rougned odor to the yankees
not really sure why -- he's good for nothing except homers and he can't play short, where the yankees are actually thin -- but apparently the rangers are paying (perhaps literally) all of the remaining $27m he's owed, so hey why not
anyway lol he has to shave now
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
xxxxxxps i don't really like castellanos (apart from his role in thom brennaman's downfall, of course) but i think if you plunk a guy you have to accept being flexed on in a situation like that
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 21:51 (three years ago) link
i hate ads on pitchers mounds
― ✖, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 23:24 (three years ago) link
I mean, I don’t get what the original skipping things was about. Dude seems like he was trying to provoke shit from the onset.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 00:08 (three years ago) link
10 Ks for Sandy Alcantara, through 5 IP. iirc, 9 of those were swinging strikes, and none were in the strike zone
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 7 April 2021 00:26 (three years ago) link
steve shasta's a's are in quite a hole
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 04:51 (three years ago) link
Have only checked out a couple box scores and of course since I have been ignoring baseball the Reds start 5-1 with the most runs they have ever scored in the first 6 games. Figures...
Did not realize until a couple days ago that Naquin had ended up a Red. The two times I saw him play live for Cleveland he had great games both getting a couple hits and making really nice plays in the outfield. Seems like a guy that had the talent to make that next step but it never happened.
Never know, sometimes guys like that it finally clicks and they have some a few good seasons in their 30s.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 7 April 2021 23:36 (three years ago) link
my man jameson taillon's first start in 23 months: 4.2 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 0 BB, 7 K, 74 pitches
unfortunately two of the hits were homers. love to see former pirates thrive in the AL east
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 April 2021 00:06 (three years ago) link
the ultimate Jomboy is the Amir Garrett vs. the entire Pirates fight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU-ESpiwV4o
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Thursday, 8 April 2021 15:13 (three years ago) link
the lip reading is good because it shows that even at the highest levels, trash talk is just as dumb and repetitive as a pickup basketball game
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Thursday, 8 April 2021 15:14 (three years ago) link
i am listening to the cardinals home opener pre-show, listening to the organ player go wild as the clydesdales trot around the perimeter of the field. no video feed yet, but hopefully they'll show it when the broadcast starts in a few minutes.
i love this. mike shannon is already incomprehensible.
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 8 April 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link
shannon rambling on about how the cardinal fans are the best of all time as the home crowd politely cheered the introduction of the brewers coaches and special assistants, leading to an ovation for kolten wong in his first time back at busch. the best fans in baseball, we indoctrinate ourselves with our earnest respect
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 8 April 2021 19:59 (three years ago) link
the ovation for kolten wong was so earnest and so well-earned that he cried throughout his entire 4-pitch walk from wainwright
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 8 April 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
maybe they should just let the brewers start every inning with a guy on second, out of respect and gentlemanly fair play
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 8 April 2021 21:04 (three years ago) link
disre2pectful of wainwright not to groove a fastball to wong like he did for jetes
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 April 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
"maybe they should just let the brewers start every inning with a guy on second, out of respect and gentlemanly fair play"
AKA Bill Hall rule
― earlnash, Friday, 9 April 2021 05:13 (three years ago) link
Thinking the Angels might make the playoffs this season.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 10 April 2021 00:39 (three years ago) link
if i managed the giants, who had yesterday off, i might not have let 35yo johnny cueto throw 118 pitches in his second start of the season
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 April 2021 00:41 (three years ago) link
But are you a good looking ex-catcher who said 'uh-uh nice ok' when explained analytics and probabilities?
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 10 April 2021 01:29 (three years ago) link
Nyy lookin shaky af
― calstars, Saturday, 10 April 2021 18:25 (three years ago) link
going to get buried in "mets don't give degrom run support" discourse if they lose, but trevor rogers might actually be really good now
― ✖, Saturday, 10 April 2021 19:04 (three years ago) link
taylor tyler trevor rogers
― ✖, Saturday, 10 April 2021 19:06 (three years ago) link
I like the Padres players but I find it impossible to root for a team still using military camo for a uniform.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Saturday, 10 April 2021 21:45 (three years ago) link
Can’t cheer for a team you can’t see!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 10 April 2021 21:57 (three years ago) link
"mets don't give degrom run support" discourse
it *is* pretty funny/amazing tho, along with the mets bullpen in degrom starts
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 April 2021 22:15 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/UHLcCSU.png
― calstars, Sunday, 11 April 2021 15:38 (three years ago) link
not that unexpected, i guess, but i just watched arenado do a perfect DP turn as the SS (in a shift) in a 6-4-3, dragging his foot over second base as he took the toss and then throwing it over to first.
