March/April 2024 MLB Gamethread
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I'm so hungry for baseball, I'm watching the White Sox opening day (Angels blacked out here in So. Cal on MLBtv)
Steve Stone might be drinking the same stuff as Palmer. Feels like he's been around forever, and he looks pretty damn good.
Darvish and Glasnow must be the first guys in a long time to start 2 of the first 3 games of a season.
Sadly, Houston is one of the five MLB cities that I am blacked out of, and I don't feel like dealing with the VPN today.
It's quite fun. Houston is absolutely picking up where they leave off every year against the MFY.
NY swept the series here in September, although admittedly it was meaningless for NY, it almost ruined HOU's season.
Normally I find the Big Inning broadcast obnoxious but on opening day when we have to wait forever for the Sox game, mainlining maximum baseball content feels nice.
Just discovered I get it on Fubo, so that's nice. Looks like I get the other regional channels, too. Almost makes it worth the ridiculous amount it costs
Buster Olney said yesterday that after talking with executives around the league he thinks the big name that could be traded this year is Bo Bichette.
Yes, he looked to have hurt his knee rounding second. He looks to be on the Bryon Buxton Express.
Logan Webb doing Logan Webb things through 4 against the Padres. Is there a less talked about superstar pitcher in the league?
Just thinking of that myself. 1-0 Giants going to the bottom of the fifth and just one hour and eight minutes expired
Well. I just HAD to say something, didn't I?
First 3 reach in the 5th off of him, and it's 1-1 now with nobody out.
Eflin, Webb, Framber all falling apart at the same time right now. Bases loaded all over the place.
Learned in the Giants-Pads game that the baseline, (which if you run outside of it, you’re out) has been expanded this year for some reason. Kruk and Kuip had no reason why the baseline was widened.
There were a few obnoxious calls last year where guys were called out running straight to first cause they were inside it, so I think they expanded it a bit in response.
That is not exactly true. They expanded the zone of the baseline that runners from home to first are allowed to be in for the purposes of obstruction, allowing hitters (specifically right handed hitters) more ability to run straight from their completed swing to the bag. Batters used to have to be outside the foul line to avoid obstruction calls, but now it is a little bit more lenient to allow them to run straight to the bag.
https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/mlb-announces-rule-changes-for-2024-including-pitch-clock-runners-lane
Tatis Junior goes from 1st to 3rd on the first out of the inning on a swinging bunt on which the runner is thrown out at first by Webb.
Edit, but he didn’t score.
Edit, but he didn’t score.
When you have Chase Anderson on the mound, it doesn't matter who the batter is.
ESPN open with William H. Macy narrating was great. Crazy how those words can give me chills and make it a bit dusty after a long, long winter.
Cubs vs Rangers is a spectacular display of the sport. Great defense, two great pitchers, two really deep lineups. Great series to start the season with.
Cubs, really the whole roster, I think they will be fun. (Though less fun if that was as bad as it looked.)
Sorry I didn't start a thread, it's been a rough spring.