Long Ball Lounge

by EnglishMariner on Apr 30, 2007 3:11 PM PDT

Has anyone here tried the LBL? It is being advertised for $50 a ticket for the 15th May Angels game and I wanted to know whether it was worth while going for it.

300 character factoid - my baseball team won 34-3 on Sunday in a mercy-rule shortened 5 inning game. I went 3-5 with a walk, 3 R, 4 SB, 1 RBI and 1 K.

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Holy crap! 34-3??!!

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 30, 2007 3:25 PM PDT reply actions

Is this actual BASE ball,

or is it slow pitch softball or something? I'm guessing it has to be baseball, since you had 4 SB's....

"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on Apr 30, 2007 3:28 PM PDT reply actions

There are some lop-sided results from time to time. Our team had an ex-Chinese professional playing for us. He hit his first pitch of the season over centre field for a HR. He hadn't even taken BP beforehand and hadn't trained at all since last year. The rest of the team is pretty good, and the team we played were pretty demoralised after conceeding 12 in the first inning.

by EnglishMariner on Apr 30, 2007 3:34 PM PDT reply actions

If you guys want to check out my team...

Our website is below. I am in the picture, fourth from right on bottom row, hand on [my] right knee. Check out our league standing for proof of the massacre. ;)

http://www.baseballsoftballuk.com/show_team.php?team_id=32

by EnglishMariner on Apr 30, 2007 3:38 PM PDT reply actions

Awesome.

51 runs scored in 2 games.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 30, 2007 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Roids!

http://www.manchesterbaseballclub.co.uk/images/2007/mbcsquad2007.jpg

Check out the guy on the far left.

by Garces on Apr 30, 2007 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Very cool!

Thank goodness for the mercy rule!

"Dammit monster, I ain't givin you no treefiddy!"

by Thingray on Apr 30, 2007 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Two names that stuck out

50 Gareth Brierley
24 Jack Chiang
- Ben Davis
10 Ronan Dunne
11 Paul Fagan

You have to wonder about the former, and High Desert has to wonder about the latter....

by Gomez on Apr 30, 2007 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions

34-3

and you only got one RBI? Dude.

Kidding, I'm just glad you can find a team to play for. finally, a team from Manchester that I don't have to loathe....hahaha

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 30, 2007 3:49 PM PDT reply actions

You play for the A's?

TRAITOR!

No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 30, 2007 3:58 PM PDT reply actions

Hey, think of it this way:

it is a league entirely devoid of Angels.

Not bad.

by marc w on Apr 30, 2007 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions

True.

I played for the Orioles once in Little League.

No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on Apr 30, 2007 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Heh.

I was on the Lil' Dodgers.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 30, 2007 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions

I played on the Royals

one year. That was marginally better then than now, but still...

by marc w on Apr 30, 2007 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Cool!

Congrats on the big win.
I had no idea the UK league was so well organized. Sure, it looks like there are issues with talent being dispersed...unevenly, but hey, organized baseball.
I'll definitely look into this next time I'm over there.
Is there a central organization that buys equipment, or is it done on an ad hoc basis, like with you coming over and buying a bunch of gear?

by marc w on Apr 30, 2007 4:00 PM PDT reply actions

Long Ball Lounge

I have not sat there, but the view from that part of the stadium is not great, relatively speaking, and removed from the action. You can sit closer to the field in the level below for $25. Unless you think you will eat more than $25 in food (for a point of reference, hot dogs are about $5), it does not look like a very good deal.

by G_ on Apr 30, 2007 4:26 PM PDT reply actions