MLB Off-Topic

[TripleCrown9]

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#VinScullyForWorldSeries

[SPTO]

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#VinScullyForWorldSeries

If FOX is smart and the Dodgers are in the series i'd have Vin do the TV for all the games at Dodger stadium and if the opponent is on the west coast....have him do the whole thing with Buck and Smoltz in the booth with him.

[l3ulvl]

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If FOX is smart and the Dodgers are in the series i'd have Vin do the TV for all the games at Dodger stadium and if the opponent is on the west coast....have him do the whole thing with Buck and Smoltz in the booth with him.

Fox would probably try and plug the return of the X Files by having Mark Mulder in the booth with Scully

[TripleCrown9]

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Fox would probably try and plug the return of the X Files by having Mark Mulder in the booth with Scully

[l3ulvl]

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[Speedy]

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I know not everyone likes Scully, but man if I had to pick an announcer for one game, particularly radio-only, it would be him. Master of the lost art of smooth, conversational play by play.

I'd pick Uecker.

[Majingir]

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1 month away from ST games!

[WaitTilNextYear]

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Yea you have a better chance of Clemens, Bonds, and Sosa to get elected by the BBWAA into the HOF then MLBN producing a documentary/show about the Black Sox.

Also the great Vin Scully has said he is done after the season-ending series with the Giants this season.

One of these things is not like the others...

Yeah, c'mon. I mean Clemens was a pitcher. How dare you group these 3 together!!!!

:wink:

[TripleCrown9]

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Greg Bird is out for the entire 2016 season.

I'm not one to celebrate injury, but I'm not sad about it either.

[Money99]

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Interesting article about Tony Mullane, the first switch pitcher:

http://www.hardballtimes.com/happy-157th-birthday-to-tony-mullane-the-first-switch-pitcher/

Tony Mullane was a self-indulgent prima donna, a racist, and a pioneer. He was larger than life, and precisely the kind of modern antihero who demonstrates that being great has nothing to do with being good. Trailblazer and heel, immigrant and ace, he deserves to be remembered. Sometimes the 19th century can feel unfathomably long ago and far away. But Tony Mullane feels as modern as Barry Bonds.

[LambertandHam]

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1 month away from ST games!

Hopefully the Mets get the Pirates here.

[Speedy]

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Greg Bird is out for the entire 2016 season.

I'm not one to celebrate injury, but I'm not sad about it either.

I could not stand AJ Pierzynski and secretly hoped he'd hit the DL last year when we signed him...but he was surprisingly good.

[TripleCrown9]

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I could not stand AJ Pierzynski and secretly hoped he'd hit the DL last year when we signed him...but he was surprisingly good.

The difference is Bird plays for the team I hate.

[SPTO]

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Greg Bird is out for the entire 2016 season.

I'm not one to celebrate injury, but I'm not sad about it either.

Same here, Texeira will likely have another DL stint this coming season as well. The Yanks will have a hole at 1B/DH if that's the case.

[Picci]

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MLB posted this bit of info about the Mets Pitching Staff in 2015: Now imagine a healthy Zack Wheeler added who is known to bring the heat at 96+.

Statcast™ helps show how the group stands out from the pack. In the big picture, no team brought the heat last year like the Mets, whose staff combined for a whopping 5,346 pitches clocked at 95 mph or more during the regular season. That's nearly 1,000 more pitches than the second-place Indians (4,455) and more than double the totals of 14 teams.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/163036812/noah-syndergaard-leads-mets-high-velo-rotation