Gameday Thread: World Series 2021 Astros/Braves

[eligrba4ever]

Forgot they were playing today. I'll probably forget tomorrow, too. The sooner it's Hot Stove the better.

[T.G.]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

I didn't pass the physical. You're stuck with me.

You have pics of Chuck, don't you?

 

Edited October 27, 2021 by True Grich

[HanfordGuy]

 

[fan_since79]

Very impressed with the Braves' bullpen.

[Taylor]

44 minutes ago, True Grich said:

You have pics of Chuck, don't you?

Doesn't everyone?

[fan_since79]

Great slide by Swanson to score on that fly ball to short right field.

6-1 now. Go Braves!

[Blarg]

Was that a slide or a belly flop?

[fan_since79]

What a throw by Rosario, and what a terrible slide by Gurriel!

This game is great!

[CaliAngel]

Why do all the commentators (including the guys on ESPN radio) sound like they're rooting for the cheatin' asstros?

[fan_since79]

Altuve 0-5

Haha. No more trash cans.

[daygloman]

Till next time! 

Go Halos!

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Altuve 0-5

Haha. No more trash cans.

Altuve reminds me of tattoo, from fantasy island

[m0nkey]

[Taylor]

7 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Altuve reminds me of tattoo, from fantasy island

Nice pull. 

My dad's very first screenwriting gig was an episode of Fantasy Island.

[Inside Pitch]

32 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Altuve reminds me of tattoo, from fantasy island

Not tall enough.

[tdawg87]

The bang, Boss! The bang!

[Vegas Halo Fan]

3 hours ago, HanfordGuy said:

 

Saw this on a Braves page on Facebook. Unfortunate, and it screws up the rotation big time. Morton was projected to start at least two games, maybe three if the series goes seven games.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

2 hours ago, HanfordGuy said:

 

Ah, yes, the immortal Eddie Perez.

[Mark68]

9 hours ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Saw this on a Braves page on Facebook. Unfortunate, and it screws up the rotation big time. Morton was projected to start at least two games, maybe three if the series goes seven games.

Can you imagine the adrenaline that he had going for him to finish out the inning AND come back for the next one, then getting the first out? He had to have been feeling no pain because he was starting Game One of the World Fucking Series!

But. man, getting three more outs after taking that liner off his leg...

Puts Schilling and his bloody Sox to shame. 

[fan_since79]

2 minutes ago, Mark68 said:

Can you imagine the adrenaline that he had going for him to finish out the inning AND come back for the next one, then getting the first out? He had to have been feeling no pain because he was starting Game One of the World Fucking Series!

But. man, getting three more outs after taking that liner off his leg...

Puts Schilling and his bloody Sox to shame. 

In 1967 Bob Gibson suffered a broken fibula when hit by a line drive off of Roberto Clemente's bat, pitched to three more batters, than left the game. He returned after eight weeks and had a wonderful World Series with three complete-game wins.

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-news-analysis-mlb/2019/7/15/20694920/on-this-day-in-1967-bob-gibson-broke-his-leg-a-hunt-and-peck

 

[Mark68]

1 minute ago, fan_since79 said:

In 1967 Bob Gibson suffered a broken fibula when hit by a line drive off of Roberto Clemente's bat, pitched to three more batters, than left the game. He returned after eight weeks and had a wonderful World Series with three complete-game wins.

https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/st-louis-cardinals-news-analysis-mlb/2019/7/15/20694920/on-this-day-in-1967-bob-gibson-broke-his-leg-a-hunt-and-peck

 

Bob Gibson was a special breed...he was superhuman. He's a category unto himself. 

[Stradling]

11 hours ago, CaliAngel said:

Why do all the commentators (including the guys on ESPN radio) sound like they're rooting for the cheatin' asstros?

Because we hear what we want to hear. 

[Blarg]

1 hour ago, Mark68 said:

Can you imagine the adrenaline that he had going for him to finish out the inning AND come back for the next one, then getting the first out? He had to have been feeling no pain because he was starting Game One of the World Fucking Series!

But. man, getting three more outs after taking that liner off his leg...

Puts Schilling and his bloody Sox to shame. 

In 1935, Washington Senators pitcher Bobo Newsom was hit by a line drive off of Earl Avrill which fractured his knee. The manager checked on him and the story is told two ways.

One is Bobo told him his knee was broke and manager Bucky Harris asked if he wanted to come out and Bobo's response was, “You kidding me? I said it was broke, I didn’t say I was dead.” He pitched a complete game but lost 4-5. It wasn't until after the game at the hotel they finally summoned a doctor because the knee had swollen so badly he couldn't walk. X-rays later at the hospital confirmed the knee was broken. He missed 8 weeks.

The other story, told by Bobo later was he indeed told Harris it was broken but he was told to stay in pitching. Every inning he came off the mound he went to the dugout to sit down, rubbing his knee and told everyone that passed by his knee was broke but they laughed him off because he was still walking and pitching. 

Bobo Newsom once pitched a complete game with a broken jaw as well. The year following his knee fracture, on what was called the Presidential Opener, on a bunt down the third base line the Senators third baseman made a awkward throw that hit Newsom square in the jaw, fracturing it. Again he wouldn't come out of the game. "Whenever President Roosevelt comes to see Ol' Bobo pitch," he said, "Ol' Bobo ain't going to disappoint him." He won that game 1-0. 

His first World Series his father came to watch him pitch. Newsom pitched a complete game winning 7-2 and a day later his father died at the hotel of heart failure. He went the funeral the following day, returned to the team and won game 3 as a complete game shutout. Game seven was another complete game but lost 2-1. A total of 26 innings pitched and allowed only 4 runs while grieving the death of his father. 

He was a very interesting but forgotten character in baseball.

[jsnpritchett]

Today's game is again at 5:09 Pacific on Fox:

[T.G.]

iPhone in CF...