The new rules are great, the pace is crisp and saving ~25 minutes per game is huge. Gives us more time to watch other baseball games lol.

Jays are going to be a playoff team again, more of a lunchpail team this year. Looking forward to watching our upgraded defense, it will make us a better team. We have a plus defender at nearly every position, Cardinals style.

You could always just use sportsurge.

Baseball fans would love to pay for a proper streaming package without blackouts, but until that is actually available (won't be much longer), sail the high seas!

Couldn't agree more. We have this issue in Houston. You have to have a specific streaming service or cable package to watch the Astros. MLB.tv is great if you aren't blacked out.

Excited for the season to get going today. The new rule changes have been great for the game IMO.

Oakland World Series champs this year! Calling it now!

Alex Menoah sucks

Doesn’t have it between the ears. Game is 90% mental.

Elly De la Cruz sure seems like the real deal. Perfect example of a 5 tool player

Has anyone checked out this new podcast show?

https://foulterritoryshow.com

My daughter BF is one of the broadcasters, and I think they are doing an amazing job.

I've been enjoying the current Braves/Mets series. The Braves coming back from a deficit in the first two keeps it interesting. I hope to get down to Truist Park for a game before the end of the season. I've seen the Tides (triple A for Orioles) win several this year. They are having a great season.

I was blacked out for tonight’s game and had to follow the play by play on Apple. 13-10 in 10 innings is epic offense on both sides!

First time the best team in baseball has given up 11 runs all season.

Elly. First cycle since 1989. Eric Davis was the last. Also number 44.

Attended the game with my Mom. Fucking great game.

Todays Braves/Reds was a crazy game too, cant wait to see what happens tomorrow.

Very similar teams that don’t quit. Pretty fun baseball to watch those two teams play.

Wow another nailbiter! That was one of the best series of the season so far.
Reds have a really good team this year.

Yeah I was hoping that Iglacias would blow a save yesterday or today like he did when he played for the Reds.

Had a blast watching though! Haven’t had this much fun watching Reds baseball since 1999.

Braves are damn near the most complete team in all of baseball now. After the break with 2 more great starters back they WILL be the most complete! Fish keep winning, but if Braves go to break 25 games over 500, NL East just fighting for a wildcard.

Looks like Adam Wainwright deactivated his Twitter this morning apparently due to people dogging on him for how he pitched in London on Saturday.

Enjoy! I am just a 56 yo lifetime Atlanta native, that after the first 25 years of my life, have had a great time with the Braves!

Although when I was a young lad I could go down to Atlanta/Fulton County Stadium, and have 20 in my pocket and park buy a nosebleed from a scalper and eat amongst 5000 other diehards! They routinely lost 100+ per year but I didn't care!

Shohei Ohtani. 27 homers, 63 rbi's and .298 ave. 6- 3 3.15 era. 122 k's. Guy is on pace for 50 hrs and 200 k's. Never seen anything like him.

Once in a generation talent!
I now know what people thought watching Ruth.

Been hurt this year so I haven’t golfed with my friend who's head of Dodger scouting. Last year he said it was generally accepted that Mike Trout was best of his generation. And thought Shohei is once in a lifetime. Only player he ever rated higher than Trout was Shohei. I'm pretty sure he said he rated him alot higher. I will be surprised if he doesn't end up a Dodger.

Big win for the Braves’ bats over the Twins tonight! I’m hoping to get down there to see them play the Yankees in August.

Shohei's nite after 7 innings. 3-3. 2 home runs. Struck out 10. Allowed 1 run in 6 2/3 innings. He hits balls that are down and away over 400 feet opposite field. Insane.

Watching the game and I agree!
Insane

I know this debate is brought up around Ohtani every year in regards to MVP, but I just don't understand how he isn't the runaway favorite every season. He's elite at the plate and on the mound. His WAR should be calculated differently and not looked individually by position. Truly a once in a lifetime player. His next contract is going to break every record by a mile. IMO he was the clear MVP last year over Judge, even though Judge was murdering the ball all year (except for the playoffs).

I’m definitely in the camp that MVP shouldn’t be based on team success, especially in baseball.

Hopefully pirates can win today!

Well, I have committed. I have tickets for the last two games of the series with the Yankees. Atlanta in August! (I lived in Buckhead while I was in art school, so I know what I'm in for. Temps are only a degree or two hotter than here, and maybe a little less humidity.) Thankfully, they are both night games.

The first game we have seats a little behind third base. Since we are driving down that day (8+ hours), I didn't want to splurge in case we had travel delays. The second game we went all in on club suite seats behind home plate.

I got to see the Braves sweep the Yankees this week. It was my first trip to Truist Park. It's a great facility.

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Looks like a blast, always nice to see the Yankees get beat. I saw the Braves at Turner Field and Fulton County Stadium, but havent yet been to Truist. Speaking of NY teams, as a long time Braves fan it sure is fun to watch the Mets completely self destruct after all the money they spent.

Third straight shutout last night.

And as of today the NY Mets take over sole possession of last place in the NL East!

As a life long Atlantan, and Braves fan, this team is arguably the best in my 57 years. Bullpen had the common rough patch, but that is over, and starting pitching is stable at worst! Batting lineup is stupid good....

Kind of MLB related.

My grandson Gordon won the Playball player of the month in July. There will be 12 kids chosen.

He wins an all expenses paid trip to one game of the world series. The fun part will be when the playoffs start and the speculation begins as to who will be in the series.

The whole family LOVES baseball!

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That is fabulous! Kudos to your loins Bryan....

That's awesome! Is he taking grandpa?

I wish. I told him he should take me instead of his dad because I'm the one with Twins season tickets that he gets to take advantage of.

He said no dice.

The Yankees are 69 - 69. Amazing....yet so terrible.

Let's go O's!

Let’s Go Cubs!!

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Took a good break from Pinside to focus on other stuff….figured there would be more discussion so glad I didn’t miss much. Been a weird season….some teams started off strong are collapsing and others are starting to peak. Stro’s have been up and down playing better on the road this season. They didn’t show up at home against the Yankees and are just destroying the Rangers right now. Don’t know what to make of that but it’s amazing what the Stro’s have done against the Rangers…back 2 back homers twice in the same game….I don’t think anyone can argue that Altuve is not a GREAT player. Don’t know if the Stro’s have the consistency to go deep in the playoffs this year but could easily see a rematch of Braves/Astros. Too early to call it as several teams are getting hot…Cubs, Phillies, Mariners, etc. October baseball is almost here.