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Damn Judge hit 60 and the Yankees came all byke against the vaunted Pirates.
kingjay718
worked himself into a shoot.
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Damn Judge hit 60 and the Yankees came all byke against the vaunted Pirates.![]()
kingjay718 worked himself into a shoot.
RBI is a good program depending on the city or organization. I played for the Astros one. We had our regionals in Vegas where we squared off with the mariners, rangers, Rockies, angels, and one other clubs team they sent out.RBI is a good program but it needs to do more.
Baseball has turned into a local sport. People follow their local team and that's about it. The M's crowd is gonna be insane if they get to host a game in October. Yet hardly anyone will care outside of Seattle unless you're just a hardcore baseball fan like peeps in here.
And MLB playoffs is the best of the major sports. Hella nerve wrecking with every pitch. Any player can get hot for 1 month which makes it random/fun.![]()
I’m black and I’ve attended more baseball games the past two seasons in than I ever did prior. I love the game. I love the preparation etc. mlb doesn’t do enough to cater to the black community. RBI is a good program but it needs to do more.
Adds to my point of baseball being “regional”…
Hey, man...I said it first!
Glad we all agree though.
Oh yeah for sure I get it. Just kind of irked me all season that Arenado has been overshadowed a bit when he’s been balling like a MF too.The likes of Goldy, Arenado and co. are tremendous ballplayers that just get overlooked is all...Im sure their contingent is just trying to rally behind their guys...just like I said, baseball is regional...you can get fanbases pulling strong for their team, so long as they're in it. That's why expanded playoffs is a good thing.
Yea I immediately responded without reading the rest of the comments
I see many of us agree because it’s we know the issues.
Oh yeah for sure I get it. Just kind of irked me all season that Arenado has been overshadowed a bit when he’s been balling like a MF too.
My issue has become the reoccurring theme of "baseball is boring", "nobody cares"...while that isn't necessarily wrong, it doesn't get to the core of the issue - to the likes of which the MLB is slow to and/or ignorant to adapt to.
They're lagging, but I'll yet again give credit, because they proposed and enacted rule changes some of us don't like...but they also took that further in MiLB and will be implementing changes a lot of us can come to the middle on, all the while scrapping some things they tried, but isn't well received or just not good for the game.
Hate the “baseball is boring narrative”….
Playoff baseball, especially if your team is in it will have you edge with every single pitch.
But it starts with playing the game. When you’ve played it you get it and appreciate it. Like dude said, MLB etc need to get kids especially in the inner city to play.
Agreed. I played, but my dad was a big influence on that, so I happened to be watching the '91 Twins at 6 years old, got hooked, hung on every WS pitch since. And that's kinda why it is defined as a past tike in my opinion - the passing down of a love for the game.
The inner city involvement I believe to be crucial. Difficult task given the large influence of football, basketball and even soccer, but as with the school system prequesite of having inspirational leaders that can make a difference, it's in the same vein...it takes folks that are willing and can reach kids to get them excited about baseball.
Baseball being regional is a great point indeed. I’ve lived here in nyc and in south Carolina. Football on every level in south Carolina and the region is religion. High school teams in the south have stadiums of their own. Baseball though played heavily isn’t nearly as big there despite having good weather to year round to play it. In the 1990’s being that we had the tbs/the braves and of course South Carolina having no professional sports team, Atlanta being 4 hours away that was our adopted squad.
CAme to nyc in 1994, strike killed the season then 1995 that Yankees/Mariners wild card playoff series, and of course 1996 when they ended the 18 year drought, Derek Jeter’s first full season and his Fila shoe being heavily promoted in the city and especially in the Bronx.
I became a Knicks fan due to my family being from nyc and me visiting in the summer in the 80’ss until 1994 when I stayed for good and the Knicks also training in nearby Charleston. SC every fall.