MLB Thread

[Moose135]

9 hours ago, mojoween said:

Leave the kid alone, media.  You're not helping by making him feel bad.

It's New York City and it's the Yankees.  If he's going to feel bad about a media talking about his strike out record, he better find someplace else to play.

[mojoween]

Ha!  I get that, I truly do.  It just seems like they are taking extra glee, even more than you would usually see in a Yankee struggling.  

[bosawks]

I hope this isn't a one off and John Henry will actually throw all his might in renaming "Yawkey Way", it is an embarrassment, hell, I'd prefer Denny Doyle Drive...... 

[MyAimIsTrue]

11 minutes ago, bosawks said:

I hope this isn't a one off and John Henry will actually throw all his might in renaming "Yawkey Way", it is an embarrassment, hell, I'd prefer Denny Doyle Drive...... 

I suppose Bucky Dent Boulevard is out of the question.

[bosawks]

Just now, MyAimIsTrue said:

I suppose Bucky Dent Boulevard is out of the question.

As much as it pains me to say this, Bucky Dent Boulevard would be better than anything Yawkey, a truly detestable man.

[MyAimIsTrue]

As long as it's not named after Curt Schilling I'd be fine.

[smittykins]

49 minutes ago, MyAimIsTrue said:

I suppose Bucky Dent Boulevard is out of the question.

Bucky Bleeping Dent, that is...?

[ebk57]

Got great lower box seats to the game tonight for my birthday - and it's supposed to rain.  Lots o' rain.  Ah well, at least there will be dinner before the endless rain delay... 

[smittykins]

Welcome to the world, Bella Raine Jeter!

[attica]

6 hours ago, MyAimIsTrue said:

I suppose Bucky Dent Boulevard is out of the question.

Or, you know, Mookie Wilson Avenue? "Yeah, meet me at 6 on the corner of Mookie and Papi."

[scriggle]

I vote for Luis Tiant Avenue.

[MyAimIsTrue]

4 hours ago, ebk57 said:

Got great lower box seats to the game tonight for my birthday

Happy birthday!!

[Lantern7]

1 hour ago, attica said:

Or, you know, Mookie Wilson Avenue? "Yeah, meet me at 6 on the corner of Mookie and Papi."

Hey, Mookie Betts is off to a good start, so that might not be far-fetched.

[mojoween]

I would 100% live on Mookie Wilson Avenue.  I mean, we already have a Mookie Wilson living in our house.

Edited August 18, 2017 by mojoween

[xaxat]

No David Ortiz or Big Papi Way! That dude failed the same drug tests that Bonds and Clemens did.

I assume that there is already a Ted Williams road/ave/etc somewhere in Boston, but you really couldn't do better than a combat veteran/Hall of Famer.

[Lantern7]

@mojoween: Mookie Wilson always seemed to be happy. The cat in that picture? Not so much.

[scriggle]

1 hour ago, xaxat said:

No David Ortiz or Big Papi Way! That dude failed the same drug tests that Bonds and Clemens did.

I assume that there is already a Ted Williams road/ave/etc somewhere in Boston, but you really couldn't do better than a combat veteran/Hall of Famer.

Ted Williams Tunnel - part of the Big Dig.

How about Yaz Way for Carl Yastrzemski?

[Fukui San]

Since it's to replace an honor given  to a racist, rename it Jim Rice St. Stalwart African American near hall of fame LF of the 70s through the 90s I believe.  Career Red Sox player, broadcaster with the team after retirement. I'd say that there's no player to whom it'd mean more to than Rice, who never was able to win the World Series and receive that adulation. 

EDIT: Rice is in the Hall of Fame. I forgot. Made it in 2009. 

Edited August 19, 2017 by Fukui San

[Bort]

So I now know what it sounds like when an Amber Alert goes off in a stadium full of 30,000 phones.

In other news, Springer broke the home plate umpire's arm. (Actually, they're saying it's a contusion. But he couldn't even move his wrist when it happened.)

[Lantern7]

How about throwing a parade for Carl, complete with a Yaz Queen? And I will go to bed now.

[ebk57]

Best birthday ever!!!!  Thanks Manny Machado!

[Lantern7]

Nothing like getting up early, getting ready to go out, putting on ESPN, and reading a scroll about the Mets sending Curtis Granderson to the Dodgers. Good for him, since he's a class act. What will the Mets get? A player to be named later. Or cash. Of course. Unless Chase Utley is sent over for the express purpose of torture, I don't think the fans will win in any way.

[Harry24]

4 hours ago, Lantern7 said:

the Mets sending Curtis Granderson to the Dodgers.

<Shallow> He'll look so great in the Dodger colors. </Shallow>  

Plus, I will be genuinely thrilled for him if they win, which, duh, they are favored to do. 

[catrox14]

Ugh. Frakkin'  Dodgers. I hate them so much. LOL.  I really liked Granderson and now I cannot because Dodger. BOOO!!!!

[jennifer6973]

So I was looking at the schedule for Monday and there seems to be only 3 games going on, I wonder if MLB preplanned that so none of the players would be outside during the eclipse.

 

Never mind there are 9 games, I don't know why the At Bat app and mlb.com are different.

Edited August 19, 2017 by jennifer6973
wanted to edit for misinformation

[catrox14]

1 hour ago, jennifer6973 said:

So I was looking at the schedule for Monday and there seems to be only 3 games going on, I wonder if MLB preplanned that so none of the players would be outside during the eclipse

That seemed like a reasonable thought!

