# MLB: April 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 5, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893 "2015-04-05T18:32:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/41 "2015-04-09T05:36:51Z")
The Oakland A’s lineup for tonight: Craig Gentry Cody Ross Ben Zobrist Billy Butler Mark Canha Brett Lawrie Josh Phegley Marcus Semien Tyler Ladendorf Who are these guys? And yet, they scored 10 runs tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/42 "2015-04-09T05:41:09Z")
Five home runs in the first three games, four of them consecutive. I’d say Gonzales is seeing the ball just fine right now. > [@](#): > > With three home runs Wednesday night, the Dodgers first baseman became the first player in MLB history to hit five home runs through his team’s first three games of a season, according to Elias Sports. > > Gonzalez is also the third Dodger to homer in the first three games of the season since at least 1914 and the first Dodger since at least 1914 to have three hits in each of the first three games. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/43 "2015-04-09T12:55:31Z")
The Dodgers’ game was fun to watch last night. I was really cheering for Puig to get on base in the 8th just so Adrian could get a shot at a 5/5 night with 4 HRs and 5 RBIs. I dropped cable this year and signed up for [MLB.tv](http://MLB.tv), holy crap it’s awesome to get to watch Dodgers baseball with Vin calling the game. Only downside to my start of the season is that I’m scheduled to work during the Rockies home opener where mid 60s and sunny is predicted. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/44 "2015-04-09T13:38:56Z")
My Braves are 3-0. Project that over the whole year. Who is this Craig Kimbrel of whom you speak? Seriously, I wish Kimbrel well in San Diego, but it is oh so nice to be rid of BJ/Melvin Upton and his crippling salary. I can live with the deal if it means a stronger farm system and the salary room for free agent signings as needed. (As long as we choose better free agents than Upton and Uggla. Maybe we should avoid free agents whose names start with ‘U.’) If the Braves surprise us and perform well this year with “small ball,” all the better! ---
**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 9, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/45 "2015-04-09T13:50:29Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > The Dodgers’ game was fun to watch last night. I was really cheering for Puig to get on base in the 8th just so Adrian could get a shot at a 5/5 night with 4 HRs and 5 RBIs. > > I dropped cable this year and signed up for [MLB.tv](http://MLB.tv), holy crap it’s awesome to get to watch Dodgers baseball with Vin calling the game. Only downside to my start of the season is that I’m scheduled to work during the Rockies home opener where mid 60s and sunny is predicted. Maybe, just maybe, Puig will settle down a bit with Rollins ahead of him and Gonzalez behind him. He seems to be trying too hard to win the game all by himself sometimes. If A-Gon keeps up the production, Puig will start thinking of getting on base, not hitting it out. But yes, it certainly was a fun one to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/46 "2015-04-09T14:43:51Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > The Dodgers’ game was fun to watch last night. I was really cheering for Puig to get on base in the 8th just so Adrian could get a shot at a 5/5 night with 4 HRs and 5 RBIs. > > I dropped cable this year and signed up for [MLB.tv](http://MLB.tv), holy crap it’s awesome to get to watch Dodgers baseball with Vin calling the game. Only downside to my start of the season is that I’m scheduled to work during the Rockies home opener where mid 60s and sunny is predicted. If you don’t mind my asking, what does the [MLB.tv](http://MLB.tv) run you? ---
**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 9, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/47 "2015-04-09T15:15:35Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > If you don’t mind my asking, what does the [MLB.tv](http://MLB.tv) run you? I believe it’s $130 per season, automatically renewing every year unless you stop them. Although why someone would want to cut off their lifeline is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/48 "2015-04-09T15:28:21Z")
I stopped it this year. I realized I wasn’t watching it nearly as much as I thought I was going to. In addition, being a “cord cutter” (so to speak - I still have Comcast for internet), I got Sling TV, which has ESPN games, so I’m set a good portion of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/49 "2015-04-09T15:30:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Oakland A’s lineup for tonight: > Craig Gentry > Cody Ross > Ben Zobrist > Billy Butler > Mark Canha > Brett Lawrie > Josh Phegley > Marcus Semien > Tyler Ladendorf > > Who are these guys? Good God, Phegley and Semien are White Sox rejects. I’ll be shocked if they stay productive for very long. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/50 "2015-04-09T16:12:21Z")
