Shohei on the mound - Baseball and MLB Thread, 2025 Edition
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A few years back, The Missions down in San Antonio changed their name to The Flying Chanclas. Still one of my favorite uniforms.
The Copa designs are some of the best things to come out of MiLB. A good number of them could be full-time identities without a doubt.
https://www.mlb.com/news/gerrit-cole-tommy-john-surgery
Gerrit Cole is out for the year - he’s getting Tommy John surgery.
As much as I detest the Yanks? That’s a bummer.![:\](https://cdn.arstechnica.net/civis/data/assets/smilies/slash-1x.png "Slash :\")
. Hope he comes out the other side of it pain free and still with good stuff.
Gerrit Cole is out for the year - he’s getting Tommy John surgery.
As much as I detest the Yanks? That’s a bummer.
. Hope he comes out the other side of it pain free and still with good stuff.I have several of the MiLB hats, they are generally fantastic logos.
I have a lowrider one that that gets worn a lot.
Looks like the death knells have finally fully sounded for a new ballpark next to the Trop:
https://apnews.com/article/tampa-bay-rays-ballpark-cae72812c5f9d04804c139e06764a048
Looks like repairs are underway on Tropicana Field to have it ready for play for 2026. And the Rays will play there through the 2028 season. After that? Who knows.
https://apnews.com/article/tampa-bay-rays-ballpark-cae72812c5f9d04804c139e06764a048
Looks like repairs are underway on Tropicana Field to have it ready for play for 2026. And the Rays will play there through the 2028 season. After that? Who knows.
You know what pissed me was a article I read that said Manfred and owners were looking to force the TB owners to sell.. Well what about that fuckwit who owns the As? Couldn't they have forced him out?
I originally wrote [see also: A's], but then realized that also applied to more owners and didn't want to write out a giant list
Sternberg has zero interest in spending money. He owns the team, purely to siphon as much profit as possible out of it. ROI über alles, aka, the Private Equity model.
Paying money to build a new stadium pushes earnings too far into the future, hence why he still hasn't made a deal. The only reason this last one got close was because he got a Brave's deal, where he could hide profits via real estate development off the backs of taxpayers - then costs went up and he couldn't hit his short term profit margin expectations - so he walked.
View: https://youtu.be/x9zVM-CHiC4?si=r65BWFaDJzeBOjKT
I know we have 1 or 2 other Nats fans here that may be interested in this.
I really hope we get Zim in the booth instead of Frandsen.
Tried out the Square Scorebook from 7-2 Double Play today at the Pirates/Phillies Spring Breakout game.
This is using their standard paper, not the "Rite-in-the-Rain® water-resistant paper".
This paper was really great with my fountain pen, and the bleed-through was absolutely minimal (honestly, I couldn't even really see it until I was looking really closely before taking that second picture).
Again, the same pen/nib/ink combo as my last couple: LAMY Safari, LAMY EF, LAMY Vibrant Pink.
This is using their standard paper, not the "Rite-in-the-Rain® water-resistant paper".
This paper was really great with my fountain pen, and the bleed-through was absolutely minimal (honestly, I couldn't even really see it until I was looking really closely before taking that second picture).
Again, the same pen/nib/ink combo as my last couple: LAMY Safari, LAMY EF, LAMY Vibrant Pink.
Yeah, that little showing through? That’s some really nice paper they’ve put there!
Looks like Opening Day in the Tokyo Series next week will be Yamamoto for the Dodgers and Imanaga for the Cubs on Tuesday (Monday here). Which is just cool! Game 2 the next day? Sasaki makes his Major League debut for LA against Chicago’s Justin Steele.
Looks like Opening Day in the Tokyo Series next week will be Yamamoto for the Dodgers and Imanaga for the Cubs on Tuesday (Monday here). Which is just cool! Game 2 the next day? Sasaki makes his Major League debut for LA against Chicago’s Justin Steele.
