Comments on: “And down the stretch they come!” – Games of Thursday 9/1/2011

By: Voice Over

Voice Over — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:43:59 +0000

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By: John Autin

John Autin — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 06:46:41 +0000

@40, Chief -- I stand corrected re: "parsecs" in Star Wars. Thanks for jogging my memory.

The Star Trek goof I was thinking of was misusing the term "light year" as a unit of time:
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Talk:Elaan_of_Troyius_(episode)#misuse_of_the_term_light-year

By: The Chief (tm)

The Chief (tm) — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:20:33 +0000

@17 Travis -- VERY interesting...among other things, DH/no DH, should that matter that much? Onto the non-baseball related items: @14 Aweb -- "Return of Whatever" better than the original? C'mon. Mere filler, as was the last one in the series (NOTE: the most recent three? four? five? were cartoons, not "Star Wars" movies). @18 Stan -- in the first Star Wars movie (meaning, ahem, "Star Wars", as it was called at the time), I believe Han Solo brags that the Millennium Falcon "[is] the ship that made the Kessel run in 12 parsecs".

By: Johnny Twisto

Johnny Twisto — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:07:40 +0000

Glad you mentioned El Duque being the 3rd pitcher older than Batista in his Mets debut. The broadcast team mentioned only Spahn and Hershiser, if I recall correctly. They must have been relying on the age he circulated when he arrived from Cuba. B-R shows his correct age, which is 4 years older than that. I don't think MLB** ever acknowledged the older age. ** I don't even know who would be responsible for the "official" acceptance of a different birth date. Elias? Team media guides?

By: Brett

Brett — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:45:19 +0000

How about Lucas Harrell. What's odd about this pitching line?

5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO, 102 pitches (59 strikes).

Don't think we'll see him in the 6th, although Brad Mills has surprised me many times before.

By: John Autin

John Autin — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:45:40 +0000

On the subject of radio & TV men ... Mets fans, what do you think of Wayne Hagin? I'm sorry to say, I can't stand his voice. I have hardly even formed an opinion of his general ability, because I just can't keep the radio on for more than a few minutes when he's doing the call. I can't say exactly what it is about his voice that I can't tolerate. Is it his accent? It's true that he doesn't sound right for New York, but on the other hand, I'm not even from New York, and I've lived all over the country and gotten used to all kinds of accents. Is it just me?

By: John Autin

John Autin — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:40:17 +0000

@21, Birtelcom (2nd point) -- Glad you mentioned El Duque being the 3rd pitcher older than Batista in his Mets debut. The broadcast team mentioned only Spahn and Hershiser, if I recall correctly.

By: John Autin

John Autin — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:34:46 +0000

@18, Stan -- Wasn't it a Star Trek episode (original series) that used "parsec" as a unit of time? I don't remember that happening in any of the first S.W. trilogy ... and of course I don't remember anything at all about the second set. :)

By: Cameron

Cameron — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:24:47 +0000

@ 32
You'll have to watch yankeeography too, and that might well kill you.

By: Johnny Twisto

Johnny Twisto — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:22:30 +0000

If watching the Yankee broadcasts aren't your cup of tea, then one can turn down the sound and turn up the radio to the smooth pipes of Sterling and Waldman. Sterling always gives credit to the other team, and Waldman, well he's great too. This sounds very tempting! You wouldn't lead me astray now, would you?