Rejects? Semien and Phegley were big pieces included in the Samardzija deal. Is every person traded away a “reject” of that team 😉 ---
**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 9, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/51 "2015-04-09T20:21:07Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > I stopped it this year. I realized I wasn’t watching it nearly as much as I thought I was going to. In addition, being a “cord cutter” (so to speak - I still have Comcast for internet), I got Sling TV, which has ESPN games, so I’m set a good portion of the time. I’ve been a subscriber for five or six years now. One problem for me, as a university instructor, is that i often don’t have quite as much time to watch games in April and early May, because it’s the end of the Spring semester and also the end of the academic year, which keeps me busy on a variety of fronts. This has worked out quite well for me over the past couple of years, because by mid-May, MLB starts sending out special offers to get people to sign up. Each of the last two years, i’ve saved 50% by re-upping in mid-May, meaning that i get three-quarters of a season for half of the regular price, and the quarter-season that i miss is at a time when i probably couldn’t watch very many games anyway. ---
**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 9, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/52 "2015-04-09T21:04:02Z")
I know I’m about to jinx my own team, but the Indians have a combined no-hitter going through eight innings against the Astros. Nevermind that they’ve walked seven batters. Let’s go Tribe! ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/53 "2015-04-09T21:13:33Z")
19 innings into the season for the Twins and they have been outscored 17-0. Maybe I really don’t need to watch baseball this year. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/54 "2015-04-09T21:17:29Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > I know I’m about to jinx my own team, but the Indians have a combined no-hitter going through eight innings against the Astros. Nevermind that they’ve walked seven batters. > > Let’s go Tribe! Yep, you totally jinxed them ;). Lost the shutout too. ---
**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 9, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/55 "2015-04-09T21:19:00Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Yep, you totally jinxed them ;). Lost the shutout too. Sonofabitch! Whatever, so long as we get the win. That’s what I’ll keep telling myself. _sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/56 "2015-04-09T21:23:45Z")
Well Wins are the one thing counted in the standings and you did get that :D. ---
**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 9, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/57 "2015-04-09T21:28:01Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Well Wins are the one thing counted in the standings and you did get that :D. Hey, we won the first series of the year against an improved Astros team, and we pitched well all three games. I’m not complaining…much. Besides, as Tribe radio broadcaster Tom Hamilton said when the inning started, how much pressure must there have been on Nick Hagadone to be asked to come in in the 9th inning to try to _preserve_ a no-hitter? I guess the answer is “too much.” ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/58 "2015-04-09T22:33:33Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Is every person traded away a “reject” of that team 😉 Wellllllll . . . to some degree, yeah, unless it’s a money issue. Phegley I think pretty clearly WAS a reject–the White Sox desperately need a better catcher than Tyler Flowers, and they made a conscious decision that Phegley was never going to be that catcher. Semien is more ambiguous; the Sox decided they had better 2B prospects in Micah Johnson and Carlos Sanchez, but they’re pretty high on those guys so that isn’t necessarily a knock on Semien. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/59 "2015-04-09T23:13:06Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > If you don’t mind my asking, what does the [MLB.tv](http://MLB.tv) run you? It was 120 with the at bat app for free. Honestly I haven’t used the regular service yet but I’ve watched two games on my phone at work. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893/60 "2015-04-09T23:28:26Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > It was 120 with the at bat app for free. Honestly I haven’t used the regular service yet but I’ve watched two games on my phone at work. Thanks for the info, I appreciate it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2015/716893.md?page=4)