MLB September 2013 Thread

Post by **brian** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:53 am

Happy Nick Castellanos Day everyone!

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 11:35 am

The Mets demoted RP Robert Carson late last night.

just a few hours before the roster expanded to 40 players.

I love that.

Post by **brian** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 11:45 am

kranepool wrote:The Mets demoted RP Robert Carson late last night.

just a few hours before the roster expanded to 40 players.

I love that.

Can use him in Las Vegas. The 51s clinched their playoff berth last night.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 2:34 pm

Should the World Series go to a seventh game, it will be played on October 31st.

MLB announces postseason schedule

Post by **brian** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 6:42 pm

You'd have a hard time distinguishing between the Red Sox and a motorcycle gang.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 8:49 pm

How 'bout them Tigers eh?

Some stupid stat about the Tigers that no one cares about.

Post by **brian** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:42 pm

LOL. Never change, Rush.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:51 pm

brian wrote:You'd have a hard time distinguishing between the Red Sox and a motorcycle gang.

Or a Discovery Channel show about Yetis that marry their Sasquatch cousins.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:29 pm

brian wrote:LOL. Never change, Rush.

Just saving you the trouble man.

Pissed I didn't get Reggie Bush in my auction league, btw.

Post by **brian** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:32 pm

Rush2112 wrote:
brian wrote:LOL. Never change, Rush.
Just saving you the trouble man.

Pissed I didn't get Reggie Bush in my auction league, btw.

How about this one?...The last time the Red Sox scored at least 20 runs in a game their opponent went on to win the World Series later that year.

Yeah if he stays healthy Bush should have a monster year. Maybe close to 2,000 yards rush & rec combined.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:55 pm

I'm thinking 110 catches.

Post by **brian** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 11:10 pm

Yeah he'll get a shitton of touches. 100-110 catches is a real possibility.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:25 am

I'm thinking 130! HOME RUN!

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:26 am

Yesterday while watching the Bucs blow the first chance at 82 at the Foxboro Pub, the Sox hit a grand slam and the bartender missed it so he asked who. I said "the guy without the beard that isn't Stephen Drew", cause, well, I didn't know who the fuck it was. He said "Middlebrooks?".

So, yeah, their beards are a thing.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:16 am

Are they drinking Jack Daniel's before games again?

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:34 pm

Gunpowder wrote:So, yeah, their beards are a thing.

It worked for the '72-'74 Oakland A's. Those guys grew more beards than a Cuban revolutionary army.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 3:38 pm

Scottie wrote:
Gunpowder wrote:So, yeah, their beards are a thing.
It worked for the '72-'74 Oakland A's. Those guys grew more beards than a Cuban revolutionary army.

Staches. Not beards. And this was before the porn-stache became a cliche thing.

ETA: ok, Reggie had a beard. But that was Reggie being Reggie. Before that was a thing.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 3:45 pm

I do believe I've just had a "senior's moment".

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 9:26 pm

One thing you can bank on, guaranteed, is that if you are interested in watching something on television that is scheduled immediately after the three hour allotment of broadcast time for a Red Sox -v- Yankees game . . . you ain't seeing it.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 9:28 pm

Yup. Giants were redirected to another channel on InDemand last night.

Post by **brian** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:35 pm

Tigers had TWO guys go 5-for-5 against the Royals tonight. Wondering how many times that has happened in MLB history.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:47 pm

Good question. Oddly, Butler went 5-for-5 yesterday for the Royals (all singles).

Tigers were 13-for-26 with runners in scoring position. Not too shabby.

Post by **brian** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 1:44 am

Scottie wrote:Good question. Oddly, Butler went 5-for-5 yesterday for the Royals (all singles).

Tigers were 13-for-26 with runners in scoring position. Not too shabby.

Yeah they scored 16 runs on 26 hits, none of which were home runs.

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:22 am

Koji Uehara has retired the last 27 consecutive batters he's faced.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:20 pm

kranepool wrote:Koji Uehara has retired the last 27 consecutive batters he's faced.

Still a great trade for the O's. Uehara for Chris Davis and Tommy Hunter.

howard · Post by **howard** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:16 pm

Had Eric Chavez offered at the wicked 2-2 split last night, Yusmeiro Petit would've had his perfect game. He would've been the sixth Venezuelan to pitch a no-hitter in MLB. (Seventh had Gallaraga not been robbed.)

Name the five Venezuelans to hurl no-no's. Fernando Valenzuela does not count.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:05 pm

Santana, Zambrano

howard · Post by **howard** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:10 pm

1. Johan Santana
2. Carlos Zambrano
3.
4.
5.

None of the others involved the Mets, so Kranepool finishes with 2 points.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:21 pm

Anibal Sanchez

howard · Post by **howard** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:53 pm

1. Johan Santana---kranepool
2. Carlos Zambrano---kranepool
3. Anibal Sanchez---Scottie
4.
5.

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 11:58 pm

Wilson Alvarez?

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 1:09 am

Felix Hernandez

howard · Post by **howard** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 11:38 am

And, scene.

1. Johan Santana---kranepool
2. Carlos Zambrano---kranepool
3. Anibal Sanchez---Scottie
4. Wilson Alvarez--keg
5. King Felix--bfj

All Hail our new Venezuelan baseball overlords

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:19 pm

C'mon redlegs

Post by **brian** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:17 pm

Miguel Cabrera tossed in the middle of an AB for the second time this year. Baseball umpires are just the worst.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 11:31 am

I love ump shows.

The call wasn't necessarily even wrong, but...what could he have said that was so bad? Let him chirp for 10 seconds.

Did you see Sale's reaction? It was hilarious.

Post by **brian** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:08 pm

Gunpowder wrote:I love ump shows.

The call wasn't necessarily even wrong, but...what could he have said that was so bad? Let him chirp for 10 seconds.

Did you see Sale's reaction? It was hilarious.

Yeah, I wish he'd keep his mouth shut, but if you're going to run Cabrera, run all the other guys who do it too. You can probably count the number of in-at bat ejections on one hand this year and umpires are tossing the best hitter in the game in the first inning twice!? And MLB is OK with that? It's ridiculous.

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 2:26 pm

Puig and Hanley feed Uribe bananas after he hits homeruns:

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:26 am

The Pirates went 15-5 against Major League teams this year!

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:49 am

Gunpowder wrote:The Pirates went 15-5 against Major League teams this year!

Well put.

I missed the Farnsworth pickup. Hopefully they won't need him to do what he did yesterday too often.