acuna go boom
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 April 2018 16:53 (five years ago) link
xpost to A.R. Broccoli
pham gave kind of an odd interview about the injury after the game where he casually mentioned that he had been stabbed before so he was used to blood. turns out it was his father who stabbed him, about 5 years ago:
Tommy Pham gave me the back story on being stabbed. He said about 5 yrs ago his step father stabbed him just below the rib cage while they were fighting. Tommy said he was Ok, but there was quite a bit of blood.— Jim Hayes (@TheCatOnFox) April 26, 2018
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 April 2018 16:56 (five years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PPgU44tBL8E/SX5SNKzQ-HI/AAAAAAAAAYc/ZvQm8brOXbs/s400/The_Stepfather.jpg
photoshop
― omar little, Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
that's pretty messed up!
― na (NA), Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
yeah, i'm rooting for tommy pham so hard. if injuries don't ruin everything, he is my pick for the little-discussed Least WAR accumulated in 20s / Most WAR accumulated in 30s award
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:09 (five years ago) link
who are some of the previous recipients of this prestigious award?
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
i think he'll be good for a few years, and he's made Cards fans forget about Jason Heyward (though Jason Heyward is doing a good job of that too.)
― omar little, Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
xpostlol, i just started looking it up to see. i guess maybe one way to calculate it would just be (30s WAR) - (20s WAR), and the competition is stiff. Barry Bonds had 99.6 fWAR in his 30s (and 65 more in his 20s)! but you know, steroids.
i have to run an errand but when i get home i might dump it all into a spreadsheet and see who really turned it up a notch in their 30s
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:13 (five years ago) link
one that came to mind: your homie Jim Edmonds had almost a 40 WAR in his thirties
― omar little, Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:16 (five years ago) link
Bonds' (30s - 20s) WAR is 34.6. Jackie Robinson put up 48.8 of his 57.2 career WAR during his 30s, for a (30s - 20s) score of 40.2
if Pham can somehow keep up this pace for 6-7 full seasons, he could win this prestigious prize that has such a great name: The 30s - 20s WAR score, presented by Honda
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:18 (five years ago) link
r.a. dickey: 0.7 WAR in his 20s, 17.2 WAR in his 30s, 5.1 WAR in his 40s
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:19 (five years ago) link
45.5 WAR, according to fangraphs! but he also put up 19.4 WAR during his 20s, leaving him with a (30s - 20s) score of 45.5 - 19.4 = 26.1. Sorry Jimmy.
here's a sorted list: https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2018&month=0&season1=1871&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=30,58&filter=&players=0
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
Raul Ibanez wasn't exactly a WAR beast but he didn't start hitting until he was almost 30. I think his 20s WAR was 0.something and in his thirties it was a robust 20.something.
― omar little, Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
Would 30s WAR as percentage of career WAR be a better yardstick? Maybe with a career minimum of 25 or something.
― WilliamC, Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:29 (five years ago) link
Edgar might be the winner by those criteria, judging by the data in Karl Malone's list.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
just me or are there an unusual number of day games today?
