Didn’t realize he played 130 games last year. He hit .169/.305/.275
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 12 June 2022 19:29 (one year ago) link
it hurt my back just to watch him
i still have nightmares of his plate routine, which he does before every single pitch. the first thrust of his hips, the shuffling of the feet. the second thrust. the swing and a miss. ughhhh
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Sunday, 12 June 2022 19:54 (one year ago) link
ESPN just dropped the funniest nugget of all timeJoe Maddon got a Mohawk to surprise the guys with to help break the losing streak but the players never saw it because he got fired that day 😭😭😭— Dish (@D1SCHER) June 12, 2022
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 13 June 2022 03:48 (one year ago) link
“Now I’m unemployed and I have a Mohawk” feels like a gag straight out of Friends.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 13 June 2022 14:03 (one year ago) link
The Giants are sporting black t-shirts with some Fantasy Football 101: “Stashing players on the IR isn’t cheating.”— Maria I. Guardado (@mi_guardado) June 13, 2022
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 14 June 2022 01:48 (one year ago) link
I've always liked David Price, but pretty easy gig for $32M.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 June 2022 16:42 (one year ago) link
the most hallowed record of them all has fallen
Yadi stands alone at the top!14,865 putouts as a catcher. The most all-time in MLB history. pic.twitter.com/tvXlSRsy5y— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) June 14, 2022
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 14 June 2022 22:10 (one year ago) link
such a weird thing, giving the catcher a putout for a strikeout (even if that wasn't one)
props to him for doing it during a 100°/insane dew point day game tho
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 14 June 2022 23:59 (one year ago) link
goldschmidt 6-for-8, 3 HR, 8 RBI in today's doubleheader
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 03:12 (one year ago) link
I was looking at the career boxes of a couple of the Yankees starters, trying to figure out why they're unbeatable, and Aaron Sanchez turned up on one of their Similarity Scores list. We were as big on him in Toronto in 2016 as we are on Manoah right now. Sad, itinerant tale the past few years, currently pitching poorly for Washington. Until a few days ago, anyway--they released him, and he just signed with the Twins.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 17:46 (one year ago) link
(xpost) Currently leading the NL in all three slash stats.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 17:47 (one year ago) link
i was just talking about how insane that yankees staff is. two of them showed no indication they had this kind of performance in them previously. one is always injured, and despite his clear talents, his simply being able to make it to the mound every 5th game right now is amazing to me. and then there's Garret Cole. the collective pitching performance that team is getting (including their pen – with Clay Holmes and his absurd 1.8 WAR so far) is unfathomable.
and with Sanchez, I was pretty high on him – even went to Lansing to see him pitch – but the year he won the ERA crown, to me at least, really felt like it was a fluke. he hadn't really worked out all his issues even at that point. Manoah feels like a lot safer bet than Sanchez did (tho I would not have anticipated a cy young calibre performance from him either at this point)!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 18:23 (one year ago) link
Sanchez's never-ending blister problem was already an issue, I think, and in general he seemed on the fragile side. Manoah definitely does not.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 19:43 (one year ago) link
And also Sanchez had a harder time dealing with control issues.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 22:14 (one year ago) link
matt carpenter update:
34 PAs, .286/.412/.964, 275 wRC+
6 home runs, 1 double, 1 single. 5 walks, 9 strikes outs.
over 900+ hundred deep pelvic thrusts while waiting for the pitch
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 17 June 2022 15:13 (one year ago) link
and along with Trevino – i'm starting to wonder what dark magic the yankees are using to get these performances out of people.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 17 June 2022 15:33 (one year ago) link
Not sure what to expect this weekend for Toronto...especially nervous about Manoah's start, although he's had three great starts in Yankee Stadium to date.
― clemenza, Friday, 17 June 2022 16:37 (one year ago) link
his start is the one i'm the least worried about. i am tho, quite nervous about this series.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 17 June 2022 21:37 (one year ago) link
I saw about two dozen cardinals fans on the streets of Boston today before I realized what was happening. The Braves (14 game winning streak) played the cubs (10 game losing streak) today, and miraculously the Cubs won 1-0.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 17 June 2022 22:29 (one year ago) link
Anthony Rendon out for the rest of the year again with wrist surgery. That $245M contract is looking worse every day.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 17 June 2022 22:41 (one year ago) link
Yikes!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 17 June 2022 23:17 (one year ago) link
The Brewers have designated Lorenzo Cain for assignment. The move comes on the same day that he reached 10 years of MLB service time. Cain and the club came to a “mutual decision” about today’s roster move, per Adam McCalvy of MLB.com (via Twitter). Jonathan Davis was selected from Triple-A to take his roster spot, per the team.
