MLB Thread

[King of Birds]

What I'm getting sick of re:Ortiz is this incessant "why are you retiring/ why not play next year?" stuff. As if they can't see him run slower than an over-weight backup catcher. He's obviously in some pain with his feet.

But DAMN! The man hits some huuuuuge home runs!

[ebk57]

59 minutes ago, King of Birds said:

What I'm getting sick of re:Ortiz is this incessant "why are you retiring/ why not play next year?" stuff. As if they can't see him run slower than an over-weight backup catcher. He's obviously in some pain with his feet.

But DAMN! The man hits some huuuuuge home runs!

Yeah.  Don't remind me.

[xaxat]

Earlier, I wrote that I was tired of what I thought was the press' premature fawning over Gary Sanchez. . . uh, I think I'd like to jump on the bandwagon.

(However that will probably doom him to an 0 for 88 stretch.)

[mojoween]

Aww, don't do that!  I do have to say that playing the Rays is a nice pick-me-up.

Boston vs. Baltimore.  Impossible to root for either of those teams. It would help if the Orioles lost, but rooting for the Sox is non-negotiable, I don't care if it IS Stephen King's birthday.

[King of Birds]

2 hours ago, mojoween said:

Boston vs. Baltimore.  Impossible to root for either of those teams. It would help if the Orioles lost, but rooting for the Sox is non-negotiable, I don't care if it IS Stephen King's birthday.

Impossible??  Once again mojoween, I have to take this issue to the mat with you...

Also- HBD to Stephen King!  Remember "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon"??  Of course you do, silly me. I understand the sequel to it will be "Who Doesn't Love Big Papi?"

Edited September 22, 2016 by King of Birds

[Lantern7]

What's worse for a Mets fan to find in the Daily News: Cespedes getting robbed on the back page, or Anthony Weiner wearing a Mets cap on the front?

[jennifer6973]

I think it's equal that they both suck.

[rippleintime17]

The NL Wild Card "race" is hilarious. You take it no you no you go ahead nooooo.

[King of Birds]

Per rippleintime17's post above... copying what was on Hardball this morning.

Quote

 

With the caveat that both the Cards and Mets have a lot of intradivision games left and thus it could change, if the season ended today, the Cardinals would be Club A, the Mets would be Club B and the Giants would be Club C. Which means the tiebreaker would look like this, if all three teams finished with identical records:

Sunday October 2: Regular Season Ends;

Monday October 3: Mets vs. Cards in St. Louis, winner is one of the Wild Card teams

Tuesday October 4: Mets vs. Cards loser vs. the Giants in San Francisco, winner is the second Wild Card team

The very next day, Wednesday, October 5, the winner of the game in San Francisco would have to play in either St. Louis or New York in the actual Wild Card game, which would determine who then had to fly to Chicago to face the Cubs in the NLDS. Which begins on Friday, October 7.

Got that?

 

[ebk57]

14 hours ago, Lantern7 said:

What's worse for a Mets fan to find in the Daily News: Cespedes getting robbed on the back page, or Anthony Weiner wearing a Mets cap on the front?

Yes

[jennifer6973]

So @King of Birds  what would happen if five teams are tied?

[King of Birds]

24 minutes ago, jennifer6973 said:

So @King of Birds  what would happen if five teams are tied?

In THAT case, they have my emergency number and then I pick 2 team names out of my Minnesota Vikings helmet.

[ebk57]

I'm feeling rather discouraged at the moment.  Although in all honesty, I didn't even expect the team to play .500 ball this season.  So it's actually fine.  

 

At least that's what I'm telling myself.

[MyAimIsTrue]

I thought of you last night, @ebk57, when I saw a photo of Adam Jones in all of his gorgeousness.  Perhaps that'll lessen the discouragement?

[mojoween]

Hey.  I may be a Yankees fan but Adam is mine.

[Bort]

4 hours ago, MyAimIsTrue said:

I thought of you last night, @ebk57, when I saw a photo of Adam Jones in all of his gorgeousness.  Perhaps that'll lessen the discouragement?

What, no link?

[smittykins]

OK, I admit it--I kinda want a Yankees onesie.(I'll skip the pacifier, though.)

[ebk57]

12 hours ago, mojoween said:

Hey.  I may be a Yankees fan but Adam is mine.

Get in line honey! :-)

 

I never keep baseball cards they give out at the stadium...except the last one of Adam, which is now on the bulletin board in my office.

[King of Birds]

Oh no. That Yankee onesie is all so so wrong.

[Lantern7]

I'm thinking that the Mets should take the field to "Suicide Is Painless." I don't think the 1973 team was as banged out. At least some guys came off the DL that year.

[ebk57]

Nice extra inning win for the Os tonight!  And they still did the fireworks after.  Good thing I wasn't there...

Going tomorrow for the hoodie giveaway.  Then Sunday for the last home game of the (regular) season.  I hope to be back the following week.

[mojoween]

Remember when the Yankees could score runs?  Those were good times.

[King of Birds]

It's a magic number!

[ebk57]

Fun game tonight.  Where has THIS Wade Miley been?  He was really on tonight.  The free hoodie is cute, the weather was fabulous.

Now we just have to win the rest of our games.  No problem.

 

Oh, and yay Nats!

[mojoween]

Jose Fernandez, pitcher from the Marlins, was killed in a boating accident last night.  He was 24.  How  sad.

[smittykins]

RIP, José. :(

[roamyn]

Scarry.  My thoughts with his family & the organization.

Maybe Mike Hargrove could reach out to them.  The Cleveland Indians lost two pitchers (one decapitated), in 1994 during Spring Training, before the strike.  And Bobby Ojeda effectively lost his career, even tho he tried to come back.