― k3vin k., Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link
Would 30s WAR as percentage of career WAR be a better yardstick? Maybe with a career minimum of 25 or something.Yeah, that’s a good idea! I’ll check that out too, once I get home
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 April 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
That @Braves fan who caught Ronald Acuña Jr.'s first home run? He drove up from Atlanta just to see the game. @KelsWingert has more: pic.twitter.com/ADHVr3fVil— FOX Sports: Braves (@FOXSportsBraves) April 26, 2018
this is incredible. braves fan drives from atlanta to cincinnati to see acuna play. catches his first career home run, without missing a beat grabs his backpack and sprints out of the stadium. negotiations with braves ongoing. fucking hero
― k3vin k., Thursday, 26 April 2018 18:38 (five years ago) link
awesome.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 26 April 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link
Pham is okay apparently
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 26 April 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
lol twins
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 April 2018 20:13 (five years ago) link
the moment we've all been waiting for: the leaderboard for highest percentage of career WAR attained during a player's age 30-to-39 seasons:
https://i.imgur.com/YbLAONi.png
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 April 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
(minimum 25 WAR, as suggested by WilliamC)
that is a list of baseball players
― k3vin k., Thursday, 26 April 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
good ol' gavvy cravath
― 808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Thursday, 26 April 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
i looked him up because i was intrigued by his name and check out this beautiful baseball card:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8b/Gavvy_Cravath_Baseball_Card.jpg/250px-Gavvy_Cravath_Baseball_Card.jpg
― na (NA), Thursday, 26 April 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbvYJXwXUAAz_y-.jpg
― na (NA), Thursday, 26 April 2018 21:48 (five years ago) link
Outstanding
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 26 April 2018 22:22 (five years ago) link
one thing i've always heard about cravath - he really hit his stride in his 30s
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 April 2018 22:25 (five years ago) link
Cool! Thanks for running those numbers, Karl. (Of course now I'm curious about players with significant WAR in their 40s.)
― WilliamC, Thursday, 26 April 2018 22:59 (five years ago) link
phil niekro: 25.5 in his 40sroger clemens: 22.2
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 April 2018 23:04 (five years ago) link
i can't imagine any hitters coming close to that . . . unless they'd let bonds play
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 April 2018 23:08 (five years ago) link
Nolan Ryan: 31.1
― WilliamC, Thursday, 26 April 2018 23:09 (five years ago) link
nolan ryan had 30+ fWAR in his 40s
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 April 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
xpost oops! but yep
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 April 2018 23:11 (five years ago) link
Could somebody remind me how age-season is calculated for birthdays in the middle of the season? If someone's birthdate is, say, 7/24/64, is 2004 their age-39 season or age-40 season?
― WilliamC, Thursday, 26 April 2018 23:20 (five years ago) link
from baseball-reference: player's age at midnight june 30th of that year
― k3vin k., Thursday, 26 April 2018 23:22 (five years ago) link
(you can see it if you hover over the age column)
Ah, thanks. Tough luck for Barry Bonds, then, who had 11.9 WAR in his age 39 season and 7.1 in his 40s.
― WilliamC, Thursday, 26 April 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link
Reds pitching staff is a grease fire but watching the four game Braves series, I was pretty impressed by the Cobb County lineup. Ender Inciarte also has a really good arm in the outfield, he played some impressive center field.
― earlnash, Friday, 27 April 2018 01:54 (five years ago) link
WATCH: @RaysBaseball Denard Span circle the bases at Fenway Park after an in-the-park home run. All of today's action against the Red Sox is live now on FOX Sports Sun and FOX Sports Go! #RaysUp #MLB pic.twitter.com/wNfPuzwkzN— FOX Sports Florida (@FOXSportsFL) April 28, 2018
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 28 April 2018 21:08 (five years ago) link
Definitely some wear on the Twins bullpen treads. They successfully went Zach Duke, Addison Reed and Fernando Rodney to close out the Reds today.
― earlnash, Saturday, 28 April 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
Gary Sanchez HR barely clears the left field bleachers fence...
A-Rod: "That blast just landed in the Bronx"
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 30 April 2018 01:14 (five years ago) link
corey seager: out for the season
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 30 April 2018 22:45 (five years ago) link
Oh shit
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 30 April 2018 22:46 (five years ago) link
machado time
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 April 2018 23:35 (five years ago) link
that stinks
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 May 2018 00:43 (five years ago) link
holy shit @ Josh Hader's line tonight:
2.2 IP, 0 ER, 8 K, 1 BB
― frogbs, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 02:13 (five years ago) link
good thing they didn't waste him in the cubs series
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 02:40 (five years ago) link
I don't think they ever had a lead in that series
― frogbs, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 02:44 (five years ago) link