8 straight, baby !
yeah, I know who they've been playing against. but still
sucks to see Thames land on the DL. wonder if Braun is gonna see some time there now.
― frogbs, Thursday, 26 April 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link
Hopeful the extra playing time snaps Santana from his slump. This is getting hard to watch
― Evan R, Friday, 27 April 2018 00:29 (six years ago) link
just like last year at this point, i can't tell which team i want to win! the cubs are off to a slow start but still seem like the odds-on favorite to win by the end of the year. but then again i wouldn't be surprised to see the brew crew end up at the top either, especially if the pitching is decent.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 27 April 2018 01:18 (six years ago) link
So some 21 year old fill in starter just struck out 13 in 5.2, god damn
Wonder if they’ll send him back down now
― frogbs, Sunday, 13 May 2018 21:45 (six years ago) link
Even better, his family came to watch him pitch in Colorado Springs, wound up getting to see him in the majors instead
― frogbs, Sunday, 13 May 2018 22:00 (six years ago) link
first NL team to 30 wins
didn't foresee
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
That's because you turned your back on Jesus (Aguilar)
― frogbs, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
see, even by bumping this thread you've brought good tidings
― frogbs, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 18:38 (five years ago) link
"The Haderade...sweet and salty today, once again."
― Andy K, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link
send him out for the 9th imo
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
man if you'd have told me in 2010 that 8 years later we'll have the NL's best record in June with our two best players being Lorenzo Cain and Jeremy Jeffress....
― frogbs, Thursday, 14 June 2018 03:20 (five years ago) link
Aguilar's having a pretty good year huh
― frogbs, Saturday, 23 June 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
Freddy tonight: 7 IP, 10 K, 1 BB, 1 Hit, 0 ER. guess he's probably gonna stay in the bigs now.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 03:35 (five years ago) link
running like crazy on the Braves early
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 July 2018 00:53 (five years ago) link
https://media0.giphy.com/media/ZQm4fEHAsUrCw/giphy.gif
― mookieproof, Sunday, 15 July 2018 22:43 (five years ago) link
rough last week of the first half
― na (NA), Sunday, 15 July 2018 23:55 (five years ago) link
yea today's game was a pretty hard gutpunch to top it all off
― frogbs, Monday, 16 July 2018 02:25 (five years ago) link
Josh Hader is in damage control mode over some terrible tweets:
https://imgur.com/aZXgJfy
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 05:47 (five years ago) link
Presuming he shows UNFAILINGLY sincere remorse, I suspect there should be a year or two of diverse community outreach in Hader's future.
https://deadspin.com/serving-up-a-three-run-homer-is-somehow-only-the-second-1827676441
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 11:47 (five years ago) link
it is kind of amazing that athletes don't scrub their social media after making it to the pros.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 14:17 (five years ago) link
wow those tweets are wretched. at first i thought they might be fake because they were almost too brutal to be believed.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 15:12 (five years ago) link
xpostor their agents
on the plus side for hader, he's extremely talented so the yankees or the dodgers will give him a nice contract in a few years, regardless of him being a terrible asshole
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
He's getting diversity training per MLB press release. We'll see perhaps if it was just a 17yo asshole phase.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
I played HS sports and yeah, it doesn't really surprise me to see this. difference is back in *my* day our dumb thoughts weren't posted to social media and archived for all of eternity (I'm 32)
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 July 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
That ovation for Hader just now appeared to be 100% white and male.
― Andy K, Sunday, 22 July 2018 01:39 (five years ago) link
they just gave him an ovation? puke
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 22 July 2018 01:54 (five years ago) link
yea not exactly great optics there
on the other hand Muncy is having a pretty eventful day
― frogbs, Sunday, 22 July 2018 02:04 (five years ago) link
100% white and almost exclusively male -- excuse me.
Brewers Josh Hader gets standing ovation from fans in Miller Park #LADvsMIL pic.twitter.com/oz10XWeqjt— AwesomeSauce (@Just1nMKE) July 22, 2018
― Andy K, Sunday, 22 July 2018 02:05 (five years ago) link
that's pretty bad but just wait until the pirates call up jung-ho kang and *he* gets an ovation
― mookieproof, Sunday, 22 July 2018 03:31 (five years ago) link
announcing the *NEW* MLB bigotry, physical, and sexual assault ALL-STARS
"would obama like this? no!"
HOOOOOOOORAAAAAY
it is *NOW* time for the 7th inning stretch of patriotism and a litmus test for who respects the flag and who will be murdered!!
♪And I'm proud to be an AmericanWhere at least I know I'm free♫
patriots are carrying and concealing throughout the stadium and awaiting orders!
♫i'll gladly staaaand UP!♪♫
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 22 July 2018 03:44 (five years ago) link
Suter out with a UCL, Tommy John likely
really sucks for him, he was one of my favorite players on the team but also the sort of middling pitcher who most likely won't come back from this :/
― frogbs, Monday, 23 July 2018 21:51 (five years ago) link
startin to think the Chacin pickup was the small market move of the offseason
― frogbs, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 02:29 (five years ago) link
that was an amazing 15th
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 25 August 2018 05:48 (five years ago) link
Thought it was all over when their last hope with 2 outs was a relief pitcher coming to a plate, but wow.
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 25 August 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
I was at that game. was awesome
wonder how often a team goes scoreless for 13 consecutive innings and still wins
― frogbs, Monday, 27 August 2018 03:59 (five years ago) link
The Brew Crew / Reds game tonight has turned into a beer league soft ball game.
