MLB Thread

[DMK]

Ha, I noticed that too. It was like Goldy was all, “screw that, I’m taking the stairs.”

2 hours ago, mojoween said:

It was amusing to watch all of the Yankees at the dugout rail jump over when Jaisson Dominguez hit the walk off … except for Paul Goldschmidt, who turned around and sedately went up the dugout stairs.  Old bones don’t always bend the way we want them to!

 

[smittykins]

Aww, I was kinda hoping that Jorbit Vivas would get the silent treatment. 😛

[Jane Tuesday]

Goldy doesn't engage in hijinks. 😀 

[shoregirl]

The Rockies watched the white Sox last year and thought sounds like fun...

 

They got swept by the Phillies and it doesn't get any easier as they play the Yankees Cubs and Mets in their next three series 

 

 

[Mittengirl]

I feel sorry for the Rockies players.  It must really feel awful to have the whole baseball world looking at you as colossal failures.

[Lantern7]

I get posts from teams in my Facebook feed because I've clicked baseball stuff. I few times, I wound up thinking, "Guys, you beat the Rockies. Is that worth bragging about?"

Meanwhile, while I wasn't noticing, the Phillies overtook the Mets for the NL East lead. Looks like the luster is starting to wear off. I hope it doesn't get to a point where fans start booing Soto. For one thing, that situation might end up like the one with Lindor, only without the impressive rebound in future seasons. For another, it would get Yankees fans all tingly. I don't want that.

Oh, and I saw the montage of Jacob deGrom's duel with Aaron Judge. Looking at his stats, I'm happy deGrom is achieving decent numbers. I also got a chuckle seeing an ESPN ticker and finding out Wilmer Flores homered. I can't believe "Walk Off Wilmer" was almost ten years ago.

[Carey]

17 hours ago, Mittengirl said:

I feel sorry for the Rockies players.  It must really feel awful to have the whole baseball world looking at you as colossal failures.

It sucks for Colorado, that's a fact...

...but?  Try having a team that is a game or two away from being under .500 as a franchise since Day One.  Not a big deal?  That same team was (roughly) 400 games OVER .500 as a franchise 45 years ago.

Therefore, I'd go with the opposite take.   They're still colossal failures, but there's another franchise that's saying, "Hold My Beer." Unless the Rockies had a 500-game swing in the wrong direction in terms of win percentage or the equivalent

[mojoween]

Colorado won eight times, they are capable.  This weekend is going to be nerve wracking and all I can hear in the back of my brain is Admiral Ackbar.

[AimingforYoko]

Ronald Acuña on the first live MLB pitch he's seen in a year:

 

[Lantern7]

Just now, mojoween said:

Colorado won eight times, they are capable.  This weekend is going to be nerve wracking and all I can hear in the back of my brain is Admiral Ackbar.

I heard about tonight. If it makes you feel better, the Mets will be following their series with the Dodgers against the White Sox and Rockies. Be honest: which New York baseball team is more prone to curses?

Speaking of the Mets . . . I've been looking at ESPN.com, and I thought they were cooked. Apparently, they show more life than the Knicks. Three runs in the bottom of the ninth . . . and I can't tune in for extra innings because the game is streaming on Apple, and I don't seem to have an account on my iPad. Fucking streaming.

Edited May 24 by Lantern7

[Lantern7]

Still tied 5-5, middle of the 12th.

Idea for news story: tonight's game is on Apple, tomorrow's will air on Fox, Sunday's runs on ESPN. What do the Dodgers and Mets' respective broadcast teams do this weekend?

Update: G. F. D. They're going into the thirteenth inning.

Update #2: Dodgers win at 12:57 a.m., 7-5. Once again, at least the Mets went out fighting.

Edited May 24 by Lantern7

[ebk57]

29 minutes ago, Lantern7 said:

Still tied 5-5, middle of the 12th.

Idea for news story: tonight's game is on Apple, tomorrow's will air on Fox, Sunday's runs on ESPN. What do the Dodgers and Mets' respective broadcast teams do this weekend?

