MLB 2017- May

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed May 03, 2017 10:45 am

His hat's on the right way, what are you talking about

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Wed May 03, 2017 10:49 am

stop piling on

Post by **brian** » Wed May 03, 2017 11:25 am

Cabrera's 450th HR yesterday put him in this club. Guys with a .320 career BA, 2,500+ hits, 450+ HRs and 1500+ RBI.

Ruth
Williams
Foxx
Gehrig
Musial
Cabrera

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed May 03, 2017 11:33 am

Wonder if he'll still be in that club tomorrow.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed May 03, 2017 6:59 pm

Transcript of the bottom of the 2nd inning:

THAT'S FUCKING BULLSHIT
(Repeat 573 times)

Joe K · Post by **Joe K** » Thu May 04, 2017 7:45 am

Rex wrote:Whoa guys let's settle down here, I think I know what's going on, we're all a little frustrated and disappointed this didn't happen at a Cardinals game first.

Well, this did happen at a Cardinals game this week:

Police are investigating after a woman attending a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game at Busch Stadium was struck by a stray bullet.

Police say the 34-year-old victim was inside the ballpark Tuesday during the game against the Milwaukee Brewers when she felt pain in her arm. She went to a first-aid station for treatment. A bullet was later found near her seat.

Police believe the bullet came from outside the stadium.

The scene where they believe the bullet may have been fired from isn't even that close to Busch Stadium -- it's about a mile away. But St. Louis has way too many people who just fire their guns off into the air (I hear a ton of celebratory fire on New Year's and July 4th, for example), and I'm actually surprised this type of accident isn't more common here. But getting hit with a random falling bullet while sitting behind the Cardinals' dugout is pretty nuts.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu May 04, 2017 8:18 am

Maybe it was the Cardinals in-house security guy shooting out all the players' tires and one bullet ricocheted?

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu May 04, 2017 8:49 am

Joe K wrote:The scene where they believe the bullet may have been fired from isn't even that close to Busch Stadium -- it's about a mile away. But St. Louis has way too many people who just fire their guns off into the air (I hear a ton of celebratory fire on New Year's and July 4th, for example), and I'm actually surprised this type of accident isn't more common here. But getting hit with a random falling bullet while sitting behind the Cardinals' dugout is pretty nuts.

I miss the billboards that would appear every December in LA to ask people not to shoot their guns into the air on New Year's because "what goes up must come down".

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu May 04, 2017 9:23 am

Yikes. Well we all know that sort of thing won't be happening at SunTrust Park.

[because nobody would be sitting in that seat, lol!]

Post by **brian** » Fri May 05, 2017 4:54 am

Loved the leisurely home run trot from Machado last night.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri May 05, 2017 7:15 am

brian wrote:Loved the leisurely home run trot from Machado last night.

And some of the national talking heads are trying to make a big deal out of it in a negative way. Isn't a slow homerun trot the kind of non-violent response that should be applauded. Fuck, people are weird about baseball and unwritten rules and shit. If I was Machado, I may have moonwalked the entire trip around the bases.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri May 05, 2017 7:41 am

Comparing Aprils to Oranges here but...

Leaguewide batting average at a cool .248 right now. Fewer non-HR hits per game than any year ever.

Post by **brian** » Fri May 05, 2017 10:14 am

tennbengal wrote:
brian wrote:Loved the leisurely home run trot from Machado last night.
And some of the national talking heads are trying to make a big deal out of it in a negative way. Isn't a slow homerun trot the kind of non-violent response that should be applauded. Fuck, people are weird about baseball and unwritten rules and shit. If I was Machado, I may have moonwalked the entire trip around the bases.

I think the next media type who complains about unwritten rules and "playing the right way" (code for not being Latino or black) needs a Chapman fastball aimed at their noggin.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri May 05, 2017 11:54 am

Can someone feed me some Boston fans whining about the slow trot? I'd looooooove that.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri May 05, 2017 1:45 pm

MLB is having real issues on my end, anyway, with the at bat app this year. Cubs/Yankees game not live for gameday yet on phone or computer. That has happened a LOT this year for a variety of games.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri May 05, 2017 1:46 pm

mister d wrote:Can someone feed me some Boston fans whining about the slow trot? I'd looooooove that.

It was Greenberg this morning that was being all weird about it. Maybe he was just trying to be controversial but he sounded like more of a tool than usual with it.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Fri May 05, 2017 5:02 pm

That home run was beautiful. And yeah, he earned that trot. Loved every moment of it.

howard · Post by **howard** » Sun May 07, 2017 8:03 pm

I must owe bengal an avatar, right?

Like much of technology, particularly streaming internet, MLB At Bat worked just fine a couple of years ago, but with greater complexity and crapification, it is going downhill fast. I am having issues more and more often.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sun May 07, 2017 8:25 pm

What a shit weekend for the Giants.

