The 2023 Running Baseball Thread

The Angels hosted the Nationals for a Wednesday afternoon game. Attendance was 17,780. Some local school districts are on spring break, but man, that had to be a tough sell. A quick google search couldn't find it, but that has to be one of the smallest crowds at Anaheim Stadium in years. Although, they only drew 27,390 the previous night when Shohei Ohtani started.

 

Only reason I didn’t go is I hate the Trop
Never been to Amelie Arena but the Bucs and Lightning have no trouble drawing fans

 

I'm really in the minority with the Trop. I went there about 12-13 years ago for a Phillies-Rays interleague matchup, and I thought it was quite cozy.

 

The appeal of the Trop was it was cheap, it was air conditioned and it was an excuse to go to Florida for the weekend instead of Atlanta yet again. But the building itself is ass.

 

Got curious about this while sitting at my first minor league game of the year (five innings complete 1:16 in, thank you very much.)

https://www.si.com/mlb/2023/03/09/mlb-rule-changes-scorekeeping-new-quirks

 

Rays are 12-0.

1st storyline of '23.

 

I went to a Rocks-Cards game in 2003 while moving to the PNW. Jester looking dude was the beer vendor in the outfield where I sat. I met a young couple/fuck buddies in the stands, and she went into the bathroom and took pictures of her tits for me.

Cards won in extras. I think Kerry Robinson or maybe Matheny hit a HR in extras, and then I had to walk back to my downtown hotel because the shuttle stopped running by then.

 

Interesting. I think the sideways K and circled BB are good, common-sense solutions. Although if you're still using a Scoremaster, the circle wouldn't work.

Does anyone still use Scoremaster?

 

And the latest games are against Boston, so you know there's a ton of Red Sox fans the last couple days

 

As someone who has been to every park, it is the worst -- barely above Arizona when the roof is closed and Oakland.