How about they go back to using the same ball, no matter what, until it leaves the playing field?! No more coddled players!
Then they just throw it in the dirt until it's scuffed up like a Phil Niekro finger nail.
After yesterday's start, Jacob deGrom has 117 Ks and 4 earned runs allowed for a 0.50 ERA.
Insane
https://twitter.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/1410040751292141575?s=19
And you could make the argument that Kyle Schwarber has been at least as effective (offensively) the last 10 days. ???
And you could make the argument that Kyle Schwarber has been at least as effective (offensively) the last 10 days. ???
Those numbers are ridiculous. As in never seen since Babe Ruth type numbers?
And you could make the argument that Kyle Schwarber has been at least as effective (offensively) the last 10 days. ???
Those numbers are ridiculous. As in never seen since Babe Ruth type numbers?
It’s rumored that no one else can lift his bat as they are not worthy.
Bobby Bonilla Day is almost upon us! Great tradition, celebrating this day. 
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Ohtani: 2-3, 2 dongs, 3 RBIs.
This guy is insane.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Ohtani: 2-3, 2 dongs, 3 RBIs.
This guy is insane.
Serious question. Does this guy have to pee in a cup twice a day, every day?
Ohtani: 2-3, 2 dongs, 3 RBIs.
This guy is insane.
Serious question. Does this guy have to pee in a cup twice a day, every day?
Probably. Bats are also checked. Oh, and every five days or so he has his hands, glove, hat, and jersey checked multiple times by the umpires.
Ohtani: 2-3, 2 dongs, 3 RBIs.
This guy is insane.
Serious question. Does this guy have to pee in a cup twice a day, every day?
Probably. Bats are also checked. Oh, and every five days or so he has his hands, glove, hat, and jersey checked multiple times by the umpires.
He must have naturally sticky hands...
Without comment, because I have none that doesn't involve a plethora of cuss words at how amazing this is:
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When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
He's so fun to watch.
The question I have, is his lifetime here. USUALLY, given past performances of Asian pitchers, 2-3 years, MLB figures them out, and they get hammered. Is Ohtani the one to break the cycle?
Past pitchers have relied on unusual deliveries, messing up timing and such. Ohtani doesn't seem to have that....
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
The question I have, is his lifetime here. USUALLY, given past performances of Asian pitchers, 2-3 years, MLB figures them out, and they get hammered. Is Ohtani the one to break the cycle?
Past pitchers have relied on unusual deliveries, messing up timing and such. Ohtani doesn't seem to have that....
I mean, Yu Darvish has been extremely good and he's been here for 9 seasons. Maeda (this year not withstanding as he's been battling injuries) has been very good for 5 years. Masahiro Tanaka was extremely good for the Yankees for 7 seasons before he went back to Japan.
Most of the early Japanese pitchers relied on whacky offspeed and stuff like that (Daisuke Matsuzaka's gyroball, Byung-Hyun Kim's submarine release, etc). Matsuzaka had a couple very good seasons early before injuries caught up to him and his velo dropped making his offspeed less effective.
But I agree, Ohtani is built differently. He's more of the Yu Darvish mold than most others. High velo that can flat out overpower hitters mixed with a couple wicked offspeed offerings that can put hitters away.
Thank you for the update, as I've been marginally following the trend and such. When I was in Fantasy Baseball, I was known for getting the Asian pitchers for the first couple years, and ignoring them afterwards. Kazuhisa Ishii was one of the first, IIRC. Matsuzaka's gyroball (which was generally disproved, it's a f*ed up slider) was the reason I grabbed him up....
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Home Run Derby field is set. It should be fun at Coors Field.
Read they're not using the humidor for the derby balls to try to combat the altitude either.
1) Ohtani vs. 
Juan Soto
2) Joey Gallo vs. 7) Trevor Story
3) Matt Olson vs. 6) Trey Mancini
4) Salvador Perez vs. 5) Pete Alonso
Would not be shocked to see at least one ball go 540 feet in the thin air at Coors Field. Gallo can absolutely bomb it, so can Ohtani and Alonso.
Pretty cool to see Mancini in it after sitting out 2020 while undergoing treatment for colon cancer.
The Robot Ump Strikezone is off to a....great start....
https://twitter.com/Jstylep/status/1413380457610293248?s=19
https://twitter.com/JakeRomanski/status/1413560647569313793?s=19
Umps don't have the ability or override obvious errors?
Jesus, on Ohtani.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Just imagine if this guy was a Yankee. There'd be statues of him every three blocks by now.
Just imagine if this guy was a Yankee. There'd be statues of him every three blocks by now.
And the Twins wouldn't re-sign him b/c too much $$$.
Sorry, had to. 
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Fun article for the old timers here (like me!) who remember the 1971 All Star Game.
'All your baseball cards came to life': The night, 50 years ago, when 22 Hall of Famers played in an All-Star Game for the ages
Fun article for the old timers here (like me!) who remember the 1971 All Star Game.
'All your baseball cards came to life': The night, 50 years ago, when 22 Hall of Famers played in an All-Star Game for the ages
Thanks for posting. The Reggie home run is probably as solidly implanted in my memory as any other sports memory I have.