Update: G. F. D. They're going into the thirteenth inning.

Update #2: Dodgers win at 12:57 a.m., 7-5. Once again, at least the Mets went out fighting.

Hope it's not a matinee tomorrow...

[Salacious Kitty]

37 minutes ago, ebk57 said:

Hope it's not a matinee tomorrow...

Nah, it's the FOX Game of the Week. 

[Lantern7]

53 minutes ago, ebk57 said:

Hope it's not a matinee tomorrow...

15 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Nah, it's the FOX Game of the Week. 

Yeah. Three straight night games. No suffering after a night game with a rain delay AND extra innings. I imagine both bullpens won't be used heavily for the rest of the series.

[mojoween]

The Yanks/Dodgers series next weekend is also going to be Apple-FOX-ESPN.  Guess I have to wait a week to cancel the Apple subscription I have only used for baseball.

[DMK]

When I want to watch an Apple TV game, I go to a local bar and grill that plays the game. 

[mojoween]

I’m not a gambler, but I am curious about something.  They announced an in-game parlay early in the Yankee game and I think the pitcher did meet his part, but what if he hadn’t before the game went into a rain delay, since he wouldn’t be pitching again after waiting nearly two hours?  Is that just “sucks to be you, pitcher should have thrown more strikes before it started raining”, or do you get your money back for circumstances out of your control?

[DMK]

No, you don’t get it. Thus the risk of gambling.

[mojoween]

I know Yankees announcers isn’t something that many of you concern yourselves with (weird, I know) but does anyone know why Ryan Ruoco hadn’t been used when Michael is off?  I miss him.

[Jane Tuesday]

3 hours ago, mojoween said:

I know Yankees announcers isn’t something that many of you concern yourselves with (weird, I know) but does anyone know why Ryan Ruoco hadn’t been used when Michael is off?  I miss him.

I think he's doing lots of WNBA.

I miss his podcast with CC Sabathia. They did such fantastic interviews. I still go back and listen to old ones occasionally. 

[Salacious Kitty]

Happy Tuesday from Tommy! 😂

 

[mojoween]

He got the save, but WHAT has made Devin Williams so snakebit about the ninth inning?

Also Carlos Rodon is very sweaty.  And I hate that I love him.

Also also the shiny batting helmets some Angels wore and the Angels font on their jerseys were delightful.

[DMK]

7 hours ago, mojoween said:

Also also the shiny batting helmets some Angels wore and the Angels font on their jerseys were delightful.

Those were the Angels’ city connect uniforms.

[mojoween]

53 minutes ago, DMK said:

Those were the Angels’ city connect uniforms.

!!!!

I didn’t know there were any good City Connect unis.  Well done Angels!

[mojoween]

I have no idea what Jazz is saying in this clip, I’m distracted by the glasses.  [/shallow]

 

[Lantern7]

Any other Mets fans getting tired of critics rubbing themselves with glee over Juan Soto’s slow start?

[mojoween]

4 hours ago, Lantern7 said:

Any other Mets fans getting tired of critics rubbing themselves with glee over Juan Soto’s slow start?

This Yankees fan wishes everyone would just let up on him, already.

[baldryanr]

Don't worry, Mets fans will be happy to gloat when (if?) he turns it around. And if he doesn't then congratulations, the Mets will go be forever known for giving out the worst contract in MLB history.  Maybe that will get people to stop dunking on them every Bobby Bonilla day.

[DMK]

Lindor had a rough go on his big contract at first too. I think all that focused scrutinizing attention is a little intimidating at first. Lindor came around, Soto will too, eventually.

[smittykins]

MLB players’ families grapple with rising online threats as sports betting surges

[NUguy514]

2 hours ago, smittykins said:

MLB players’ families grapple with rising online threats as sports betting surges

That is fucked up beyond belief and a completely expected side effect of allowing betting to become such a huge part of professional sports.

[ProudMary]

3 hours ago, smittykins said:

MLB players’ families grapple with rising online threats as sports betting surges

This is appalling and heartbreaking, but also some other things that are best discussed in the political thread. 🤬

39 minutes ago, NUguy514 said:

That is fucked up beyond belief and a completely expected side effect of allowing betting to become such a huge part of professional sports.

