MLB Thread

[mojoween]

5 minutes ago, smittykins said:

This game is turning out almost like the one I played earlier on my MLB The Show 16 season.(I did the first 13 innings, then simulated to the end, winning 1-0 in 21.

And I just jinxed them.  Damn.

Rude.

[mojoween]

Pfft.  The Dodgers.  Fuck them.  Brooklyn didn't want them anyways.

[jennifer6973]

I love that the Nationals are 10 games up on the 2nd place team in the NL East.

 

Can an Astros fan tell me why they are getting rid of Towel's Hill next year, I think it's unique and want to see the Nationals play it next year.

[ebk57]

Wow.  A game in under 3 hours at Fenway.  And we won!   Os and Nats won 1-0.  

 

@jennifer6973, I'm not an Astros fan, but I think they said it was "dangerous" or something like that.  I like it , too, but maybe people were getting hurt because they weren't paying attention.

[mojoween]

Billy Butler.  Huh.

[King of Birds]

3 hours ago, mojoween said:

Pfft.  The Dodgers.  Fuck them.  Brooklyn didn't want them anyways.

Classic. 

Now comes Four Days Of Hell. May the Red Sox win!

[Bort]

8 hours ago, jennifer6973 said:

Can an Astros fan tell me why they are getting rid of Towel's Hill next year, I think it's unique and want to see the Nationals play it next year.

Tal's Hill. The players hate it + they're using the extra space to squeeze more fan accommodations in. I was hoping for a pool like Arizona has but its... something I can't remember.

[jennifer6973]

Thanks and sorry for the misspelling.

[mojoween]

Perhaps I should have said Billy Butler? Hell yes!

[xaxat]

Occasionally, when an announcer say "Billy Butler", my subconscious hears "Brett Butler" and I think "He's got to be sixty years old!"

[King of Birds]

So I jumped up and down so much after Hanley's homer that my dog freaked out and was running around like "what happened? earthquake? firecrackers??!?!?"  Hanley Ramirez: All or Nothing.  Here's hoping the next three games don't need a miraculous Sox comeback, although I should check my fitbit to see my energy spike after The Big Hit.

[mojoween]

Oh my god Boston is the absolute WORST.  That was NOT a pleasant notification to wake up to WTF.  I hate them all.

[MarkHB]

And thanks to the Cardinals losing, the Cubs clinched the division last night.

But I wish I had watched the end of the Sox game. :)

[mojoween]

1 hour ago, MarkHB said:

But I wish I had watched the end of the Sox game. :)

I know!  That was a good close win for Chicago over the Indians.

[MarkHB]

I meant the Red ones, but I have a hunch you knew that :) .

[mojoween]

Ha!  I absolutely did.  

[jennifer6973]

I was gonna root last night for the Yankees over my 2nd favorite AL east team (thanks to NKOTB), but then realized this morning that would put them close to first place, so not gonna happen.  

 

 

Oh and if the Rays would just fail at playing ball, that would be great right about now.

[rippleintime17]

Anyone else feel like it's kinda boring that the Cubs didn't get to celebrate their clinch because they were already home from work? Maybe they will after today's game.

[jennifer6973]

I think they will, because celebrating before might make them forfeit the game, or have a very sloppy game ;-P

[MyAimIsTrue]

Forget the rest of the Cubs, I just want to party with Joe Maddon.

[King of Birds]

5 hours ago, MyAimIsTrue said:

Forget the rest of the Cubs, I just want to party with Joe Maddon.

My sister in Chicago (who pretty much has switched from Yankee fan to Cubbies fan) sent me this T-shirt for my birthday this summer:

If the Sox collapse I'll pull for the Cubs too.

[King of Birds]

Now perhaps mojoween and attica and others need to divert their eyes, but I've been busy and haven't read any post-game stuff. What in the HELL is Gary Sanchez reacting to behind the plate? He's got a catcher's glove on and is flinching like he's gonna get hit. And don't you love Betances twisting, head up expression?  Good stuff here.

[mojoween]

I don't know WHAT you are talking about, I don't even see that you put a video in your post.

That last two games have been absolute heartbreakers and I feel like they were a turning point in the wrong damned direction.

[jennifer6973]

If you watch closely in slo mo, you will see a lot of catchers flinch when the ball is hit.

[xaxat]

And they all close their eyes.

Reflex.

[mojoween]

Sigh.  It was a good run and there are definitely some good pieces for the future but I think the wheels are falling off now.  It sucks to have hope and then have it yanked right back.

