# Play Ball!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-ball/101236>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 1, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-ball/101236 "2002-04-01T18:05:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-ball/101236/1 "2002-04-01T18:05:33Z")

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Hope springs eternal in the heart of this Baltimore Orioles fan - hope that I’m sure they’ll crush into the beautiful confines of Camden Yards within the first month.

Welcome back, Spring, I’ve missed you. I can’t wait for Summer to join us.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-ball/101236/2 "2002-04-01T18:38:00Z")

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Go Tigers! (Only a half game out of first!)  
stv

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**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-ball/101236/3 "2002-04-01T19:23:56Z")

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Oh lordy, it _is_ good to have baseball season back. Sadly, the Red Sox are only coming out to Oakland once this year, so I’ll only get three games instead of the six I got last year. Oh woe.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-ball/101236/4 "2002-04-01T20:05:05Z")

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Time to switch my desktop theme to Baseball, I added some wavs of the late Harry Caray to the one that came with my OS. For example, my startup is “Welcome to Wrigley Field! It’s a be-yoo-tiful day for baseball.” Exlamation point is “Holy cow!” and exit is “That wouldn’t be a home run in a phonebooth.”

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-ball/101236/5 "2002-04-01T20:39:18Z")

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Thanks for reminding me. Looks like the Yanks and Orioles are still in the first inning at Camden Yards.

Here in Panama we’re nearing the end of the season. The Championship may be between Panama City Metro and Chiriqui Province (Tierra de Campeones!) again this year.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-ball/101236/6 "2002-04-04T16:46:41Z")

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Check with your provider to see if your MLB games are free this week. Yeah, I know, “Now you tell us!” I felt the same way when I first heard about this last night.