So i saw a grand slam yesterday...

[MrCoffee]

and realized that i've seen maybe a three dozen or so grand slams live in my life. This makes me wonder if i watch too much baseball. My question: Is there such a thing as too much baseball?

It was Raul Ibanez off Kyle Snyder in the fifth at Safeco.

[sir_captain]

1. are we talking in person or on tv?

[MrCoffee]

9. The vast majority were on TV

I've only seen 4 live.

[progmom]

2. I did too

But we were at Denny's. :)

[MrCoffee]

10. 6.49 for an OGS? Screw that noize.

not only did they change the coffee (which used to be good, but now is just a big cup o'nasty), but the Original Grand Slam is $6.49!! The hell with that. I remember when the OGS used to be 3 bucks.

[madinmaryland]

3. I saw Tiger Woods do that several years ago.

:silly:

[azmouse]

4. There is no such thing as too much baseball.

I'd live at the ballpark if I could get away with it!!

[Initech]

6. Amen to that!

I think of Angel Stadium as my second home during the summer...

[Initech]

5. Best one I saw was last year Angels - Yankees

Bases were loaded in the 7th, Angels were down 5 - 2, Vlad Guerrero hit one out to center field, Angels go ahead and come back 6 - 5, and won! And yes, I was at the game.

Also last year, I went to the Padres - Nationals game and they were down 6 - 2, hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game, and then the Padres won it in extra innings with a walk-off home run.

[leftofthedial]

7. no such thing as too much baseball.

[rustydog]

8. Sheeeit, you can go to Denny's and see grand slams all day long!

[ComerPerro]

11. Only saw three live, but one was a walk-off GS at Comiskey Park

and that was really, really cool.

[MrCoffee]

12. A pox on the White Sox

for sweeping the Astros.

[ComerPerro]

13. and losing only one postseason game? LOL

This wasn't last season though, I didn't go to any last season. Haven't been in two years.

[MrCoffee]

14. Other than casting hexes on the Sox...

there's not much else I can do about the 'Stros piss-poor Series.

[ComerPerro]

15. When Game One of the World Series started, I was worried

because the Astros and Cardinals took the NLCS so long...

I thought they would have cooled off, and I thought the Astros would be on fire.

I was even worried in Game 4, lol.

"Oh, no, this is where they blow it"

You can tell I'm a Chicagoan

[MrCoffee]

16. No one can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory like a team from Houston

[ComerPerro]

19. so you've never been to a Cubs game, I take it

lol

[MrCoffee]

20. Ha! The Cubs are what keep me happy in September.

If only the Cards and Reds would lose a game every now and then!

[ComerPerro]

21. Yeah, the Cubs got a pretty good gig

their fans are too loyal to ever leave, and Wrigley Field (the field and stadium itself) sells more tickets (for the novelty of it) than the actual team.

They never have to win anything to be profitable, and that's what the Trib wants.

[masshole]

17. Only ever saw one, Fenway Park - 1967

Yaz hit out off "Sudden" Sam McDowell, I think the final was 13-5.

[Zomby Woof]

18. No such thing as too much

Safeco is a beautiful park. Good a place as any to see a Grand Salami. :D

[MrCoffee]

22. Safeco is nice, but I miss Enron (I mean Minute Maid)

Plus, I friggin' hate the AL. But I always seem to end up moving to AL cities. I lived in Detroit for a couple of years, and Comerica Park sucks.

[Zomby Woof]

39. I am an NL fan too

Seattle was the only AL team I ever enjoyed.

It's great going to Dodger Stadium for games, I have to tell ya. :D

[reyd reid reed]

23. Long as it wasn't the one in the ninth at Busch...

And there's no such thing as 'too much baseball'. I'm not gonna go all poetic and shit but...no. such. thing.

[MrCoffee]

25. Yer a Cubbie? Outta my thread!

:toast: here's to corking your bat.

[reyd reid reed]

27. I'm a Cubbie

*smooches*

True blue, corks and all.



(one of my kids brought me a Cubs bracelet, made out of a baseball, from the CWS...it's the coolest thing but I don't have a pic of that. Lucky you.)

[MrCoffee]

28. We all have our burdens to bear.

I'm an Astros fan. We got swept but good last time around.

[reyd reid reed]

29. Still...

Nobody knows the trouble I've seen,
Nobody knows my sor-row...

Oughta be the Cubs theme song...

*sigh*

S'okay though...I'm really good at repeating, "Maybe next year. Maybe next year. Maybe next year."

[MrCoffee]

30. One thing about Cubbies...hope does spring eternal.

[reyd reid reed]

31. It has to

They Are the Cubs, after all. It's all we've got...

:cry:








Especially after Hendry dismantled the rotation this year. We've started thirteen pitchers. Eight of 'em rookies.

[Colorado Liberal]

24. Inside the park

I saw an inside the park grand slam exactly once, in person (in Oakland, Texas' Oddibe McDowell hit it) - this was during a Father's Day daytime doubleheader back in the late 80's/early 90's. Prety sure I'll NEVER see that combination of events again!

[MrCoffee]

26. That is awesome!

[mad-mommy]

32. my first professional baseball game

I'm 37 and went to my first professional baseball game on the weekend. Minor league, with my son and hubby. we had a great time. My son got a ball from one of the players, we were sitting right above the dugout. No grand slams though, maybe next time.

[MrCoffee]

33. Who played?

[mad-mommy]

35. red barrons(wilkes-barre PA) and bissons(buffalo NY)

[MrCoffee]

36. I saw the Bisons play the Mud Hens once...good game

[mad-mommy]

37. The...

barons were the home team for us, but the bison player gave the ball to my son, the gentleman sitting next to my son and hubby knew the bison player and asked for a ball for my son. We had good seats because they were from a season ticket holder who couldn't use them. I really had a good time. I would go again.

[MrCoffee]

38. That's really cool...most minor leaguer's are nice that way.

I've never heard a story about a minor league player being a jerk (unless they've been in the majors for a while). I bet your son was thrilled.

[mad-mommy]

40. this...

this guy may have played for the red sox. The prices for the games and food are not bad at all at that stadium. That makes it extra nice. Great night out, and we got a sitter for the soon to be 2 year old...who is now getting into trouble....so I must go. And you should be getting out from under your desk now.

[Patiod]

34. Saw Ryan Howard's on Saturday night

Not live, but on TV

Ryan Rocks!