Frankly sick of their bullshit little bloops & homophobic bullpen
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Monday, 5 June 2023 21:54 (eleven months ago) link
Arráez 3-4 tonight--.399! I was wondering about the last guy to make a serious run at .400 (Arráez still at least a month away from what I'd call serious), and it was, duh: Gwynn in the strike season, and Olerud a year before that. Gwynn never actually got to .400 after May 9, but when the season ended on August 11, he was up to .394 and coming off nine games where he hit .472. Olerud was hitting .400 at the end of play on August 2 (and .391 on August 27).
― clemenza, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 01:32 (eleven months ago) link
Semien's hitting streak up to 24 games. 30+ games this century (in-season only):
Jimmy Rollins - 36 (2005)Luis Castillo - 35 (2002)Chase Utley - 35 (2006)Dan Uggla - 33 (2011)Albert Pujols - 30 (2003)Willy Taveras - 30 (2006)Moisés Alou - 30 (2007)Ryan Zimmerman - 30 (2009)Andre Ethier - 30 (2011)Freddie Freeman - 30 (2016)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 03:00 (eleven months ago) link
Pretty detailed look at .400 threats since Williams (some not even remotely close):
https://www.mlb.com/news/luis-arraez-chasing-400
Two I really don't remember:
2000: July 20 (91 games) -- Nomar Garciaparra, BOS (.372). Garciaparra won his second straight batting title in 2000, becoming the first Red Sox player to win consecutively since Wade Boggs won four straight from 1985-88.
1999: June 28 (78 games) -- Tony Fernandez, TOR (.328). Fernandez’s average was the highest of his career, and it came in his age-37 season.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 12:23 (eleven months ago) link
.401 for Arráez!
― clemenza, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 00:48 (eleven months ago) link
If anyone’s watching Brewers Orioles right now my wife won 2nd row tickets and my son is sitting right behind home plate lmao
― frogbs, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 01:16 (eleven months ago) link
tonight’s yankees-white sox game should not be played in these air conditions, but i bet it will be
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 17:37 (eleven months ago) link
A's winning 7-3 today. At 13-50, they're running four games behind the '62 Mets.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 18:24 (eleven months ago) link
huh, they actually did postpone in the bronx (and philly)
meanwhile the pirates got absolutely rocked by the a's twice in about 18 hours
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 20:38 (eleven months ago) link
I, myself, remember the April 2023 Pirates.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 21:14 (eleven months ago) link
I do realize how silly it is to be getting caught up in Arráez in early June--if anything's almost guaranteed, it'll be that he'll be doing well to hit .350 or better. But I am. He's 2 for 4 again tonight, and up to .403. He does, I would think, have a good chance to be in the MVP hunt by season's end, especially if Miami sneaks into the playoffs.
― clemenza, Thursday, 8 June 2023 00:06 (eleven months ago) link
i don't begrudge you being excited about him!
but maybe let's rein in the expectations a little bit? we're not even 40% of the way through the season. i bless famous wakeboarder steve shasta for committing the april 2023 pirates to memory, but when arraez ends up hitting .349 over a full season i'd hate it to sound like a disappointment
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:03 (eleven months ago) link
i mean i get that you're rooting for marcus semien -- he's a good player! -- but when you say stuff like 'if he can put up five more all-star-to-MVP-type seasons in his mid-to-late-30s, he'll be in the HoF conversation' well, sure. so would my mom
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:11 (eleven months ago) link
tbf my mom would be a total wildcard -- if *she* can't remember her previous strategies, there's no way anyone could predict her. bad knee tho
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:15 (eleven months ago) link
also she absolutely refused to give me credit for 'little league homers' involving fielding errors when she scored my little league games
pretty good mom tbh
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:20 (eleven months ago) link
I guess I should be thankful I'm out of jaded purgatory.
― clemenza, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:21 (eleven months ago) link
i can't afford to get to skydome at the moment -- last time i was there, jeremy giambi (rip) was in right field (for the a's, i think?)
but man we should go to a game sometime. it would be honestly good
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:30 (eleven months ago) link
All for it--any time. (Three games lined up, hopefully a fourth with Thermo later in the season.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:33 (eleven months ago) link
<3
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:34 (eleven months ago) link
Any secret strategy you can get from Thermo w/r/t his fantasy team, I'll gladly venmo you in USA funds.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:35 (eleven months ago) link
I believe he and Tom Tango worked out an ironclad fantasy algorithm, but that's all I can say.
― clemenza, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:38 (eleven months ago) link
Really happy to see Money Mike have a big game for the Braves tonight. He's been grinding hard at bat all season, still getting it done in the field.
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Thursday, 8 June 2023 03:03 (eleven months ago) link
King
Elly De La Cruz rolling into Cincinnati steakhouses wearing a Bratz shirt after hitting his first career homer 458 feetit’s over for this league https://t.co/c8lurrbTHx— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) June 8, 2023
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Thursday, 8 June 2023 16:20 (eleven months ago) link
Shades of Carlos Delgado: José Ramirez hit three HR last night, including his 200th. (In an oft-repeated, bizarre sequence of events, Delgado hit two the game he hit his 100th, three the game he hit his 200th, and four the game he hit his 300th.)
