Game II thread (Oct '22)

[brianmanahan]

game II part dos

phillies off to a good start

 

[Charmonium]

Houston. You have a problem.

 

[JEDI]

Who’s playing?

I bought tix for Mighty ducks vs redskins in tennis.

How's the lucky sports gambler doing that bought Astros to win before the season started?
(Lucky in that MGM sports book screwed up and gave him 2500:1 odds instead of the usual max of 250:1)

 

[brianmanahan]

whoa, i've never seen a team get no-hit in the WS before

 

[JM Aggie08]

Fuck the entire state of Philadelphia.

Go 'Stros.

 

[Captante]

whoa, i've never seen a team get no-hit in the WS before

Hasn't happened since 1956.... and this is the first ever "combined no-no" in World Series history.

 

[brianmanahan]

Fuck the entire state of Philadelphia.

 

[JM Aggie08]

I had a friend send me an almost identical GIF to the same statement lol.

 

[sdifox]

Fuck the entire state of Philadelphia.

Go 'Stros.

Philadelphia is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania... Even this Canuck knows this

 

[IronWing]

whoa, i've never seen a team get no-hit in the WS before

^^ This right here is why baseball is boring. The most exciting thing that can happen in baseball is that no one hits the ball.

for four hours.

 

[JEDI]

I bought tix for Mighty ducks vs redskins in tennis.

How's the lucky sports gambler doing that bought Astros to win before the season started?
(Lucky in that MGM sports book screwed up and gave him 2500:1 odds instead of the usual max of 250:1)

oh.. this is what i was talking about:

How a $50 bet on the 2022 World Series could turn into $125,000 if the Astros beat the Phillies

A slip-up on an odds line back in April left one Colorado punter in a position to make a jaw-dropping return on his MLB bet

en.as.com

$50 bet -> $125k

The faulty odds were offered for two weeks and only six bets were taken on the outcome, with the $50 representing “about 90%” of the total, according to Scott.

even more wild, a millionaire bet $2 million with BetMGM on the Astros to win the World Series, which would give him approximately a $75 million payout.

 

[Captante]

MLB is still extremely popular and although they could do better the sport has made multiple changes recently to "move things along" and increase interest among younger fans.

For example relief-pitchers must now face a minimum of 3 batters before another pitching change is allowed, they have also instituted a "pitch-clock" and eliminated the "infield shift" starting next season. (not sure about the status of the extra-inning "ghost-runner" on 2ed base)

 

[JEDI]

MLB is still extremely popular and although they could do better the sport has made multiple changes recently to "move things along" and increase interest among younger fans.

For example relief-pitchers must now face a minimum of 3 batters before another pitching change is allowed, they have also instituted a "pitch-clock" and eliminated the "infield shift" starting next season. (not sure about the status of the extra-inning "ghost-runner" on 2ed base)

infield shift?

thought the ghost runner was only in extra innings?
and is that still implemented for playoffs/world series?

 

[Captante]

Negative they did away with the "ghost-runner" for the post-season, what I'm not sure about is if it comes back into effect in the regular season next year.

And the "infield-shift" rule for next season is as follows:

"Starting in 2023, the defending team must have two infielders on each side of second base, all of them in front of the outfield grass, when each pitch is delivered." *(excerpt from MLB 2023 rules)

 

[JEDI]

Negative they did away with the "ghost-runner" for the post-season, what I'm not sure about is if it comes back into effect in the regular season next year.

And the "infield-shift" rule for next season is as follows:

"Starting in 2023, the defending team must have two infielders on each side of second base, all of them in front of the outfield grass, when each pitch is delivered." *(excerpt from MLB 2023 rules)

Why the change?
Does this take up much time?
Can't they do the infield shift as the batter approaches the plate?

And does it happen often per game?

 

[Captante]

The new "shift" rule isn't about time it's about scoring.

Th shift happens with nearly every batter these days and is "tailored" to every one of them individually by analytics. The theory is that it's part of what's been killing offense/hitting in MLB.

 

[Charmonium]

Whoa. Where did those pretty, baby blue uniforms come from.

 

[Charmonium]

Yo, dude. Try not to pick your nose on national tv. m'kay?

 

[IronWing]

Yo, dude. Try not to pick your nose on national tv. m'kay?

That's gross. That nose picker was very recently a nut scratcher.

 

[Charmonium]

That's gross. That nose picker was very recently a nut scratcher.

I can just imagine sitting down with mom and gramma, back in the day, to watch a major league game. Actually, no. But work with me here. I can just imagine what they'd say if every 10 seconds someone is blowing their nose or scratching their nuts. The latter I can sort of understand. Nothing in the universe as satisfying as a good nut-scratch. Pure bliss. But schnoz thing - spring for some fuckin' tissues guys.

 

[JEDI]

oh.. this is what i was talking about:

How a $50 bet on the 2022 World Series could turn into $125,000 if the Astros beat the Phillies

A slip-up on an odds line back in April left one Colorado punter in a position to make a jaw-dropping return on his MLB bet

en.as.com

$50 bet -> $125k

The faulty odds were offered for two weeks and only six bets were taken on the outcome, with the $50 representing “about 90%” of the total, according to Scott.

even more wild, a millionaire bet $2 million with BetMGM on the Astros to win the World Series, which would give him approximately a $75 million payout.

he's now 1 win away!

 

[zinfamous]

MLB is still extremely popular and although they could do better the sport has made multiple changes recently to "move things along" and increase interest among younger fans.

For example relief-pitchers must now face a minimum of 3 batters before another pitching change is allowed, they have also instituted a "pitch-clock" and eliminated the "infield shift" starting next season. (not sure about the status of the extra-inning "ghost-runner" on 2ed base)

They expanded the cancer that is the DH rather than do the proper thing which is eliminating it from baseball entirely. MLB can go eff itself, frankly.

 

[brianmanahan]

They expanded the cancer that is the DH rather than do the proper thing which is eliminating it from baseball entirely. MLB can go eff itself, frankly.

DH = better, dont @ me

also the astros are still an NL team in my mind

 

[Captante]

They expanded the cancer that is the DH rather than do the proper thing which is eliminating it from baseball entirely. MLB can go eff itself, frankly.

It was inevitable with the players association and the union .... keeps older players in the game far longer. (now that they can't use HGH and steroids!)

 

[JEDI]

oh.. this is what i was talking about:

How a $50 bet on the 2022 World Series could turn into $125,000 if the Astros beat the Phillies

A slip-up on an odds line back in April left one Colorado punter in a position to make a jaw-dropping return on his MLB bet

en.as.com

$50 bet -> $125k

The faulty odds were offered for two weeks and only six bets were taken on the outcome, with the $50 representing “about 90%” of the total, according to Scott.

even more wild, a millionaire bet $2 million with BetMGM on the Astros to win the World Series, which would give him approximately a $75 million payout.

the astros win!
this kid collects $125k on a $50 bet.

and a millionaire collects $75M on his $2M bet to add to his millions