MLB 2024

Cleveland playing Wild Thing i thought that was just the film that did that it did they adopt it from the film? Pity they changed their name as well bloody PC nonsense
 
roman totale said:
Just got back from the game. Cleveland played very solidly and the Lane Thomas grand slam was the back breaker they needed. Skubal and the Tigers just ran out of steam in the end.
Bring on the (fuck the) Yankees!

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I watched the last four innings. The atmosphere sounded amazing.
 
Couple of questions for those in the know.
How many away fans actually travel or is it just people who’ve moved to that area say from Detroit to Cleveland but still support Detroit that go?
Is there an away allocation like football over here
How do they decide who gets the 3 home s out if 5 or in the World Series the 4th home if it goes to 7 games?
 
Blue Maverick said:
Couple of questions for those in the know.
How many away fans actually travel or is it just people who’ve moved to that area say from Detroit to Cleveland but still support Detroit that go?
Is there an away allocation like football over here
How do they decide who gets the 3 home s out if 5 or in the World Series the 4th home if it goes to 7 games?
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There’s no “away allocation”, or seating area, everyone is mixed in together, although away fans usually try to get seats behind their teams dugout. Generally, there’s no mither either. As long as you don’t go shouting your mouth off and being a dick, people will leave you be. You might get some verbal banter, but that’s about it.

People do travel, but most cities usually have a decent diaspora from other cities too. We have family in the DC area and usually go when the Guardians play at the Baltimore Orioles and there’s typically one or two thousand Cleveland fans at those games, same when I’ve seen them at the Yankees and the White Sox. We always make a trip up to Detroit, which is only a 2.5 hr drive and the numbers are higher. Overall, I’d say it’s probably 70:30 people who live locally vs those who travel.

If it’s a weekend series, you’ll usually get a higher away following, as people will travel in and make a weekend/ city-break of it. Our condo is in a building that’s half hotel and there’s always people staying here and doing just that.

Re your last question, the team with the best regular season record gets the home advantage. If that’s tied, then it goes to the head-to-head record from the regular season. It did used to be various different methods in the past, but nowadays everyone plays everyone else at least three times during the regular season.
 
roman totale said:
There’s no “away allocation”, or seating area, everyone is mixed in together, although away fans usually try to get seats behind their teams dugout. Generally, there’s no mither either. As long as you don’t go shouting your mouth off and being a dick, people will leave you be. You might get some verbal banter, but that’s about it.

People do travel, but most cities usually have a decent diaspora from other cities too. We have family in the DC area and usually go when the Guardians play at the Baltimore Orioles and there’s typically one or two thousand Cleveland fans at those games, same when I’ve seen them at the Yankees and the White Sox. We always make a trip up to Detroit, which is only a 2.5 hr drive and the numbers are higher. Overall, I’d say it’s probably 70:30 people who live locally vs those who travel.

If it’s a weekend series, you’ll usually get a higher away following, as people will travel in and make a weekend/ city-break of it. Our condo is in a building that’s half hotel and there’s always people staying here and doing just that.

Re your last question, the team with the best regular season record gets the home advantage. If that’s tied, then it goes to the head-to-head record from the regular season. It did used to be various different methods in the past, but nowadays everyone plays everyone else at least three times during the regular season.
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Usually no mither but some places you are literally taking your life into your hands wearing the other team's top, baseball cap, t-shirt and etc.

San Francisco Giants versus, and I hate saying this as a Dodgers fan, the L.A. Dodgers.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/stor...cisco-giants-dodger-rivalry-sometimes-violent

https://abc7.com/bryan-stow-giants-fan-attacked-dodger-stadium-beaten-at-the-ballpark/13756451/

https://www.hummbabybaseball.com/sf...antsdodgers-rivalry-to-clash-in-the-2021-nlds

i went to an Orioles v. the Rays game a few years ago, in Baltimore, with a mate who is from Florida and Ray's fan. The Orioles fans couldn't have been nicer to him. We were outside the ballpark at a place having a few beers and they were all welcoming and very friendly. It didn't bother them at all that he was wearing Rays colours.
 
Mets v. Dodgers coming up.

The only joke I told that got a laugh in my one-night stint at a comedy club:
"What would have happened if Christopher Columbus had landed on the west coast of America (yes, i know) instead of the east?
"People in Los Angeles would have gotten very upset when the Dodgers moved to Brooklyn."
 
