4.13 Sunburn @ GasCan

[msgkings322]

Holy shit what a fun game. Anyone who doesn't like this game doesn't like the sport, plain and simple.

 

[pachyderm]

I was at the Preds game and it was a crazy final score too... 7 - 2 PREDS!

 

[pachyderm]

Hopefully Yaz is about to heat up...

 

[tzill]

Both pitchers have settled in since the 1st inning. Eliminate that inning and you've got a 1-0 pitchers' duel.

sure, but if the season were to end today......

 

[tzill]

Too bad. Missing a really fun game.

says you.
I'm good with the decision to spend time with the wife.

 

[msgkings322]

says you.
I'm good with the decision to spend time with the wife.

Yes we know you're good. You only like a subset of the sport.

 

[tzill]

Straight up question:

How many times does a 4-4 game in the second inning end up being a good game to watch? 5% of the time?

In your gut, were you expecting a decently pitched 7-6 final, or a 12-6 shitshow?

 

[tzill]

Yes we know you're good. You only like a subset of the sport.

Cost/benefit brother. You do you; I'll do me.

 

[msgkings322]

Cost/benefit brother. You do you; I'll do me.

Yes I know, it's a free country, we all can like what we like. It's just odd that's all.

 

[tzill]

Yes I know, it's a free country, we all can like what we like. It's just odd that's all.

Indeed. I'm not the average bear.

More to the point: where the phuk are the Yaz bobbles??? I neeeeeeeed one.

 

[msgkings322]

Indeed. I'm not the average bear.

More to the point: where the phuk are the Yaz bobbles??? I neeeeeeeed one.

Below average maybe?

I keed I keed!

 

[tzill]

Below average maybe?

I keed I keed!

according to HWSNBN, I have an IQ of 99...so, yeah?

 

[LHG]

Straight up question:

How many times does a 4-4 game in the second inning end up being a good game to watch? 5% of the time?

In your gut, were you expecting a decently pitched 7-6 final, or a 12-6 shitshow?

Even the phrase "decently pitched 7-6 final" sounds weird but, to your point, the latter would be much more likely. But, to me, that is part of the beauty of the sport. Odds may favor a certain outcome but you have to wait out the whole game to see if something happens against those odds. Brutally bad pitching the first inning and a well pitched game the rest of the way (although Bedrosian got really lucky in the 8th inning last night).

 

[tzill]

yeah, to each his own and all that. with 162 games on the schedule and an inability to see them all I gotta pick my spots.

 

[msgkings322]

yeah, to each his own and all that. with 162 games on the schedule and an inability to see them all I gotta pick my spots.

Most of us are fans of a thing called 'baseball'. You are a fan of a thing called 'well-pitched baseball', which is a subset of the broader category.

 

[calsnowskier]

Most of us are fans of a thing called 'baseball'. You are a fan of a thing called 'well-pitched baseball', which is a subset of the broader category.

To be fair, I am a fan of “real baseball”. Thus my hatred of AL ball, and the possibility of my dropping the game in the coming years.

 

[msgkings322]

To be fair, I am a fan of “real baseball”. Thus my hatred of AL ball, and the possibility of my dropping the game in the coming years.

Indeed, NL baseball is also a subset of 'baseball'.

And sometimes your subset and tzill's will overlap (a well-pitched NL game) and sometimes not (a well-pitched AL game would be ok with tzill, a badly pitched but entertaining NL game would be ok with you)

 

[tzill]

Most of us are fans of a thing called 'baseball'. You are a fan of a thing called 'well-pitched baseball', which is a subset of the broader category.

I guess it depends upon what you mean by "fan." If you mean "appreciator," then no, I am not a "fan" of HR derby baseball. Or the DH. If you mean "watching no matter what" then I also am not that type of "fan." If you mean someone who follows the team every day and watches/listens to 80+% of the games, I'm in. I'd guess most people would consider that a "fan." Your mileage may vary.

 

[tzill]

To be fair, I am a fan of “real baseball”. Thus my hatred of AL ball, and the possibility of my dropping the game in the coming years.

Uh, oh. another "subset fan."

 

[msgkings322]

I guess it depends upon what you mean by "fan." If you mean "appreciator," then no, I am not a "fan" of HR derby baseball. Or the DH. If you mean "watching no matter what" then I also am not that type of "fan." If you mean someone who follows the team every day and watches/listens to 80+% of the games, I'm in. I'd guess most people would consider that a "fan." Your mileage may vary.

Fan, aficionado, whatever...I'm simply pointing out the obvious truth about you. You don't enjoy all forms of baseball games. Most of us do.