Sox/Guards has been a fun series so far. Looks cold in Boston!
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Sox/Guards has been a fun series so far. Looks cold in Boston!
First two games were great. Hat tip for the freezing rain day beatdown today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
April baseball is always hard for my Guardos/Tribe, can’t wait for some warmer weather to help the bats heat up. The injuries to the rotation, while shitty right now, have shown me that they are spoiled rotten for starting pitchers on their way up - same as it ever was. Today was Logan Allen’s second start and he did pretty damned well considering how those runs got scored that broke open the 2-1 game.
Yeah the more I watch the Guards the more I like them. Kwan is a real bad ass, too.
You gotta be happy to see Sale look like his old self. He was sharp today.
Kwan is one of the most fun players I think these days. Hits for incredible contact, steals bases all over the place and is balls out in LF.
My boy is in the thick of collecting baseball cards right now and he’s got 3 set aside as his favorites: Kwan’s rookie card, Josey’s last year in a Tribe uni before the name change and Ozzie Albies rookie card.
The Braves continue to trade for or otherwise acquire talent. This year its Ryan Murphy and Sam Hilliard. Ryan the son of Dale.
Ooooooohhhhh... Nelly! That was intense!
Guards trailing 0-2 with one out in the 9th against the Yanks and then plate 9 guys and another Emmanuel Clase save take the 3-2 series opener in the Broxnx!
50 years ago today! Listened to it on the radio as a kid. Will never forget it!
Giants down 7-1 with 2 outs and a man on 2B.
They load the bases and light hitting Chris Arnold hits a PH Grand Slam!
They reload the bases and Bobby Bonds scorches a gapper to unload em & walk it off, 8-7!
Amazing comeback!
https://www.sfchronicle.com/giants/a...o-15238605.php
https://tht.fangraphs.com/tht-live/4...ants-comeback/
nobody can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory like boonehead
Bryce Harper had Tommy John surgery, and returned to baseball in less time than it’s been since an A’s starter has won a game.
James “Wild Thing” Karanchak would like a word.Quote:
Originally Posted by ex-powderbroker
All of this is absolutely nuts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
SonufvaBITCH, that sucked to lose that one.
Cy Bieber pitched a damn gem and deserved to win that one.
Fucking rain again.
The Phillies are learning how fun it is to have Kimbrel close games.
Sale vs Harper tonight:
99
99
99
98
K
Absolutely dominant.
Rookie Battenfield takes a perfect game into the 6th and all the Guardo’s bats can do is muster a 2-0 loss for him.
So fucking frustrating this team sometimes.
RIP VIDA BLUE. Another childhood idol gone
I got to see Vida pitch several times during my HS years after he got traded to the Giants in 1978.Quote:
Originally Posted by schindlerpiste
I would argue that no MLB pticher has had a better season since his amazing Cy Young & MVP winning 1971 season!
24-8, 1.82 ERA, 300+IP, 300+Ks, 24 CG, 8 SHO
RIP Vida!
I saw a video where someone was showing baseball players whose names would be great names for Star Wars, and Vida Blue would be high on that list.Quote:
Originally Posted by schindlerpiste
RIP
What a talent Vida was, just listening to mlb run down his career this morning.
RIP
Guardos take 2/3 off the Twinkies this weekend after having one of their rookie studs take a perfect game effort into the 6th and Cal Quantril take a no-no into the 7th yesterday.
Hoping with warmer weather the balls start leaving the park for em cause the pitching ain’t the problem.
FUCK MLB!
Last night the Dodgers were on at a Decent time, playing the Pads. Perfect game to watch with my son. good Freeway series, Pads are a fun team. Dodgers playing well with the allstars and a good young group too. BUt NO its blacked out on MLBTV that I pay for. SD vs LA blacked out in CT. Thats rigth its on ESPN Sunday night baseball. But hey, I also pay for ESPN+ so I should be ood right? No just the ass end of the Angels/Rangers game.
Cant watch Pads v. Dodgers unless I enter my cable providor info.
I pay for MLBTV and espn+ so I dont need cable.
FK you ESPN and MLB.
MLB where TV revenue always trumps appealing to fans, especially young fans. ANd they wonder why their audience is getting older everyday.
Missed a good un too, Mookie crushing a HR to tie it and the Rookies coming through for the win!
Nice series win against the little brothers down the coast.
This caught stealing by the Guards is nuts.
https://www.coveringthecorner.com/20...loss-to-tigers
Between Apple TV, Fox and other streaming channels that occasionally offer a MLB game and ESPN blackouts it is getting pointless to buy the MLB TV package.Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodsy
If only the Yankees could play the As every day…
7+ in the last 4 games, 2 in the previous 22?
The team is so different with Judge and Bader back in the lineup.
I'll take it.
Good lord the AL Central is a dumpster fire. 1 team over .500, and the division leader would be in last place in the AL East.
On a happier note, Kershaw just keeps on being a joy to watch.
Yeah, where are all the Kershaw is washed people now.Quote:
Originally Posted by alias_rice
Saturday he threw 7 innings of 1 hit ball and 9 Ks for win 200
then last night he covered for a gassed bullpen with another 7 innings giving up one run and five hits, struck out eight and walked none to improve to 6-2 with a 2.36 earned-run average
hes 35
Kenley with save 400 last night. Against the Braves. Gave Turner a big hug on the field. Special moment there.
Love itQuote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
Boston and Kenley are a good combo
finally getting his moment:
bunch of friends saw it this week iin NYC and loved it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ex-powderbroker
Yankee fans find it easier to watch than the current battle for the AL East cellar with the Red SoxQuote:
Originally Posted by Woodsy
Chris Sale is pitching out of his mind right now, so he’s inevitably going to get a season ending injury playing Yahtzee with his kids tonight.
Think Mookie gave JD a big hug after this go ahead blastQuote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
https://www.mlb.com/video/j-d-martin...reddie-freeman
What’s funny is I never really think of JD as an ex-Sox the same way I think about Mookie. Maybe cause he sucked the last few years in Boston
This is pretty much a talk radio shit take. JD hit .292 .363 .526 overall for Boston. Outside of a very down 60 game year in covid shortened 2020 he ops+'ed 128 and 117. That 117 was good enough for 18/30 by team with the other guys thrown in. This guy played like 90% of the games, meanwhile Stanton makes Ellsbury look like the Iron Horse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
I hope he does well in LA until the World Series (depending).
Yeah, I don’t live in the stats he just seemed like he disappeared the years after the WS in 2018. But maybe my expectations were too high.
Alek Manoah graduating from the school of Vlad's House
The Blue Jays never STFU.
“I'm not going to say anything against any organization ... but for him to be peaking over for that amount of time, it seemed like it wasn't just a glance and re-adjusting to get back on the pitcher” - some scrub after giving up a hr to the incumbent mvp.
6 sliders in a row including this meatball.
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cry more, eh
Warmer weather and the bats are starting to heat up; should've swept the Angels this week.
Now, if only mlb.tv would get their head out of their ass and link my Amazon prime MLB.TV subscription to the fucking MLB app so I can listen to radio calls on the go I'd be all set. Only opened a new ticket every week since Opening Day cause they keep closing it out with zero resolution.
Is Lindor's bat warming up? That contract is not going to age well.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
1 piece of the return consideration is the reigning AL 2B Gold Glove winner who just got extended for the very reasonable $108/7 at the ripe old age of 24.Quote:
Originally Posted by ex-powderbroker
Guardos and Chris Antonetti win these deals year in, year out.
(And I loved Frankie FWIW, but he will forever rank below José Ramírez in my book just for the fact of how they approached the game)