4/18 Cubs (Stroman) vs A's (Waldichuk): 8:40pm Marquee

[Tryptamine]

This camera angle is really throwing me off

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

This camera angle is really throwing me off

It's wildly offset. I actually like offset cameras as a change of pace but what Oakland does feels like they just crammed a camera where it fit.

Which is almost surely what they did.

[Tryptamine]

Double,  lag

Edited April 19, 2023 by Tryptamine

[Brock Beauchamp]

It felt like that first inning that didn't amount to anything would lead to more runs but... not so much.

[Brock Beauchamp]

It's not even like I can give Stro much credit against this offense.

[UMFan83]

Contreras has hit his first 2 Cardinals home runs to turn an Arizona comfortable win into a 1 run game

[UMFan83]

Nothing says you’re a serious baseball team like having Gomes, Hosmer and Torrens hitting 7-8-9 in your lineup

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

Nothing says you’re a serious baseball team like having Gomes, Hosmer and Torrens hitting 7-8-9 in your lineup

I particularly like having a DH who bats 9th.  It just doesn't seem like using the DH to get your 3rd catcher into the lineup in the 9 hole is really maximizing that position.

[Tryptamine]

4 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Nothing says you’re a serious baseball team like having Gomes, Hosmer and Torrens hitting 7-8-9 in your lineup

It really is confusing especially when you have Mervis and Morel in AAA

[Transmogrified Tiger]

4 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

I particularly like having a DH who bats 9th.  It just doesn't seem like using the DH to get your 3rd catcher into the lineup in the 9 hole is really maximizing that position.

Yes but where else are you gonna put him, 8th?  That's where the 1B goes!

[itisallpartoftheplan]

We are slowly but surely fixing Waldichuk’s ERA

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Maybe it's the camera angle but Waldichuk is giving me Lester vibes. Little bit crossfire delivery and nothing is diving a ton it's just got a bit of cut or ride all the time.

[Brock Beauchamp]

21 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

I particularly like having a DH who bats 9th.  It just doesn't seem like using the DH to get your 3rd catcher into the lineup in the 9 hole is really maximizing that position.

It's just painful.

WHY

[Brock Beauchamp]

How weird will it be to see that green jersey read "Las Vegas" or "Nashville" or whatever in the future?

[Tryptamine]

A lot of bad at bats tonight. Also, Hosmer is really bad at baseball. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

How weird will it be to see that green jersey read "Las Vegas" or "Nashville" or whatever in the future?

Weird, but I'm also not convinced that either of those markets are ideal for an MLB franchise. I would much rather see a team back in Montreal

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Weird, but I'm also not convinced that either of those markets are ideal for an MLB franchise. I would much rather see a team back in Montreal

My personal votes would be Charlotte (or the Carolinas region) or Montreal, yes.

[UMFan83]

8 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Weird, but I'm also not convinced that either of those markets are ideal for an MLB franchise. I would much rather see a team back in Montreal

 

Salt Lake City wants a team now too apparently. Personally think they should worry about their source of water drying up over the next 5 years leading to airborne arsenic floating through the city, but that’s just me. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

I forget how short Stro is until he does something like bump his *catcher*, who is literally half a foot taller.

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

Salt Lake City wants a team now too apparently. Personally think they should worry about their source of water drying up over the next 5 years leading to airborne arsenic floating through the city, but that’s just me. 

As a former Utah resident, full agreement.

But I think Utah is a remote chance. There's just too much population in Montreal and the Carolinas that could use a ballclub.

[Rex Buckingham]

pinch run for Torrens?

[Brock Beauchamp]

The first thing I've agreed with Sutcliffe in awhile is that Kenny Lofton is a HoF guy.

[UMFan83]

Guess we scored all our runs for the series yesterday

[Brock Beauchamp]

5 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Guess we scored all our runs for the series yesterday

Well, at least the A's can't score, either.

[Brock Beauchamp]

But also, hard not to be a fan of Leiter right now.