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On 10/6/2017 at 11:37 PM, DNM13 said:

 

I can't stand the Dodgers. They are basically the NL version of the Yankees, except LA doesn't really give a shit about sports. I was in LA for work a few weeks in October, the year the  Red Sox won the World Series. The Dodgers were in the playoffs that year, but nobody seemed to give a crap. I could never root for a team with such an apathetic fan base, especially when your team is spending top dollars and is in the playoffs almost every year.

And yet, they drew 46,492 per game.    It's a big city, but somebody there must care.   

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1 hour ago, Frobby said:

And yet, they drew 46,492 per game.    It's a big city, but somebody there must care.   

When I see a big crowd at a Dodgers game, I sometimes get the feeling they're like movie extras -- they get paid $75 a day, or whatever it is, to show up and make noise. And they're allowed to leave after the seventh inning.

Seriously, it is a really nice stadium and it's a big city, with a metro population about 2/3 of New York's and six times Baltimore's, but 46,000-plus is the number of tickets sold -- not the number of fans at each  game. I don't think I've seen a Dodgers regular-season game, not lately anyway, where it looks like anywhere near that number of seats is filled.

Think of all the studios, agents, lawyers, consultants, accountants and others in LA who are potential season ticket buyers because they can afford them and want to use them to impress clients and others. Those season ticket buyers had no NFL opportunities for years, and I'm sure many of them can't get Lakers tickets). It's easy to see how the Dodgers can sell a lot of tickets when they're putting a good team on the field.

I thoroughly enjoyed the NYY implosion last night, as well as the Joe Girardi postgame interview, in which Joe "explained" that he didn't challenge the Chad Green/Chisenhall  HBP because he was constrained by the 30-second time limit for challenges (someone should tell John Gibbons about that rule) and, as a former catcher -- that is, knowing what we non-ex-catchers can never hope to know -- he didn't want to break hie pitcher's rhythm (Joe could tell Green was on a roll after hitting a guy to load the bases, even though the rest of the world couldn't appreciate that). And of course when you're ahead 8-3 in the bottom of the sixth, with a chance  to wipe out three baserunners, end the inning, and bring on Robertson, Betances and Chapman with a five-run lead, you want to save your challenges for when you really need them.

Here's some commentary from the NY Post's Joel Sherman. 

http://nypost.com/2017/10/07/girardis-legacy-will-forever-be-tainted-with-this-debacle/

 

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2 hours ago, Frobby said:

And yet, they drew 46,492 per game.    It's a big city, but somebody there must care.   

My former black and orange team, the NY Giants, at their last game at the Polo Grounds did not draw well:

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10 hours ago, Enjoy Terror said:

Someone asked me today who I was rooting for in the playoffs and I was going through in my head... Red Sox and Yankees of course not, Nationals no, Cubs and Dodgers are just insufferable teams...

It’s really just the Astros, Indians, and DBacks I don’t have any problem with.

I always like the Dodgers too. But otherwise yes. 

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On 10/6/2017 at 9:46 AM, bobmc said:

 

Hopefully, Jay Bruuuuuuuuce is the Yanks' Ron Swoboda !!!

 

 

 

On 10/6/2017 at 10:11 AM, Frobby said:

 

But who will be their Al Weis ???

 

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In the 10th inning of last night's game, a cameraman almost became the Indians' J.C. Martin of sorts.

 

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5 hours ago, Frobby said:

 

And yet, they drew 46,492 per game. It's a big city, but somebody there must care.

 

 

 

2 hours ago, bobmc said:

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My former black and orange team, the NY Giants, at their last game at the Polo Grounds did not draw well:

 

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The paid attendance at the Polo Grounds for Bobby Thomson's 'Shot Heard 'Round the World' on October 3rd of 1951 was 34,320 ........ yet more than 500,000 people have since claimed to have been there.

 

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The paid attendance at the Polo Grounds for Bobby Thomson's 'Shot Heard 'Round the World' on October 3rd of 1951 was 34,320 ........ yet more than 500,000 people have since claimed to have been there.

 

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I was with my family on Rte 1 heading south to FL.  When Russ Hodges screamed on the car radio, "It's gonna be it i believe...the Giants win the pennant!", my dad had to pull off the road to breathe properly.  We settled down to a burnt dinner of Dirty Moore Beef Stew that evening at the motel. Ahhh, memories of yesteryear linger long!

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7 hours ago, bobmc said:

I was with my family on Rte 1 heading south to FL.  When Russ Hodges screamed on the car radio, "It's gonna be it i believe...the Giants win the pennant!", my dad had to pull off the road to breathe properly.  We settled down to a burnt dinner of Dirty Moore Beef Stew that evening at the motel. Ahhh, memories of yesteryear linger long!

I can't imagine my team having a moment like that.    The O's, for all the great things that have happened over the years, have never had a super-dramatic moment like that.   

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