Brewers (Wilson) vs Astros (Verlander): 5/18/24, 6:10pm

[craigharmann]

3 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

Cool … but tonight you’ve chosen to be the enemy 😏

I have? 

[BCF]

Great job by Milner. Peguero should come in to face the next 4 righties followed by Hudson to face Tucker/Alvarez than Trevor to finish it 

[edfunderburk]

13 minutes ago, craigharmann said:

But if Contreras’s homer was out there, it would be fine, right?

Find the Astros forum - I’m sure they would love to see your posts

[craigharmann]

1 minute ago, edfunderburk said:

Remind me how each of those teams cheat? 

I remember the Astros cheating story - not the Dodgers, Yankees, or Red Sox

Red Sox had their video guy suspended for a year for cheating

 

Yankees and Dodgers also did the same thing using technology to cheat in 2017.

[craigharmann]

Just now, edfunderburk said:

Find the Astros forum - I’m sure they would love to see your posts

Point is, stadium plays the same for both teams. Contreras hit a no doubter to center. Didn’t need the short porch in left.

[edfunderburk]

1 minute ago, craigharmann said:

I have? 

Yes - you are rooting for the Astros & they’re playing the Brewers … only one team can win - no ties or participation trophies in MLB 

[TURBO]

23 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

I’ve lived in DFW since 2003. I lived in Houston 1989 to 2002. Both cities have MLB teams, but I’ve remained a loyal Brewers fans since 1970. I can’t imagine pulling for the Astros or Rangers. 
 

 

As it should be!  If I ever left the state of WI, there is a 0% chance I'd switch to a new team.  Just won't happen, can't happen, Brewers are in my blood.

I'm loyal to a fault.

[RobertCrawley]

3 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

Remind me how each of those teams cheat? 

I remember the Astros cheating story - not the Dodgers, Yankees, or Red Sox

Come on, now. Let's not start banging trash can lids.

[Bulldogboy]

2-2 with a walk. Good job kid

[edfunderburk]

1 minute ago, craigharmann said:

Red Sox had their video guy suspended for a year for cheating

 

Yankees and Dodgers also did the same thing using technology to cheat in 2017.

That’s right - but I think we can all agree that your Astros were the best cheaters of all!

[craigharmann]

3 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

Find the Astros forum - I’m sure they would love to see your posts

I believe that I haven’t been negative in any of my comments on the Brewers, have I? In fact, I’ve been a Brewer fan since my dad took me to my first Brewer game at 5. I’ve been a poster/lurker here for about 15 or so years. Do I cheer more for the Astros because of proximity? Heck yeah. 

[folly412]

 

[wiguy94]

Even though Turang doubled, this is still a stupid ball park.

[edfunderburk]

1 minute ago, craigharmann said:

I believe that I haven’t been negative in any of my comments on the Brewers, have I? In fact, I’ve been a Brewer fan since my dad took me to my first Brewer game at 5. I’ve been a poster/lurker here for about 15 or so years. Do I cheer more for the Astros because of proximity? Heck yeah. 

Honestly, I’m just messing with you. I understand that some fans change teams. You do you. 

I’m always a Brewers, Packers, Bucks, Badgers fan no matter where I live. 

[Bulldogboy]

Chourio should be running every time he's on first base. Would have been a run

[edfunderburk]

1 minute ago, wiguy94 said:

Even though Turang doubled, this is still a stupid ball park.

My least favorite MLB ballpark 

[craigharmann]

1 minute ago, edfunderburk said:

Honestly, I’m just messing with you. I understand that some fans change teams. You do you. 

I’m always a Brewers, Packers, Bucks, Badgers fan no matter where I live. 

I figured that. Yes, due to availability, I’d say I’m more of an Astros than Brewers fan. But it’s more 60/40 Astros. I’m interested in the Texans because they’re local, but I’m 95/5 Packers Texans

[folly412]

1 minute ago, edfunderburk said:

My least favorite MLB ballpark 

At least there isn't an in-play hill past the warning track in center.  Those were strange times.

[tmwiese55]

Its the same for both teams so really not much to complain about or anything.   But I do find it dumb for new stadiums to intentionally build in gimmicks like this.   The old ones that have quirks like this were (I assume) because of fitting things into a an existing downtown area and having limited space.  Your Fenways stuff, Wrigley being short in LF, and some others.  I don't' get why you'd intentionally recreate it.

Sidenote years ago a friend who's knowledgeable of sports (baseball being his least) but not a sports nerd like most on this site made a good point/question I'd never though of before.  For a sport obsessed with stats, records, etc its weird they never made a standardized field size to make it all 'even' so to speak.  Pretty much every sport/game has a standardize field/court size and dimensions.    

[craigharmann]

1 minute ago, edfunderburk said:

My least favorite MLB ballpark 

Just by looking at it Fenway is worse. The stupid short RF, the Green Monster. People may say it’s historic, I think it’s dumb.

[wiguy94]

Just now, folly412 said:

At least there isn't an in-play hill past the warning track in center.  Those were strange times.

With a pole in the middle of the hill

[craigharmann]

Just now, folly412 said:

At least there isn't an in-play hill past the warning track in center.  Those were strange times.

VERY strange

[markedman5]

Nasty Elvis is back…. ..

[kevinisaname]

2 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

With a pole in the middle of the hill

I'm still mad Sexson hit that thing.

[markedman5]

4 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

With a pole in the middle of the hill

Always makes me think of Ritchie Sexson.