Pretty detailed look at .400 threats since Williams (some not even remotely close):
https://www.mlb.com/news/luis-arraez-chasing-400
Two I really don't remember:
2000: July 20 (91 games) -- Nomar Garciaparra, BOS (.372). Garciaparra won his second straight batting title in 2000, becoming the first Red Sox player to win consecutively since Wade Boggs won four straight from 1985-88.
1999: June 28 (78 games) -- Tony Fernandez, TOR (.328). Fernandez’s average was the highest of his career, and it came in his age-37 season.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 12:23 (ten months ago) link
.401 for Arráez!
― clemenza, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 00:48 (ten months ago) link
If anyone’s watching Brewers Orioles right now my wife won 2nd row tickets and my son is sitting right behind home plate lmao
― frogbs, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 01:16 (ten months ago) link
tonight’s yankees-white sox game should not be played in these air conditions, but i bet it will be
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 17:37 (ten months ago) link
A's winning 7-3 today. At 13-50, they're running four games behind the '62 Mets.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 18:24 (ten months ago) link
huh, they actually did postpone in the bronx (and philly)
meanwhile the pirates got absolutely rocked by the a's twice in about 18 hours
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 20:38 (ten months ago) link
I, myself, remember the April 2023 Pirates.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 21:14 (ten months ago) link
I do realize how silly it is to be getting caught up in Arráez in early June--if anything's almost guaranteed, it'll be that he'll be doing well to hit .350 or better. But I am. He's 2 for 4 again tonight, and up to .403. He does, I would think, have a good chance to be in the MVP hunt by season's end, especially if Miami sneaks into the playoffs.
― clemenza, Thursday, 8 June 2023 00:06 (ten months ago) link
i don't begrudge you being excited about him!
but maybe let's rein in the expectations a little bit? we're not even 40% of the way through the season. i bless famous wakeboarder steve shasta for committing the april 2023 pirates to memory, but when arraez ends up hitting .349 over a full season i'd hate it to sound like a disappointment
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:03 (ten months ago) link
i mean i get that you're rooting for marcus semien -- he's a good player! -- but when you say stuff like 'if he can put up five more all-star-to-MVP-type seasons in his mid-to-late-30s, he'll be in the HoF conversation' well, sure. so would my mom
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:11 (ten months ago) link
tbf my mom would be a total wildcard -- if *she* can't remember her previous strategies, there's no way anyone could predict her. bad knee tho
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:15 (ten months ago) link
also she absolutely refused to give me credit for 'little league homers' involving fielding errors when she scored my little league games
pretty good mom tbh
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:20 (ten months ago) link
I guess I should be thankful I'm out of jaded purgatory.
― clemenza, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:21 (ten months ago) link
i can't afford to get to skydome at the moment -- last time i was there, jeremy giambi (rip) was in right field (for the a's, i think?)
but man we should go to a game sometime. it would be honestly good
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:30 (ten months ago) link
All for it--any time. (Three games lined up, hopefully a fourth with Thermo later in the season.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:33 (ten months ago) link
<3
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:34 (ten months ago) link
Any secret strategy you can get from Thermo w/r/t his fantasy team, I'll gladly venmo you in USA funds.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:35 (ten months ago) link
I believe he and Tom Tango worked out an ironclad fantasy algorithm, but that's all I can say.
― clemenza, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:38 (ten months ago) link
Really happy to see Money Mike have a big game for the Braves tonight. He's been grinding hard at bat all season, still getting it done in the field.
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Thursday, 8 June 2023 03:03 (ten months ago) link
King
Elly De La Cruz rolling into Cincinnati steakhouses wearing a Bratz shirt after hitting his first career homer 458 feetit’s over for this league https://t.co/c8lurrbTHx— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) June 8, 2023
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Thursday, 8 June 2023 16:20 (ten months ago) link
Shades of Carlos Delgado: José Ramirez hit three HR last night, including his 200th. (In an oft-repeated, bizarre sequence of events, Delgado hit two the game he hit his 100th, three the game he hit his 200th, and four the game he hit his 300th.)
― clemenza, Friday, 9 June 2023 14:53 (ten months ago) link
zack greinke is leading the royals -- not just the pitchers, all of them -- in bWAR (at 1.0)
he is 1-6 with a 4.59 ERA and 6.8 K/9
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 June 2023 19:49 (ten months ago) link
Did you read that piece in The Athletic about him
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Friday, 9 June 2023 19:54 (ten months ago) link
Delgado, there's a guy for the "why did they retire?" thread. he was vv productive in limited duty in his last season and only 27 HR shy of 500.