^^This, too. Big time. 😠

IMO, being recognizable to the masses has always been the downside to success in fields that are public-facing. But years ago it used to mean that people might interrupt someone while they were enjoying a meal, not threaten their life or the lives of their family members. Social media and online betting have made it a hell scape.

[ProudMary]

It may only be late May, but there's definitely a playoff atmosphere in Dodger Stadium tonight. It's been quite a game already and it's only the third inning.

[Lantern7]

Checking to see if @mojoween and/or @ProudMary are still breathing.

[Salacious Kitty]

Did you write that before or after the second Muncy homer? 😂

[mojoween]

No.

I hate everyone and everything, including especially Max Fucking Muncy.

[AimingforYoko]

Yeah, that game was really compelling:

 

[twoods]

Max Muncy has been garbage all season long. Figures his resurgence would be against the Yankees.

[ebk57]

The Nats are ahead 11-0...in the 3rd inning.  It was 10-0 after the top of the 1st.  And they're not even playing the Rockies, or White Sox, or Os. 

Weird day. 

[Salacious Kitty]

I stumbled upon the Nats/DBacks game when it was 7-0. There were NO OUTS. It got to 9 before they retired anyone. 

[NUguy514]

28 minutes ago, twoods said:

Max Muncy has been garbage all season long. Figures his resurgence would be against the Yankees.

And I just adore him for it!

[Lantern7]

Hey, Aaron Judge hit two home runs. That's not nothing, right???

I shouldn't tease. Mets beat the Rockies again, but that's supposed to happen. They also won two of three from the Dodgers, but that was at home.

[ProudMary]

4 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Did you write that before or after the second Muncy homer? 😂

That was when I turned it the game off. Had it been a YES broadcast, I would probably have stuck around, but FOX on the wrong end of a laugher? Peace, out.

[mojoween]

5 hours ago, ProudMary said:

That was when I turned it the game off. Had it been a YES broadcast, I would probably have stuck around, but FOX on the wrong end of a laugher? Peace, out.

I bounced long before that.  I read my book while my phone, ringer on, tortured me for the rest of the evening.

[baldryanr]

7 hours ago, Lantern7 said:

Hey, Aaron Judge hit two home runs. That's not nothing, right???

Hey, he's the new A-Rod.  Remember all the jokes about how you could always trust him to come up with big hits when the game was out of reach?

And before Judge fans go apoplectic, that's also a joke.  That being said, one of these days he's got to perform well in the playoffs or he's going to be viewed as the hitter version of Clayton Kershaw.

[Jane Tuesday]

7 hours ago, ProudMary said:

That was when I turned it the game off. Had it been a YES broadcast, I would probably have stuck around, but FOX on the wrong end of a laugher? Peace, out.

It was an awful game even as a neutral. I'm sure Fox was thrilled the match-up they've been salivating about ended up that way. Hell, even the Dodgers fans in the seats right behind home plate had mostly bounced to beat traffic midway through the 8th.

Fuck the Dodgers. 

[smittykins]

It’s insane that Colorado hasn’t won since the first game of the Yankees series.

[Lantern7]

What’s with the number 4 in a white circle on the Mets’ uniforms?

@mojoween & @ProudMary . . . no matter what happens tonight, at least the Yankees will still be playing. Knicks fans will have to wait several months for their next meaningful game.

Prediction: Dodgers win, 21-4. All four Yankees runs come from Judge solo shots. 😈😈😈😈

[Notabug]

7 minutes ago, Lantern7 said:

What’s with the number 4 in a white circle on the Mets’ uniforms?

 

It's Lou Gehrig Day, all the teams are wearing the patch; they're also raising money for ALS research.

[Lantern7]

30 minutes ago, Notabug said:

It's Lou Gehrig Day, all the teams are wearing the patch; they're also raising money for ALS research.

Makes sense. My first thought was that Lenny Dykstra died. He did hit the first postseason walk-off home run in team history.