Bill's Baseball Discussion Thread

[theFallGuy]

Damn you’re dumb.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

I really don't GAS about either team. Redbirds 4 life.

But I have a soft spot for the 85 Mets team.

Why 85 and not 86?

A Cards fan should know the 85 Cards was screwed by Don Denkinger..

 

[theFallGuy]

Why 85 and not 86?

A Cards fan should know the 85 Cards was screwed by Don Denkinger..

I was 7 years old. It all runs together

 

[theFallGuy]

I do remember Willie McGhee, Vince Coleman and Ozzie. Pretty sure I still have their cards somewhere

 

[theFallGuy]

I have an 85 Donruss full set somewhere in mint condition.

It's the only full set I could afford

 

[508mikey]

I remember where I was when I heard about Munson’s death.

I was at his last game in Chicago

 

[NorCalVol67]

I was at his last game in Chicago

Wow, that is cool.

 

[Tin Man]

On this date forty years ago, rising star, Houston Astros shortstop, Dickie Thon was struck in the face by a Mike Torrez fastball. It broke the orbital bone around Thon’s left eye. He was out for the season.

Thon returned to Houston’s active roster in 1985. He was in front of the dugout before the start of first game of the April series with the Braves. I had field level seats on the third base side and shouted out, “Hey! Dickie Thon! Welcome back to baseball!” He turned around to look at the stands and touched the bill of his cap. Fans applauded politely. Dickie Thon had always played like an all star in Atlanta Fulton County Stadium, and Braves fans despised him. Still, that day, begrudging respect and well wishes were expressed by hometown fans to a nemesis recovered from a terrible injury.

Thon never returned to form. His vision was impacted. Once a future hall of famer, he was just a workmanlike ball player after his injury.

I have sympathy for Thon. Ten years after his injury, I suffered an orbital blow out fracture when I was attacked and beaten in the face by a huge, drunken, off-duty Cherokee County Sheriff while watching the Vols play among a gathering of UT alumni at a bar. There was no explanation for the attack. The local cops let the perpetrator leave with an off-duty colleague. The bar owner encouraged sweeping this event under the rug, having had fights in his bar previously, he was in jeopardy of losing his liability insurance. UT Alumni never returned to that place, which went out of business within a few years.

 

[NorCalVol67]

A triple A team split a series with the Yankees in the Bronx.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Since when did the As get promoted up to AAA?

 

[NorCalVol67]

Since when did the As get promoted up to AAA?

Since they announced they were upgrading to a AAA ballpark.

 

[joevol33]

Go braves!

 

[WestTennesseeFox]

I always enjoyed going to Enron Field but I could never become a die-hard Astros fan.

 

[volfanbill]

Since when did the As get promoted up to AAA?

Since they announced they were upgrading to a AAA ballpark.

There was an article in the Athletic I think questioning if the A’s could win a series against the Norfolk Tides, Baltimore’s supposedly loaded, potentially all time best ever AAA squad.

Curious if it got deleted since Norfolk is currently like 9-15. And in the East cellar.

 

[508mikey]

Since they announced they were upgrading to a AAA ballpark.

The White Sox are AA

 

[NorCalVol67]

The White Sox are AA

Wow, I didn’t realize they’ve only won 3 games.

 

[82_VOL_83]

Go braves!

Look who's the best team in baseball.

In my best Adam Sandler voice.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Look who's the best team in baseball.

In my best Adam Sandler voice.

It’s April.

 

[NorCalVol67]

The A’s are playing well by accident.

 

[volfanbill]

The A’s are playing well by accident.

that 1-7 start is hiding what they're doing now for a lot of people.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

The A’s are playing well by accident.

 

[volfanbill]

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i imagine it's the opposite for Fisher... Every time they lose they peel part of his GAP clothes off

 

[volfanbill]

i did not have the A's sitting at .500 in May on my bingo card. 6 straight. and put a 20 spot up tonight (albeit against one of the worst teams in MLB)