2018 regular-season game chatter

the bunt was fuckin hilarious

do we have a thread about playing baseball?

not sure but I would post about my softball team in such a thread

same

you didn't try very hard, did you

playing baseball

lol i just realized it's in my bookmarks, thanks Mookie.

the pirates just wrecked corey kluber; what the hell is going on

Willians Astudillo was sent back to Rochester on Sunday.

the top defensive players of the year thus far: Matt Chapman and Kolten Wong

https://sabr.org/latest/sabr-defensive-index-rankings-released-through-july-15-2018

One pitcher in the top 25s!

Odor?!

I never see the guy... does he have a bad rep?

Pirates are on fire. 10 wins in a row!

lol @ both the bucs AND the rays having better records than the giants

Morbs: yes, he is supposed to be awful.

who thought the Giants would be better than mediocre this year?

the giants themselves, apparently

Source says @SFGiants expect to be "strategic buyers" before July 31 Deadline. Looking for controllable players, not rentals. Team has no plan to become a seller.

— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) July 24, 2018

The Giants are only 5.5 back after losing:
#1 SP Bumgarner - 61 games (broken finger, dirt bike crash)
#2 SP Cueto - 11 days/2 starts (sprained ankle)
#2 SP Cueto - 62 games (sprained elbow)
#3 SP Samardzija - 36 games (shoulder stiffness)
#3 SP Samardzija - currently on the DL (shoulder stiffness)

That's like 34+ games of minor-league call-ups filling in for the top 3 in their rotation.

If any of those gimps can get it together, the Giants could compete in that terrible division.

hanging around .500 with those injuries is way more than any giants fan could have asked for. but there's four competitive teams in that division...

Also they lost their closer (Melancon - flexor) & set-up man/back-up closer (Strickland - idiot) for most of the season. Who else...? Longoria? Pence (probably a net-positive)... They are basically a half-minor league team.

shit's gonna happen when you have one of the oldest teams in baseball. tbh they'd be better off if samardzija had been out the whole year

5.5 back is feasible, but they have three teams in front of them and they're already three games up on their pythag

i don't know where they're gonna get 'controllable players' tho -- they have no prospects to trade and the big leaguers are either untouchable or not very valuable. (maybe tony watson, with the way people are about relievers these days)

it seems churlish to bash them after how very successful they've been, but they seem intent on driving their aging, expensive team off a cliff

kinda think this is the last hoo-ra

The Reds have played some pretty wild and weird games this year.

Sergio Romo entered the game as a reliever in the 8th and got out of the inning. In the 9th he switched to 3B for one batter, and then shifted back to pitcher to get the save.

#SFGiants crowd reaction to Josh Hader entering the game pic.twitter.com/5UbEFq85QC

— Josh Holub (@JoshHolub) July 27, 2018

Been close to 20mins so far:

Currently in a blackout delay at Dodger Stadium as all the stadium lights have shutoff in the middle of the inning pic.twitter.com/geWXmguLaN

— Chase Henley (@henleychase) July 31, 2018

lmao 19-0 nats b5

Addison Russell makes a baaaad out at third in the 9th to give the New Pirates a win

He looked safe on all the replays I saw, but it was a mistake to try for third.

http://afropunk.com/2018/08/ozzie-albies-comforting-ronald-acuna-jr-is-the-perfect-alternative-to-toxic-masculinity/

that’s cute as hell

a thousand slashfics launched

heads up for all who have their Twin Peaks costume picked out

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/8/2/17646038/mlb-postseason-schedule-2018-world-series-game-7-halloween

so i guess this means a Mariners-Nationals WS

just as well the yankees scored -- having a 1-0 game go four hours was going to be embarrassing

Friday was 2:14 wtf

Sam Miller on the genesis of the violent walk-off dogpile

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24058781/how-beating-teammates-became-go-walk-celebration

the cardinals have been "accidentally" dumping gatorade on the tv reporter all year, seems like a good tradition

i'm going to mets/cubs at the end of the month on what is apparently "grateful dead day" at wrigley field

which doesn't actually seem to entail much of anything: https://www.mlb.com/cubs/tickets/specials/community-nights/grateful-dead-night

they're announcing the 'players weekend' uniforms and nicknames today, and the guys who just use their surnames anyway make me sad

I admire them! deGrom is one.

https://www.mlb.com/news/2018-mlb-players-weekend-nicknames/c-289419008

jesus christ Corey Knebel just walked the first 3 batters of the 9th inning with a 4-2 lead and somehow wasn't pulled right there

now 8-4 Padres, good going Counsell

Brewers now 0-8 in weekday games

boxberger emoji one is hilarious xp

and the guys who just use their surnames anyway make me sad

― mookieproof, Thursday, August 9, 2018 1:11 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

greinke proving to be the most boring human on earth

maybe I'm just asking cuz I'm bitter right now but if you have a closer whose command is all over the place why don't you have another person warming up, just in case? I've seen so many blown saves that were absolutely telegraphed from the first batter. roll the dice if you must but leaving a guy in when he's missing the strike zone by a foot feels like you're just giving the game away.

Love these --
Michael Wacha: "WACHAMOLE"
Brad Boxberger: "🎁🍔"

Freddie Freeman: "ANDREW"
No idea what this means but I lol'd.

yeah if it were me I’d either use my last name or something that no one has ever called me

The names on the backs of jerseys for Players Weekend. Well played, Derek Holland. pic.twitter.com/RDjotjJEGj

— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) August 9, 2018

lol @ "Last Name"

yeah if it were me I’d either use my last name or something that no one has ever called me

― k3vin k., Thursday, August 9, 2018 3:43 PM (thirty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

cmon, like you wouldn't use "k3vin k."