Six games were rained out today, that is a lot and must be a huge storm out there
― Bee OK, Saturday, 7 May 2022 03:13 (two years ago) link
It’s mostly just pissing but it’s been pissing all day
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 7 May 2022 03:21 (two years ago) link
pirates had to use an emergency catcher in the eighth inning today -- josh vanmeter thinks he last caught when he was 14 -- gave up seven runs, and lost to the mighty reds in the first game of a doubleheader
starting catcher pulled a hammy on the bases and the backup had already been ejected for chirping from the dugout. just as well pirates-reds games don't matter because that is dumb as hell
― mookieproof, Sunday, 8 May 2022 00:15 (two years ago) link
Telling measure of how much offense is down this year: when I looked at Vladdy's line, his OPS+ this year (161) is almost equal to last year's (167), even though his basic slash stats are down quite a bit.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 May 2022 12:55 (two years ago) link
I don't know if i've ever seen anything quite like the futility evinced by this year's Red Sox offense. every game is lost 3-1, 3-2, 1-0. It's really something.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 9 May 2022 13:04 (two years ago) link
in the last 4 games they've scored 5 runs total
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 9 May 2022 13:06 (two years ago) link
yeah, this is a 101 wRC+ (almost exactly league average) line right now:
.239/.317/.348
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 9 May 2022 20:05 (two years ago) link
i imagine that might be like watching the brewers last year
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 9 May 2022 20:07 (two years ago) link
Lifetime OPS.682 - Deivi Cruz.679 - Dee Strange-Gordon.676 - MLB teams in 2022.675 - Miguel Cairo.673 - Yuniesky Betancourt.672 - Neifi Perez— Matthew Pouliot (@matthewpouliot) May 5, 2022
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 May 2022 20:08 (two years ago) link
heady stuff
look the yankees and dodgers are both in first place so all's right in manfred's world
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 9 May 2022 21:40 (two years ago) link
yikes, we have entered the deivi/neifi bermuda triangle
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Monday, 9 May 2022 21:42 (two years ago) link
“teams are going through juiced ball withdrawal, home runs are a hell of a drug, etc”
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 9 May 2022 21:44 (two years ago) link
An interesting fact about former #Angels 1B Ji-Man Choi … pic.twitter.com/hmRRUuE3mm— Rhett Bollinger (@RhettBollinger) May 10, 2022
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 02:52 (two years ago) link
Vin Scully for NBC Sunday Baseball intro;
His voice IS baseball.Let the incredible @thevinscully welcome you back to @mlb on @nbc and @peacocktv. #MLBSundayLeadoff pic.twitter.com/br3dq9ZYy7— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) May 8, 2022
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 04:47 (two years ago) link
lol
The Pirates finally got their first win from a starter in their 28th game, a major league record to begin a season. The old mark was set by the Baltimore Orioles in 1988 when they started 0-21.
also snapped a 16-game losing streak vs the dodgers
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 04:57 (two years ago) link
Guardians score 6 in top of the ninth to tie game. End up winning.
― brownie, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 10:39 (two years ago) link
^^8 RBI for Toronto's (Mississauga's, technically) Josh Naylor--if I read it right, all in the last two innings without a HR?
― clemenza, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 14:47 (two years ago) link
he hit two homers
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 14:58 (two years ago) link
I swear I looked at the boxscore and missed that...really didn't make sense, though. Anyway, his minor-league career kind of paralleled Darren Shred's, the guy I coach in middle school who was drafted by the Reds, so I follow him. Darren got hurt (Reds could probably use him now), Naylor kept going.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 15:04 (two years ago) link
("coached"--many years ago)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 15:05 (two years ago) link
God, the Dodgers starting pitching right now...Six different guys have started games; one has an ERA of around 2.75, the other five have dead-ball-era ERAs.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 01:09 (two years ago) link
Stanton and Judge look like an excellent bet for 100+ HR (and 50+ each) if healthy--22 in 32 games. There must have been some 50+ teammates during the PED era.
― clemenza, Saturday, 14 May 2022 05:07 (two years ago) link
None--surprised. Still only Maris/Mantle.
