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Pages: 1 wuchang spiritual advisor and gatekeeper to the Spirit World Reged: 12/14/05 Posts: 5270 Loc: uphill Nephew called about going to Royals game in St Louis next week       #262892 - 07/07/21 06:40 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   Plans on driving from Farmington a catching at least one game at the stadium Good kid Not sure how he became a Royals fan considering all of his family are die hard Cardinals fans Haven’t watched a Cardinal game in two years…….haven’t missed them How about y’all Post Extras:       HAUS member for now Reged: 12/14/05 Posts: 4077 Loc: Paradise Re: Nephew called about going to Royals game in St Louis next week [Re: wuchang]       #262899 - 07/14/21 02:50 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   got rid of the satellite dish a couple of years ago (it wouldn't matter if I still had it, dish quit carrying the fox midwest channels) and haven't seen but a handful in the past couple of years as well. might listen to them on the radio, but that's it. since there's only dish and directv, rural folks don't get much of an opportunity to watch. mlb acts like they don't want folks to watch them. even during covid last year, i seen they had local teams blacked out even when folks couldn't even attend the games..?? andy griffith and green acres pass the time just as well.. -------------------- Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day.. Post Extras:       last_stand the gay card thrower Call Me Ragnar Reged: 12/14/05 Posts: 7759 Loc: anywhere but "HomeofToto" Re: Nephew called about going to Royals game in St Louis next week [Re: HAUS]       #262907 - 07/20/21 07:52 AM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   In the past I usually get interested around August. I know there's still a great game to be found underneath all their goings on there somehow but man it's just no where near the same. In changing it all around for the millennials they have ruined so much of the game. And funny thing is, the millennials ain't flocking to it either. When they put in the dh....I'm out for good. Looking forward to college football and then hockey. That'll do. How bout them Tigers this year? -------------------- Sometimes you got it sometimes you get got. Edited by last_stand (07/20/21 07:53 AM) Post Extras:       sptsman member Reged: 12/14/05 Posts: 6211 Loc: Missouri Re: Nephew called about going to Royals game in St Louis next week [Re: last_stand]       #262909 - 07/20/21 02:15 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   I watched 3 or 4 innings last night and that was by far my longest stint of the year. I will admit if the Cards were better, I might look past the new wokeness of MLB. But they seem to have made a conscience effort to drive off a certain part of their fan base and I think I fall in that segment. If I learned nothing else from Covid, I learned that I can live without pro sports. For me it is the perfect storm of a league that wants to veer to the left and become woke, a hometown team being less than competitive and a game that has devolved into something frustrating and boring to watch. When the league average is .236 and everyone knows the launch angle and exit velocity of every out they hit into, it does not make for a lot of action. When players striking out 200+ times per season is not unusual, it makes for some boring games. When players make it to the big show and have never been taught how to run bases properly, play defense properly, bunt, adjust their swings for the count and situation, etc. it makes for a very frustrating game to watch. Every game looks like a scene from the Bad New Bears. MLB and the Cards have been a part of my life since I was a kid. And who knows, maybe it will be once again. But for now, I'm doing pretty well without them and it appears they are just fine with that... -------------------- "Hunts are best measured by the endurance of the memories they produce..." Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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