American Major League Baseball Playoffs - 2018

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Re: American Major League Baseball Playoffs - 2018

Post by Forty Two » Fri Oct 19, 2018 1:12 pm

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To put this in perspective, Nolan Ryan has struck out 5,714 batters in his career. The player with the second most strikeouts is Randy Johnson, with 4,875, nearly 900 strikeouts less.

That's one of those records that are hard to imagine anyone ever beating.

Nolan Ryan was so good, he pitched 7 "no hitters" (in baseball that's a game where the pitcher does not allow the opposing team to hit the ball and make it on base). The closest competitor for that title was the great Sandy Koufax, who had 4 no hitters in his career. That's nearly double.
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Re: American Major League Baseball Playoffs - 2018

Post by Scot Dutchy » Fri Oct 19, 2018 1:31 pm

pErvinalia wrote:
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Scot Dutchy doesn't like baseball.
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Re: American Major League Baseball Playoffs - 2018

Post by Svartalf » Fri Oct 19, 2018 1:39 pm

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Re: American Major League Baseball Playoffs - 2018

Post by Scot Dutchy » Fri Oct 19, 2018 1:41 pm

A load of pansies. Play a real game like cricket. :lol:
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Re: American Major League Baseball Playoffs - 2018

Post by Forty Two » Fri Oct 19, 2018 2:50 pm

Cricket is cool.

I was under the impression the Netherregions liked baseball, though. Fairly successful bunch in European baseball, and also in the World Baseball Classic. Didn't they upset the Dominicans for the championship a few years back (where every Dominican was a US Major League Baseball player, and only one of the Dutch players was in MLB)?

One of the Netherregions colonial holdings - Curacao - is hugely into baseball.

Maybe this loathing of baseball comes from a colonial superiority complex, where you look down upon your lesser colonials and the natives in the lands which you possess half way around the world in places you have no business?

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Re: American Major League Baseball Playoffs - 2018

Post by Svartalf » Fri Oct 19, 2018 2:56 pm

sez who, the Doctor? the next to previous holder of the title deemed Fezzes and bow ties to be cool... the poor Time Lord was sorely deluded.
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:45 pm

Pathetic is it not. Where is Curacao? I wonder if he knows?
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Re: American Major League Baseball Playoffs - 2018

Post by Forty Two » Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:58 pm

Obviously, when we do not grow up with or understand a sport, that means it is an objectively worse sport than those which we are more familiar with and have learned to appreciate.
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Re: American Major League Baseball Playoffs - 2018

Post by Forty Two » Fri Oct 19, 2018 4:03 pm

Scot Dutchy wrote:
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Pathetic is it not.
Your constant ridiculing of anyting un-Dutch? Yes. It's not surprising, given the Dutch reputation for being rude, ill-mannered boors (not just boers, but boors).
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Where is Curacao? I wonder if he knows?
Your arrogance and myopia prevent you from seeing past your borders. You probably think Belgium is far away from you.
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Re: American Major League Baseball Playoffs - 2018

Post by laklak » Fri Oct 19, 2018 4:06 pm

Curacao is on my cruising bucket list. Part of the Caribbean Loop I hope to do one day.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.

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Re: American Major League Baseball Playoffs - 2018

Post by Forty Two » Fri Oct 19, 2018 4:31 pm

I've not been there yet. I've been to a lot of the big names. We have one coming up that's going to include St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Martin, etc.
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:21 pm

I know where Sint Maarten is but St. Martin :dunno:
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Re: American Major League Baseball Playoffs - 2018

Post by laklak » Fri Oct 19, 2018 5:38 pm

It's now part of the Trump Hegemony. We've renamed it.
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Re: American Major League Baseball Playoffs - 2018

Post by Brian Peacock » Fri Oct 19, 2018 8:55 pm

Newbie question: Is there a limit to the field size? Some of those far boundaries look about half-a-mile away from the bloke with the stick.

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Re: American Major League Baseball Playoffs - 2018

Post by pErvinalia » Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:57 pm

Forty Two wrote:
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Cricket is cool.

I was under the impression the Netherregions liked baseball, though. Fairly successful bunch in European baseball, and also in the World Baseball Classic. Didn't they upset the Dominicans for the championship a few years back (where every Dominican was a US Major League Baseball player, and only one of the Dutch players was in MLB)?

One of the Netherregions colonial holdings - Curacao - is hugely into baseball.

Maybe this loathing of baseball comes from a colonial superiority complex, where you look down upon your lesser colonials and the natives in the lands which you possess half way around the world in places you have no business?

Nah, it's more simple than that. Scot hates pretty much everything.
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