I was busy with non-baseball things yesterday and missed Acuña's benching for lack of hustle. I love that Rafael Ortega was the guy who bailed him and Snitker out.
― The Chronicles of Ermagerd (WmC), Monday, 19 August 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
when rendon gets fucked over this winter it will be a real death knell for free agency
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 02:02 (four years ago) link
Would be interested to see a side-by-side monthly splits graph of Khris Davis vs. Chris Davis.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 22:49 (four years ago) link
I think Khris Davis hit more HRs in the first 3 weeks of the season than he has hit in weeks 4-22
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 22:54 (four years ago) link
obv were teammates for many yrs but was surprised to see tnight will be the 1st time miggy cabrera is ever hitting vs justin verlander
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 22:59 (four years ago) link
looking at the DET-HOU box score and seeing the two lineups' AVG/OBP/SLG next to each other is . . . quite a contrast
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 August 2019 02:01 (four years ago) link
quick game ! 2h 12m tigers > stros
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 22 August 2019 02:27 (four years ago) link
What the heck happened to the sinker? It seems in an era of launch angle beasts in the box that the old drop ball would do well. I'm guessing since it is a pitch to contact pitch, it's probably not taught or used as much I suppose.
― earlnash, Thursday, 22 August 2019 03:50 (four years ago) link
the pirates are big on the sinker -- and chris archer began throwing one when he arrived in pittsburgh, even as charlie morton and gerrit cole stopped throwing theirs when they left -- which should tell you all you need to know
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 August 2019 14:44 (four years ago) link
A's and Rays now tied atop WC standings, Tribe 0.5 back
Houston breathing down Stanks' neck for best AL record
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 August 2019 07:41 (four years ago) link
Oh wow, these unis in the Nats-Cubs game are wild. Nats all in black, Cubs in white.
― The Chronicles of Ermagerd (WmC), Friday, 23 August 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link
ILB is a kind of time machine where Morbs is 11
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 23 August 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
the white batting helmets look pretty dumb. and not sure why the batting helmets are white but they're wearing the usual blue caps.
― na (NA), Friday, 23 August 2019 19:17 (four years ago) link
home teams lookin like ice cream vendors, blah
whose stupid idea were these unis?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 24 August 2019 03:05 (four years ago) link
the white jerseys look like baseball videogames when you can design your own team's jersey and the starting template is all white.
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 24 August 2019 03:14 (four years ago) link
why is this remotely necessary
Yankees-Dodgers, let's do away with the uniforms
I know that, like, the rainforest is on fire...but this is infuriating
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 24 August 2019 03:32 (four years ago) link
I was told Billy fucking Hamilton wdnt be batting w/ the Barves
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 24 August 2019 03:33 (four years ago) link
Stankee unis are boring, Hadrian
(esp road)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 24 August 2019 03:34 (four years ago) link
h8 to agree with hadrian, but yeah it's terrible
― mookieproof, Saturday, 24 August 2019 03:37 (four years ago) link
boring is fine
baseball doesn't need zazz
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 24 August 2019 03:39 (four years ago) link
also mook, why, why would you hate
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 24 August 2019 03:40 (four years ago) link
in ten years these unis will be loaded up w patches a la nascar
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 24 August 2019 03:41 (four years ago) link
that's your mazda steal of the week, zoom zoom
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 24 August 2019 03:44 (four years ago) link
they flight-tested a little sleeve ad in London, they are definitely coming
this is irrationally my main beef w Rob Manfred, Stop Making Everything Look Stupid
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 24 August 2019 03:47 (four years ago) link
oh, just because of yankee fandom; nothing personal
― mookieproof, Saturday, 24 August 2019 03:48 (four years ago) link
don't stoop to your compatriot's level
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 24 August 2019 03:50 (four years ago) link
my compatriot!
i'm from pittsburgh. anyone who isn't from the northern nyc suburbs or isn't an insufferable front-runner hates the yankees. as they should. take it as a compliment in that no one bothers hating the pirates
― mookieproof, Saturday, 24 August 2019 04:02 (four years ago) link
well I still think you're a model of decorum
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 24 August 2019 04:11 (four years ago) link
Joc Pederson has painted the entire front of his white helmet with pine tar and looks like he has a soiled diaper strapped to his head
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 24 August 2019 04:17 (four years ago) link
anyone who isn't from the northern nyc suburbs or isn't an insufferable front-runner hates the yankees.
that's not true. people who don't know anything about baseball love the yankees too
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 24 August 2019 05:09 (four years ago) link
this suburb thing will come as alarming news to people from Sugar Hill and the Heights....
