I know none of you care but ........ (the Baseball thread)

[PeterWithesShin]

Only game i've seen before that with so many police appearing was a Red Sox/Yankee game years ago. BJ fans (still makes me giggle) lobbing cans and bottles from the upper deck and hitting their own fans with them

[The Left Side]

53 minutes for the 7th inning in Toronto yesterday.

[PeterWithesShin]

Crazy thing with the top of the 7th is Hamels gets 3 straight 'out' balls but after three errors he was facing bases loaded 0 outs.

[Hillbilly]

Jeez this 9th inning Mets v Dodgers is tense. Don't fuck up Mets...

[The Left Side]

Way to go Metropolitans, see you on Saturday!

[Hillbilly]

Bring on the Cubbies!

[UK Redsox]

Only game i've seen before that with so many police appearing was a Red Sox/Yankee game years ago. BJ fans (still makes me giggle) lobbing cans and bottles from the upper deck and hitting their own fans with them

Sox v Highlanders games are the only baseball games I've been at where there's been what we'd call "crowd trouble"

I've seen opposition caps being set on fire in both ballparks.

[curiousorange]

Sorry to cut in, but if you were a chap who was interested in getting into following baseball, where's a good primer to understand rules, history etc?

[PeterWithesShin]

To be honest reading the rules would probably not help as it sounds way more complicated than it is. I got into it when Channel Five started showing it, and watching games is the best way. Also, Todd Macklin who was a co-presenter on Five was perfect as he just seemed to know how to explain the game to folks like me that didn't have much a clue.

Red Sox may know of something that will help.

[UK Redsox]

Sorry to cut in, but if you were a chap who was interested in getting into following baseball, where's a good primer to understand rules, history etc?

For history, I'd suggest "Ken Burns' Baseball" on DVD

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Baseball-Film-Burns-Region-NTSC/dp/B003S1UNZU/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1445189408&sr=1-1&keywords=ken+burns+baseball

The book version is also available second hand on Amazon for about £14. That's great value

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/037571197X/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_2_olp?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1445189831&sr=1-1&keywords=ken+burns+baseball


MLB.com also has a pretty good collection of historic clips

As for rules, Wikipedia is as good a place to start as any.

If any specific topic grabs your interest and you like book/dvd tips, let me know.


Mr Shin is correct about Todd Macklin, he was ideal for Channel 5's show.

[PeterWithesShin]

Arrieta not having the start the Cubs wanted.

[usav]

Arrieta not having the start the Cubs wanted.

Not at all!

[The Left Side]

hmmm our bats are not working either.

[PeterWithesShin]

Dunno if i'll last to end of the game, but Cubs have been very disappointing so far. Fancied them to win this series but not winning behind Arrieta could be a killer. Assuming they don't pull it back in the last 2 innings of course.

[PeterWithesShin]

Or last inning.