2018 MLB Thread

[spystud13 2371]

Urena just fucking drilled Acuna on the very first pitch, VERY clear that was intentional. 

Edited August 15, 2018 by spystud13

[GSU&UT 1798]

Marlins just intentionally beaned Acuna for beating them straight up. Fucking garbage.

[spystud13 2371]

Someone just yelled, “Grab a bat, you pussy!”. 

[GSU&UT 1798]

How has Urena not been tossed?

[spystud13 2371]

Think the Braves want him to hit. 

[GSU&UT 1798]

19 minutes ago, spystud13 said:

Think the Braves want him to hit. 

Yeah, that toss might be to just save him from a fastball to the cranium.

[spystud13 2371]

Wonder how many ejections have happened on the very first pitch? 

[henrygandorf 29194]

around the 6th inning or so, when atl decides it's time to go to the pen, they're gonna put in some garbage long reliever, and everyone in the world is gonna know the next guy is getting plunked.  sucks that in a pennant race, gausman can't throw at anyone anytime soon.

[TheFlagship 436]

He should get a vacation for the rest of the year for that

[McCroskey 1505]

Marlins just intentionally beaned Acuna for beating them straight up. Fucking garbage.

I’m pissed the fuck off. They should have let him come up to bat and then tossed his ass, regardless of the outcome.


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[spystud13 2371]

How far would Urena have dove out of the box before the first pitch was released? Gausman could have slow-pitch softball’d that bitch up there, & Urena would still be down by the mascot. 

[TonyTexas 10521]

I’m surprised how long it took the Brave’s dugout to react

 

 

[spystud13 2371]

Even stranger, where is their trainer? Someone forget to tell him the game had started? He’s never on the screen checking on their stud. 

[McCroskey 1505]

I’m surprised how long it took the Brave’s dugout to react

 
 

It seemed like he came out and checked on him fairly quickly. Then again, it could have been a minute or two. I think most were simply shocked it happened.


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[Pato del Muerto 52553]

Very Donny baseball. 

Not sure if it’s good or bad that he got his elbow in front of it. 

[Beau Vine 54342]

1 hour ago, spystud13 said:

Wonder how many ejections have happened on the very first pitch? 

One, now.

Not at all surprised to see Lackey on that list.  

[spystud13 2371]

Aaron Myette was ran after two inside pitches to Mora in ‘02, didn’t hit him though. Van Poppell came in & walked him, so Myette got charged with the 4-pitch walk. Rangers damn near threw a no-no after that, Benoit went 7, gave up a leadoff triple in 9th. 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL200209030.shtml

 

[Pato del Muerto 52553]

I remember that lackey game, I think. Against the rangers, and gave us the fuck! gif?

[Beau Vine 54342]

Lackey:

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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Angels starter John Lackey was gone only two pitches into his season debut.

After Lackey's first pitch sailed behind Ian Kinsler's head and the next one hit Texas' leadoff batter in the ribs, home plate umpire Bob Davidson immediately ejected the pitcher.

"It was interesting," Kinsler said after the AL West-leading Rangers won 5-3 for their sixth straight victory Saturday.

"I haven't pitched in six weeks. I was obviously trying to come in on him but there was no intention to hit him or to come in behind him," Lackey said. "It was definitely surprising."

Lackey, activated from the disabled list to make the start, had a 1-0 lead after Chone Figgins walked on four pitches to start the game and scored on a wild pitch by Vicente Padilla (3-2).

Kinsler jogged to first base without incident after getting plunked.

But Davidson tossed Lackey, who raised his arms and stood near the mound with a look of disbelief on his face. Manager Mike Scioscia argued at length with Davidson and crew chief Tim Tschida to no avail, though he wasn't ejected.

"He hasn't thrown in two months," Scoscia said. "It looked bad, but John's trying to make sure the two-seamer is in."

Still, Tschida said the second pitch was too much for umpires to overlook after Friday night, when Kinsler homered twice.

"When the first pitch of the next game to that hitter is behind him, that's a red flag," Tschida said. "We gave [Lackey] the benefit of the doubt because maybe he was a little amped up coming off the DL. When he hit him with the second pitch, that was something else."

 

Edited August 16, 2018 by Beau Vine

[spystud13 2371]

Cutch’s pxp of last night’s incident, pretty damn funny. 

 

[Beau Vine 54342]

Soooooo much stupid in this game...

 

 

[Pato del Muerto 52553]

Guess Harold doesn’t know about the times he was on the road, hit third in the top of the first inning, then was replaced. Or the times he pinch hit late in a game. 

 

[BigOrange1 6463]

man, what a fucking bitch ass move by urena.  can't wait until the braves get to get him back....whenever that may be.

[Radical Larry 28659]

4 hours ago, miguelito said:

Sweet Dee!

That goddamn bitch. 

[Scraps 13570]

Cutch’s pxp of last night’s incident, pretty damn funny. 
 

I want him on the Stros so bad

[spystud13 2371]

Damn, we really did piss Manny off last night. 

