2022 MLB General Season Chatter: Ghost Runners On The Half-Billion Dollar Infield

Agh, the entire point of the walk was because first base was open! There were runners on second and third. If a ground ball was hit in that situation, the only force out is at first base. That’s why you IBB and load the bases - it creates a force out at every base. This is particularly true when it’s a close game and you’re trying to prevent one run from scoring - you don’t care about the extra (third) run on first base, you’re trying to get one out.

There is also a trade off between facing miggy and the next batter, but the loading the bases / force out thing is much more important imo

you also instantly raise the batting average of the next guy to the plate and increase pressure on the pitcher. not a fan

Just read about Nestor Cortes' immaculate inning the other day...After 2 starts and 9.1 innings, he's given up 6 hits and one walk, and he's struck out 17.

All he needs now is a nickname. Cortes, Cortes...can't think of anything.

Nestor the … oh no…

...what a Killer

Cortes the Killer, for sure.

officially it's Nasty Nestor

a real close one in wrigley tonight

A three touchdown lead for the bears

and only one homer!

Rays lost their combined no-hitter in the tenth inning, which makes me think that with the ghost runner, you could potentially throw a perfect game for ten innings yet still lose the game.

Watching Marlins-Braves tonight, and wow is Jazz Chisholm fun to watch, and best name in the game too. 4 hits and 2 steals tonight and he doesn't look like he's even trying hard.

https://i.giphy.com/media/UwlX8g3HF8Uec/giphy.gif

https://www.mlb.com/news/guardians-yankees-ugly-fan-behavior-in-ninth-inning

respect to judge and stanton for doing what they did

love this breakdown. jomboy speaks for me on this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFffJpUEmNY

whoa

BYRON BUXTON 469 FOOT BLAST FOR THE WALK OFF!

(via @BallySportsNOR) pic.twitter.com/wvV1zAIsce

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) April 24, 2022

Reds finally won a game! After losing 11 in a row.

Wow that was a big home run. Also that stadium looks surprisingly empty.

Can't imagine KM is happy, but that was some incredible Mets 9th inning magic/luck tonight against the Cards. Down to their last strike, an Arenado error leads to five unearned runs, including a 2-RBI infield single where Dom Smith won the race to first base. The fans were all standing up waiting for that last strike/out for like 10-15 minutes, and it never came.

yeah, that was a wild one. have to say, i had written the game off as a loss as soon as i saw scherzer was starting, anyway. the arenado error was one thing, but worse was the backbreaking 2-run hit where Goldschmidt caught it but Gallegos got beat to first.

it was a good game, though!

Yeah, it was quite a pitchers duel that until the last two innings. What a great game. Mets broadcasters were very into it.

I happened to catch the end of that Mets game, great comeback and Arenado unlikely error.

Some great games today. Burnes was two hitting the Giants and I already had it in the loss column. He's taken out and a fan was hackling Joc Pederson and he steps out of the box, then hits a mammoth home run. The Brewers came back to tie the score but the Giants end up winning, unbelievable. The Giants are already looking really good.

bee ok is tsunami el gallo (carlos martinez's true name) gonna pitch soon? he was a huge favorite of mine, always rooting for him

"At Your Job Today... Don't Bunt When the U.S. Needs Home Runs." Created by the War Production Board during World War II, c. 1942-1943. From U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Unknown artist. pic.twitter.com/nquWhfon3d

— SABRIconography (@SABRIconography) April 26, 2022

cue stock footage of the bunting derby

panic! at target field

WHAT IN THE HELL JUST HAPPENED CHAOS IN MINNESOTA TWINS WIN pic.twitter.com/MbviwC6lAI

— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) April 27, 2022

Don't know where to put this, but thought it was neat: an interview with Lauren Hutton, talking about a big modelling contract she signed when she was 30.

Inspired by baseball player Catfish Hunter, Hutton demanded one of the biggest modeling contracts at the time to protect herself in a youth-oriented business that "ages out" many women at 30.

https://ca.style.yahoo.com/lauren-hutton-aging-cosmetic-procedures-212402508.html

Thankfully dozed off just before the chaos ensued.

I'm dealing with Apple TV tonight, ugh

bee ok is tsunami el gallo (carlos martinez's true name) gonna pitch soon? he was a huge favorite of mine, always rooting for him

― Karl Malone, Monday, April 25, 2022 8:51 PM (four days ago)

Missed this and I have yet to hear either name. Looking forward to it as the nickname is awesome.

el gallo is one shortlived name that i was a fan of as a poster on the viva el birdos vox messageboard ecosystem. but carlos prefers Tsunami. he tried to make it a thing, but unfortunately his performance started falling off around the same time, along with injuries, so it wasn't to be. but his instagram username is tsunamy0327

I had to sign up for an Apple TV account and enter my credit card number. I don't think I signed up for anything tho.

Might be a little suspect. I don’t remember entering my card number when I watched an Apple TV game.

Looking around while waiting on the game and got excited as I saw no hitter in the Mets game. Sad that it's not the starter.

Thanks for that Michael, I will look into to make sure I'm not charged.

(That)

Met pitchers have thrown over *130* pitches in 7 no-hit innings, so no way they could have done it with just one guy.

<3 took 159 pitches

Wow

sports trivia question of the future. no one will ever get it correct, not even the players involved in the game

Thread for one starting pitcher and four relief pitchers who are doing really well

Apple drone shots have been breathtaking tonight in San Francisco

Why did they skip the 9th inning in the NYY-KC game? Everyone lose interest?

called on account of "fuck it"

Up to sixty players could lose their job tomorrow as teams need to trim their active roster

For the Giants prospective I see them cutting two who are out of options

I dont LIKE the alt KC unis but i see what they’re tryna do

i don't really like david bell but it is gonna be rough when the (3-19) reds fire him after fucking jettisoning anything moveable

hope they bring back jim riggleman

jim riggleman is like the long relief guy of managers

it's true, but i do sort of respect him for refusing to take the usual long-relief-guy-of-managers treatment from the nationals