When the Padres played the Dodgers in this seasons playoffs they wouldn’t sell tickets to people who came from many post codes in the Los Angeles area.

This season the mrs and I enjoyed a game in Dc at Nats park when they played the Mets. Mets killed them 9/0. We cheered for the Mets but weren’t obnoxious, wore our Mets gear and nobody said boo to us….
 
Philadelphia has not ben a city of brotherly love to Mets fans in my experience.

More than a few years ago when Mets v. St. Louis was a big rivalry a large and loud Cardinals fan was being increasingly obnoxious as the drink and the sun took their toll on him. He was coming back from a repeat trip to the concessions stalls carrying a box laden with burgers and beers, though it was probably also his belly that hid the steps from his view. Anyway he didn't see the foot that stretched out as he passed our row. To his credit, I suppose, when he picked himself up he went back and bought another load of supplies rather than try to pick everything off the floor.
 
AliBobbyJ said:
Philadelphia has not ben a city of brotherly love to Mets fans in my experience.

More than a few years ago when Mets v. St. Louis was a big rivalry a large and loud Cardinals fan was being increasingly obnoxious as the drink and the sun took their toll on him. He was coming back from a repeat trip to the concessions stalls carrying a box laden with burgers and beers, though it was probably also his belly that hid the steps from his view. Anyway he didn't see the foot that stretched out as he passed our row. To his credit, I suppose, when he picked himself up he went back and bought another load of supplies rather than try to pick everything off the floor.
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I wouldn’t go to Philly wearing a Mets gear. Enough said..
 
Rough outing from Senga. He was decent last week but he looked lost up there.

On the other subject, generally a baseball game is about as safe as anything you can do in an American city, just don't provoke people and keep walking if someone tries to provoke you. And as was said above, probably better to keep a low profile for certain rivalries, especially in a playoff/knockout situation. I wouldn't have gone down to Philly for Game 4 last week; likely would have been fine, but life's too short to spend 3 hours around a bunch of hostile drunks.
 
Frank the Yank said:
When the Padres played the Dodgers in this seasons playoffs they wouldn’t sell tickets to people who came from many post codes in the Los Angeles area.

This season the mrs and I enjoyed a game in Dc at Nats park when they played the Mets. Mets killed them 9/0. We cheered for the Mets but weren’t obnoxious, wore our Mets gear and nobody said boo to us….
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A LOT of people at Nationals Park could not care less about the game. They are there to drink $10+ beers, do tik toks or generally have something "cool" to do.

Went there a few seasons ago when they played L.A. Had my Dodgers cap on, never felt threatened. Had some comments but they were mostly good natured.

As an aside, we had a group of three families, all with kids. The seats behind me had three early twenties females in them with a seat between them. Then their boyfriends showed up. Three "bro" looking types.

As soon as they sat down, it was obvious they were HIGHLY intoxicated. The one directly behind me was telling the women how he had "drank a whole bottle of whiskey" before they came. Literally every sentence he said contained some version of the word "fuck" and he was loud.

I turned to him after an inning and said in a quiet voice, "We all paid for these seats like you did. There are a lot of women and kids here. Calm down or you and I will have a problem. Are we clear?"

The other two dad's, both Squaddies, looked at him and nodded after I finished. I was actually surprised, instead of him kicking off about it he just said, "Yes sir. I'm sorry, sir."

"Thank you. Enjoy the game."
 
Frank the Yank said:
When the Padres played the Dodgers in this seasons playoffs they wouldn’t sell tickets to people who came from many post codes in the Los Angeles area.

This season the mrs and I enjoyed a game in Dc at Nats park when they played the Mets. Mets killed them 9/0. We cheered for the Mets but weren’t obnoxious, wore our Mets gear and nobody said boo to us….
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Who are the Padres?
 
Mets mullered last night. Went to bed in the 4th and quickly went through the dvr. Not much good to see at all!!

Senga horrible. He threw 13 balls to 2 strikes his first 15 pitches? Terrible. Three of the four guys he walked scored in his 1 1/3 innings he pitched.

They go again this afternoon. If the Mets win and split, it’s a totally different dynamic going back to Flushing!! It’s a huge if though.
 
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Definitely lacking in sharpness last night. Not that surprising given the layoff, and in Senga's case maybe some nervousness about a huge occasion in Japan.

In the circumstances getting lit up might be the best thing that could have happened. Hoping they come out angry and focused today. The reality is these Dodger pitchers are not that good and the spell has to break at some point.
 
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