2024 Major League Baseball season (Page 26 of 91)

I saw the replay of the Cubs-Sox when Kerry came out, and it put a lump in my throat as well, a great standing O for him and well deserved. I remember when my son was that size, when he rushed toward Kerry all I was thinking was "protect yourself!"

Well you can go ahead and put the win in for the Nats tonight, what a terrible mismatch. Mike Minor has been awful pretty much all year, I thought they would send him down to AAA but we can't do that already down one starter. We were just swept 4 games at the Reds, bats have gone a little cold. And we have some dinged up folks including Chipper, F Freeman with continuing eye problems, Matt Diaz and Brian McCann with a flu bug of some sort. Steven won't have to pitch all that well tonight to get the win. I have been looking forward to this for some time, but wish we could have matched Tim Hudson or Brandon Beachy against him instead of Mike. Braves need to take 2 of 3 to get back on track.

I got it wrong, it is Detwiler vs Hudson tonight, Steven pitches tomorrow night I think against Mike.

My son bought tix for the 4 of us today...The Sac Rivercats were playing the Reno Aces (Diamond backs affliate)....I get up in the 6th inning for a cup of coffee, come back 5 minutes later...."WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN??...David caught a foul ball that hit the seat where you were sitting"....strangers are razzing me...I look at my son, he shakes his head and rolls his eyes as to say no....I lol, oh your so funny, like I'm going to believe that....I sit down and my son taps me on the shoulder.....he has the ball!!!....we are all laughing....the crowd gives him a hard time and he gives me the ball ....I look up at the big screen in centerfield, it zeros in on my wife and she has no idea...I say "LOOK".....it was an amazing day...I get home and write the date, score, and Manny Ramirez stat line for the game....I saw my friend at the game, he's retiring this thursday, and never caught a foul ball in over 50 years of attending games....I sprayed the ball with hairspray and will give it to him as a going away present this Friday at the retirement party....I'm the designated driver for the boozers in attendance, it's going to be a doozy...lookout for the Saturday sick calls

Shreddy....."dont you dare throw up in my wifes new car, she will kill me"

Great story Shred! That ball is making the circuit...nice gesture for your friends retirement!

Rick...Padres v Cubs today. Maybe the Cubs can break their 12 game losing streak?
A sweep of the Padres would shift the label of "worst" team in baseball to your Padres...don't see that happening though, unless it the Padres holding the broom!

My commiserations Bill. You should have a good chance to at least win the series, our teams both suck, but Padres bats were left somewhere else!

In general, it's north side/south side of town...and although a gross generalization the south side is blue collar and the north side is white collar.
I grew up a cubs fan, even though my dad worked a cutting machine in a paper company. We lived in a lower middle class home on the near north side of Chicago.
I may be the only native Chicagoan who cheers for both teams.
When the Cubs traded Greg Maddox, I vowed to never watch another Cubs game until the Wrigleys sold the team...a vow I kept. During that period I started watching Sox games. When the Wrigleys sold the team to the Tribune company, I started watching the Cubs again but remained a Sox fan. LOTS of animosity between teams and fans.

Bill's getting his wish. Cubbies have won the first two. We're all suffering Tres. Pads have 13 on the DL now. The AAA boys are making a lot of round trips to fill in the gaps. The over/under on losses might be kissing the century mark the way it's going, and still no deal with my cable co. and the team so the merciful blackout continues. I'd be pissed if they were winning  a little but now I don't care.
Rick
edit: Phil Mickleson tossed his hat in with the O'Malleys for an ownership shot at the Padres. Bringing his checkbook (I heard it is flush ) as well as his name. He said he's been a Padres fan since he was a kid.