Bob Willis Trophy final over, game was a draw. Under the rules of the competition providing both 1st Innings are completed, the team with the most runs are the winner, we had 336-8 against 301 all out. So we are the holders.
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Bob Willis Trophy final over, game was a draw. Under the rules of the competition providing both 1st Innings are completed, the team with the most runs are the winner, we had 336-8 against 301 all out. So we are the holders.
And now, it is time for the 2021 telling of the Annual Jack Bogut Memorial Joke:
There will be bottled beer sold at PNC Park this year.
"Why?"
Because... the Pirates DIDN'T Lose The Opener!
RTJR!!!!
Rockies beat the Dodgers yesterday.
That was cool. Night game today.
https://youtu.be/SzjOK1nZPoE
First day of the Championship season and I was watching on line. I am glad there was a lockdown due to the chilly weather. Our favourite radio commentator was on most of the day. In the ground sitting 15 rows in front of the commentary box you can still hear him. I said could he speak up as the people living in the apartments at the other end of the ground could not quite catch everything.
He is someone who is a former player who did not do that much. However he has made a career out of coaching and boy does he tell everyone. Also whilst the other commentators take breaks during the day, you cannot get the microphone off him.
My favourite commentator was on again today. He was telling everyone his life story and after lunch on the 3rd day he had only got as far as making his Championship debut. Before that it was his time as a Lords young cricketer and doing the rounds of training camps and practice squads before he got his break.
The Championship winning team used to get invited to Buckingham Palace, so we also got an anecdote about meeting the Duke of Edinburgh.
The USA have a Cricket team. They have just drawn a T20 series with Ireland 1-1. There are One Day International games on Sunday and Tuesday. Check your local listings or make your way to Port Lauderdale Florida.
Breaking news the game on Sunday has been cancelled due to Covid tests amongst the offiicals and the time it takes to send out replacements.
Cancel your ticket to Florida.
I was away with 200 or so people at a place camping. As part of the activities I played in, not Baseball or Softball but Rounders. As explained by the Lady who was organising and Umpiring there are differences in the rules. For example there is no Foul ball line although you can only run to 1st base.
I said that in a future game, which was cancelled due to the weather, I would demand to be team Captain. If I had been Captain. I would have fielded at Short stop not Catcher. Changed the Pitcher as the one pitching was not striking anyone out. Made it clear that the Outfielders must call for a catch rather than let it land in no mans land. Tell the fielder at 1st base to stand to the right of the base to stop my throw from Catcher hitting the batter in the back.
The season has started with a victory at Lords. The highlight was another commmentator describing how he knocked my favourite commentator's cheese board selection on the floor in the restaurant on the evening of the 1st day.
Oooo ... that's a major faux pas.Quote:
Originally Posted by G1TWS
Top of the third inning. 2 outs.
Rockies just pulled their starting pitcher.
Score: Rockies 0. Pirates 9. With a man on and still batting.
i must be dreaming.
Just keep in mind that the Rockies are 5-11 so far this season.
They could be worse, though: The A’s are 3-13. That’s .188 — well below the Mendoza Line.
Top of the 5th. 1 on. 2 outs. 13 - 1.
nah. Must be dreaming.
RAISE THE JOLLY ROGER!!!!
I don’t care if I’m dreaming or not. 7 straight wins, 6 of which are quality starts (6 or more innings) by the starting pitchers. 2 consecutive series sweeps. Percentage points out of 1st place in the division. And with one of their best pitchers out for Tommy Johns surgery, their breakout rookie shortstop out 4 moths with a broken ankle, and one of their best hitters going on the bereavement list prior to today’s game.
I don't believe it. I had to root for the Red Sux this afternoon. A born and bred Yankee fan, to boot.
And much to my shock and utter amazement, the RS came back from a 4-5 deficit to take an 8-5 lead in the top of the 8th. And as I had the iPad to The Boss to show her, she yells out "TWELVE RUNS?" Yeah. What do you know. The RS came through.
