13 innings last night as Boston got by Tampa Bay in Game 3.
Those damn Yankees burned down my great great grand pappy’s farm while he was off fighting for his country….where’s my name change? ?That's also one of the reasons it's tough for some fans to deal with the name change thing.
And then there were 2. Here we go: Astros vs Braves.
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Braves 4-2 Dodgers (Oct 23, 2021) Final Score - ESPN
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Late edit: Ironic that MLB took the All-Star game away from Atlanta but now the World Series will be in Georgia.
At what point in a professional adult's life is it acceptable to change your "hometown team of residence?" Once you've left East Podunk and are pretty sure you're never going back when do you switch to the local?
I figure it's once you're stable in a new place and you have kids and you're trying to pass down the game. Then you have to switch to the local so you can the little people out to the ball game for the cracker jacks, etc. Also helps with local broadcasts of more games.
One of the best catches you will ever see by Rosario in left field, robbing Altuve (who is money in the post-season) of an extra base hit in Game 4.
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Game 3 was interesting in the fact the Braves pulled their starting pitcher after 5 innings despite having a no-hitter and used multiple relievers to shutout the Astros. Very different from the Braves of the ‘90’s who had one of the all-time best starting rotations of Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz but a weak bullpen.
There is another article in the morning news about the excessive length of modern baseball games. This year the average was 3h10m; in 1980 it was 2h33m. There's something in there about a 17 second pitch clock, similar idea to the shot clock in basketball. I would love to see MLB do this! It's been a problem for a long time. I remember talking about it thirty years ago, during the steroid era (ha!) when 9 inning games were regularly pushing 3 hours, mostly because of prima donnas who couldn't seem to keep their ##### in the batter's box between pitches. That extra half hour is a little big deal on school nights, something I think that matters for what we call "America's favorite pastime." Though the leagues don't seem to be losing any fans or money over it.