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Post by paastrosfan on Apr 13, 2019 0:20:31 GMT -6
Getting back to the time difference Doug, a 12 hour difference from me. /with my work schedule, I don't get to see many games live. usually have to watch them on tape delay about 12 hours after the official starting time. Today it was really nice to see a game unfold in real time. and a history-making game at that. I know time differences are real killers. Going back to the box score you posted, that was the year of the Mets won it all. Also during that era double headers were common. Can you imagine sitting through two high scoring games. Most likely I probably watched those games during those years WOR in NY carried all the Mets games on cable. Where I lived the Yankees and Mets and Phillies were my link to Baseball, next to the double header Saturday NBC Games of the Week. |
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Post by astrosdoug on Apr 13, 2019 0:30:12 GMT -6
Watch out for 'King' Felix tomorrow... he's been hitting a lot of batters this year.
His last outing against KC, they had to pull him after one inning of giving up 3 hits and a hit batsman.
Astros hitters would be well-advised to come to the plate with full pads / battle gear.
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Post by astrosdoug on Apr 13, 2019 0:33:39 GMT -6
/with my work schedule, I don't get to see many games live. usually have to watch them on tape delay about 12 hours after the official starting time. Today it was really nice to see a game unfold in real time. and a history-making game at that. I know time differences are real killers. Going back to the box score you posted, that was the year of the Mets won it all. Also during that era double headers were common. Can you imagine sitting through two high scoring games. Most likely I probably watched those games during those years WOR in NY carried all the Mets games on cable. Where I lived the Yankees and Mets and Phillies were my link to Baseball, next to the double header Saturday NBC Games of the Week. it must have been quite the spectacle for fans who sat through both games. I'm not sure, but I think that doubleheader was the worst drubbing the Amazing '69 Mets took the entire season. When I was small, my parents used to take me to AA games and I can remember one weekend where you only had to buy one ticket and they let you watch both games of a doubleheader. They didn't make everyone leave and re-enter or anything like that. I wonder what the policy was that day at Shea. Many people may well have seen both games. Looking at the game times, it was probably around 7 or 8 hours from start to finish. And you got to see Larry Dierker take Nolan Ryan deep! |
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Post by astrosdoug on Apr 13, 2019 0:36:11 GMT -6
There have been some documentaries done of the Mets 1969 season. It would be cool if they included any footage of that doubleheader against the Astros in a segment about the Mets' low point that season.
Especially because the Astros and Mets both entered the league in 1962, there was a special relationship between the two teams in those years.
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Post by astrosdoug on Apr 13, 2019 0:47:06 GMT -6
My guess is that Felix gets shelled tomorrow and they let their Tacoma AAA guys finish out the game.
In game 3 it's Marco Gonzales starting for Seattle. He's had 3 strong starts against weak teams like Oakland and KC, and 1 weak start against the BoSox.
The Astros offense is probably a bit better than Boston's this year, so Gonzales could be vulnerable. Still, Gonzales followed by Swarzak in relief is probably the stiffest challenge the Mariners would present to the Astros this series.
If the Astros take these next two games, they will only be one game back in the division.
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Post by koolade2 on Apr 13, 2019 5:07:51 GMT -6
looks like LeBlanc may be out for a while. As the M's gradually morph into the Tacoma Rainiers, they should let go of their hold on first place. I didn't realize that Viet Nam was on same time Zone as China. I have to deal with people in China and they are always 12 Hrs this time of year or 11 Hrs according to Daylight or No Daylight. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Apr 13, 2019 5:55:24 GMT -6
My guess is that Felix gets shelled tomorrow and they let their Tacoma AAA guys finish out the game. In game 3 it's Marco Gonzales starting for Seattle. He's had 3 strong starts against weak teams like Oakland and KC, and 1 weak start against the BoSox. The Astros offense is probably a bit better than Boston's this year, so Gonzales could be vulnerable. Still, Gonzales followed by Swarzak in relief is probably the stiffest challenge the Mariners would present to the Astros this series. If the Astros take these next two games, they will only be one game back in the division. Here is to Felix getting shelled. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Apr 13, 2019 5:56:01 GMT -6
Alright, who voted for Ed Wade? ‘Fess up! Almost certainly either Saint or Thomas We all know you did it. |
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Post by paastrosfan on Apr 13, 2019 8:54:28 GMT -6
