I want to hear more about the detox. I agree about drinking lots of water. I would say – eat real food. Meat, fish, chicken, vegetables, eggs, beans, nuts, fruit. Eliminate as much starch and sugar from your diet as possible. Especially liquid starch and liquid sugar, i.e. beer, and other forms of alcohol. Walk a lot for exercise, especially after eating.
I agree the umpires are going to adjust. But I think there’s more to it then they will just improve. I am concerned that the umpires are going to start erring on the side of calling strikes. Wouldn’t you? Maybe that’s part of why the challenges were less successful…
I know that Ted Kluszewski did it once, but has any other player post live ball lead in Homers and had more taters than Ks? (Big Klu's line in '54 was nuts. He had 49 homers and 35 Ks. He almost did it again the next year, but finished with "only" 47 homers while Mays had 51.)
Alright, I had to look. Johnny Mize (1947 and '48), Lou Gehrig (1934), Joe DiMaggio ('48), Ken Williams ('22), Ted Williams ('41), Tommy Holmes ('45). Holmes, with the best of the best off at war and the ball made of mush, lead the NL with 28 homers (and doubles with 47 and hits with 224) and struck out only 9 times.
Alright Brilliant (and less so) Readers, yesterday I tried to come up with the best fish to field (stream?) behind Mike Trout in an all-aquatic squad. Today, how about some help in an animal team?
I've got Rob Deer for the 3TO, Rabbit Maranville for the comedy and fielding, Nellie Fox for the biggest chaw of 'baccy possible, Colt Keith because the youngster is batting over .300 this year, Newt Allen because we need a lizard, ewe can't miss with Jake Lamb, Paul Byrd had his pant legs up high the way they should be, Butch Huskey had a bit of dog in him, Craig Swan once lead the league in ERA, Randy Wolf pitches while brother Jim is not allowed to umpire, Goose Gossage is the grumpy old man shaking his fist at the clouds ... do I get to use Ted Lyons or Yogi Berra?
For the life of me, I don't understand what counts as a big market. San Diego is the 18th largest metropolitan area in the country, bigger than 4 sports metro area Denver, 3 sports area Pittsburgh, and plenty of 2 sport metro areas.
I'm not sure that ordinal ranking is what really matters. San Diego's metro area holds roughly half the people that Atlanta's does. Atlanta, in turn, has half as many souls as does Los Angeles. And the City of Angles messes up the progression by having 60% as many people as does the New York metro.
Plus, I think that people use "big market" as a shorthand for well-funded. For better or worse, residents of St. Louis and Boston support their baseball teams well out of proportion to the mere numbers. Dallas and Houston less so leaving some to say that the Astros and Rangers are small market clubs despite the literal meaning of the term.
I think the difference here is that San Diego is a couple of hours away from the LA region (and on the border with Mexico as well), which limits its primary potential market to the immediate local area, unlike a Denver or a Pittsburgh that do not have major cities/franchises within such close reach.
For clarity, they are also in the same league as the Dodgers, which means most fans in the area really are either an SD fan or a Dodgers fan. If the Angels consistently had pretty decent teams, I think they would be much more successful, for example, even though they are very close to the Dodgers.
It makes this Twins fan sad. Apparently, despite having a mid-payroll in a mid-market, the Pohlads accumulated enough debt such that an owner wasn't willing to pay what they wanted to sell ($1.7B).
The human body detoxifies itself naturally. Just drink plenty of water, eat healthy food, and exercise. “Detoxification” is just more of this “wellness” snake oil.
There is not a single billionaire owner who can’t afford a competitive team, regardless of “market size”.
I want to hear more about the detox. I agree about drinking lots of water. I would say – eat real food. Meat, fish, chicken, vegetables, eggs, beans, nuts, fruit. Eliminate as much starch and sugar from your diet as possible. Especially liquid starch and liquid sugar, i.e. beer, and other forms of alcohol. Walk a lot for exercise, especially after eating.
