Basically what the title says. I am from Denmark, know very little about baseball except the basic rules and that the Rockies are awesome.
In Denmark nobody cares about baseball, so I am looking for someone to talk too. Will you talk with me?
Basically what the title says. I am from Denmark, know very little about baseball except the basic rules and that the Rockies are awesome.
In Denmark nobody cares about baseball, so I am looking for someone to talk too. Will you talk with me?
Indeed! Some momentum could change the whole game! You just need a rally but on like a franchise level lol
Oooo I had no idea, that’s so interesting!! There is so much infrastructure around the consistency of the balls it’s crazy. Like they have to rub them down with special mud bc the balls right out of the factory are too slippery and too white. But the mud is a big secret! It comes out of some river bed in New Jersey but it’s like MLB secret #1 where that is. And they haven’t been able to replicate it in a lab so here we are, still using the magic NJ mud.
Oof an uninterested owner is the worst cause there really isn’t anything anyone can do :/ again with the problem of rich people
Hahaha that makes more sense. Honestly that’s kinda more than I was expecting! You could start a pickup league in the street like the days of yore lol. Are you in Copenhagen? (Are there other cities in Denmark lol?) Surely city streets are wide enough, right ;p
You might lol this definitely leaves us with a bit of an infielder problem in that we don’t quite have enough guys and if one were to get injured………. But ‘sources’ say we are pivoting to try and get Bichette (free agent from the Jays). Im not hopeful there tho bc he’s probably looking for a huge contract and the Sox just don’t seem to be giving those out.
lol, that is some MLB witchcraft right there! Must be all that fake tan leaking out into the rivers, that settle in the mud and make it just perfect :P but why though ? Why make a ball that is not ready for use ?
And yes, eat the rich, is all I can say. But as far as I can gather, there is also quite a lot of “Sell the team” signs at their games. But who knows, now that they have hit rock bottom there is possibility of building up something new. Or the owner maybe wants to take care of his investment - fat chance though. Read that he bought the team for 100 mil and right now it is valued around 1.2/1.3 bil. So he will never lose money on his investment.
But yeah no, haha, I am not starting any leagues :P wouldn’t mind swinging a bat at some balls though. Could be fun. And no, I am not in Copenhagen - used to live there though. And listen to this, we actually have several cities! Four of them even have more than 100k citizens! Most would probably just qualify as low density neighborhoods in the US though :P Are you from the US btw? I just assumed since you were.
Tis the real question, ain’t it. Like why don’t the baseball factories just buy the magic mug and put it on themselves? Or maybe make the leather slightly less white? Currently each team is responsible for mudding up a bunch of balls for every game.
Surely this guy will have a wake up call soon? There is no reason a team needs to be that bad. And like don’t rich people want to make more money? I feel like if the team were better that would be easier
Gasp! 4 whole cities! I jest lol. My fiancé’s sister just moved to Denmark actually and I really look forward to visiting.
American born and raised. In Jersey actually tho I grew up in the farm part, not the fake tan part lol.
It’s hilarious. And a fun little factoid as well. I wonder what they will do when they run out :o
I think if attendance numbers start to fall off a lot, then there might be a chance, but as it stands now there is still a somewhat large crowd attending games. Cut it in half and we might see change.
Oh cool, where did she move to ? And you should totally come visit! I will write you a long list of things to do and see if you are interested!
Ah yes, the good part of New Jersey - where the Jersey Devil roams and creepy things hide in the woods. I wish I could visit for like a year. I have so many places I would love to visit in the US.
:o that’ll be the baseball apocalypse lol
Which probably isn’t very likely since there isn’t another team in the area Colorado can root for. The diamond backs or the Astros/Rangers are options I guess but the Midwest is a little baseball team-less. They also run the risk of having the same fate as the A’s, just getting up and moved.
Copenhagen lol. She just marred her Danish now-husband and wow surprise surprise they decided Denmark might be more stable than the US rn Omg yes I’d love some must sees!
Indeed!! There are some really pretty and amazing places here. I hope you get to see some! If you do ever end up on this side of the ocean, I’ll happily send you some recommendations too :)
Yeah, but Denver! Denver. Nothing is more midwestern than Denver! It is like pure Americana. It would totally be added to your list haha! I just hope he sells to someone who actually gives a fuck - or an organisation. I don’t really know how ownerships normally work in MLB.
Copenhagen is a wonderful city. If you ever manage to visit I think you would enjoy :) and yeah it is getting a little sticky in the US right now. I really hope you manage to manage it without the whole crap collapsing.
But yeah. So baseball haha. Escapism is cool huh? Is there any pre season games on ? I feel like a need to see s new game soon. Not something that is a rerun.
Haha it’s very true!
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Spring training starts most of the way through Feb, so soonish! Spring training games are fun too bc they don’t count for anything and most of the guys need a bunch of time to warm up after the winter break so it’s high key a mess. Teams will also bring up prospects to give them some playtime in a major league stadium so you never know what you’re going to see. I’ve always wanted to go to one but unfortunately they are all played in the south or southwest bc it’s too cold in the northern states. For example, the Sox play in Florida :/
Yeah you hardly could get any further south than Florida I guess :p but yeah that is soon! Hope to see what this new guy Lorenzen has to offer.
How is it determined who plays who then ? Is it just whoever wants to or is there also a rotation like in the proper season ?
Yeah that’ll be v exciting! Having a new guy to be hopeful about is so key.
Mostly it’s whoever the manager thinks needs the time. Of course, pitch count is still considered and catchers need breaks, but other than that it’s about getting as many guys as much time as they want/need. For example the Sox have some big prospects, one of whom is Christian Campbell. We saw a bit of him last year but he wasn’t really able to keep up with big league pitching so I expect we’ll see a bunch of him in spring training to give him as many opportunities as possible before the season starts.