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2013 MLB Regular Season running thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Gehrig, Mar 30, 2013.

  1. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    I agree. You'd never see a player in any other uniform get treated like this all around the league.

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  2. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    BuckW: Thanks for dealing with this issue in the detail it did not deserve, but since it's the Internet, you gotta. I will just say this. In my experience, which was more than a few games, Rivera was the only Yankee I never heard booed at Fenway.
    They were too scared/respectful of him.
     
  3. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    I really just wanted an excuse to post that Ripken photo.

    Speaking of Fenway, what's up with their rocking-chair fetish? :D

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    (Yes, I understand it's a long tradition in baseball.)

    Satchel Paige:

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    And of course, the best gift Rivera has received so far came from the Minnesota Twins ... a rocking chair made of bats broken (ostensibly) by Rivera:

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  4. expendable

    expendable Well-Known Member

    You're callin' mockery?
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  5. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    I'm looking forward to seeing the Fenway reaction when Rivera pitches his last game there. I'm guessing they're going to give him a big sendoff.
     
  6. KYSportsWriter

    KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

    Here's a better view of the chair the Twins gave Mo:

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  7. KYSportsWriter

    KYSportsWriter Well-Known Member

    According to this page, the pic of Satchel was taken when he pitched for the Miami Marlins in the 1950s: http://wahoosam.com/baseball/hall-of-famer-paige-landed-on-miami-ballfield-via-helicopter/

    And later in his career during a game in Boston, he was pictured sitting in a rocking chair between innings -- with a nurse at his side:

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    The nurse was serving Satchel coffee between innings, per Wikipedia. He was 59 that season, and signed for one game.
     
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  8. SoCalDude

    SoCalDude Active Member

    Wasn't making fun of her ... just trying for a laugh on you. Meant no disrespect. Sorry.
     
  9. mjp1542

    mjp1542 Member

    Much like how the University of Dayton sells out every basketball game in its large arena, the Dragons do the same. Lot of civic pride in Dayton. And, I've been told by friends from there, not a lot else to do. But mostly the former.
     
  10. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Anybody else think Satchel could probably be a No. 3 starter right now for the current incarnation of the Miami Marlins?
     
  11. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    The A's, with new Home Run Derby king Yoenis Cespedes, are opening the gates an hour earlier on Fridays for the rest of the season so people can watch batting practice. So I guess despite his .225 season average and no home runs since June 21, it won't be Learn To Hit The Curveball Practice.
     
  12. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

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    "Bats are afraid..."
     
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