Around Baseball 2026

[Abomination]

Okay, the flag cloud was kind of cool.

[Brownie19]

30 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

Don't even see the game on Netflix lol WTF?

I don't either - this is bizarre. 

[BTS]

The giant digital red adobe ad behind home is making  everyone in front of it look like a hologram. The viewing experience of watching a game these days f***ing sucks 

[BTS]

Logan Webb is getting rocked 

[G-Snarls]

5-0;Yanks already 

[Jays24]

You guys realize that the game is on Netflix in the US right?  Its on Sportsnet 1 in Canada.  

[Jays24]

I thought MLB was outlawing the use of the strikezone box for all broadcasts?

[Abomination]

Jazz is an entertaining interview. I'm surprised they're allowed to do an extended discussion in the middle of the first game of the season though.

[Jays24]

6 minutes ago, Abomination said:

Jazz is an entertaining interview. I'm surprised they're allowed to do an extended discussion in the middle of the first game of the season though.

As someone who plays high level softball, which is like professional baseball, I hate interviewing during live play.  It feels stupid and cringe lol

[BTS]

Caballero lost the first ever ABS challenge 

[Abomination]

Just now, BTS said:

Caballero lost the first ever ABS challenge 

He challenged the clear strike and didn't challenge the clear ball.

[Spanky__99]

This broadcast is soooooo cringe... who had Logan Webb gettin' rocked on their bingo card.

[Spanky__99]

25 minutes ago, Jays24 said:

As someone who plays high level softball, which is like professional baseball, I hate interviewing during live play.  It feels stupid and cringe lol

Wat? LMAO

[BTS]

This has been a terrible ballgame and a terrible broadcast. Just terrible all around. MLB should be embarrassed. 

[Spanky__99]

Jazz thinks he's a 50/50 10 WAR player, dude's delusional.

[Spanky__99]

What's the O/U on interviews, f*** off already man?

[Jays24]

17 minutes ago, Spanky__99 said:

Wat? LMAO

Its a f***ing joke lol

[Spanky__99]

Golden Sombrero for Judge and their up by 7, hah.

 

[Jonn]

The Giants of all teams got this spotlight game. Absolute ass whooping.

[Laika]

Putting Luis Arraez at 2B behind Logan Webb is certainly... a decision 

[Spanky__99]

Although Webb got hit around his FIP was 1.49, so not awful anyway.

[Brownie19]

Bonds said tonight that Steinbrenner called and offered to make him the highest paid player in baseball when he hit free agency - but said he had sign by 2 pm (I forget what time he said it was, but it didn't give him much time).  Bonds said "excuse me" and hung up.  Later signed with SF.

I also found it wild that Adames was the first Giant to hit 30+ HRs since Bonds did in 2004.  That park is hard to hit bombs in.

[Stangstag]

2 hours ago, Laika said:

Putting Luis Arraez at 2B behind Logan Webb is certainly... a decision 

I kinda feel like this Vitello guy will be run out of town by the end of the season lol. So sick of all the bs ass-kissing I keep hearing about this dude.

[mphenhef]

11 hours ago, Abomination said:

Jazz is an entertaining interview. I'm surprised they're allowed to do an extended discussion in the middle of the first game of the season though.

Could you imagine how much of a snore it would have been had Judge agreed to do it instead?

[mphenhef]

11 hours ago, Spanky__99 said:

Jazz thinks he's a 50/50 10 WAR player, dude's delusional.

I liked his response to that though.  "Shoot for the stars and you can land on the moon."  I think there's a good mantra there to set high expectations for yourself and get as far as you can.

[Laika]

Someone explain to me why Bob Manfred thinks these single games are a good idea for opening day?

98% of fans with blue balls don't care that much about watching the Yankees or Dodgers plan some random team pulled out of a hat. 

Every team in baseball should play on the league's opening day. You can do a single isolated game at 1 PM ET if you want, and then everyone else later. This would be more in the spirit of baseball. 

And then some of these weird early off days. Several teams don't even play today. The Yankees and Giants are off today and then off again on Sunday. lmao, why?

[John_Havok]

Chourio to the IL with a hairline fracture in his hand.  

[mphenhef]

28 minutes ago, Laika said:

Someone explain to me why Bob Manfred thinks these single games are a good idea for opening day?

98% of fans with blue balls don't care that much about watching the Yankees or Dodgers plan some random team pulled out of a hat. 

Every team in baseball should play on the league's opening day. You can do a single isolated game at 1 PM ET if you want, and then everyone else later. This would be more in the spirit of baseball. 

And then some of these weird early off days. Several teams don't even play today. The Yankees and Giants are off today and then off again on Sunday. lmao, why?

Off days in the early season are often to allow opening day to be delayed and played the next day (since opening day is a big game and often a more expensive ticket).  So the Jays and Marlins have no risk of getting rained out so they don't have an off day baked in after opening day.  I'm not sure why the Braves don't start until Friday though..  

 

As a fan of baseball as a whole, I wholeheartedly agree that opening day should include ALL teams.

[Stangstag]

14 hours ago, Jays24 said:

As someone who plays high level softball, which is like professional baseball, I hate interviewing during live play.  It feels stupid and cringe lol

I mean… that comparison is kind of a stretch. Calling it “like professional baseball” doesn’t suddenly make in-game interviews some massive injustice—it just makes it sound like you’re taking yourself a bit too seriously.

Plenty of actual pros deal with that stuff, and yeah, it might be a little awkward, but they handle it because it’s part of the entertainment side of sports. Acting like it’s beneath you or “cringe” just comes off more like complaining than anything else. At the end of the day, it’s a quick question, not some impossible distraction that ruins the integrity of the game.

If anything, it just highlights who can stay composed and who gets thrown off by something minor. So if a short interview mid-play is enough to break focus, that might say more about the player than the situation.

I get not loving it, but acting like it’s some ridiculous concept is a bit much.

[Stangstag]

2 hours ago, mphenhef said:

Could you imagine how much of a snore it would have been had Judge agreed to do it instead?

The season is a BATTLE, just gotta keep FIGHTING. Keep the ENEMY in FRONT and just keeping plucking away. Baseball is one of the HARDEST jobs on the planet, but im here DOING it for the FANS. God bless AMERICA

There gave you a summary of what he would've said lol