2021 MLB Thread

[Beau Vine 54,471]

This makes Angel Hernandez look competent by comparison:

 

[Sbbruin 21,900]

3 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

This makes Angel Hernandez look competent by comparison:

 

Hernandez called the Dodger game last night and called Turner out on a 3rd strike about a foot outside.  But man, that is nutz.

Looks like the Dodgers are going to avoid a sweep to The Big Red Machine.

[Scraps 13,584]

Yo leave Marty alone his glasses were fogged up from wearing his mask with them

[Beau Vine 54,471]

5 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

This makes Angel Hernandez look competent by comparison:

 

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Foster said contact isn't needed to call obstruction, just the runner being forced to take a slightly different path to the bag.

"A player without a ball, without making a play on a ball, is standing in the basepath of the runner, impeding and hindering him," Foster told a pool reporter. "And [Diaz] actually makes a jog to the right to get out of his way, to get out of Godley's way. That's clear-cut obstruction. It doesn't have to be contact. It just has to be hinder or obstruct, and that's what happened."

This might make sense if:

1.  The runner weren't required to run in the lane in foul territory to first.

AND

2.  The pitcher had ever actually stepped off the grass in making the play.

[Scraps 13,584]

97 mph facial

[Beau Vine 54,471]

 

[Beau Vine 54,471]

8 minutes ago, Scraps said:

97 mph facial
 

His next pitch nailed Didi in the ribs, then Girardi got himself tossed, then his third pitch of the inning/game bounced about 15 feet short, and McCutcheon eventually blooped a single to give Philly the lead.

[Blotto 23,585]

37 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

 

Funniest part about that is Freeman was 4 for 5 on the night with a double and HR. Rizzo's K was the only out cubs pitching managed to get on Freeman.

[shadow_operative 15,932]

31 minutes ago, Blotto said:

Funniest part about that is Freeman was 4 for 5 on the night with a double and HR. Rizzo's K was the only out cubs pitching managed to get on Freeman.

your 2021 Cubs ladies and gentlemen. 

[Scraps 13,584]

 

[Beau Vine 54,471]

13 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

His next pitch nailed Didi in the ribs, then Girardi got himself tossed, then his third pitch of the inning/game bounced about 15 feet short, and McCutcheon eventually blooped a single to give Philly the lead.

[MC Fresh Breath 4,074]

^^^

So about that 3 batter minimum rule....

 

[Beau Vine 54,471]

 

[Beau Vine 54,471]

 

[Vic Mackey 47,182]

 

[TonyTexas 10,535]

Stan Musial?

[WBT 20,676]

Mays?

20 triples is a shit ton.  That's probably more rare than 50 homers, at least in the last 80-90 years or so.

[shadow_operative 15,932]

Cecil Fielder

[henrygandorf 29,197]

lou gehrig.

[Beau Vine 54,471]

Either Gehrig or Nick Ahmed.

[WBT 20,676]

Would never have guessed he would have had the triples.

Spoiler

 

 

[henrygandorf 29,197]

baseball reference made this one pretty easy.

single season triples leaders, there aren't many power hitters.

[shadow_operative 15,932]

The correct answer:

https://dai.ly/xqm273

Edited April 29, 2021 by shadow_operative

[Beau Vine 54,471]

9 minutes ago, WBT said:

Would never have guessed he would have had the triples.

Much easier to hit triples back then.

[WBT 20,676]

Gehrig had 163 career triples, tied for 33rd all-time.

[VirginiaLonghorn 4,785]

What would you do with the winning run on 3B, 1 out, and the opponent’s leading hitter AB (a LH hitter against a RHP) with a RH hitter waiting on deck?  Would you intentionally BB to set up a possible inning ending DP?

Aaron Boone wouldn’t and Cedric Mullins had a game winning F-8 SF for a walk off Orioles win over NYY 4-3 in 10. 

[henrygandorf 29,197]

50 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

What would you do with the winning run on 3B, 1 out, and the opponent’s leading hitter AB (a LH hitter against a RHP) with a RH hitter waiting on deck?  Would you intentionally BB to set up a possible inning ending DP?

Aaron Boone wouldn’t and Cedric Mullins had a game winning F-8 SF for a walk off Orioles win over NYY 4-3 in 10. 

cut boone some slack.  his best hitter is odor.

