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
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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten months ago) link
you prob can wager on something like that nowadays...
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 14 June 2023 17:51 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten 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 (ten months ago) link
Seeing my first game next week in London, Cubs-Cardinals. Excited by how bad both teams can be!
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Thursday, 15 June 2023 14:52 (ten months ago) link
Have fun!
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Thursday, 15 June 2023 15:23 (ten months ago) link
Between the Mariners and the Red Sox and early Giants I’ve watched so much bad baseball this year, this is like oxygen to me now
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Thursday, 15 June 2023 15:28 (ten months ago) link
And Nootbar’s out of action iirc
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 June 2023 16:26 (ten months ago) link
I know 😩
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Thursday, 15 June 2023 16:37 (ten months ago) link
Have fun. I remember my first game fondly: Ducky Medwick went 5-5, and Dizzy Dean picked up the win in relief.
― clemenza, Thursday, 15 June 2023 17:11 (ten months ago) link
They run the bases in the opposite direction over there, right?
― clemenza, Thursday, 15 June 2023 20:28 (ten months ago) link
yeah, 9-out innings, it's wild
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 June 2023 21:45 (ten months ago) link
They run the bases in the opposite direction over there, right?― clemenza,
― clemenza,
LMAO
Have fun gyac
― Bee OK, Thursday, 15 June 2023 22:15 (ten months ago) link
on rob manfred's latest assholery:
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/i-was-supposed-to-write-about-elly-de-la-cruz-today
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/83442/between-the-lines-the-wrong-lessons-learned-mlb-pride-as-fans-money (this requires a login, but is on the free level)
― mookieproof, Friday, 16 June 2023 22:46 (ten months ago) link
not sure oliver marmol is gonna make it to london
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 June 2023 02:26 (ten months ago) link
wow. tremendous article in Fangraphs there.
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 17 June 2023 09:31 (ten months ago) link
clemenza i’m sure you already know but arraez went 5-5 last night and is back at .390
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 17 June 2023 14:22 (ten months ago) link
I did know. Unfortunately, he wiped out in Seattle before that. I don't think .400 is as unlikely as a 56-game hitting streak--you don't have to go 2-5 every game--but even a mini-slump requires a serious hot streak to get back to close to where you were, and even there you probably lost some ground.
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 June 2023 14:36 (ten months ago) link
he should simply trying avoiding the cold streaks imo, worth a shot
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 17 June 2023 14:48 (ten months ago) link
You need to tweet that out to him immediately.
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 June 2023 15:08 (ten months ago) link
96 hits, 20 walks, leading the NL in BA and OBP, and scored only 29 runs which I think puts him on pace for 67 or so?
― omar little, Saturday, 17 June 2023 15:50 (ten months ago) link
That's really strange--I assumed general lineup strength was part of why Miami's doing so well. He's also got enough XBH that he should end with 50+ for the year, so he's almost slugging .500--he's not a Punch-and-Judy guy this year.
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 June 2023 16:05 (ten months ago) link
First thing I've discovered is that they've been very lucky--outscored by 29 runs, eight games over .500.
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 June 2023 16:12 (ten months ago) link
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Saturday, 17 June 2023 16:16 (ten months ago) link
(xposts) Jays have Miami next, so they're talking about them. Presently 18-5 in one-run games, 6-11 in blowouts.
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 June 2023 19:56 (ten months ago) link
Happy Father’s Day!
All's well that ends well. 😂 pic.twitter.com/fh5LhmTImA— Cut4 (@Cut4) June 18, 2023
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Sunday, 18 June 2023 20:06 (ten months ago) link
Gerrit Cole looks like he’s on trial for murder. pic.twitter.com/IUwmVSZimF— Mike Daddino (@mike_daddino) June 18, 2023
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Sunday, 18 June 2023 20:40 (ten months ago) link
40 runs for ATL in a four game series vs. COL, humming along on almost all offensive cylinders, esp. Harris and Rosario. Harris received the first pitch from his dad and then went 5-5.
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Sunday, 18 June 2023 20:41 (ten months ago) link
Yeah I saw they were down early 5-0, I should have trusted they’d come back 14-6!
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Sunday, 18 June 2023 20:47 (ten months ago) link
The editor for this timeout should get an Oscar, best short film, you can feel Giolito’s rage. And then he got a pitch clock violation and Kubrick stared. It was incredible.
José Caballero has been allowed to weaponize the batter time out and it's ridiculous. ~84 seconds between pitches! pic.twitter.com/JKGziCXmHB— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) June 17, 2023
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Monday, 19 June 2023 14:11 (ten months ago) link
Will be rooting for Arráez to go 15-15 against the Jays and to die at first every time. (I didn't monitor the HOF inductions here in St. Marys over the weekend, but I bet Olerud--who was elected in 2020 and was finally formally put in--fielded at least a couple of Arráez questions.)
― clemenza, Monday, 19 June 2023 15:50 (ten months ago) link
Watch out, Carnac, here I come--Jays getting hammered, but Arráez 5-5 and--yes--hitting .400.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 01:03 (ten months ago) link
Arráez: 5 singles, 5 TB. Toronto: 5 singles, but also a double--7 TB!
― clemenza, Tuesday, 20 June 2023 01:13 (ten months ago) link