Baseball 2009

[Grace]

Only 100+ games until opening day, but it's never too early to talk baseball.

A new TV channel debuts tonight at 6pm. It's called the MLB Channel, and if you have DirecTV just tune into channel 213.

At 7pm tonight, there will be a replay of the only perfect game pitched in World series history. Don Larsen's game 5 of the 1956 Series. I was fortunate enough to have seen it on TV.

An interesting article about this show from the NY Post - http://www.nypost.com/seven/12282008...net_146181.htm

[Marigold2]

Go Yankees.

[Grace]

Actually, I would prefer the Tigers or Red Sox

[RICHARD]

DUDE!!!!

This morning I went thru the listings and I GOT IT!!!!!

Three hours until it comes on!!!

P.S. You beat me to the thread!

[DJFyrewolf36]

Go As and Giants

And here we go again with another round of baseball! Lets hope ONE of my teams gets to the playoffs this year

[davidpizzica]

I'm hoping this will be the year for the Pirates. It's about time they get their heads out of the ground and have a winning season. The Steelers are doing great and I hope some of that success rubs off on the Bucs!

[mustlovedogs]

GO Detroit!! I absolutely LOVE the Tigers!

[Grace]

Oh my - I am in love with this new MLB channel. We've watched the Larsen perfect game, and a couple of the other shows. I cannot turn it off.

[RICHARD]

This channel is really stupid.

I have to keep adjusting the color on the set....or I have to buy a new one.

Too many Viagra commercials and it makes me think about where the years have gone.

[RICHARD]

OH, now I am up at three in the morning watching the MLBC..

Lovely.

My life is in total shambles now!

[RICHARD]

Must turn channel.....Must sleep........Other sports on........
Root, root, root for the home team..........

Craving hot dogs......beer..........cracker jacks......must not scream out loud at games that happened years ago...........


Must not learn more baseball trivia....mind can only hold so much knowledge......

[Grace]

Poor Richard . . . . . and it's only January. What will he be like by July?

[RICHARD]

Poor Richard . . . . . and it's only January. What will he be like by July?

Oh, LOL.....

You'll know by then!

Isn't that just whiskers?

[RICHARD]

I was watching the MLB channel and they replayed a special that originally played in HBO.


It had to do with the series between AZ and NY!

We just had experienced 9/11, I lost my dad on Oct 31 2001 and the World Series was on.

MY dad was a HUGE BB fan, he dragged us to the games and he was a really good fungo batter!

The day the Diamondbacks won the series was the night we held his memorial and I was pleased that baseball had a little to do with helping everyone get over the pain of the terrorist attacks.

I was doubly hurt during that time, I lost my dad and the feeling of safety I had up until that crazy morning. Sounds stupid, but my dad would not have wanted it any different.

Being able to take a few seconds to distract myself from what I was feeling and what our country had been thru was wonderful. I could distract myself for a few minutes and enjoy something fun.

I spent many hours watching games with him and I remember hanging out in his front room talking and arguing balls and strikes.

He was right more that I was.

I'd look over at him and he'd smile and act like he KNEW that pitch would end in in the stands

He'd smile and say "Home Run" before the ball ever left the pitcher's hand.

I never figured out how he did it.....

When you love baseball THAT much, it doesn't matter!

[Lady's Human]

The sportswriters finally did it.

Something that's long overdue....

Voted Jim Rice into the HOF.

Hmmm..... Cooperstown is about 70 miles from here. Might be time to finally visit the place.

When someone like Rice, who ruled AL pitching staffs for years, almost fails to make it into the hall because he didn't play nice-nice with the idiots in the press, there's something wrong.