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 24 August 2019 05:29 (four years ago) link
I've always said that being from the Bronx (originally) is the only excuse for being a NYY fan.
and Hade I will have you know that I came up with 'Stankee' by age 27.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 24 August 2019 11:51 (four years ago) link
I'm just going to assume this is in reference to beloved utility man Andy Stankiewicz
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 24 August 2019 12:51 (four years ago) link
“It’s not our proudest moment, rocking these all-white milkman unis,” Dave Roberts said. “But it is what it is.”— Pedro Moura (@pedromoura) August 24, 2019
― mookieproof, Saturday, 24 August 2019 19:03 (four years ago) link
SO GOOD, SO GOOD, SO GOOD! 🤣 pic.twitter.com/RatAEIaWlL— San Diego Padres (@Padres) August 25, 2019
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 26 August 2019 12:02 (four years ago) link
JOSH BELL
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 02:00 (four years ago) link
i'm beginning to hate the Pirates
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 10:51 (four years ago) link
i hear you
they went 1-5 against the mets tho
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
Just an awful tragedy: The wife and child of Blake Bivens, a Double-A pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization, were among three people killed in rural Virginia on Tuesday, sources tell ESPN. Police have charged Bivens' wife's brother with first-degree homicide.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) August 28, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 01:25 (four years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1xTxLoAORV/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 30 August 2019 04:24 (four years ago) link
autopsy/toxicology shows that tyler skaggs had fentanyl, oxycodin and alcohol in his system when he choked to death on his own vomit. the family thinks that someone in the angels organization got him the drugs
minor league catcher chace numata, currently with double-a erie, was found unresponsive early this morning after an apparent skateboarding crash; he's in the hospital in unknown condition
rough week
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 August 2019 20:06 (four years ago) link
no idea
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27501703/royals-sold-kc-businessman-investors-group
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 30 August 2019 21:48 (four years ago) link
Sleep well, John Mayberry: KC has a 40-HR guy.
― clemenza, Thursday, 5 September 2019 05:25 (four years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/sc2KuASsKC— Jessica Mount (@alongerlook) September 7, 2019
― mookieproof, Saturday, 7 September 2019 05:41 (four years ago) link
NL defense loserboard:
https://i.imgur.com/jpzXOFz.png
i see eric hosmer is having another gold glove-caliber season
― I am also Harl (Karl Malone), Sunday, 8 September 2019 00:05 (four years ago) link
the only NL team not in that list are the marlins
― I am also Harl (Karl Malone), Sunday, 8 September 2019 00:07 (four years ago) link
idk; i'm with jersey al here
i don't doubt that these guys are bad fielders (although i thought goldie was supposed to be good?) but i have a hard time accepting that being a bad first baseman -- who still presumably catches most of the balls thrown to him -- is as damaging as, say, being a bad outfielder
(pedro alvarez is the exception to this, of course)
― mookieproof, Sunday, 8 September 2019 02:33 (four years ago) link
lotta 1B in that list
― k3vin k., Sunday, 8 September 2019 05:47 (four years ago) link
Josh Bell is a special defensive player because he somehow makes being a bad first basemen seen just as bad, if not more damaging, than a bad outfielder. And I say this as someone who has watched Jose Martinez play a ton of right field.
― I am also Harl (Karl Malone), Sunday, 8 September 2019 06:01 (four years ago) link
bell was an outfielder in the minors, if you can imagine
― mookieproof, Sunday, 8 September 2019 06:05 (four years ago) link