Sunday, August 20: Orioles go for a sweep in Oakland on last game of west coast trip

[brucewayne]

1 minute ago, accinfo said:

Now you are getting silly.  Rick Dempsey gets hot in a 5 game world series and he is the reason the Orioles won in 1983?  

A huge reason yes. Catcher is by far the most important position.

[Moose Milligan]

8 minutes ago, brucewayne said:

 

I’ve explained this to you before and you didn’t get it so I know I’m wasting my breath here. 
 
One of the beautiful things about baseball is how democratic it is. You can’t give the ball to Michael Jordan 30 times a game. You can’t rely on Tom Brady throwing for five touchdowns. 
 

Because some all-star catchers won some rings, it doesn’t matter. You pretending like  they put their teams on their backs in the way Jordan and Brady and others did is silly. Baseball doesn’t work that way. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

14 minutes ago, accinfo said:

So you would extend Adley over Mike Trout in his prime?  Wow

Catchers also age much faster and Gunnar is putting up an .800 OPS this season as one of the youngest players in the American League. I love Adley, but if I can only extend one them it’s going to be Gunnar and it’s not close. 

Edited August 20, 2023 by OsFanSinceThe80s

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

11 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

I’ve explained this to you before and you didn’t get it so I know I’m wasting my breath here. 
 
One of the beautiful things about baseball is how democratic it is. You can’t give the ball to Michael Jordan 30 times a game. You can’t rely on Tom Brady throwing for five touchdowns. 
 

Because some all-star catchers won some rings, it doesn’t matter. You pretending like  they put their teams on their backs in the way Jordan and Brady and others did is silly. Baseball doesn’t work that way. 

“You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.”

Earl Weaver 

[SteveA]

2 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

I told him to overslide the bag.

After the game ended I went to do my grocery shopping for the week.

While I was walking down the bread aisle, it occurred to me that I don't think this was good advice.

I believe if he slid, touched 2nd, and then overslid the bag and was tagged out, he would be credited with the double and not the single.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

After the game ended I went to do my grocery shopping for the week.

While I was walking down the bread aisle, it occurred to me that I don't think this was good advice.

I believe if he slid, touched 2nd, and then overslid the bag and was tagged out, he would be credited with the double and not the single.

I didn't think the joke would work as "miss the bag".