Checking game logs, I'm not even close on the game my dad and I left early. It might have been this one, which was '83, four years before he retired.
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/06/18/Reggie-Jacksons-two-out-three-run-homer-capped-a-four-run-California/2210424756800/
Memory fading.
― clemenza, Thursday, 18 May 2023 14:49 (one year ago) link
1-run OtherAthletics 7-7 3-28
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 18 May 2023 20:05 (one year ago) link
RHP Trevor Bauer has been sent down to the Baystars farm and will pitch Sunday. https://t.co/evCwzztDuF— Yakyu Cosmopolitan (@yakyucosmo) May 20, 2023
― Everybody's gonna get what they got coming (gyac), Saturday, 20 May 2023 10:23 (one year ago) link
couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 20 May 2023 11:58 (one year ago) link
so is madbum done? it's been almost a month
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 May 2023 21:32 (one year ago) link
Here’s the video of Trevor Bauer getting taken deep by the first batter he faced in his first game since being demoted to the minor leagues in Japan. pic.twitter.com/TiOUCjfd8m— sky (@GonsolinRBW) May 21, 2023
― z_tbd, Sunday, 21 May 2023 19:39 (one year ago) link
straight into my veins
crazy that his agent popped into the thread to immediately agentsplain this
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 21 May 2023 21:23 (one year ago) link
He chose to be sent down! Long may his suffering continue.
― Everybody's gonna get what they got coming (gyac), Sunday, 21 May 2023 21:26 (one year ago) link
xps to mookieproofThere’s an article in the Athletic now and 🫣“
I definitely can,” Bumgarner said, “but I’m not going to throw anybody under the bus.” Pressed for specifics, he allowed that ditching the team-provided scouting report was “a big part of it.” It was an oddly cryptic answer, but it was hardly indecipherable. Most took the response to be a shot at the person who prepares attack plans for Arizona’s starters — pitching strategist and former big-league pitcher Dan Haren.Haren confronted Bumgarner about the comment soon after, according to sources within the organization. That ended whatever relationship the pair had, and sources say the two didn’t speak to each other for the rest of Bumgarner’s time with the team, a span of almost two years. From then on, even as Haren worked closely with the team’s other starters, all game-planning information for Bumgarner was run through the Diamondbacks’ catchers.
― Everybody's gonna get what they got coming (gyac), Monday, 22 May 2023 14:17 (one year ago) link
Super cool to get racist ads (HAVE YOU BEEN HARMED BY DEI) on more than half the MLB broadcasts I catch on mlb.tv.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 22 May 2023 23:15 (one year ago) link
The AL East and AL Central are still operating like one giant division and we hope it never stops. pic.twitter.com/8IWALVjzvR— Productive Outs (@ProductiveOuts) May 23, 2023
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 May 2023 07:41 (one year ago) link
this video is legitimately amazing
【びっくり】MLBにリスが登場…観客席を走り、グラウンドに落下したリスが見事な着地披露pic.twitter.com/6bXx9iCmsk— ライブドアニュース (@livedoornews) May 24, 2023
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 03:21 (one year ago) link
every single person doing the YouTube thumbnail face
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 03:25 (one year ago) link
Worst 50-game starts, since 1901:1904 Senators: 9-411932 Red Sox: 10-402023 Athletics: 10-40Four teams: 11-39
1904 Senators: 9-411932 Red Sox: 10-402023 Athletics: 10-40Four teams: 11-39
the 1988 orioles, who started 0-21, are one of the 11-39 teams
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 19:59 (one year ago) link
Should have called Contreras rule on Rojas in this Dbacks-Phillies game.
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 20:34 (one year ago) link
i remember sports illustrated doing a cover on the Os’ historic futility that year. it was in the waiting room at the dentist. one of those little memories that clangs around in my head.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 21:43 (one year ago) link
https://vault.si.com/.image/t_share/MTY5MDk4MzYxMzQ1OTQzMDAz/702628---cover-thumbnail-image.jpg
I'm scanning every square inch of that bat with a magnifying glass.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 23:09 (one year ago) link
first mlb game I went to was an orioles game in that series. I didn’t really care much about baseball (aside from baseball cards) but I was impressed by the losing streak.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 24 May 2023 23:34 (one year ago) link
cal ripken sr. was fired as manager at 0-6
he wasn't the problem, alas
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 May 2023 01:15 (one year ago) link
I’m at marlins-rockies for my first live game of the year, and I’ve already seen a triple and a steal of home. though I’m seated looking directly down the third baseline, and it seemed like that should have been runner interference
― k3vin k., Thursday, 25 May 2023 01:50 (one year ago) link
i am not seeing this steal of home on the internet, but if it involved luis arraez it was absolutely legit because he rules
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 May 2023 02:19 (one year ago) link
ps are you wearing nugs attire y/n
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 May 2023 02:20 (one year ago) link
yes I’m in a bright blue and yellow nuggets warmup jacket
― k3vin k., Thursday, 25 May 2023 02:32 (one year ago) link
<3
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 May 2023 02:39 (one year ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, May 24, 2023 4:43 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Imagine if you'd told teenage me in 1988 "this is only the fourth-worst Orioles team you'll see in your life"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 25 May 2023 02:52 (one year ago) link
iirc at one point ronald reagan called frank robinson to offer condolences/support
fucking insult to injury
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 May 2023 03:18 (one year ago) link
lol ouch
clemenza that's the one! i remember the shot and everything. it seemed impossible at the time. it still does, i guess.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 25 May 2023 07:13 (one year ago) link
That was a weird division that year: 89 wins took the division, and the top five teams were all bunched between 85-89. I don't really remember Toronto being in a close race in '88 (like '87 and '89), but they only finished two games out, so I guess they were.
