general 2021 MLB discussion thread

it's true, it creates the ballpark experience of the incredibly drunk racist old white guy, all around you, in 4 or 6 different formations within 5 rows of you in every seat in the ballpark. and you have to figure out whether you need to confront them all and whether or not it's worth dying for tonight

M1keHawk69: ready for the salt mine

Tue Oct 5, 7:07:09pm

gir4ff3: tonight i am a red sox fan

Tue Oct 5, 7:07:09pm

scoopydu: I surrender myself to the random outcome 1-game gods

Tue Oct 5, 7:07:09pm

baseballfan17: @TrashtrosCheated just seeing who gets their asses kicked by the rays

Tue Oct 5, 7:07:10pm

NHL: LOL

Tue Oct 5, 7:07:10pm

ATLallthings: Yankees winning 7-5 IMO

Tue Oct 5, 7:07:10pm

bdodger1: @Mackie5Million but our boy kike is

Tue Oct 5, 7:07:11pm

ChoiBois: SCOOPS AND WYATT COWARDS

Tue Oct 5, 7:07:11pm

Mr6ixSide: LFG DODGERS

Tue Oct 5, 7:07:11pm

EastDelmar: the only sox making the world series arent playing tonight

Mackie5Million: @gir4ff3 yeah honestly where are the boys?

EXCITABLE VASGERSIAN

WRONG THREAD

I almost hope Gallo singles before BOS gets out of the inning.

The Jays and the Rays would both be way more exciting AL pennant winners than what we're looking at and I wish they respectively had been in / had stayed in the playoffs.

ILB needs a big all-time poll of favourite players.

It’s Kyle Farnsworth and it’s not even close.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uplOrx-nVIo

Willie McGee would win with two votes

Orel and benito santiago

How many people have played Major League Baseball? Are we seriously going to have to poll all 127 people to ever play?! (Or whatever the number is)

I believe the number is something pleasingly round. Like 10,000 or so?

Edit:

[MLB Statistics] 18,918 players have played Major League Baseball. Mike Trout, who is 25 years old, has been worth more WAR than 18,589 of them, or 98.2%.

Mike Trout is 30! Point stands though

Oh shit, once again the little section that google highlights is way out of date!

As of today, the number is 19,969, at least according to https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/ballplayer.shtml

Might have been a good poll to have in 2011--the World Series thread had 1,081 posts (240 this year).

this world series sucked though

whereas in 2011 america's team was playing, as well as the cardinals

That baseball-almanac figure is also old as the 20,000th player debuted this year

i should know better than to try to google than on my phone, hahaha.

i suppose the "real" answer depends on other factors too:

https://www.ocregister.com/2021/05/26/hoornstra-finding-mlbs-real-20000th-player-with-apologies-to-jose-godoy/

Reminiscent of the league trying to figure out who scored their millionth run in 1975.

b-ref is up to 22,563 with the addition of negro league players

wander franco is the next vladimir guerrero jr. he can't miss

Honestly just the most horrible updates on that case everyday. Just despicable