2020 MLB thread

[Dr Fear 1268]

Strange timing, he was arrested in Fort Worth on the day the Angels make their first appearance in Arlington. Surely he wasn't on the team plane?

[MillerEP 30491]

[youdunnf'dup 2147]

Wtf was he even going for on this? He knew exactly what he was doing

 

[Blotto 23559]

Cards series vs the Cubs cancelled due to another positive test for a Cards player. Will be interesting to see how the league squares up the records. Cards will have played 5 games through this weekend, other teams will have played 17. 

[Dewey 3286]

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

damn the Rays have some arms. if they could score 4 runs a game they'd be in the playoffs no doubt. 

[Beau Vine 54254]

damn the Rays have some arms. if they could score 4 runs a game they'd be in the playoffs no doubt. 

16 of 30 teams will make the playoffs, you know, and they're currently averaging 4.2 runs/game.

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

well then sounds like i nailed it. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

also tbf, they've scored 11 total runs in their last five games and their bats have been terrible, one 14 run game notwithstanding.

[ss13 1832]

Anyone with over 26 in Pitt/Det is sitting pretty. 

[clapclapclap 9000]

Cubs with a 3-day weekend off.  Expect positives within 2 weeks.

[Brew 3049]

Marlins need to send the rest of the team out to the clubs and see if they can miss another week or so. That .875 winning percentage and no minimum games played to get in the playoffs rule could have them sitting pretty. Such a strange year. Teams with 15 games played and teams with 5 at this point.

[Radical Larry 28643]

[mdmost 43004]

But hey, at least he does funny voices during in-game interviews.

 

 

[Underdog 28711]

1 hour ago, Radical Larry said:

 

Best news for Pittsburgh in quite sometime. 

Edited August 8, 2020 by Underdog

[shadow_operative 15932]

31 minutes ago, mdmost said:

But hey, at least he does funny voices during in-game interviews.

 

 

just saw this on MLBN. wow. he's been bad for awhile now, but this is something spectacular. it's one of those rare times where Joe Baseball Fan can say, "I could do better than that" and actually be right. 

[Underdog 28711]

Interesting that Kevin Stallings son plays for the Pirates given Pops utter failure at Pitt hoops. 

[Beau Vine 54254]

Friend of mine in Lincoln who owns a memorabilia shop went to Joba Chamberlain's home foreclosure sale. Apparently Joba bailed on the house with everything still inside and the bank took it over and changed the locks, so they're auctioning his shit off today:

 

 

https://journalstar.com/news/local/joba-chamberlains-belongings-baseball-history-to-be-auctioned-saturday/article_459e1349-95a8-5b14-a481-e6ada6384e9e.html

 

 

[Jshep34 2316]

Pirates player being carted off in back brace

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[Jshep34 2316]

Took elbow to face. Knocked out.

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[WBT 20617]

35 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Friend of mine in Lincoln who owns a memorabilia shop went to Joba Chamberlain's home foreclosure sale. Apparently Joba bailed on the house with everything still inside and the bank took it over and changed the locks, so they're auctioning his shit off today:

 

 

https://journalstar.com/news/local/joba-chamberlains-belongings-baseball-history-to-be-auctioned-saturday/article_459e1349-95a8-5b14-a481-e6ada6384e9e.html

 

 

Tell him I'd pay $5 for a cup full of dead midges

[ss13 1832]

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The ballpark went completely silent as head athletic trainer Todd Tomczyk, manager Derek Shelton and medical personnel tended to Evans.

No shit? 

[Beau Vine 54254]

But hey, at least he does funny voices during in-game interviews.
 
 

All four guys who homered were batting under .200.

[Pato del Muerto 52526]

21 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

5 hours ago, mdmost said:

But hey, at least he does funny voices during in-game interviews.
 
 

All four guys who homered were batting under .200.

So late in the season?

[ss13 1832]

Anyone see how Cueto just lost his no-no in the 6th?! Holy fuck. 

[Radical Larry 28643]

 

[ss13 1832]

Where’d WHO go? 

[ss13 1832]

From 5-0 to 5-4 after that debacle. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

30 minutes ago, Radical Larry said:

 

i had this on in the background but wasn't paying attention. so THAT was why the announcers were making such a big deal about "poor Cueto" when that happened. brutal. 

[Radical Larry 28643]

[WBT 20617]

Just heard Ron Darling on TBS say the Marlins are playing their 10th game today and Pablo Lopez today is their first pitcher to start a 2nd game.

[ss13 1832]

 

That’s a dumb mother fucker right there. 

[youdunnf'dup 2147]

Nvm

Edited August 9, 2020 by youdunnf'dup

[shadow_operative 15932]

got a hold of that one:

 

 

[ss13 1832]

Plesac last month. 

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"Definitely any time you can maintain social distancing is going to be what we have to focus on,'' Plesac said July 3. "There are common sense situations, where you see things are packed or going out to the bars and drinking, doing stuff like that isn't stuff that's really important to us right now and shouldn't be important to us right now.

"We're given this privilege to be able to come back and play and given this short window to even play. It's a good time now just to really buckle down and focus on what's important and work toward something greater at the end of the season and, for these couple months, lock in and focus on what we have set for us at the end of the year.''

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

Runs given up by the Indians in each game this year:

0, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 0, 4, 3, 3, 3,  2, 0, 0, 2. 

They are currently in 7th place in the AL, and are losing at home to the White Sox 3-2 in the 8th inning.  As a team they are slugging below .300. oof.

[Scraps 13562]

Acuna is my favorite player that doesn't play for my favorite team.

3 homers today albeit in 7 inning doubleheaders

[ss13 1832]

Delino just won the Kluber trade with that squeeze. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

haha. he was the perfect guy to have up there in that situation. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

23 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Acuna is my favorite player that doesn't play for my favorite team.

3 homers today albeit in 7 inning doubleheaders

Still Jose Ramirez for me, but yeah. Acuna is also on my short list with guys like Luis Robert, Tatis Jr, and Josh Hader.

[mdmost 43004]

Really enjoy the White Sox uniforms. 

[mdmost 43004]

You guys might be a little slow on getting that tarp out to keep the field dry. 

[Helobious 9462]

Stanton is done for the season with a hamstring injury. He made it to 3 homers, or 30% of my original season-long prediction of 10. Fucking 3. He really is my least-favorite yankee ever at this point, he’s far surpassed Jayson Nix. What a useless fucking pussy. I’m so goddamn pissed. Cashman got 4D fucked by Jeter on that trade. Unbelievable.

[NOMAAA 1696]

3 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Stanton is done for the season with a hamstring injury. He made it to 3 homers, or 30% of my original season-long prediction of 10. Fucking 3. He really is my least-favorite yankee ever at this point, he’s far surpassed Jayson Nix. What a useless fucking pussy. I’m so goddamn pissed. Cashman got 4D fucked by Jeter on that trade. Unbelievable.

im glad the rangers held on to holland and profar.

[ss13 1832]

Charlie Morton being IL’d is a much bigger deal. 

[TheStoicPaisano 9922]

 

[clapclapclap 9000]

On 8/8/2020 at 5:04 PM, Jshep34 said:

Pirates player being carted off in back brace

 

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

20 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

Still Jose Ramirez for me, but yeah. Acuna is also on my short list with guys like Luis Robert, Tatis Jr, and Josh Hader.

 

This is fun:

 

 

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

Marcus Stroman opts out for the rest of the season--after earning enough service time to qualify for free agency.

 

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]