Red Sox 2016: The Lard of Pablo, or No More Papis in MA

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Fun Fact from my FB feed: "DiMaggio faced 55 pitchers during his 56 game hitting streak. As of yesterday, Jackie Bradley Jr had faced 63 different pitchers during his."

when you get this deep into a streak is when it dawns on you how fucking monumental it was what dimaggio did. just insane. it's like .400, it simply will not be done again.

somewhat more likely than .400, not that i expect it.

dimaggio struck out 13 times in 621 plate appearances in 1941; jbj has fanned 20 times during his streak. which is not a knock on the latter, it's just a completely different world

btw the X-man has an 18-game streak going too

both require excellence and luck sustained over a very long stretch... and nobody micromanaged pitching matchups back then the way they do now. it would be interesting to see how many of the great joe d's hits during that streak came against arguable gassed starters in the 7th, 8th and 9th innings..

papi with another dong and another double today (game still ongoing), 35 XBHs in 43 games.

obviously farrell's fault for moving him to leadoff

p. much

idk if there's a new orioles thread but in any event, I'll use this space to thank them for being themselves and striking out at a 15-batters-a-game clip against the stros

in three straight games

worst to first to worst to worst to first has a nice cadence to it

This picture is like in a horror movie when they pan around and you realize the priest is wearing a pentagram ring.

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buchholz to the bullpen

oh good he can give up grand slams in the eighth inning instead of the fourth

I think he'll be passable in the pen, which is all that he needs to be - it's clear he can't hold it together multiple innings but I can see him as a one/two innings per outing middle relief dude

feels like Ortiz has a homer and a double every single game lately.

@theaceofspaeder
#RedSox David Ortiz is batting .296/.381/.618 with 54 2B, 1 3B, 45 HR, & 141 RBI over his last 162 games played.

@theaceofspaeder
Only one player in history had both as many doubles and homers in a season as David Ortiz has over his last 162 games: Todd Helton, 2001.

buchholz survives his first relief outing!

papi's last 7 games: 7 2b, 4 hr

it's such a great story. i really hope he doesn't change his mind.

Ortiz's HR tonight gives him 38 XBH in his (not the team's) first 45 games. Here's where the all-time single-season leaders were after 45 games and their final total:

Ruth (1921): 34/119
Gehrig (1927): 37/117
Bonds (2001): 35/107
Chuck Klein (1930): 34/107
Helton (2001): 29/105

That's the top 5--good chance Ortiz's pace is the fastest ever.

moooooooooooookie

(betts)

This team!

gonna sound corny af but i was at the game where mookie scored his mlb first homer - which didn't help the game much bc it ended up being a 16-9 massacre by the cubs (also the game where jerry remy's tooth fell out in the broadcast booth!) - and was like, "that's legit, please don't be a flash in the pan," so him showing out like this and the numbers he's on pace for are v nice to see

like...O_O

Jeremy Lundblad ‏@JLundbladESPN
Mookie Betts' current pace: 37 HR, 124 RBI, 24 SB, 84 XBH

A-Rod in 2007 is only AL player to do that in last 90 years

This team!

have assumed their non-Yankee-dynasty years' place as the most loathsome team once again.

a. lol
b. lol
c. when was the last time the yankees were remotely dynastic? it's almost like 2009 was an isolated incident
d. lol again
e. what makes a team non-loathsome? not having a huge payroll? being outside of a big market? having a non-douchey fanbase? not winning? because if so, ah, morbs, i mean, i feel like we have some pot/kettle probs here
f. lol x 5,000

The only genuinely douchey bro that comes to mind on this team is Pedey

if Ortiz does this all season he def should not retire

i just meant that they sucked shit last year, and they are still located in Boston :)

orioles: not mookieproofed

mookie has homered 5 times in 24 hours

cross-ref to the pats thread, I have no idea what to make of this ridiculousness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y10hlVv3KRc

25 consecutive hits for X as well

Betts was a 5th rounder baseball is stupid and I don't know why we like it

Ortiz, meanwhile, is up to 39 XBH in 47 games (and slugging .728).

https://twitter.com/mookiebetts/status/738439809773998080

totes adorbz

JBJ AL player of the month!

currently sitting on the best run differential in the AL, at +71. only...*does math* 78 measly runs behind the next-highest in either league, the cubs, with 149. tiny difference!

David Ortiz on Xander Bogaerts: "That kid is on another level. He's on top of his game like nothing I have ever seen before. His s--- is way too good to believe.

Caught a bit of of today's game on TV. Felt a little sad seeing Molitor trudge out to the mound as the runs piled up--one of my favorite Jays ever during his brief stay.

According to the announcers, Ortiz his a couple of 400-foot singles today.

My typos get worse all the time. And I'm at a desk, not on a phone. Ortiz aging much better than I am.

oh wrinklebarnes

barnes fuckin sucks tbrr

that hanle y 3-run homer is currently embedded in someone's windshield

(I'm guessing)

so... if anyone here comes to a game let me know because I might be playing the music that day. freelancing, amirite

!

😎

Oh Mookie don't lead the life that they made for you