MLB Thread

[Bort]

Jake Marisnick's is "Big Fudge." I don't even wanna know...

[jennifer6973]

@kariyaki

Maybe it's the censored version of what it really is.

[Lantern7]

Still waiting for the inevitable moment when Mets fans storm the field and start beating players up. I get ready to go out, I remember their game started after noon. I turn on SNY . . . first inning, Rangers up 3-0, and they had the bases loaded. In other news, here are the Mets' "Players Weekend" jerseys.  Of course, I'm surprised nobody is putting "GET ME THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!" on their jersey.

In other news, Bartolo went seven scoreless for the win. Also, he's putting "MORALES" on the back of his jersey. Does anybody here know why? I mean, I would've thought he'd go with "BIG SEXY."

ETA: Jay Bruce is going back to Ohio, albeit it in a strange uniform. And the "BRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCE!!!!!" chants were coming in on a regular basis in Flushing.

[xaxat]

So no HeHateMe yet?

The Pirates have a J Hay, a JB, a J Mo and an Easy J. 

And, because they are playing at the Little League World Series, they get commemorative extra ugly socks!

[navelgazer]

9 hours ago, twoods said:

Kyle Seager  has a great sense of humor going with "Corey's brother" on his uniform. 

Thanks!  I will have to go look for that.  I love Kyle, have his replica jersey (along with one for Hernandez, of course).  

[MyAimIsTrue]

8 hours ago, xaxat said:

And, because they are playing at the Little League World Series, they get commemorative extra ugly socks!

Commemorative ugly socks aside I love that there will be a game at Williamsport and it's pretty much for the kids at the LLWS, and that the big league guys will make an appearance at the LLWS games.

[xaxat]

Deadspin's list of their favorite jersey nicknames.

Sir Didi makes me laugh. Because it's not a nickname, it's a real life title. I also like Davehuman (David Freese).

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David Freese decided on “Davehuman” because, well, Freese already is a nice nickname. A few years ago, Freese bought a boxer and named the pup Bob. His buddy, also named Bob, would watch Bob the dog while Freese was away. Then, Bob the human got a dog and named it Dave. When the four are together, one must be species-specific about Bobs and Daves.

[mojoween]

The revolving door on the DL continues...Red Thunder on, Aaron Hicks off.  Can't everyone just play at the same time?  I mean, I'm good with Bird staying out but Starlin needs to come back.

[Lantern7]

7 hours ago, xaxat said:

Deadspin's list of their favorite jersey nicknames.

Of course "Bruuuce" would be cited as a favorite. #OnlyTheMets

[mojoween]

Yankees 3B coach Joe Espada tripped on the Rogers Centre turf yesterday and when the team got to BP today they hilariously saw this:

[Lantern7]

In other news, the Mets traveled south to Philadelphia and pounded on the Phillies. Of course, something bad happened . . . Jacob deGrom caught a line drive in the arm. I'm thinking that Terry did not want to take any chances. Also, that was his hundredth pitch. Great timing!

[Silver Raven]

Lenny Dykstra says women talking politics turns him on.

http://deadspin.com/lenny-dykstra-doesn-t-dispute-sexual-harassment-claim-1797718512

[attica]

It reassures me that some things in 2017 haven't changed: the NY tabloids are quite unified in their breathless pearl clutching over the Yankees "abandoning pinstripes for the first time in 108 years!!111!!ONE"  Dudes: it's just some lighthearted laundry. This is a thing we can all live through.

Lenny Dykstra can be tased with a cattle prod right about now, to the benefit of everyone.

[MyAimIsTrue]

53 minutes ago, attica said:

Lenny Dykstra can be tased with a cattle prod right about now, to the benefit of everyone.

I met a lovely couple named Dykstra when I was in the Netherlands in June.  For their sake I hope they're not related to that idiot.  (and, yes, I realize Dykstra is a somewhat common Dutch name)

[attica]

Omg, you guys! I just walked past A-Rod on the street. We made eye contact. He was all by himself (no J-Lo, heh), yapping on the phone.  All dressed up in expensive suit and tie.  He is very large. Other pedestrians swivel-headed, but nobody yelled at him or grabbed him. NYers leave the rich and famous alone!

