i'm still kinda pissed about tommy pham!
i mean if you or i premeditatedly slapped a colleague -- let alone over gambling on sports -- we'd be instantly fired, and rightly so
does he only get three games because joc is a big boy himself? or because the players union would object to more? how would it be different if he'd slapped a clubhouse manager? or an umpire?
i guess tommy pham can't exactly be fired, but he should at least have been suspended far longer
― mookieproof, Sunday, 29 May 2022 21:34 (two years ago) link
Good points and you're 1000% correct.
― Bee OK, Monday, 30 May 2022 00:08 (two years ago) link
So why is Martin Perez suddenly amazing? What the hell.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 30 May 2022 06:03 (two years ago) link
he had flashes of brilliance for the red sox, i was sad to see him go
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 30 May 2022 08:03 (two years ago) link
We’re maybe 30% into the season and he’s pitched absolutely god like. I have kind of a hard time reading the tea leaves on savant pages - but this looks like a real break through and not just a 9-game fluke (at age 31!). What’s he doing differently this year?? I think this turnaround is nuts
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 30 May 2022 15:39 (two years ago) link
hey when you got it you got it
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 30 May 2022 15:43 (two years ago) link
look up the Azocar outfield assist in the first inning of today's padres game. holy crap, that's pretty much exactly how you play it
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 30 May 2022 18:27 (two years ago) link
I can’t tell if it’s because the play is so smooth, but that looks like some Ill-advised base running.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 30 May 2022 21:23 (two years ago) link
yeah, gorman isn't the fastest and he's just coming up from the minors, so he's probably not used to the ball being whipped back in so quickly
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 30 May 2022 22:07 (two years ago) link
still, i was impressed.
however, later in the game Azocar almost wiped out CF Grisham on a ball that was clearly Grisham's. that is my least favorite play in baseball, the near-collision. i watch through my fingers.
obvs still preferable to actual collision. seeing kurt suzuki suddenly drop in the angels dugout the other day was pretty freaky too
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 30 May 2022 22:33 (two years ago) link
KM, Do you know why the Cards gave up on Nick Plummer? He’s looked good for the Mets the past two days. Lot of sneaky power. Small sample size and all.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 31 May 2022 02:29 (two years ago) link
Honestly, I hadn’t realized he was with the Mets now! He elected (minor league) free agency? I didn’t realize he’s been with the cardinals org long enough to do so. He has a big breakout year in 2021, after several years of disappointing results. I remember his first round signing being roundly criticized even on the day it happened, and from the start, the few updates I’d see about him were generally of the “looks like a bust” variety. Looking at his early milb stats, they don’t seem _that bad_, but he was also usually relatively old for his levels he was playing at, I think. Anyway, all that seems like ancient history. His 2021 was really great, enough to get him back in the conversation for the big league roster, but he was blocked in the OF by several others, so I can see why he and the cardinals might have parted way amicably? Don’t know.
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 31 May 2022 02:58 (two years ago) link
1/4 of the Dodgers losses this year have been to the Pirates.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 1 June 2022 14:47 (two years ago) link
It’s even more than that now. First Pirates sweep in LA since 2000.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 2 June 2022 03:44 (two years ago) link
Josh Donaldson hurt New York Yankees didn't publicly support him after comment about Tim Anderson
poor guy
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 June 2022 16:37 (two years ago) link
Aww.
Cano to El Paso free agency
― Andy K, Thursday, 2 June 2022 23:49 (two years ago) link
couldn't have happened to a more wealthy guy
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 3 June 2022 03:04 (two years ago) link
Girardi
― Andy K, Friday, 3 June 2022 14:37 (two years ago) link
Out
― Andy K, Friday, 3 June 2022 14:38 (two years ago) link
oof
― sleep, that's where I'm the cousin of death (PBKR), Friday, 3 June 2022 14:56 (two years ago) link
https://www.nbcsports.com/sites/rsnunited/files/article/hero/Dombrowski_D_Getty_1052531664.jpg
― Andy K, Friday, 3 June 2022 14:59 (two years ago) link
tough out there for a team of DHs
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 June 2022 19:29 (two years ago) link
it's kinda funny that they fired him after a win and then an off-day tho
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 June 2022 21:13 (two years ago) link
Great back and forth Mets-Dodgers game today. Going to be exciting if they meet in the playoffs. Last night Dave Roberts tried to use a position player to pitch in the 9th, but was not allowed to since it was only a 5-run lead. The bullpen coach put up a stink and the umpires eventually allowed the not-warmed-up actual pitcher to take warmups. The whole thing caused an eleven-minute delay. Embarrassing.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 6 June 2022 00:33 (one year ago) link
The impression I had was that it was clearly against the rules for him to take warmups but it would be insane to let the guy risk injury by pitching without warming up so the umps let the bullpen coach argue long enough for the guy to get some pitches in, avoiding a situation where the umps had to overtly disobey the rule
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 6 June 2022 01:45 (one year ago) link
There should be more of a penalty, like a free runner at second or something. I agree you don’t want to risk a pitcher injury, but it’s a bad look. Sort of like when a team loses their challenge, but then their manager asks the umpires to review a play later in the game, and the umpires oblige. Interestingly, in the game today, Roberts elected to review a pitch for catcher interference in a key spot. Down a run in the bottom of the 10th with 2 outs, Trea Turner was up with a runner on third. On review, it was ruled catcher interference, and Turner was awarded first. He subsequently stole second, but then Will Smith struck out to end the game. I would have thought you’d rather have Turner up with the game on the line.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 6 June 2022 04:12 (one year ago) link
Agreed. It should be a penalty that makes the team more likely to lose, not a penalty that creates an injury risk for a player who had no involvement in the mistake (or any player, frankly.)