― omar little, Friday, 9 June 2023 20:59 (ten months ago) link
Still productive, but physically he'd had it:
(Wikipedia) "On August 7, 2010, the Boston Red Sox signed Delgado to a minor league contract. He played 5 games with the triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox between August 9 and 15, collecting 3 singles in 13 at-bats (.231, 0 HR, 2 RBI). This was the entire extent of Delgado's 2010 season after Delgado suffered a setback with his surgically repaired hip."
I was really rooting for him to get to 500 HR.
― clemenza, Friday, 9 June 2023 21:06 (ten months ago) link
Oakland showing signs of life.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 10 June 2023 00:46 (ten months ago) link
Braves are at five straight come from behind wins -- I wonder what the record is.
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Saturday, 10 June 2023 03:42 (ten months ago) link
I was two or three years late on Kershaw, so I'm pleased to announce that I already know who Bobby Miller is.
https://www.mlb.com/news/bobby-miller-off-to-historic-career-start-with-dodgers
― clemenza, Sunday, 11 June 2023 00:33 (ten months ago) link
2000 career hits for Cutch
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Sunday, 11 June 2023 17:56 (ten months ago) link
How is there an article about a young phenom pitcher having an insane start of the season for the Dodgers and it doesn't mention Valenzuela??
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 11 June 2023 19:26 (ten months ago) link
I guess the difference in the writer's eyes is that Valenzuela pitched 10 games in relief in 1980 before he was converted to a starter. But if you focus on '81 only, yeah, phenomenal:
first eight starts (all CG): 72 IP, 43 H, 68 K, 17 BB, 0.50 ERA, 8-0
― clemenza, Sunday, 11 June 2023 19:57 (ten months ago) link
I doubt we'll ever again see the like
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 11 June 2023 20:08 (ten months ago) link
ffs his third and fourth starts were on three days' rest. no data on pitch counts, but i'll bet it was obscene
― mookieproof, Sunday, 11 June 2023 20:17 (ten months ago) link
On top of which, he was throwing a screwball, which I think is about the most unnatural pitch you can throw. He wasn't especially effective after age 25, yet he somehow managed to pitch almost 3,000 innings.
― clemenza, Sunday, 11 June 2023 20:49 (ten months ago) link
I’m on vacation with my family in St. Louis and we went to the Cardinals game today. within five minutes of sitting down my daughter and I were on the big screen flexing our muscles. also we got weird Adam Wainwright bobble heads where he’s dressed up as a Buckingham palace guard for some reason.
― na (NA), Sunday, 11 June 2023 20:52 (ten months ago) link
guys the a's have won five in a row (on the road! albeit against Central teams) and are about to overtake the royals
― mookieproof, Sunday, 11 June 2023 22:49 (ten months ago) link
xp might need pics of you/daughter/muscles? or at least the wainohead
― mookieproof, Sunday, 11 June 2023 22:50 (ten months ago) link
I really like the normal micd up videos with no interference but honestly, why do you agree to be micd up as a catcher
Jose Trevino mic’d up for the 4th inning…. #Yankees #YankeesTwitter #RepBX #NYYvsBOS #YankeesvsRedSox pic.twitter.com/W0tW8sX3od— YankeesDugout99 ⚾ (@YDugout99) June 12, 2023
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Monday, 12 June 2023 16:21 (ten months ago) link
They get 10K to be miced up aiui
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 12 June 2023 19:14 (ten months ago) link
happened to be watching that and found it incredibly weird. hearing him go "oh no!" every time the pitch caught a lot of the plate was funny though
― frogbs, Monday, 12 June 2023 19:19 (ten months ago) link
xp yeah they do but is it worth it as a catcher for the yankees? He makes more than that per game!
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Monday, 12 June 2023 20:01 (ten months ago) link
Would you not take 10K for 15 minutes?
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 01:20 (ten months ago) link
For what it's worth: I was looking at the early voting for the ASG, and I realized I somehow didn't vote for DHs on the ballot I posted upthread. It wasn't a protest vote, just clicked "submit" too early or something. Would have gone with Ohtani, of course, and probably J.D. Martinez if I were voting today, although there's an argument there for Jorge Soler.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 01:30 (ten months ago) link
Tonight may be the first game in his long storied MLB career that Elly de la Cruz fails to get on base.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 02:45 (ten months ago) link
I take that back, he reached via a Fielder's Choice (and promptly stole a bag!)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 02:50 (ten months ago) link
Atlanta's bullpen is something else... woof.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 03:00 (ten months ago) link
Outfielder Raimel Tapia has signed with the Brewers, a source tells @TheAthletic. Released by the Red Sox on Sunday. Has joined team in Minnesota for tonight’s game.— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) June 13, 2023
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 19:31 (ten months ago) link
apparently daniel murphy signed a minor league deal with the angels?
― na (NA), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 19:35 (ten months ago) link
38 years old
― na (NA), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 19:36 (ten months ago) link
Was playing for the ducks
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 20:59 (ten months ago) link