oh man, losing those voicemails from your late father. I hope there is a way to recover them. That hits me. I have some from Weams that I'm trying to hang onto. They made it to my newest phone purchase. It would crush me if I were to lose them.
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Sunday 6/2/2024 - Os vs Tampa Bay Rays
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Ok, just found it online. 4-ALS. Lou Gehrig's disease. 4 was his number.