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Sure didn't seem to help him at all, rather it clearly hurt him a lot..... allowed a runner to reach....

 

Didn't they hack the Astros a couple of years ago?

 

Yes.

 

All I know is that my Reds aren't last in the league at the moment.

 

Rain delays are the worst.

 

Wait, the CUBS were the first franchise to repeat as World Series Champs?

That curse overshadowed a lot more than I initially thought.

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37 in chicago and it looks like it

 

So many runners left on base, so many wasted offensive opportunities for the Dodgers last night... obviously the most frustrating part of the game; the Tunick birthday jinx also continued (it was my mother's birthday yesterday).

 

Welcome back, Dr Smooth. We missed you

 

That was so much fun to see and an awesome way to cap off what was a great day at the ballpark. It was a playoff like atmosphere for the raising of the AL Championship banner, the reveal of the pennant out in right field (hope they run out of room over there real soon) and seeing the players and staff get their AL Champion rings. They had Jim Thome, Austin Carr and Jim Brown out there to throw out the ceremonial first pitches, but only Thome and Carr actually threw a ball.

The weather was great to start the day (we got downtown around noon or so to enjoy the festivities), but it got much cooler as the game wore on. Low 70's at first pitch turned to upper 40's by the later innings, and with a pretty strong breeze that swirled around the stadium. Lindor's first inning home run was great, and just added to the playoff feel with folks in the stands hugging and high fiving one another, then the game settled into a pitchers duel which I enjoy, but started to suck the energy out of the Jake, especially after Edwin squandered two bases loaded situations by grounding into double plays each time (both times set up by a Brantley walk). I am sure he will correct himself and revert back to the norm, which is going to be scary for everyone else because he is scuffling right now (just one RBI on the season) Cookie looked great out there, really only had the one mistake that was tattooed and still hasn't landed yet. Gomes looked lost at the plate, with each at bat looking worse than the previous one. He seemed stuck in between, swinging early on everything off speed and late on the fastballs. He had a couple of chances with runners on to break out of his slump, but each time he didn't it seemed to hurt his confidence even more. Luckily it didn't seem to affect his defense, because he called a great game and made a good throw to second to nab a would be base stealer.

Miller looked human, but got out of his own 8th inning jam with some help from Yandy. Allen was lights out in the ninth to keep the game tied and then of course came Brantley's magical moment in the tenth. From our vantage point up in the nosebleeds on the left field line we couldn't tell just what was happening once the ball got back in the corner. I knew the Sox left fielder was playing well off the line though because I had commented to my son at the beginning of the at bat that both the left and right fielders were playing well off the line and I'd like to see Brantley send one into the right field corner. So of course he sent it to left field instead. We saw where it landed in fair territory but it skittered pretty quickly out of sight into the corner, so we didn't know just how far Lindor could get before the ball was thrown back in. So we watched Lindor flying around the bases instead, and the roar in the stadium as he neared and then crossed the plate was amazing. All in all a really fun day, and hopefully the first of many Tribe wins this season at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario.

tl;dr version, Tribe wins, Lindor is awesome. Brantley is back and looking as smooth as ever.

 

The Oakland A's are playing .500 baseball. I'm enjoying it. If they could maintain for the rest of the season, it will be a vast improvement over last season.

In other A's news, the team announced they'll be removing the tarps from the 3rd deck, IIRC, on Friday night games and sell seats for $15 with the proceeds going to local charities. This season the A's have definitely tied themselves to the local community in the light of the Raiders and Warriors departure in the next couple of years.

 

*looks at the U-Verse on screen guide*... tonight's another Dodger-KTLA game! Now, if they can win/score with RISP...

 

Can't wait.

 

going to my first game at Wrigley tomorrow! p pumped even though I have to watch the dodgers

 

I approve of this "co-opt the goat's dread power" strategy.

 

5 runners left-on-base already for the Dodgers, and its only been 2 innings. Good grief.

 

Not as bad as the Red Sox game right now.... I will be dropping Steven Wright in the one league I have him in....

 

It's important to remember, now and for always, that Terry Collins has absolutely no earthly idea how to manage a bullpen.

Amazing.

 

Did you know that a goat's head is supposedly associated with the Occult? You can trace an inverted pentagram around it.

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I love baseball.




EDIT: Pitching so filthy good for the Bums tonight; going to be one of the best wins for this season.