The 2013 MLB thread - March/April edition

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:57 am

It would be different if it weren't a confrontational douche of an ump. Many people on twitter, the super-amazing Keith Law among them, noted that he didn't ring Zobrist up until Zobrist had already made a move towards 1B.

(Also, this is the guy who told Jeter he didn't need to be tagged on a CS if the ball beats him. I'm 99% sure this is true but I need to verify.)

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:58 am

That was easy: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4309843" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:05 am

Are people saying the ump didn't decide to call a strike until Zobrist made a move, or that he didn't make it uber-demonstrative until Zobrist made a move? Incompetent or dick?

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:06 am

mister d wrote:That was easy: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4309843" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ha! I was at that game--it's the only game I've ever been to at YS3. The call at second was way worse.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:23 am

Ryan wrote:Are people saying the ump didn't decide to call a strike until Zobrist made a move, or that he didn't make it uber-demonstrative until Zobrist made a move? Incompetent or dick?

I think logic says incompetent, Foster's history says maybe a mix. Basically the anti-Joyce, where he got every benefit of the doubt on the blown perfect game because his resume dictated he should.

RBaller3 · Post by **RBaller3** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:49 am

Cheddar: It was a terrible call and I'd be pissed too, but it's hard to say the Rays got fucked out of a win when they would have still been down by a run with 2 outs and Nathan on the mound.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 11:08 am

RBaller3 wrote:Cheddar: It was a terrible call and I'd be pissed too, but it's hard to say the Rays got fucked out of a win when they would have still been down by a run with 2 outs and Nathan on the mound.

Oh, I hear you. I'm not saying the Rays would have won. It was similar to the shitty call last Thursday when the umps ruled that Longoria passed Zobrist on the basepaths. The Rays still had work left to do, but each was a close game, and the Rays' chances were dramatically affected by bad decisions by the umps.

Note what I wrote before:

govmentchedda wrote:That makes two losses that are at least partially because the Rays got fucked by the umps this year. But who's counting?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 11:40 am

RBaller3 wrote:Cheddar: It was a terrible call and I'd be pissed too, but it's hard to say the Rays got fucked out of a win when they would have still been down by a run with 2 outs and Nathan on the mound.

It would have been bases loaded after 4 balls right down the middle

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 1:12 pm

Read about it, but hadn't seen it until now. So, now I understand why the ump owned up to it.

mister d wrote:(Also, this is the guy who told Jeter he didn't need to be tagged on a CS if the ball beats him. I'm 99% sure this is true but I need to verify.)

Plus, looks like he has a habit of telling the truth (pending stat boy's verification)

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 8:52 pm

Vin Scully is having a blast with Jedd Jerko.

Post by **Sabo** » Tue Apr 09, 2013 9:03 pm

Carlos Carrasco, you are a stupid, stupid man.

So, he throws at Billy Butler's head in 2011 and gets a six-game suspension. Before he can serve the suspension, he blows out his elbow and has to get Tommy John surgery. The Indians keep him on their roster so he can serve his suspension and be the fifth starter. Tonight was his first start, and Robinson Cano takes him deep. The next batter, he throws at Kevin Youkilis's head.

I hope the Indians send you to AA Akron and keep you there for the rest of the year.

FredRomero · Post by **FredRomero** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:44 pm

I got tickets to an historic Red Sox game tonight -- looks like this is the day the Red Sox official sellout streak has come to an end (it unofficially ended awhile ago).

Post by **brian** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:07 pm

FredRomero wrote:I got tickets to an historic Red Sox game tonight -- looks like this is the day the Red Sox official sellout streak has come to an end (it unofficially ended awhile ago).

If other people start thinking the way you do, then all of the sudden it's not historic any more.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:15 pm

FredRomero wrote:I got tickets to an historic Red Sox game tonight -- looks like this is the day the Red Sox official sellout streak has come to an end (it unofficially ended awhile ago).

That's sort of like me saying "this posts ends my official haven't made a bad post streak at over 3,500".

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:20 pm

Kevin Durant and Nick Collison are visiting the Giants today. Guests in the broadcast booth of Kruk and Kuipe. OKC playing the Dubs tomorrow. And my esteem for KD rises even higher.

ETA: For two days at least, Brandon Crawford is punishing mistake pitches like the major league hitter he can turn out to be. Which is quite nice.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:51 pm

I still don't understand why Baker won't try Joey Votto in the #2 slot. With Choo and Votto 1-2, that should create a lot of opportunies for DatDudeBP, Frazier and BRUUUUUCE.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:24 pm

If nothing else, just get Joey Votto 17 more PAs this season than Not Joey Votto.

Post by **brian** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:17 pm

Prince Fielder's day today. Beat out what should have been a double-play grounder for an RBI, walk, walk, beat out an infield single.

Craziness.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:19 pm

The new king of OBP?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:49 pm

Fire Jay Bell. Good lord those are bad numbers.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:14 am

Let's talk about Wrigley.

I just don't see the issue with upgrading the stadium. yeah, I know that the seats have been there for a long time. I remember from well before they started commercializing it. But they're not the owners. They're profiting without having to foot the bill of providing the product, no?

Traditions are great. But they sometimes run their course. Let the Cubs do what they want with their stadium, especially when they are willing to pay for it themselves.

