Baseball 2010

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Yeah, they're stealing the Pirates' business strategy!

 

[wilheldp_PE]

If I got to see something that has only been done 20 times in 100+ years, I'd gladly spend the money.

Yeah, but it's happened 2.5 times this season. It'll be like the HR record...now the pitchers are on steroids.

 

[Dexman PE]

If I got to see something that has only been done 20 times in 100+ years, I'd gladly spend the money.

Yeah, but it's happened 2.5 times this season. It'll be like the HR record...now the pitchers are on steroids.

It's actually happened 2.96 times (2 + 26/27)

 

[Dexman PE]

Yeah, they're stealing the Pirates' business strategy!

We can't allow anyone to steal anything from the Pirates. We already know how they handle competition on the baseball field...

 

[EM_PS]

The game lasted 1 hour 44 minutes...

if I spent big bucks on tickets, I would be pissed the game lasted less than 2 hrs, regardless if it was a "perfect" game.

My wife went to a Tigers game a few years back that barely lasted 2 hrs. She was pretty disappointed - although they won.

If I got to see something that has only been done 20 times in 100+ years, I'd gladly spend the money.

Agreed. However, imagine getting rooked out of that by some douchebag who evidently was parted from his seeing-eye dog that evening. The guy's ump'ing tonite! Leyland has urged Detroit fans to keep it 'classy'

 

[EM_PS]

F@ck me!

NEW YORK -- Commissioner Bud Selig won't reverse an umpire's admitted blown call that cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game.
Selig said Thursday that Major League Baseball will look at expanded replay and umpiring, but didn't specifically address umpire Jim Joyce's botched call Wednesday night.

A baseball official familiar with the decision confirmed to The Associated Press that the call was not being reversed. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because that element was not included in Selig's statement.

Joyce said he erred on what would've been the final out in Detroit, where the Tigers beat Cleveland 3-0. The umpire personally apologized to Galarraga and hugged him after the game, then took the field at Comerica Park on Thursday in tears.

Detroit general manager Dave Dombrowski had said the team wouldn't ask MLB to overturn the call. The mistake denied Galarraga the 21st perfect game in history, and the first for the Tigers.

Joyce ruled Cleveland's Jason Donald safe at first base, but later said he got it wrong. Even in the sports world, where bad calls are part of the mix, this one reached way beyond the lines: the perfect game that wasn't.

Galarraga, who was barely known outside of Detroit before this week, and Joyce, whose career had flourished in relative anonymity, remained trending topics on Twitter more than 12 hours after the game ended. At least one anti-Joyce Facebook page popped up and firejimjoyce.com was launched.

From Derek Jeter to casual fans, opinions poured in.

"I was thinking if the umpire says he made a mistake on replay, I'd call it a no-hitter, perfect game. Just scratch it," St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. "If I was Mr. Selig, in the best interest of the game. The guy got it and I'd give him his perfect game. But here again, I should just shut my mouth."

 

[kevo_55]

^^ Doh!!!

I was able to go to the Twins vs. Yankees game a week ago at the new Target Field. It is a really nice stadium!!!

We lost.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

I'm gonna see if I can't take in a minor league game or two this summer. There are a couple of local teams in the general area. I don't follow the Sox so it's not worth the expense of the tickets for me.

 

[EM_PS]

Luckily, for us not trying to get into Fenway or Yankee stadium, MLB tickets are actually very affordable - my tickets to Tigers (upperdeck) were only $26 per - there are cheaper seats yet. We have a minor league team in town here (farm team for Tiges). Premium box seats (most expensive seats) are a whopping $13. This is where I'll probably take the wee ones for ball games, at least till their older

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

The Pats are the one local pro team I really follow. I'll hang onto my discretionary income for when they go on sale. Plus the wife is a Pats nut and this may be the last season we're in the area.

 

[Supe]

Luckily, for us not trying to get into Fenway or Yankee stadium, MLB tickets are actually very affordable - my tickets to Tigers (upperdeck) were only $26 per - there are cheaper seats yet. We have a minor league team in town here (farm team for Tiges). Premium box seats (most expensive seats) are a whopping $13. This is where I'll probably take the wee ones for ball games, at least till their older

That's dirt cheap. When I went to the Braves game, the rep paid $86/ticket.