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catlover79
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A's fans were still able to make their fury at the Astros known when the teams played in Oakland last night. They may not be physically allowed in the stadium, so they did the next best thing:

xaxat
xaxat

I read that Houck said he was "bummed" that he would missing a start. Hmmm, if only there was something he could have done to make sure he could play in every park. 

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mojoween

mojoween

I'm watching the Jackie Robinson special on PBS and it infuriates me and makes me so sad. They also use the n-word a lot which hurts ME, a suburban white girl. I cannot even pretend to put myself in Jackie and Rachel's shoes. It's disheartening, to hear people speak to other people in that way and treat people like they aren't people. I don't understand it at all.

One positive thing is that Ebbets Field looked like a nice little gem of a park.

tom87

tom87

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Another day another offensive Curt Schilling post.   I do not understand why ESPN keeps him  there are dozens of ex-ball players who can handle the job as well or better then him. 

 

ESPN's Curt Schilling shares anti-transgender meme on Facebook -http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb-news/4702583-curt-schilling-transgender-facebook-meme-espn

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xaxat, DiDi is just probably my favorite NYY right now. I tweeted him when he first came to NY to tell him to be himself and not try to be like Jeter because we all just want him to succeed. He answered very quickly and nicely. He and Starlin are really gelling.

 

Ms Blue Jay, Starlin is Dominican and as I myself am half Dominican I can tell you that they tend to give their kids the oddest names. And Starlin is one of the least unusual sounding ones. And that's only because it's easy to pronounce. Many are hard to spell let alone read. My dad's reaction to these names is always "sera Dominicano? or
"Do you think he's Dominican?"

 

yeah, I like his name,too. 


xaxat, DiDi is just probably my favorite NYY right now. I tweeted him when he first came to NY to tell him to be himself and not try to be like Jeter because we all just want him to succeed. He answered very quickly and nicely. He and Starlin are really gelling.

 

Ms Blue Jay, Starlin is Dominican and as I myself am half Dominican I can tell you that they tend to give their kids the oddest names. And Starlin is one of the least unusual sounding ones. And that's only because it's easy to pronounce. Many are hard to spell let alone read. My dad's reaction to these names is always "sera Dominicano? or
"Do you think he's Dominican?"

 

yeah, I like his name,too. 

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Ms Blue Jay

Ms Blue Jay

xaxat, DiDi is just probably my favorite NYY right now. I tweeted him when he first came to NY to tell him to be himself and not try to be like Jeter because we all just want him to succeed. He answered very quickly and nicely. He and Starlin are really gelling.

 

Ms Blue Jay, Starlin is Dominican and as I myself am half Dominican I can tell you that they tend to give their kids the oddest names. And Starlin is one of the least unusual sounding ones. And that's only because it's easy to pronounce. Many are hard to spell let alone read. My dad's reaction to these names is always "sera Dominicano? or

"Do you think he's Dominican?"

 

yeah, I like his name,too. 

 

I'm proud that in 2013, the Toronto Blue Jays had the most players from the Dominican Republic at the time, I think we had 6 or 7 players!  We have totally different ownership now, and a lot of us in Toronto are worried about what changes that might bring to the makeup of the team.

prican58

prican58

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There's also Starling Marte of the Pirates, who I believe is Dominican as well.

 

smittykins, I looked up both Marte and Castro on wiki and thought that if they were born in the same town that perhaps their moms were friends and Castro's mom liked Marte's name so much she just altered it so as not to confuse. But no, they were from different parts of the country so there goes that theory. (shrug) It's an absurd idea but I thought it worth the effort.

 

Ms Blue Jay, I'm 57 so I recall back in the 60's/70's that there were a handful of Dominicans in the league like the 3 Alou brothers and Rico Carty and then there was the 80's where there was George Bell, Tony Fernandez, Alfredo Griffin, Mariano Duncan, Julio Franco and others. But I have never seen it like this and I am sure it is due to the ubiquitous presence of MLB baseball academies.

 

It's great to see because it is a legitimate shot at getting their families out of poverty which has always been rampant.  

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Ms Blue Jay

Ms Blue Jay, I'm 57 so I recall back in the 60's/70's that there were a handful of Dominicans in the league like the 3 Alou brothers and Rico Carty and then there was the 80's where there was George Bell, Tony Fernandez, Alfredo Griffin, Mariano Duncan, Julio Franco and others. But I have never seen it like this and I am sure it is due to the ubiquitous presence of MLB baseball academies.

 

It's great to see because it is a legitimate shot at getting their families out of poverty which has always been rampant.  

 

It's also great that in Toronto (and our entire country cheers on the team!) the Dominican players are 2 of the known superstars -- Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion.  Now, if these 2 leave my team I would be utterly devastated, which might very well happen in 2017.  I don't even know how I would enjoy baseball at that point.  

jennifer6973

jennifer6973

Sad news. He was a good pitcher but if I recall he was practically a pheenom when he came up but didn't really reach those heights. But he had a good career as a pretty good pitcher. Didn't his wife go missing many years ago? Was she ever found?

 

Per what I heard on High Heat on MLB Network, she wasn't found until five years later after a car crashed into a lake.

 

 

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Things you learn while watching a Marlins broadcast do a Cuba special is that Eric Hosmer of the Royals is part Cuban.

Rick Kitchen

Rick Kitchen

Sad news. He was a good pitcher but if I recall he was practically a pheenom when he came up but didn't really reach those heights. But he had a good career as a pretty good pitcher. Didn't his wife go missing many years ago? Was she ever found?

 

According to Wikipedia, her body was found inside her car several years later, she had apparently driven into a pond or something and drowned.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milt_Pappas#Wife.27s_disappearance

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