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Offline Jeff Wrangler

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Re: Sports: Football, Baseball, Bball, Hockey, Etc. Vol. II
« Reply #690 on: March 28, 2019, 02:20:00 PM »
It seems to me over the last few months he's becoming more and more of a Prima Donna.   :o

Hasn't seemed that way to me, at least not on Philly sports news broadcasts. (Shrugs)

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Re: Sports: Football, Baseball, Bball, Hockey, Etc. Vol. II
« Reply #691 on: March 28, 2019, 03:12:01 PM »

Well, you're in Philadelphia!   :laugh:

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Re: Sports: Football, Baseball, Bball, Hockey, Etc. Vol. II
« Reply #692 on: March 28, 2019, 03:23:58 PM »

Jonn, so far on opening day, your Kansas City Royals have registered the first RAIN DELAY of the season!  :P



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Re: Sports: Football, Baseball, Bball, Hockey, Etc. Vol. II
« Reply #693 on: March 28, 2019, 03:56:46 PM »
Is that Edie Sedgwick?

Fritz, I read this article, but neither the link on the article page nor yours will work for me to see the map.
It actually shuts off my browser.  ? ? ?  I want to see the map!

Also this line in the article is incorrect or misleading:  "The cities of Seattle, Colorado and Minneapolis form a massive triangle of land with an eclectic MLB rooting interest (and no MLB team of its own)."

#1: Seattle has an MLB team. The Mariners.
#2: The cities of Colorado? Well, Denver has the Rockies.
#3: Minneapolis--the Twins?
I'm confused. Maybe they mean using these places as endpoints in a triangle?

Hm, no idea why, it opens in a map and when you hover over each county, it gives the name of the team after the state and county name.

The counties in white appear to have no majority or plurality team associated with them. And no idea where the data comes from.

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Re: Sports: Football, Baseball, Bball, Hockey, Etc. Vol. II
« Reply #694 on: March 29, 2019, 12:07:51 AM »
For Jeff, Jonn, Fritz and Moi: All of us have home openers!

How did we do?

Braves at Phillies --
Phillies - 10
Braves -   4

White Sox at Royals --
Royals -       5
White Sox - 2

Mets at Nationals --
Mets -        2
Nationals - 0

D-backs at Dodgers --
Dodgers - 12
D'backs  -  5

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« Reply #695 on: March 29, 2019, 12:13:03 AM »

I read an article in the morning about opening day MLB statistics
and the Dodgers broke one of them!

The article:

OPENING DAY RECORDS TO KNOW
(All records go back to 1908, unless otherwise noted.)

SINGLE-GAME RECORDS
The most homers by a team in an Opening Day game is six -- by the 2018 White Sox (against the Royals),
who got three from Matt Davidson alone, and the 1988 Mets (against the Expos).

New Record: 8 -  DODGERS! (2019)

Joc Pederson: HOME RUN!
Kiké Hernández: HOME RUN!
Austin Barnes: HOME RUN!
Corey Seagar: HOME RUN!
Joc Pederson: HOME RUN #2!
Max Muncy: HOME RUN!
Cody Bellinger: HOME RUN!
Kiké Hernández: HOME RUN #2!

It also ties the team franchise record for 8 home runs in a game!

Well, we're off to a great start!

Only 161 games to go!

...faints...


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Re: Sports: Football, Baseball, Bball, Hockey, Etc. Vol. II
« Reply #696 on: March 29, 2019, 08:16:29 AM »
Hope springs eternal!

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Re: Sports: Football, Baseball, Bball, Hockey, Etc. Vol. II
« Reply #697 on: March 29, 2019, 10:14:47 AM »
It seems to me over the last few months he's becoming more and more of a Prima Donna.   :o

Hasn't seemed that way to me, at least not on Philly sports news broadcasts. (Shrugs)

Well, you're in Philadelphia!   :laugh:

Sour grapes.

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Re: Sports: Football, Baseball, Bball, Hockey, Etc. Vol. II
« Reply #698 on: March 29, 2019, 10:19:16 AM »
KC wins it!!! YES, off to a good start, but the critics still say KC didn't concentrate on getting new pitchers, or better ones anyway, we'll see, it's a LONG-ASS season!!  :o :o :o

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Re: Sports: Football, Baseball, Bball, Hockey, Etc. Vol. II
« Reply #699 on: March 29, 2019, 10:30:20 AM »


AIn't this a kick in the head?


Opening Day 2019: Baseball Says Goodbye, Literally, to the 20th Century
No players on current rosters played in the 20th century; Elvis Luciano first Major
Leaguer born in 2000!


This year, for the first time, there are no players on Opening Day rosters who were playing Major League Baseball in the 20th century. And MLB is about to see its first player who was born in the 2000's. That makes MLB the first of the 4 major North American professional sports leagues to not have a player who debuted in the 20th century.


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Re: Sports: Football, Baseball, Bball, Hockey, Etc. Vol. II
« Reply #700 on: March 29, 2019, 11:53:38 AM »
It's hard to realize. I was just figuring out a few days ago that on 3 February 2021, Earl and I will have been together for an equal number of days in the 1900's and 2000's.

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Re: Sports: Football, Baseball, Bball, Hockey, Etc. Vol. II
« Reply #701 on: March 29, 2019, 12:14:53 PM »

AIn't this a kick in the head?


Opening Day 2019: Baseball Says Goodbye, Literally, to the 20th Century
No players on current rosters played in the 20th century; Elvis Luciano first Major
Leaguer born in 2000!


This year, for the first time, there are no players on Opening Day rosters who were playing Major League Baseball in the 20th century. And MLB is about to see its first player who was born in the 2000's. That makes MLB the first of the 4 major North American professional sports leagues to not have a player who debuted in the 20th century.

I'm not entirely sure I'm following what this writer is saying, but if by debuted he means born, Luciano could be the last MLB player born in the 20th century. Even though it's commonly said that Y2K was the beginning of the 21st century, it was not. Y2K was the last year of the 20th century. The 21st century began January 1, 2001.

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Re: Sports: Football, Baseball, Bball, Hockey, Etc. Vol. II
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« Reply #703 on: March 30, 2019, 07:11:48 PM »
KC wins again today!!  ;D :P :laugh:

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« Reply #704 on: March 31, 2019, 12:06:51 PM »
^^^
Congratulations!  :D

The Dodgers scored 18 runs against Arizona last night, including a 4-run third inning, a 5-run sixth and a 7-run eighth.!   :)
And each team had their CATCHER pitch the last inning!

And in the first inning:  Both teams started the game with leadoff homers. That marked the first time in Dodger Stadium history that both teams opened with leadoff home runs.

The night before, the longest regular season game ever was played at Dodger Stadium. It went 13 innings and we lost 5-4.
It was still shorter than the longest World Series game ever played which was at Dodger stadium last October! That went
18 innings!

If we want to break a record every day, as we have so far, the club record for home runs in a 4-game series is 15.
So, if we get 2 home runs today we will tie it; 3 will break it!

2019 season: A record a day!

159 games to go...heh!