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 6 June 2022 04:16 (one year ago) link
TS: Joey Votto or Glenn Otto
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 6 June 2022 18:53 (one year ago) link
another joe fired (maddon)
― na (NA), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 20:20 (one year ago) link
Already plotting the first episode of The Camus 'Cast with Joe Maddon
― Andy K, Tuesday, 7 June 2022 20:32 (one year ago) link
Maddon traded for the first overall pick in the draft (of 1992)
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 7 June 2022 22:50 (one year ago) link
I was surprised to hear that Maddon was fired (mainly considering his long history with the Angels), but he's in the last year of his contract and hadn't really improved things on the field. His weird tinkering was suited for the Rays (a franchise that more or less exists for beta testing creative management strategies) but not for a team with the resources and talent of the Angels. Even with the Cubs I think he was getting away with a lot of his eccentricities because the team was too good to not win (until, of course, they stopped winning).
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 09:59 (one year ago) link
amazing last time I looked up the Angels record they were like 26-15 or something and I thought it was great that finally the two best players of the modern era were gonna get some playoff time
they're now 3 games under .500 lmao
― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 13:26 (one year ago) link
i think he was valuable for the 2015/2016 cubs, but less as a strategic manager and more in terms of keeping the tone light and fun, which seemed to help keep the stress off of a team that was very young and didn't have much playoff experience
― na (NA), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 14:01 (one year ago) link
I still think about how Chapman very nearly blew the World Series and if they could have ever come back from that the next year.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 16:52 (one year ago) link
Acuña's 2 HRs last night got a lot of the highlight attention but my favorite bit of last night's ATL game was this Michael Harris II catch: https://www.mlb.com/video/kyle-wright-in-play-out-s-to-sean-murphy
― WmC, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 16:53 (one year ago) link
sick grab by a guy i have literally never heard of before
― na (NA), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 16:55 (one year ago) link
I've seen him make a few others where his reads/jumps off the bat are so good that the catches look a lot easier than they are and don't wind up in the highlights.
― WmC, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 17:01 (one year ago) link
Is there trackman data on that it looks like he covered about 50 yards
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 17:07 (one year ago) link
The Rays’ Cowbell which speeds up just as every 2-strike pitch is delivered to the opposing team is one of the most annoying things in baseball. It’s like playing in a stadium of toddlers
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 23:35 (one year ago) link
I'm starting to feel really sorry for the Angels.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 June 2022 04:23 (one year ago) link
nah
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 June 2022 04:30 (one year ago) link
They lose again via shutout, up to 14.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 June 2022 04:50 (one year ago) link
Still in second place.
― Andy K, Thursday, 9 June 2022 13:00 (one year ago) link
AngeLLLLLLLLLLLLLLs and counting
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 9 June 2022 17:10 (one year ago) link
Pff…
The guy screaming "He has two strikes, Tony!" after Tony La Russa intentionally walked Trea Turner on a 1-2 count to pitch to Max Muncy who proceeded to hit a three-run homer is peak chef's kiss. (via @NBCSWhiteSox)pic.twitter.com/C9yaR0ZdBU— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) June 9, 2022
― Andy K, Thursday, 9 June 2022 22:37 (one year ago) link
is tony trying to get fired a month from now?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 9 June 2022 22:42 (one year ago) link
What would Hawk say?
― Andy K, Thursday, 9 June 2022 23:16 (one year ago) link
It just took Shohei Ohtani to finely end the streak.
― Bee OK, Friday, 10 June 2022 04:49 (one year ago) link