The Mets had a great double header against the Phillies, going to “extra” innings in the first game: all the way to the bottom of the eighth! Free runner at second and everything. Didn’t help the Phills; Mets won both games with a 4-0 shutout in the evening.
An entertaining afternoon, to be sure. Why, I think some of those fellows may have even scored runs on things that were not homers. How strange!
ETA: Also, there are pitchers hitting? I thought the NL had gone to the dark side again this year.
I think that some people just don’t understand that, despite America’s emphasis on first amendment freedom of speech, you can still land yourself in a lot of hot water if you make provably false defamatory statements.
I still remember when Lo Duca was traded away from LA and people in LA bitched because he was “Mr. Heart and Soul.” The Dodgers then played better without him.
Not about the majors, but probably too thin for its own thread. The Atlantic League is going to move the mound back a foot, in an attempt to cut down on the number of strikeouts. I’m curious to see how it works. I’m rather tired of the “every AB is a K or HR” mentality and the mound was already lowered once to remove some advantage from the pitcher, so I don’t think moving it back is too crazy.
That would have been bad for the Mariners pitcher yesterday. Even with existing distance he threw a ton of pitches “in the dirt.” One didn’t even reach the dirt (and to make matters worse, it bounced up and hit the batter). I know it’s a thing now, but pitches in the dirt, IMO, never lead to anything good.
Strike one to Naylor looking, strike two on an ugly swing on a pitch way down and away. Third pitch is an incredibly close call at first; the tapper to Abreu forced him to try to make the play himself. He was called out and it looks too inconclusive to reverse. I guess they’re reviewing it.
Rodon pitched well, certainly, but he was nowhere near as lights-out as Giolito was in his no-hitter last year. Every hard-hit ball found a defender.
Still, a no-hitter is a no-hitter, and Rodon deserves it, after the multiple nearly career-ending injuries he has been through over the last few years.
The other White Sox story continues to be 28-year-old rookie Yermin Mercedes, who crushed a monster three-run homer in the first inning and after 12 games is batting .500 (19-for-38) with a 1.363 OPS.