Running 2015 MLB Regular-Season Thread

It was inevitable from the moment they released him, but I figured he would do it for the Giants in a one-game playoff last year.

I told my wife Grilli was gonna walk Espinosa and give up a 3-run bomb to Uggla ... but I didn't really believe it.

92 mph fastball right down the middle. Grilli may as well have put it on a tee.

 

Attending today's "not open to the public" Orioles' game is going to be the ultimate status symbol.

 

I wonder if there will be more people on hand than there were April 17, 1979, when an estimated 250 fans showed up in Oakland to watch the A's and Mariners.

Remembering the Worst Attended MLB Game of All-Time | VICE Sports

 

15 questions about the Orioles-White Sox game that no fans can attend - The Washington Post

They'll play the national anthem. The scoreboard will be on and running. There will be walk-up music and 7th inning stretch music. And a public address announcer with no public to address.

 

I considered going just to see what it was like. I imagine there are a lot of media members there.

 

The Q&A said attendance would be listed as "N/A." That means "not applicable" or "not available." Yes, it's applicable, and yes, it's available. If you don't let fans in, attendance will be 0.

 

An MLS team would report it as 4,622.

 

At an NFL game, there will still somehow be a sellout

 

No tampering found:

 

But not until a car dealer buys the remaining unsold seats to lift the blackout

 

Orioles-White Sox game time today was 2:04. I think we've found the solution to the pace of play problem.

 

That's what the AP box had -- 0.