[Bort]

I always find it interesting how some teams just seem to have another team's "number". For instance, Astros just finished the season run with the Rangers -- 19 games -- and went 4-15. Meanwhile, Astros have beaten the Angels 11-1, the latter of whom have gone 8-8 against the Rangers. Why can't we beat those damn Rangers? They're not THAT good.

[Crs97]

I always find that interesting as well, kariyaki.  It applies to individual players, too.  You can have the best pitcher who is lights out with every other player in the majors, but there is always that one batter who hits him no matter what. What does he see that no one else does?  I love baseball. 

[Bort]

Oh yeah, that actually happened with the Astros last night and the Mariners pitcher, Felix Hernandez. He's supposed to be really good but every time the Astros face him, they kick the shit out of him.

[MyAimIsTrue]

I always think back to Greg Maddux when talk like this comes up as he baffled a lot of hitters but was completely owned by Tony Gwynn (then again how many pitchers weren't.)  I once saw the two of them interviewed together and they had so much repect for each other.

[ratgirlagogo]

2 hours ago, Crs97 said:

 It applies to individual players, too.  You can have the best pitcher who is lights out with every other player in the majors, but there is always that one batter who hits him no matter what. What does he see that no one else does?  I love baseball. 

Bob Uecker and Sandy Koufax (well, for ONE season anyways....)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1990054/posts

Edited September 17, 2016 by ratgirlagogo

[mojoween]

Vin Scully was on LeBatard yesterday and I'm relistening to it now and I just can't take how much I love him.  I'm simultaneously smiling and breaking out in goosebumps.

[Crs97]

Bummed that we lost Carrassco, but 10 scoreless innings from 8 relievers to win and drop the magic number to 7.  Go, Tribe!

It reminds me of a few years ago when the nine Astros relief pitchers no-hit the Yankees after the starter got hurt in warm up.  When they got back to the locker room, the Yankees had put a bottle of champagne in each pitcher's locker.

[smittykins]

Padres infielder Yangervis Solarte loses wife to cancer

My thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family. :(

[Lantern7]

deGrom looks to be out for deYear. At least the new kids are keeping the Mets afloat, though you have to wonder if any of the original staff will be dealt. I think Gsellman might stay thanks to his long hair and name. If the team has looked into owning the concept of "Gazelle Man," I won't blame them.

[King of Birds]

Joc Pederson of the Dodgers hit a huge HR... and hit a woman in a wheelchair in the face way way out in the stands.

[Lantern7]

Closest parallel I got is the time Richie Asburn hit a mother of two with a foul ball. When she was being carted off, she got another ball to the face courtesy of Asburn.

[MyAimIsTrue]

4 hours ago, smittykins said:

Padres infielder Yangervis Solarte loses wife to cancer

My thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family. :(

Fuck cancer.  My thoughts are with the Solarte family.

[King of Birds]

I kinda HAD to. You understand, right?

Edited September 19, 2016 by King of Birds

[smittykins]

Once again, they grab defeat from the jaws of victory... *sigh*

[mojoween]

No I can't even.  Thank god for football season.

[MarkHB]

At this point, the Red Sox have clinched their regular-season series against the Yankees; they have an 11-5 record against them with 3 to play.

[xaxat]

Apparently there are sixty press members at Tebow's debut in the instructional league. If that guy was half as good a football or baseball player as he is self promoter he would be on a roster somewhere.

[King of Birds]

SIXTY at Instructional League? That may be a record. I know someone who goes to GCL games and he says it's sometimes 6 people *total* who show up. I can't wait til tomorrow when 56 of those 60 don't show.

[MyAimIsTrue]

Honestly I can't stand the guy.  Either his ego is out of control or he doesn't possess any skills with which to get a real job like the rest of us, or both.

[King of Birds]

I don't know, I look at this and kinda like Brandon Belt because he did his best to keep the MadBum away from a pretty stupid fight.

[Lantern7]

How To Tell You're Playing In September: You see at least a dozen guys empty from the bullpen. This amuses me for some reason.

[MyAimIsTrue]

The Braves have a record of 59 - 91 and if they can avoid 100 losses I will consider this "season" a success.

[mojoween]

You asked for it, Madison

[mojoween]

On September 24, 2014 at 1:47 PM, mojoween said:

I mean, if say Big Papi goes on a farewell tour and this process is started all over again, my eyes are going to be rolling so hard I'll be able to simultaneously see my brain and my ass.

Yes I am quoting myself two years later because I'm starting to get a headache.

Every day EVERY DAY on ESPN radio I have to hear a promo where they are counting down to Ortiz's last at bat and with the tone of the promo they make it sound more like they are counting down to when his heart stops pumping and they turn off the machine.

I get it, Jeter haters.  I totally do.