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Post by Henry Pratt on Oct 9, 2024 17:08:43 GMT
Yeah, go Rays! Simply because they were the first team I'd seen live, on a visit to Florida in 2007. It was when they were still shit, too, so no glory-hunting from me. The following season the had the best record in baseball and went to the World Series, and have been pretty decent ever since. Also seen the Yankees at their new stadium, the year it opened, as well as AAA Pawtucket v Scranton-Wilkes Barre and a couple of single A Lakeland Flying Tigers games. Love it. Nice! We occasionally go to AAA games here at a lovely ball park. Always a good time, although I appear to be some sort of albatross - they seem to lose far more than win when I'm attending. But now and then you get to watch an MLB player on rehab, or a young player on the verge of the majors. A few years ago we had Justin Verlander visit on a rehab assignment, and last year we were watching the Pirates' Oneil Cruz, for example. Your Marlins induction is similar to mine - the first game that I saw was Padres v Dodgers on a San Diego visit in 1999. Some rough years followed, so no glory-hunting here, either. I discovered afterwards from my host that I was supposed to have been rooting for the Dodgers, but I'm glad I got that wrong. Yeah, I photographed the lineups posted underneath the stands for my MiLB games, in case a future star was playing. Not checked since tbh - must dig the photos out. "Marlins"! 😮 😂 |
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Post by Fez on Oct 9, 2024 17:56:30 GMT
Nice! We occasionally go to AAA games here at a lovely ball park. Always a good time, although I appear to be some sort of albatross - they seem to lose far more than win when I'm attending. But now and then you get to watch an MLB player on rehab, or a young player on the verge of the majors. A few years ago we had Justin Verlander visit on a rehab assignment, and last year we were watching the Pirates' Oneil Cruz, for example. Your Marlins induction is similar to mine - the first game that I saw was Padres v Dodgers on a San Diego visit in 1999. Some rough years followed, so no glory-hunting here, either. I discovered afterwards from my host that I was supposed to have been rooting for the Dodgers, but I'm glad I got that wrong. Yeah, I photographed the lineups posted underneath the stands for my MiLB games, in case a future star was playing. Not checked since tbh - must dig the photos out. "Marlins"! 😮 😂 Ha! Yikes. Sorry about that! Rays, of course. Florida kind of merges into one amorphous blob for me...  By the way, thanks for trading us Jason Adam at the deadline. He's been a great set-up pitcher: 1.01 ERA and 0.79 WHIP since July 28th. |
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Post by scfc73 on Oct 9, 2024 18:05:54 GMT
No line judges to be used at Wimbledon next year as they'll move to a full electronic detection system.
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Post by gibbo on Oct 10, 2024 7:49:27 GMT
No line judges to be used at Wimbledon next year as they'll move to a full electronic detection system. And the times of the respective single finals have been changed - 4pm start from next year. |
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Post by Fez on Oct 10, 2024 12:45:49 GMT
Nice! We occasionally go to AAA games here at a lovely ball park. Always a good time, although I appear to be some sort of albatross - they seem to lose far more than win when I'm attending. But now and then you get to watch an MLB player on rehab, or a young player on the verge of the majors. A few years ago we had Justin Verlander visit on a rehab assignment, and last year we were watching the Pirates' Oneil Cruz, for example. Your Marlins induction is similar to mine - the first game that I saw was Padres v Dodgers on a San Diego visit in 1999. Some rough years followed, so no glory-hunting here, either. I discovered afterwards from my host that I was supposed to have been rooting for the Dodgers, but I'm glad I got that wrong. Yeah, I photographed the lineups posted underneath the stands for my MiLB games, in case a future star was playing. Not checked since tbh - must dig the photos out. "Marlins"! 😮 😂 I see that Hurricane Milton tore a large part of your stadium's roof off last night. Not a surprise, I guess. |
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Post by Henry Pratt on Oct 10, 2024 14:12:43 GMT
Yeah, I photographed the lineups posted underneath the stands for my MiLB games, in case a future star was playing. Not checked since tbh - must dig the photos out. "Marlins"! 😮 😂 I see that Hurricane Milton tore a large part of your stadium's roof off last night. Not a surprise, I guess. Slightly ironically as the entire thing's going to be torn down in a couple of years. |
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Post by Mozzer on Oct 10, 2024 14:33:49 GMT
Was it only supposed to blow the bloody doors off?
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Post by Fez on Oct 10, 2024 16:09:08 GMT
I see that Hurricane Milton tore a large part of your stadium's roof off last night. Not a surprise, I guess. Slightly ironically as the entire thing's going to be torn down in a couple of years. Maybe there'll be another massive hurricane in 2026 to finish the job... Looks like an expensively unfortunate re-fit for something that's soon going to be replaced. |
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Post by nelly on Oct 10, 2024 16:19:53 GMT
Slightly ironically as the entire thing's going to be torn down in a couple of years. Maybe there'll be another massive hurricane in 2026 to finish the job... Looks like an expensively unfortunate re-fit for something that's soon going to be replaced. Is it Hurricane Keynes next ? |
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Post by dunkerrrrr on Oct 16, 2024 16:33:49 GMT
Team GB qualify for all finals in the first day of the Track Cycling World championships.
Particular shout out to County fan Hayden Norris, who qualified fourth fastest in the men’s team sprint. Solid moustache.
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Post by Mozzer on Oct 16, 2024 21:12:47 GMT
Gold in the Women's Team Sprint 🏅 Looked like a ropey first lap to me but well clear in the end.
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Post by mattyovrio on Oct 17, 2024 11:02:26 GMT
Catches win matches - if Wngland lose this one dropping Salman twice is where we lost it.
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Post by desmond on Oct 17, 2024 13:03:54 GMT
Catches win matches - if Wngland lose this one dropping Salman twice is where we lost it. Certainly not going to be a draw is it. |
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Post by Barmy Blue Army on Oct 17, 2024 13:16:51 GMT
Catches win matches - if Wngland lose this one dropping Salman twice is where we lost it. 4 for 14 when we were looking like building a decent first innings lead was bigger imo. Lead of 50+ was needed from that position and batting last. 200/220 was probably enough on the this surface anyways but dropping Salman and his partnership with Khan was probably the final nail in the coffin. Pakistan have scored some big runs with the tail. |
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Post by dunkerrrrr on Oct 17, 2024 19:45:09 GMT
Anther gold on the women’s team pursuit. The difference Archibald makes is ridiculous. Caught the Germans with just over half the race gone.
2 out of the four women’s sprint semi finalists from Team GB too, and Harry Leddingham-Horn placing 4th in the men’s Keirin final.
The fact that we continue to put out such a dominant team with so much depth year after year is massively overlooked imo. I can’t really think of any other sport that we do so well at, so consistently.
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