― clemenza, Saturday, 14 May 2022 05:09 (two years ago) link
really? i'm surprised as well. but yeah, guess there haven't been any.
"if healthy" is the key. stanton has had a very strange career
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 14 May 2022 05:11 (two years ago) link
Looks like the two closest are Ruth (60)/Gehrig (47) in 1927, and A-Rod (52)/Palmeiro (47) in 2001.
― clemenza, Saturday, 14 May 2022 05:16 (two years ago) link
It’s wild he doesn’t hurt himself more tbh. His swing is bonkers
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 14 May 2022 11:14 (two years ago) link
"Judge and Stanton join Babe Ruth (14) and Lou Gehrig (10) from 1930 and Mickey Mantle (16) and Yogi Berra (12) from 1956 as the only pair of teammates in franchise history to have 10-plus homers in 32 games."
https://www.mlb.com/news/giancarlo-stanton-aaron-judge-homer-yankees-vs-white-sox
― clemenza, Saturday, 14 May 2022 14:34 (two years ago) link
players with 0 walks so far in 2022, sorted by PAs (all stats from before today's games)
68 PAs: Yadier Molina63: Cole Tucker38: Francisco Mejia29: Edmundo Sosa25: Royce Lewis23: Jose Rojas22: Dee don't make a joke about me being Strange-Gordon
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 14 May 2022 20:33 (two years ago) link
i'll give yadi a pass; he's not-quite-a-hall-of-famer (but will obviously get in at some point)
cole tucker has an 11 wRC+ this year and a career -2.1 bWAR. happily he's been sent down
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 May 2022 21:16 (two years ago) link
didn't we used to do polls to see who would go the longest without walking? i can't remember how "good"/bad 68 PAs without a walk is.
what's funny was that in yadi's last appearance today, with a full count, he chased an obvious ball four and struck out :P
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 14 May 2022 21:24 (two years ago) link
"obvious" to me as a pro baseball watcher
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 14 May 2022 21:25 (two years ago) link
these guys suck!
*trips over rug on way to kitchen, again*
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 14 May 2022 21:26 (two years ago) link
we did, and iirc 68 PA is a great deal
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 May 2022 21:26 (two years ago) link
i'm kind of proud of him. i hope he never walks again!
i don't think he deserves to be a first-ballot hall of famer but i think he will come close and will quite possibly get it anyway. i've enjoyed watching him sweat his ass off for the last 18 or so years
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 14 May 2022 21:31 (two years ago) link
If he gets in and the VC hasn't yet put Munson in, I will complain.
― clemenza, Sunday, 15 May 2022 00:59 (two years ago) link
pirates are three outs away from winning a game in which they’ve been no-hit
― mookieproof, Sunday, 15 May 2022 20:09 (two years ago) link
wow
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 15 May 2022 20:09 (two years ago) link
did it. sixth time ever
― mookieproof, Sunday, 15 May 2022 20:13 (two years ago) link
So I did read the box score correctly, that's nuts.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 15 May 2022 20:29 (two years ago) link
Only 24 outs though
― ✖, Sunday, 15 May 2022 20:31 (two years ago) link
Per the Elias Sports Bureau, a no-hitter needs to be at least nine innings in order to be official.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 15 May 2022 20:34 (two years ago) link
Or what x said
That’s insane. I should probably watch more highlights or something because I would never have know if not for this thread
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 15 May 2022 20:37 (two years ago) link
Of course it’s the reds.
Heard a funny radio call of the last out: "The Pirates have just been no-hit, and THEY'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER!"
― clemenza, Monday, 16 May 2022 00:25 (two years ago) link
Fuck Michele Tafoya.
― Bee OK, Monday, 16 May 2022 02:23 (two years ago) link
Your eyes are not deceiving you. pic.twitter.com/cAv8yhHjr2— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) May 16, 2022
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 16 May 2022 03:03 (two years ago) link
the final pitch of the game was a 46.6 mph curveball
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Monday, 16 May 2022 03:05 (two years ago) link
should have posted on that all on the He Reigneth thread
this is gonna be the thing that keeps him below 100 rWAR
― ✖, Monday, 16 May 2022 06:14 (two years ago) link