RIP.  I hope he didn't suffer.

[Morrigan2575]

Just saw that on Sports Center.  Very sad. I didn't realize he was so young.

[smittykins]

He'd just announced that his girlfriend is expecting. 

Kudos to MLB for canceling the Marlins-Braves game.

[rallymantis]

What hideous, heartbreaking news to wake up to.  He had such an inspiring story for such a young man.  My thoughts & prayers are with his family.

[shoregirl]

This clipped made me smile . He seemed to play with such joy what a terrible loss for his family his team the baseball community in general. My thoughts are with his family and the families the others who loss their lives in this accident 

[prican58]

This is heart breaking news. I just felt my Big Papi hate go away because news like this makes everything else so trivial. Ortiz is talking on MLB network and he is being so kind and thoughtful. They seem to have been a bit friendly. He is speaking about a documentary about Jose. Anyone know about it? 

En Paz Descances, Jose. R.I.P.

Marlins press conference now on MLB.

Edited September 25, 2016 by prican58

[ebk57]

Damn.  This is tragic news.  All good thoughts to his families on and off the field.  

[mojoween]

This is going to sound so strange, but it's one thing to say someone passed away at 24, but it sounds even more awful when it says he was born in 1992.  I know that's weird but it's probably because a. he was only five years older than my son and b. I finished my freshman year of college in 1992.  Regardless, that is just too young for anyone.

Poor Hannah Storm.  She has been amazing considering what she's had to do in the last year and a half.

I'm watching the Marlins press conference and the look on Don Mattingly's face is more than I can bear.

Edited September 25, 2016 by mojoween

[MyAimIsTrue]

Although not a Marlins fan I'm devastated by this news.   Jose Fernandez was fun to watch pitch and always had that amazing smile, and he will be missed.

Today the Rays were to have a pre-game ceremony honoring David Ortiz but it's been cancelled per his request.

[jennifer6973]

Between the looks on Don Mattingly's face and Johnny Holiday (Nationals PreGame Host and Voice of the Maryland Terrapins) breaking up, I wasn't planning to tear up over JF, but I did.

[Artsda]

Horrible, tragic news this morning. May he and his friends RIP. Lost too soon.

He was a  great pitcher. 

[King of Birds]

This clip of Eduardo Perez talking about Jose, reminds me again that Jose was so "Pedro-esque." Love that expression "Jose Day" when he pitched.

I didn't catch the Marlins presser but just this photo ...

https://twitter.com/clarkspencer/status/780070325425999872/photo/1

Edited September 25, 2016 by King of Birds

[MyAimIsTrue]

36 minutes ago, jennifer6973 said:

Between the looks on Don Mattingly's face and Johnny Holiday (Nationals PreGame Host and Voice of the Maryland Terrapins) breaking up, I wasn't planning to tear up over JF, but I did.

I missed the Mattingly interview but saw one with a Marlins announcer and when he broke down in the middle of it I started crying.

[prican58]

Donnie Baseball was a wreck in that presser. He loves all his players and prob thinks of them as his kids. This is so miserable. Was watching Keith Hernandez and Gary Thorne talking about him on Mets pre game and Mex just teared up and choked at the end of his statement. This is tough.

I'm glad his gf is pregnant because it gives Jose's family something to keep them going. My mom told me once that when my brother died at 12 yrs old,( I was 11) that I was the only reason she was able to go on. God bless them all. 

[King of Birds]

In the precarious position of ... cheering for the Yankees to hold this 3-2 lead but they feel ....  yup, Toronto just tied it on a bunt.  Thanks so much mojo.

[mojoween]

The NY football Giants sent some losertude up to Toronto.

[King of Birds]

No comment.

[Lantern7]

Two thoughts on the tragedy, both of them might lead to be getting slapped.

1. I imagine Sandy Alderson trooping to the clubhouse, yelling, "See, this is why I don't want you pitchers on a damn boat! Because of shit like this!! Aren't you glad I brought in Ojeda?!?"

2. I found out Fernandez was supposed to pitch against the Mets tomorrow. I imagine some fan has dropped his monkey's paw, unable to cope with what his wish has unleashed.

[jennifer6973]

Oh good @Lantern7 I thought I was the only one questioning why he was on a boat in the middle of the night during the season.

Of course I am usually asleep at 3 in the morning.

But during the press conference, and watching other people talk on MLB Network they said that wasn't uncommon.

[mojoween]

Thank you, MLB Network, for showing the Dodgers/Rockies game with the radio broadcast of Vin Scully's last game at Dodger Stadium.  It's tied 2-2 in the eighth and I am totally rooting for extra innings.

[prican58]

I did think about anyone being on a boat so late at night. It would have been one thing to be on a boat just hanging out even at that hour but to be speeding? Bad choice. But regardless, no one deserves to go out like that. 

I still can't believe this. 

[Mittengirl]

During the Tigers game they aired an interview with Casey Magehee (sp?), who used to be a teammate of Fernandez.  Casey has a 9-year-old son who has both Cerebral Palsy and autism and he said that Jose was always very friendly towards the little boy and seemed genuinely fond of him and comfortable with him.  Casey got teary at the thought of having to tell his son what had happened.

[mojoween]

Corey Seager thank you.  

Vin Scully -we're going into extra innings, "you didn't have anything better to do today, did you?"

[mojoween]

And not only is Vin calling the Dodgers game, that MLB is kind enough to broadcast, he is also basically calling the Padres/Giants game because of the pennant implications.  How fucking great is this??