I’ve tried finding full game videos of LCS and WS games from the 1970s (mainly on YouTube). While some, like the 1970 World Series, are in full on YouTube, both the 1971 and 1972 series only have video for some games, with radio recordings for the others.

I’m a bit baffled that by the 1970s, MLB wouldn’t have some sort of decent quality video of the game that has since been made available. Did they ever sell DVDs of full postseason series (even 10-15 years ago)? Are they buried on MLB’s YouTube channel under some weird name?

Thanks in advance for any help.

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This has been on my mind since 2022, when I went to an Orioles-Rays game and saw a Rays middle infield of Taylor Walls and Isaac Paredes—“paredes” meaning “walls” in Spanish. Does anyone know of any other instance where two teammates had the same last name in different languages?

As a point about the relationship between the regular season and the playoffs, what would happen in the hypothetical scenario where all teams made the playoffs and the regular season was just for seeding? How often would a team that would not even make the playoffs in the current system win the whole thing?

I suppose I just muse on this because as fans we focus so much on playoff success when it feels more like an unrelated tournament after the season. Winning the WS is seen as the "real" measure of success, when having the best record in the league or overall is essentially a meaningless footnote. (This is obviously informed by my Orioles fandom and the trauma of our playoff failures in the past two seasons that essentially nullify what should be remembered as two years of great baseball).

He's had multiple surgeries on his arm and shoulder at this point so I am just wondering if there is ever a chance he moves into a relief type role as he gets older and the likelihood of injury increases. Or is there a bigger chance he just gives it up entirely? I know during the WBC he pitched in relief so I am wondering if it's a possibility if he stays healthy. If he gets injured I'd imagine he just stops pitching all together

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Why is this a rule? Can someone actually come up with a legitimate reason as to why this would be a rule?

i was sitting in an important meeting at work.

i got to wandering and wondering - how many teammates had anagrams for last name? rob DEER and jody REED as an example.

this is this the whole list using sean lahman's sql database:

• BERGER, Clarence & GERBER, Wally: 1914 Pittsburgh Pirates

• HALEY, Raymond & HEALY, Thomas: 1916 Philadelphia Athletics

• VACHE, Ernest & VEACH, Bobby: 1925 Boston Red Sox

• KLINE, Bob & LINKE, Ed: 1934 Washington Senators

• GORMAN, Tom & MORGAN, Tom: 1952/54 New York Yankees and again 1957/59 KC Athletics

• NOKES, Matt & NOSEK, Randy: 1989/90 Detroit Tigers

• DEER, Rob & REED, Jody: 1996 San Diego Padres

• MONROE, Craig & MORENO, Juan: 2001 Texas Rangers

• CASTRO, Jason & COSART, Jarred: 2013/14 Houston Astros

• MINOR, Mike & MORIN, Mike: 2017 Kansas City Royals

i don't know why i'm like this.

Obviously, all pro ballplayers are genetic outliers. However, there are some guys that other pros recognize as being the top 1% of the top 1%.

Guys like Mookie Betts who's only 5'9, can dunk a basketball and could probably also be a professional bowler.