[MyAimIsTrue]

I'm no fan of his but that is very cool and I understand your excitement!!  I still get giddy when I think about seeing Tom Glavine board the flight I was waiting to board.

[mojoween]

4 hours ago, attica said:

Omg, you guys! I just walked past A-Rod on the street. We made eye contact. He was all by himself (no J-Lo, heh), yapping on the phone.  All dressed up in expensive suit and tie.  He is very large. Other pedestrians swivel-headed, but nobody yelled at him or grabbed him. NYers leave the rich and famous alone!

I would have fainted no lie.

[smittykins]

And now Tanaka is back on the DL...

Wonder how long he's been pitching with the shoulder inflammation?

[Lantern7]

Something cute from The Onion.

[MVFrostsMyPie]

I don't know how you people with actual weather deal with rain delays! ;) I thought the Giants would have to play a triple-header tomorrow against the Walgreens. 

[MVFrostsMyPie]

The Giants/Nats will have played 3 games in a 21 hour period once this series has ended.

Apparently the last time 3 games were played in 1 day was in 1920 (Pirates vs. Reds)

[ebk57]

Today, for something completely different, I will be going to the Nats game.  Yay...I guess.

[Silver Raven]

Hunter Pence's nickname shirt says "Wawindaji".  It's Swahili for hunter, so, okay...

Austin Slater's is AC, in honor of "Saved by the Bell"'s AC Slater.

[attica]

I did see one using the great Key & Peele joke "A-A-RON", which warms my heart.

[shoregirl]

2 hours ago, attica said:

I did see one using the great Key & Peele joke "A-A-RON", which warms my heart.

I dont know if anyone else is doing it but i know Phillies outfielder Aaron Alther is. He is on the disabled list though so i hope he can come back in time. If i didnt already love him this would have cemented it

Edited August 13, 2017 by shoregirl

[smittykins]

Think we can convince Mo to come out of retirement?

[xaxat]

The worst part about the Subway Series is that its the only game on three of my channels tonight. (YES, SNY, ESPN)

[twoods]

It makes me sad to see Stanton HR highlights because the ballpark is empty. He is doing something amazing and the hometown fans just don't care. I wonder how he feels about that.

[Silver Raven]

Ugh.  The giants and Hunter Pence tweeted about Pablo Sandoval coming back "where he belongs".  I replied to them, "Nope, he shit on the club when he left, he should have been left to twist in the wind."  At least some people liked my tweet.

[rcc]

Sandoval is stealing that money from Boston. They had to babysit him, SF before that, and now he's supposed to be hailed as something special because he went back to SF. Bullshit!

[Lantern7]

Lady Gaga to play Citi Field at the end of August. And now I gotta worry about her health, because anybody remotely associated with the Mets seems to suffer.

15 hours ago, twoods said:

It makes me sad to see Stanton HR highlights because the ballpark is empty. He is doing something amazing and the hometown fans just don't care. I wonder how he feels about that.

I think the fans do come out to root for Stanton. The problem is that there are probably very few Marlins fans in Miami. When the city cares about sports, they do that for the Dolphins and Heat. At least that's the impression that I get.

[rcc]

When Loria isn't the owner of the Marlins I think some fans will return. They'll get behind Jeter and his group. Miami might never have rabid fans like the Cubs but they will care more. 

[MyAimIsTrue]

Loria is HATED in south Florida.  Hated.  He's ruined, what, two franchises now?  I'm not sure if the good folks in Montreal have gotten over him yet.

[xaxat]

Ten years from now I look forward to the 30 for 30, "Jeffery Loria: Sport's greatest con man."

[mojoween]

David Cone says during the broadcast that if things stay where they are (Yanks up 4-2) DeGrom will have the dreaded eight inning complete game.  It took me a good five minutes to puzzle out how exactly you could pitch a complete game if you only go eight innings.  Sometimes my elevator just needs a little extra oil to get to the top.