― earlnash, Thursday, 30 August 2018 02:01 (five years ago) link
yeah this game has been insane. Yelich having the game of his career: 5 for 5, a cycle, and an outfield assist. Moose not doing too bad either
― frogbs, Thursday, 30 August 2018 02:49 (five years ago) link
6 for 6 now. And yet the Brewers are on the verge of blowing another 19 hit night, thanks to bad pitching, a bunch of fluke plays, and some real questionable umping decisions
― frogbs, Thursday, 30 August 2018 03:18 (five years ago) link
wound up being a 22 hit night and they needed all 22 of them, holy shit this game
― frogbs, Thursday, 30 August 2018 03:56 (five years ago) link
Reds are terrible, but they have played in a handful of just totally bonkers games this year.
― earlnash, Thursday, 30 August 2018 12:20 (five years ago) link
the mlb recap video of this game starts in the seventh inning
― na (NA), Thursday, 30 August 2018 12:21 (five years ago) link
Yelich is really impressive. His build and swing reminds me of Von Hayes, but Yelich is a better player.
― earlnash, Thursday, 30 August 2018 12:21 (five years ago) link
Milwaukee have too - I was at the game Friday where they were held scoreless for 13 innings and still walked it off with a 3-run 15th. using the bottom of their order too
Brewers-Reds games have been nuts this year, though unfortunately the subtext always seems to be "HOW THE HELL COULD YOU LET SCOOTER GENNETT GO??"
― frogbs, Thursday, 30 August 2018 13:20 (five years ago) link
btw I'm glad they won so I don't have to be upset about this anymore
https://deadspin.com/pitchers-hr-after-a-foul-bunt-non-call-was-the-nuttiest-1828705646
― frogbs, Thursday, 30 August 2018 13:25 (five years ago) link
that was definitely b.s.
― na (NA), Thursday, 30 August 2018 14:48 (five years ago) link
speaking of bs, Irvin was out by a mile there
― frogbs, Thursday, 30 August 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
Yelich 6 for 6! I don't care about the cycle.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 August 2018 23:23 (five years ago) link
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/what-christian-yelich-has-changed/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 August 2018 11:43 (five years ago) link
Reds getting Scooter Gennett was pay back for Bill Hall hitting like Rogers Hornsby against the Reds for a few years. I swear one year he hit 11 home runs for the season and like 8 of them were against the Reds.
Jay Bruce used to hit big against the Brewers, don't know if it has continued with the Mets (probably not).
― earlnash, Sunday, 2 September 2018 00:48 (five years ago) link
last 10 ABs vs. Hader: 1H, 9K
― frogbs, Thursday, 13 September 2018 02:53 (five years ago) link
tbh I wasn't too bullish on this season b/c a lot of players had breakout years in 2017 and I didn't know how repeatable that was. Thames, Santana, and Pina all regressed this year (I thought Shaw did too, but apparently his increased BB% made up for it), while most of last year's starting pitchers were notably worse this year, and our top guy Jimmy Nelson didn't pitch at all. All those offseason moves really worked out.
― frogbs, Monday, 1 October 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
current mood:
Eric Thames. Boss. pic.twitter.com/mMsWIHKvff— Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) October 1, 2018
― frogbs, Monday, 1 October 2018 22:03 (five years ago) link
Since the break, Yelich is hitting .367/.449/.770 in 64 games, and down the stretch he has been nearly impossible to get out.
Over his last 13 games, Yelich is 21-for-43 with six home runs, five doubles and two triples. That’s 13 extra-base hits in just 12 games, and he’s driven in 21 runs while scoring 17 times. He walked 14 times, including all five times last Wednesday to finish off a sweep of the Cardinals, one of eight straight victories the Brewers finished the season with.
https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/10/1/17919174/christian-yelich-triple-crown-red-hot-brewers-mvp-case
Impressive.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 01:46 (five years ago) link
lol
https://i.redd.it/5aalx0ievmp11.jpg
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 13:23 (five years ago) link
https://cdn.fangraphs.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/yelich-wrc-plus.png
very good time to be streaking
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/lift-off-for-christian-yelich/
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 22:15 (five years ago) link
I don't believe there is a 2019 thread, so I'm placing this here:
Bob Uecker is going OFF pic.twitter.com/i3c9IXyIM6— SI Extra Mustard (@SI_ExtraMustard) September 26, 2019
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Friday, 27 September 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
we migrated over here this year:
NL CENTRAL PREDICTATRON 2019
― Sally Jessy (Karl Malone), Friday, 27 September 2019 17:02 (four years ago) link
Oh, that makes sense.
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Friday, 27 September 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
I didn't know till today they had a 29-year-old rookie pitcher named Jason Alexander. I wish I were a headline writer for one of the local papers--I'd have one for appearance.
― clemenza, Friday, 17 June 2022 16:43 (one year ago) link
"every appearance"
Maybe we can have a rolling fake headline thread
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 17 June 2022 22:58 (one year ago) link
Brewers Twitter is calling this the Summer of George
― frogbs, Saturday, 18 June 2022 07:19 (one year ago) link
Over/under on how long till the first "Master of His Domain" headline.
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 June 2022 13:47 (one year ago) link
Another divisional leader without a thread (nothing since 2018)...Don't know if FB links work, but I'll post this for frogs.
https://www.facebook.com/BlueJays/posts/pfbid029JSxqQKn6j6daSsHtxFuQbqXsnDcSYzvKV5oPpNfUeo8NcT1ty8WujG3gDhBMfAXl
― clemenza, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 21:06 (eleven months ago) link
at a certain point, team-specific threads started to seem unnecessary with the small number of regulars on ILB, and some people started just posting on the general season thread instead. but that isn’t a hard and fast rule and some of the team-specific threads are pretty popular. but that’s why you don’t see a 2023 thread for every single team.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 23:20 (eleven months ago) link
Makes sense. I'm glad I started the Rays thread, though.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 23:58 (eleven months ago) link