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Post by chiyankee on Oct 5, 2023 8:24:55 GMT -5
Yep, insane game management. Schneider spouted some mumbo-jumbo about having several plans in place and wanting to get the whole team involved. This obviously was some pre-planned move by the brain trust with only the precise timing left to the manager. Good for Merrifield to speak out. Most teams operate this way, although this was an extreme example. By having these committee decisions, no individual can be held accountable and if every team does it, well then that makes it scientific. Typical corporate/government BS approach. Oh yeah, both Toronto and Tampa Bay have lost seven straight playoff games. They need to play each other. Yep, when common sense takes a backseat to analytics, I guess you have to follow the plan, no matter what. The Jays also didn't even have Merrifield in the starting lineup, a move that made no sense. |
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Post by inger on Oct 5, 2023 11:40:59 GMT -5
Watching a little of the Rangers -- Rays game. After their four-error performance in Game One, Manny Margot misjudges a Corey Seager flyball and turns it into a double. But Texas doesn't cash in. Jessica Mendoza is hard to take under normal circumstances. But an overamped Jessica Mendoza in post-season mode is unlistenably shrill and verbose. I won't be with this one for long. There are play by play women in MLB who I would gladly put in the booth over Jessica Mendoza. Wrong voice, with nothing to say. Whenever she’s involved in a broadcast I always think it’s actually A-Rod in a dress… or pants suit… whichever… She looks like she might have injected some (w)horse serum along the way… |
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Post by inger on Oct 5, 2023 11:48:09 GMT -5
Man, Peru sounds really fun, and I enjoy Pisco sours. How was the coca-leaf tea? Argentina has always intrigued me, and I love Mexico City, even though they no longer have la corrida - bull fights at that wonderful bull ring. Fantastic restaurants, history everywhere you turn, markets, outside art galleries, and Amalia Hernanez's Ballet Folklorico at the Bellas Artes, with it's Tiffany stained glass curtain. Peru is great fun for sure. Interesting culture, and Machu Picchu is one of the world's most amazing sites. Although I could do without the pan flutes on every corner. At some point we've had enough of "El Condor Pasa." I thought the coca-leaf tea as a remedy for altitude sickness was a myth, but it definitely helps. My wife is much more susceptible to altitude problems than me -- I'm pretty much oblivious to all harmful phenomena -- but regular consumption of the tea kept her operating smoothly without becoming a dope fiend. Glad you like Mexico City. It's terribly unappreciated but is in fact a great world-class city. So many great neighborhoods and history and architecture and parks and restaurants. I want to get back, but then again I could say that about hundreds of places. Rio de Janeiro is one of the most beautifully situated cities on the planet. Right in there with San Francisco and Cape Town and Sydney and Hong Kong. It feels like Bossa Nova everywhere you go. Buenos Aires is the most European city in South America. Heavily Italian to this day. The economy is always screwed up, but it doesn't seem to stop people from living pleasant lives. Great wide boulevards and graceful architecture. And tango joints everywhere. Even old coffee shops will put on low-key tango performances. And top-notch beef everywhere. Jeez I feel like heading to the airport. Where would you want to live if you were more like me? South America May be the only place I can feel at home someday. Being like me means you’re not a big traveler, and you want a peaceful and idyllic setting with a mountain view. A cool climate, lower population but not so low that you can’t get to a hospital of have no fire protection. There has to be a pocket on the huge continent somewhere. And soon, all of the South Americans are going to be in America… 🤓 |
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Post by anthonyd46 on Oct 5, 2023 13:14:55 GMT -5
So I guess it's I'm ok with Texas for the AL. They didn't really do anything bad to the Yankees in their history. Yankees/Orioles/Houston lot of bad blood.
