Official 2017 Baseball Thread

New season is about to start!

What is baseball ?
Sounds like something the Euros would do.

The other day I swung and missed at some rocks at the beach with a stick. I do not like baseball because I suck at it.

Go Manures! Question for the bazeball fans, what does "Hot stove league" mean?

Back in the days before central heating the baseball fans would gather around a hot wood stove in the winter and talk about the Boys of Summer. That's the best explanation I've heard.

This 100% correct. BS'ing and standing around the old Potbelly in NY, Chicago, Philly et al. during the freezing winters months. There's some great photos from that time in Chicago and Canton. 1/2 of em' look like 'Bill the Butcher'.

I'm down with some Baseball starting back up. Mariners look to be roughly +5 over last year, which would get them the wildcard. Hope springs eternal this time of the year. Excuse me while I go put another log on the fire....

The mods are now editing my posts to put words in my mouth. What a bunch of pussies. This place is run by pussies.

Well then, I recommend you stop throwing hanging curve balls. Ricky Vaughn has more control.

But you are right. All of the mods, except maybe Garcia, are GIANT dripping Axe Wounds. That's their job. Fvckin' with you is just their lunch break.

Thanks,I just thought it was a Seattle term.

My point was that playing baseball, especially hitting stuff with a stick, is a lot more fun than watching. I played a lot of baseball growing up. Dreamed of the big league, never been into watching.

Baseball is just different, and Jason hit part of it. First, you play it. There are still leagues (softball) for folks in their 60s, 70s, 80s, +++. How many over 80 basketball, football, or soccer leagues are there? It is a sport for life.

Baseball is made for radio, and listening while otherwise occupied. Used to listen to the WS while in school, and doing the school work. Listened to the M's while working. You can do both. The other "majors" require you to watch and be rather fully involved -along with eating and drinking. A game is a social event.

You can listen to baseball, especially with a good announcer, and know when it is time to pay attention.

Speaking of announcer's, I use to love listening to Bob Blackburn (Sonic's announcer, for you snowflakes)...nobody was better....the good old days.

It's lunch time!

Time to go f#ck with the sensitive snowflakes some more.

Snowflakes?

Nah, if you are young you are dumb and whiny but if you are over the age of 35 you are wise and outraged.

What would make a good snowflake round? I'm thinking somewhere around a FMJ .003 caliber should be plenty of knock down power. <grin>

That should hit around 4500 fps.

pretty cool, say what you want but he is a very talented guy.

So, you don't like fishing either???......

Except for Kevin Calabro. Nobody has been or will be better.

Apple's to Orange's......both were GREAT !!

Alex had his firs tournament over in Pasco this weekend. The team is basically made of up Little League 11 and 12's who play by Little League rules and are used to 55' between bases rather than "real baseball" rules and distances for that age. 70' between bases and leading off are the two big rule changes that kill any Little League based team.

We got our asses handed to us, which really didn't surprise anyone.

Cold, rainy, windy, wet and miserable conditions on Saturday and a little better on Sunday. Might as well have been playing in Seattle.

Oh well, good for Alex to get some pitching and hitting in this weekend. He didn't play as he would have liked and is always hard on himself.

More Little League practices this week with games starting in late March. His "tournament" team has games every Sunday.

Going to be a busy spring and summer for Aled and I.

This thread is about baseball, right?

At bat.....



On the mound......

Paker,
You better hope he's no good or else your gonna have to sell the boat and buy an RV!

p.s. At this point even Little League baseball is better than anything to do with the NFL. God I'm sick of that league. One, maybe two, good games all year long and that's all simple minded Americans can wrap their peawit brains around. Ugh!!

Alex is a good, solid, player. He's not going to overwhelm you on the mound, but will throw a fastball and a change up for strikes. If he misses, it's low.

He's got super fast hands, and soft glove, and not all ball shy. He makes an excellent 3rd baseman as well as a great center or left fielder.

He tends to lean forward a bit on his swing and his biggest obstacle there is himself. He's a good hitter.....and wants to be a great hitter...but he just hasn't convinced himself of that yet.

I hope he continues on with baseball after this season. Not too sure what or where he would be going. I'd love to see him try out and make his HS team, but that's for him to figure out and not me.

In the meantime, I'm just a coach on his team and now and let him do his thing.

Parker,
I coach my son's team as well.
From one father/coach to another it's easy to see your son's problem.
He's swinging an outdated, year old Mako.
You need to get out your wallet and buy him a new Beast.
If you don't believe me....................Just ask him.

PS. Tell the second baseman to at least pretend like he is ready.

Little League is changing the bat requirements at the end of this season. He will move to a Juniors level, or pony league bat next year. He will be just fine with that 2-year old Mako!

Yeah, the kid behind him plays exactly like he looks....and about how you'd think he would play. In all fairness, Alex was warming up before the inning started.....wasn't actual game time yet.

Now if the sun would only come out! As an ex catcher I've always hated mud. Anybody who thinks baseball players are sissies for not playing in the rain never stood in a batters box!!!

10-4.
That is real similar to the chit hitting the fan.

