MLB Daily Thread: 4-18-16: BREAK UP THE BRAVES & TWINS

[bksballer89]

Adding a few more day games to each team's schedule, sprinkled throughout the season won't kill you, bro...you're gonna be okay.

I need to see every Yankees game

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

I need to see every Yankees game

yeeeesh

sounds like a personal problem.

 

[tabascojet]

this businessman loves day games and so does my "niece".......

 

[Indrid Cold]

Yeah call me crazy but I actually like to be home when baseball games are on. I'm fine with day games on the weekends but in the week when I'm at work, I'm all for 705 PM start times

I have to agree with this, trying to get to Fenway during a workday is an exercise in clusterfuckedness. All the train station garages are full, getting to Alewife just before 5pm is perfect for me because the cars are just starting to stream out and the trains aren't completely jam packed yet.

 

[tabascojet]

on deck with 3 vs la, 3 vs mets, 2 vs boston, 2 @ boston, 3 @ cubs, and 3 @ mets....

19-9 by the first week of may just go ahead and engrave the trophy now!

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Hoping Happster hustles a home loss this morning!

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

I'm thinking Clay Buttholz is getting ready to lay a hot, steamy dump right on the pitching rubber.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Yeah call me crazy but I actually like to be home when baseball games are on. I'm fine with day games on the weekends but in the week when I'm at work, I'm all for 705 PM start times

You don't have kids, though, do you?

 

[RobToxin]

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

on deck with 3 vs la, 3 vs mets, 2 vs boston, 2 @ boston, 3 @ cubs, and 3 @ mets....

19-9 by the first week of may just go ahead and engrave the trophy now!

Wow, drinking early today I see

 

[tabascojet]

Wow, drinking early today I see

well i am a patriot....and it is my day afterall

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

well i am a patriot....and it is my day afterall

Hey that's right...I demand free tickets to this game from now on

 

[bksballer89]

You don't have kids, though, do you?

That doesn't matter. Day games in the week from April-June and September does nothing for the kids. They're all in school. In July and August I understand it

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

That doesn't matter. Day games in the week from April-June and September does nothing for the kids. They're all in school. In July and August I understand it

From your perspective it doesn't matter.

Those of us with kids understand that you can often pay more attention to games during the day while at the office than we can in the evenings when where schlepping kids all over hell and Cartagena, or feeding them, or cleaning up after them, or giving them baths, and on and on.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

That doesn't matter. Day games in the week from April-June and September does nothing for the kids. They're all in school. In July and August I understand it

No, but they can sure ruin your chance to watch a game at 7:10PM, no matter the month!

My son at least will watch the games with me now but he's such a sore sport...he gets livid at every Mets strikeout and every opponent's run scored. Starts throwing things, cursing the Mets, threatening to become a fan of some other team.

So yeah, he's definitely a hard-core Met.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

From your perspective it doesn't matter.

Those of us with kids understand that you can often pay more attention to games during the day while at the office than we can in the evenings when where schlepping kids all over hell and Cartagena, or feeding them, or cleaning up after them, or giving them baths, and on and on.

These things ^^.

I listen to most of the games on radio, so I can do stuff with the kids at the same time. They're older and can do most stuff themselves, but they still want me to pay attention to em and love em and all that jazz.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

but they still want me to pay attention to em and love em and all that jazz.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

These things ^^.

I listen to most of the games on radio, so I can do stuff with the kids at the same time. They're older and can do most stuff themselves, but they still want me to pay attention to em and love em and all that jazz.

Mine are 4 and 6, so they still need a shatload of serious hands on time. Now that they're both getting to sporting age, it's really getting to be a lot. Last Saturday, 8:30-9:30 Slink Jr soccer practice, 10:00-11:00 Slinkette soccer practice, 3:00-5:00 Slink Jr baseball practice. On top of that, since they're not self sufficient, there's all the feeding, cleaning, bathing, reading bedtime stories, and whatnot.

I'm not complaining - I LOVE being a dad. I'm just illustrating that the idea that "oh, 7:05 starts are great because I can sit down, have a beer and watch the game" is far from my reality.

 

[craigk217]

Day games = legit day off from work!

Geeeez ... not that hard to figger out.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Day games = legit day off from work!

Geeeez ... not that hard to figger out.

Hi, Craig. How's your list?