# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/221 "2011-04-12T17:46:54Z")
Last Sunday’s Giants game, Bochy gave Tejada, Burrell and Posey the day off. He probably figured that with Zito on the mound the game was lost anyway – give the bench some AB’s and the starters some rest. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/222 "2011-04-12T18:01:34Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > 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? Pitchers? ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/223 "2011-04-12T19:21:29Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Pitchers? And catchers, generally. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/224 "2011-04-12T19:31:40Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > 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. I think Purcey’s out of options, but yeah, he’s just not good enough. And he’ll be 29 in a week and a half, so if he’s gonna get any better, he might want to hurry up and do it. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/225 "2011-04-13T05:06:15Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > And catchers, generally. Our catchers rotate between plate duty and DH. ---
**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 13, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/226 "2011-04-13T14:02:27Z")
I hope Travis Wood and the Redlegs get out the brooms for the Padres tonight, especially after their debacle of a series against the Diamondbacks. Serious question: are the D-backs better than what everyone thought they would be? So far, they seem to be doing pretty well. I know they are only 5-5, but they took two out of three from the Reds and just put the whupping stick to St Louis. Also, jeez louise the Red Sox with the worst record in baseball! Ouch! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/227 "2011-04-13T14:46:21Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > the D-backs … just put the whupping stick to St Louis. I don’t know _what_ you can conclude from that, but it was an uncommonly bad night for Cardinals pitching, with the usually-reliable Chris Carpenter allowing 8 runs in 4 innings, and two relievers ending up injured. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/228 "2011-04-13T14:57:01Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Our catchers rotate between plate duty and DH. When you guys start playing real baseball over there just let me know. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/229 "2011-04-13T15:16:01Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > The Orioles get another win, and still lead the AL East at 5-1. I’m savoring it while it lasts! Better hurry! The other day, I realized I’d seen this movie - fast start, ultimately amounting to nothing - a few times already, during the ‘curse of Davey Johnson’ years. (The O’s haven’t had a winning season since Angelos fired Dave Johnson as their manager after the 1997 season.) So I looked up some numbers on [Baseball-Reference.com](http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/2011-schedule-scores.shtml): ```auto Year Start Final 1998 10- 2 79-83 2000 11- 5 74-88 2003 15-12 71-91 2004 10- 5 78-84 2005 26-13 74-88 2006 11- 7 70-92 2007 11- 7 69-93 2008 6- 1 68-93 2009 6- 2 64-98 2011 6- 1 ??? ``` It was a more pronounced pattern than I realized. This could always be the year they break the curse. It has to happen _sometime_, after all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/230 "2011-04-13T15:28:44Z")
Well Buck should give the O’s more hope then usual. Also the very slow Red Sox start helps. ---
**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 13, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/231 "2011-04-13T15:58:48Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Well Buck should give the O’s more hope then usual. Also the very slow Red Sox start helps. We’re defining “anchored in cement” as “very slow” now? 😛 ---
**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 13, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/232 "2011-04-13T16:20:44Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > How can you hold your head high with a name that’s pronounced Ass Dribble? I dunno, don’t know anyone by that name. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/233 "2011-04-13T17:17:37Z")
The Jays have DFAed David Purcey, and recalled Brad Mills and Casey Janssen from Vegas. ---
**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 13, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/234 "2011-04-13T18:02:24Z")
Holy crap, the Mariners won again last night! 22-year-old rookie pitcher Michael Pineda, in two starts so far, doesn’t seem to be the least bit intimidated by Major League hitters. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/235 "2011-04-13T18:31:28Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > We’re defining “anchored in cement” as “very slow” now? 😛 Well you know as a Yankee fan I cannot get too hopeful, especially as their only wins are against the Yanks. ---
**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 13, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/236 "2011-04-13T22:09:57Z")
[Barry Bonds guilty of one charge of obstruction of justice.](http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110408&content_id=17509904&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb) Mistrial on the other three counts. ---
**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 14, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/237 "2011-04-14T02:28:12Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > [Barry Bonds guilty of one charge of obstruction of justice.](http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110408&content_id=17509904&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb) > > Mistrial on the other three counts. Have they differentiated his head from the rest of the proceedings? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/238 "2011-04-14T03:33:08Z")
The Rockies, a noriously slow starting team, have the best record in baseball. Troy Tulowitzki leads the league with five homeruns and Huston Street leads with six saves (the last three being one-two-three.) They do have to play a double header tomorow and then fly back through two time zones to Colorado to play the Cubs on Friday. ---
**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 14, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/239 "2011-04-14T03:44:59Z")
**RTFirefly** has made me totally paranoid about being a hot team in April. You better watch out too, **Lamar**. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712/240 "2011-04-14T03:54:28Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > **RTFirefly** has made me totally paranoid about being a hot team in April. You better watch out too, **Lamar**. I think the significant correlation is not the number of wins in April, it’s the fact that they are the _ **Orioles** _ in April. For the record, the O’s are my favorite American League team. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2011/576712.md?page=13)