at least if no one else picks him up (or he retires), he reached 10 years
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 18 June 2022 20:27 (one year ago) link
Lorenzo Cain showed up to his first baseball practice in 10th grade wearing a collared shirt, jean shorts and basketball shoes. Then he played 10 years in the Majors, made two All-Star Games, won a Gold Glove and a World Series.Today, he was DFA’d by the Brewers. pic.twitter.com/HOe5EJuXEc— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) June 18, 2022
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 18 June 2022 20:28 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Es153vP.png
almost all of them made it to the world series, and the others made it to the league championship series or were the 1942 dodgers
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 June 2022 17:14 (one year ago) link
wow - 1942 Dodgers, get your shit together!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 20 June 2022 20:16 (one year ago) link
it's like they weren't even trying, come on
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 June 2022 20:32 (one year ago) link
this is probably cold comfort to brewers fans, but by the statcast metrics (EV, hard hit%, xOPA xBA xSLG) he's having a very comparable season to Nolan Arenado, who is doing much better in terms of results so far
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 20 June 2022 23:26 (one year ago) link
fuck, sorry. "he" is Christian Yelich
^-- title of 2022 Brewers thread
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 01:09 (one year ago) link
He’s looked a lot better at the plate this year, I think he’s gonna go on a sunrun soon
― frogbs, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 01:12 (one year ago) link
arenado has gone pretty cold since april too
― na (NA), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:11 (one year ago) link
his may was not great (offensively), but since June he's been pretty great again (143 wRC+)
it's funny, goldschmidt was relatively average in April, and then on May 1 it's like Arenado passed him the flame of greatness and then passed the fuck out for a month
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:21 (one year ago) link
gotta say, not trying to stir up NL Central beef, and i like the brewers in general after working a decent amount of games there, but craig counsell has the most perpetually disappointed and possibly pained expression in the game. i could say, "oh, that guy over there has craig counsell-face" and you'd know exactly what i meant, right?
it's kind of endearing i guess, like i want him to feel better
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:23 (one year ago) link
also, sorry to always mention yadi, but speaking of "NL Central beef", it makes me think of how his last appearance in cincinatti will go! it would be kind of perfect for him to get a simultaneous standing ovation plus resounding boo-off
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:26 (one year ago) link
yeah I feel like even if you made a shitty Craig Counsell muppet I'd immediately know who it was supposed to be
― frogbs, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:28 (one year ago) link
it would be a good cue for an actor, I think. "you just had your annual review and you didn't get a raise. i want you to take it like you're craig counsell."
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:39 (one year ago) link
https://cdn.wrn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Craig-Counsell-6.jpg
― frogbs, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:45 (one year ago) link
enhance
https://i.imgur.com/x2r7emn.png
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:49 (one year ago) link
lol the dueling umpire reviews happening in the top of the 9th here, haha
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:52 (one year ago) link
brendan donovan, who for special reasons will always be braden donahue to me, is out.
counsell just smiled!!
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:53 (one year ago) link
but this was the counsell face i was talking about, a little bit more disappointment, like there's something bad happening and it's not his fault or the team's fault, and it's just not fair
https://i.imgur.com/QEFUbBN.png
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 02:54 (one year ago) link
Burnes is becoming one of those pitchers who's unhittable for reasons no one can quite figure out
― frogbs, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 03:01 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/cSzkjfh.gif
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 03:03 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/wse1QwM.png
omg
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 03:12 (one year ago) link
each one of those frames is a fresh terror
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 03:13 (one year ago) link
depicting a walk-off (??) is pretty smart of the AI huh
― frogbs, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 03:18 (one year ago) link
look who just became ready to play in the majors
3 innings into his 2022 debut, @Pirates' Oneil Cruz has registered:🏴☠️The hardest throw by an infielder in @MLB this year (96.7 mph)🏴☠️The hardest hit ball of the year by a Pirate (112.9)🏴☠️The 3 fastest sprint speeds of the year by a Pirate (31.5, 30.7, 30.3) pic.twitter.com/nScTK5mD4A— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) June 21, 2022
It's Oneil Cruz's first game of the season and he already recorded the hardest throw by an infielder this year at 96.7 MPH 🤯 pic.twitter.com/5XUlqHRjac— MLB (@MLB) June 21, 2022
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 16:31 (one year ago) link
dang, that first clip. that was a single for almost any player. it was hit so fucking hard that, combined with his crazy speed, it was nearly a triple
O_O
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 16:41 (one year ago) link
damn, that throw too. dang!
i've heard of Cruz and knew he was on his way, but haven't been paying much attention. looking forward to watching him play now, holy moley
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 16:43 (one year ago) link