Just watched the opener archive, 4 hours late... Arizona needs the NL to pass an emergency DH rule to save them from Trumbo's glove.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 22 March 2014 15:27 (ten years ago) link
are the red-sox supposed to be major contenders again? haven't paid attention to MLB is years now, but now it seems charming again.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 22 March 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
i didn't even realize the opener was today! or last night. or whatever.
SYDNEY -- Manager Don Mattingly struggled Friday trying to explain to an Australian reporter, in baseball terms, just what makes Clayton Kershaw so special, when all he really had to say was, 'Just watch.'
Don Mattingly the great ambassador for baseball
― love and light (Karl Malone), Saturday, 22 March 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
"If you stay with us over the course of a season, you'd understand the importance of Clayton," Mattingly said, when given another shot in the postgame news conference.
― love and light (Karl Malone), Saturday, 22 March 2014 15:54 (ten years ago) link
are the red-sox supposed to be major contenders again?
yep, expected to win the division. if all else fails, you can always check out fangraph's projected standings and amaze your friends with your ability to tell the future
― love and light (Karl Malone), Saturday, 22 March 2014 15:55 (ten years ago) link
https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/448620720315068416/photo/1
― Andy K, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 14:11 (ten years ago) link
FRANCOEUR TO THE PADRES on a minor league deal
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link
It's good to be the king
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/3/25/5548060/mlb-payroll-2014-dodgers-yankees
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 15:32 (ten years ago) link
braves payroll + marlins payroll + $21.5m = phillies payroll
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
god can this season finally start already
― love and light (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 15:50 (ten years ago) link
australia doesn't count
Friend offered me a free ticket to Mets on Monday, but I can't make it back from DC in time! Anyway it might be 50 F, too cold.
mook, the Bucs come to Citi at the end of May, u better go w/ me if I am able.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 March 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link
ok!
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 16:32 (ten years ago) link
if i'm reading this correctly, wilin rosario did not walk after july last season:
http://www.fangraphs.com/statsplits.aspx?playerid=8002&position=C&season=2013
― I don't care if you're Black Sabbath, James White, or Deep Purple (Karl Malone), Thursday, 27 March 2014 14:31 (ten years ago) link
yeah, hoping monday is at least sunny and calm. friend hooked me up w/ tix to the mets opener also. though, i think the seats are swank and come w/ access to all the internal club$ & shit so im not really worried
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 27 March 2014 14:34 (ten years ago) link
u bastard :)
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 March 2014 14:42 (ten years ago) link
working during opening day is going to kill me
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 28 March 2014 02:33 (ten years ago) link
Wtf is this "rojos" vs Houston on the 31st on MLB atbat calendar? Assume its the reds..
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 28 March 2014 02:40 (ten years ago) link
i dont see that, but it's probably los diablos rojos del mexico (city). they're playing veracruz over the weekend
― mookieproof, Friday, 28 March 2014 03:02 (ten years ago) link
Is Quentin on the DL @QuentinOnDLYes
― Andy K, Sunday, 30 March 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link
Brian Wilson is imploding in the 8th and so the Padres took the lead. Fun atmosphere at PETCO.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 31 March 2014 02:42 (ten years ago) link
pads are my fav nl team this year
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 31 March 2014 05:41 (ten years ago) link
just wish they'd kill the camo jerseys ugh
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 31 March 2014 05:42 (ten years ago) link
I'm used to them at this point
― polyphonic, Monday, 31 March 2014 05:45 (ten years ago) link
come on baseball, START
http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/assets/4200811/this-is-baseball.gif
― Karl Malone, Monday, 31 March 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link
poly what are your thoughts on the rizzo/cashner trade? kinda interesting to look at in hindsight
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 31 March 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
hahahaha that dog
― surfbort memes get played out, totally (k3vin k.), Monday, 31 March 2014 16:53 (ten years ago) link
smdh pirates and cubs both wearing alternates on opening day
― mookieproof, Monday, 31 March 2014 17:24 (ten years ago) link
"Written in the Stars" on repeat all day. So hyped.
― Evan R, Monday, 31 March 2014 17:30 (ten years ago) link
Cashner seems like he could become a workhorse. His velocity is great, but as a pitcher he's still figuring some stuff out.
Rizzo was atrocious in his one season with the Padres, so I'm glad the result of the trade was a legit major league player and not a bag of balls and two PTBNL's.
