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Was at the Mariners game last night - to watch them clinch the Division; as well as Cal Raleigh hit not just his 59th, but also 60th, home run of the season, along with all sorts of other records.
Was rather fun... never been to a World Series?... THIS is our year... Seize the Moment, Tridents Up, "Might as well go win the whole fucking thing", and all of that.
Pretty gutted I had a rather high-profile meeting relatively early this morning - town was going off. But I was sensible, and was home in bed by 1am. -
Nice. I've always had a soft spot for the Mariners, and used to like watching them with Junior, Randy Johnson and Edgar MartÃnez. My only live MLB game was Seattle@Toronto so I got to see Ichiro Suzuki. The Blues Jays being the team I first followed from the early 1990s.
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@Bovidae I was with a pretty die-hard Mariners fan - pretty fun to watch her enthusiasm, along with the crowd's, but also - her absolute disdain for the "fair-weather-fans".
MANY Ichuro shirts around the stadium.
The "M.V.P." chants around the stadium whenever the Big Dumper even appeared on camera, let alone hitting HRs... fucking amazing.
I'm definitely on the band-wagon...
I really need to go see a match somewhere else to see if it's anything like the atmosphere that Seattle puts on. It's fucking ridiculous. It takes the complaints about music being played at rugby games above and beyond and beyond multiplied by bajillions until the point of.... okay, maybe... just fucking live with this.
"Foul ball dance party" - what the actual fuck - even my local guide was "yeah... don't know about that, just deal with it..." -
Been following the Raleigh run.
Up there with Ruth and Maris now, very very cool.Saw an interview with him mid-season.
One thing I found really interesting.
He was asked about calling strikes, and bust ups with umpires.
But he said most catchers actually carry on a quiet conversation with the umpire thruout the game.
Sort of comparing notes.
Some times the umpire will quietly ask him if he got a call correct.I think the electronic system coming in next season will help the HR hitters.
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@Kruse watched the replay. Atmosphere was of the charts when he hit the 60th. And it was on a low pitch.
The bells are still ringing for Judge but give it to big Cal.
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@ACT-Crusader said in MLB thread:
Atmosphere was of the charts when he hit the 60th
Yes... yes it was. And infectious - I was (nearly) as pumped as the rest of them.
When it was going to obviously be a blow-out - girl I was with predicted the stadium would start emptying out during the 7th innings. I think it was Raleigh who kept the entire 44,000 there until the very end.
Most of them just hoping he'd drop another F-bomb in post-match interview... which he duly did. Crowd reaction to that was possibly bigger than the 60th HR.
