# MLB: March/April 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [March 27, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195 "2025-03-27T15:01:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/101 "2025-04-12T06:50:40Z")
I did indeed. I usually squeeze in a Bears road game mostly every year. I’ve done London, Kansas City, Vegas, Nashville, New York, Lambeau and will probably do DC this year. Baseball fans and football fans are wired a bit differently. I think there’s on average a lot less tourism around baseball if for no other reason than the lack of scarcity of home games. I would have said that the odds were good that I’d make a trip to Vegas for a Cubs series someday, but Vegas is pretty much over I think. Greed and consolidation has killed that town. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/102 "2025-04-12T14:37:14Z")
The White Sox are on pace for 125 wins. They can do it! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/103 "2025-04-12T15:11:55Z")
Er, losses. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/104 "2025-04-12T15:16:04Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Er, losses . That makes more sense. I almost googled the standings when you said 125 wins. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/105 "2025-04-12T15:16:33Z")
I’m part of the Ballpark Chasers Facebook group and I often plan domestic trips around baseball, but I do think it’s a small niche and not something that a Vegas based team should count on. I myself canceled a trip to Las Vegas back in January, I realised a few days beforehand I just didn’t want to deal with all the fucking fees and surcharges. And I’ve been there enough that I get comped rooms and a decent amount of food credit. The whole place just pisses me off. I think my breaking point was when I was paying a hefty price to sit on the patio at Mon Ami Gabi, completely ruined by a LOUD street busker on the sidewalk and got to pay a surcharge for the privilege. That was the straw, maybe it’s petty but I’m sure there’s a $25 per day breathing fee coming soon! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/106 "2025-04-12T15:36:24Z")
I go to Vegas once a year or so to visit my uncle and go to concerts when a band I love is visiting but not hitting California. I stay off the strip and not in a casino and avoid fees. I hate casinos and the strip/downtown in general. I like to see my favorite bands and there’s great food. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/107 "2025-04-13T02:08:24Z")
A little more info on the roof collapse: Former MLB player Esteban German said, after he was pulled from the debris, that he survived because [Tony Blanco pushed him](https://people.com/former-mlb-player-tony-blanco-saved-teammate-esteban-german-before-dying-dominican-republic-nightclub-collapse-11712041) out of the way of falling rubble before dying. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/108 "2025-04-13T19:38:45Z")
No Hitter in progress. Yes, it’s the White Sox former pitcher no hitting his old team! > **[MLB Gameday live updates: Red Sox at White Sox game on 04/13/2025 free](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/red-sox-vs-white-sox/2025/04/13/778338/live)** > > Follow MLB results with FREE live box scores, pitch-by-pitch strikezone info, and Statcast data for Red Sox vs. White Sox at Rate Field ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/109 "2025-04-13T20:48:44Z")
No hitter blown. Across the city, Cubs get awful news with Justin Steele out for the season now. > And ugh, wish Cubs were starting now rather than Sunday Night Baseball ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/110 "2025-04-15T12:41:29Z")
Kris Bryant to the IL with back injuries again. That’s a huge contract to eat, but Colorado has got to be thinking of cutting ties. I’m not sure he can ever be a big league player ever again [https://athlonsports.com/mlb/former-chicago-cubs-mvp-kris-bryant-diagnosed-career-altering](https://athlonsports.com/mlb/former-chicago-cubs-mvp-kris-bryant-diagnosed-career-altering) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/111 "2025-04-15T14:54:43Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > That’s a huge contract to eat, but Colorado has got to be thinking of cutting ties. I’m not sure he can ever be a big league player ever again The poor Rockies. Worst team in baseball. They do nothing well. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/112 "2025-04-15T15:03:17Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > The poor Rockies. Worst team in baseball. And in a sport which also features the White Sox and the Athletics, that’s saying something! ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/113 "2025-04-15T20:28:21Z")
ESPN to broadcast 10 Savannah Bananas games? [https://athlonsports.com/mlb/espn-makes-savannah-bananas-announcement-before-mlb-takeover](https://athlonsports.com/mlb/espn-makes-savannah-bananas-announcement-before-mlb-takeover) I could see broadcasting them in some lull times in the sports calendar, like the MLB all star break. But 10? I’ve never seen them. But I can’t imagine watching the Harlem Globetrotters ten times in my life, much less in a year. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/114 "2025-04-15T20:34:42Z")
Oops … ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/115 "2025-04-15T22:06:41Z")
The Bananas are a ton of fun, so they may not be up your alley. It’ll be tough for ESPN to figure out which 10 episodes of “Manufactured Outrage” to shelve to make room on their broadcast schedule. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/116 "2025-04-15T22:19:48Z")
One article I read speculated that he may never play in the majors again. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/117 "2025-04-16T12:04:28Z")
I have tickets to see the Savannah Bananas in June. Looking forward to it! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/118 "2025-04-16T14:53:13Z")
Nice, where are you seeing them? I have tickets for the Kansas City games, and a few games in Savannah, but we can’t go to the Savannah games this year. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/119 "2025-04-16T16:03:24Z")
Charlotte. I had to go through the whole lottery process so I hope it’s worth it. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195/120 "2025-04-17T01:36:20Z")
Yanks just won a close one in under 2 & half hours. End on a great play by Bellinger. Judge went 3 for 3 with a walk a the go ahead homer. He’s batting .409. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-march-april-2025/1016195.md?page=7)