Thanks for posting. The Reggie home run is probably as solidly implanted in my memory as any other sports memory I have.
I wasn't alive to see it live, but the memory of standing behind home plate at Tiger Stadium and seeing where he hit that ball is just as implanted in my memory.
I remember hearing about that game, but hadn't really looked into it. Guess I'll have to watch it, and thanks to the interwebs, I can:
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
Fun article for the old timers here (like me!) who remember the 1971 All Star Game.
'All your baseball cards came to life': The night, 50 years ago, when 22 Hall of Famers played in an All-Star Game for the ages
It was a great game. As an American League fan, it was also memorable as the only AL win over a 20 year stretch. I hadn't seen an American League victory until that night. Very cool memory.
Jack Leiter went #2 overall, his Vanderbilt teammate went #10 overall.
CWS hero Will Bednar went #14 overall.
12 months ago, Trey Mancini still had 2 months of chemotherapy left in his treatment. Tonight he's leading the finals of the HR derby against the defending champion.
Alonso hits 11 HRs in his last 13 swings to come from behind and win.
Including 6 pitches and 6 HRs in bonus time.
Liam Hendricks mic’d up pitching bottom of ninth. Joe Buck has the audacity to ask “can you hear me” as he’s getting ready to set up for a pitch. What a dumbass. The next thing you hear as Hendricks misses the plate is “god dammit”. 
Their discussion with Tatis was fun. Especially as Vlad Jr. hit the ball 470 feet ?
MIA and TEX pitching is a bit off tonight. JFC.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Saw this on the Twitter tonight:
Tony Gwynn faced the vaunted #Braves trio of Smoltz, Glavine and Maddux 287 times. He struck out a total of 3 times and hit .381 against them.
That is just sick. Gwynn is prob the best pure hitter I've ever seen, and maybe heard of. He was that good.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
MIA and TEX pitching is a bit off tonight. JFC.
There seems to be a lot of scoring this evening.
Saw this on the Twitter tonight:
Tony Gwynn faced the vaunted #Braves trio of Smoltz, Glavine and Maddux 287 times. He struck out a total of 3 times and hit .381 against them.
That is just sick. Gwynn is prob the best pure hitter I've ever seen, and maybe heard of. He was that good.
His slash line against Maddux alone was .415/.476/.521
Here's a few other stats. He was a .302 hitter with 2 strikes & a .331 hitter in 541 plate appearances against the 18 pitchers he faced that are now in the Hall of Fame.
Oh - and he only had 19 seasons with a .300 or higher batting average
"only" lolololol that's just sick.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Saw this on the Twitter tonight:
Tony Gwynn faced the vaunted #Braves trio of Smoltz, Glavine and Maddux 287 times. He struck out a total of 3 times and hit .381 against them.
That is just sick. Gwynn is prob the best pure hitter I've ever seen, and maybe heard of. He was that good.
His slash line against Maddux alone was .415/.476/.521
Here's a few other stats. He was a .302 hitter with 2 strikes & a .331 hitter in 541 plate appearances against the 18 pitchers he faced that are now in the Hall of Fame.
Oh - and he only had 19 seasons with a .300 or higher batting average
The only season he didn't hit .300+ was his rookie year.
He had 45 career 4-hit games. He had 34 career games where he struck out multiple times (one career 3 strikeout game).
Among the 38 pitchers he faced at least 50 times, his lowest average was a .243 mark against Dwight Gooden. He batted at least .300 against 32 of those 38 pitchers, including Tom Glavine, Nolan Ryan, John Smoltz and Orel Hershiser.
He's one of my favorite players of all time.
I thought Carew was the only player to hit .300 for a career vs. Ryan, but maybe it was different pitcher.
I thought Carew was the only player to hit .300 for a career vs. Ryan, but maybe it was different pitcher.
Maybe you saw this?
https://brobible.com/sports/article/rod-carew-secret-hitting-nolan-ryan/
I thought Carew was the only player to hit .300 for a career vs. Ryan, but maybe it was different pitcher.
Maybe you saw this?
https://brobible.com/sports/article/rod-carew-secret-hitting-nolan-ryan/br >
So it's due to plate appearances against Ryan...
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
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I thought Carew was the only player to hit .300 for a career vs. Ryan, but maybe it was different pitcher.
Maybe you saw this?
https://brobible.com/sports/article/rod-carew-secret-hitting-nolan-ryan/br >
Not that specific link but it was definitely something like that.
Texas has been outscored 29-0 in their last 3 games. The last major league team to allow that many runs while being shut out in three straight games was the 1906 Brooklyn Superbas, who were outscored 31-0 between July 6-9. They're one shutout shy of tying the longest streak by any team since 1900.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Well, the record stands, but...TX loses tonight 4-1. 33-1 in their last 4 games. They scored their one run in the fifth tonight. Amazing futility here.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Cleveland changing team name to Guardians
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31868331/cleveland-changing-name-indians-guardians
Aloha!
Cleveland changing team name to Guardians
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31868331/cleveland-changing-name-indians-guardiansbr >
Well, that is different. I doubt it’ll be a popular choice.
Should have gone back to the Spiders
Don’t hate it and will take some time to grow on me. I could listen to Tom Hanks narrate snything.