# MLB: April **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 30, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370 "2013-03-30T19:03:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/281 "2013-04-14T20:31:14Z")
Wow. I almost vomited after Lincecum’s first inning, but the Cubs have utterly handed the Giants four runs in an inning with four wild pitches, a few hits, and maybe a walk or two. Edit : As I was typing, the fifth Cubs wild pitch and fourth walk of the inning. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/282 "2013-04-14T20:48:29Z")
> [@Fred\_Garvin](#): > > Iggy’s getting traded? Drew’s only has a one year deal. You think the Sox would be comfortable with Ciriaco then Bogaerts at SS? Maybe not Ciriaco, but it does look to me like they think Bogaerts is going to be ready next spring, and Marrero isn’t far behind him. if they thought Iglesias could ever be The Man, they’d never have signed Drew. I think so too - for all the media slobbering, he still looks like just another good field, no hit guy. Don’t be fooled by the numbers so far, most of his hits are infield singles. ---
**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 14, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/283 "2013-04-14T21:27:05Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > McCarver was also involved in this sequence, in yesterday’s Giants-Cubs game: > > Long meandering discussion of Bob Gibson, including unveiling a statue of him in Omaha, NE. > Cut back to the game, where the Giants hit into an inning-ending double-play. > McCarver: “And as in Omaha, all’s well that ends well.” > > WTF? > > As a friend of mine said, McCarver’s taken too many foul balls off the mask. At least he will be gone at the end of the year. It is 30 years overdue but we will finally be free of the 2nd worse announcer ever. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/284 "2013-04-14T22:48:29Z")
The Bucs haven’t provided a ton of happy moments over the past 2 decades, and my prediction is for more of the same this year, so I’m gonna post while the postin’s good. > [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > the lowly Pirates have swept the Reds. Once again, > [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > the lowly Pirates have swept the Reds. That is all. ---
**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, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/285 "2013-04-14T23:41:06Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > And of course Johnny Cueto injuries the tricep or lat muscle in his throwing arm in yet another loss to the stinking Pirates. Alfredo Simon pitched well in relief but damn the Reds offense is feast or famine. In their first seven games the Reds scored 51 runs (granted in two of them they scored videogame numbers at 15 and 13 runs) for an average of almost 7.3 runs per game. In their last four games, all losses, they have scored 7 total runs for an average of 1.75 runs per game. And two of those four games are against the Pirates! > > Yikes. Aaaaand the Reds bullpen squanders a nice lead and gives up 10 runs in two innings in a 10-7 defeat at the hands of the “I thought they were lowly” Pirates. Damn…ladies and germs, your Cincinnati Reds…losers of five in a row. Unreal. > [@storyteller0910](#): > > So what’s up with Joey Votto? He doesn’t seem like he can drive the ball even a little bit. Is he hurt, or did the other aliens confiscate the hitting ability, or what? He seems to be a bit of a slow starter but he did hit his first homer today. I don’t think he’s hurt, that run he had when he scored from second off of a Phillps line drive RBI single that almost hit him, causing him to delay his start showed me that the leg is fine. > [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > The Bucs haven’t provided a ton of happy moments over the past 2 decades, and my prediction is for more of the same this year, so I’m gonna post while the postin’s good. > > have swept the Reds. Once again, > > have swept the Reds. > > That is all. 🙂 Yeah, yeah. Maybe they will have a blistering start like last season and get you to start believing, only to crush your hopes and dreams in the last third of the year. I’m also a Bengals fan, so I understand how these things can go. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/286 "2013-04-15T00:07:24Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Yeah, yeah. Maybe they will have a blistering start like last season and get you to start believing, only to crush your hopes and dreams in the last third of the year. I’m also a Bengals fan, so I understand how these things can go. Don’t feel so bad about losing to the Pirates. The truth is, they’re assholes. They lose enough to make you think they’re bad, then they win enough to make you think they’re not. They’re just assholes. They can’t crush my hopes any more. They were stopped into the mantle of the Earth on October 14th, 1992, when a cruel and vengeful god took our NL pennant from us in the 9th inning of game 7. Also, Bonds has a candy-arm. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/287 "2013-04-15T00:37:54Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Don’t feel so bad about losing to the Pirates. The truth is, they’re assholes. They lose enough to make you think they’re bad, then they win enough to make you think they’re not. They’re just assholes. > > They can’t crush my hopes any more. They were stopped into the mantle of the Earth on October 14th, 1992, when a cruel and vengeful god took the our NL pennant from us in the 9th inning of game 7. Also, Bonds has a candy-arm. I approve of your bitterness, though I think you were too nice about it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/288 "2013-04-15T00:48:58Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I approve of your bitterness, though I think you were too nice about it. 😃 Well, cockpunching Randy “The Big Squeeze” Marsh is on my bucket list, so there’s that. Then I’ll ask him if that was a strike or a ball. ---
**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 15, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/289 "2013-04-15T02:24:49Z")
The disappointing thing about being swept by the Buccos is only that on paper, the Reds are SUPPOSED to be a contender for the WS and the expectations are really high for them here in the Queen City. Meh. It’s a long season, anything can happen, yadda yadda. There’s only a thousand more games to go, perhaps my concerns are misplaced. But I don’t think they are. Offense is longball or nothing so far, and the pitching outside of Cueto (whom is now hurt), Latos and maybe Bailey is suddenly suspect. They need to get their shit together. