souljacker
innit
Aaargh, missed both of them 
Major League Baseball
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iplayer is your friend here.Aaargh, missed both of them
Next year it'll be Mets vs Phillies, in early June.
shifting gears
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I worked in a boozer back in the day and use to roll in 1am ish with a few carry outs and get skinning up and tune into the ballgame on C5
Invariably asleep on the sofa by the bottom of the 7th
souljacker
innit
One 2 game series a year is a bit rubbish.
The seventh-inning stretch?Invariably asleep on the sofa by the bottom of the 7th
That's true, although North American games would mostly be opening in the very late hours UK time.
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
Considering its an American league I think 2 games a year is 2 games more than well should expect. Ask football fans about their views on the idea of the 39th game.
I can't speak for souljacker , but from my perspective it'd be good for someone to pick up coverage of the US-Can staged games, like C5 used to have. Given the little coverage baseball gets over here I wouldn't have much problem watching them on playback without knowing the scores.
The Beeb's had quite a big thing about the NFL in recent years, I think showing the odd live game, so the same could be done for the MLB.
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
BT sport have rights to MLB in UK.
Game 1 of the World Series, Diamondbacks-Rangers, is still on the iplayer for another week.
Dr. Furface
One small step for me
If you want to go to the Phillies-Mets games next June sign up here MLB London Series | MLB World Tour | MLB International | MLB.com to get access to pre-sale tix starting Weds Nov 22 at noon (for weekend tix) and Mon Nov 27 at noon (single game tix) before general sale on 8 Dec.
Do we know how much they are? I remember when I went to some MLB games in Canada and the US, about twenty years ago, the tickets seemed very cheap, compared to football here for example. I think I paid about $12 to get into Yankee Stadium.
Dr. Furface
One small step for me
I don't know how much they'll cost but to give you an idea, the cheapest adult ticket last year was £54.
I'll be surprised this year if they start less than £65, and of course they'll be considerably more expensive for the best areas.
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petee
no gods, no malarkey
those'll have been in the nosebleed seats? i just looked, you can get $12 tickets for next year in the last row. anything close to the field will be 3 figures, esp. in the new (2009) stadium.
It was high up in the bleachers, although it was against the Red Sox on 4 July, so I don't know if they put any premium on that.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
oh, yes they certaily did!
Dr. Furface
One small step for me
The pre-sale 2 day tix went on sale today and the cheapest inc fees are £148, so £74 per game.
Fuck me, I'll just watch it on telly then.
bcuster
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The largest contract in North American 
sports history
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sports historyMLB free agency 2023: Shohei Ohtani joins Dodgers on reported 10-year, $700M deal
Ohtani, the two-way phenom who has been far and away the most valuable player in baseball the past three seasons, announced the deal via Instagram on Saturday.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
No idea what was going on, but a truly excellent evening all the same…
bcuster
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It’ll make for even better nights at Chavez Ravine if Ohtani lives up to his nearly unlimited potential for the Dodgers.
It could even make the sports reports in the UK
….
petee
no gods, no malarkey
It’ll make for even better nights at Chavez Ravine if Ohtani lives up to his nearly unlimited potential for the Dodgers.
It could even make the sports reports in the UK
it should, the guy's basically Ruth come back to life.
JimW
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Thought this was interesting, now they've incorporated stats from the Negro Leagues, Josh Gibson has surpassed Ty Cobb to post the best career batting average: Josh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporated
Because you'd written it in the present tense, and I've never paid any attention to anything other than the MLB, I thought for a second the Negro Leagues were still a thing.
petee
no gods, no malarkey
that's very big news.
A special committee on baseball records decided in 1969 to recognize six major leagues dating to 1876: the National (which launched in 1876), the American (1901), the American Association (1882-1891), Union Association (1884), Players’ League (1890) and Federal League (1914-1915). It excluded the National Association (1871-75), citing an “erratic schedule and procedures.”
so there's long been debate over which legues were major leagues. the pacific coast league announced an intention to declare themselves a major league, which helped promt the AL and the NL to nip it by putting franchises west of St Louis, so the dodgers and the giants moved to LA and SF.
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A special committee on baseball records decided in 1969 to recognize six major leagues dating to 1876: the National (which launched in 1876), the American (1901), the American Association (1882-1891), Union Association (1884), Players’ League (1890) and Federal League (1914-1915). It excluded the National Association (1871-75), citing an “erratic schedule and procedures.”
so there's long been debate over which legues were major leagues. the pacific coast league announced an intention to declare themselves a major league, which helped promt the AL and the NL to nip it by putting franchises west of St Louis, so the dodgers and the giants moved to LA and SF.
Pacific Coast League - Wikipedia
Mets vs Phillies at the Olympic Stadium for a two game series next weekend. Hopefully one of the freeview channels has picked it up.
£54 starting price for adults though.
£54 starting price for adults though.
bcuster
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Speaking of the NY Mutts:
Mets to reportedly DFA reliever Jorge López after he called them 'worst team in probably the whole f***ing MLB'
Mets DFA reliever Jorge López after ejection, glove toss into crowd
Things are going great in Queens.
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