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Post by pippsheadache on Oct 5, 2023 16:41:20 GMT -5
So I guess it's I'm ok with Texas for the AL. They didn't really do anything bad to the Yankees in their history. Yankees/Orioles/Houston lot of bad blood. Or the Twins wouldn't hurt. They've been the Yankees' Washington Generals for ages. I'm sort of pulling for the Orioles in the AL on a one-year only basis. They look like they could be a pain for a long time, so I will root for them this once and then expect to go back to hating them as I have for much of my life. I have many pleasant memories of going to dozens of games over the years at both Memorial Stadium and Camden Yards. Ninety percent of the time I was pulling for the opponent. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Oct 5, 2023 17:16:19 GMT -5
Peru is great fun for sure. Interesting culture, and Machu Picchu is one of the world's most amazing sites. Although I could do without the pan flutes on every corner. At some point we've had enough of "El Condor Pasa." I thought the coca-leaf tea as a remedy for altitude sickness was a myth, but it definitely helps. My wife is much more susceptible to altitude problems than me -- I'm pretty much oblivious to all harmful phenomena -- but regular consumption of the tea kept her operating smoothly without becoming a dope fiend. Glad you like Mexico City. It's terribly unappreciated but is in fact a great world-class city. So many great neighborhoods and history and architecture and parks and restaurants. I want to get back, but then again I could say that about hundreds of places. Rio de Janeiro is one of the most beautifully situated cities on the planet. Right in there with San Francisco and Cape Town and Sydney and Hong Kong. It feels like Bossa Nova everywhere you go. Buenos Aires is the most European city in South America. Heavily Italian to this day. The economy is always screwed up, but it doesn't seem to stop people from living pleasant lives. Great wide boulevards and graceful architecture. And tango joints everywhere. Even old coffee shops will put on low-key tango performances. And top-notch beef everywhere. Jeez I feel like heading to the airport. Where would you want to live if you were more like me? South America May be the only place I can feel at home someday. Being like me means you’re not a big traveler, and you want a peaceful and idyllic setting with a mountain view. A cool climate, lower population but not so low that you can’t get to a hospital of have no fire protection. There has to be a pocket on the huge continent somewhere. And soon, all of the South Americans are going to be in America… 🤓 Inger, I would never presume to know what would work for someone else, but in general I think it would be very high-risk at your age to consider a foreign move. At the very least I would try a couple of months at first to see if it was working. There are plenty of places in South America that I believe would at least meet your stated criteria. If I were looking at that, my money would be on some place in the mountainous east of Chile. I say Chile because it has by far the best infrastructure of any South American country -- it's the only country down there where I find it no problem to rent a car and drive to any part of it expecting decent roads, power that functions most of the time, and not much concern about political instability. Although of course you never know. We spent a fair amount of time in the mountain lake country around Puerto Varas -- fittingly enough on a lake called Llanquehue (pronounced Yankee Way.) It’s almost like Bavaria because it was settled by Germans in the 19th century and has the German architecture. Maybe a few Nazis slipped in after the War, who knows, but if they did they brought some nice pastry shops and biergartens with them. Seriously, we love Chile. Maybe not as colorful as Brazil or Argentina, but generally prosperous and civilized. Of course almost any part of South America other than some high-end resort towns or the most exclusive areas of big cities will be very inexpensive by US standards. But from what I can deduce, your present location seems to meet most of your stated requirements. I'm guessing you've looked into somewhat similar parts of the US -- places that come to my mind would be northern New Mexico, maybe outside of Taos or Cimmaron or Raton. There are beautiful affordable places in the general area of Lake Tahoe, and personally I really like it in the Tetons, but that might be getting into winters that are too severe. What about the western part of Colorado, around Durango and that area? You've probably looked into most of those. But I could ramble all day on geography, you've come to the right place for worthless but sincere ideas. |
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Post by inger on Oct 5, 2023 20:41:24 GMT -5