[VirginiaLonghorn 4,785]

14 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

cut boone some slack.  his best hitter is odor.

His decision had some odor to it, too ...

But, NYY was on defense, not hitting.  However, since you bring it up .. Boone had a hitter K via 2-strike bunt foul trying to move up the extra inning lead off runner from 2B.  

Edited April 29, 2021 by VirginiaLonghorn

[Beau Vine 54,471]

1 hour ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

What would you do with the winning run on 3B, 1 out, and the opponent’s leading hitter AB (a LH hitter against a RHP) with a RH hitter waiting on deck?  Would you intentionally BB to set up a possible inning ending DP?

Aaron Boone wouldn’t and Cedric Mullins had a game winning F-8 SF for a walk off Orioles win over NYY 4-3 in 10. 

Jim Palmer was basically laughing at that decision as soon as  it became clear they weren't going to walk him.  

[VirginiaLonghorn 4,785]

29 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Jim Palmer was basically laughing at that decision as soon as  it became clear they weren't going to walk him.  

Maybe Boone is suffering from PTSD after he screwed up the replay request the other night ... just more potential crap he’ll probably get from the front office.  He’s lucky George isn’t there to look over his shoulder ...

[CBT 1,287]

20 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

His next pitch nailed Didi in the ribs, then Girardi got himself tossed, then his third pitch of the inning/game bounced about 15 feet short, and McCutcheon eventually blooped a single to give Philly the lead.

The Aristocrats! 

[shadow_operative2.0 16,040]

 

 

[miguelito 11,331]

That's beautiful. 

[Beau Vine 54,471]

Check out our boy Brett with the hose:

 

[Beau Vine 54,471]

 

 

[WBT 20,676]

RBI double

 

[Underdog 28,807]

Think the last time I saw such ineptitude like that on the field, the team had Chico's Bail Bonds as a team sponsor.  

[shadow_operative 15,932]

name that pitcher:

4-1, 0.60 ERA, 0.97 WHIP

Edited May 1, 2021 by shadow_operative

[Beau Vine 54,471]

^^^^^^

That's the newest star of my fantasy team, so he'll regress to the mean very soon.

 

Also holy shit, I had no idea Trevor Cahill is still in the league.

Edited May 1, 2021 by Beau Vine

[ztejas 43,552]

May is throwing absolute gas right now against MIL. KK ground-out to get out of the first in 11 pitches. 

Welp. Urias just homered off him. So much for that. 

Edited May 1, 2021 by ztejas

[Beau Vine 54,471]

32 minutes ago, ztejas said:

May is throwing absolute gas right now against MIL. KK ground-out to get out of the first in 11 pitches. 

Welp. Urias just homered off him. So much for that. 

Congrats on breaking him.

[shadow_operative 15,932]

1 hour ago, Beau Vine said:

^^^^^^

That's the newest star of my fantasy team, so he'll regress to the mean very soon.

 

Also holy shit, I had no idea Trevor Cahill is still in the league.

i'm sure Lance Lynn's fantasy owners thought the same thing last year. who knows, he could be this year's Lynn.

[Beau Vine 54,471]

8 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

i'm sure Lance Lynn's fantasy owners thought the same thing last year. who knows, he could be this year's Lynn.

Lynn finished 5th in Cy Young voting in 2019, behind Verlander, Cole, Bieber, and Morton. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16,040]

Well, Marty Foster can chill, he’s been replaced. This is double-unreal. 

 

[shadow_operative 15,932]

56 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Lynn finished 5th in Cy Young voting in 2019, behind Verlander, Cole, Bieber, and Morton. 

edit: nm 

Edited May 2, 2021 by shadow_operative

[Beau Vine 54,471]

Marty Foster has had a hell of a week.

[ztejas 43,552]

1 hour ago, Beau Vine said:

Congrats on breaking him.

He knew what this was.

[WBT 20,676]

Kershaw pinch hitting with the bases loaded because the Dodgers are out of position players.  Must be the 16th inning right?  OK, the 12th?  Nope, the 10th.

Teams carry too damn many pitchers now.

[Beau Vine 54,471]

Lauren Gardner is wearing an interesting outfit on Quick Pitch.

[Carl Spackler 3,505]

I'm just here to say that Amir Garrett is a jackass.  That is all.