I agree the umpires are going to adjust. But I think there’s more to it then they will just improve. I am concerned that the umpires are going to start erring on the side of calling strikes. Wouldn’t you? Maybe that’s part of why the challenges were less successful…
My favorite non-Mason Miller stat of this young season: Yordan Alvarez is leading the Majors with 10 homers and has 11 strikeouts.
I know that Ted Kluszewski did it once, but has any other player post live ball lead in Homers and had more taters than Ks? (Big Klu's line in '54 was nuts. He had 49 homers and 35 Ks. He almost did it again the next year, but finished with "only" 47 homers while Mays had 51.)
Alright, I had to look. Johnny Mize (1947 and '48), Lou Gehrig (1934), Joe DiMaggio ('48), Ken Williams ('22), Ted Williams ('41), Tommy Holmes ('45). Holmes, with the best of the best off at war and the ball made of mush, lead the NL with 28 homers (and doubles with 47 and hits with 224) and struck out only 9 times.
Alright Brilliant (and less so) Readers, yesterday I tried to come up with the best fish to field (stream?) behind Mike Trout in an all-aquatic squad. Today, how about some help in an animal team?
I've got Rob Deer for the 3TO, Rabbit Maranville for the comedy and fielding, Nellie Fox for the biggest chaw of 'baccy possible, Colt Keith because the youngster is batting over .300 this year, Newt Allen because we need a lizard, ewe can't miss with Jake Lamb, Paul Byrd had his pant legs up high the way they should be, Butch Huskey had a bit of dog in him, Craig Swan once lead the league in ERA, Randy Wolf pitches while brother Jim is not allowed to umpire, Goose Gossage is the grumpy old man shaking his fist at the clouds ... do I get to use Ted Lyons or Yogi Berra?
I left out the Pirates great pitching staff: Bob Veale, Bob Moose, and John Lamb. Tasty!
For the life of me, I don't understand what counts as a big market. San Diego is the 18th largest metropolitan area in the country, bigger than 4 sports metro area Denver, 3 sports area Pittsburgh, and plenty of 2 sport metro areas.
I'm not sure that ordinal ranking is what really matters. San Diego's metro area holds roughly half the people that Atlanta's does. Atlanta, in turn, has half as many souls as does Los Angeles. And the City of Angles messes up the progression by having 60% as many people as does the New York metro.
Plus, I think that people use "big market" as a shorthand for well-funded. For better or worse, residents of St. Louis and Boston support their baseball teams well out of proportion to the mere numbers. Dallas and Houston less so leaving some to say that the Astros and Rangers are small market clubs despite the literal meaning of the term.
I think the difference here is that San Diego is a couple of hours away from the LA region (and on the border with Mexico as well), which limits its primary potential market to the immediate local area, unlike a Denver or a Pittsburgh that do not have major cities/franchises within such close reach.
For clarity, they are also in the same league as the Dodgers, which means most fans in the area really are either an SD fan or a Dodgers fan. If the Angels consistently had pretty decent teams, I think they would be much more successful, for example, even though they are very close to the Dodgers.
Denver? Yeah, there's not another team within hundreds of miles, but deer, elk, and mountain lions don't buy many tickets or streaming packages.
"We treat sports owners like deities in this country, and it’s ridiculous. We hand them championship trophies first."
Not in hockey! For sad Mets fans, hop on the Sabres bandwagon for a few weeks. It'll be a blast.
That last game was pathetic. -a Bruins fan
It makes this Twins fan sad. Apparently, despite having a mid-payroll in a mid-market, the Pohlads accumulated enough debt such that an owner wasn't willing to pay what they wanted to sell ($1.7B).
The human body detoxifies itself naturally. Just drink plenty of water, eat healthy food, and exercise. “Detoxification” is just more of this “wellness” snake oil.
Most definitely. Big wellness is big money now…
This ^^^^^^
If you owned the Padres, you could assign a couple of their minor league prospects to undergo the D.Tox process for you.