Baseball 2015

[Valmy]

It is more geographically convenient and puts both Texas teams in the same division.

It shits all over fifty years of baseball history. Why not move the Cubs or the Mets or the Dodgers then? They are even closer to an AL team.

Because they were not an NL central team that could fit geographically into the AL west? Not complicated.

The Gulf of Mexico is on the West Coast now? Interesting geography.

This was done so Selig could keep his club in the NL. Everything had to be sacrificed so this bizarre objective could be achieved.

[katmai]

If the Dodgers win there are no good teams left.
Might as well nuke the playoffs from orbit.

[katmai]

It is more geographically convenient and puts both Texas teams in the same division.

It shits all over fifty years of baseball history. Why not move the Cubs or the Mets or the Dodgers then? They are even closer to an AL team.

Because they were not an NL central team that could fit geographically into the AL west? Not complicated.

The Gulf of Mexico is on the West Coast now?

C'mon Valmy, we already know he sucks at spelling, can you be surprised geography isn't his strong suit either?

[Valmy]

And of course both Texas teams choke horribly. The Rangers at least went quietly 

[alfred russel]

The Gulf of Mexico is on the West Coast now? Interesting geography.

Tim has been spending too much time staring at alt-plate tectonic maps. He probably has thought through the implications of the different pangea breakup scenarios on MLB divisions.

[Valmy]

I didn't have a dog in the Toronto/Texas fight but the behavior of the Toronto fans compels me to root for the Rangers.

Dallas fans: 'So...Toronto is like Philadelphia but with the metric system?'

Ouch Toronto. Ouch.

[jimmy olsen]

It is more geographically convenient and puts both Texas teams in the same division.

It shits all over fifty years of baseball history. Why not move the Cubs or the Mets or the Dodgers then? They are even closer to an AL team.

Because they were not an NL central team that could fit geographically into the AL west? Not complicated.

The Gulf of Mexico is on the West Coast now? Interesting geography.

This was done so Selig could keep his club in the NL. Everything had to be sacrificed so this bizarre objective could be achieved.

Texas has traditionally been considered out west.

[jimmy olsen]

It is more geographically convenient and puts both Texas teams in the same division.

It shits all over fifty years of baseball history. Why not move the Cubs or the Mets or the Dodgers then? They are even closer to an AL team.

Because they were not an NL central team that could fit geographically into the AL west? Not complicated.

The Gulf of Mexico is on the West Coast now?

C'mon Valmy, we already know he sucks at spelling, can you be surprised geography isn't his strong suit either?

Certified to teach Geography in the great state of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations.

[katmai]

Thanks again for demonstrating the downfall of America.

[Razgovory]

Rhode Island isn't that great.  It's not really an island and it doesn't even have that big statue like the Greek one did.

[Barrister]

Man oh man - Royals vs Blue Jays.  It's like 1985 all over again. 

[Eddie Teach]

It's like 1985 all over again. 

1908. Facial hair is even back in style.

[alfred russel]

Texas has traditionally been considered out west.

Pittsburgh was out west too at one point. Lets put them in the west division and have Tim explain to them why they have to spend a gazillion hours on flights to the west coast each year.

It is easy to make fun of Tim, but he really seems ready to lead conference football realignment. Notre Dame and Louisville for the Atlantic Coast Conference and Utah and Colorado for the Pacific 12?

[jimmy olsen]

Texas has traditionally been considered out west.

Pittsburgh was out west too at one point. Lets put them in the west division and have Tim explain to them why they have to spend a gazillion hours on flights to the west coast each year.

It is easy to make fun of Tim, but he really seems ready to lead conference football realignment. Notre Dame and Louisville for the Atlantic Coast Conference and Utah and Colorado for the Pacific 12?

The Texas Rangers were already in the AL West.

Adding Milwaukee would have added a lot more miles to the odometer than adding Houston would if that's what you're worried about.

[Malthus]

An amusing little baseball tale:

I was comming home from work through the underground towards the subway. It was just after rush hour, so there were only a few people in the corridors ... when I heard ahead of me what sounded like a feral roar of rage. Wondering what the hell was happening, I looked up to see, at the end of the corrodor, a crowd - that was about half cops - yelling, screaming, and waving fists in the air. Riot? Murder? No - they were watching the baseball game on the big-screen TV right by King Station.

Apparently, the umpire had made a call the crowd disagreed with, that allowed the other team to score, and they were furious about it. On the screen, you could see angry fans throwing stuff onto the field.

I wondered why there were so many cops just standing around watching the game on TV, but then realized - King Station is really close to Rogers Field, where the game they were watching was being played at this very moment. The cops were there, presumably, to control the crowds when they left the stadium. Though these particular cops looked just as riled up as everyone else - if there was a fan riot, it looked to me like they would join in. 

Anyway, I decided to stay for a couple of minutes, and ended up watching the rest of that inning - it surely was an odd one. After that call that angered the crowd, Texas could do nothing right. Their players kept dropping the ball, and finally our team scored a bunch of runs off of a massive hit.

There were still a couple of innings to go, but I realized it would be really dumb to hang about until the game was over - then thousands of fans would descend on the station. Also, it looked like our team had a big lead, and I was hungry. So I went home.