― polyphonic, Monday, 31 March 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
Braun's first AB is gonna be a home run, calling it now
― frogbs, Monday, 31 March 2014 18:20 (ten years ago) link
nope
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 31 March 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link
so f disappointed
― frogbs, Monday, 31 March 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link
retconning every one of braun's 211 home runs as weak popups to LF (strds)
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 31 March 2014 18:29 (ten years ago) link
tanner scheppers got j-roll'd
― bnw, Monday, 31 March 2014 18:42 (ten years ago) link
j-roll's hr trot: 25 seconds
― mookieproof, Monday, 31 March 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link
Ryan Braun gets a standing ovation from the Milwaukee fans after returning from 65-game suspension
burn milwaukee to the ground imo
― polyphonic, Monday, 31 March 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link
jp arencibia just drew a walk off cliff lee
― mookieproof, Monday, 31 March 2014 18:52 (ten years ago) link
yeah how dare Milwaukee cheer for its star baseball player, for shame
― frogbs, Monday, 31 March 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
yeah for real; he's all we got cut us a break
― Evan R, Monday, 31 March 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link
this rangers-phillies game might go on for a while
― mookieproof, Monday, 31 March 2014 19:33 (ten years ago) link
@SarahSpainI had a feeling #Brewers fans were idiots, but a standing ovation for Lyin' Ryan Braun is a whole new level of stupidity.
Sweet Christ it's going to be a long season
― Evan R, Monday, 31 March 2014 19:34 (ten years ago) link
difference between "cheering for a guy" and "standing ovation" come on
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 31 March 2014 19:42 (ten years ago) link
Interleague on Opening Day still made me do a double take
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 31 March 2014 19:49 (ten years ago) link
Thank you for telling us the exact right amount we should be cheering for him. I was afraid we were supposed to root against him, but now I know we can cheer, if only in polite moderation.
― Evan R, Monday, 31 March 2014 19:51 (ten years ago) link
way to get it dude
standing ovation in this case is loaded, most people probably standing up to say "we support you in your recovery from this awful strd infliction you've inflicted on yourself we got yr back" but it's not hard to read it as "hey you got boned we always had your back selig did 9/11"
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 31 March 2014 19:53 (ten years ago) link
lol not a single Brewer fan I know things Braun is innocent. we're just glad to have him back. keep in mind this team hadn't made the playoffs for TWENTY SIX YEARS at one point.
― frogbs, Monday, 31 March 2014 20:09 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, overwhelming consensus is that Braun is a lying douchebag largely responsible for the hell the team endured last season. But you can understand why fans don't like being ridiculed as backwoods hicks because they're excited to have the star player the team's entire future hinges on back in the lineup after an ugly long absence.
― Evan R, Monday, 31 March 2014 20:15 (ten years ago) link
I don't really think Milwaukee should be burned to the ground fwiw
― polyphonic, Monday, 31 March 2014 20:17 (ten years ago) link
hahaha phew!
― Evan R, Monday, 31 March 2014 20:20 (ten years ago) link
but if he relieves and walks someone this weekend, he could lose it!
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 September 2014 11:11 (nine years ago) link
If Mariners win all four and both the Royals and A's win exactly one game, there will be a play-in game for the play-in game to the playoff game to get in the playoffs. Bud Selig's exoskeleton would split at the seams, and the beetle creature inside would fly away at top speed. "Screw this," he'd click. So that's probably the scenario we should all root for.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 25 September 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link
twins offered to let hughes relieve and he declined, saying he didn't want to blow his record by walking anyone risk injury
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 September 2014 22:02 (nine years ago) link
If there was a most improved player award surely Hughes will get it, that jump is spectacular. Also lol yankees.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 25 September 2014 22:06 (nine years ago) link
is 28 too young to win the comeback player of the year award?
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 25 September 2014 22:18 (nine years ago) link
obviously jeter wins comeback player after returning from a broken ankle to post numbers that are almost singularly awful
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 September 2014 22:22 (nine years ago) link
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/25/twins-offered-to-give-phil-hughes-his-500000-bonus-and-he-turned-it-down/
― Andy K, Thursday, 25 September 2014 23:07 (nine years ago) link
Like...he couldn't except it and then make a donation?
― Andy K, Thursday, 25 September 2014 23:08 (nine years ago) link
Accept, Jesus.
― Andy K, Friday, 26 September 2014 02:33 (nine years ago) link
the sign says no solicitors
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 26 September 2014 02:38 (nine years ago) link
AZ is turning into the 1989 WS with new GM Dave Stewart taking a job from his old boss Tony LaRussa. Considering the Kirk Gibson shot off Eck, I'm not sure he will be around for much longer. I hope someone like Carney Lansford or some other odd ex-A's guy ends up a coach there.
