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This is an interesting story/video a friend posted on Facebook. Thought I'd share:
Baseball's Dirty Little Secret.
Baseball's Dirty Little Secret.
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For the Love of the Game
24 October 2009 @ 07:27 pm
Since Game 6 has been postponed, here's a poll to tide us all over...
Poll #1475840
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 32
Poll #1475840
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 32
Who do you want to win the ALCS?
18 (56.2%)06 October 2009 @ 10:46 pm
OKAY SO IS ANYONE ELSE FREAKING THE EFF OUT (IN A GOOD WAY) AFTER THAT GAME OR IS IT JUST ME?!!!
Also, Tigers fans, I'm not meaning to rub it in at all -- that game was nuts and both teams fought hard (I know, I know; you don't want to hear it).
29 September 2009 @ 09:04 pm
Tampa Bay Rays at Texas Rangers—September 27, 2009
Well, I know I said that I had posted my last game recap of the season. But I did add a caveat that said, "unless something weird happens." So I guess something weird happened. I went to Fort Worth to celebrate my mom's birthday and visit my sister, and I invited a friend who lived there to dinner with us. She then invited me to a Texas Rangers game the next day, and so there you go. I went by target to get some pencils and a clipboard and I was ready!
( Read more... )
front cover
scorecard cover
back cover
( pictures )
Well, I know I said that I had posted my last game recap of the season. But I did add a caveat that said, "unless something weird happens." So I guess something weird happened. I went to Fort Worth to celebrate my mom's birthday and visit my sister, and I invited a friend who lived there to dinner with us. She then invited me to a Texas Rangers game the next day, and so there you go. I went by target to get some pencils and a clipboard and I was ready!( Read more... )
front cover
scorecard cover
back cover
( pictures )
27 September 2009 @ 12:41 pm
This weeks theme is:
Favorite Playoff Moments
1. Feel free to post anything you'd like, as long
as it is within the community rules (basically
meaning nothing offensive). You can post picspams,
essays, or anything else you can think of.
2. When posting, please title the entry "Theme of
The Week" and tag it appropriately. For example,
I would tag my entry with "members: twinsfan33" and
"weliveforthis: theme of the week."
3. Have an idea for a theme? Leave it here.
27 September 2009 @ 05:32 pm
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26 September 2009 @ 10:03 pm
On Friday night I went to Chase Field in Phoenix to see the Arizona Diamondbacks take on the San Diego Padres. I was able to sit in the best seats I have ever sat in, behind the D-backs dugout, so I was pretty excited about going.
Max Scherzer was pitching for the D-backs and he started out the game wonderfully. The problem is, since he is a major strikeout pitcher, his pitch counts always get ridiculously high nearly every game. He only lasted 5 innings, having thrown 100+ pitches, and he gave up a few runs. The D-backs pitching staff has been monstrous at the plate this season, and tonight was no different as Scherzer smacked a single back up the middle to get things started in the 3rd inning. (side note: Dan Haren is a doubles machine and is hitting .252!)
Kevin Correia was pitching for the Padres and the Diamondbacks hitters just could not figure him out. I don't think they got past second base for the entire game. The Padres hitters beat up more on the D-backs bullpen once he finally exited the game. The Padres team is full of relatively no-name guys (except for Adrian Gonzalez and David Eckstein), but they're scrappy and keep fighting to get their hits, stolen bases, etc.
In the first inning, one of the Padres hitters smacked a screaming, and I mean screaming line drive foul ball that hit a lady in the face right behind the D-backs dugout. It was pretty scary to see. The emergency crews were working on her for a good 20-25 minutes before they carried her out of there on a stretcher. D-backs team president Derrick Hall ran over to her and stayed with her the whole time. I never heard what happened to her, but there was a lot of blood. I just hope everything turned out alright.
