The season is early but the Sox pitching has impressed.

 

Go Sox!

11 game win streak and 1st place. Go A’s!

14 hours ago, J._Bricker said:

11 game win streak and 1st place. Go A’s!

It's amazing! Didn't they start like 0-7? 

14 hours ago, J._Bricker said:

11 game win streak and 1st place. Go A’s!

Oakland is my favorite AL team, Cubs are my first love. Long story but my brother is a baseball fanatic and one of his good friends, Noelle, lives in Oakland and is also a baseball fanatic (A’s of course). I think her and her grandma used to go to every game 

6 hours ago, Jigfishn10 said:

It's amazing! Didn't they start like 0-7? 

Affirm, they did! Frustrating as it was they went up against the ‘stros and trolley dodgers and probably wanted to spot everyone in the division a few games ?

6 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Oakland is my favorite AL team, Cubs are my first love. Long story but my brother is a baseball fanatic and one of his good friends, Noelle, lives in Oakland and is also a baseball fanatic (A’s of course). I think her and her grandma used to go to every game 

A’s still have a farm team there? 

12 hours ago, J._Bricker said:

A’s still have a farm team there? 

Down here? Not that I know of. We have the Tennessee smokies that are a Cubs affiliate, AA I think. A lot of the guys from the ‘16 world  series team played for the Smokies coming up 

4 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Down here? Not that I know of. We have the Tennessee smokies that are a Cubs affiliate, AA I think. A lot of the guys from the ‘16 world  series team played for the Smokies coming up 

Nashville Sounds is what I was thinking at the time I commented. I just checked and they changed their affiliation from the A’s after 2018. In 2019 the Sounds moved to the Rangers organization and are currently associated with the Brewers

14 minutes ago, J._Bricker said:

Nashville Sounds is what I was thinking at the time I commented. I just checked and they changed their affiliation from the A’s after 2018. In 2019 the Sounds moved to the Rangers organization and are currently associated with the Brewers

Ok cool! I think I went to a sounds game when I was a youngster 

On 4/21/2021 at 11:29 AM, Jigfishn10 said:

The season is early but the Sox pitching has impressed.

 

Go Sox!

Never seen a high expectations season go south faster than my Twins have.  The White Sox have a bright future with all those young stars (and present)....

Been a Life Long Boston Red Sox fan, through the thick and the seriously long thin years.

This years team has been winning a few games but the best part is that they are playing a brand of ball this season that I have enjoyed quite a bit so far.

 

And on a super high note, the Team announced on Monday that Fenway will follow the state’s re-opening plan  and be at full capacity as of May 29. (close to 38,000)

That means the Red Sox could potentially play in front of a full house against the Marlins on May 29 and 30, the final two games of their next homestand, marking the first time Fenway has been eligible to host that many fans since the end of the 2019 season.

Be interested to see if the Fenway management group Mails ALL of those zany Cardboard Cut Outs to the fans that paid for them.

I know I'd want mine back - they weren't exactly cheap . . .

Go Sox !

A-Jay

 

51 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

That means the Red Sox could potentially play in front of a full house against the Marlins on May 29 and 30, the final two games of their next homestand, marking the first time Fenway has been eligible to host that many fans since the end of the 2019 season.

 

I think the Yankees and Mets have been allowing full capacity for a while now.  Every fan is required to prove status of vaccination or proof of a negative covid test within 72 hours of game day if I remember correctly.

On 5/20/2021 at 11:57 AM, ajschn06 said:

Never seen a high expectations season go south faster than my Twins have.  The White Sox have a bright future with all those young stars (and present)....

What is up with the Twins? Their season is swirling around the toilet bowl and making it's way to the stink pipe. Very surprising considering the expectations this year.

 

Earlier this year when they were playing the Sox, they were in a close game and Donaldson didn't play that day. One of the comments made by an analyst was that Baldelli was handcuffed b/c he couldn't ask Donaldson to PH, is that true?

On 5/21/2021 at 1:52 PM, Jigfishn10 said:

What is up with the Twins?

Their pitching is atrocious.  For a while, Miguel Sano literally had the WORST batting average in the entire league for any player that was in the starting lineup on a regular basis.  Buxton was going quite well but he's hurt now which is not a surprise.

 

I think the biggest issue is that the rest of the division simply got better and the Twins didn't.  For the last several seasons, the only real competition in their division was Cleveland.  KC and Detroit were two of the worst teams in the entire league.  Its not like that anymore, the rest of the division is certainly improved and the Twins are still the same team, with worst pitching.  I think they may lose 90-100 games this season.

 

I don't watch a lot of baseball but I listen to the local sports radio station on KFAN and this is what is being reported.  They are usually pretty accurate too.

Go Cubs go! (Seriously, let’s get it going. We can’t hit haha)

Just got handed tickets to the Yanks vs Sox at Fenway on July 25th. Be my first time at Fenway since before Covid. 

i am a orioles fan, i will join in this conversation after our rebuild is completed in around 2025.

19 hours ago, Jigfishn10 said:

Just got handed tickets to the Yanks vs Sox at Fenway on July 25th. Be my first time at Fenway since before Covid. 

And here they are.

 

8 hours ago, Jigfishn10 said:

And here they are.

 

@Jigfishn10, im sure you saw but the Sox beat the Yankees  on a double play last night 

Believe it or not @TnRiver46, I fell asleep in the 7th....?...I fished in some 3-4' waves that afternoon and was wiped out.

 

Had to see the highlights this morning.

18 minutes ago, Jigfishn10 said:

Believe it or not @TnRiver46, I fell asleep in the 7th....?...I fished in some 3-4' waves that afternoon and was wiped out.

 

Had to see the highlights this morning.

I know that feeling

A-Jay

5 hours ago, A-Jay said:

I know that feeling

A-Jay

Our fishing season opened on the 16th June. I thought, in a clearly mad moment, that I would leave home at 22.30 and be at my starting spot on the river for midnight and the first cast of the season.  At 04.30 I had a my first bite, a modest fish and a couple of casts later a small one. That was it. No more fishy interest at all. By 11am the following morning I was wiped out and threw the boat back on the trailer and drove home straight to bed for the rest of the day. I'm definitely not 18 anymore. ?

What a beautiful series that was for the Sox ?

Second half of the season starts today which means it’s time for clubs to buy or sell. 

 

The Sox were big sellers last year and should be spenders this year with their surprise 1st place record to date. 

 

I’m guessing another arm for the hill and an outfielder for the wall. 

 

What’s your team need?