I know time differences are real killers. Going back to the box score you posted, that was the year of the Mets won it all. Also during that era double headers were common. Can you imagine sitting through two high scoring games. Most likely I probably watched those games during those years WOR in NY carried all the Mets games on cable. Where I lived the Yankees and Mets and Phillies were my link to Baseball, next to the double header Saturday NBC Games of the Week. it must have been quite the spectacle for fans who sat through both games. I'm not sure, but I think that doubleheader was the worst drubbing the Amazing '69 Mets took the entire season. When I was small, my parents used to take me to AA games and I can remember one weekend where you only had to buy one ticket and they let you watch both games of a doubleheader. They didn't make everyone leave and re-enter or anything like that. I wonder what the policy was that day at Shea. Many people may well have seen both games. Looking at the game times, it was probably around 7 or 8 hours from start to finish. And you got to see Larry Dierker take Nolan Ryan deep! During the 60's when the doubleheader was still popular I did attend doubleheaders in Philly at Connie Mack Stadium, and also attended one at Shea, one ticket got you in for both games. Today if they have to schedule double headers they are usually day-night where you have to pay on a per game basis. It makes sense since the salaries they are paying. Speaking of AA Baseball during that era, I remember going to Reading for a game they would pay fans money for returning foul balls hit into the stands. Where now days the players throw them into the stands at will. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 13, 2019 9:06:13 GMT -6
it must have been quite the spectacle for fans who sat through both games. I'm not sure, but I think that doubleheader was the worst drubbing the Amazing '69 Mets took the entire season. When I was small, my parents used to take me to AA games and I can remember one weekend where you only had to buy one ticket and they let you watch both games of a doubleheader. They didn't make everyone leave and re-enter or anything like that. I wonder what the policy was that day at Shea. Many people may well have seen both games. Looking at the game times, it was probably around 7 or 8 hours from start to finish. And you got to see Larry Dierker take Nolan Ryan deep! During the 60's when the doubleheader was still popular I did attend doubleheaders in Philly at Connie Mack Stadium, and also attended one at Shea, one ticket got you in for both games. Today if they have to schedule double headers they are usually day-night where you have to pay on a per game basis. It makes sense since the salaries they are paying. Speaking of AA Baseball during that era, I remember going to Reading for a game they would pay fans money for returning foul balls hit into the stands. Where now days the players throw them into the stands at will. They should have Yankee Stadium the way it once was with the ridiculously far left center and monuments in play in center |
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Post by paastrosfan on Apr 13, 2019 9:12:17 GMT -6
During the 60's when the doubleheader was still popular I did attend doubleheaders in Philly at Connie Mack Stadium, and also attended one at Shea, one ticket got you in for both games. Today if they have to schedule double headers they are usually day-night where you have to pay on a per game basis. It makes sense since the salaries they are paying. Speaking of AA Baseball during that era, I remember going to Reading for a game they would pay fans money for returning foul balls hit into the stands. Where now days the players throw them into the stands at will. They should have Yankee Stadium the way it once was with the ridiculously far left center and monuments in play in center I don't really know the reason why they knocked down the "House that Ruth Built" and try to rebuild a copy with some modifications. If you every see old clips of the right field and short fence in the old Yankee Stadium, they can never say anything about the Crawford Boxes. But what they called "Death Valley" where the monuments were, it was great to see an outfielder run down a ball in that area. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Apr 13, 2019 10:01:21 GMT -6
They should have Yankee Stadium the way it once was with the ridiculously far left center and monuments in play in center I don't really know the reason why they knocked down the "House that Ruth Built" and try to rebuild a copy with some modifications. If you every see old clips of the right field and short fence in the old Yankee Stadium, they can never say anything about the Crawford Boxes. But what they called "Death Valley" where the monuments were, it was great to see an outfielder run down a ball in that area. The old stadium seemed unfair for righties. I don’t know how DiMaggio played there. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 13, 2019 10:01:30 GMT -6
The guy who can't play had another good all-around game. But. I guess we still need to get rid of him.  |
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Post by paastrosfan on Apr 13, 2019 10:20:07 GMT -6
I don't really know the reason why they knocked down the "House that Ruth Built" and try to rebuild a copy with some modifications. If you every see old clips of the right field and short fence in the old Yankee Stadium, they can never say anything about the Crawford Boxes. But what they called "Death Valley" where the monuments were, it was great to see an outfielder run down a ball in that area. The old stadium seemed unfair for righties. I don’t know how DiMaggio played there. Any ball hit from left center to right center was tough to put out of there. Now right center in the New Yankee Stadium is a wind tunnel. |
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Post by olpapa on Apr 13, 2019 10:33:05 GMT -6
