as the season winds down the predictions from the beginning of the season weren’t that far off ....
of course the indians selection was known to have been wrong since they switched to some other sport cause they sure weren’t playing baseball ....
and I think the mets were just mathematically eliminated from next seasons playoffs ... that is how bad they were ... i heard that 12 out of 25 players had never played baseball before joining the mets and only two had actually heard of the sport until they were offered a deal
So I’ve been out of commission this week, but I’ll still post my postseason post post since the ####### season takes forever. I love baseball, but when a Braves vs Nationals game comes on the radio in October on a Sunday when football is just getting going…ugh.
I don’t know if you can call tattttttm’s predictions predictions, but he blathered something that was close to accurate. That would ignore his homerish last place Indians pick, of course.
I was pretty close myself. Biggest disappointment were the White Sox, but whatever, the Al Central just acts as a wee little speed bump to the ALCS for real teams.
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Now that the playoffs are on, great games so far.
Holy shit! Yankees win! Crazy game as I type.
So that series is over. Dodgers seemingly in control.
Phillies and Rockies tied up. I have a feeling that the Sox will tie it up tonight, it’s scoreless in the 4th right now.
Better analysis for the CS’s now that I’m gurney free. Please stay tuned.
PHILADELPHIA—In an absolutely precious little press conference before the start of the NLDS Wednesday, the upstart Colorado Rockies confirmed that they would be making the most adorable effort to win the World Series this year. “They looked so handsome up there in their clean, pressed uniforms that I could have just died,” said ESPN baseball analyst Peter Gammons, adding that he wanted to walk right up to Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and pinch his iddy-biddy cheeks. “I know I shouldn’t have laughed when they said they thought they had a chance, but it was so priceless to see them pretending to talk like grown-ups.” Saying that they felt they were being patronized, the Rockies concluded the press conference with quite the temper tantrum, because they were tired and cranky and needed a nap.
They really are cute. Especially when they play a baseball game in 37 degree weather and snow like tomorrow. Not a cuddler personally, but I’d snuggle and even nestle with them.
Of course it will not come as a surprise to any of you that my team is
THE YANKEES
and I would like to personally thank what’s his name for that home-cooked foul ball call last night, which allowed the perfect scenario… Hughes escapes from his debacle, A-Rod sheds another layer of postseason failure with a nice little Primetime Friday night shot and then…
A Tex Message!
I’m pulling for Yankees Dodgers World Series…. A-Rod vs. Manny (who I hope wakes up from his post-roid depression).
i dont follow baseball much. why is everybody hating on the rockies? are they like the Brancos or something?
The Twins would have been a better subject than the Rockies in The Onion’s article. I think they actually have a great chance to beat the world champs.
I moved to Colorado in ‘93 which happened to be the first year the Rockies were in the league. The games were great since nearly everyone of them were like 16-14. Now they keep balls in a special humidor so they don’t carry as well in the altitude.
JRM: I also see a Yankees-Dodgers World Series shaping up.
I"d love to see a Rockies-twins series, because it would be the exact opposite of what baseball wants. Anything to keep New York, Boston and the Dodgers out I’d be okay with however.
DENVER—Although baseball season is over, and players are taking a break from training, statisticians are in high gear, calculating who had the league’s best batting statistics. Researchers at University of Northern Colorado now know for certain just where balls fly farther.
Sports fans suspect it. Pros know it. Now mathematics confirms it. Balls hit at Denver’s Coors Field carry farther than in any other stadium in the country.
“We now actually have statistical data supporting this theory of a ‘Coors Field Effect,’” Jay Schaffer, a statistician at University Northern Colorado in Greeley, tells DBIS.
They scored big with their latest findings: proof balls fly farther in thin air. That’s because the air has fewer air molecules that normally would slow the ball down.
At Coors Field, the purple seats are one mile high. The Rockies’ number of homeruns is often thought to be inflated by the Coors Field Effect. Sure enough, research confirms a homerun that travels 400 feet in Miami, in Denver would travel 420 feet, and in Mexico City, 430 feet.
But the batter’s advantage is the outfielder’s disadvantage.
“You already got this pre-conceived notion that the ball is going to carry so well, so they don’t hit it that good,” says Colorado Rockies’ Brad Hawpe. “You are already breaking back, so you are going to miss the ball then.”
This impacts more than just a batter’s swing.
“At sea level, it’s two clubs for me,” says amateur golfer Katrina Steadle. “So, in Vail, I would be hitting a seven iron, and at sea level, I am probably hitting a five iron. It is a big difference.” ...But for golfers, their balls are flying high.
Due to the lack of humidity in Colorado, the Colorado Rockies’ baseballs are placed in a humidor to keep them from drying out. The moisture is believed to negate some of the effects of the thinner air.
Their game was snow and colded-out for tonight.
The Rockies’ stadium is one of the best to see a game. It’s also located right in LoDo which is filled with spectacular microbrew bars and decent small music venues. I’d usually stay for about half the game and then hit the bars.
Kinda. It’s legal in the city of Denver but illegal in Colorado. I haven’t heard any recent updates on the court battles.
Although it may as well have been legal in Boulder when I lived there. The police would just tell you to put it out if people were smoking on the street. If they did bust you, it was a $50 ticket for possession under an ounce (I think that was the amount). Word is that things have changed since the mass yuppie migration from Denver to Boulder.
