September Baseball Thread

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 2:59 pm

For the three or four of you still paying attention to baseball this fall ...

The Giants are hitless in their last 12 innings. Six of them today, thrown by Jon Lester.

Apparently this is like the tenth time he has thrown six hitless innings. I don't think he's ever made it through nine.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:02 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote:For the three or four of you still paying attention to baseball this fall ...

The Giants are hitless in their last 12 innings. Six of them today, thrown by Jon Lester.

Apparently this is like the tenth time he has thrown six hitless innings. I don't think he's ever made it through nine.

Subtle.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:04 pm

Ffs, giants. The wind is blowing in, but come on.

Fowler made a nice play on a brutal line drive last inning.

Steve and I tried to make a bet, but negotiations deadlocked. He insisted if I lose that I vote for Hillary; I countered with Gary Johnson. I hinted that I would settle for Jill Stein, but he muttered something about Nader and hung up the twitter.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:08 pm

howard wrote:Ffs, giants. The wind is blowing in, but come on.

Fowler made a nice play on a brutal line drive last inning.

Steve and I tried to make a bet, but negotiations deadlocked. He insisted if I lose that I vote for Hillary; I countered with Gary Johnson. I hinted that I would settle for Jill Stein, but he muttered something about Nader and hung up the twitter.

Just as long as you don't make me use a Will Clark avatar.

Post by **brian** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:14 pm

howard wrote:Ffs, giants. The wind is blowing in, but come on.

Fowler made a nice play on a brutal line drive last inning.

Steve and I tried to make a bet, but negotiations deadlocked. He insisted if I lose that I vote for Hillary; I countered with Gary Johnson. I hinted that I would settle for Jill Stein, but he muttered something about Nader and hung up the twitter.

Must be nice for both of you to not live in contested states. I'm about to throw a plush toy with a solid base through my TV from all the commercials and there's still 10 weeks to go.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:15 pm

Hunter Pence spits into your north wind.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:16 pm

I'm always following online anyway - so there aren't any political ads.

Yeah, Pence has been crushing the ball. He had three balls in play at more than 100 mph yesterday.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:17 pm

And now the tying run is on second - time to get serious again.

Post by **Sabo** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:28 pm

brian wrote:
howard wrote:Ffs, giants. The wind is blowing in, but come on.

Fowler made a nice play on a brutal line drive last inning.

Steve and I tried to make a bet, but negotiations deadlocked. He insisted if I lose that I vote for Hillary; I countered with Gary Johnson. I hinted that I would settle for Jill Stein, but he muttered something about Nader and hung up the twitter.
Must be nice for both of you to not live in contested states. I'm about to throw a plush toy with a solid base through my TV from all the commercials and there's still 10 weeks to go.

On local TV, the only non-PAC commercials I've seen have been for Hillary. I haven't seen a Trump commercial yet. But there have been multiple PAC commercials blasting Hillary (mostly from the NRA). The race getting the most TV commercial time so far has been between Rob Portman and Ted Strickland for the U.S. Senate seat, and almost all of them have been from PACs.

While eating lunch out a couple of days ago, I saw a Trump commercial on CNN, and shortly afterwards I saw a Gary Johnson TV ad. The latter surprised me.

Post by **brian** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:33 pm

Sabo wrote:On local TV, the only non-PAC commercials I've seen have been for Hillary. I haven't seen a Trump commercial yet. But there have been multiple PAC commercials blasting Hillary (mostly from the NRA). The race getting the most TV commercial time so far has been between Rob Portman and Ted Strickland for the U.S. Senate seat, and almost all of them have been from PACs.

Same. Trump hasn't bought a second of airtime yet, though apparently that's supposed to change this weekend (in some states at least).

As "luck" would have it though we probably have what will be the most expensive/contested Senate race in the country for Harry Reid's open seat. So that's mostly what's drawing my ire.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:58 pm

Maddon isn't managing by the book. I call shenanigans. Book sez bring in a reliever who throws 98. Oh, and this umpire has been all over the place, not doing Lester any favors.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 4:07 pm

Wow. 40 over.

Since I'm not 71 years old, I've never had a team be 40 games over.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 4:18 pm

They have the smell of a winner. But they should field the ball better.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 7:20 pm

Hard to remember how good the Giants looked early in the season.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Sep 02, 2016 8:37 pm

No Matt Duffy, no Kelby Tomlinson. Those nondescript white guys were the heart and soul.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 4:56 pm

How many players in history make Hamilton's catch today? That was crazy from the first step on.

Pretend the video is here.

Post by **brian** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 12:42 am

Kinda want Tebow to somehow end up in Las Vegas (Mets AAA farm team) just because the stories, tweets and whatnot write themselves. Also I love a good train wreck. Also, dollar beer nights with me and RamsFanny. I've never trolled or mocked or otherwise catcalled a Las Vegas player but I would happily make an exception for Tebow.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:20 am

Reds are doing an admirable job trying to stay top 3 for draft picks last year. But, damn, some other shit teams are really making it hard.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 8:18 pm

Rich Hill of LA: 21 up, 21 down. This is not a drill.