/with my work schedule, I don't get to see many games live. usually have to watch them on tape delay about 12 hours after the official starting time. Today it was really nice to see a game unfold in real time. and a history-making game at that. I know time differences are real killers. Going back to the box score you posted, that was the year of the Mets won it all. I remember the post-game show after the Mets won the final game of the WS that year. One of the Mets’ officials (seems like it was their owner or GM maybe) was asked, “What do you do for an encore next season?” The Mets official responded, “Figure out a way to beat Houston, I guess.” Mets were 2 W 10 L vs Houston that season including losing the last 9 in a row. |
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Post by paastrosfan on Apr 13, 2019 10:35:13 GMT -6
I know time differences are real killers. Going back to the box score you posted, that was the year of the Mets won it all. I remember the post-game show after the Mets won the final game of the WS that year. One of the Mets’ officials (seems like it was their owner or GM maybe) was asked, “What do you do for an encore next season?” The Mets official responded, “Figure out a way to beat Houston, I guess.” If I remember correctly I think the Stros had a Mariner's like year in 69, fading at the end of the season. |
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Post by paastrosfan on Apr 13, 2019 10:48:05 GMT -6
I know time differences are real killers. Going back to the box score you posted, that was the year of the Mets won it all. I remember the post-game show after the Mets won the final game of the WS that year. One of the Mets’ officials (seems like it was their owner or GM maybe) was asked, “What do you do for an encore next season?” The Mets official responded, “Figure out a way to beat Houston, I guess.” Mets were 2 W 10 L vs Houston that season including losing the last 9 in a row. I just looked this up, 69 was Houston's first .500 season, I knew it had some significance to the memory bank. The writer of this piece posts on the Astros Baseball talk site. I was posting on the site for awhile, but it was a shame not many people were involved. The few guys are really up on Stros History over there. www.astrosdaily.com/history/1969/ |
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Post by abregmanfan on Apr 13, 2019 10:58:31 GMT -6
The guy who can't play had another good all-around game. But. I guess we still need to get rid of him. Finally. Jake is not a good offensive baseball player. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Apr 13, 2019 13:53:03 GMT -6
The guy who can't play had another good all-around game. But. I guess we still need to get rid of him. Finally. Jake is not a good offensive baseball player. Jake has always had Ted Williams type of stats in him, only Corch could see it in him... |
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Post by paastrosfan on Apr 13, 2019 13:59:41 GMT -6
Finally. Jake is not a good offensive baseball player. Jake has always had Ted Williams type of stats in him, only Corch could see it in him... That is what you call "Fool's Gold". |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Apr 13, 2019 15:54:58 GMT -6
The guy who can't play had another good all-around game. But. I guess we still need to get rid of him. Yes, we sure do. And you may recognize it when he falls off the cliff in the coming days just like he always does. Did you happen to see those two balls he (Worlds Best Supa Stah Outfielder) let drop in front of him, or him striking out with men in scoring position (like he always does)? |
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Post by thomasj13 on Apr 13, 2019 17:54:17 GMT -6
The guy who can't play had another good all-around game. But. I guess we still need to get rid of him. Yes, we sure do. And you may recognize it when he falls off the cliff in the coming days just like he always does. Did you happen to see those two balls he (Worlds Best Supa Stah Outfielder) let drop in front of him, or him striking out with men in scoring position (like he always does)? Look, Jake is the Real Deal, Altuve is a burden for the team. |
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Post by sempersmom on Apr 13, 2019 18:35:23 GMT -6
If Altuve is a burden, I wish the entire team was as burdensome as he is.
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Post by thomasj13 on Apr 13, 2019 19:10:52 GMT -6
If Altuve is a burden, I wish the entire team was as burdensome as he is. That is what Lydia said. |
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Post by bearbryant on Apr 13, 2019 19:13:39 GMT -6
If Altuve is a burden, I wish the entire team was as burdensome as he is. |
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Post by bearbryant on Apr 13, 2019 19:17:13 GMT -6
is that 17 straight saves by the wife beater no one wanted on the team? |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Apr 13, 2019 19:18:49 GMT -6
is that 17 straight saves by the wife beater no one wanted on the team? Maybe he was on drugs. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Apr 13, 2019 22:48:45 GMT -6
you guys who hate Jake make laugh. We have Stassi and White who are basically useless and you bash Jake. |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Apr 13, 2019 22:56:10 GMT -6
you guys who hate Jake make laugh. We have Stassi and White who are basically useless and you bash Jake. LMAO, there has to be a doctoral thesis buried within this odd situation...surely there has never been a worse player who had such an avid fan that wasn't his immediate family. Maybe I'll write it. |
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