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 00:00 (three years ago) link
giolito was v. good but bieber was just lights-out
9 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 11 K, 113 P, 85 ST, game score 91
31 batters, 24 first-pitch strikes, *one* 3-ball count, *one* runner reached second, don't have an exact count but he went 0-2 on more than half the guys he faced
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 02:50 (three years ago) link
also the 3-ball count/walk came with two outs in the ninth against the reigning AL MVP
super impressive
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 04:00 (three years ago) link
damn
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 07:15 (three years ago) link
Yadi is catching his 2000th game today, 6th all-time.
kinda feel like starting a Cardinals specific thread and being the only who posts in it. Morbs was always against the shared division threads anyway, and i want a place where i can share high-rez pictures of yadi and willie mcgee without shame
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 17:07 (three years ago) link
― calstars, Saturday, April 10, 2021 1:25 PM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
who knew that only doing the bare minimum to improve your team for two offseasons in a row would be a bad thing?
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 17:16 (three years ago) link
I would never shame you for sharing your Willie McGee pics!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
the problem is, willie mcgee pics quickly lead to john nogowski pics
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 17:40 (three years ago) link
Totally inappropriate.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
Of the five guys who got there first (2,000 games), three are in the HOF (I-Rod, Fisk, Carter), two aren't (Bob Boone, Jason Kendall). I thought that might be in and of itself decisive, but no. He's almost dead-even with Kendall in bWAR, so who knows.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link
kendall's HOF case suffers from playing for small market teams, and not having a HOF-level standout skill. his defense was always good, but i'm not sure he was ever regarded as elite like the current hall of famer yadier molina(i could be wrong)
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
One thing that Molina might have going for him is that he's the first to do it with one team; probably my own bias speaking, but I think at the margins HOF voters are a little less enthusiastic about itinerant careers.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 19:43 (three years ago) link
Speaking of which I just learned Jed Lowrie is on his 4th separate stint with Oakland
― ✖, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
the Rolaids "Fourth Time Around" award
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link
yankees are gonna come in fourth, but at least they'll be under the luxury tax
― voodoo chili, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:25 (three years ago) link
Baseball should install a Lux Interior tax on the oldest and least cool teams.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
cubs are sucking it up pretty bad to start the season too. not surprising, though i expected the pitching to be the main problem, not the offense
― na (NA), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:38 (three years ago) link
i’m calling it - 7 inning games are better
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 21:15 (three years ago) link
Out with you
― ✖, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
Please someone stop the Red Sox
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 15 April 2021 03:44 (three years ago) link
Paging Carlos Rodon
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 15 April 2021 03:49 (three years ago) link
kris bryant, willson contreras, and jake marisnick are the only cubs batting above the mendoza line so far this season
― na (NA), Friday, 16 April 2021 18:43 (three years ago) link
Please someone stop the Red Sox― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 10:44 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 10:44 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Only one team can beat them and they are called the mighty Baltimore Orioles
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 16 April 2021 18:43 (three years ago) link
strange days my friends
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 16 April 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
Might have been a good poll to have in 2011--the World Series thread had 1,081 posts (240 this year).
― clemenza, Friday, 5 November 2021 14:46 (two years ago) link
this world series sucked though
― just staying (Karl Malone), Friday, 5 November 2021 15:13 (two years ago) link
whereas in 2011 america's team was playing, as well as the cardinals
― just staying (Karl Malone), Friday, 5 November 2021 15:14 (two years ago) link
That baseball-almanac figure is also old as the 20,000th player debuted this year
― ✖, Friday, 5 November 2021 17:49 (two years ago) link
i should know better than to try to google than on my phone, hahaha.
i suppose the "real" answer depends on other factors too:
https://www.ocregister.com/2021/05/26/hoornstra-finding-mlbs-real-20000th-player-with-apologies-to-jose-godoy/
― just staying (Karl Malone), Friday, 5 November 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
Reminiscent of the league trying to figure out who scored their millionth run in 1975.
― clemenza, Friday, 5 November 2021 18:32 (two years ago) link
b-ref is up to 22,563 with the addition of negro league players
― mookieproof, Friday, 5 November 2021 22:11 (two years ago) link
wander franco is the next vladimir guerrero jr. he can't miss
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 6 January 2024 01:10 (five months ago) link
Honestly just the most horrible updates on that case everyday. Just despicable
― H.P, Saturday, 6 January 2024 02:43 (five months ago) link