In the bottom of the 9th inning I was able to move even closer to the field, about 3 rows up, and take some pictures. One of the Chase Field employees saw me taking a bunch of pictures of Mark Reynolds in the on-deck circle, came over to me and was like, "Do you want me to tell him to turn around and smile for you??" And I was like, "Yeah, sure!" He started walking over there and all the time I was wondering -- he's not really going to go over there and talk to him during the GAME, is he? But no, he just went back to standing at his post. Haha. Though I did have my camera ready just in case, ha.
The game wasn't terribly exciting - next to no offense occurred and it was a big-time pitcher's duel for awhile, so unfortunately there wasn't much to tell about this weekly correspondent game! But it was neat to sit so close to the field.
Here are some pictures I took at the game!
( and more D-backs/Padres behind the cut! )
Max Scherzer was pitching for the D-backs and he started out the game wonderfully. The problem is, since he is a major strikeout pitcher, his pitch counts always get ridiculously high nearly every game. He only lasted 5 innings, having thrown 100+ pitches, and he gave up a few runs. The D-backs pitching staff has been monstrous at the plate this season, and tonight was no different as Scherzer smacked a single back up the middle to get things started in the 3rd inning. (side note: Dan Haren is a doubles machine and is hitting .252!)
Kevin Correia was pitching for the Padres and the Diamondbacks hitters just could not figure him out. I don't think they got past second base for the entire game. The Padres hitters beat up more on the D-backs bullpen once he finally exited the game. The Padres team is full of relatively no-name guys (except for Adrian Gonzalez and David Eckstein), but they're scrappy and keep fighting to get their hits, stolen bases, etc.
In the first inning, one of the Padres hitters smacked a screaming, and I mean screaming line drive foul ball that hit a lady in the face right behind the D-backs dugout. It was pretty scary to see. The emergency crews were working on her for a good 20-25 minutes before they carried her out of there on a stretcher. D-backs team president Derrick Hall ran over to her and stayed with her the whole time. I never heard what happened to her, but there was a lot of blood. I just hope everything turned out alright.
In the bottom of the 9th inning I was able to move even closer to the field, about 3 rows up, and take some pictures. One of the Chase Field employees saw me taking a bunch of pictures of Mark Reynolds in the on-deck circle, came over to me and was like, "Do you want me to tell him to turn around and smile for you??" And I was like, "Yeah, sure!" He started walking over there and all the time I was wondering -- he's not really going to go over there and talk to him during the GAME, is he? But no, he just went back to standing at his post. Haha. Though I did have my camera ready just in case, ha.
The game wasn't terribly exciting - next to no offense occurred and it was a big-time pitcher's duel for awhile, so unfortunately there wasn't much to tell about this weekly correspondent game! But it was neat to sit so close to the field.
24 September 2009 @ 09:56 am
Hey everybody, I wanted to make a few announcements.
ONE: I'm pulling executive powers and nixing the member of the week feature. I know that not everyone has had their chance as member, but I can count on one hand the number of people who actually utilized it. Not that I'm criticizing, because I know we all get busy with real life stuff. I'm just saying that it hasn't been that popular, and you can still pretty much post whatever you want whenever you want, anyway. So feel free to keep posting stuff, it just won't be titled "Member of the Week."
TWO: Themes of the week will now run for two weeks. So this week is still Playoff Predictions. Keep 'em coming.
Any questions/concerns can be left here, I'm always open to suggestions. But I really don't want to start up the Member of the Week again, because like I said -- you're still free to post content at any time. I guess the MotW sounded better on paper than it turned out to be in practice.
ONE: I'm pulling executive powers and nixing the member of the week feature. I know that not everyone has had their chance as member, but I can count on one hand the number of people who actually utilized it. Not that I'm criticizing, because I know we all get busy with real life stuff. I'm just saying that it hasn't been that popular, and you can still pretty much post whatever you want whenever you want, anyway. So feel free to keep posting stuff, it just won't be titled "Member of the Week."
TWO: Themes of the week will now run for two weeks. So this week is still Playoff Predictions. Keep 'em coming.
Any questions/concerns can be left here, I'm always open to suggestions. But I really don't want to start up the Member of the Week again, because like I said -- you're still free to post content at any time. I guess the MotW sounded better on paper than it turned out to be in practice.