Where would you want to live if you were more like me? South America May be the only place I can feel at home someday. Being like me means you’re not a big traveler, and you want a peaceful and idyllic setting with a mountain view. A cool climate, lower population but not so low that you can’t get to a hospital of have no fire protection. There has to be a pocket on the huge continent somewhere. And soon, all of the South Americans are going to be in America… 🤓 Inger, I would never presume to know what would work for someone else, but in general I think it would be very high-risk at your age to consider a foreign move. At the very least I would try a couple of months at first to see if it was working. There are plenty of places in South America that I believe would at least meet your stated criteria. If I were looking at that, my money would be on some place in the mountainous east of Chile. I say Chile because it has by far the best infrastructure of any South American country -- it's the only country down there where I find it no problem to rent a car and drive to any part of it expecting decent roads, power that functions most of the time, and not much concern about political instability. Although of course you never know. We spent a fair amount of time in the mountain lake country around Puerto Varas -- fittingly enough on a lake called Llanquehue (pronounced Yankee Way.) It’s almost like Bavaria because it was settled by Germans in the 19th century and has the German architecture. Maybe a few Nazis slipped in after the War, who knows, but if they did they brought some nice pastry shops and biergartens with them. Seriously, we love Chile. Maybe not as colorful as Brazil or Argentina, but generally prosperous and civilized. Of course almost any part of South America other than some high-end resort towns or the most exclusive areas of big cities will be very inexpensive by US standards. But from what I can deduce, your present location seems to meet most of your stated requirements. I'm guessing you've looked into somewhat similar parts of the US -- places that come to my mind would be northern New Mexico, maybe outside of Taos or Cimmaron or Raton. There are beautiful affordable places in the general area of Lake Tahoe, and personally I really like it in the Tetons, but that might be getting into winters that are too severe. What about the western part of Colorado, around Durango and that area? You've probably looked into most of those. But I could ramble all day on geography, you've come to the right place for worthless but sincere ideas. For certain I do appreciate you leaving your comfort zone to make a suggestion or two. We do like it here, and it works well. One pre qualification for me to ever wind up going “down there” would be that Ruthie would have to be no longer living, so I hope that opportunity never presents itself… I think eastern Chile does sound very nice, especially since the country has an amazing stretch of latitudes and elevations that I could almost choose my climate (temperature-wise) to a tee… I just get curious. I do think the amazing prominence of the Andes would bowl me over… |
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Post by chiyankee on Oct 7, 2023 12:02:59 GMT -5
Ha ha!!!
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Post by inger on Oct 7, 2023 14:13:50 GMT -5
Gleyber’s impact on baseball history… |
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Post by desousa on Oct 7, 2023 16:40:09 GMT -5
I see Hicks did what he does best. Bottom of the ninth, tying runner on first and he K's.
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Post by kaybli on Oct 7, 2023 20:08:36 GMT -5
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Post by kaybli on Oct 7, 2023 20:19:50 GMT -5
Phillies beat the World Series favorite Braves in game one. Stupid Astros beat the Twins. Rangers beat the O's.
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Post by chiyankee on Oct 7, 2023 20:38:07 GMT -5
Kersahw gives up 5 runs before recording an out and can't make it past the 1st inning.
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Post by chiyankee on Oct 7, 2023 20:41:54 GMT -5
Phillies beat the World Series favorite Braves in game one. Stupid Astros beat the Twins. Rangers beat the O's. How long will it be until we start hearing some of these top seeds complaining about the 6 day layoff they had before starting these series. |
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Post by JEGnj on Oct 8, 2023 7:38:23 GMT -5
I honestly have zero interest in the Playoffs this year.
I keep seeing on FB posts about former Yankees in the Playoffs.
Montgomery for Bader now seems like a huge mistake but at the time Monty was stuck as #4 or 5 and not getting the run support.
Player like Hicks, Donaldson, Gallo etc were total busts as Yankees. If they performed like expected they would not have gotten waived. Hicks always looked like he was just taking a paycheck hoping to get on the golf course and getting DFA'd woke his butt up.
AND again most grow beards as soon as they leave or retire. Hal needs to end that silly rule.
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