NFR 2022 Baseball Thread

[Old Man]

Do any of you remember the Old Seattle Rainiers or go back a little farther. The Bremerton Blue Jackets. They were the farm team for Seattle. I was pretty young that far back. Names are a little fuzzy now.

 

[DanielOcean]

Do any of you remember the Old Seattle Rainiers or go back a little farther. The Bremerton Blue Jackets. They were the farm team for Seattle. I was pretty young that far back. Names are a little fuzzy now.

I think thats really somethin. Any stories?

 

[Peyton00]

17 more wins and i call it a successful season.

 

[Salmo_g]

Do any of you remember the Old Seattle Rainiers or go back a little farther. The Bremerton Blue Jackets. They were the farm team for Seattle. I was pretty young that far back. Names are a little fuzzy now.

I remember the Seattle Rainiers; they played at Sick's Stadium. Wasn't a fan tho, I was partial to the Tacoma Giants, a triple A farm team to the SF Giants in those days.

 

[_WW_]

17 more wins and i call it a successful season.

Only one team can be the champ. The rest of the fans will have to settle for entertaining or competitive baseball, or both. This year I think we are getting option "C"

 

[Gyrfalcon22]

I really enjoy minor league baseball. Although, a game at Dodger stadium is always amazing. Last week I was back in Spokane and watched the full season A level Spokane Indians game. A far cry from the AAA talent I watched there as a small kid in the early 70's, but it is a beautiful park with a ton of memories.

Even saw a Redband trout walking around (not so sure the blue dorsal is anatomically correct..maybe more of a grayling??

The big guy's uppercut swing was a towering home run to right.

 

[Doublebluff]

I have to say, the M's are playing pretty good, competitive, baseball right now. Good for them.

 

[Stonedfish]

I remember the Seattle Rainiers; they played at Sick's Stadium. Wasn't a fan tho, I was partial to the Tacoma Giants, a triple A farm team to the SF Giants in those days.

Growing up and living just a short distance away from Cheney stadium provided lots of opportunities to see young players from various organizations come through and play for both the home team and visitors.
I spent a lot of time up on tightwad hill if anyone is familiar and bought my first beer at Cheney Stadium when I was 13.
Things were a bit more lax back then and my mom wasn’t thrilled but my dad got a good laugh out of it.
SF

 

[Mossback]

Back in those days getting a beer underage was not the end of the world, like it is now.
Though 13 is a couple of years before I got mine down there.

Open secret, if you could pay for it, you could get it.

 

[Gyrfalcon22]

Growing up and living just a short distance away from Cheney stadium provided lots of opportunities to see young players from various organizations come through and play for both the home team and visitors.
I spent a lot of time up on tightwad hill if anyone is familiar and bought my first beer at Cheney Stadium when I was 13.
Things were a bit more lax back then and my mom wasn’t thrilled but my dad got a good laugh out of it.
SF

This disguise ought to get you more than beer back in the day.. (or maybe arrested for a crime you did not commit : )

 

[Mossback]

Looks like any random dude at a rock concert circa 1970-1975...

 

[Gyrfalcon22]

Looks like any random dude at a rock concert circa 1970-1975...

Exactly. He's taking whatever you're offering

 

[Xoxo]

Growing up and living just a short distance away from Cheney stadium provided lots of opportunities to see young players from various organizations come through and play for both the home team and visitors.
I spent a lot of time up on tightwad hill if anyone is familiar and bought my first beer at Cheney Stadium when I was 13.
Things were a bit more lax back then and my mom wasn’t thrilled but my dad got a good laugh out of it.
SF

Ha! I know about Tightwad Hill!

 

[Xoxo]

Looks like any random dude at a rock concert circa 1970-1975...

David Crosby!

 

[Long_Rod_Silvers]

David Crosby!

Totally!

 

[Greg Armstrong]

David Crosby!

Yeah but, “…almost, cut my hair…”

 

[Long_Rod_Silvers]

 

[ABITNF]

Angel Hernandez took MLB to court because he's never been allowed to umpire a World Series nor been appointed as crew chief. He states it's because he's of Cuban nationality.

He lost and appealed and now as the appeal grinds along, MLB has called a spade a spade. The fact is, he's just really bad at being an umpire. I cringe anytime he's behind the plate. Good to see MLB brass calling it like it is.

MLB Court Filing Says Umpire Ángel Hernández Is An Unaccountable Jerk | Defector

Crummy umpire Ángel Hernández sued Major League Baseball back in 2017, alleging that the league had not selected him to work in a World Series over a period of seven years, nor promoted him to crew chief, due to discrimination based on race and national origin. Hernández’s position is that he...

defector.com

 

[Long_Rod_Silvers]

Angel Hernandez took MLB to court because he's never been allowed to umpire a World Series nor been appointed as crew chief. He states it's because he's of Cuban nationality.

He lost and appealed and now as the appeal grinds along, MLB has called a spade a spade. The fact is, he's just really bad at being an umpire. I cringe anytime he's behind the plate. Good to see MLB brass calling it like it is.

MLB Court Filing Says Umpire Ángel Hernández Is An Unaccountable Jerk | Defector

Crummy umpire Ángel Hernández sued Major League Baseball back in 2017, alleging that the league had not selected him to work in a World Series over a period of seven years, nor promoted him to crew chief, due to discrimination based on race and national origin. Hernández’s position is that he...

defector.com

Having 3 calls overturned in the ALDS certainly doesn't help....

MLB: Hernandez blew ALDS calls, losing WS spot

Major League Baseball said Angel Hernandez was on track to umpire in the 2018 World Series before getting overturned three times at first base on video reviews during Game 3 of that year's AL Division Series.

www.espn.com

 

[ABITNF]

Having 3 calls overturned in the ALDS certainly doesn't help....

MLB: Hernandez blew ALDS calls, losing WS spot

Major League Baseball said Angel Hernandez was on track to umpire in the 2018 World Series before getting overturned three times at first base on video reviews during Game 3 of that year's AL Division Series.

www.espn.com

Interesting read. Not only a bad umpire but kinda sleazy too.