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Apologies for some unforgiveable writing in the above post, that was painful to re-read

hrep (H.P), Saturday, 22 July 2023 04:06 (eleven months ago) link

nationals had gone 103 straight series (of at least three games) without a sweep . . . until today

their last was against the pirates in june 2021

mookieproof, Sunday, 23 July 2023 21:34 (eleven months ago) link

it starts here baby

Tracer Hand, Sunday, 23 July 2023 21:35 (eleven months ago) link

Ugly fucking series for the Giants, didn’t even want to look to see how they hit Webb that hard

a love song for connor wong (gyac), Sunday, 23 July 2023 21:48 (eleven months ago) link

The Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers are finalizing a trade that would send superutilityman Kiké Hernandez to the Dodgers, sources tell ESPN.

He has spent most of the 2023 season at shortstop but can play second base and center field as well.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 25, 2023

a love song for connor wong (gyac), Tuesday, 25 July 2023 20:45 (eleven months ago) link

RIP big man, LA needed a cocky underperformer

apparently boston gets “two upper level minor league relievers”

i’m guessing arroyo will be taking his last canter around the corral once story returns, with pablito &/or chang at second. too bad they’re both righties.

Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 25 July 2023 21:21 (eleven months ago) link

He’s gonna do a Brasier and start playing amazing again in LA

a love song for connor wong (gyac), Tuesday, 25 July 2023 21:21 (eleven months ago) link

Vry excited for post season Kiké in Dodger blue again. Choosing to believe he was a sleeper agent with the Sox and is going to turn it back on. We’re due for a reclamation project to go right after how Syndegaard went

hrep (H.P), Tuesday, 25 July 2023 23:54 (eleven months ago) link

does Jason Heyward not count?

The Yellow Kid, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 00:00 (eleven months ago) link

He definitely counts, but normally we go 4-5 on reclamation projects, not 1-1. David Peralta and Miguel Rojas haven’t become the Dodger superstars we were hoping too

hrep (H.P), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 01:31 (eleven months ago) link

Just some of the absolute worst baserunning you’ll ever see in your life, wtf was Duvall doing?!?!

TRIPLE PLAY!#ForTheA pic.twitter.com/HNDjdv9Asc

— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) July 26, 2023

a love song for connor wong (gyac), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 08:48 (eleven months ago) link

Embarrassing

hrep (H.P), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 08:51 (eleven months ago) link

https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/tickets/specials/theme-tickets/emo

, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 13:58 (eleven months ago) link

I was trying to think of a single emo band from St. Louis and came up blank...

citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 14:33 (eleven months ago) link

looking at wikipedia, foxing?

, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 14:42 (eleven months ago) link

Never heard of them. Get Up Kids were from KCMO but that's clear across the state and more importantly: Royals territory.

citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 16:09 (eleven months ago) link

Was Jack McDowell's band somewhat in that vein? ("Alternative," says Wikipedia.) Maybe they can reunite.

clemenza, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 16:33 (eleven months ago) link

okay, I found a (very) loose connection:

Scott Radinsky pitched 44 games for the Cards in 99-00.

He was the singer for Scared Straight* which could be considered proto-emo in the same manner as The Descendents might be.

*later known as 10 Foot Pole, and Scott also sang for Pulley.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRIFYc9_e6Q

citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 16:43 (eleven months ago) link

I knew about the triple play last night; didn't know it was one (8-3-5) that hadn't been turned in almost 150 years.

https://ca.yahoo.com/sports/news/michael-harris-atlanta-braves-turn-022451326.html

clemenza, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 22:16 (eleven months ago) link

Silly season is upon us... lots of moves happening.

citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 27 July 2023 04:47 (ten months ago) link

That Giolito move is like, wow, they really want to make the playoffs and try to keep Ohtani? I can’t believe they got him but whatever

a love song for connor wong (gyac), Thursday, 27 July 2023 07:37 (ten months ago) link

Wonder how the Cubs-Cards game is going…oh

https://i.postimg.cc/BZMWtQyY/IMG-6363.jpg

Here are the next two pitches from Mikolas that led to the ejection: pic.twitter.com/2AU3VrU5GQ

— Andy Martínez (@amartinez_11) July 27, 2023



Happ accidentally hit Contreras with his backswing. Didn’t seem malicious.

Ian Happ hit Willson Contreras on a backswing and Contreras was removed from the game

Two pitches later, Miles Mikolas hit Happ with a pitch. Mikolas and Oli Marmol were ejected from the game pic.twitter.com/vP3LgdRn3X

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) July 28, 2023



Cubs back at .500, Contreras ok & bench clearing brawl pls

a love song for connor wong (gyac), Friday, 28 July 2023 00:16 (ten months ago) link

Mikolas' ass is in the jackpot

citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 28 July 2023 04:17 (ten months ago) link

I think that's the most lazily intentional HBP I've ever seen.

NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 28 July 2023 06:47 (ten months ago) link

The stove is hot today. Why do the Dodgers always get what they want?

Bee OK, Friday, 28 July 2023 20:15 (ten months ago) link

the dodgers getting lance lynn and joe kelly is a win for everyone else

mookieproof, Friday, 28 July 2023 20:18 (ten months ago) link

Lol, one can hope

Bee OK, Friday, 28 July 2023 20:26 (ten months ago) link

"Why do the Dodgers always get what they want?"

