⚾ 🥎 ⚾️ MLB Clubhouse Thread...

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

NL wins, 3-2. Despite the terrible production (and uniforms), that was a really good game between the lines... a shame they make it so difficult to watch with all their bullshit.

 

[BamaFan334]

NL wins, 3-2. Despite the terrible production (and uniforms), that was a really good game between the lines... a shame they make it so difficult to watch with all their bullshit.

I'm happy the National league won, because if the Braves make it to the World Series that home field advantage will be sweet for a first time season ticket holder! As a life long Braves fan I've always pulled for the National League and hated this run the American League got on, and then the big time run before then.

The uniforms were garbage. The American league looked fine, but the National league looked awful in all black. The batting helmets looked awful as well. They gotta get back to the road greys and home whites. I like the star on the hat with their team logo as a cool souvenir for the players, but the team uniforms are terrible as is the mic'd up players. If you have something riding on this game like a World Series advantage, let them freaking play instead of having their mind on multiple things at once.

I also don't mind the home field advantage piece, because it provides skin in the game for these guys instead of this turning into the laughable NBA All-Star game where they score 400 points and look like idiots for four quarters playing no defense and attempting full court oops.

 

[alabama mike]

I always enjoy watching the MLB All Star game, especially the player introductions. I hated the NL uniforms!

 

[Crimson&WhiteGecko]

NL wins, 3-2. Despite the terrible production (and uniforms), that was a really good game between the lines... a shame they make it so difficult to watch with all their bullshit.

Baseball has been declining in viewership for years. With kids attention span less than a gnat these days along with the fact that most kids do NOT play everyday (backyard ball), MLB has to come up with more gimmicks to keep folks watching.

Us old timers who appreciate the traditional aspects of the game are almost the same relics of the game itself.

 

[SnakeDoc]

I'm happy the National league won, because if the Braves make it to the World Series that home field advantage will be sweet for a first time season ticket holder!

They don't do that anymore.

 

[RTB X Bot]

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Would be hard find someone in the draft more deserving of the (great) opportunity and the money. If anything, IMO, he should have gone a little higher based on his ceiling...

 

[TerryP]

It seems to me two "weird" plays like the earlier one posted, and this one, are a lot for a season.

 

[TerryP]

@Brandon Van de Graaff I saw Hitt signed with the 'Backs. If I heard it correctly, the value for his draft slot was 597K+, but the 'Backs signed him for $1.2.

 

[BamaFan334]

It seems to me two "weird" plays like the earlier one posted, and this one, are a lot for a season.

What a shit show of a game. The Braves deserved to lose that one the way they did. Now 1-3 after the break. Should be 3-1. Need better relief pitching.

 

[TerryP]

The Braves deserved to lose that one the way they did.

Point of order: The Braves deserve to lose every game they play.

 

[BamaFan334]

Point of order: The Braves deserve to lose every game they play.

Hey now...

 

[TerryP]

Hey now...

...you're an all-star, get your game on, go play?

 

[alabama mike]

I am aggrivated the Braves lost the streak for consecutive HR's in games. They were closing in on the Yankees.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

@Brandon Van de Graaff I saw Hitt signed with the 'Backs. If I heard it correctly, the value for his draft slot was 597K+, but the 'Backs signed him for $1.2.

Yes, worked out really good for him... he would have been drafted higher if not for the arm injury/surgery, so he recouped some of that "lost" money.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Re: the game last night, always good to see AZ beat the Braves. Really hope they can take the series. Going into the 9th last night ties at 13, The Diamondbacks were 79-0 all-time when scoring 13 or more. They were 0-85 when giving up 12 or more.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

This dude was basically the Diamondbacks trying to complete the sweep in Atlanta today…

 

[BamaFan334]

This dude was basically the Diamondbacks trying to complete the sweep in Atlanta today…

Braves tried giving them two of the three games.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

30 years ago today…

One of those, I remember where I was when I saw it, things (on vacation in VA)…

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

30 years later, another White Sox player bites off more than he can chew… Tim Anderson getting his ass handed to him…