2023 MLB Season Thread

[BeerGuyJordan]

15 hours ago, Dynasty said:

 

There's a temperature difference between the two cities?

 

For the bulk of the year it's usually in the 7 to 12 degree Farenheit difference range, if both have similar weather. Tucson is currently 10 degrees cooler.

 

You do see more monsoon activity in Tucson, and on those days the difference can get close to 20 sometimes. That's typically only about 3 months (July, Aug, Sep). 

 

It's primarily because Tucson is about 1,600 feet higher in elevation. 

Edited October 26, 2023 by BeerGuyJordan
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[OnWis97]

On 10/26/2023 at 10:06 AM, BeerGuyJordan said:

 

For the bulk of the year it's usually in the 7 to 12 degree Farenheit difference range, if both have similar weather. Tucson is currently 10 degrees cooler.

 

You do see more monsoon activity in Tucson, and on those days the difference can get close to 20 sometimes. That's typically only about 3 months (July, Aug, Sep). 

 

It's primarily because Tucson is about 1,600 feet higher in elevation. 

I recall when Wisconsin played at Arizona in football maybe 20 years ago they were in a flooding locker room waiting for a torrential downpour to end. I thought it was a huge anomaly.   I'm actually going to Tucson for the first time ever in early December. I'm counting on some nice weather.

But that 7-12 degree difference would not do it for me. I don't think I could spend time in either place in the summer.  During one of D-Back home games last week I was disappointed the roof was closed but then I found out it had hit 100 that day. It was October 20 or something. And it's not going to get better...(Of course where I live winter is like seven months...)

[BeerGuyJordan]

1 minute ago, OnWis97 said:

I recall when Wisconsin played at Arizona in football maybe 20 years ago they were in a flooding locker room waiting for a torrential downpour to end. I thought it was a huge anomaly.   I'm actually going to Tucson for the first time ever in early December. I'm counting on some nice weather.

But that 7-12 degree difference would not do it for me. I don't think I could spend time in either place in the summer.

Let's be clear, summers here suck too. Mid October to mid May are great, but June through August are brutal.

[Gary]

7 hours ago, BeerGuyJordan said:

Let's be clear, summers here suck too. Mid October to mid May are great, but June through August are brutal.

Mid October -May is probably the reason why we go through the 3-4 months of hell. No better weather than being in Phoenix/Tucson during this time

[McCall]

29 minutes ago, Gary said:

Mid October -May is probably the reason why we go through the 3-4 months of hell. No better weather than being in Phoenix/Tucson during this time

But not as exciting as Missouri! In January 2007, in Springfield we had ice storms that knocked out most of the power in the area for days. Exactly one year later we had tornadoes. Here in Southeast Missouri two years ago, Christmas was 72 degrees. Last Christmas it was 27.

[FiddySicks]

5 hours ago, Gary said:

Mid October -May is probably the reason why we go through the 3-4 months of hell. No better weather than being in Phoenix/Tucson during this time

I’ve spent the vast majority of my life living at like 7,000 feet above sea level so take this for what you will, but Phoenix is uncomfortably hot until like mid December. January-March actually has some legitimately cold nights which are made worse by the houses built to withstand extreme heat (I lived in Tempe Sunset, which is older and contributes to that, but still). Only time out there that’s legit nice is right around Spring Training. Anything after and it’s already in the 90s. 
 

I will say this, though. Sacramento summers were so much easier to handle after four years in Phoenix. Still hot, but nothing in comparison. 
 

EDIT: Man, I hope this goes 7. What a series already. 

[BeerGuyJordan]

Well 

[Cujo]

Saint Loser.

 

[Germanshepherd]

Adolís Garcia is the coolest man alive. I don’t know how a player gets THIS hot. 

[GDAWG]

9 minutes ago, Cujo said:

Saint Loser.

 

 

And the Korean Pitcher went back to South Korea after only two seasons.  

[McCall]

10 hours ago, Cujo said:

Saint Loser.

 

 

(Btw, they traded Zac Gallen AND Sandy Alcantara to the Marlins for Marcell Ozuna... and Randy Arozarena to the Rays)

[Alex Houston]

On 10/25/2023 at 7:37 PM, TrueYankee26 said:

The 2001 Yankees were also a team of destiny. How did that World Series end up?

 

True, but how often does the trend get bucked like that? I mean, I hope I'm wrong and Arizona can pull it off and they damn near did last night. But with how decisively Texas has played for good chunks of this postseason, I'm having a harder time believing they can botch this in some significant way. 

[FiddySicks]

Rangers won last night, but so far the D Backs look like the better team. Excited for Phoenix to finally get another World Series game, and more glad it’s not down 0-2. 

[Unocal]

1 hour ago, FiddySicks said:

Rangers won last night, but so far the D Backs look like the better team. Excited for Phoenix to finally get another World Series game, and more glad it’s not down 0-2. 

 

The better team doesn't always win.

[Gary]

34 minutes ago, Unocal said:

 

The better team doesn't always win.

Other than the 9th inning choke last night. The Diamondbacks have looked like the better team. Plus the run differential has been going their way. Let's hear what other excuses you have that the DBacks are the worst?

[McCall]

7 hours ago, Unocal said:

 

The better team doesn't always win.

[GDAWG]

The D'Backs are the better team, but the Rangers have had a ton of postseason success on the road, so we'll see if that continues on for them, or if the Rangers go 0-3 in franchise history at the World Series.  Someone who's been 0-fer at the World Series has to eventually win one right?

[Cujo]

We've all watched postseason baseball before. How many times have we heard "There's no way there's no way they're losing this series now!" and that team completely flame out and lose the series? (just see the Phillies last week) This Rangers doom and gloom after one bad loss when they're tied 1-1 the series is wildly exaggerated. Texas could dominate the next 3 games and I wouldn't be surprised.

[Gary]

I could honestly see this series going both ways. All hinges on game 3 pitching. Pfaadt has been damn near dominant this post season, and Scherzer hasn't been pitching well. But we don't know that the roles could be reversed. Plus Luvello has been limiting Pfaadt to 5 innings a game. So do we trust the Diamondbacks bullpen from inning 6 and on? 

[GDAWG]

1 hour ago, Cujo said:

We've all watched postseason baseball before. How many times have we heard "There's no way there's no way they're losing this series now!" and that team completely flame out and lose the series? (just see the Phillies last week) This Rangers doom and gloom after one bad loss when they're tied 1-1 the series is wildly exaggerated. Texas could dominate the next 3 games and I wouldn't be surprised.

 

If the Rangers are up 3-1 in the series, they need to close out the series this time.  The last thing the Rangers fanbase needs is a replay of the 2011 World Series in which the Rangers were one out away from winning the series but a costly error by Nelson Cruz allowed the Cardinals to not only come back to win the game (game 6 if I remember correctly) but win the series.  The Rangers fanbase doesn't need a repeat of that.  

 

BTW, I was shocked to see Cruz still playing in the MLB in 2023 for the Padres.