― clemenza, Friday, 9 June 2023 14:53 (eleven months ago) link
zack greinke is leading the royals -- not just the pitchers, all of them -- in bWAR (at 1.0)
he is 1-6 with a 4.59 ERA and 6.8 K/9
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 June 2023 19:49 (eleven months ago) link
Did you read that piece in The Athletic about him
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Friday, 9 June 2023 19:54 (eleven months ago) link
Delgado, there's a guy for the "why did they retire?" thread. he was vv productive in limited duty in his last season and only 27 HR shy of 500.
― omar little, Friday, 9 June 2023 20:59 (eleven months ago) link
Still productive, but physically he'd had it:
(Wikipedia) "On August 7, 2010, the Boston Red Sox signed Delgado to a minor league contract. He played 5 games with the triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox between August 9 and 15, collecting 3 singles in 13 at-bats (.231, 0 HR, 2 RBI). This was the entire extent of Delgado's 2010 season after Delgado suffered a setback with his surgically repaired hip."
I was really rooting for him to get to 500 HR.
― clemenza, Friday, 9 June 2023 21:06 (eleven months ago) link
Oakland showing signs of life.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 10 June 2023 00:46 (eleven months ago) link
Braves are at five straight come from behind wins -- I wonder what the record is.
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Saturday, 10 June 2023 03:42 (eleven months ago) link
I was two or three years late on Kershaw, so I'm pleased to announce that I already know who Bobby Miller is.
https://www.mlb.com/news/bobby-miller-off-to-historic-career-start-with-dodgers
― clemenza, Sunday, 11 June 2023 00:33 (eleven months ago) link
2000 career hits for Cutch
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Sunday, 11 June 2023 17:56 (eleven months ago) link
How is there an article about a young phenom pitcher having an insane start of the season for the Dodgers and it doesn't mention Valenzuela??
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 11 June 2023 19:26 (eleven months ago) link
I guess the difference in the writer's eyes is that Valenzuela pitched 10 games in relief in 1980 before he was converted to a starter. But if you focus on '81 only, yeah, phenomenal:
first eight starts (all CG): 72 IP, 43 H, 68 K, 17 BB, 0.50 ERA, 8-0
― clemenza, Sunday, 11 June 2023 19:57 (eleven months ago) link
I doubt we'll ever again see the like
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 11 June 2023 20:08 (eleven months ago) link
ffs his third and fourth starts were on three days' rest. no data on pitch counts, but i'll bet it was obscene
― mookieproof, Sunday, 11 June 2023 20:17 (eleven months ago) link
On top of which, he was throwing a screwball, which I think is about the most unnatural pitch you can throw. He wasn't especially effective after age 25, yet he somehow managed to pitch almost 3,000 innings.
― clemenza, Sunday, 11 June 2023 20:49 (eleven months ago) link
I’m on vacation with my family in St. Louis and we went to the Cardinals game today. within five minutes of sitting down my daughter and I were on the big screen flexing our muscles. also we got weird Adam Wainwright bobble heads where he’s dressed up as a Buckingham palace guard for some reason.
― na (NA), Sunday, 11 June 2023 20:52 (eleven months ago) link
guys the a's have won five in a row (on the road! albeit against Central teams) and are about to overtake the royals
― mookieproof, Sunday, 11 June 2023 22:49 (eleven months ago) link
xp might need pics of you/daughter/muscles? or at least the wainohead
― mookieproof, Sunday, 11 June 2023 22:50 (eleven months ago) link
I really like the normal micd up videos with no interference but honestly, why do you agree to be micd up as a catcher
Jose Trevino mic’d up for the 4th inning…. #Yankees #YankeesTwitter #RepBX #NYYvsBOS #YankeesvsRedSox pic.twitter.com/W0tW8sX3od— YankeesDugout99 ⚾ (@YDugout99) June 12, 2023
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Monday, 12 June 2023 16:21 (ten months ago) link
They get 10K to be miced up aiui
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 12 June 2023 19:14 (ten months ago) link
happened to be watching that and found it incredibly weird. hearing him go "oh no!" every time the pitch caught a lot of the plate was funny though
― frogbs, Monday, 12 June 2023 19:19 (ten months ago) link
xp yeah they do but is it worth it as a catcher for the yankees? He makes more than that per game!
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Monday, 12 June 2023 20:01 (ten months ago) link
Would you not take 10K for 15 minutes?
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 01:20 (ten months ago) link
For what it's worth: I was looking at the early voting for the ASG, and I realized I somehow didn't vote for DHs on the ballot I posted upthread. It wasn't a protest vote, just clicked "submit" too early or something. Would have gone with Ohtani, of course, and probably J.D. Martinez if I were voting today, although there's an argument there for Jorge Soler.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 01:30 (ten months ago) link
Tonight may be the first game in his long storied MLB career that Elly de la Cruz fails to get on base.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 02:45 (ten months ago) link
I take that back, he reached via a Fielder's Choice (and promptly stole a bag!)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 02:50 (ten months ago) link
Atlanta's bullpen is something else... woof.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 03:00 (ten months ago) link
Outfielder Raimel Tapia has signed with the Brewers, a source tells @TheAthletic. Released by the Red Sox on Sunday. Has joined team in Minnesota for tonight’s game.— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) June 13, 2023
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 19:31 (ten months ago) link