The 2023 MLB Season Thread

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

That is literally the first I have heard of it. No one even in the announcements I read specified that there was a Tropical Storm. They will usually say the name of the system when announcing these things.

I don't blame ya, idk why exactly Ophelia didn't get any national attention but people at the event I was running merchandise for (NHRA in Charlotte) had been tracking it to make sure it didn't mess up weekend plans too much. Probably mostly because it was always going north/staying east enough it was never a threat to make landfall south enough to kill people, possibly a bit because like Cuervo said they made a huge deal about a complete dud in Lee a week before so nobody cared this time. Certainly seemed like a necessary postponement and a pretty ugly weekend north of us on the coast, glad we just got one outer band overnight Friday but it skirted just north and east enough the event was able to run almost on time. (Not something I'm going to seek out but pretty cool to see up close once, cars do go fast! )

[henry296]

It also didn't get a name until about 12 hours before landfall.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

I don't blame ya, idk why exactly Ophelia didn't get any national attention but people at the event I was running merchandise for (NHRA in Charlotte) had been tracking it to make sure it didn't mess up weekend plans too much. Probably mostly because it was always going north/staying east enough it was never a threat to make landfall south enough to kill people, possibly a bit because like Cuervo said they made a huge deal about a complete dud in Lee a week before so nobody cared this time. Certainly seemed like a necessary postponement and a pretty ugly weekend north of us on the coast, glad we just got one outer band overnight Friday but it skirted just north and east enough the event was able to run almost on time. (Not something I'm going to seek out but pretty cool to see up close once, cars do go fast! )

Would this be a good time to tell you about when my father in law was a drag race where the car came off the track into the crowd?

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Would this be a good time to tell you about when my father in law was a drag race where the car came off the track into the crowd?

Better than telling me Thursday! Did hear this one from our tent, (behind the bleachers but right near the starting line and close enough you'd still feel the shaking when top fuel or funny cars went). MASSIVE starting line explosion for Robert Hight - YouTube Luckily the guy is fine, and looking things up sounds like there's only been one fan death at an NHRA one since 1969 (rogue tire in 2010), and no driver deaths since 2010 either which is kinda crazy for how close everything is and how little is separating the crowd from the track, safety has come a long way.

[GrantDawg]

I'm not sure this was a NHRA event, but it happened in 1969 not too far from where I live now. It closed the track after o
It happened. My wife's brother was supposed to go with him that day, and if he had they might been in the section. Instead her dad was talking with one of the sponsors when it happened. 11 people died and 40 were injured.

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[GrantDawg]

Dola: I never heard the cause, but I just read an article about it. A drunk guy was chasing a beer can on to the track when a Funny Car parachute deployed. He was sucked in and killed instantly, and the car veered into the crowd.
That goes to show Porterdale hasn't changed.

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[BishopMVP]

Same, just read one. There's also extremely grainy video on Youtube - don't want to joke about tragedy but yeah a sloped embankment is probably not the best separator for crowd safety.

[GrantDawg]

I had never seen the video. Crazy. Just to cement the area as redneckville, that place is now a trailer park.

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[Swaggs]

The Pirates will officially finish ahead of the Cardinals for the first time since 1999 and, somehow, it doesn't quite feel as good as I thought it would.