― clemenza, Thursday, 25 May 2023 14:11 (one year ago) link
royals violating an unwritten rule, insulting the troops by throwing combined perfect game through 6 in stl, prompting outrage among the proud neighbors of the I-70 route which divides a nation
― z_tbd, Monday, 29 May 2023 20:01 (one year ago) link
stroman 9 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 8 K, 105 P, 92 game score
― mookieproof, Monday, 29 May 2023 20:52 (one year ago) link
I guess if you’re going to give up a single hit it should be to Wander Franco.
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Monday, 29 May 2023 21:09 (one year ago) link
cubs have eased back into mediocrity but their pitching is not bad, at least the steele/stroman/smyly chunk of the rotation
going to see them play the rays tonight with kyle hendricks pitching for the cubs so i'm anticipating a lot of hitting from the rays
― na (NA), Tuesday, 30 May 2023 13:44 (one year ago) link
Morel has been doing really well since the Cubs called him up! I watched the Cubs absolutely brutalise the Dodgers in that almost-a-perfect-game but they’ve had some injuries since. The pitching seems good as you say, though Taillon doesn’t seem to be doing very well (I say this only having glanced at his numbers, I haven’t seen any of his starts yet).
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Tuesday, 30 May 2023 13:51 (one year ago) link
Btw i am also seeing the Cubs play next month, albeit in London, so hopefully Bellinger will be back for that
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Tuesday, 30 May 2023 13:56 (one year ago) link
taillon is bad, hendricks was bad in his first start coming back from the IL and i don't have high hopes for him to improve
― na (NA), Tuesday, 30 May 2023 14:03 (one year ago) link
The Rays haven't had their own thread since 2015? Maybe I'm missing something--anyway, I'll post here, from mlb.com:
ST. PETERSBURG -- The most recent team to lead the Majors in home runs and stolen bases included a 36-year-old Jackie Robinson and a 24-year-old Don Zimmer. There’s still plenty of season left, of course, but the 2023 Rays have a chance to accomplish the same feat as those 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers.
The Rays entered Tuesday with 101 homers, 11 more than the Braves and Dodgers. Tampa Bay has also racked up 73 steals, 15 more than the second-ranked Pirates and 20 more than any other American League team. For what it’s worth, the last team to lead the AL in home runs and stolen bases was Cleveland in 1995.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 22:30 (one year ago) link
I always assumed Don Zimmer was born 60 and bald.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 22:31 (one year ago) link
Taillon is really disappointing for the cubs, after a slow start he got it together last season eventually while pitching for the yanks and had a very good K/bb ratio too, but he's just been so awful. They were hoping they lucked into another Arrieta but they got another 2023 Corey Kluber thus far.
― omar little, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 22:51 (one year ago) link
(xpost) I was wondering how close the Big Red Machine came to doing that, and they came close a few times league-wide, and in '76, they indeed led the NL in both categories, 141 HR and 210 SB. But the Royals stole 218, and the A's stole 341 (!) that year. Three guys (Bill North, Campy, and--disconnect--Don Baylor) all stole more than 50. It's still the modern-day record for one team.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 00:33 (one year ago) link
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always rooting for taillon -- i mean he's had testicular cancer and *two* TJ surgeries and is a really nice guy
they're gonna have to invent an injury for him, they can't keep running him out there like this
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 00:37 (one year ago) link
Morel has been doing really well since the Cubs called him up! ― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Tuesday, May 30, 2023 6:51 AM (thirteen hours ago)
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Tuesday, May 30, 2023 6:51 AM (thirteen hours ago)
As someone focused on the micro, he has been ice cold for what seems to be ages... 3 for his last 26 with no XBH. Prior to that he was on an absolute tear.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 03:41 (one year ago) link
never ever say 'focused on the micro' steve shasta
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 03:57 (one year ago) link
:-O
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 04:22 (one year ago) link
the 200,000 foot view
― z_tbd, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 04:28 (one year ago) link
never ever make me reference this passage steve shasta
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVixvOqWUAMZaqo?format=jpg&name=small
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 04:34 (one year ago) link
i still remember the baseball phrase mookie requested that i never use again.
it has to do with batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage. an excellent version of it, for example would be
.300/.400/.500
and if you found yourself describing these three stats together, with the two slash marks in between, you might say, after a few drinks perhaps, that one had, say, slaaaaaa---
*ducks*
― z_tbd, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 04:36 (one year ago) link
oh there will be no verbing
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 04:37 (one year ago) link
no verbingno v erbingno v e rbingn o v e rbingn o v e r bingn o v e r b i n gi n c e p t i o n
― z_tbd, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 04:39 (one year ago) link
november rain, obvs
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 04:42 (one year ago) link
the guy leaping over the table represents the pirates
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 04:43 (one year ago) link