It was a fireworks night as well, much to the surprise of folks in the neighborhood around 2am.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 13 April 2019 15:36 (five years ago) link
real pitchers duel in the bronx today between . . . cc and ivan nova
― mookieproof, Saturday, 13 April 2019 18:56 (five years ago) link
Mets-Braves is about 1:10 in and it's the bottom of the 2nd.
― The Carjackers Quickly Dumped ILX Once They Saw What Was Inside (WmC), Sunday, 14 April 2019 00:35 (five years ago) link
Mets' RS/RA (88/83) is nearly identical to the notorious Cubs (86/83) despite the disparity in W-L.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 14 April 2019 12:54 (five years ago) link
the rockies are batting .203/.263/.313 as a team and have hit the same number of homers as cody bellinger
― mookieproof, Sunday, 14 April 2019 18:54 (five years ago) link
That long-fabled Corey Kluber collapse may be upon us...then again he does usually struggle in April
― to halve and half not (voodoo chili), Sunday, 14 April 2019 20:21 (five years ago) link
daniel palka is hot on chris davis’ heels: 0-for-28 with 13 K
― mookieproof, Sunday, 14 April 2019 20:49 (five years ago) link
ouch ouch ouch
Yu Darvish throws the most devastating fastball of his career. pic.twitter.com/sicvVLhnUL— Cut4 (@Cut4) April 16, 2019
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 16:44 (five years ago) link
That was definitely faster than the ball that hit Bellinger. But Bellinger’s hit still felt nastier.
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 21:57 (five years ago) link
Did Bellinger's also ricochet off the catcher and the ump, leaving a trail of buckled-over wincing men?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 21:59 (five years ago) link
It’s scarier, for sure. The actual impact toBrinson doesn’t look as painful, though.
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 22:02 (five years ago) link
Cody Bellinger gets drilled in the knee. That didn't look too good #Dodgers pic.twitter.com/65ehdDXzWn— Dillard Barnhart (@BarnHasSpoken) April 16, 2019
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Tuesday, 16 April 2019 22:09 (five years ago) link
KM: What's "whoosh" in ILX-speak?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 22:34 (five years ago) link
xxp is notable as Albert says for taking out 3 (!) ppl!
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 16 April 2019 23:08 (five years ago) link
I was reacting to the “ouch.” Definitely notable for other reasons that I didn’t touch on, though.
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 00:16 (five years ago) link
i kind of forgot that keuchel and kimbrel are both still free agents
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Friday, 19 April 2019 17:39 (five years ago) link
it's shameful, tbh
― person industrial complex (voodoo chili), Friday, 19 April 2019 18:12 (five years ago) link
tim anderson is in trouble for calling the (white) pitcher who plunked him a ‘weak-ass fucking n_____’
i’m sure this will go well
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 April 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
Bat flip of the year goes to #WhiteSox Tim Anderson . pic.twitter.com/VLgWx2R3IG— Sports Freakshow ⚽🏈🏉🏀⚾🏏 (@aussiebeastmode) April 18, 2019
he flipped his bat, too. unwritten rules aside, it was dumb for keller to throw a pitch at him
everyone got what they deserved i think:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/white-sox-tim-anderson-renteria-suspended-one-game-royals-p-keller-gets-5/
i have to say baseball has some questionable unwritten rules in general, though
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Friday, 19 April 2019 19:27 (five years ago) link
Look up Bour double-play in angels-mariners 8th inning. Sheer wtf, better to watch than me try and describe
― alomar lines, Saturday, 20 April 2019 04:51 (five years ago) link
I'm in favor of bat flipping AND beaning
― brimstead, Saturday, 20 April 2019 06:35 (five years ago) link
justin bour is having a tough week (see the second video clip from an earlier game with the cubs, as well):
https://deadspin.com/angels-justin-bour-gave-up-an-embarrassing-double-play-1834187688
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:43 (five years ago) link
through 20 games, tatis jr is batting .296/.370/.606, 154 wRC+
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 16:29 (five years ago) link
he's going to be amazing... reminds me of manny machado or younger hanley ramirez just physically
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 20 April 2019 16:58 (five years ago) link
that bour clip is brutal
😬 pic.twitter.com/SzaTYe8mqB— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) April 20, 2019
dee actually orchestrated all of that, which is pretty cool
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Saturday, 20 April 2019 18:35 (five years ago) link
Why didn't they call infield fly? I'm confused
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Saturday, 20 April 2019 21:26 (five years ago) link
infield fly is only with first-and-second or bases loaded
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 April 2019 21:34 (five years ago) link
no respect for ausmus not immediately benching bour
otoh he already had bourjos (.086/.108/.114) and cozart (.096/.143/.115) in the starting lineup so i guess there weren't too many options
― mookieproof, Saturday, 20 April 2019 21:38 (five years ago) link
I also thought the infield fly rule only had to do with first base being occupied.
― clemenza, Saturday, 20 April 2019 21:48 (five years ago) link
right, makes sense, because if the player runs as they are supposed to, you still only get one out
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Saturday, 20 April 2019 22:50 (five years ago) link
yelich nearly hit the perfect homer today
it went 421 feet off a 69 mph pitch
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 April 2019 03:09 (five years ago) link
Fernando Rodney tied Cy Young's games total tonight--I know; that's like saying Ed Sheeran matched Chuck Berry's bowling score--prompting me to look at his career box for maybe the first time ever. He's really had some high-save/mediocre-or-worse-everything-else years, hasn't he? He might be the only 300-save guy with a true outlier season on his resume (2012, half his career WAR).