K-Rod not feeling too good about his closer role in Detroit, either, I bet.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Mon May 08, 2017 9:23 am

sancarlos wrote:K-Rod not feeling too good about his closer role in Detroit, either, I bet.

There will be "discussions" about what to do with the closer spot. If only Ausmus would hold an opinion of any merit.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue May 09, 2017 8:52 am

Ryan wrote:Comparing Aprils to Oranges here but...

Leaguewide batting average at a cool .248 right now. Fewer non-HR hits per game than any year ever.

Seriously, this blows

(Per team, per game)

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue May 09, 2017 12:04 pm

Lowest BABIP since 1992 right now.

Post by **brian** » Tue May 09, 2017 12:42 pm

mister d wrote:Lowest BABIP since 1992 right now.

Assuming better analytics/defensive shifts/improvements in overall defense are mostly to thank?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue May 09, 2017 12:45 pm

brian wrote:
mister d wrote:Lowest BABIP since 1992 right now.
Assuming better analytics/defensive shifts/improvements in overall defense are mostly to thank?

you'd think forcing batters to hit the other way against the shift would reduce strikeouts.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue May 09, 2017 1:16 pm

degenerasian wrote:
brian wrote:
mister d wrote:Lowest BABIP since 1992 right now.
Assuming better analytics/defensive shifts/improvements in overall defense are mostly to thank?
you'd think forcing batters to hit the other way against the shift would reduce strikeouts.

No one tries to teach this, from some things I've read. I'd have to try to find them, but the gist was that teams prefer to leverage the natural swing and go from there. Less Joey Vottos, more Mashers.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu May 11, 2017 6:01 pm

good grief, are the Yankees ever going to stop playing interleague games?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu May 11, 2017 8:27 pm

I'm positive we've done this here, but "just go the other way" is a real way to fuck up interest in baseball. No one wants to watch a parade of guys who can't hit like Jeter/Gwynn/Boggs try to hit like those guys.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Thu May 11, 2017 8:37 pm

mister d wrote:I'm positive we've done this here, but "just go the other way" is a real way to fuck up interest in baseball. No one wants to watch a parade of guys who can't hit like Jeter/Gwynn/Boggs try to hit like those guys.

Yeah, I've been of the mindset that if you want to gin up interest in the sport, you should do away with the shift entirely.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu May 11, 2017 8:38 pm

Samesies.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri May 12, 2017 9:28 am

What's more exciting: the walk-off HR or the walk-off outfield assist? Right now, I vote the latter.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri May 12, 2017 9:40 am

I don't know if there's an OFThrowF/X yet, but that had to be damn near perfect. Send was the right move, whatever the result.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu May 18, 2017 12:30 pm

Want to see fireworks tonight? Tune into Jays-Braves. Jays have hit 7 batters in the first 3 games so far and broke Freeman's wrist. Pillar then called Motte a faggot and Bautista bat flipped after a solo home run that cut the lead to 8-4.

Braves throw at Bautista's head in the 1st inning tonight, guaranteed. Braves have won 3 games in the series, they don't really care about this one if it means fighting.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu May 18, 2017 2:30 pm

The Yankees are the milquetoastiest of the AL East by far. That's where we are right now.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu May 18, 2017 3:27 pm

degenerasian wrote:Braves throw at Bautista's head in the 1st inning tonight, guaranteed.

Now that Pedro is retired, nobody throws at anybody's head on purpose.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu May 18, 2017 6:34 pm

What did Pillar say? I assume it was 'faggot' or some variant, but of course it is difficult to find, pc and all.

eta: How do you not eject Tehran right fucking now? Baseball can be so fucking stupid about this issue.

etaa: ball don't fucking lie. Hope ATL loses 1-0.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu May 18, 2017 8:54 pm

@SNstats
#BlueJays Luke Maile & Marcus Stroman are the first AL catcher / pitcher in history to hit back-to-back Home Runs in an interleague game

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Fri May 19, 2017 9:25 am

howard wrote:What did Pillar say? I assume it was 'faggot' or some variant, but of course it is difficult to find, pc and all.

eta: How do you not eject Tehran right fucking now? Baseball can be so fucking stupid about this issue.

etaa: ball don't fucking lie. Hope ATL loses 1-0.

Video here: http://deadspin.com/mlb-is-investigatin ... 1795334576

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat May 27, 2017 2:06 am

Rams Fanny · Post by **Rams Fanny** » Sun May 28, 2017 3:13 pm

This is might be deserving of its own thread, but listening to to Mike Schmidt and John Kruk has to be the worst audio experience in MLB. Is anyone even close to being that bad?

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Sun May 28, 2017 3:57 pm

I take it you never heard Thom Brennaman.