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For Those Who Slept Late

#1 Post by silverscreenselect » Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:17 am

Major League Baseball season is already here, having started at 5:30 am this morning. Seattle beat "home team" Oakland 9-7 in a game played in Tokyo. If you missed it, you've got another chance tomorrow . The two teams play again at the same time. The rest of MLB gets underway on March 28 (Seattle and Oakland also play on the 28th, against other opponents)
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#2 Post by BackInTex » Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:19 am

Were these official regular season games?
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#3 Post by Bob78164 » Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:22 am

BackInTex wrote:Were these official regular season games?
Yes. --Bob
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#4 Post by BackInTex » Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:26 am

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BackInTex wrote:Were these official regular season games?
Yes. --Bob
I just saw that (on MLB.com). After the two Regular Season games in Japan, they come back and play 3 more pre-season games each. Makes no sense. Another gimmick by a major sport.
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#5 Post by littlebeast13 » Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:00 am

BackInTex wrote:
Bob78164 wrote:
BackInTex wrote:Were these official regular season games?
Yes. --Bob
I just saw that (on MLB.com). After the two Regular Season games in Japan, they come back and play 3 more pre-season games each. Makes no sense. Another gimmick by a major sport.

They've been doing it about every three to four years since 2000, always a week before true Opening Day. They should not be making these regular season games...

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#6 Post by earendel » Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:22 am

Whatever happened to the good old days when the Cincinnati Reds opened the season (because they were the first major league team)?
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#7 Post by littlebeast13 » Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:24 am

earendel wrote:Whatever happened to the good old days when the Cincinnati Reds opened the season (because they were the first major league team)?

They died along with John McSherry...

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#8 Post by jarnon » Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:32 am

Are the Orioles toast yet?
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#9 Post by Vandal » Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:58 am

Mariners get the 1 seed if the playoffs started now.
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#10 Post by silverscreenselect » Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:31 am

Vandal wrote:Mariners get the 1 seed if the playoffs started now.
They'll need to go to a whole bunch of tie-breakers to determine the other seeds.
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#11 Post by Bob Juch » Wed Mar 20, 2019 7:34 pm

So if the first regular game is on the first day of spring, why do they call it Spring Training?
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#12 Post by silverscreenselect » Thu Mar 21, 2019 3:15 am

Since none of you had what it takes to pick the winning numbers, the jackpot for Saturday will be $625 million. Come on, Flock, join the fun. You too, bazodee. I'm completely non-partisan when it comes to shilling for the Georgia Lottery.
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#13 Post by Vandal » Thu Mar 21, 2019 5:10 am

silverscreenselect wrote:Since none of you had what it takes to pick the winning numbers, the jackpot for Saturday will be $625 million. Come on, Flock, join the fun. You too, bazodee. I'm completely non-partisan when it comes to shilling for the Georgia Lottery.
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#14 Post by LookingForHumorPoints » Thu Mar 21, 2019 6:30 am

Hmpfh indeed!

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#15 Post by silverscreenselect » Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:59 am

Vandal wrote:
silverscreenselect wrote:Since none of you had what it takes to pick the winning numbers, the jackpot for Saturday will be $625 million. Come on, Flock, join the fun. You too, bazodee. I'm completely non-partisan when it comes to shilling for the Georgia Lottery.
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#16 Post by Bob78164 » Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:39 pm

I had the replay of today's game on as background noise after I got home from work. That's how I learned that news broke during the game that Ichiro was retiring after the game. --Bob
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#17 Post by littlebeast13 » Fri Mar 22, 2019 2:02 am

Bob78164 wrote:I had the replay of today's game on as background noise after I got home from work. That's how I learned that news broke during the game that Ichiro was retiring after the game. --Bob

When the Mariners surprisingly signed him to a Major League contract this offseason, it was widely speculated that he was going to play in the Japan series and then retire since his career was pretty much done after his Marlins stint...

And unless Bartolo Colon can latch on somewhere, there will be nobody left in MLB who is older than me....

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#18 Post by Bob78164 » Fri Mar 22, 2019 3:55 am

littlebeast13 wrote:
Bob78164 wrote:I had the replay of today's game on as background noise after I got home from work. That's how I learned that news broke during the game that Ichiro was retiring after the game. --Bob

When the Mariners surprisingly signed him to a Major League contract this offseason, it was widely speculated that he was going to play in the Japan series and then retire since his career was pretty much done after his Marlins stint...

And unless Bartolo Colon can latch on somewhere, there will be nobody left in MLB who is older than me....

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#19 Post by Fernando Tatis » Fri Mar 22, 2019 7:05 am

Bob78164 wrote:Oh, no! The last Expo standing is standing no more?

I am still entertaining offers to resume my playing career, but on the advice of my agent, am holding out for Mike Trout money...

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#20 Post by BackInTex » Fri Mar 22, 2019 7:13 am

Fernando Tatis wrote:
Bob78164 wrote:Oh, no! The last Expo standing is standing no more?

I am still entertaining offers to resume my playing career, but on the advice of my agent, am holding out for Mike Trout money...
Why would Mike Trout give you some of his money?
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