2017 regular-season game chatter

well, blew an 8-1 lead in the 7th! good job Anaheim Trouts

still have them as a wild card team.

I don't get the love for the M's. (As a playoff team)

Yeah, putting my assumptions of inevitable failure for the rest of their existence aside, i wouldn't bet on it if I were an objective observer. Certainly a shot, but there are a lot of elements that have to work out exactly as envisioned, so things kinda crumble with a couple injuries or a mediocre year for Felix/Cruz/Cano. Starting pitching has been impressive though, and they might have doubled their run total in tonight's humiliation.

https://twitter.com/KNBR/status/851554067285327873

Sloppy D in this Cards-Nats game (but no 3-run swinging bunts yet).

Didn't know he'd been missing, didn't know of his other ordeals--made the last out of the '92 Series.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2702815-former-mlb-player-otis-nixon-found-by-local-police-after-being-reported-missing?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

feelin' pretty sorry for the ongoing struggles of Byron Buxton; closing in on 150 career games with .212/.265/.382.

30 PA, 17 K this year

3 HR thru 5 innings for Cespedes

pretty intense collision at first base between brett gardner (runner) and rickie weeks (making his third career appearance at 1B). both left the game

the dumbest baseball anecdote of all time that i have now heard more than once:

"bryce harper wears #34 to honor mickey mantle. 3 + 4 is 7, which was mickey mantle's number"

of course, everyone wearing 16, 25, 43, 52, and 61 are also honoring mantle whether they want to or not

Trea Turner is 7, Bruce is pissed he didn't think of it first.

Speaking of #7, Manuel Margot is off to a great start. His name will eternally remind me of my first crush Margot Manueli. Anyway, 23% K rate and .391 babip is probably not sustainable, but even if those numbers come down there is something other things to enjoy. That Kimbrel trade is paying off.

zach lee's second career appearance went much better than the first

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/portrait-of-ron-leflore-picture-id515125122?s=612x612

goldschmidt gets kershaw's first walk of the year

meanwhile mookie betts hasn't struck out in 110 PAs

yelich w a bomb

http://i.imgur.com/RluM6l7.png

no thanks

Dyson and Rangers doing their best to blow the 9th in Seattle

judge hits a very clear HR - the fan catches it (above the wall, clearly) but then drops it, and the ball flies back on the field. the umpires review it, thinking it might be fan interference. a long delay ensues, even though clearly was a home run. they call it fan intereference, judge gets a 3B. luckily greg bird crushed the very next pitch.

please enjoy me on the next episode of very slow countdown to adam wainwright's retirement

@jonmorosi
Bizarre start to '17: #Indians have given up most runs in @MLB, followed by #STLCards. #BlueJays have worst record, Cardinals 2nd worst.

matt holliday sort of looks like a fit alex jones

my wife said he looks like brad pitt sometimtes

David Freese, World Series hero, finds greater triumph in depression battle

a friend of mine said he met freese at a columbia house party a long time ago, and that he was a really, really nice and "normal" person.

loooooooool that non-catch in LF in the TOR-LAA game

murph

Thames has two more HR tonight. I guess there's something of a precedent for this, when Cecil Fielder came back from his year in Japan and hit 51 (when no one hit 50). Thames is slugging .925 right now.

Ha ha wow.

27 runs in colorado, 28 in detroit

Came on to post the same thing--probably not a record for two games, but must be close.

pirates have called up infielder gift ngoepe, who will be the first african-born major leaguer

Cool! how the fuck do you say that name?

N-go-pay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnJZzGq11rU

Ngoepe singled in his first AB.

should i be watching something besides TB-BAL in the 11th?

the inevitable no-hitter in at&t park by alex wood.

@LangoschMLB
The #STLCards just loaded the bases on two pitches to open the 11th. That was never possible before this season.

Probably wasnt possible before Matheny got a job either

@dgoold
Maybe it's time for Team Earned Runs. There is definitely an argument if a pitcher never throws a pitch for intentional BB why is it his ER?

hmm

as the mania of poor decisions continues to grow, the local beat begins to push against metaphysical boundaries

tbf, both those tweets were in reference to the cardinals loading the bases on offense #gibbonsaging

tanaka threw a maddux tonight

@washingnats
C.C. Sabathia was rocked tonight. Seven runs in 5 2/3 innings. Whoa!!!!!!!

WOAH

lol
Kinda odd

GIFT NGOEPE .800/.857/1.200

imo

117 players hit 20 or more home runs

41 players hit 30 or more home runs

NBC News: Stephen Paddock searched for hotels near Fenway Park in Boston, senior official says. Few if any hotels have any view of stands.

— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) October 5, 2017

yikes

christ