Yasiel with a Lynn Swann catch for the 21st.

h/t to Howard, Bronto, Sabes, & Sabo's buddy.

Post by **Sabo** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 8:27 pm

L-Jam3 wrote:Rich Hill of LA: 21 up, 21 down. This is not a drill.

Yasiel with a Lynn Swann catch for the 21st.

h/t to Howard, Bronto, Sabes, & Sabo's buddy.

Hat tip back at you.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 8:30 pm

Sabo wrote:
L-Jam3 wrote:Rich Hill of LA: 21 up, 21 down. This is not a drill.

Yasiel with a Lynn Swann catch for the 21st.

h/t to Howard, Bronto, Sabes, & Sabo's buddy.
Hat tip back at you.

L-jam jinxed it

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 8:33 pm

Ubaldo steps up when Tillman went down. Otherwise the O's are out of the playoff picture. Tillman returns tomorrow vs. Verlander.

howard · Post by **howard** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 8:33 pm

that's weird, Rich Hill looks just like Joe Blanton.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Sun Sep 11, 2016 8:31 pm

bfj wrote:Ubaldo steps up when Tillman went down. Otherwise the O's are out of the playoff picture. Tillman returns tomorrow vs. Verlander.

Take 2 out of 3 in Detroit, holding Miggy hitless for the series. Gives the Birds a little bit of breathing room in the WC chase. Oh, and Jordan Zimmerman made it through 1 inning the other night (he's making 18 million this year). On to Boston!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:48 am

AL East: +34
NL Central: +8
AL West: +2
AL Central: -3
NL East: -15
NL West: -26

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:51 am

bfj wrote:
bfj wrote:Ubaldo steps up when Tillman went down. Otherwise the O's are out of the playoff picture. Tillman returns tomorrow vs. Verlander.
Take 2 out of 3 in Detroit, holding Miggy hitless for the series. Gives the Birds a little bit of breathing room in the WC chase. Oh, and Jordan Zimmerman made it through 1 inning the other night (he's making 18 million this year). On to Boston!

Don't know how they can get one tonight with Miley v. Price as the series opener tonight in Fenway, but if they could somehow get 2 of 3 from Boston, that would only leave them 1 out with the next 11 in Camden...

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:40 am

So my Mom is going back to Chicago this week. She has tickets for this Thursday's Cubs game against Milwaukee.

If the Cubs can win 2 out of 3 in St. Louis starting tonight, then a win on Monday would clinch it. I think that would be cool for her to see.

So, c'mon. Let's get the Cubs 2 out of 3.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:28 pm

Oh, so tonight the Yankees decide to go back to playing like their talent. Couldn't be world beaters for three more days.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:00 pm

tennbengal wrote:
bfj wrote:
bfj wrote:Ubaldo steps up when Tillman went down. Otherwise the O's are out of the playoff picture. Tillman returns tomorrow vs. Verlander.
Take 2 out of 3 in Detroit, holding Miggy hitless for the series. Gives the Birds a little bit of breathing room in the WC chase. Oh, and Jordan Zimmerman made it through 1 inning the other night (he's making 18 million this year). On to Boston!
Don't know how they can get one tonight with Miley v. Price as the series opener tonight in Fenway, but if they could somehow get 2 of 3 from Boston, that would only leave them 1 out with the next 11 in Camden...

He got 4 outs.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:48 pm

Kyle Hendricks?

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:08 pm

Kyle Hendricks???

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:15 pm

WGAF, there is a national anthem being played in the NFL right now

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:24 pm

I have the sound off just in case I switch back to the football game--why is Joe Maddon arguing with Joe West after a home run?

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:25 pm

Dammit. Knocks his ERA back over 2 also.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:27 pm

Rex wrote:I have the sound off just in case I switch back to the football game--why is Joe Maddon arguing with Joe West after a home run?

I think West prevented the Cubs fielders from talking to Hendricks after the HR. But mostly I think Maddon was just stalling to let Chapman warm up.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:29 pm

Common stall tactic but the attention-whoring dick behind the plate knew he could siphon off a little no-hitter airtime there.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:30 pm

The crowd mike on the Cards feed picked up most of Maddon's tirade. Lots of F bombs.

eta:

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:54 pm

Dansby Swanson knocked out of game after errant throw to pitcher struck him in the nuts

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 7:07 am

bfj wrote:
tennbengal wrote:
bfj wrote:
bfj wrote:Ubaldo steps up when Tillman went down. Otherwise the O's are out of the playoff picture. Tillman returns tomorrow vs. Verlander.
Take 2 out of 3 in Detroit, holding Miggy hitless for the series. Gives the Birds a little bit of breathing room in the WC chase. Oh, and Jordan Zimmerman made it through 1 inning the other night (he's making 18 million this year). On to Boston!
Don't know how they can get one tonight with Miley v. Price as the series opener tonight in Fenway, but if they could somehow get 2 of 3 from Boston, that would only leave them 1 out with the next 11 in Camden...
He got 4 outs.

He's been several rungs worse than replacement level. Just awful.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 7:09 am

As for West and Maddon, without even knowing the dispute, I assume and support whoever is arguing with Joe West.