― clemenza, Sunday, 21 April 2019 05:38 (five years ago) link
I enjoy watching Yelich at bat, don't get me wrong, but Belli is on a whole other level
https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2019/4/22/18510708/cody-bellinger-christian-yelich-los-angeles-dodgers-milwaukee-brewers-mvp
Folks, allow me to free your minds. Yelich, while exceptional, is NOT the best player this season. That honor belongs to Cody Bellinger. Here are some of his otherworldly numbers in bullet-point format, just as Provenzano dubiously presented those of Yelich:.424 batting average.500 on-base percentage.882 slugging percentage.552 wOBA255 wRC+2.3 fWARAll of these stats are not only better than Yelich’s, they’re better than everyone else’s in the National League. While the disgraced Provenzano wasn’t wrong when he described Yelich’s 222 wRC+ as Ruthian, Bellinger’s 255 wRC+ goes far beyond The Babe. The single season record for wRC+ is 244 set by Barry Bonds in 2002. This makes Bellinger’s start to the season, uh, super-Ruthian? Mega-Bondsish? Trout-in-rookie-ball-like? Whatever, it’s crazy good.
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Monday, 22 April 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
Bellinger's 2.7 bWAR in 23 games projects to 19 over 162
i might want to take a mulligan on the Judge vs Bellinger debate from a couple years ago.
― omar little, Monday, 22 April 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
I've been waiting for the right moment to revisit the raised eyebrows I got when I suggested Bellinger was clearly the better bet. (In other words, I'm skeptical the leap he's taken is for real. The weird thing is, I said all that before I'd actually seen him play; I don't think I would have after watching him the last couple of World Series. In the abstract, though, the idea that a 21-year-old has significantly more growth potential than a 25-year-old is an absolutely fundamental tenet of the early Abstracts.)
― clemenza, Monday, 22 April 2019 22:17 (five years ago) link
"I'm skeptical the leap he's taken is for real"--just to clarify, that doesn't mean I'm skeptical that he'll hit .400 with 75 HR. I mean I'm skeptical that, by the end of the season, he's one of the, I don't know, five or six best hitters in the game? He just looked so unimpressive to me those two WS...I don't even mean his batting line, which was abysmal, but his swing and everything else.
― clemenza, Monday, 22 April 2019 22:24 (five years ago) link
i think going forward Bellinger is probably now the better bet. Judge's injuries are a little concerning for the long term and his stats the past couple of years are really outstanding but not McGwirean like his rookie year was. They were more....pre-MVP Stantonian.
Wouldn't be remotely shocked if his 2017 bests any season Bellinger has in the future, though this year could make me look foolish.
― omar little, Monday, 22 April 2019 22:33 (five years ago) link
Bellinger is completely overperforming his projections (STEAMR/ZIPS/PECOTA/etc.) so I can imagine he is due for a hard regression at some point. It is nice to ride his hot bat in one of my fantasy leagues though... speaking of, most drafts he went middle of the 5th Round or around 60th overall. Will most definitely trade him at some point, will look for the beginnings of a slump, then dump.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 22 April 2019 23:34 (five years ago) link
Coming into yesterday's game, Braves pitchers were- 1st in BB/9 by 0.54 (similar distance as 2nd to 11th)- 29th in K/BB- 1st in BB% by 1.3% (same distance as 2nd to 14th)- 27th in K-BB%And then they walked 9 more last night.
― The Mod Who Banned Liberty Valance (WmC), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 12:31 (five years ago) link
pretty impressive pitch framing here
This is so so so good. Francisco Cervelli frames a pitch that he doesn't catch, gets the strike call as the ball rolls to the backstop, and immediately asks the ump for a new one. pic.twitter.com/iZ3Z3CWEkK— Ben Porter (@Ben13Porter) April 18, 2019
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 13:54 (five years ago) link
ha the ad on the backstop is perfect
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 14:08 (five years ago) link
lol, that's fantastic all around (including the ad)
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 14:34 (five years ago) link
gio back to the brewers
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 16:23 (five years ago) link
wait, he was unsigned
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 18:56 (five years ago) link
he had a minor league deal with the yanks, made a couple triple-a starts, and opted out a couple days ago when they would not add him to the 25-man
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 18:59 (five years ago) link
chris paddack for RoY
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 21:52 (five years ago) link
a bit irritated that ESPN went with the "Gio signs with pitching-thin Brewers". We are not low on pitchers, they just are all bad
― frogbs, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 22:07 (five years ago) link
Cory Kluber walking in a run with bases loaded:2010-2018: 0 times1st month of 2019: 4 times
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 27 April 2019 05:50 (five years ago) link
Bellinger has a decent shot to reach 100 TB by the end of the month (12 more in 4 games).
― clemenza, Saturday, 27 April 2019 06:52 (five years ago) link
check out these stats
.343/.378/.686wRC+ of 180
pretty good, right?
guess what
that's Chris Davis since 4/13
― frogbs, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 15:18 (five years ago) link