laz diaz is such a joke. all these changes and we can’t just get robots calling balls and strikes.
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laz diaz is such a joke. all these changes and we can’t just get robots calling balls and strikes.
Sox picking right back up where they left off this year
So I’ve seen twice a pitch comm wasn’t working. One time they reset the clock, the other time it was a ball. Feels like they should work that out
1 down 161 to go
damn what a tease in boston.
eta: did anyone make the argument that bank aaron was the greatest hitter in 2000 because he had the most home runs?
Indeed, Dodgers tambienQuote:
Originally Posted by irul&ublo
wish y'all played the Giants every game.
Those Jays are going to be tough
J.D. Martinez opens his Dodger account with an RBI
Missed driving in Mookie by one AB as the Fresh Prince had brought him home right before
Is Bank Aaron Hank's richer brother?Quote:
Originally Posted by ex-powderbroker
I think the argument for Aaron being the greatest hitter ever is stronger than for Ryan being the greatest pitcher. In addition to the 755 HR you've got 2297 RBI and 6856 TB (both still the all-time records), plus 3771 hits. The total bases mark is especially impressive. He's still more than 600 TB ahead of the #2 guy (Pujols).
yeah those are pretty good arguments. growing up it seemed like the conversation was usually between the babe and ted williams, especially considering he missed 3 entire seasons and parts of 2 more to fight abroad. if you give him those seasons and the extra 8 games per i wonder how close the total bases and hits marks would get.
totally possible we were just uninformed kids living in the wrong place and hank aaron was underrated by the groupthink.
I think he gets underrated because he just wasn't a super flashy player, He never hit 50 HR in a season, he never got anywhere close to hitting .400. He won a single MVP award. On the other hand, he hit 30 or more home runs 15 times and he even hit 40 the year he was 39 years old.Quote:
Originally Posted by ex-powderbroker
6/2-4….Yankees at Chavez Ravine
what a tease with the off day right after opening.
top 5 ops career
ruth
williams
gehrig
charleston
bonds
no aaron on the top 20 but trout and judge are active on it.
5 ribeye steaks for your Steven Kwan so far!
I got to say I think its great, I was able to watch an opening day game start to finish without totally killing an afternoon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
https://twitter.com/StoolBaseball/st...111005189?s=20
how many games is Rendon going to sit for?
Baltimore isn't fucking around.
Well well well, what a way to walk that off for Boston! Pop up to end the game gets dropped by the orioles next batter home run. Adam Duval is making himself right at home. Five steaks, a triple, two bombs and the walkoff.
Yanqueefs lose
Duval is a baller and should be fun to watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
Fun to watch Klay Thompsons brother Tres....
I gotta say, the new MLB ads promoting the new rules are great. I generally despise advertising in all of it's forms, but these are so simple, legitimately funny and seemingly effective.
Guardos take 3 out of 4 off a very good Seattle team in their house.
Bats and arms all looking good. Stoked!
enjoying the season quite a bit but i wish we could get the damn robot umps already. i hate the idea that the calls “even out”. they sure don’t when your team loses and it’s so unnecessarily subjective. not to mention that the umps just get worse and worse as they get blinder and slower with age. give them an earpiece already and the game gets even faster.
on an unmentioned plus side, how about these day games? pretty cool. now on to a tough series against Philly to see what happens.
Baseball rules.
The umps have been sooooo bad already. I saw a ball six inches off the plate called a strike. I wonder if the home plate umps are also getting used to having to watch the pitch clock also?
But yeah. Robot umps yesterday!
Let’s hear what Angel Hernandez has to say about it first before we pass judgement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
Fair. We should let him and CB Bucknor make the final call (which they will miss, obviously)Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
The fact that baseball fans (and court systems) know the names of the Umps speaks for itself.
i don’t know if you guys follow that ump scorecard account on twitter but it’s pretty amazing. there are games where they get 80% of the calls right. like wtf,only so many land in the mitt, are they even trying?
That sounds like stress I don’t need in my life.Quote:
Originally Posted by ex-powderbroker
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I like all of this.
Samesies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
Only thing I hate, as I was reminded last night despite the positive outcome, is the stupid runner on 2nd in extras rule.
If it's not good enough for the postseason then it shouldn't be good enough for the regular season.
Hearing the crowd chant down the pitch clock is going to take some getting used to I'm sure.
Dang! On the Home Opener, this dude Beat The Freeze!!
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Staying up later than usual to see Dustin May pitch.
Good to see the Twins postpone the home opener for “inclement weather” and postpone the game to tomorrow when the high is expected to be 20F higher than today. Note: no snow or rain, and the stains that schedule mlb games had a twins home opener that barely broke freezing
Fun to see a walk off win for the local club’s home opener.
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Hey is it 2018? Cause Chris Sale just got a win.
Travis Kelce with possibly the most embarrassing first pitch of all time. Of course it’s in Cleveland.
https://twitter.com/RGIII/status/164...040762369?s=20
And his mom was there to see him almost injure Shane Beiber with it (along with Donovan Mitchell and most of the other Cavs and Browns)Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
At least he always reps CLE hard.
Most embarrassing of all time? That still belongs to former Cincinnati mayor Mark Mallory who managed to put it in the Reds dugout directly from the mound.
On April 14, the 1st 18,000 guests at NYY vs. MIN will receive a Tino Martinez bobblehead!
Big series starting today with the bombers vs the gourds. wish that 2/3 games weren't being started by domingo german and clarke schmidt, but stealing another series W would be pretty cool.
Anyone buying the Rays or is this the result of a little luck and the softest minor league schedule anyone has ever had to start a season? Maybe the Red Sox bring them back to earth a bit with at least a loss, they're better than the Tigers, Nats, or A's.