MLB cancels ASG in Atlanta

[Vol737]

Chris Chambliss, Rafael Ramirez, Glenn Hubbard, Claudell Washington, Rick Mahler.....loved TBS back in the early 80's.

Yes sir!

 

[StarRaider]

Chris Chambliss, Rafael Ramirez, Glenn Hubbard, Claudell Washington, Rick Mahler.....loved TBS back in the early 80's.

Ha that reminds me of when my wife (then girlfriend) got an apartment on Highland Ave in 1982. There was a cable outlet and I hooked it up to the TV and it worked! That was the season that they started out 13-0 but lost to the Cards in the NLCS.

 

[walkenvol]

Chris Chambliss, Rafael Ramirez, Glenn Hubbard, Claudell Washington, Rick Mahler.....loved TBS back in the early 80's.

Do you remember what they put on the scoreboard when C Washington came up to bat? A dollar bill with CW’s profile with the words In Claudell we trust. Crazy how that stuck with me

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

 

[tntar heel]

If I ran the Braves organization, I’d tell the damn commissioner to meet me back in ATL at Truist Park and he can present the WS trophy to us there in front of a sold out home crowd. I suffered a long time as a native Atlantan before the 90’s. Born and raised in ATL, I first started going down to Fulton County Stadium when I was 5-6 years old in the early/mid 70’s. I got to see Hank Aaron, Dusty Baker, Phil Neikro early on. Then it was Dale Murphy, Bob Horner, Jerry Royster, Bruce Benedict…and the absolute best baseball name ever, Biff Pocaroba! And Barry Bonds will always have an * by his name.

Glen "mother" hubbard. Besides Niekro, really liked Steve Bedrosian. Of Pasquel Perez and his greazy hair. Man I'm old.

 

[Boca Vol]

Sad to admit that it took me into my late teens to figure out Chief Noc-A-Homa. That LC education really paid off.

 

[kiddiedoc]

Pasquel Perez and his greazy hair. Man I'm old.

My Grandmom would always complain about his big gold chain.

 

[StarRaider]

My Grandmom would always complain about his big gold chain.

Remember when PP got lost on 285 and just kept circling ATL?

 

[USAFgolferVol]

Glen "mother" hubbard. Besides Niekro, really liked Steve Bedrosian. Of Pasquel Perez and his greazy hair. Man I'm old.

Are you old enough to remember when the starting lineup included Rowland Office, Dusty Baker and Mike Lum?

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

I'm already having withdrawal pains. I'm still hoping for a game to be on TV at 7:05 pm ...
Whatever they're paying Ozzie Albies they need to double it. He was sensational this year.
Freddy Freeman will be going nowhere they will pay him pretty much everything to stay.
Austin Riley should be getting a good re-newed contract. He hit 33 hrs & 107 rbi.
Just like the post above I was a fan in 1975 when I got my cable & TBS was on the line-up.

 

[tntar heel]

Are you old enough to remember when the starting lineup included Rowland Office, Dusty Baker and Mike Lum?

No I want to say 80 was first year we got cable and had TBS.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

 

[StarRaider]

 

[Sea Ray]

Leave it to Vin Scully to come up with that one. He's still got it

 

[GAVol]

Is everybody OK this morning? I heard they played a game in Atlanta last night and made everybody show their phone before entering.

 

[Vol8188]

Is everybody OK this morning? I heard they played a game in Atlanta last night and made everybody show their phone before entering.

lol what?

 

[jmacvols1]

lol what?

I think this is a reference to the all-star game being cancelled in Atlanta 4 years ago because Georgians voted people had to show ID before voting.

 

[GAVol]

lol what?

It was a poor attempt at pointing out how dumb it is to cancel a game in protest in 2021 and then reschedule it for 4 years later with the exact same law in effect.

 

[Vol8188]

I think this is a reference to the all-star game being cancelled in Atlanta 4 years ago because Georgians voted people had to show ID before voting.

Thanks. Wasn’t sure what the joke was. Funny thing about that bill is you could also simply provide the last four of your SS number and people acted like that was “voter suppression” because who can be expected to know that?

 

[Majors]

It was a poor attempt at pointing out how dumb it is to cancel a game in protest in 2021 and then reschedule it for 4 years later with the exact same law in effect.

Almost as if it was political at the time.

Just kidding, it was political. Angry Joe yelling Jim Crow 2.0.

 

[LouderVol]

It was a poor attempt at pointing out how dumb it is to cancel a game in protest in 2021 and then reschedule it for 4 years later with the exact same law in effect.

and the place that hosted the ASG in 2021 had more restrictive voting laws than Georgia's new laws.

most of the complaints were purely partisan and not based on understanding what the laws were before.

 

[Jxn Vol]

The country healed a bit more last night