"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
Nyy lookin shaky af
― 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
cubs are 7-for-85 with RISP as a team
― mookieproof, Friday, 16 April 2021 21:40 (three years ago) link
that means they're due
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Friday, 16 April 2021 21:42 (three years ago) link
Mets are overdue to....play a game
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 17 April 2021 00:06 (three years ago) link
― calstars, Saturday, 17 April 2021 00:07 (three years ago) link
noted yankee-killer michael wacha
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 April 2021 01:50 (three years ago) link
So I'm watching a lot of Angels game (blame Trout and Ohtani) and one thing Girardi has done often is have Ohtani batting 2nd, Trout 3rd, someone with a terrible OPS at 4th and Walsh (1.063 OPS) at fifth.
Forgetting dealing with the psychology of players: is having a gap like this some sort of sabermetrics thing I missed? Would my instinct to have Walsh batting 4th straight after Trout and Ohtani be right?
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 17 April 2021 03:22 (three years ago) link
I think you always want to have your best hitters in a row regardless of any other factor
that said your "someone with a terrible OPS" is Justin Upton is it not??
― frogbs, Saturday, 17 April 2021 03:25 (three years ago) link
I also saw Pujols in a that spot a week ago vs the Royals, which was strange.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 17 April 2021 03:31 (three years ago) link
fwiw joe girardi manages the phillies and joe maddon manages the angels
and i guess before i'd criticize maddon's batting order i'd criticize having prince albert in the lineup at all, let alone above ninth
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 April 2021 04:02 (three years ago) link
Woops yeah, two old dudes in red uniforms.
Upton is having a good game, so it's probably just psychology.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 17 April 2021 04:08 (three years ago) link
I don’t think it’s a sabermetrics thing. I think he just has a bunch of old guys with big contracts on his team.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 17 April 2021 05:10 (three years ago) link
So they’re saying he isn’t the cause but Andrelton Simmons, an anti-vaxer, has caused a covid outbreak in the Twins clubhouse.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 18 April 2021 03:41 (three years ago) link
giolito gave up 8 runs in the first inning vs. the red sox. i blame it on it being a 10 a.m. CT game for some reason.
― na (NA), Monday, 19 April 2021 16:16 (three years ago) link
sending him back out in the second was an intriguing decision
― mookieproof, Monday, 19 April 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link
they moved the marathon to october couldn't they do the same with this stupid tradition? boston is the worst city in america
― ✖, Monday, 19 April 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
We’re #1!In normal times I would always take this day off from work to watch the marathon.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 19 April 2021 19:56 (three years ago) link
More on this cool new feature on https://t.co/9BlYThnWuF:The leaderboard pages AND player pages now have some underlined stats when you hover over a season lineClick, and you get videos of that player & event type on @MLB Film Room!It's THIS simple ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/4aLBM3jsVs— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) April 19, 2021
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 19 April 2021 20:20 (three years ago) link
Arihara has been pretty good so far!
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 03:00 (three years ago) link
Corbin Burnes has 36 strikeouts to start the season without allowing a walk, the most since 1893
― frogbs, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 03:42 (three years ago) link
Burnes means testes in vulgar french and I always giggle.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 03:50 (three years ago) link
Man I wish they taught us vulgar French in school!!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 12:35 (three years ago) link
Wouldn’t work in Quebec tho!
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 15:46 (three years ago) link
has anyone else gone to a game in person this season, or are you planning to? i just bought a ticket for a cubs game in a few weeks. i'll be fully vaxxed, and the article in fangraphs this week about going to a cubs game showed me they've made more changes at wrigley than i realized to prevent crowds gathering in the concourse for extended times. so i'm not really too worried about the COVID aspects.
i'd rather go to a white sox game and not give the ricketts my money, but i can get to wrigley without taking public transportation, which i feel less comfortable about still, especially a potentially crowded train to the south side.
― na (NA), Friday, 23 April 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link
cubs seem to be waking up
― mookieproof, Friday, 23 April 2021 19:09 (three years ago) link