Something to do with the allure of blue, or the allure of green, one of the two.

clemenza, Friday, 28 July 2023 20:31 (ten months ago) link

What prompted that statement is Lance Lynn had the Dodgers as one of the teams that he had on his no trade list. They got him anyways.

Bee OK, Friday, 28 July 2023 20:46 (ten months ago) link

Playing in the country's second largest market, a much friendlier one than the largest? That's got to be appealing.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 28 July 2023 21:01 (ten months ago) link

the dodgers getting lance lynn and joe kelly is a win for everyone else


lol yes

a love song for connor wong (gyac), Friday, 28 July 2023 21:14 (ten months ago) link

Oh yeah Trayce Thompson went the other way, season really on a decline since he hit three bombs off the Diamondbacks the first week of the season. Plus I guess the Dodgers have Kiké now who is a better right handed outfielder with an equally marginal bat

a love song for connor wong (gyac), Friday, 28 July 2023 21:18 (ten months ago) link

Laugh now, but you wait for the one two punch of lynn to Kelly in the 9th and 10th inning of game 7 this year

hrep (H.P), Friday, 28 July 2023 21:28 (ten months ago) link

What prompted that statement is Lance Lynn had the Dodgers as one of the teams that he had on his no trade list.

That is an odd about-face. Maybe he's laying the groundwork for a career in politics.

clemenza, Friday, 28 July 2023 21:28 (ten months ago) link

In that scenario, it will be the first World Series ever lost via a wild pitch. Dodgers therefore win by setting new World Series records to the dismay of the rest of the baseball world

hrep (H.P), Friday, 28 July 2023 21:31 (ten months ago) link

Serious question: why would the Dodgers ever be on someone’s no-trade clause?

hrep (H.P), Friday, 28 July 2023 21:31 (ten months ago) link

The Dodgers are gambling pennies hoping to make a dollar. It’s a respectable enough gambit

hrep (H.P), Friday, 28 July 2023 21:33 (ten months ago) link

True, it's silly

Xpost

Bee OK, Friday, 28 July 2023 21:35 (ten months ago) link

Serious question: why would the Dodgers ever be on someone’s no-trade clause?

it's just a way of gaining leverage. lance lynn doesn't want to play for the royals, but the royals would never trade for him, so he doesn't have to worry about them. put all the good teams on your no-trade list and you can essentially control where you want to go

mookieproof, Friday, 28 July 2023 21:39 (ten months ago) link

Personal Lance Lynn highlight of the year tbh
https://i.postimg.cc/QMJsMfq7/IMG-6427.jpg

Yeah I’ve never heard of a ntc to just the dodgers before

a love song for connor wong (gyac), Friday, 28 July 2023 21:39 (ten months ago) link

Xpost that makes sense

hrep (H.P), Friday, 28 July 2023 21:41 (ten months ago) link

xp (this is how stanton basically forced his way to the yankees, although he had a full no-trade clause)

mookieproof, Friday, 28 July 2023 21:41 (ten months ago) link

Dodgers pitching witchcraft is seriously unparalleled though. Brasier went from being a guy you’d see come into the end of a Red Sox game and go “punting” to being a solid pair of hands again. Fully expect them to work their same magic on Lynn, but also that it won’t matter that much.

a love song for connor wong (gyac), Friday, 28 July 2023 21:41 (ten months ago) link

Witchcraft has been off this year, though I I’m hoping we’ve just had it in cold storage for this home stretch

hrep (H.P), Friday, 28 July 2023 21:44 (ten months ago) link

Getting everything you want usually means you don’t win the World Series these days, right? Dodgers have 1 World Series win in the last 33+ years. The Yankees may never have another losing season but it feels like they are further than ever from the pennant. And the Padres thought they got the greatest trade deadline deal ever with Soto and Hader, but are now contemplating trading both as they can barely manage to be a .500 team.

Michael F Gill, Friday, 28 July 2023 22:00 (ten months ago) link

To be clear Lance Lynn had 10 clubs on his no trade list and the Dodgers were one of them.

Source MLBTR site before the updated trade.

Bee OK, Friday, 28 July 2023 22:10 (ten months ago) link

It could have been five clubs but yeah it was more than just the Bums

Bee OK, Friday, 28 July 2023 22:13 (ten months ago) link

Gausman is doing well, the one that got away. Zaidi worst move, as they didn't even offer a contract.

Bee OK, Saturday, 29 July 2023 01:03 (ten months ago) link

this week's Dodgers shopping spree:

* MLB's 2 worst shortstops by RAA (Rosario and Hernández)

* the 3rd- & 23rd-lowest qualifiers (out of 144) by wRC+ (EH and AR)

* the qualifier with the highest ERA, ERA+, and HR/9 (Lynn)

* a reliever with a 5.59 ERA in 2022-23 (Kelly)

— Jay Jaffe (@jay_jaffe) July 28, 2023

mookieproof, Saturday, 29 July 2023 11:25 (ten months ago) link

Tbfffff Enriqué isn’t and should have never been a shortstop! They got him to play outfield and maybe a bit of 2B. Had to pinch hit for him yesterday though.

a love song for connor wong (gyac), Saturday, 29 July 2023 13:10 (ten months ago) link


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