Heres one for @Barry Izbak
Bought this on eBay for £4.50 the other day. A hardback coffee table book by National Geographic, which was produced for a travelling Cooperstown HoF exhibition a few years ago. Had it delivered this morning, opened it up, and on the first page was this...Ozzie...
If anyone is interested, JD Sports has a big MLB sale online atm.
Got myself a Padres jersey for £40 instead of £80....and there are lots of t-shirts & hats in a range of teams available.
*HOT STOVE SEASON*
Disappointed to see Soto traded away to the Yankees, but with only 1yr remaining before he could've walked for nothing, it makes sense.
Will certainly miss his slugging, as he was by far the best bat on the roster...but, in Michael King they have picked up a decent RP /...
Away from the WS...this bit of news that came out overnight about my Padres is a bit of a concern.
https://theathletic.com/5021659/2023/11/01/padres-payroll-loan/
Really enjoyed that Series, & Texas were the deserved winners. Congrats @Peter Grummit !
Got to feel for the D'backs though as they had a great run to get there, took game 2 convincingly, & were fighting all the way up until the 7th last night...Maybe next year? @AZ Gull
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Halloween nightmare for Arizona last night through 7 innings. Texas just one win away from a title...
Just watched the highlights and saw this ⬇️ Very touching moment - I didn't realise this was a "thing" in baseball tbh.
https://www.mlb.com/news/stand-up-to-cancer-2023-world-series
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LOL!
Huge congrats to the D'backs - I really didn't think they had a chance, especially going back to Philly for those last 2 games.
As a Padres fan I will be rooting for Texas :wink: - I just cant support a division rival getting to the big show ahead of us! 😂
Should be a great World...
Texas goes to the World Series! Dominated the Astros last night & deservedly took the ALCS.
Arizona staying alive with a great win at Citizens Bank too. Completely took the crowd out of the game with the B2B homers in the 2nd, and didn't look back. On to Game 7!
Rangers take it to Game 7!
Garcia the first player ever to have 4K's & 4 RBIs in a game with that grand slam 😁
Going to be a great "winner takes all" final game of the series.
Good walk off win for the D'backs last night to keep the series alive vs Philly.
Unfortunately looks like like the tide is turning in the all Texas affair, with Houston now taking solid back to back wins.
Nice to see both series being competitive though, and not totally one sided.
Tough night for Gallen and the D'Backs in Philly - good fight back though, even if they came up short in game 1. Will be hard to get anything out of the series at Citizens Bank I reckon, especially with the Phillies on fire right now, but anything can happen in the playoffs.
Texas taking a 2...
Going to be a couple of great series.
My money is on Philly in the NLCS (sorry @AZ Gull )! and I would love to see the Rangers bring down the Astros in the ALCS Texas Shootout, but feel that Houston may make it a repeat of 2022....
Im no Phillies fan - but hats off to the way they seem to hit top form in October.
Harper and Castellanos got it done on a wild night in Philly against Atlanta. One of the few ballparks I would not want to play at in the playoffs with that atmosphere.
You love to see it 😁
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/dodgers-vs-d-backs/2023/10/11/748557/final/wrap
What a 3rd inning from the D'Backs to stun LA....FOUR home runs (and one also called as a foul ball) Incredible scenes.
Probably because Redskins was used as a derogatory term by whites...whereas Braves, Blackhawks, Seminoles etc are either actual tribe names, or considered a bit more "PC". Even the Cleveland Indians decided to change their name & logo to Guardians because of the way the name Indians could be...
Seriously? - watching the Blue Jays game last night and they take Berrios out after 4 scoreless innings when he was all over the Twins batters...WHY??
Kikuchi comes in and gives up the deciding 2 runs immediately, and the Blue Jays are headed home. Kikuchi has been great as a starter this season...