paweather Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 12:47 PM, TimB84 said: Them, and St. Louis. Still trying to figure out what to make of them, winning 17 straight and getting rewarded with an away wild-card game against a 100 win team. Expand Agreed, Away Wild Card after 17 game win streak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 12:46 PM, Itstrainingtime said: Couldn't have said it better myself. Except for the me getting excited part. I don't. Expand Understood but it is also nice to see those maps from Blizz light up our mornings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 12:49 PM, paweather said: Agreed, Away Wild Card after 17 game win streak. Expand The crazier part is that the team with the second best record in baseball could be one and done. Not that I know what that’s like or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 12:47 PM, TimB84 said: Them, and St. Louis. Still trying to figure out what to make of them, winning 17 straight and getting rewarded with an away wild-card game against a 100 win team. Expand Anything can happen in one game. Anything. Hard to bet against St. Louie with what they're doing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 12:50 PM, paweather said: Understood but it is also nice to see those maps from Blizz light up our mornings. Expand Yes. That's why I totally respect the situation. Just because it does nothing for me, it's not about me. I acknowledge that most on here love to see them, so they absolutely should get posted. Why not post things that people want? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 12:52 PM, Itstrainingtime said: Yes. That's why I totally respect the situation. Just because it does nothing for me, it's not about me. I acknowledge that most on here love to see them, so they absolutely should get posted. Why not post things that people want? Expand Exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 12:51 PM, TimB84 said: The crazier part is that the team with the second best record in baseball could be one and done. Not that I know what that’s like or anything. Expand Yep could be one and done for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 12:54 PM, paweather said: Yep could be one and done for sure. Expand Like the 2015 Pirates. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 12:56 PM, TimB84 said: Like the 2015 Pirates. Expand IMO the wildcard should be the best of 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 1:09 PM, paweather said: IMO the wildcard should be the best of 3. Expand Would have been nice, you go up against a lights out pitcher and it’s over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 1:09 PM, TimB84 said: Would have been nice, you go up against a lights out pitcher and it’s over. Expand Yep for sure. I think best of 3 would solve some of that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 1:10 PM, paweather said: Yep for sure. I think best of 3 would solve some of that. Expand Yeah, but it’s ancient history. I’m convinced that 2015 wild card game where Jake Arrieta shut us out is the last Pirates playoff game I’ll ever see. So any changes to playoff structure mean nothing to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 1:32 PM, TimB84 said: Yeah, but it’s ancient history. I’m convinced that 2015 wild card game where Jake Arrieta shut us out is the last Pirates playoff game I’ll ever see. So any changes to playoff structure mean nothing to me. Expand Arrieta can't even throw a ball anymore, sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 1:36 PM, paweather said: Arrieta can't even throw a ball anymore, sad. Expand The Cutch of pitchers. Had a few seasons where he was one of the best in the game then fell off a cliff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbler86 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 The HIA has two chances to get into the 40's coming up. Maybe some Allegiant planes cancel and they make it under 50. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 1:37 PM, TimB84 said: The Cutch of pitchers. Had a few seasons where he was one of the best in the game then fell off a cliff. Expand Yep completely fell off the cliff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Jake was our big hope for years until we finally gave up on him. I don't think he ever won more than 6-7 games in a season in Birdland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 1:37 PM, Bubbler86 said: The HIA has two chances to get into the 40's coming up. Maybe some Allegiant planes cancel and they make it under 50. Expand Can you say 51 tonight? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 1:40 PM, Itstrainingtime said: Jake was our big hope for years until we finally gave up on him. I don't think he ever won more than 6-7 games in a season in Birdland. Expand The Phillies could use the old version of Jake for sure, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 1:37 PM, Bubbler86 said: The HIA has two chances to get into the 40's coming up. Maybe some Allegiant planes cancel and they make it under 50. Expand Allegiant and Frontier terrible airlines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasnownut Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 12:42 PM, Itstrainingtime said: Hmm...can't say I haven't sung that tune before. Not sure if you were in here yet last winter...I'm not the super biggest fan of snow maps. HOWEVER...a lot in here are and I respect that. Expand They are just for fun and most know that. Do they give false hope....yes and no. They are sort of like baseball talk in a weather forum.....something to do while we wait for the weather we enjoy....baseball talk does nothing for me, but for those that enjoy, it passes the time. At least they are related to what the forum is here for. In defense of snow maps, I think those of us that "use" them, do it more from a probablity perspective, and when NAM is spitting out crazy colors, we usually dont buy in to anything more than the fact that the likelyhood of something happening is increasingly likely. Thats how I use them anyway. Now back to baseball............. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 1:46 PM, pasnownut said: They are just for fun and most know that. Do they give false hope....yes and no. They are sort of like baseball talk in a weather forum.....something to do while we wait for the weather we enjoy....baseball talk does nothing for me, but for those that enjoy, it passes the time. At least they are related to what the forum is here for. In defense of snow maps, I think those of us that "use" them, do it more from a probablity perspective, and when NAM is spitting out crazy colors, we usually dont buy in to anything more than the fact that the likelyhood of something happening is increasingly likely. Thats how I use them anyway. Now back to baseball............. Expand Come on you have to like the baseball talk and the Phillies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbler86 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 1:40 PM, Itstrainingtime said: Can you say 51 tonight? LOL Expand The on call met has to go out and blow warm air on the device. Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 57 and sunny @ 10:11am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 The Red Sox are fine. They're gonna go on a roll and win the WS! (OK, no, they suck but a boy can dream) I am sitting in my home office with the windows open and ceiling fan on and it's dare I say chilly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 2:14 PM, canderson said: The Red Sox are fine. They're gonna go on a roll and win the WS! (OK, no, they suck but a boy can dream) I am sitting in my home office with the windows open and ceiling fan on and it's dare I say chilly. Expand The Phillies are going to _________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 2:17 PM, paweather said: The Phillies are going to _________________ Expand ..... head on vacation starting about 7 pm Sunday. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 1:58 PM, Bubbler86 said: The on call met has to go out and blow warm air on the device. Lol Expand It all comes down the current river temperature. I say that in somewhat jest...almost my entire drive to work is within a few hundred feet of the river. On clear, calm mornings from this time of year through early spring, it's a good 2-4 degrees warmer along the river than at home. With fresh snow cover it can be as much as a 10 degree difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 2:43 PM, canderson said: ..... head on vacation starting about 7 pm Sunday. Expand You better start beating 51 win teams or you'll be joining the Phillies on the links Monday AM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbler86 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 2:44 PM, Itstrainingtime said: It all comes down the current river temperature. I say that in somewhat jest...almost my entire drive to work is within a few hundred feet of the river. On clear, calm mornings from this time of year through early spring, it's a good 2-4 degrees warmer along the river than at home. With fresh snow cover it can be as much as a 10 degree difference. Expand And that makes sense of course. Have the areas official temp readings beside a Sauna and at the end of the runway where the jets blow on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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