BigEd76 wrote:Don't remember when, but I stopped dipping hot dogs into ketchup before I was a teenager. It's one of those quirky food things like putting mayo on an Italian hoagie

pacino wrote:MAYO ON HOAGIES FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

pacino wrote:MLB telecasts dominate prime time

Chicago doesn't seem to like baseball

According to the information from Nielsen, of the 29 U.S.-based clubs in the league, 12 of them are the #1-rated programming in prime time since the start of the season in their home markets, beating both broadcast and cable competition. These teams include the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants, and Arizona Diamondbacks.

Another 7 teams rank in the top three in local prime time TV ratings on their respective RSNs, including the Tampa Bay Rays, Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, and Colorado Rockies.

Wheels Tupay wrote:(that's because no one has access to the channel)

The next game doesn't involve a disputed home run, but instead a misunderstanding of the rule governing batters hitting out of order. On September 24, 1964, Cubs' manager Bob Kennedy decided to give Ernie Banks the day off and so posted a lineup in the dugout with rookie John Boccabella playing first. While filling out the official version, however, he got distracted, habit kicked in, and he wrote Banks' name on the lineup given to the umpires. Dodgers' manager Walter Alston noticed the error when Boccabella took the field in the top of the first, but waited until the time was right to point it out. That time came in the bottom of the sixth inning when Boccabella tripled to score a run, cutting Los Angeles' lead to a single run. Alston complained that he had hit out of order and the umpires agreed, ruling Banks (the proper batter) out, and ending the Cubs' rally.

The only problem was that the umpires were completely wrong. The only thing the Cubs had been guilty of was an unannounced substitution: once Boccabella took the field in the top of the first, he replaced Banks in the lineup and so for the rest of the game was hitting in the proper place. Kennedy wasn't aware of the mistake and so failed to protest, something which would have been moot anyway when the Cubs rallied to win the game. So just about the only consequence of the series of mistakes is that Banks got charged with an at-bat in a game in which he didn't appear. Officially, he started the game at first, was replaced immediately, somehow re-emerged to make an out in the sixth inning, and then left again.

In 2008 there was an incident involving an umpire error that was (for the most part) corrected. It took place on September 26, 2008, less than a month after baseball ruled that teams could appeal home run calls. The fun began in the bottom of the sixth when Bengie Molina hit a ball that was ruled a non-homer on the field. Giants manager Bruce Bochy sent in a pinch-runner for Molina before realizing that the call may have been incorrect. He then appealed the decision and, upon further review, Molina was credited with a home run. But not, in the opinion of the umpires, with a run scored. Despite the fact that Molina was only taken out of the game because of the blown call, the umpires ruled that the substitution could not be reversed. And so officially, Molina hit a home run and was replaced by a pinch-runner as he rounded the bases.

ReadingPhilly wrote:brad penny is starting for miami tonight. had no clue he was still in baseball. first start since 9/25/11.