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 (nine 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 (nine months ago) link
<3
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 June 2023 01:34 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine months ago) link
Oakland showing signs of life.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 10 June 2023 00:46 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine months ago) link
2000 career hits for Cutch
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Sunday, 11 June 2023 17:56 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine months ago) link
I doubt we'll ever again see the like
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 11 June 2023 20:08 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine months ago) link
xp might need pics of you/daughter/muscles? or at least the wainohead
― mookieproof, Sunday, 11 June 2023 22:50 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine months ago) link
Atlanta's bullpen is something else... woof.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 03:00 (nine 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 (nine months ago) link
apparently daniel murphy signed a minor league deal with the angels?
― na (NA), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 19:35 (nine months ago) link
38 years old
― na (NA), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 19:36 (nine 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 (nine months ago) link
Was really holding out hope that Nevada would be smart enough to not give in to Fisher/MLB. A tiny park, every weekend home game a road game if fans show up at all, no RSN bubble to float them, they're going to be bad forever unless some billionaire paypig buys it for a toy.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 00:10 (nine months ago) link
Oakland showing signs of life.― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, June 9, 2023 5:46 PM (four days ago)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, June 9, 2023 5:46 PM (four days ago)
7 in a row...
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 04:35 (nine months ago) link
As planned A's fans were standing and silent during the first batter of the fifth inningThey then broke into "sell the team" chants so loud that the pitcher thought his earpiece was broken pic.twitter.com/NI2sRLmPjV— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) June 14, 2023
― na (NA), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 13:05 (nine months ago) link
Entering the streak, the A's had a .194 winning percentage. Now, their seven-game winning streak is tied for the longest by a team to enter with a sub-.200 win percentage (minimum 25 games into a season), according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
The other two teams? The 1895 Louisville Colonels (.192 winning percentage) and the 1885 Detroit Wolverines (.190).
Would like to see the probability on that (especially with all seven wins against +.500 teams). Must be lottery territory.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 13:48 (nine months ago) link
“A’s make history by being the worst team ever with a winning streak” was too honest of a headline I guess
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 15:19 (nine months ago) link
If I were to wager, Spencer Strider might be headed to the IL. Velocity seems down, missing his spots, looks like a different guy than we say in April/May.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 17:47 (nine months ago) link
you prob can wager on something like that nowadays...
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 June 2023 17:51 (nine months ago) link
but yeah giving up miguel cabrera's first homer of the year should have deafening alarms going off, to say nothing of the rest of it
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 June 2023 17:53 (nine months ago) link
Baseball pitcher Trevor Bauer has been accused by another woman of sexual assault and choking her unconscious, this time in Arizona in late 2020, when the woman said in court filings that he raped her, got her pregnant and also held a jagged steak knife to her throat.Bauer, 32, has denied the allegations in court records and has countersued the woman, accusing her of fraud, extortion and fabricating her pregnancy. The woman filed her civil complaint against him in December and then amended it more recently with details of her alleged encounters with him, becoming the fourth publicly known woman to make similar allegations against the former Cy Young Award winner.
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 17:54 (nine months ago) link
Loved that the A's fan did a reverse boycott and seem to be a great success.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 22:24 (nine months ago) link
Fans
Lol
Shouldn’t have corrected yourself hah.
Kershaw still being Kershaw. Fun battle between Cole/Verlander today.
― hrep (H.P), Thursday, 15 June 2023 03:22 (nine months ago) link
Arizona's Corbin Carroll has just come onto my radar (22,leading the NL in slugging, possible MVP).
― clemenza, Thursday, 15 June 2023 13:05 (nine months ago) link