the pitch clock is counting down to the MLB 2023 REGULAR SEASON THREAD

the angels not selling and then immediately losing 4 games in a row is about as angels as it gets

Sometimes (read “always if you are the angels”), you should not bet on yourself

Would any other mlb team do this? Legitimate question. I really think the Yankees culture is the most fertile to breed this sort of negligence. Poor Rizzo, I hope he can get back to his old self soon for his own sake

― hrep (H.P), Thursday, August 3, 2023 6:23 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

the mets

The Met’s incompetence feels more unintentional, though maybe that’s just a (baffling) PR move

~ royals seven-game winning streak ~

a real setback for jordan lyles losing 20 games

The Angels are baseball's equivalent of the Clippers.

The Astros-Yankees game is one of the worst broadcasts I’ve ever seen. First colour issues:

Not sure what was going on, but the color on the Astros/Yankees broadcast (thankfully) was adjusted between the 1st and 2nd innings. pic.twitter.com/6YX41PFMlP

— Tony Adams (@adams_at) August 5, 2023

It's fight night in Cleveland 😳 pic.twitter.com/3NEIpBEbSf

— White Sox Talk (@NBCSWhiteSox) August 6, 2023

Nasty, Anderson really took one there. Didn’t really see anything wrong with the play for it to lead to that?

https://i.postimg.cc/Zn9kLHJt/IMG-7011.jpg

1.2bwar, highlight-reel stud Ramón Laureano has been dfa’d by the A’s presumably for payroll reasons. Terrible

Angela vs Mariners

Dodgers vs Padres

Dodgers were just up 3-1

Soto comes through with a weak infield hit...now up 5-3

This 8th inning has not gone the way I hoped. Bases loaded yet again

Hadn’t checked the standings for a while; what a fall from grace for the dbacks. 7-21 since July 1st

Giants took three of four from the DBacks but should have won all four. The one lost happened in the 11th.

*this last week

The Giants (4th), Diamondbacks (11th) and Padres (12th) have a harder schedule than the Dodgers (15th) going into the end of the season. Going to be tough to dethrone us Dodgers; stranger things have happened though

Here's the clip of Kevin Brown's pregame comments on the Orioles' recent record against the Rays ahead of a series finale on July 23. Sources tell AA these comments led to Brown's current indefinite suspension from Orioles' broadcasts. pic.twitter.com/csURU04fJU

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) August 7, 2023

Terrible

I don't get it.

You and me both

The chatter seems to be that the notoriously thin-skinned Peter Angelos took exception to this rather straightforward recitation of facts.

Always great having 94 year old men running baseball teams, like wtf?

@Britt_Ghiroli
The Orioles suspended broadcaster Kevin Brown for a remark he made on the team's record against Tampa Bay the past two seasons, which was listed in the team's game notes and went with a graphic made by the team's network.

the article i read attributes it not to Peter but to his son Jason Angelos

Or John Angelos. I don't know, some Angelos was involved.

yeah i don't think peter is really in tune with such things anymore

john angelos is the guy who in january got upset that someone asked him about the orioles' payroll (on MLK day no less!), promised to open the team's books within a week, and then of course never did

Always had a soft spot for John when he insisted Camden Yards play "This Land Is Your Land" in the 7th instead of "God Bless America".. but he appears to have completely lost it

rip the angels

it’s sad; they ‘went for it’ and immediately shit the bed

amazing they lost 7 in a row since the deadline and Texas has won 7 in a row. Seattle also has a 5 game winning streak after selling, so it’s the worst possible scenario.

Angels have been really streaky this year who knows maybe they'll win 15 in a row. they kind of have to.

Forever a Tim Anderson apologist idc

Yasmani Grandal wanted to leave the day before the All-Star break (he wasn't in the lineup) and Tim Anderson said (paraphrased): "Fuck him. If he doesn't want to be here I'll pay for his flight."

Grandal walked over to Anderson and slapped him in the face

(via @shane_riordan) pic.twitter.com/usD74iMkiS

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) August 7, 2023

Follow up on this (beat reporter names Grandal separately)

.@JesseRogersESPN leaked on ESPN Chicago this morning that Yasmani Grandal, Yoan Moncada and Eloy Jimenez are the alleged main cancers of the 2023 White Sox clubhouse 😬 pic.twitter.com/IBYiX0xcpS

— Calico Joe (@CalicoJoeMLB) August 7, 2023

Excited for the various and sundry coded gradations of racism to come from this ongoing story (from the media and fans, not from anyone here…)

Yeah, the fight was pretty funny but I already got sick of the coverage five minutes later when I saw people gleefully saying Josh Donaldson must be enjoying this. Like, I’d sooner drink the collected piss of every single clubhouse in the league before I even thought about siding with a piece of shit like Donaldson, that’s how little I think of him. Yankees fans especially who’ve been howling for him to be DFAed (rightly!!!) all year can go to hell.

If I were managing the Braves I'd call Strider, Morton and Elder in and say "ok you're all going on the IL for a couple of weeks of rest, one at a time. Who wants to go first?"

https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/34/01/06/24121734/3/ratio3x2_2400.jpg

a few days ago I was at a bar and they had something called "Banana Ball" on the big screen, it's like the Globetrotters of baseball. incredibly entertaining and half the "rule changes" I think are actually good. for example they replace extra innings with a PK-like showdown where you have to hit an inside-the-park home run vs. a pitcher and one fielder. if a fan catches a foul ball it's an out. also the crowd can collectively challenge one play every game. all of these are brilliant ideas. also, choreographed dance routines every time a team scores. I think this is the future of baseball.

Oh is that the Savannah Bananas? Whole load of ex pros play for them.

thats it!! the main thing I remember was one of the managers challenging a call, them reviewing it and confirming the call on the field was correct, followed by the umpires twerking and chest bumping each other

My wife and I saw that too the other night. Highly ridiculous and entertaining.

I know Barry Zito played for them this year, Jake Peavy too. Loads of former pros mixed with amateurs.

Jake is as great a guy as you'll ever come across in life. It's been so special to have him with us throughout this journey, first in Mobile in 2021 and then Montgomery and Birmingham this past spring. Can't wait to see him suit up in yellow again! https://t.co/vsi6DF9clo

— Biko Skalla (@BikoRicoSuave) September 2, 2022

And ofc Bill Lee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Z_-yUS7hQ

Eric burns!

if nothing else you gotta give 'em props for NOT involving Jose Canseco

loooool j-rod!

https://www.mlb.com/news/julio-rodriguez-robs-fernando-tatis-jr

This is the weirdest thing I’ve seen so far

LOL pic.twitter.com/gW5RR7hBLO

— The Pesky Report (59-55) (@PeskyReport) August 9, 2023

smdh at Charlie Morton again.

What’s he doing (besides being a very good old baseball man)?