Some do both.
This year I've been to two NCAA Division III games, one NCAA Division I game and three MLB games (a fourth coming up tomorrow night in San Diego). I confess I don't wander down the street to take in the noisy commotion surrounding the Little League and high school softball games at the park.
I still spend too much time in front of a computer.
Blake Swihart with an inside-the-park home run:
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Rod Carew hit second in roughly half of his MLB games:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=carewro01&year=Career&t=b
Ozzie Smith hit second in more than half of his MLB games:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=smithoz01&year=Career&t=b
Robin Yount hit second more often than any other slot in the batting order:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=yountro01&year=Career&t=b
Good to see the gap has narrowed since the start of the season when the Red Sox were at 90.3 percent the and Mariners at 2.3 percent.
https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds?date=2019-03-19&dateDelta=
Awkward point to change the subject.
With a beef-up farm system and key players under years of team control, the Seattle Mariners today have a brighter future than the M's did a year ago.
Despite "stepping back" this year with little anticipation of contending, the Mariners have exceeed expectations amid a stiff schedule that so far has included 25 of 45 games on the road and 26 games against 2018 postseason qualifiers*. Even so the Mariners have won as many games as the Red Sox, although the teams are headed in different directions this year.
Let's enjoy this season.
* as a point of reference, the Red Sox have played only 10 of 42 games against 2018 postseason qualifiers.
Perhaps, although even with Kevin Durant healthy the teams split their four regular-season games, including the Blazers' 129-107 thrashing of the Warriors in their final meeting.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201902130POR.html
I share Portland Trail Blazer season tickets with four others, including a close friend whose son covers the Golden State Warriors as a San Francisco Chronicle sportswriter.
It should be a fun series ... I'm hoping to go to Game 4 next Monday.
Michael Chavis and Will Middlebrooks in a comparison of the first 18 games of their respective MLB careers:
MC 76 PA, .270/.395/.587/.982, 21 K, 12 BB, 13 R, 6 HR, 14 RBI
WM 77 PA, .297/.325/.581/.906, 24 K, 3 BB, 12 R, 5 HR, 16 RBI
All of a sudden the Seattle Mariners have a negative 1 run differential on the season (and have been outscored 37-34 en route to a 2-6 record through eight games of the 10-game road trip against three 2018 postseason qualifiers.
Get 'em on Saturday.
The Red Sox and the Mariners enter this weekend's three-game series tied in the Wild Card race while the Sox can capture the season series with a sweep.
Come Sunday at Fenway Park, barring rainouts, the Red Sox and the Mariners will each have played 18 home games (with Seattle at 25 road games).
Despite outscoring their opponents 32-20, the Mariners are 2-4 six games into the current 10-game road trip against 2018 postseason qualifiers.
Seattle's run differential so far has nearly flipped from last year's 77-85 Pythag record.
Michael Chavis and Will Middlebrooks in a comparison of the first 15 games of their respective MLB careers:
MC 63 PA, .333/.460/.725/1.186, 13 R, 6 HR, 13 RBI
WM 64 PA, .262/.297/.541/.838. 9 R, 4 HR, 14 RBI
After picking up Michael Chavis in my fantasy league a week ago, I am now actively trying to trade the red-hot slugger while his value is high. My team needs pitching numbers more than Chavis' hitting numbers.
On August 2, 1995, the Seattle Mariners were 13 games out of first place but came back to win the AL West title and beat the Yankees in the AL Divisional Series before falling in the AL Championship Series:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1995-schedule-scores.shtml
FanGraphs currently gives the Red Sox a 57 percent chance of advancing to the postseason while FiveThirtyEight lists their chances at 47 percent:
https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2019-mlb-predictions/
FanGraphs gives the Red Sox a 16.1 percent chance of winning the division while FiveThirtyEight lists their chances at 15 percent.
In the past decade the Red Sox record after 33 games and at the end of the regular season:
2019: 15-18, xx-xx
2018: 24-9, 108-54 *
2017: 17-16, 93-69 *
2016: 20-13, 93-69 *
2015: 15-18, 78-84
2014: 16-17, 71-91
2013: 21-12, 97-65 *
2012: 14-19, 69-93
2011: 15-18, 90-72
2010: 17-16, 89-73
* advanced to postseason
Michael Chavis and Will Middlebrooks in a comparison of the first 12 games of their respective MLB careers:
MC 47 PA, .289/.426/.553/.978
WM 53 PA, .300/.340/.640/.980
With due respect, Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr was a nine-time All Star who struck out in only 7.6 percent of his plate appearances, walking more times than he struck out.
https://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1003355&position=2B
Michael Chavis (and Will Middlebrooks) offer quite a contrast.