i adore no-hitters compared to the jerkwad cycles.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 July 2015 16:55 (nine years ago) link
a bit parochial, but
http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/8/10/9111909/new-york-mets-trivia-teenagers
http://www.amazinavenue.com/2015/8/3/9084755/new-york-mets-trivia-40-year-old-players
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 August 2015 19:16 (nine years ago) link
@dennistlinThe Padres had come up one hit short of a cycle 361 times. They'd finished a triple shy 258 times.
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 August 2015 03:46 (nine years ago) link
Nice ceremony for the '85 Jays at today's game (Bell, Barfield, and Moseby specifically). I have even more nostalgia for the '83-87 group than the two WS winners.
Anyway, reminded me of something I'd forgotten. The '85 team clinched at home against the Yankees in the 161st game. What noteworthy thing happened in the meaningless 162nd game? (Not all that difficult.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 16 August 2015 17:53 (nine years ago) link
i assume a no-hitter.
Last night Bryce Harper became the 15th player in history to record 4 walks, 0 hits, and score 4 runs.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 15:21 (nine years ago) link
Right after becoming the all-time leader in major league games played by a native of the Dominican Republic, Adrian Beltre was ejected by home plate umpire Adam Hamari.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 August 2015 13:51 (nine years ago) link
the Mets had never won a game 14-9 in their history; they did it twice in Denver this weekend.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 August 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link
Jack Brohamer hit the only major-league HR while wearing shorts
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/chicago-white-sox-shorts-1976-jack-brohamer-home-run-082115
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 August 2015 17:18 (nine years ago) link
According to Buck Martinez--who researches this stuff personally--Donaldson/Bautista/Encarnacion are the fifth trio of right-handed 30 HR/100 RBI-guys ever. No idea who the other four are.
― clemenza, Friday, 18 September 2015 23:24 (nine years ago) link
@AdamRubinESPN Elias: Tonight's #Mets-#Phillies game was the first in the modern era with 10 walks, 7 wild pitches and 4 hit batters.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 1 October 2015 11:53 (eight years ago) link
@AdamRubinESPN Elias: Steven Matz has 2nd-fewest regular-season pitching starts in MLB history entering an LCS start (6). PHL's Marty Bystrom has 5 in 1980
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 18:15 (eight years ago) link
also, there has never been a World Series between "expansion teams" -- at least one has always been one of the "original 16." If Cubs drop, we'll have one.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 18:16 (eight years ago) link
40th anniv of Fisk Game 6, which i watched on the tv
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 19:43 (eight years ago) link
@AdamRubinESPN Michael Conforto will be 3rd to appear in Little League World Series, College World Series & World Series. Joins Ed Vosberg & Jason Varitek.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 October 2015 17:03 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/QUMUicJ.png
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 27 October 2015 18:01 (eight years ago) link
Jay Jaffe:
"[Franklin Morales] wound up retiring just one of the five batters he faced, leaving him with a 108.00 ERA for this World Series. Including his seven runs allowed in three innings for the Rockies in the 2007 World Series, he owns a 29.70 ERA in his World Series career, the highest for any pitcher with at least three innings thrown. With his ERA climbing from his previous mark of 21.00, he overtook Harry Gumbert, who allowed 12 runs in four innings over three World Series for the Giants (1936 and 1937) and Cardinals (1942), producing a 27.00 ERA, and Fred Green, who allowed 10 runs in four innings for the Pirates in 1960 en route to a 22.50 ERA."
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 31 October 2015 13:35 (eight years ago) link
name the eight players in mlb history who have hit 300 homers and stolen 300 bases
(i got four, could maybe have gotten one or two more, would never have gotten the last two)
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 18:11 (eight years ago) link
just heard this on the BP podcast
i usta know at least 6/8
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 18:27 (eight years ago) link
two are related
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 19:28 (eight years ago) link
another of them is the oldest guy ever to play 100+ games in CF in a season
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 20:08 (eight years ago) link
Guesses all: Mays, Barry/Bobby Bonds, Dawson, Larry Walker, Abreu, Biggio...not sure about the last three, will have to think about it some more. I want to say Henderson, but I think he came up a little short on HR.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 20:16 (eight years ago) link
your first four are correct
hint: two of the remaining are active
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 20:39 (eight years ago) link
biggio and henderson were both very close but no cigar
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 20:41 (eight years ago) link
Abreu was really close: 288/400.
