America's pastime: Hope springs eternal . . . (aka the baseball thread)

Down 2-0 in the bottom of the 9th. If feels a bit Groundhog Day :confused:

The pre-game show says sunny and 68 at Dodger Stadium. It’s making me feel bad about our weather.

Boom stick baby! Nelson Cruz is lighting it up already. First inning homer with Cano on base - woot woot woot!!! Now all I can think about was how perfect his eyebrows are. I have to go back to see who brought that up.

Ha! @musicmom1215 post #17 with the brows

Meanwhile our “error machine” shortstop has been stellar. He’s made play after play beautifully.

I know! My D and I always noticed his eyebrows! Glad he is breaking out the Boom Stick.

Cruz just hit another!!! 4 homers in 3 games and we’re only in the 4th inning! Boom stick, indeed!!

Dang! Back to back homers - Seager got one too! This is looking kind of good and I may actually still be paying attention in May for a change.

Headed to Dodger Stadium for 2 games with my mom this weekend for our birthdays! Nothing better than being at the ball park

Sorry @saintfan but I’m rooting against your Mariners tonight :wink:

As well you should. Ackley hit a homer too! We are back up 5-3! It is compelling enough that I didn’t switch over to Dancing With the Stars. That’s a change from the last few seasons for sure. Happy Birthday!! <:-P

Thanks! I always say that it was no coincidence that I was born on Jackie Robinson day :slight_smile:

I would like to see the Mariners do well this season though - it would be exciting to see them in the World Series!

Well - live by the sword, die by the sword. It is back to even up with the Dodgers homers :stuck_out_tongue:

There must be something in the water…the amount of home runs so far for us has been crazy!

It makes for exciting baseball. The last 2 years we had what many would consider one of the best pitchers in baseball and he endured more 1-0 losses than any man should. It was pathetic. I’ll take a slug fest any day of the week after putting up with that. At least when you’re hitting you have a chance.

I guess I have to stay up until the end of the 10th. Hopefully there is and 11th, but if so I’ve got to read about it in the morning. After 2 extra inning games before this we’re going to run out of pitching.

I sad loss, but I will consider it your early birthday present @kgos16

We saw Ackley play when UNC played BC - very fun!

I’m SO glad baseball is back. But I miss your cat avatars.

Thanks @saintfan - Good luck to you this season!

Having Dustin Ackley playing CF for the Mariners is a bit of an embarrassment. With his OF skills he wouldn’t be playing CF at most high schools. He gets a poor jump, does not track well, is not CF fast, and does not have a great arm.

True and it may have cost them a few runs in the middle innings where they and those balls hit to the fence. With no DH they wanted the bats in the lineup though and he was a better option than Seth Smith