MLB 2022: Playing Ball, But Is Anyone Still Watching?

[French Rage]

The San Francisco Giants have hired manager Bob Melvin away from the division rival San Diego Padres.

https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/bob-melvin-is-leaving-the-san-diego-padres-to-18445346.php

Well they did very well the last time they got a manager from the Padres.

 

[French Rage]

I tried to call up Bryce Harper but there was no ring.

 

[JF_Gophers]

Not a great network rating world series. But, I really like the occasional non-standard match up. Good for them!

 

[Kepler]

Not a great network rating world series. But, I really like the occasional non-standard match up. Good for them!

If there are two more invisible franchises in MLB I am hard pressed to think of them, which I guess is the point. Maybe the White Sox or Angels.

Go Phoenix. I'll be a homer.

 

[SonofSouthie]

I'll root for AZ; fk TX.

 

[cF[Authentic]]

In their 141 year history, the Phillies have never won a game 7.

Surprisingly, last night was the first one they've played in.

 

[Kepler]

The Phillies are > 1000 games under .500. The Mets are just 300 in almost half the games. A dominant decade and we could actually get back to .500 -- the Dodgers are +359 from 2014-2023.

 

[French Rage]

the Dodgers are +359 from 2014-2023.

With one fake ring to show for it.

 

[Bronco]

In my bullet proof analysis I have the Diamondbacks beating the Rangers because the DBacks swept the Tigers, when the Rangers were 4-2. Sorry, it is science.

 

[SonofSouthie]

Why the hell would they even think about pitching to Adolis Garcia much less doing it.

 

[WeAreNDHockey]

With one fake ring to show for it.

Its not fake. They won it playing under the same rules as everyone else. But it should have a great big asterisk next to it, that's for sure.

 

[Deleted member 3166]

Twins will be looking for a new TV network and a new TV play by play man...
Dick Bremer retires after 40 years in the booth

 

[Kepler]

Its not fake. They won it playing under the same rules as everyone else.

It's still fake. It's not that they faked a win in a real season. They won a fake season.

 

[Spartanforlife4]

Rangers win in five. Likely to be the lowest watch series. Games 1 and 5 were interesting. The rest were snoozers.

 

[state of hockey]

Twins will be looking for a new TV network and a new TV play by play man...
Dick Bremer retires after 40 years in the booth

“Retires” doesn’t feel right. I know it is the word that’s been used, but something is fishy.

 

[Deleted member 3166]

“Retires” doesn’t feel right. I know it is the word that’s been used, but something is fishy.

Yeah reading more it sounds like it was not mutual and he was kicked upstairs.

 

[Scarlet]

I didn't watch or have much interest in the World Series but am happy Nate Eovaldi got another ring and I do like that a team that has never won a World Series finally won one.

 

[JF_Gophers]

I'm excited to see a new pbp person for the Twins. I actively avoided home broadcasts because of Bremer and nearly every color commentator they rotated through.

 

[Jimjamesak]

Over in Japan, the Hanshin Tigers are one win away from their first Japan Series title since 1985.

KFC’s across the Kansai region moving quickly to shutter their Colonel Sanders statues…

 

[French Rage]

Rangers win in five. Likely to be the lowest watch series. Games 1 and 5 were interesting. The rest were snoozers.

I like Bochy winning with another team, the same team he beat for his first ring. Beyond that, meh. Will be interesting to see if Ted Cruz now pretends he's a Rangers fan and tries to join the parade; he got pretty upset when his daughter switched teams.