Kinda sad, he obviously made the angels worse but I was always hoping he'd win a WS with them, old man pujols' presence was one of the things that made them a fun team
I have to think this means Marsh is coming up soon with Walsh taking over at 1st
― ✖, Thursday, 6 May 2021 18:37 (two years ago) link
(xpost) Right--benching doesn't work for him or the team...Your move, Detroit.
― clemenza, Thursday, 6 May 2021 18:43 (two years ago) link
(Different situation, I realize.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 6 May 2021 18:46 (two years ago) link
when the shift is Good
Heads-up Gleyb. pic.twitter.com/Xf9O15t77K— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 6, 2021
― mookieproof, Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:12 (two years ago) link
that’s amazing. gotta be E-2?
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 6 May 2021 21:59 (two years ago) link
or E-6 - why the hell isn’t he firing to the catcher?
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 6 May 2021 22:01 (two years ago) link
because the catcher was backing up third base, and no one covered home, so there was no one to throw to, i think. wacky play!
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 May 2021 22:05 (two years ago) link
can’t charge an error for mental mistakes/poor positioning! kind of a bad play by the catcher, who was never going to beat gleyber to third yet went so far that he couldn’t then beat gleyber home. but the real culprit is the pitcher, who just watched the whole thing.
Gleyber Torres scores from first on a ground ball when the shifted Astros don't cover third OR home -- with #MLBFieldVision tracking pic.twitter.com/qCrosth0Os— David Adler (@_dadler) May 6, 2021
― mookieproof, Thursday, 6 May 2021 22:44 (two years ago) link
Amazing. They all deserve errors. Correa actually just... flips to Bregman for some reason as Gleybz races home.
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 6 May 2021 22:47 (two years ago) link
yeah, i was watching that animation, trying to figure out who was at fault. didn't even notice the pitcher dot not moving , even when it was clear that there was a footrace to home. although, tbh i think he was probably just like me, looking at the plays at second and third and going ...wtf?
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 May 2021 22:49 (two years ago) link
i know it's just anecdotal, but even factoring in normal early-season weirdness, players getting into mid-season form, etc, it seems like this year has been _exceptionally_ sloppy in the field. way more "little league" plays than i'm used to, at least for cardinal games, and it's on all sides
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Thursday, 6 May 2021 22:50 (two years ago) link
i also missed about the last 3 weeks of games but i did dutifully look through a lot of box scores to review
Would it be crazy to go to a game in June?
― keto keto bonito v industry plant-based diet (PBKR), Thursday, 6 May 2021 23:12 (two years ago) link
I went to the A's game on Monday
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 6 May 2021 23:17 (two years ago) link
You felt ok?
― keto keto bonito v industry plant-based diet (PBKR), Thursday, 6 May 2021 23:32 (two years ago) link
I'm vaxxed and so are my friends. Wore a mask. Huge gaps between different groups. Seemed fine to me.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 7 May 2021 00:02 (two years ago) link
Sounds awesome. Would love to get a game in soon, but my wife's a little reluctant.
― keto keto bonito v industry plant-based diet (PBKR), Friday, 7 May 2021 01:28 (two years ago) link
Ohtani home runs leader.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 7 May 2021 02:42 (two years ago) link
i bought a ticket to a cubs game in a couple of weeks after reading this article: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/take-me-out-to-the-socially-distanced-ballgame/ which details all the measures they're taking at wrigley (and also i am vaxxed up)
i looked at going to a white sox game but they aren't selling single tickets at all right now as far as i could tell
― na (NA), Friday, 7 May 2021 14:05 (two years ago) link
looking forward to smokies-chattanooga in july. very airy environs.
― One Of The Bad Guys (Tracer Hand), Friday, 7 May 2021 14:21 (two years ago) link
lol i didn't know todd frazier was now a pirate. he's 1-for-24 in 11 games
― mookieproof, Friday, 7 May 2021 19:43 (two years ago) link
He's in mid-season form I see.