Now I just need to get to another game sometime in the next few days so I can test the Essential Scorekeeper book.
And the softball field too. Good doubleheader today.
He has all of the potential in the world, and little sense of self-preservation.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/...ewis-leaves-spring-game-with-hamstring-injury
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/...ewis-leaves-spring-game-with-hamstring-injury
Fantastic new Copa design for the Ft. Wayne Tin Caps:
Opening Day!
(kind of)
And given who is playing, this feels appropriate.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KwFuGtGU6c
(kind of)
And given who is playing, this feels appropriate.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KwFuGtGU6c
Woke up to twitter complaining about Shohei's homerun. The replay I saw only had one angle showing the fans leaning over the fence, and I couldn't tell where the trajectory would've taken it had they not interfered... but my gosh the sound off the bat was beautiful
Really digging everything I've seen so far from the Nats new City Connect. Release is on Sunday..credit card is ready
View: https://x.com/nationals/status/1902793513407856827?s=46&t=6tiWM0aipD0rnGkO-Eh1jw
View: https://x.com/Nationals/status/1901997348521197867
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=ht...bp&s=bb796fdb9e33e65043ef279d7452a1ba8c59cc90
View: https://x.com/nationals/status/1902793513407856827?s=46&t=6tiWM0aipD0rnGkO-Eh1jw
View: https://x.com/Nationals/status/1901997348521197867
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=ht...bp&s=bb796fdb9e33e65043ef279d7452a1ba8c59cc90
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1jgnhu6
Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd, they ruined it. Ok, not ruined but it's not up to the level of the 1st city connect. The hat seems...weird? And while I kinda dig the streets on the jersey it looks a bit messy. I wish there was more pink also
I'll wait for higher res pictures before deciding my final thoughts.
Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd, they ruined it. Ok, not ruined but it's not up to the level of the 1st city connect. The hat seems...weird? And while I kinda dig the streets on the jersey it looks a bit messy. I wish there was more pink also
I'll wait for higher res pictures before deciding my final thoughts.
I will likely never revisit this thread (not trying to be a jerk, just MLB isn't my thing), BUT...every time I see the tile, I read/sing it to the tune of Strangers in the Night.
♫ Shohei on the mound♫
♫ an MLB thread♫
♫ Shohei on the mound♫
sorry for the interruption, leaving now.
♫ Shohei on the mound♫
♫ an MLB thread♫
♫ Shohei on the mound♫
sorry for the interruption, leaving now.
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This is about the level of the Cleveland City Connect, definitely a tier below the cherry-blossom one.
Maybe that means Cleveland will get a new and awesome one. NOT stratocaster themed, put those pencils down
OK, last fountain pen test of the scorebooks I have on-hand: This is The Pro Baseball Fan's Essential Scorekeeper, from Palo Verde Press.
Feathering on this one was a little more than the prior couple, and bleed-through is definitely more noticeable. It's a very nice little scorebook, just not suitable for fountain pen use (or, probably, the Sharpie Pens I tend to gravitate to more often for my score-keeping). This would be fine if you're all about pencils or ball-point pens, though.
Again, the same pen/nib/ink combo on this as before: LAMY Safari, LAMY EF, LAMY Vibrant Pink.
Feathering on this one was a little more than the prior couple, and bleed-through is definitely more noticeable. It's a very nice little scorebook, just not suitable for fountain pen use (or, probably, the Sharpie Pens I tend to gravitate to more often for my score-keeping). This would be fine if you're all about pencils or ball-point pens, though.
Again, the same pen/nib/ink combo on this as before: LAMY Safari, LAMY EF, LAMY Vibrant Pink.
https://www.fanatics.com/mlb/washin...4565+t-25456703+c-45842314+z-8-3568305354?ab={wt-static_graphic}{dm-FDC}{pt-home}{al-Above_A_Spot}{ct-NATIONALS_CC}
The jersey is growing on me.
The jersey is growing on me.