― earlnash, Friday, 26 September 2014 04:37 (nine years ago) link
1988 WS w/Dodgers..89 was quake series.
― earlnash, Friday, 26 September 2014 04:38 (nine years ago) link
kluber thus far (unless they pull him) 8 IP, no runs, 11 K
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Saturday, 27 September 2014 01:20 (nine years ago) link
kinda fucked up that i'm rooting for arizona
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 September 2014 02:20 (nine years ago) link
totally feel you, tuned in to the ARI feed and immediately felt gross. want a Pirates/A's WS though.
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Saturday, 27 September 2014 02:24 (nine years ago) link
(also I'm a cubs fan living in st. louis, the more the crads win the more annoying my office mornings are)
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Saturday, 27 September 2014 02:25 (nine years ago) link
fuckin d-backs are useless
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 September 2014 03:59 (nine years ago) link
or maybe not!
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 27 September 2014 04:45 (nine years ago) link
haha tie game! go Dbacks!
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 27 September 2014 04:50 (nine years ago) link
hoping.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 27 September 2014 05:03 (nine years ago) link
https://vine.co/v/OZ1gbUPiLI3
― k3vin k., Saturday, 27 September 2014 05:04 (nine years ago) link
rooting like h*ck for KC and PIT to take their divisions
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Saturday, 27 September 2014 07:48 (nine years ago) link
M's can't get the winning run across in the 9th with bags loaded and no out; on to extras.
I have to go to the NY Film Festival tomw at 3, but i assume there'll be at least one game on Monday.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 28 September 2014 04:23 (nine years ago) link
M's win, so there are three possible game 163's for Monday!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 28 September 2014 05:44 (nine years ago) link
I really hope the powerhouse teams rescue us and smite all this mediocrity in the tournament.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 28 September 2014 15:32 (nine years ago) link
altuve sitting himself to secure the batting title. so lame
― k3vin k., Sunday, 28 September 2014 16:44 (nine years ago) link
supposedly he wants to play and the team is sitting him, but i don't think anyone's buying that
― k3vin k., Sunday, 28 September 2014 16:47 (nine years ago) link
he's starting
― polyphonic, Sunday, 28 September 2014 16:52 (nine years ago) link
aha!
― k3vin k., Sunday, 28 September 2014 16:58 (nine years ago) link
3 games tomorrow would be so fun
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 28 September 2014 17:59 (nine years ago) link
Aoki: designated first-inning sac bunter. Escobar: designated stranded runner.
― Andy K, Sunday, 28 September 2014 18:28 (nine years ago) link
Cole and Cueto are *dealing* in Cinci.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 28 September 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
PIT 1 - CIN 1, bottom of the 8th, runner on 3rd, 1 out. WHY IS CUETO BEING ALLOWED TO HIT
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 28 September 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
reds announcers: "he needs to get his #20"
jesus fucking christ
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 28 September 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
he got an rbi single.
i should be a manager
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 28 September 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
And he was removed for a pinch runner!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 28 September 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
i think the reds didn't realize that he if a pinch hitter put the reds ahead, Cueto would still be line for the sacred, holy, Win
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 28 September 2014 19:55 (nine years ago) link
Waiting for the inevitable Jayson Stark column about pitchers who got a win and a game winning RBI in the same game.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 28 September 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
just thankful i don't have to care about the cardinals offense for a day ._.
― bnw, Sunday, 28 September 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link
god texas sucks
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Sunday, 28 September 2014 21:32 (nine years ago) link
Astros Jose Altuve (2014) joins Ty Cobb (1911, 1912, 1917) as the only players in MLB history with 225+ H, 55+ XBH, & 55+ SB in a season.
not bad
― polyphonic, Sunday, 28 September 2014 21:40 (nine years ago) link
HOFer
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Sunday, 28 September 2014 21:51 (nine years ago) link
gonna need at least 6000 words for this one
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 28 September 2014 22:14 (nine years ago) link
justin morneau is the rockies' ninth batting champion
― mookieproof, Monday, 29 September 2014 15:13 (nine years ago) link
and is anyone outside of Denver impressed?
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 September 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
His adjusted OPS at home and on the road are identical, and his home/road OBP's are almost the same too. His doubles on the road turned into homers at Coors, but otherwise he was the same hitter no matter where he played.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 29 September 2014 15:25 (nine years ago) link
local tv ratings/audience size
the astros averaged 8,000 viewers per game; the next lowest was the marlins at 27,000
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 30 September 2014 14:58 (nine years ago) link
that has to do with their cable deal or smth right? i think not many people actually have the ability to watch those games
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 30 September 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link
hitting coaches dropping like flies as general managers need to be seen doing ~something~
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 October 2014 20:43 (nine years ago) link
does this go here idk i guess it might be appreciated http://www.clickhole.com/article/wow-scientists-taught-baseball-manager-rudimentary-1223
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Thursday, 23 October 2014 02:54 (nine years ago) link