Mike Trout? (That's a joke, I think.)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 20:43 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, Biggio and Henderson were even inside of Abreu.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 20:45 (eight years ago) link
the two active players are . . . on the same team
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:01 (eight years ago) link
Looked them up. Of the two active players, should have gotten one for sure (the less celebrated player, actually--the more celebrated was a bit of a surprise). I could have guessed forever and a day on the other two and wouldn't have gotten them.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:01 (eight years ago) link
After these twos, I wonder how long will it take to have a new member. David Wright is at 293/195, Hanley at 210/267, Andrew McAwesome at 151/154 actually.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:09 (eight years ago) link
pretty sure david wright ain't stealing 100 more bases
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:13 (eight years ago) link
Wright has 235 hr btw
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 21:25 (eight years ago) link
i def remember it being noted when R Sanders and Finley accomplished this arbitrary round-number-obsessives' feat
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:00 (eight years ago) link
mccutchen isn't going to get the steals (might not get the homers, either). trout has time to, but just isn't running much anymore
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:09 (eight years ago) link
This was a lot tougher than I thought it would be.
I thought Hank Aaron was one of them, but he had only 240 SB.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 11 November 2015 22:23 (eight years ago) link
Five questions from Posnanski. (He sticks the answers right below the questions on his page, so I'll cut-and-paste them here and add a link for the answers.)
1. Only four players have hit 50-plus home runs for teams that won the World Series. Can you name the four?2. Only one pitcher has hit more than five home runs in a season when he also won the Cy Young Award. Name that pitcher!3. Two pitchers in baseball history had more 20 wins and 10 balks in the same season. Can you name them? (Hint, they are are both fairly prominent in the game today, one as an announcer and the other as a front office man).4. Over the last 50 years, only one non-pitcher has won an MVP award with five or fewer home runs. Who was it?5. In the last 50 years, which player had the most errors in a season? Hint: He’s in the Hall of Fame.
http://joeposnanski.com/trivia-questions-1/
― clemenza, Monday, 30 November 2015 22:31 (eight years ago) link
The first one's my favourite kind of question: you'll get three right away, struggle with the fourth, probably give up, then think "Damn, should have had that" when you check the answer.
The second is my least favourite kind: the answer seems almost random to me, with no special significance.
― clemenza, Monday, 30 November 2015 22:50 (eight years ago) link
I was blanking out on the most obvious guy in the answer to the first question (i.e. the one who did it first). It eventually came to me, but not before trying to remember whether Mays hit 50+ HR in 1954.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 18:41 (eight years ago) link
Kudos if you got the last one. I noticed the answer before I had a chance to think about it, but I probably would have been at for a while. The other question I really like is #4. Same thing: would have taken me a while if I hadn't seen the answer.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 22:33 (eight years ago) link
who is the only player to have started at least 100 games in each spot in the batting order
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 February 2016 17:22 (eight years ago) link
Someone who played for Jim Leyland.
― Andy K, Friday, 12 February 2016 18:04 (eight years ago) link
Curtis Granderson? No real idea.
― clemenza, Saturday, 13 February 2016 00:43 (eight years ago) link
Not right, but not a bad guess:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=grandcu01&year=Career&t=b#lineu
― clemenza, Saturday, 13 February 2016 00:45 (eight years ago) link
hints:
- obviously an american league player of the last 40 years or so- three-time all-star, four times in the top 10 for mvp, would be a charter member of the Hall of the Very Good- played 20 seasons, none of which were below replacement level
― mookieproof, Saturday, 13 February 2016 01:02 (eight years ago) link
(answer is here, about 40% of the way down)
and granderson is a seriously good guess
― mookieproof, Saturday, 13 February 2016 01:08 (eight years ago) link
my first thought just now was Tony Phillips
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 13 February 2016 01:14 (eight years ago) link
Never would have guessed the answer.
― Andy K, Saturday, 13 February 2016 01:19 (eight years ago) link
he should be in the HOF i think
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 13 February 2016 01:23 (eight years ago) link
nice contrast with his longtime teammate among its weakest members
― mookieproof, Saturday, 13 February 2016 01:33 (eight years ago) link
Pretty interesting, I'd imagine quite a few of the batting 8th and 9th was when he came up as that club had a big hitting lineup. His peak as a hitter was later than many.
― earlnash, Saturday, 13 February 2016 07:01 (eight years ago) link
Never would have guessed either--and when you think about the unusual shape of his career vs. the sometimes inverse fortunes of his team (especially in the early '80s), it does make sense.
― clemenza, Saturday, 13 February 2016 07:42 (eight years ago) link
My first thought after reading the hints was Omar Vizquel ... not close, really. Great question!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 13 February 2016 10:17 (eight years ago) link