MLB 2012, Part 1 - It's here

[Scarlet]

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And while we're on the subject of old timey announcers....

Brewers set to unveil Bob Uecker statue.

Where will it be? In the front roooow....or juuuust a bit outside? I love that some of the cast of Mr. Belvedere will be there. Charlie Sheen should show up, too.

 

[Kepler]

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Kepler may be able to help me on the time frame, but if I recall the story correctly, back in the first year of the Mets, Vince is sitting in the stands at the Polo Grounds before a Met-Dodger game. A fan recognizes him. Says "Hey Vince Scully!" Vince says hi back, and the fan then says something along the lines of "Go back to Los Angeles, you bum."

They have long memories in Brooklyn.

I haven't heard that story.

It wouldn't actually have been too long if it was the Mets first year (1962, only 4 years after The Betrayal). Now, if it had been around 1995, that would have been priceless.

 

[Kepler]

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It's partially because we grew up watching him do the Game of the Week on NBC.

Didn't he do TWIB, too?

Edit: No, that was Mel Allen.

 

[Scarlet]

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I thought Dick Enberg was the NBC Game of the Week guy.

 

[SJHovey]

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It's partially because we grew up watching him do the Game of the Week on NBC.

Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek for me.

 

[Hammer]

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I had Scully and Garagiola.

 

[CLS]

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For me, it was Dizzy Dean and Buddy Blattner, brought to you by Falstaff, "The choicest product of the brewer's art."

 

[Kepler]

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Lindsey Nelson, Ralph Kiner, and Bob Murphy. Brought to you by Rheingold.

 

[joecct]

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And 162 Mets games on free TV.

 

[French Rage]

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Oh Astros.

 

[Kepler]

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And 162 Mets games on free TV.

Really?

I remember WOR-TV 9 being pretty spotty on the road.

 

[joecct]

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Really?

I remember WOR-TV 9 being pretty spotty on the road.

Oh yea. WOR did just about every Mets game there was. WPIX cut back on the Yanquis. I remember the stink when they cut from 120 - 100 games

But, IIRC, the Mets put just about every game on WOR. They may have punted the weeknight left coast games, but I don't think they did that until Willie moved East.

 

[MissThundercat]

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Oh Astros.

Only in Houston...

 

[MaizeRage]

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Oh Astros.

The only thing that could have made that better is if he beat the throw, but was tagged out because he clearly turned his shoulders towards second base.

 

[jen]

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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/nationals-journal/wp/2012/09/08/stephen-strasburg-shut-down-for-the-season/">Strasburg is done</a>. Nats said the innings limit weighed on him mentally, so they shut him down one start earlier than they planned.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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I'm honestly torn on whether this is a good idea or not. On one hand, "Seriously? Are you ***** kidding me?" On the other, it's probably best not to destroy an arm that is still healing to some extent. An arm that could lead you to greatness as long as it's still attached to his body.

 

[Shirtless Guy]

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Interesting news out today, MLB has announced their 2013 schedules

Each team will play 20 interleague games, up from 12-18 in 2012.

Typical schedule:
19 games vs 2 divisional opponents (10 home/9 away)
19 games vs 2 divisional opponents (9 home/10 away)
7 games vs 3 league opponents (4 home/3 away) (2 or 1 from each of the other divisions)
7 games vs 3 league opponents (3 home/4 away) (2 or 1 from each of the other divisions)
6 games vs 4 league opponents (3 home/3 away) (2 from each of the other divisions)
4 games vs 2 interleague opponents (2 home/2 away) (Designate rival and one other team)
3 games vs 2 interleague opponents (on road)
3 games vs 2 interleague opponents (at home)
All interleague games other than the designated rival will be within the same division:
AL East vs NL West, AL Central vs NL East, AL West vs NL Central...

I'm very surprised that they chose to do 19 games vs division 7/6 vs league instead of 18 vs division 7 vs league. That would keep thing extremely balanced within a division. Everyone would play everyone else the same number of times, with the only difference being the location of 1 game vs the other 10 league teams. oh well.

 

[JF_Gophers]

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All interleague games other than the designated rival will be within the same division:
AL East vs NL West, AL Central vs AL West, AL West vs NL Central...

Something amiss with this part.

 

[hockeyplayer1015]

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Something amiss with this part.

SG just mixed up part of it I think. The Yankees, for example, are playing interleague games against the Mets (designated rival), Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Padres, Giants and Rockies next season. They have: Apr: 3 home Dbacks. May: 3 @ Rockies, 2 home/away Mets. June: 2 home Dodgers. July: 2 @ Dodgers. August: 3 @ Padres. September: 3 home Giants.

So this breaks down as the Mets and Dodgers filling the 4 games vs 2 interleague opponents; Rockies and Padres as 3 games vs 2 interleague opponents on road; and then Dbacks and Giants as 3 games vs 2 interleague opponents at home.

So each AL East team will have their interleague games against 5 teams from the NL west, and a designated rival (O's/Nats, Tampa/Marlins I would guess, Boston/?, Toronto/?).

... Looks like SG fixed the part out of whack (AL Central vs NL East)

 

[joecct]

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Red Sox play the Phillies as the designated rival.

NATS WIN!!! CLINCH PLAYOFFS!!!