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It's been crazy that the playoffs have been this entertaining despite no series going more than five games and St. Louis Cardinals being prominently involved.
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Wouldn't pine tar that far up the bat decrease the chance of a home run?
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GrumpyDoctor posted:Any fan of any team other than the Giants who isn't rooting for the Royals this series is a terrible person, and I say that as a Giants fan. I guess? The Royals have one injury (technically two, but the other one will be back in time for the next game.) The Giants have two of their most important players out for the season, and a morsel of Michael Morse. I certainly don't expect it to be easy. I'd be cool with either result in seven games, though I can understand some Royals fans who won't accept any losing so that they can have the weirdest playoff record that's been recorded for a while.
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LonesomeCrowdedWest posted:Wouldn't pine tar that far up the bat decrease the chance of a home run? Who knows, but it was a dumb rule intended to save money on baseballs that had to be put out of play because they had pine tar on them. This was back when they hoarded foul balls hit down the line and wouldn't let ball boys toss them to fans.
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Oct 18, 2014 05:26
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I'm rooting for the Royals, because they haven't been relevant in my entire life and their postseason run has been ridiculous.
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Oct 18, 2014 05:36
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I'm real sick of smug Giants fans that I have to work with. Go Royals. For gently caress's sake.
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Oct 18, 2014 05:39
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hatred of the giants aside I hope the royals lose 2 or 3 because a short world series is boring, and also so they can win it at home in front of a sea of blue 
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Oct 18, 2014 05:50
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Each team wins all of their home games. The Royals' streak hits 10 games, we get a nice long series and they win the series at home.
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Oct 18, 2014 05:56
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bawfuls posted:Why won't people root for my favorite team to win their 3rd championship in 5 years I don't get it!?? I know it hurts, Lord do I know it hurts, but we super don't get to say this, dude.
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Oct 18, 2014 06:22
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The Seattle Pilots directly led to Bud Selig's rise to power, gently caress them.
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Oct 18, 2014 07:21
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They also led to Ball Four, so it's not all bad.
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Oct 18, 2014 07:24
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John Wilkes Booth posted:They also led to Ball Four, so it's not all bad. I need to read that book.
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Oct 18, 2014 07:58
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Rand alPaul posted:I need to read that book. yeah, you do.
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Oct 18, 2014 08:05
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I love the poo poo out of the Giants; I've never had a reason to dislike the Royals, and I've found many reasons to like them a lot since the postseason started. One of my best friends hails from Kansas City (he's ecstatic), and I will happily root for the Royals with him all the way. Having said that I want each team to win each of their home games by a nose.
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Oct 18, 2014 08:05
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Can someone buy billboards in San Francisco and Kansas City demanding both teams wear high socks
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Oct 18, 2014 12:46
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Eat_at_Milliways posted:Can someone buy billboards in San Francisco and Kansas City demanding both teams wear high socks This should just be an MLB dress code rule. Stirrups can be optional, however.
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Oct 18, 2014 14:23
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=PseNrUeSmXk If you haven't heard about George Brett making GBS threads his pants, you should.
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Oct 18, 2014 14:34
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L-Boned posted:https://youtube.com/watch?v=PseNrUeSmXk That video will never get old, and it basically has a perfect ending.
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Oct 18, 2014 15:53
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Last year I wondered why everyone hated the Seahawks so much (hint: it's the 12th man) then I said gently caress it, and reveled in the hate. If your team is hated it probably means they are successful, or they get players with questionable backgrounds like the Rays.
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Oct 18, 2014 17:29
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I root for the Cardinals of the NFL and the Browns of the MLB so I get the best of both worlds!
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LonesomeCrowdedWest posted:Wouldn't pine tar that far up the bat decrease the chance of a home run? The rule was made because a baseball exec thought the players were wasting money by using so much pine tar, or so the goes.
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According to the Wikipedia article it was to keep the balls from getting dirtied, which is why that particular decision was eventually overturned.
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Explosionface posted:This should just be an MLB dress code rule. Stirrups can be optional, however. I don't think they're even really stirrups anymore. At least, not always. The socks have that design printed on them, so it looks like stirrups, but it isn't. tadashi posted:The rule was made because a baseball exec thought the players were wasting money by using so much pine tar, or so the goes. It was about money, but not about the price of pine tar. The rule was made because at the time, this would quickly discolor and tar-up the ball. These were the days when a ball would be used until it started to fall apart or was lost; the owners didn't want to spend money on too many balls. I believe this is why, in the end, they just got rid of the rule: at the time of the Pine Tar Incident, MLB was well into the era of changing balls frequently, so the impetus for the rule just didn't exist anymore. Edit: GrumpyDoctor beat me to it.
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Sir Unimaginative posted:I know it hurts, Lord do I know it hurts, but we super don't get to say this, dude.
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I seem to remember reading that Billy Martin knew Brett had been doing that to his bats in the months prior, but never brought it up until that time because he never really needed to. Also, pretty sure I've never seen someone so angry on a baseball diamond.
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Dingleberry Jones posted:Also, pretty sure I've never seen someone so angry on a baseball diamond. Lou Piniella literally exists.
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nerve posted:I root for the Cardinals of the NFL and the Browns of the MLB so I get the best of both worlds! The Browns won a title
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Feranon posted:hatred of the giants aside I hope the royals lose 2 or 3 because a short world series is boring, and also so they can win it at home in front of a sea of blue The streak must not be broken until they win the whole thing.
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Groucho Marxist posted:The Browns won a title When everybody was fighting Hitler and also they just got swept in the ALCS so
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Groucho Marxist posted:The Browns won a title 
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Groucho Marxist posted:The Browns won a title Yes, they did. The best illustration of the war-thinned talent pool is probably a picture of Pete Gray, the one-armed outfielder. Edit: nevermind. I looked it up, and Pete didn't play until 1945. tarlibone fucked around with this message at 21:51 on Oct 18, 2014 |
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bawfuls posted:ummm what? I think he's an LA Kings fan, and assumed you were one too.
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The guy that caught Ishikawa's homer gave it back to Travis, no strings attached. The Giants gave him an Ishikawa autographed bat and 4 World Series tickets for giving it back. 
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:The guy that caught Ishikawa's homer gave it back to Travis, no strings attached. The Giants gave him an Ishikawa autographed bat and 4 World Series tickets for giving it back. fortunately for him the fair market value of a signed ishikawa bat is probably $5 so he only has to pay like a $1 of tax on it
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:The guy that caught Ishikawa's homer gave it back to Travis, no strings attached. The Giants gave him an Ishikawa autographed bat and 4 World Series tickets for giving it back. Mods please change my username to "Ishikawa Autographed Bat" tia
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