[Bort]

2 hours ago, jennifer6973 said:

So I was looking at the schedule for Monday and there seems to be only 3 games going on, I wonder if MLB preplanned that so none of the players would be outside during the eclipse.

Monday (and Thursday) is often a travel day for teams between series, so it's probably just a coincidence. 

[MyAimIsTrue]

Generally speaking I can't stand Aaron Boone as an announcer because of his whiny voice but damn if I'm not enjoying his work during the Little League World Series.

[Silver Raven]

The umpires are wearing white armbands today, in protest about MLB not dealing with escalating verbal abuse against umpires.

[catrox14]

59 minutes ago, Silver Raven said:

The umpires are wearing white armbands today, in protest about MLB not dealing with escalating verbal abuse against umpires.

Wait, seriously? You mean abuse from players or fans or what?

[Moose135]

16 minutes ago, catrox14 said:

Wait, seriously? You mean abuse from players or fans or what?

Abuse from the players...

https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/08/19/mlb-umpires-white-armband-protest-verbal-attacks

[catrox14]

2 minutes ago, Moose135 said:

Abuse from the players...

https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/08/19/mlb-umpires-white-armband-protest-verbal-attacks

Wow.That is something else. So they get to have the ump show game after game, being terrible at their jobs but "please feel sorry that we get yelled at". 

[smittykins]

I was actually surprised that Joe West got suspended.

[Silver Raven]

I think the fact that Joe West got suspended and Ian Kinsler didn't was what put the over the edge.

[prican58]

On 8/17/2017 at 3:48 PM, Moose135 said:

It's New York City and it's the Yankees.  If he's going to feel bad about a media talking about his strike out record, he better find someplace else to play.

Well, I don't think he is feeling bad about it. He likes to make up for pivotal strike outs by contributing with defense. The trend in MLB now is to not be concerned with strike outs if the offense that you do have is effective over all.  And he has indeed been contributing.

[Lantern7]

In brief: Met lose again, and somebody forgot not to pitch directly to Giancarlo Staton. Meanwhile, Bartolo Colon has beaten every Major League team. Downside: red is not his color.

[twoods]

I'm guessing this Granderson guy is pretty damn good. Glad to see he's a nice guy, but still hate how the Dodgers are still getting better. And this record is without Kershaw the past few months- unfreakingbelievable. 

[navelgazer]

On 8/19/2017 at 0:23 PM, jennifer6973 said:

I don't know why the At Bat app and mlb.com are different.

Because MLB.tv is still a piece of shit as a product even after all of these years.  

As a Mariner fan I'm still just barely hanging on.  And as a Mariner fan, I'm warning the Dodgers that even if they eclipse the 116-game mark and tie the 1906 Cubs -- pun not intended -- it means nothing once the playoffs commence.  Forewarned is forearmed.  The 2001 Mariners won and won and won in the regular season and still when it mattered went no-freaking-where.  

Edited August 22, 2017 by navelgazer
correct stats.

[mojoween]

Brett Gardner's name on his Player's Weekend jersey is...Gardner.  Does he not like Gardy?

[Bort]

I've noticed a lot of players' jerseys have just their last names like they normally do. I'm wondering if there was a deadline to submit the nickname they wanted and if they missed it, just ended up with their last name.

[smittykins]

I've heard that Gardner is simply taking advantage of having his name on the back of his jersey, since it isn't done otherwise(being a Yankee and all).

[attica]

I was doing a rather long drive today, and had the ol' ipod shuffling through my splendid* collection of 70s tunes, and Toto's "99" came up. And naturally, I wondered why somebody hasn't used that for Aaron Judge's walk up music. Or something to get the home crowd singing along: "Ohhhh, 99, (beat, beat) I lo-ove you!"  If all the clubbies are too young to know the tune, maybe Ed Alstrom on the stadium organ could work that up. I mean, come on. It's right there for you!

*Okay, so you may think that 'splendid' may not be the mot juste for anything 70s related. You will be wrong on this. Come at me. :)

[Lantern7]

Meh . . . I think "99," I think "Gretzky." I reckon any judge or jury-related song would do. I still think the entrance music from The People's Court would work.

[MyAimIsTrue]

I think Gretzky for the number 99 as well but I do love that song.

[xaxat]

Don't forget Nena!

[basiltherat]

I'm so old that I not only remember both "99" songs, but I remember that 99 was the agent (played by Barbara Feldon) who married Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) on the ORIGINAL "Get Smart" the TV series.

How about "Here Come Da Judge" by Sammy Davis, Jr., as done on "Laugh In" for the hulking behemoth known as Aaron Judge?

[attica]

5 hours ago, xaxat said:

Don't forget Nena!

Oooh! Very very super scary! :)

I actually thought that the Toto song was about Barbara Feldon. Googling tells me it's not so, and I'm still processing my feelings. (Met BF once. Oh, so stylish and lovely a lady.)

[smittykins]

3 hours ago, basiltherat said:

 

How about "Here Come Da Judge" by Sammy Davis, Jr., as done on "Laugh In" for the hulking behemoth known as Aaron Judge?

I'm still looking for the the one that goes If your lawyer's sleeping/Better give him a nudge/Everybody look alive/'Cause here comes the judge!

[Bort]

I'm waiting for someone to use the theme song from Night Court

[Lantern7]

Wow . . . nine no-hit innings, and the Dodger pitcher gives up a homer in the tenth. Is that as close to Harvey Haddix as we can get these days?