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I visited a place yesterday where various sports were being played, although attention in the morning was on the Womens World Cup final. In the afternoon, we had a game of Kwik Cricket. I batted and scored 50 not out and although I did not take any wickets, three or four catches were dropped off my bowling. My 50 contained 10 4's and I found gaps in the field or a fielder who was moving as fast as a statue. I did not try and hit every ball into orbit.
Afterwards I told all the spectators sitting by the outdoor bar all about it. A guaranteed captive audience.
One of the small boys playing, who were the best players. Asked his father who was the Umpire if I could be taken off bowling as my standard was a bit higher and he could do what he wanted to with every ball.
I attended a four day game and there was what you find in every arena, a loudmouth knowall fan. I said if he had been at my game, I would have gone over and offered him the ball to see if you can bowl better or at all.
The Cricket season has started again and the former player who is mouth all mighty was commentating.
They had a guest who was a former England player and it so happened they played together in a sides, minor league team years ago. Another ex England player was on and it turned out he was the player that he replaced as a substitute fielder in a test match.
He is the same as an entertainer who has a mine of boring anecdotes. Unfortunately they are all true.
One week in to the MLB season, the Pirates have a record of 8 - 2, including 3 extra inning wins. One of which we got to see in PNC Park yesterday.
With today’s win (RTJR!!) they took 2 out or 3 from the Orioles, who won the AL East last season.
Will it last? Well, this IS The Pirates, so...
But in the meantime, LGB!,
My side won their first match by 257 runs. Their opponents collapsed in their 2nd innings. A player took a Hat Trick and in another game a score of 335 Not Out broke the record of the highest score at Lords.
Home game on Friday and the roll call of who has survived the Winter.
Nobody in the United States cares about cricket, which is as it should be.
If no one cares why are they starting a Pro league.
Of course no American will be playing or watching.
Just because "they" start a Pro League, an any sport, doesn't mean that it will last. Market research only goes so far...Quote:
Originally Posted by G1TWS
Remember, the USFL was kinda successful, until one of the team owners pushed the others to (a) move from the Spring to the Fall and go head-to-head with the NFL, and (b) sue the NFL over rights for stadium usage (rental). Which they "won", but a very pyrrhic victory, as I believe the damages awarded were exactly... $1. (Yes, they were awarded triple damages, so the actual payment was $3).
Trust me — only British and (mostly) Indian expats will be involved in this “pro league” .Quote:
Originally Posted by G1TWS
Honestly, my comment was aimed squarely at you trying to hijack my thread about baseball. Yeah, I know, nobody but Americans (North and Central), Dominicans, Japanese, Cubans and the oddball Canadian care about baseball but this site is based in the United States and the majority of its regular users are Americans.
If you want to talk about cricket, the most interminable and incomprehensible game ever devised by man, by all means start your own thread.
It wasn't the owner of the NY/NJ Generals , was it??Quote:
Originally Posted by W3WN
Just looked into it. Yeah it was that moron. he screws up everything he touches....Quote:
Originally Posted by kb2crk
Yup.Quote:
Originally Posted by kb2crk
He wanted to own an NFL team in the worst way. And almost did.Quote:
Originally Posted by kb2crk
Just thought I'd mention this...
For the last few years, the appearances by the Pirates Grounds Crew between innings (to clean up the basepaths) was sponsored by FedEx Ground. Duh.
Not this year. New sponsor.
South Hills Irrigation & Turf.
Yes, it's a real company. Yes, I did a double-take the first time I saw that company name appear on the Jumbo-Jumbotron, for obvious reasons. But I do have to wonder how long it took them to come up with THAT company name?
Lol
OK, I hate to admit this, but I don’t get it.Quote:
Not this year. New sponsor.
South Hills Irrigation & Turf.
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Well, shit…Quote:
Originally Posted by WZ7U
hee hee
I would guess that turf is well fertilized.Quote:
Originally Posted by W3WN
Catcher becomes the first player in baseball history to play for two different teams in the same game:
https://www.scrippsnews.com/sports/m...-the-same-game