― keto keto bonito v industry plant-based diet (PBKR), Friday, 7 May 2021 20:26 (two years ago) link
seems like the cubs and pirates can be forgiven for giving up on kyle schwarber and josh bell, respectively
― mookieproof, Sunday, 9 May 2021 02:58 (two years ago) link
btw how about the giants? odd that bee ok hasn't shown up yet
― mookieproof, Sunday, 9 May 2021 03:00 (two years ago) link
barely posted last year too, come back bee
― ✖, Sunday, 9 May 2021 04:20 (two years ago) link
this LAA/LAD game is getting silly, mookie/seager/turner and trout/upton were all taken out because of the blowout but LAA scored 11 runs over the 6th and 7th and now they're only 3 back
― ✖, Sunday, 9 May 2021 04:25 (two years ago) link
― mookieproof, Saturday, May 8, 2021 9:58 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
i guess except the cubs replaced schwarber with joc pederson, who is doing only marginally better than schwarber so far
― na (NA), Monday, 10 May 2021 14:12 (two years ago) link
excited to read this mlb.com article
https://i.imgur.com/iBn1LcI.png
― yr local jerk, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 13 May 2021 16:16 (two years ago) link
Writer’s dad pumped for son’s first headline
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 13 May 2021 16:19 (two years ago) link
but not SUPER PUMPED?
― na (NA), Thursday, 13 May 2021 16:24 (two years ago) link
lol
― parenthetically yours, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 13 May 2021 16:25 (two years ago) link
founder of Hillside Elementary Writing Contest super pumped for former winner's son's first headline
― parenthetically yours, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 13 May 2021 16:27 (two years ago) link
Headline writer not actually allowed to write the article they are titling, and here’s why.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 13 May 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
corbin burnes finally walked a dude after 58 strikeouts to open the season
― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 May 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
and even that one was a good pitch
― parenthetically yours, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 13 May 2021 19:22 (two years ago) link
Yasmani Grandal is hitting .143/.581/.571 (1.152 OPS) with a .000 BABIP in May. 2-for-14, 2 home runs, 16 walks— Jeremy Frank (@MLBRandomStats) May 14, 2021
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 May 2021 17:50 (two years ago) link
why don't pitchers throw strikes to Grandal? is his plate coverage so good?
― parenthetically yours, (Karl Malone), Friday, 14 May 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
yeah, he has the 8th lowest zone% in the majors, which is weird because he isn't particularly amazing at making contact when swinging at strikes. he's above average but not by much
he just doesn't swing at pitches. lowest swing% in the majors by a good margin (25.5% to max muncy's 31.2%), lowest z-swing% (swings on pitches inside the zone) by a mile (39.6% to david fletcher's 48.6%), second lowest o-swing% (swings on pitches outside the zone) after muncy
so pitchers avoid the zone even though he barely ever swings when they put it in there (second highest called strike rate) and he barely ever swings on balls.
― ✖, Friday, 14 May 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
it honestly doesn't make sense, he'll basically give you an 0-2 count if you want it but no one challenges him
― ✖, Friday, 14 May 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
weird! we should be pitching coaches. i'm ready to go talk to the guy on the mound facing him late in the game. "Rookie, you've gotta calm down. Let me squeeze your shoulder. Yes, there. Relent to me. Attack the zone. Throw strikes. If he hits a HR I'll buy you a beer. But he's not gonna hit it. Because I put a curse on him. I'll tell you about it after the strikeout. Throw strikes."
― parenthetically yours, (Karl Malone), Friday, 14 May 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
If things don't pan out for me, I would like to be America's Silliest Pitching Coach for some local team
― parenthetically yours, (Karl Malone), Friday, 14 May 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
maybe he's just very short
― ✖, Friday, 14 May 2021 19:47 (two years ago) link
why the camo hats today? is this some militaristic holiday that i've overlooked?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 May 2021 01:33 (two years ago) link
armed forces day
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 15 May 2021 02:24 (two years ago) link
Kelenic's first HR is beautiful.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 15 May 2021 03:00 (two years ago) link
Did Bogaerts get hurt today, or was he just removed because of the big lead?
― clemenza, Saturday, 15 May 2021 22:36 (two years ago) link
Huascar Ynoa out a few months after breaking his hand punching the dugout lmao
― frogbs, Monday, 17 May 2021 20:39 (two years ago) link
Pujols is starting and batting cleanup for the Dodgers tonight, as anyone could have predicted.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 17 May 2021 22:45 (two years ago) link
I don't think it's likely but how angry would Angels fans be about a LAD Pujols renaissance?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 17 May 2021 22:56 (two years ago) link
Liking the new red alternate jerseys for the Marlins.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 17 May 2021 23:26 (two years ago) link