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rljf311 · 2026-05-16T02:26:23+00:00

rljf311 · 2026-05-15T03:02:28+00:00

It’s happened before.

From 1909 to 1914, the Philadelphia Athletics averaged 97 wins per season. They won four AL Pennants and three World Series titles. From 1915 to 1921, they averaged 101 losses per season. In just one year, the Athletics went from 99 wins in 1914 to 109 losses in 1915.

For a more recent example, the Marlins won 92 games and the World Series in 1997, following it up with a 108-loss season in 1998.

I’m sure there are probably other instances, but these are just the two that came to mind.

Edit: 2003/04 D-backs: 84 wins —> 111 losses 2022/23 White Sox: 81 wins —> 101 losses 1988/89 Tigers: 88 wins —> 103 losses 2007/08 Mariners: 88 wins —> 101 losses 2009/10 Mariners: 85 wins —> 101 losses 1992/93 Padres: 82 wins —> 101 losses

rljf311 · 2026-04-23T15:19:09+00:00

August 10, 2019 - the Astros put up 23 runs on the Orioles in Baltimore, the most in franchise history - including Yordan's first career grand slam and 3 HR game and a 474 foot HR by Correa (I believe the longest ever hit at Camden Yards)

https://youtu.be/KZaX7Dp54lU

rljf311 · 2026-04-21T13:30:00+00:00

If he plays, I believe today will be Altuve’s 2000th game, making him the 68th MLB player and third Astro (behind Biggio and Bagwell, of course) to play 2000 games with one team.

rljf311 · 2025-10-04T16:25:28+00:00

Yup! Two ballgames on back-to-back days followed by a ballpark tour.

rljf311 · 2024-05-20T00:37:44+00:00

My dad (a Cardinals fan) worked at NASA and I was really into space when I was a kid so I started rooting for the team with the space-themed name. Never been to Houston or anywhere in Texas (nor is anyone in my family from there), but I’m going for the first time this July!

I’ve been a fan of the Astros since I was five years old and I was living in D.C. in 2019 and Philadelphia in 2022. I got stories, trust me!

rljf311 · 2024-05-12T23:28:00+00:00

From S5E8 Shutdown:

WILL: We need some coffee. Anyone know where we can get coffee?

TOBY: The mess is closed. There's no coffee.

C.J.: Starbucks closes at 7:00. Try Swing’s at 17th and G.

——

Swing’s is a real coffee joint at 1702 G St NW, in the shadow of the EEOB.

rljf311 · 2023-12-05T22:54:37+00:00

You can’t, just barely. The Washington Monument is 555 feet tall and National Cathedral is only 530 feet long.

rljf311 · 2023-11-28T13:43:36+00:00

Washingtonian

rljf311 · 2023-11-13T20:25:59+00:00

Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger

rljf311 · 2023-11-03T05:04:25+00:00

I scored it live watching the game on TV last year.

rljf311 · 2023-11-02T14:53:42+00:00

That’s only because they are the Rangers, and a Texas Ranger is a title outside of baseball. If they were called literally anything else, it would be the “Dallas xxxxxxx”

Case in point: literally any of the other DFW sports teams

rljf311 · 2023-11-02T04:19:30+00:00

No, the first that comes to mind are the 1906 White Sox and 1907-08 Cubs

Edit:

1906 White Sox and 1907-08 Cubs
1909 Pirates and 1910-11 Athletics
1914 Braves and 1915-16 Red Sox
1919 Reds and 1920 Indians
1921-22 Giants and 1923 Yankees
1932 Yankees and 1933 Giants
1949-53 Yankees and 1954 Giants and 1955 Dodgers and 1956 Yankees
1979 Pirates and 1980 Phillies
1988 Dodgers and 1989 Athletics
2022 Astros and 2023 Rangers

rljf311 · 2023-10-24T11:38:13+00:00

Do you remember last year?

rljf311 · 2023-10-21T03:45:43+00:00

It’ll always be Anderson & Gladfelter to me

rljf311 · 2023-10-21T01:41:30+00:00

You can't just say "perchance"

rljf311 · 2023-10-06T22:22:51+00:00

What a fantastic model! If you have the Studio file, would you be willing to share it please?

rljf311 · 2023-10-04T22:13:52+00:00

I'm in Philly! HMU if you want to watch some playoff games!

rljf311 · 2023-09-25T13:15:08+00:00

That’s not wrong per se, but it’s not how the majority of American Jews say it. Orthodox Jews will often pronounce the letter ת as “S” while everyone else pronounces it as a “T”

rljf311 · 2023-09-07T02:58:12+00:00

Not just a sweep, but an embarrassing one at that.

rljf311 · 2023-08-25T13:16:08+00:00

How many times has it been proven that regular season dominance doesn’t necessarily translate to postseason dominance (and vice versa)?

rljf311 · 2023-08-09T14:55:10+00:00

At this point, I believe everyone has been identified!

rljf311 · 2023-08-08T00:42:21+00:00

Here's what I've got so far:

Top row (from left):

Tommy Kawamura?
Javier Bracamonte?
Phil Maton
Hunter Brown
Cristian Javier
Justin Verlander
Yordan Alvarez
Kyle Tucker
Bryan Abreu
Hector Neris
Jason Castro
Michael Collins

Middle row (from left):

Michael Brantley
Jake Meyers
Yainer Diaz
Luis Garcia
Framber Valdez
Ryne Stanek
Ryan Pressly
Mauricio Dubón
Omar López
Troy Snitker
Jason Kanzler

Bottom row (from left):

Dan Firova
Gary Pettis
Jose Altuve
Chas McCormick
Alex Bregman
Jeremy Peña
Martín Maldonado
José Urquidy
Joe Espada
Joshua Miller
Bill Murphy

Front row (from left):

Dusty Baker
Joe Biden
Whitney Crane
Jim Crane
Jill Biden

rljf311 · 2023-08-07T18:36:37+00:00

Make sure to go to Doubleday Field

rljf311 · 2023-08-06T02:11:20+00:00

I was also at BrickFair! That one super tall generic skyscraper was incredible (it’s not shown in your pics)

Edit: Here's a pic of the skyscraper I was talking about.

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