[UTexasFight 9519]

Dodgers up by 3 needing 6 outs...
What could go wrong

[Scraps 13570]

And he just tied it up

[UTexasFight 9519]

Dodgers decided to blow it in the 8th tonight instead of waiting until the 9th

[TornACL 7722]

I fuckin love the Dodgers bullpen

[Pato del Muerto 52553]

20 minutes ago, Scraps said:

And he just tied it up

Andy tied it up?

[UTexasFight 9519]

And he just tied it up

Giants broadcast just showed a flashback of his walkoff against the Dodgers on April 7.
I remember watching that game getting chills. That bomb was at the end of something like a 13 pitch AB.

I too hope he’s the Astros game-changing waiver deadline deal.

[henrygandorf 29194]

ok, so wait.  acuna only had one pa, got hit, then exited in the next inning, so the streak is still alive.  i understand what they're saying.  but if he had stayed in the game and had 3 at bats after the hbp, then the streak would've been dead?  even though his "lead-off" at bat didn't really "count"?  am i following this crazy circular logic properly?  if he had walked in the at bat and pulled his hammy on the way to 1st, would this still be the case?

he played in the game.  he's in the box score.  the game didn't get rained out or ppd in any way.  if it was a hitting streak, my understanding is that this would've snapped it.  why should a lead off homer streak be any different?

i'm rooting for him, but this is weird. 

[spystud13 2371]

One of the rare times taking an extra base actually hurts your team. 

[spystud13 2371]

Although as weird as this series has been, Maeda is probably about to yoke one. 

[UTexasFight 9519]

Pretty sure if all of your PAs result in a BB/HBP/CI, etc (i.e. no official AB) you’re streak (hitting or otherwise) doesn’t end

 

 

Edit:

Yep.

“Consecutive Hitting Streaks: A consecutive hitting streak shall not be terminated if the plate appearance results in a base on balls, hit batsman, defensive interference or a sacrifice bunt. A sacrifice fly shall terminate the streak.

 

Consecutive-Game Hitting Streaks: A consecutive-game hitting streak shall not be terminated if all the player's plate appearances (one or more) results in a base on balls, hit batsman, defensive interference or a sacrifice bunt. The streak shall terminate if the player has a sacrifice fly and no hit. The player's individual consecutive-game hitting streak shall be determined by the consecutive games in which the player appears and is not determined by his club's games.”

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/about_mlb/rules_regulations.jsp

[spystud13 2371]

Drive home safely. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

quick shouts out to freddy galvis who's really fun to watch but who plays for a shit team that's never on TV. If he were the SS for Boston or NYY he'd be on ESPN every night.

[spystud13 2371]

He might be able to pick, but he is basically horrendous offensively. Career .660 OPS is really terrible. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

oh yeah he's terrible at the plate. but in the field he's a walking highlight reel.

[Beau Vine 54342]

Things that used to be impossible:

[miguelito 11267]

Took me a second.

I don't like the new rule.  You should have to go through the motions.  I've seen some wild pitches on IBB's, so anything can happen.

"But it speeds up the game!"  By what, 45 seconds?  Maybe you shouldn't have to run around the bases if you hit a home run.  Just get the next batter up.

[henrygandorf 29194]

eh, i don't mind it.

[Sbbruin 21866]

3 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Things that used to be impossible:

When McCutheon hit the 3 run jack to tie it, I turned it off.  Amazingly the rest of the bully held up.  Whew.

[Beau Vine 54342]

This is brilliant:

Bauers was trying trying to go 1st to 3rd on a hit.  He obviously couldn't make it to third... so he just headed toward home, got in a run down, and the hitter was able to advance to third.  Because he never touched home, the Yankees couldn't appeal that he missed third. 

If Andujar had just let Bauers run home, the hitter would have had to hold at 2nd, and the Yankees could have appealed that Bauers missed third and would gotten the out that way.

Seems like the Yankees could have argued that he should have been immediately called out for running out of the base path:

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MLB Rule (b) (7.08) Retiring a Runner.  Any runner is out when: (1) He runs more than three feet away from his base path to avoid being tagged unless his action is to avoid interference with a fielder fielding a batted ball. A runner’s base path is established when the tag attempt occurs and is a straight line from the runner to the base he is attempting to reach safely;

 

[Beau Vine 54342]

Here's the full play: https://www.mlb.com/video/andujar-thwarts-a-great-escape/c-2391639683

Edited August 16, 2018 by Beau Vine

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

27 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Seems like the Yankees could have argued that he should have been immediately called out for running out of the base path:

That was my (and apparently the announcer's) thought.  Third base ump should have called him out as soon as he rolled by, right?

 

[Scraps 13570]

yeah seems like the yankees kind of got screwed there.....but it is the yankees so who gives a fuck.  

[DanRydell 799]

I'm not sure why that would be any different than a player just missing a base (who is only out on appeal). He never left the basepath because once he took off toward home, he established a new basepath between third and home.

[Pato del Muerto 52553]

Since the basepath is established by the runner, and he never touched 3rd, could he have run straight back to 2nd from past 3rd?  There was a guy on 2nd that would have had to head back to first, so the whole thing is illogical, but could that have been his new baseline?