FredRomero · Post by **FredRomero** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:08 am

FredRomero wrote:I got tickets to an historic Red Sox game tonight -- looks like this is the day the Red Sox official sellout streak has come to an end (it unofficially ended awhile ago).

Well that was fun. Left at the rain delay so I got to miss the joys of watching a "closer" with control issues. That always works out well. One of the things the Red Sox did to lure more fans was to offer $5 beers. Only problem was that $5 beers were about half the size of regular priced beers. People were still buying them two at a time.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:32 am

Ryan wrote:Fire Jay Bell. Good lord those are bad numbers.

Not much he can do to save Bad Pedro. I hope Good Pedro shows up before May.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:26 am

THE ASTROS WON A SERIES, THE ASTROS WON A SERIES!!!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:09 am

FredRomero wrote:Well that was fun. Left at the rain delay so I got to miss the joys of watching a "closer" with control issues. That always works out well. One of the things the Red Sox did to lure more fans was to offer $5 beers. Only problem was that $5 beers were about half the size of regular priced beers. People were still buying them two at a time.

There's atleast a 90% chance Joel Hanrahan is really just Eric Gagne using an alias, right?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:20 am

There's a 100% chance I said the same thing to myself last night. It's certainly Game Over either way.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:21 am

This is awesome. Mo Rivera is meeting with behind the scenes people at every stadium this year that he never had a chance to meet to thank them. Here it is in Cleveland yesterday.

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 3:46 pm

Since the goat's head arrived yesterday, Cubs had one game rained out, top prospect suspended for bat attack, blown 5-0 lead. #curses. - @hankschulman

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 4:03 pm

AB_skin_test wrote:Let's talk about Wrigley.

I just don't see the issue with upgrading the stadium. yeah, I know that the seats have been there for a long time. I remember from well before they started commercializing it. But they're not the owners. They're profiting without having to foot the bill of providing the product, no?

Traditions are great. But they sometimes run their course. Let the Cubs do what they want with their stadium, especially when they are willing to pay for it themselves.

What are the exact changes that ownership is trying to make? Maybe the fans are traumatized after what happened to Soldier Field.

I have no problem if they're doing something similar to what the Dodgers did - new HD scoreboards, widened the concourses, renovated the restrooms (no more troughs) and modernized the home team clubhouse.

travzilla · Post by **travzilla** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 4:58 pm

Giff wrote:THE ASTROS WON A SERIES, THE ASTROS WON A SERIES!!!

That's more than the Jays can say. I'm a pretty big Jays fan, but also a pretty big "Toronto sports fan in misery" fan, so it hasn't been all that bad this year.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 6:09 pm

Keg wrote:
AB_skin_test wrote:Let's talk about Wrigley.

I just don't see the issue with upgrading the stadium. yeah, I know that the seats have been there for a long time. I remember from well before they started commercializing it. But they're not the owners. They're profiting without having to foot the bill of providing the product, no?

Traditions are great. But they sometimes run their course. Let the Cubs do what they want with their stadium, especially when they are willing to pay for it themselves.
What are the exact changes that ownership is trying to make? Maybe the fans are traumatized after what happened to Soldier Field.

I have no problem if they're doing something similar to what the Dodgers did - new HD scoreboards, widened the concourses, renovated the restrooms (no more troughs) and modernized the home team clubhouse.

Wrigley Field without the troughs is unthinkable.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 6:17 pm

We talked/debated at length about Wrigley last Spring. The place is a fucking dump and it needs to be replaced. Yeah, sure, everybody should see it once. When you're going to a few dozen games there in a season, it sucks. It is staggeringly below major league standards compared to every other stadium in baseball (except Fenway, which is also an obsolete dump).

Tradition has nothing to do with it. If tradition mattered, there'd be no DH, no inter-league play, no artificial turf, no retractable roofs, no night baseball. The fans have nothing to do with it. Money talks, the opinion of the fans doesn't mean jackshit. There's no new stadium because of the owners of the Cubs and the city of Chicago. Period.

As with Boston, they can't keep playing in that decrepit dump forever. One of these days, it'll have to go.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 7:58 pm

AL teams that were on the road this week while the Yankees and Indians sat through 2 predictable rainouts in their only series in Cleveland this year: Tampa, Oakland, Houston, Toronto

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Apr 11, 2013 8:05 pm

14 singles for the Tigers today. Toronto is the the gift that keeps on giving.

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:25 am

GIF of the Dodgers/Padres brawl:

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:40 am

Full story on that brawl, plus a 10-minute video, and Vin Scully sorting it all out:

http://tracking.si.com/2013/04/12/video ... xid=si_mlb" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:55 am

Greinke suffered a broken left collarbone during the scuffle.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 1:55 am

According to the Twitterverse, so take it for what it is, Matt Kemp and Carlos Quentin went after each other in the player's parking lot after the game.

Post by **brian** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 2:48 am

The only thing better than a bunch of idiot castoffs and overpaid moprons imploding is if you have money riding on said implosion.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Apr 12, 2013 6:32 am

Jeff Passan feat. Vin Scully:

Benches emptied, the teams did a do-si-do and it seemed to calm down until Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp found out the Greinke-Quentin collision left the right-hander clutching his clavicle on the way to an X-ray machine. Kemp proceeded to drop a fleet of F-bombs, translated by Scully thusly: "That's fertilizer."

Whether it was fertilizer, fiddlesticks or Fahrvergnügen, one thing is certain: The injury does indeed F with the Dodgers' season.