typos and corrections, those are things you just can't do, lines you just can't cross.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 22 April 2022 22:58 (two years ago) link
Man, I'd love to send that in to him, but he'd probably kick me off the site for good.
― clemenza, Friday, 22 April 2022 22:59 (two years ago) link
What I found interesting about James's comment, by the way, wasn't the IBB itself--don't really have any opinion on that--but the tactical idea that ownership would have something they keep in reserve in case they want to use it later.
― clemenza, Friday, 22 April 2022 23:09 (two years ago) link
that IBB was indeed terrible, and i don't really like maddon, but jeez ownership doesn't need ~reasons~
just ask rick renteria, whom the cubs fired after one season because maddon was available
― mookieproof, Friday, 22 April 2022 23:50 (two years ago) link
tigers postponed tonight, doubleheader tomorrow. if miggy doesn't do it tomorrow it is boone's farm's fault
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 23 April 2022 00:04 (two years ago) link
(xpost) I know what you're saying, but it's probably harder (from a public-relations standpoint), at least-short term, to fire a sainted manager like Maddon than Renteria.
― clemenza, Saturday, 23 April 2022 00:36 (two years ago) link
That Dusty Baker column quotes extensively from the Al Campanis Nightline interview. God...beyond the pail, to coin a phrase. To get fired as quickly as he did in 1987 (within 48 hours) took some doing, and he was up to it. That he was who he was--Jackie Robinson's DP partner in Montreal, the scout who signed Roberto Clemente--makes it all that much sadder.
― clemenza, Saturday, 23 April 2022 01:01 (two years ago) link
I’ve lost track who we’re talking about here.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 23 April 2022 13:59 (two years ago) link
Kershaw can overtake Don Sutton today as the Dodgers' leader in career strikeouts.
https://www.mlb.com/news/each-mlb-team-s-all-time-strikeout-leader
Teams you probably can't guess: Rockies, Brewers, Marlins. (And the Rangers have a weird one.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 24 April 2022 16:34 (two years ago) link
2,000 for Dusty Baker.
https://www.mlb.com/news/managers-with-2000-career-wins
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 May 2022 13:37 (two years ago) link
San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado tallied his 1,500th hit with a first-inning RBI single at Wrigley Field on Wednesday. At 29 years old, Machado becomes the 17th player in MLB history with 1,500 hits and 250 or more home runs before turning 30 years old.
― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 June 2022 01:01 (one year ago) link
now i have to know the worst player out of the other 16 who reached 1500/250 before 30
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 16 June 2022 01:03 (one year ago) link
Are team wins a counting stat? Yes, they are!
With the win, the Yankees are just the sixth team since 1947 to win 46 of their first 62 games. They join the 2001 Mariners (49-13), the 1998 Yankees (47-15), '84 Tigers (46-16), '55 Dodgers (46-16) and the '53 Yankees (46-16) -- each of those teams except Seattle won the World Series.
(mlb.com)
― clemenza, Thursday, 16 June 2022 02:18 (one year ago) link
Freddie Freeman and 3,000 hits:
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/can-freddie-freeman-re-open-the-3000-hit-club/
― clemenza, Monday, 18 September 2023 21:36 (eight months ago) link