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Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 5:44 pm
by bfj

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:27 am
by L-Jam3
serrano wrote: Sun Apr 04, 2021 3:00 pm Phils gave up 3 runs in this series. With this bullpen. And swept the Bravos who was a team who could come back from
15 runs down against the Phil’s last season even if they were up by 3. Sure, it’s been a cool few day and there’s 159 games left, but this Phanatic is gonna enjoy this weekend.
The Phils pitchers Saturday did something to the Braves that only happened 10 times previously since 1900. Other incidences include The Kerry Wood Game, Matt Cain's perfect game, and Max Sherzer's no-hitter in 2015 when he hit the 27th batter.


Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:49 am
by Giff
BANG! BANG! BANG!

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:59 am
by Reaper
In their opening series, the Braves sent the lead singers of Jethro Tull and Coldplay to the mound, as well as the Fresh Prince.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:09 am
by brian
Zach McKinstry's HR last night was the first-ever inside the park HR for a CMU alum (and became only the seventh Chippewa to ever hit an MLB HR).

Wonder how many times an MLBer's first career HR has been inside the park? He was the first Dodger to do it since Duke Snider in 1947.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:20 am
by sancarlos
Giff wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:49 amBANG! BANG! BANG!
After four games against the Astros, the A’s are 0-4 with a run differential of -26. The fans were ready to heckle the Astros but it rings hollow when you’re getting pummeled repeatedly.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 12:41 pm
by tennbengal
Fuck the MLB front office. Fuck them all w/ a rusty tire iron.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 12:42 pm
by tennbengal

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 12:47 pm
by A_B
I mean, Castellanos removed himself from the situation entirely. He must have called the ump a cocksucker.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:12 pm
by tennbengal
Whole fucking things started with what was clearly an intentional HBP that put him on base in the first place. And ended with the pitcher's knee on his back. That all he did was scream "let's fucking go" and flex was pretty goddamned restrained.

And, as always, Yadi Molina is a consummate bitch.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:16 pm
by rass
Guess which verb the ESPN article I read to catch up on what has TB so worked up used to describe Molina's actions in the photo above.
[+] spoiler
"tapped" (from behind)

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:21 pm
by GoodKarma
tennbengal wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:12 pm Whole fucking things started with what was clearly an intentional HBP that put him on base in the first place. And ended with the pitcher's knee on his back. That all he did was scream "let's fucking go" and flex was pretty goddamned restrained.

And, as always, Yadi Molina is a consummate bitch.
The Cardinal Way

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:35 pm
by mister d
I bet you could get a Cardinals fan so worked up describing what some player did to Yadier, only to reveal at the end you flipped the actors.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:40 pm
by tennbengal
rass wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:16 pm Guess which verb the ESPN article I read to catch up on what has TB so worked up used to describe Molina's actions in the photo above.
[+] spoiler
"tapped" (from behind)
for fuckssake

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 2:10 pm
by A_B
Republicans should love baseball. There are cages. People spend a lot of time trying to get Latinos out. Hardly a black person to be seen. Billionaires fuck everyone over on the regs.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:23 pm
by Reaper
GoodKarma wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:21 pm
tennbengal wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 1:12 pm Whole fucking things started with what was clearly an intentional HBP that put him on base in the first place. And ended with the pitcher's knee on his back. That all he did was scream "let's fucking go" and flex was pretty goddamned restrained.

And, as always, Yadi Molina is a consummate bitch.
The Cardinal Way
That picture also shows the exact moment he bumped into and pushed the umpire out of the way to get to Castellanos, as he was walking away.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:38 pm
by DSafetyGuy
A_B wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 2:10 pm Republicans should love baseball. There are cages. People spend a lot of time trying to get Latinos out. Hardly a black person to be seen. Billionaires fuck everyone over on the regs.
Are you familiar with the political views of most white MLB players?

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:49 pm
by brian
History in Detroit!


Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 6:20 pm
by DSafetyGuy
Yet, 0-2 when he homers.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 4:12 pm
by DSafetyGuy
brian wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:49 pm History in Detroit!

Just hit a walk-off single in the 10th.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 4:15 pm
by brian
Against the team that didn't bother protecting him on the 40-man roster no less. Probably was very satisfying for the young man.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 8:45 pm
by Jerloma
Aaron Boone...grow the fuck up. There's no conclusive way to overturn that call, the umpire you're bitching at didn't even make it, and you're still up 7-0 with 2 outs in the 9th.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:37 pm
by mister d
Fuck, man. I like James Paxton as a talent and he seems like a good dude. His career gets fucked over and over.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 6:21 am
by EdRomero
I know we're anti-unwritten rules and throwing at batters here, but I still feel you should get thrown at for doing this:

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 6:26 am
by A_B
Yeah, if you're gonna do that, take the fucking armor off.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:13 pm
by A_B
Reds on pace to score 1,458 runs this season and this game isn't over yet.


