It's SPRING!!!

[MIButterfly]

I don’t care what the calendar says; I don't care what the weatherman says; I don't care what the temperature outside is, when there's baseball, it's spring! And starting today, there's baseball.

And do I really have to say this? GO CUBS!!!!!

P.S. This is my first original post. Please let me know if it's not in the right forum. TIA.

[MontanaMama]

1. Just got my MLB subscription email

this morning! Go Cubs indeed! I’m not 100% on board with the Justin Turner acquisition however. Oh well.

[GreenWave]

2. It is the right forum and I will be kind to you.

As your Cubbies were for trading Lou Brock and how classy you guys were when Darryl Kyle and Stan the Man passed. That said I spent some time in Chicago and found everybody to be delightful.

Funny story several years ago I was wearing my St. Louis Blues jersey and this guy was wearing his Chicago Cubs jersey. We both laughed a little at each other. We agreed to root for the Cubs to win the Series for the first time in over a century and the Blues to hoist the Stanley Cup for the first time ever. (2016 and 2019!)

[brush]

3. Baseball is back and the Yankees lost Juan Soto to the Mets.

Soto said he was upset that Aaron Judge, who always fails to deliver in the postseason, came out as a trump supporter.

Bad move in Soto's eyes. Mine too btw.

[DeeDeeNY]

13. Thankfully the Aaron Judge story was false

Retired Yankees Paul O'Neill and Mariano Rivera are Trump supporters. But neither Judge nor Volpe nor anyone else on the present Yankees showed any support for Trump.

[brush]

14. That's not what Soto said. But Judge does come up short in the post season so...

that fact makes me think Soto said it.

[Diamond_Dog]

4. Go Guardians!!

[MIButterfly]

5. Go Guardians indeed.

I hold no ill will toward the Guardians. That was the best World Series of my lifetime. When they were down 5-0 in game seven, they didn't give up, they clawed their way back and made it an exciting game.

If the Cubs or Tigers (my second favorite team) don't make it, I hope the Guardians do.

Back in the day, tickets were very hard to get at Wrigley Field. The first day they went on sale, I would take the day off work and sit at the computer (dial-up! LOL!) from 11:00 a.m. until sometimes after midnight, getting frequently kicked offline and then watching every game I wanted get sold out. So my mother and I started going to other cities to see the Cubs. There were Cubs fans everywhere we went. The friendliest people and the warmest reception we ever got was in Cleveland!

[Diamond_Dog]

7. Oh, the days of dial-up!

I am happy to hear you got such a good reception from the people in Cleveland!

[Auggie]

9. MLB is airing the Guardians/Mariners game Feb 22 at 3:05 ET

Watch free at https://www.mlb.com

[Diamond_Dog]

10. TY Auggie got it marked on the calendar.

The schedule I have says Reds. Playing Tito’s team at Goodyear …. will be strange to watch.

[Auggie]

11. I had it wrong. Thanks for correcting.

[Diamond_Dog]

12. You're welcome!

⚾️⚾️⚾️

[Brother Buzz]

6. Here's a list of pirated links to the MLB TV feed for the ethically challenge baseball enthusiasts

Most are junk links with insipid popups, but there are three solid ones (Streameast and Volokit are generally dependable after you close the requisite popups).

https://v2.sportsurge.net/watch-42337-chicago-cubs-los-angeles-dodgers-8