Anyone have tickets to their home opener (besides me)? Admittedly, home opener always occurs on my daughter's birthday, so the spousal unit has made tickets to the home opener a birthday ritual. Lots of fun though!!
I hope it's not still snowing.
That seems like a fair number, but it's so early in the post-steroid era and a peak of a pitcher's era, it's really hard to tell. Steroids made things really crazy, and 73 is nuts. Hell, in the AL, Maris's record still stands. I like to believe in a generational hitter who can do it, but I can't imagine what that would take with today's game. It does seem more likely than breaking Nap's BA record though, that's for sure. All those pitching records at the bottom might as well be counted as solid. It's just not possible to have that many wins, innings pitched, or especially complete games anymore. Such a different game. I'm considering going to opening at OPACY on Friday. A guy is selling a pair of tickets, but I don't know if it's worth throwing down 200 for. I do have a new Aberdeen Ironbirds hat I'd love to wear to it though.
That's a lot of money, but you're paying for the party more than the game. Opening game is always sold out here. We have to buy the tickets in September. it's hard to do that because we're usually feeling disillusioned in our team by September. Have you been to an opening day game before?
Pitching a perfect game on acid? That record should just stick.
This approach strikes me as completely ridiculous. I think it's fairly clear to most of us that a) the strikeout record's going down this year or next, and b) stolen bases is a good bit more likely than homers at this point (not to mention WAR, which will only require a player on the level of Pujols to come along who happens to play shortstop ... 230 years?) Also, the complete games record will never be broken. Also also, the home run record if it ever falls will have benefited from a rule change. Post-steroids, pitching is at an enormous advantage (and only growing). I wouldn't be surprised if they lower the mound (etc.) at some point in the next 30 years -- only after that do I look for someone to hit 70+ home runs again.