xp why do you think he’d be a hall of famer if he played today? More appreciation for his skill set?
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Friday, 14 June 2019 00:16 (four years ago) link
FWIW, Pujols, Cabrera, Palmeiro, Helton, Votto, McGwire, and Keith Hernandez have higher JAWS than Olerud among 1B. He's ranked higher than Giambi, Will Clark, David Ortiz, and McGriff. Pretty heavy position but he's a worthy player.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 14 June 2019 00:24 (four years ago) link
If you are not winning as much, you got to get exotic on the bobblehead promos.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5VQhWPXkAEDZXR.jpg
― earlnash, Friday, 14 June 2019 00:24 (four years ago) link
xp I think you guys are maybe confusing him with another guy who was also a Met, also wore a helmet in the field?
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 14 June 2019 00:28 (four years ago) link
There’s a Joe Shmoe bobblehead that didn’t materializeIt probably didn’t have enough of that, EarlNash
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Friday, 14 June 2019 00:31 (four years ago) link
My God, Michael Milken is still making his annual prostate-cancer tour of broadcast booths, no one pointing out he's a fucking crook.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 June 2019 23:46 (four years ago) link
Edwin to the damn Yanks.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 16 June 2019 01:25 (four years ago) link
The Boss would have approved.
― earlnash, Sunday, 16 June 2019 02:15 (four years ago) link
21 hits, 17 runs and they're in the top of the third in colorado
― mookieproof, Sunday, 16 June 2019 20:45 (four years ago) link
blackmon has a chance to be the first player with 4 hits in 4 straight games since 1925. he already as 2 hits, through 3 innings
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Sunday, 16 June 2019 21:04 (four years ago) link
White Sox broadcast team punched in actual rim-shot fx today, like a good morning radio crew
("You never want to go to a restaurant and find out they're Ottavino")
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 16 June 2019 23:33 (four years ago) link
this Rockies and Padres series has been nuts
― brownie, Sunday, 16 June 2019 23:34 (four years ago) link
xp I think I maybe prefer this to a pitch clock or whatever else...a little sad trombone for the booted ball, whistling wind on a swinging K
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 16 June 2019 23:36 (four years ago) link
blackmon got stuck on three hits, but the 91 runs the padres + rockies scored was the most in a four-game series since 1900
― mookieproof, Sunday, 16 June 2019 23:55 (four years ago) link
wait, make that 92 i guess
― mookieproof, Sunday, 16 June 2019 23:56 (four years ago) link
Charlie Blackmon's home-road split going into today:
Home: .450/.504/.982Away: .233/.272/.357
I don't think even Vinny Castilla and Dante Bichette were ever that extreme.
― clemenza, Monday, 17 June 2019 04:38 (four years ago) link
For his career he’s
home: .350/.409./591away: .260/.313/.425
Basically rookie year Albert Pujols vs 2019 Albert Pujols.
― omar little, Monday, 17 June 2019 05:43 (four years ago) link
Or to put it another away, looking at this season:
The gap between the single-season unadjusted OPS record (Bonds, 1.427) and Mario Mendoza's worst season of the four where he played semi-regularly (0.466) is 0.961.
The gap between Blackmon at home this year (1.486) and Blackmon on the road (o.629) is about 100 points less (0.857).
Charlie Blackmon this year is more or less PED-Superman Barry Bonds at home and Mario Mendoza at his worst on the road.
― clemenza, Monday, 17 June 2019 11:48 (four years ago) link
Justin Upton activated for the first time this season (turf toe) and is slotted at clean-up behind Trout & Otani...
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 17 June 2019 20:50 (four years ago) link
forgot he was with LAA tbqh
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 17 June 2019 21:45 (four years ago) link
It took Justin Upton one pitch to hit a #dinger this season. pic.twitter.com/JNvgHaqLEt— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) June 17, 2019
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 17 June 2019 23:35 (four years ago) link
https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2019/06/18/white-sox-to-extend-protective-netting-to-the-foul-poles/
white sox are extending the netting to the foul poles, first MLB team (but probably not the last) to do so
― na (NA), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 20:15 (four years ago) link
Am I a bad person for thinking fans should accept the risk or stay home? I like lots of souvenirs flying into the stands.
