notacrime

Hail, the sound of spring
maple striking on leather
hope springs eternal

gruffbrown

And Go Cubs

Elvira

Hope all is well with you

gruffbrown

Seems like a nice quiet thread to hijack E, fine ta

Elvira

This place has gone to the woof-woofs............ since you're hardly ever around this days...

gruffbrown

Don't blame me A few of the usual suspects are missing.

Elvira

Some have gone back to Blighty like your good self, but what's the excuse of the rest of them...

cindyabs

Go BoSox!

orangemirror

I love the start of Baseball season. And it's the Masters this weekend. Love it!
Go Braves!

mellybrown

Im going to my first ever baseball game on friday

I dont know if this is good or not,,,

ironporer

Actually, they are usually made of ash

Never were truer words spoken by a Cubs Fan

tonrob

Rounders. Girls' game.

cindyabs

I've been to Turner Field a couple of times and had a good time. Bring your money though-refreshments ain't cheap!!

Folinskyinla

Hi:

A former client of mine immigrated from the Middle East in the early 1970's. He was given two tickets to an Angels game played in Anaheim on June 1, 1975 against the Baltimore Orioles.

It was the most boring thing he ever went to -- nothing much happened. The Angels manged to get just one run in the third inning. As for the top of each inning, Baltimore did next to nothing. In fact, only one player got on base.

The thing that puzzled him though was that the more nothing, but nothing happened, the more the crowd got excited. The game went on its boring way, inning after inning, and the frenzy built up. The Angels took a 1-0 lead into the top of the 9th inning and the game ended at the 28th Baltimore at-bat in the top of the 9th and the crowd exploded with the excitement from the released tension.

My client later learned the details of the game and he told me with mild chagrin -- I saw Nolan Ryan's fourth no-hitter and it was wasted on me.



BTW, the thing that really gave me an appreciation of the skill level in the Bigs was attending a double header during the 1984 Olympics. Line drives to the foul areas that would be easy outs in the Bigs often dropped untouched. Also, I didn't like the "clang" of the metal bats which are not used in the Bigs.

Enjoy. BTW, do take in more than one game this season -- it takes awhile to appreciate the game and go with the flow.

Sally Redux

It's quiet around here...too quiet...