Michael Kay pointed out Paul Simon and Edie Brickell in the stands and told a cute story that Mickey Mantle was Paul's favorite Yankee and somehow the Mick found this out and asked why he wasn't in "Mrs. Robinson".  Turns out, it was a simple matter of syllable count.  Joe DiMaggio was perfect.

[Bort]

The Diamondbacks got all kitted up in NASA gear for their away trip to Houston:

[mojoween]

It was mentioned that the Dodgers are 50 games over .500 and they are the first team to do it since St. Louis did it in 2004.  It pisses me off so damn much that I a.  know off the top of my head that St. Louis lost the WS that year and b. fuck the Red Sox.

Edited August 16, 2017 by mojoween

[rippleintime17]

17 hours ago, rcc said:

Sandoval is stealing that money from Boston. They had to babysit him, SF before that, and now he's supposed to be hailed as something special because he went back to SF. Bullshit!

How is he stealing money that the Red Sox decided to give him? Do you think that any player who doesn't live up to a contract is stealing or just this one? 

[mojoween]

How Players Picked Their Number

I love this story so much.  It's interesting to know that you have to buy the inventory to change numbers.  And #2 is popular among a couple of younger guys, natch.

And no, Aaron, you don't turn down a jersey from the Yankees, I got you on that one.

Edited August 16, 2017 by mojoween

[smittykins]

You know you're getting old when several players wear #2 because they idolized Jeter growing up.

[Bort]

They do this thing at Astros home games whenever Dallas Keuchel pitches and I thought I'd post it because the new t-shirt for it cracked me up.

[xaxat]

14 minutes ago, smittykins said:

You know you're getting old when several players wear #2 because they idolized Jeter growing up.

A couple of years ago, I was watching the pre-game lineup, saw the name Delino DeShields and I thought "Holy shit! He's still in the league?"

Of course, it was junior. And I felt old.

[Bort]

52 minutes ago, xaxat said:

A couple of years ago, I was watching the pre-game lineup, saw the name Delino DeShields and I thought "Holy shit! He's still in the league?"

Of course, it was junior. And I felt old.

Meanwhile, Ken Griffey III was signed by the Miami Dolphins.

Anybody else kind of aghast that he's playing football instead of baseball?

[MyAimIsTrue]

I'm aghast that anyone would play football instead of baseball.

[jennifer6973]

1 hour ago, kariyaki said:

Meanwhile, Ken Griffey III was signed by the Miami Dolphins.

Anybody else kind of aghast that he's playing football instead of baseball?

Would you want to play a sport your father was so popular in?  ( I know others do)

 

18 minutes ago, MyAimIsTrue said:

I'm aghast that anyone would play football instead of baseball.

True

[rcc]

6 hours ago, rippleintime17 said:

How is he stealing money that the Red Sox decided to give him? Do you think that any player who doesn't live up to a contract is stealing or just this one? 

All of them but in this case I detest him more for not staying in shape and obviously wanted to slide by with that guaranteed contract.

[Silver Raven]

15 minutes ago, rcc said:

All of them but in this case I detest him more for not staying in shape and obviously wanted to slide by with that guaranteed contract.

"staying" in shape implies that he was ever in shape to begin with.

[rcc]

2 hours ago, Silver Raven said:

"staying" in shape implies that he was ever in shape to begin with.

Ya got a point there!

[ebk57]

6 hours ago, Silver Raven said:

"staying" in shape implies that he was ever in shape to begin with.

Is this where someone pops in and says "round is a shape"?

 

No?  Okay, I'll show myself out.

[mojoween]

First off I wish Aaron Judge had laid off that terrible pitch in the ninth inning last night because he wouldn't have had a strike out and then they would stop talking about that terrible record and second so what if he struck out last night?  He hit a one thousand foot home run and the Yankees won the game.  Leave the kid alone, media.  You're not helping by making him feel bad.