I take my optimism when I can.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:14 pm
by Sabo
A_B wrote: Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:13 pm Reds on pace to score 1,458 runs this season and this game isn't over yet.


I take my optimism when I can.
It helps to play the Pirates as often as they do.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:55 pm
by A_B
1,512

ETA (fifteen seconds later): 1,539

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 2:54 pm
by DSafetyGuy
Tigers had bases loaded, one out in the sixth, down 3-2, Baddoo on deck. I wanted Jonathan Schoop to strike out because why wouldn't you at this point with a Rule 5 guy who seems to be on a steady diet of rabbits' feet (he threw Andrelton Simmons out at second earlier today).

Schoop lofted a fly ball to right. RF comes in around 6-8 steps to make the catch and throws it home, getting Miguel Cabrera by about ten feet... the second guy thrown out at the plate in the inning.

And, as I type this Schoop is up with two out in the ninth and the score is the same.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 4:25 pm
by Steve of phpBB
A_B wrote: Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:13 pm Reds on pace to score 1,458 runs this season and this game isn't over yet.


I take my optimism when I can.
On the other end of the spectrum, the Cubs are batting .125 as a team (through nine innings today).

National League pitchers entered today with a collective BA of .132.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 4:32 pm
by EnochRoot

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:48 pm
by tennbengal
Sabo wrote: Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:14 pm
A_B wrote: Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:13 pm Reds on pace to score 1,458 runs this season and this game isn't over yet.


I take my optimism when I can.
It helps to play the Pirates as often as they do.
It didn't use to. Murdering not great teams is a perfectly fine sign of a team to be happy about.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 10:12 pm
by degenerasian
mister d wrote: Thu Apr 01, 2021 3:53 pm I forgot about the stupid runner on 2B rule. MLB is awful.
Yankees bunting in the 11th......

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:45 pm
by EdRomero
Fuck Kulpa and MLB. Ridiculous


Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:56 pm
by EnochRoot
There's no booth review to override this idiocy? This is insane.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:01 pm
by EdRomero
EnochRoot wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:56 pm There's no booth review to override this idiocy? This is insane.
They had a review and the call stood.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:04 pm
by EnochRoot
EdRomero wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:01 pm
EnochRoot wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:56 pm There's no booth review to override this idiocy? This is insane.
They had a review and the call stood.
Not according to the Mets announcers. What was reviewable was whether or not he was hit. It's a judgement call (non-reviewable) whether or not he stuck his elbow out to be hit.

I mean, the Mets' announcers were blasting Conforto about it. But MLB is powerless to stop an umpire from being an idiot.

Neat.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:09 pm
by EdRomero
EnochRoot wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:04 pm
EdRomero wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:01 pm
EnochRoot wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:56 pm There's no booth review to override this idiocy? This is insane.
They had a review and the call stood.
Not according to the Mets announcers. What was reviewable was whether or not he was hit. It's a judgement call (non-reviewable) whether or not he stuck his elbow out to be hit.

I mean, the Mets' announcers were blasting Conforto about it. But MLB is powerless to stop an umpire from being an idiot.

Neat.
I thought I saw them go to the headsets. You could argue it was a misinterpretation of the rules since Kulpa was clearly making a strike call before he changed his mind. I think that would make the game protestable but not sure what the review rules for that would be.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:12 pm
by EnochRoot
EdRomero wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:09 pm
EnochRoot wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:04 pm
EdRomero wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:01 pm
EnochRoot wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:56 pm There's no booth review to override this idiocy? This is insane.
They had a review and the call stood.
Not according to the Mets announcers. What was reviewable was whether or not he was hit. It's a judgement call (non-reviewable) whether or not he stuck his elbow out to be hit.

I mean, the Mets' announcers were blasting Conforto about it. But MLB is powerless to stop an umpire from being an idiot.

Neat.
I thought I saw them go to the headsets. You could argue it was a misinterpretation of the rules since Kulpa was clearly making a strike call before he changed his mind. I think that would make the game protestable but not sure what the review rules for that would be.
Right. But they weren't reviewing Conforto leaving his elbow out over the plate. They were reviewing whether or not he was hit by the pitch.

It's another example of an umpire shitting himself and MLB's review system powerless to undo it.

Wait until warnings are issued to both dugouts the next time these two teams face each other, cuz Conforto is owed a 95 MPH heater to his ribcage.

Re: 2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 5:49 pm
by Giff
I'm sure I can be proven wrong quickly, but I'm not remembering an official coming out so soon with a "yeah I fucked up".