American Sports Page

[PeteC]

Major League Baseball Standings

Note: I won't update the below link as time goes by, because it updates itself. Just go to it at anytime throughout the remainder of the season to see what the standings are.

https://www.mlb.com/standings/

[pharvey]

With this new "Sports Package" I have, I get to see a hell of a lot of American Sports - many on replay due to the time difference. Have to say though, I'm really struggling with the "Football" and Baseball. Christ, people say we need to speed up rugby!!

I'm sure it's the case that I don't understand the sports fully..... I shall endeavour though, I do after all bitch at others regarding F1 and Rugby!!

[PeteC]

Baseball I think you can compare the time and action to Cricket. It's a "get a sandwich and cold beer and settle in" type thing to watch. NFL becomes interesting when you understand the rules and can spot the infractions, like you can do with Rugby and I still cannot for the most part. When you can do that the time goes by much quicker and gaps between plays don't seem that extreme.

Having said that, no where will you find continuous action like you do in Rugby.

[pharvey]

I'm not giving up yet PeteC...

[PeteC]

MLB

Aaron Judge is the fourth player in Yankees history to hit 35+ homers through the first 101 team games of the season multiple times:

Babe Ruth (1920, 1921, 1928, 1930)
Lou Gehrig (1927, 1934)
Roger Maris (1960, 1961)
Judge (2022, 2024)

[pharvey]

Will be interesting - are any of these games televised PeteC?

"Louis Rees-Zammit, the former Wales rugby star, could make his first appearance on the field for the Kansas City Chiefs this weekend.

The ex-Wales winger made international headlines when he quit rugby to pursue a new career in American football in January.

He had been one of Wales' star players, scoring 14 tries at international level, before making the "painstaking" decision to join the NFL's international player pathway (IPP).

The gamble paid off when he secured a three-year deal with reigning Super Bowl champions the Chiefs in March.

But despite his contract, Rees-Zammit has no guarantee of a space on the Chiefs' final roster - and will need to prove himself at one of a number of pre-season games in the coming days.

Before NFL rosters are cut to 53 players, every team in the NFL plays a series of pre-season games, where fringe players are given a chance to shine.

It is during these pre-season games that Rees-Zammit is expected to run out for the Chiefs.

The first is Saturday at 19:00 ET (00:00 BST), when the Chiefs will play the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville, Florida.

There are two further pre-season games on 17 August and 22 August, when the Chiefs will play the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears respectively.

Although unconfirmed, it is believed that Rees-Zammit could make an appearance at all three of these games."

[EDIT] Taken From: - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51ymj4n9jyo

[PeteC]

No, not unless you have some kind of NFL paid package or just lucky and a channel is trying to fill an empty slot.

[PeteC]

All you need to know about the NFL season

https://www.bbc.com/sport/american-foot ... qj3w3yrrno.

Several videos at link.

[pharvey]

All you need to know about the NFL season

Can't say I've managed to get into the sport as of yet, but I'll give it another go - lot's of US Sports on the system I now have and I'm all over the place with regards to sleeping and waking times!!

Keeping with American Sports, this report was posted earlier on the BBC - again, not a "high interest sport" for me, but it's not quite the simple "hit the ball with a bat" take that many have...

Not a huge "window" to pitch to etc. etc., but hell, how does the Umpire accurately judge this type of pitch?

"Los Angeles Angels pitcher Ben Joyce throws the fastest strikeout recorded in Major League Baseball history, striking out Los Angeles Dodgers' Tommy Edman with a 105.5mph fastball."

Video at link - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/baseball/vi ... d12vyd9j7o

[PeteC]

NFL 2024-25

https://www.footballdb.com/games/index.html

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[migrant]

Lions!!

[PeteC]

The few games I watched everyone looked rusty.....everyone! Starters don't play in pre-season games except in rare exceptions. That usually means the first few games they simply are not in game condition. It showed.

[PeteC]

https://www.footballdb.com/games/index.html