― I am curious (george) (slight return) (WmC), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 20:21 (four years ago) link
you accept the risk of foul popups dropping on your head, not screaming line drives or bats flying at u face
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 20:28 (four years ago) link
yeah, dead grandmas is kind of a high price
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
At 110 miles per hour, a spectator seated sixty feet from home plate would have just four-tenths of a second to react to a foul ball, giving even those fans paying extremely close attention to the action on the field virtually no chance of avoiding injury. Indeed, at four-tenths of a second the hypothetical fan described above would actually have less time to react than MLB batters have to avoid being hit by a 95 mile-per-hour fastball. If elite professional athletes of this caliber are often unable to get out of the way of such a fast-moving projectile, it should come as no surprise that fan injuries from foul balls have become even more common occurrences than batters being hit by a pitch in recent years.
quoted in https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-ballpark-netting-debate-is-back/
― na (NA), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 20:31 (four years ago) link
otoh, people who can afford to sit in those seats at (non-florida) major league games might well deserve a line drive in the face
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 20:37 (four years ago) link
some kid way down the left field line got hit in last night's cards/marlins game
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 20:39 (four years ago) link
Exit Velo starring Steven Seagal as a season-ticket holder
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
albert almora jr. hit a little girl with a foul ball during a game last month and, in addition to the obvious about it terrible for the kid, it looked like it also fucked him up pretty bad emotionally. i wandered by a tv after it happened and thought he had gotten hurt because teammates were supporting him.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 20:45 (four years ago) link
I'm for netting a section or two past the end of the dugouts, but not all the way to the foul poles.
― I am curious (george) (slight return) (WmC), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 20:57 (four years ago) link
a long time ago i was nearly decapitated by a kevin mitchell line drive during batting practice at the big o -- and i was sitting well beyond third base
i mean i could have tried catching it but it was far more prudent to just get out of the way
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 21:15 (four years ago) link
― I am curious (george) (slight return) (WmC), Tuesday, June 18, 2019 4:21 PM (fifty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
If you are I am too. It's a good thing I can't afford field level seats in those rows because I would never want to sit behind that netting.
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 21:22 (four years ago) link
Max Scherzer’s nose is feared to be broken, according to multiple people with knowledge of the situation. Scherzer, who was hit in the face with a ball while bunting during BP, is getting further tests now to see if that will be confirmed.— Jesse Dougherty (@dougherty_jesse) June 18, 2019
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 23:39 (four years ago) link
wait did he bunt a ball into his face or did it come from elsewhere
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 01:23 (four years ago) link
just watched this...not sure how it's possible but he squares around like he'd never bunted before
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 19 June 2019 01:30 (four years ago) link
#Disappointed #LeadByExample #NotAppreciated #Violence #TemperTantrum #Inaction #NotTolerated #MakeanExampleof #OneGameSuspension #RepeatOffender #Nonsense #MLBUA @MLB @Padres @Buster_ESPN pic.twitter.com/pkcW5O1SnB— Major League Baseball Umpires Association (@MLBUA) June 18, 2019
not appreciated lol
*its*
c'mon blue
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 01:34 (four years ago) link
#onegamesuspension
― maura, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 13:05 (four years ago) link
seriously though what's up with this scherzer bunt attempt
― na (NA), Wednesday, 19 June 2019 14:14 (four years ago) link
yeah I mean hate to say it but...he kinda had it coming?
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 19 June 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link
Nationals expect Max Scherzer to pitch tonight. He told Dave Martinez last night that he was good to go and he is expected to go through his usual routine later today when he arrives at Nats Park— Jamal Collier (@JamalCollier) June 19, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 19 June 2019 15:25 (four years ago) link
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27011227/ortiz-shooting-case-mistaken-identity
wow everyone involved in this will be dead
― omar little, Thursday, 20 June 2019 16:53 (four years ago) link
wut
BREAKING: The Tampa Bay Rays have received MLB's permission to explore becoming two-city team: the Tampa Bay area and Montreal, sources tell ESPN. The plan: Play early-season home games in the Tampa Bay area and finish the season in Montreal. News at ESPN: https://t.co/X6uSt4KLfC— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) June 20, 2019
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 June 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
what the hell
― frogbs, Thursday, 20 June 2019 17:40 (four years ago) link
just move em, dummies.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 20 June 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
Change the name to the Snowbirds.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 20 June 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
the Rois
― old cloud yells at man (voodoo chili), Thursday, 20 June 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
What a dumb idea
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Thursday, 20 June 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
i don't think it will ever happen, but if it did, the players association would be rightfully pissed off
Splitting time between the 2 cities would be an absolute nightmare as a player… Potentially moving your family/pets back-and-forth, finding pediatricians, doctors, vets, paying rent on multiple houses, even when you’re not there. No thanks. https://t.co/pmfX5Mxuw0— Brad Ziegler (@BradZiegler) June 20, 2019
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 June 2019 18:01 (four years ago) link