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IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

G-Fafif May 04 2020 11:50 PM

One inning in, no score between the Dinos and Lions. Piped-in noise compensating for total lack of fans and it's only kind of bizarre. Players in game are unmasked but other personnel take precautions. Aaron Altherr sighting.

LWFS May 04 2020 11:54 PM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

Hey, I'm not the only one! The Lions pitcher Baek has a Zito-y thing going on, between the wiffle-ball curve and the well-located junk besides.

G-Fafif May 04 2020 11:55 PM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

Synthetic crowd noise notwithstanding, every game in a fanless setting is gonna be the first inning of the opener of a twi-night makeup doubleheader between the Marlins and whoever plays the Marlins.

LWFS May 04 2020 11:56 PM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

No cheerleaders/cheer managers/mascots? If anything, you think they'd be even more essential... [puts on gravitas-loaded voiceover vox] in times like these. The Dinos' mascots break dance. IN THE SUITS.

G-Fafif May 05 2020 12:02 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

Contact-free swinging, brought to you by Domino's.

LWFS May 05 2020 12:02 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

It's a good thing it ain't brought to you by White Castle. I feel like these guys generally have a bit of trouble with the slider.

G-Fafif May 05 2020 12:07 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

Can't decide whether Eduardo Perez or Luis Rojas is having the intermediate if not last laugh.

LWFS May 05 2020 12:20 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

Considering how unexpectedly excited I found myself regarding the A-Rod/J-Lo rumors, I can't say for sure I wouldn't prefer the Hospital For Special Surgery Mets.

Edgy MD May 05 2020 06:02 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

I love everything about this thread.

MFS62 May 05 2020 06:03 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

=LWFS post_id=36389 time=1588658573 user_id=84] It's a good thing it ain't brought to you by White Castle. I feel like these guys generally have a bit of trouble with the slider.

BAM!

Will you be here all week?

(I already tipped my server)



Later

kcmets May 05 2020 07:04 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

Was this on ESPN2? Wasn't to be found yesterday or today in on screen channel guide.

kcmets May 05 2020 09:22 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

Nevermind, channel guide revised and ESPN2 it is and set to DVR.

Fman99 May 05 2020 09:39 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

I was up for work and naturally the game started 45 min late due to a rain delay. I watched a bit, though, and it's definitely baseball, shit-awful ESPN announcing notwithstanding. I'll be tuning in. Should we maybe decide as a group which KBO team deserves our short term Metly loyalty?

Fman99 May 05 2020 09:39 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

Ah never mind, just saw that other thread. You guys are sharp.

G-Fafif May 05 2020 01:48 PM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1257456309416452109?s=21

G-Fafif May 05 2020 10:45 PM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

Less than five hours to first pitch. What?

LWFS May 05 2020 10:48 PM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

GAAAAAAAAAAWdammit, I need to read better

G-Fafif May 06 2020 03:51 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

LG Twins cheerleaders masked, seeming vaguely pornographic. Also, with empty stadium, not technically leading anybody in cheers.

G-Fafif May 06 2020 04:15 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

Jung Soo Bin of Doosan Bears chokes up. Eduardo Perez invokes Felix Milan, if not parody runoff.

G-Fafif May 06 2020 04:19 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

Early 2-0 lead for Doosan, which is something people watching a baseball game say.

G-Fafif May 06 2020 04:20 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

They also have sacrifice flies in Korea, though there they call them chips. Doosan up 3-0.

G-Fafif May 06 2020 04:22 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

LG Twins starter — an opener — sucks. Down 5-0. If they're supposed the KBO Mets, I don't need an extra set. But it's still early.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 06 2020 04:39 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

I'm watching this too. Want to be sleeping

G-Fafif May 06 2020 04:55 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

As dippy as the piped-noise is, I prefer it to the blaring between-pitches musical/audio cues one hears at virtually empty Citi Field in contention-free Septembers.

batmagadanleadoff May 06 2020 04:56 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

So I'm following this thread from bed - wide awake - and I finally bit and put the TV on. So why aren't the players wearing masks over their mouths? Did they all test negative and are in a quarantine bubble?

G-Fafif May 06 2020 05:12 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

I haven't heard maskless players specifically addressed. This from a wire story in the San Jose Mercury News: Players and coaches go through fever screenings before entering stadiums, and umpires and first- and third-base coaches must wear masks during games. Players are prohibited from high-fiving teammates or signing autographs. Chewing tobacco was banned to prevent spitting. Masks and latex gloves are required at training facilities. Fans will be barred from games until the KBO is convinced that the risks of infection have been minimized. If any member of a team tests positive for the coronavirus at any point of the season, the league will be shut down for at least three weeks. https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/05/play-ball-opening-day-in-korea-brings-out-cardboard-fans-medical-masks/

G-Fafif May 06 2020 05:13 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

On the out-of-town scoreboard, Aaron Altherr has homered.

G-Fafif May 06 2020 05:22 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

It was light in Seoul and dark in New York when this game started. Now it's dark there and it's light here, except metaphorically.

Edgy MD May 06 2020 05:50 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

If nothing else, this gives MLB a blueprint on how to phase baseball back in. Relying on a functioning government, apparently, is not remotely an option.

HahnSolo May 06 2020 06:01 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

I watched an inning or so earlier (still can't escape Eduardo Perez) and from a broadcast standpoint the lack of spectators did not bother me at all. In fact, the lack of crowd shots was a good thing, I thought. I can only hear Keith commenting on a dad and daughter eating ice cream so many times.

Benjamin Grimm May 06 2020 06:28 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

If any member of a team tests positive for the coronavirus at any point of the season, the league will be shut down for at least three weeks. I understand abundance of caution, but that does seem drastic. It's bound to happen, isn't it? You'd think they would test and quarantine everyone the individual player had contact with, but shutting down the entire league? I think the KBO may have to settle for something like a fifteen-game season.

LWFS May 08 2020 11:36 PM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

KIA starter Drew Gagnon is putting guys on and being sold out by his terrible infield defense, and Mickey Callaway is on TV looking affable and a little confused. This seems... Hyoorees-familiar.

ashie62 May 10 2020 08:20 AM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

This is preparing me for oddness in MLB. How many games will employ bullpen openers? Many! Too many

Fman99 May 12 2020 07:29 PM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

Finally I get to see my newly chosen favorite team, the KT Wiz. Sharp unis, too.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 05 2020 01:48 PM Re: IGT KBO 2020: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

Youse still digging Korean baseball? Don't be surprised if youse soon see a feller on some Korean pitching mound that bears a striking resemblance to ex-Met Matt Harvey. Matt Harvey in Korea? Former NY Mets ace trying to restart his career https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/mlb/mets/2020/06/05/matt-harvey-ny-mets-korea-mlb/3156632001/