# MLB: April 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 1, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712 "2011-04-01T02:42:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/201 "2011-04-11T16:03:04Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I think a salary floor would be a great idea. It would force ownership to actually run a competitive team, not just sit back and let the team die through lack of interest. I agree. I heard this argument presented on Mike and Mike (I think) last week and the caveat to it was that the owner(s) of a team would have “x” amount of time (2-3 years) to carry an average minimum salary (to prove they were trying to field a winning team) and if that measure failed ownership of the club would revert to MLB ownership until a new owner could be found or the team was contracted and their talent dispersed to the MLB winds. Or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/202 "2011-04-11T16:14:25Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > And we gave away Choo for a Baseball Tonight analyst and Adam Jones for a terminally injured pitcher, who while healthy, got hammered today. It’d be really nice if we had those guys still. And Asdrubal! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/203 "2011-04-11T22:08:19Z")
How can you hold your head high with a name that’s pronounced Ass Dribble? ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/204 "2011-04-11T22:16:34Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > How can you hold your head high with a name that’s pronounced Ass Dribble? Under those circumstances, it’s not your head you’d want to be holding high. However, Droobs is all good by me. ---
**Author:** ![BarryB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BarryB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarryB)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/205 "2011-04-12T00:08:43Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > This might be true (i’m not convinced), but the difference it makes is so small as to be almost invisible. Also, any benefit from having your worst batter as far away from your best batter as possible would probably be negated by the fact that putting your worst batter 1 place higher in the batting order has the effect, over the course of the season, of giving your worst batter about 18 extra plate appearances. That’s not something you really want to do, in most circumstances. You can’t really cite statistical studies about batting order then ignore that when they look at where to bat your pitcher, 8 is a better position for them than 9. The extra plate appearances are easily outweighed by the fact that 9 is a really good position to convert OBP to runs from. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/206 "2011-04-12T01:10:46Z")
You make an unassisted triple play, your name can sound like anything it wants to sound like. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/207 "2011-04-12T01:43:38Z")
> [@BarryB](#): > > You can’t really cite statistical studies about batting order then ignore that when they look at where to bat your pitcher, 8 is a better position for them than 9. The extra plate appearances are easily outweighed by the fact that 9 is a really good position to convert OBP to runs from. I assume, then, that you have some figures demonstrating the discrepancy you’re asserting here. Can you show me a breakdown of how declining plate appearances for the better hitter is offset by increased runs scored? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/208 "2011-04-12T02:38:54Z")
Tampa Bay beating up on the Red Sox 16-5. Thanks ESPN for making sure we always have the Yankees or the Red Sox. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/209 "2011-04-12T03:44:37Z")
Hey, as long as Joe Morgan isn’t there, I’ll watch. ---
**Author:** ![Fred\_Garvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c67d28/32.png) [@Fred\_Garvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred_Garvin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/210 "2011-04-12T03:47:12Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Is _every_ Yankees - Red Sox game on ESPN? Or does it just seem that way? > > Seriously…the world doesn’t care as much as ESPN (and Fox) thinks we do. A few years back, the networks experimented with less Yankees and/or Red Sox for a season. I remember reading at that time how low the ratings had gotten and how it had been decided before the season ended, that this experiment was only going to last a season. So brace yourself JSC, there’s going to plenty of New York/ Boston baseball on ESPN and Fox for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/211 "2011-04-12T04:23:29Z")
Blue Jays beating up Felix Hernandez, which is a shocker. Corey Patterson belts a dinger in his first game back from not making the team out of spring training. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/212 "2011-04-12T05:50:24Z")
Man. This Mariners-Blue Jays rapidly went from a 7-0 snoozer to a tight game. In the 9th man on 3rd with the Blue Jays holding a one run lead and Ichiro up to bat with two outs. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/213 "2011-04-12T05:59:26Z")
And it’s all over. Wow. Quite an 8th for the Mariners. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/214 "2011-04-12T06:03:07Z")
Wow! Sorry Ricky Jay and Kenner. But, that was a fantastic 9th inning. After Ichiro was halfway intentionally walked Rodriguez’s at bat was pretty awesome. He fought off foul ball after foul ball. Took a couple of close pitches, and finally was able to drive a ball into the gap to send the two runners home and the walkoff. I think you can blame the Toronto bullpen for the 8th inning, but you have to give the Mariners credit for that 9th inning. Awesome ending. And. This is exactly why I got [MLB.tv](http://MLB.tv)! Can’t sleep? Turn a game on. Fun stuff. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/215 "2011-04-12T11:40:47Z")
[Here is ESPN’s schedule for televised games for the next 2 months.](http://espn.go.com/espntv/onair/scheduleBySport?sport=mlb) They’re only taking a break on May 29 from their East Coast Crackpipe because it is Memoral Day Weekend, a ratings deadzone. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/216 "2011-04-12T13:22:44Z")
Even speaking as a Phillies fan, four games on ESPN over the next two months is a bit much. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/217 "2011-04-12T14:21:31Z")
Jesus, what a disaster. David Purcey just doesn’t have the control to be in the big leagues. I know he’s got stuff, but he should be in Las Vegas learning his command. They have some other situational lefties they could give that job to. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/218 "2011-04-12T16:38:36Z")
I’m a Mariners fan. I stopped watching in the 6th or 7th inning when it looked hopeless. I wake up to find they came back to win. I cant believe I missed that. Holy crap! ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/219 "2011-04-12T16:54:31Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > I’m a Mariners fan. I stopped watching in the 6th or 7th inning when it looked hopeless. I wake up to find they came back to win. I cant believe I missed that. Holy crap! I had a friend over so I didn’t even turn the game on. When my friend left I looked at the Mariners’ web site and saw the score was 7-0, so I didn’t bother turning my radio on to listen to the last couple innings :mad: ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/220 "2011-04-12T17:37:29Z")
Leland is giving his starters a day off for rest. Six games into the season he started that already. What professional athlete can’t play 6 games? They are dropping back in the standings and he takes out the some starters. Need some Ws. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712.md?page=12)