Looking good! That was a fun age....

No talk about the M's here? Looks like they are not the favorites to win the off season world series this year......oh well

Back to little league.


Some of my favorite memories of playing ball were little league through American legion. Played a couple years in HS, pitched and 2nd base.....schitty at both.... My advice to the little guys are to have fun, don't put alot of pressure on them and let the next level talk work it's way out on its own. Your boy has good form, I can tell he's going to be a hitter

BM, the Seattle Pilots use to play at sicks stadium before becoming the Milwaukee Brewers. I remember being around 5 years old and going with my Dad and Uncle and Cousin to the N.Y Yankee's when they came to town. It was bat day and they gave out free bats to all the Kids. The best part was watching the last days of Mickey Mantle before he retired. Man, I wish I had that bat today.

Word.

Congratulations to Team USA for their first World Baseball Classic title!

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Sounds like something you would find at the Dollar Store.

Found this gem at the dollar store!

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Pretty sweet deal! I didn't get to see much of the WBC, but what I did see was pretty fun. IMO - they need to cut the MLB season down by a lot. It won't happen, but it would make the season more interesting and easier to get excited about for the average fan. People don't have the attention spans any longer to handle 162 games. 75 max with no inter-league play.

This hurts..... The M's lose the season opener, the King comes up lame on a jog over to first, and the offense couldn't do schit.

Somebody tell me that it's going to be O.K.






If Slo wasn't such a total Neanderthal, Chuck would still be here to carry on the M's tradition. Fuk all ya'll.....as they say in Houston

The King ?

Damn!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/27019...paign=editorial

PS. The boy hit is first home run on Saturday. Dead center, hit the top of the fence at 225' and bounced on over.

He hit a screamer that drilled the 225' on the fly (about 6" from the top of the fence) the Saturday before. That ended up being a double, but showed him that he easily has the power to go yard a few times this season.

C'mon STAM, we're only 4 games out of first place

Pretty much paid 95 cents too much on that one. Everybody hated Bobby 'cept for Lou.

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My Oh My.

This year has been refreshing so far. Instead of the "drama" from previous seasons, they just saved us the trouble and went straight to the losing part. I can respect that. At least the people know what their $1.50 tickets will be buying.

There is a reason M is the 13th letter of the alphabet.

I went to the game on Tuesday night.

$13.50 for the ticket. I bought two beers, and IPA for me and a Coors Light for a girl, total for those two beers was $24.50...with tip, $30 even.

Two beers cost more than two tickets.

And we lost.

The girl is really cute, though.

Fish on...

Todd

Did she hear a click?

I went to the beach, watched the sunset, and hit some rocks with a stick again. It was a lot of fun unlike this season and watching baseball in general.

Mid season for the NE Seattle Little League and Alex found himself in the Mid-Season Classic Home run Derby. A great honor in itself as only 6 kids make it. The kid did OK but was middle of the 6-man pack at the end. Good to see all 6 kids in the derby are part of the 12U Allstar team that will make a run for the Little League World Series in June.

Any by run, I mean maybe they can win a game this post-season. I don't think I have to fear a trip to Williamsport.

Congrats Parker.
Kid must take after his mother.

Don't think so. I don't hate my son and have never called him a "worthless kunt" in my life.

Perhaps he didn't.

Did she know any baseball players?

Eww...

DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS RAY!

Stam and I are twins. Not identical.

Separated only by a mole.

My Oh My!!

Yeah, the Little League regular season is over. Katterman's was the 4th seed in the tournament and after a quick pair of loses are done for the season.

One of the Moms took photos throughout the season and she snapped some good ones.

Here's one of Alex connecting on a pitch.



From here, we find out after this weekend if he made the 12U Allstar Team. If so, this is the team that theoretically could make it all the way to the Little League World Series. All they have to do is win.
Ok, a more realistic goal would be for them to win a District 8 Tournament game. Maybe two!

His other team, the Pilots, ended their season in a 5-game tournament last weekend. They didn't win the tournament, but did end up winning 2 games. Mind you, this team hasn't won a game in 3 years, so it was a pretty big deal. Lots of screaming fans and happy kids. Fun times.

Lastly, caption this photo: (Alex is in his catchers gear)

I cannot believe you 206ers play on turf.
Don't women know how to do laundry up there?

Seriously I enjoyed the pictures Parker and the one is definitely perfect..
Thanks for sharing.

My son's team was solid this year which makes it easier to give up fishing days.
They won their league and the 3 tournaments they entered.
I didn't miss a minute of the action.

Here are a few pictures from this year.
Mainly of a handsome 10 year old I'm pretty proud off.
He batted in the upper .700 range for the season and was a beast in the field.

Lots of things to look forward to next year.


Depriving this kid of a home run was sweet.
The look on his face as he was forced to slam on the brakes is priceless.


The end of a hard days work.



Have a great summer!!!
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Teminder: the Giants suck

Athletics will be good again and are playing up to par with what they have. Giants were supposed to fight for the division again this year. Giants need to trade some players and I think no one player should be untouchable for a trade. (Even posey, bum, and Crawford