Re: Bristol game in long rain delay
Posted: 03 Aug 2025 06:47 am
Maybe manfred is blinded by the light; wrapped up like a [ablution]; you know, the rumor in the night.
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Maybe manfred is blinded by the light; wrapped up like a [ablution]; you know, the rumor in the night.
My sentiments exactly.Melville wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 08:17 am Every MLB stadium field has a highly sophisticated drainage system specifically designed to divert water from the playing surface as quickly as possible.
How could MLB be so stupid and so unaware of the risk of playing on a temporary surface which lacks that basic and fundamental infrastructure?
The Reds are in a rare post-season hunt in which every game is critical.
To put them at a disadvantage by staging a failed stunt is ridiculous.
To put their players at risk was foolishness.
Honor the integrity of the game.
Only and always about the game.
Gimmicks like this are not what MLB needs to thrive.jcgmoi wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 08:54 am You result players kill me, always certain of the best move after the hand is over.
You say since it rained a lot last night, shame on MLB for even trying to promote the game.
If it had gone off as scheduled it would have been in front of a record crowd and would have been a seasonal highlight for MLB. Didn't work out, too bad, but I didn't hear any complaints from anyone when the game was scheduled about the threat of rain.
“Gimmicks” like this are great if it gets new and younger people to watch. Think the NHL outdoor games. They’re overexposed now, but when they started everyone loved them.12xu wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:01 amGimmicks like this are not what MLB needs to thrive.jcgmoi wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 08:54 am You result players kill me, always certain of the best move after the hand is over.
You say since it rained a lot last night, shame on MLB for even trying to promote the game.
If it had gone off as scheduled it would have been in front of a record crowd and would have been a seasonal highlight for MLB. Didn't work out, too bad, but I didn't hear any complaints from anyone when the game was scheduled about the threat of rain.
The NHL playing out of doors in the winter time is akin to how the game started - outside on frozen ponds. The game of baseball was never intended to be played on race tracks.desertrat23 wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:09 am“Gimmicks” like this are great if it gets new and younger people to watch. Think the NHL outdoor games. They’re overexposed now, but when they started everyone loved them.12xu wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:01 amGimmicks like this are not what MLB needs to thrive.jcgmoi wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 08:54 am You result players kill me, always certain of the best move after the hand is over.
You say since it rained a lot last night, shame on MLB for even trying to promote the game.
If it had gone off as scheduled it would have been in front of a record crowd and would have been a seasonal highlight for MLB. Didn't work out, too bad, but I didn't hear any complaints from anyone when the game was scheduled about the threat of rain.
I'm neither, but I tried to watch this game, where I would never tune into any typical Braves-Reds game. Same as the Little League World Series games, the Field of Dreams games, and games from a soccer pitch in London.desertrat23 wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:09 am“Gimmicks” like this are great if it gets new and younger people to watch.
I have opposed every one of these nonsensical marketing stunt exhibition games.jcgmoi wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 08:54 am You result players kill me, always certain of the best move after the hand is over.
You say since it rained a lot last night, shame on MLB for even trying to promote the game.
If it had gone off as scheduled it would have been in front of a record crowd and would have been a seasonal highlight for MLB. Didn't work out, too bad, but I didn't hear any complaints from anyone when the game was scheduled about the threat of rain.
Absolutely correct.12xu wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:01 amGimmicks like this are not what MLB needs to thrive.jcgmoi wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 08:54 am You result players kill me, always certain of the best move after the hand is over.
You say since it rained a lot last night, shame on MLB for even trying to promote the game.
If it had gone off as scheduled it would have been in front of a record crowd and would have been a seasonal highlight for MLB. Didn't work out, too bad, but I didn't hear any complaints from anyone when the game was scheduled about the threat of rain.
They’re not playing on a race track. They’re playing on a field set up in the infield of the race track. It’s something different and fun. Expand your horizons.12xu wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:22 amThe NHL playing out of doors in the winter time is akin to how the game started - outside on frozen ponds. The game of baseball was never intended to be played on race tracks.desertrat23 wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:09 am“Gimmicks” like this are great if it gets new and younger people to watch. Think the NHL outdoor games. They’re overexposed now, but when they started everyone loved them.12xu wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:01 amGimmicks like this are not what MLB needs to thrive.jcgmoi wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 08:54 am You result players kill me, always certain of the best move after the hand is over.
You say since it rained a lot last night, shame on MLB for even trying to promote the game.
If it had gone off as scheduled it would have been in front of a record crowd and would have been a seasonal highlight for MLB. Didn't work out, too bad, but I didn't hear any complaints from anyone when the game was scheduled about the threat of rain.
Go on — what’s their market?Melville wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:49 amAbsolutely correct.12xu wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:01 amGimmicks like this are not what MLB needs to thrive.jcgmoi wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 08:54 am You result players kill me, always certain of the best move after the hand is over.
You say since it rained a lot last night, shame on MLB for even trying to promote the game.
If it had gone off as scheduled it would have been in front of a record crowd and would have been a seasonal highlight for MLB. Didn't work out, too bad, but I didn't hear any complaints from anyone when the game was scheduled about the threat of rain.
MLB does not understand their product nor their market.
It was not an MLB field.desertrat23 wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:49 amThey’re not playing on a race track. They’re playing on a field set up in the infield of the race track. It’s something different and fun. Expand your horizons.12xu wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:22 amThe NHL playing out of doors in the winter time is akin to how the game started - outside on frozen ponds. The game of baseball was never intended to be played on race tracks.desertrat23 wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:09 am“Gimmicks” like this are great if it gets new and younger people to watch. Think the NHL outdoor games. They’re overexposed now, but when they started everyone loved them.12xu wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:01 amGimmicks like this are not what MLB needs to thrive.jcgmoi wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 08:54 am You result players kill me, always certain of the best move after the hand is over.
You say since it rained a lot last night, shame on MLB for even trying to promote the game.
If it had gone off as scheduled it would have been in front of a record crowd and would have been a seasonal highlight for MLB. Didn't work out, too bad, but I didn't hear any complaints from anyone when the game was scheduled about the threat of rain.
Don’t yell at me, yell at the cloud.Melville wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:51 amIt was not an MLB field.desertrat23 wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:49 amThey’re not playing on a race track. They’re playing on a field set up in the infield of the race track. It’s something different and fun. Expand your horizons.12xu wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:22 amThe NHL playing out of doors in the winter time is akin to how the game started - outside on frozen ponds. The game of baseball was never intended to be played on race tracks.desertrat23 wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:09 am“Gimmicks” like this are great if it gets new and younger people to watch. Think the NHL outdoor games. They’re overexposed now, but when they started everyone loved them.12xu wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 09:01 amGimmicks like this are not what MLB needs to thrive.jcgmoi wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 08:54 am You result players kill me, always certain of the best move after the hand is over.
You say since it rained a lot last night, shame on MLB for even trying to promote the game.
If it had gone off as scheduled it would have been in front of a record crowd and would have been a seasonal highlight for MLB. Didn't work out, too bad, but I didn't hear any complaints from anyone when the game was scheduled about the threat of rain.
It was a joke.
A stunt.
That's the point.
Why not? 85,000 people came to watch.Red Bird Classic wrote: ↑03 Aug 2025 10:05 am Why would anyone want to play a baseball game at a race track?