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/290 "2013-04-15T02:26:26Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The Red Sox have more shortstop talent than they know what to do with, but one thing they _won’t_ do is trade one in the division, sorry. Iggy’s getting traded, sure, but probably to St. Louis. > > But if losing one guy in April is enough to trash the season, the Jays really weren’t that good anyway. I guess it depends on whether you lose the division by one game or ten. If ten, you weren’t that good. I am sure Boston would trade Iglesias to Toronto… for the right price. But the price will be far too steep to be right. Toronto isn’t going to give away the kind of prime material that Boston can get from someone else, when they’d have nothing for Iglesias to do come July. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/291 "2013-04-15T03:36:00Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I guess it depends on whether you lose the division by one game or ten. If ten, you weren’t that good. > > I am sure Boston would trade Iglesias to Toronto… for the right price. But the price will be far too steep to be right. Toronto isn’t going to give away the kind of prime material that Boston can get from someone else, when they’d have nothing for Iglesias to do come July. I smell a three-team deal. ---
**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 15, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/292 "2013-04-15T04:19:05Z")
> [@Yorikke](#): > > Edit : As I was typing, the fifth Cubs wild pitch and fourth walk of the inning. The Cubs continue to amaze. Today, after a passed ball and five wild pitches, they gave up the go-ahead run on a balk. As Beavis and Butt-head once said, they suck in ways that we’ve never seen anyone suck before. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/293 "2013-04-15T04:30:53Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > The Bucs haven’t provided a ton of happy moments over the past 2 decades, and my prediction is for more of the same this year, so I’m gonna post while the postin’s good. > > have swept the Reds. Once again, > > have swept the Reds. > > That is all. Sorry this didn’t pick up all of FoisGrassIsEvil comments in between, I just came in to support this post. The Pirates, after starting 1-5, are now 6-6. That is an amazing turnaround. I know its only the beginning of the season, but digging yourself out of a large hole like that is no small feat, especially for the Pirates. Did anyone catch them in their new Sunday home uniforms today? Throwback to the 1971 Pirates. Man, they brought back good memories, even if they weren’t exact copies. Beautiful mustard yellow hats with the pull-over jerseys. These are the uniforms Clemente last wore before he died. 6-6! I am amazed! ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/294 "2013-04-15T05:43:33Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Sorry this didn’t pick up all of FoisGrassIsEvil comments in between, I just came in to support this post. > > The Pirates, after starting 1-5, are now 6-6. That is an amazing turnaround. I know its only the beginning of the season, but digging yourself out of a large hole like that is no small feat, especially for the Pirates. > > Did anyone catch them in their new Sunday home uniforms today? Throwback to the 1971 Pirates. Man, they brought back good memories, even if they weren’t exact copies. Beautiful mustard yellow hats with the pull-over jerseys. These are the uniforms Clemente last wore before he died. > > 6-6! I am amazed! I never get to SEE the games. I follow them like I imagine a person in a fantasy baseball league would. I’m not paying an ungodly amount to watch 'em online, my cable system has no sports packages, and ESPN couldn’t give a rat’s ass about the Bucs, so I have a chance to see a game on TV maybe 10 times a year. I follow 'em through the recaps and highlights, the stats, and the game thread a Pirate board I’m on usually has. It kinda sucks. I miss just zoning out and forgetting everything else for a couple hours, totally immersed in the game I don’t really care about the wins and losses at this point, though the record is encouraging. If it’s late August and we still might crack .500, I’ll start to care - they collapsed twice on us in the past two years. I’m just hoping no one regresses, and we see Marte become the player he can. If he can do that, we’ve got a REAL chance to compete in the coming years. If Snider does something as well, I won’t complain 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/295 "2013-04-15T16:56:51Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > The Cubs continue to amaze. Today, after a passed ball and five wild pitches, they gave up the go-ahead run on a balk. > > As Beavis and Butt-head once said, they suck in ways that we’ve never seen anyone suck before. The 4-game series just concluded between the Cubs and the Giants resulted in 5 blown saves. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/296 "2013-04-15T18:59:30Z")
So, it is Jackie Robinson day today. I heard one of the ESPN announcers say that every major league team should be in action today. I don’t agree with this. Since April 15 falls on a Monday this year, it is a light schedule in MLB. Also, it is April, so you want some off days early in the season to make up games postponed by weather. I also don’t like every player wearing number 42. Pick one player from each team in action that day to wear the #42. Having some utility infielder with a .215 career batting average wearing #42 doesn’t honor Jackie Robinson. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/297 "2013-04-15T19:58:08Z")
Today, we honor Jackie Robinson by getting drunk and hurling racial epithets at the players. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/298 "2013-04-15T22:32:49Z")
All the players wearing #42 is exactly the point. It’s a statement of unity. I like Jackie Robinson Day (I don’t think it really matters if the schedule isn’t full; light schedules will only happen on April 15 once in awhile) and I like the use of his uniform number to honor it. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/299 "2013-04-15T22:45:42Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > So, it is Jackie Robinson day today. I heard one of the ESPN announcers say that every major league team should be in action today. I don’t agree with this. Since April 15 falls on a Monday this year, it is a light schedule in MLB. Also, it is April, so you want some off days early in the season to make up games postponed by weather. I understand that the Giants, who have an off-day today, will all be wearing #42 tomorrow when they play in Milwaukee. I assume that the other teams who don’t play today will be doing the same thing, but I’m not certain. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370/300 "2013-04-15T23:32:15Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > Today, we honor Jackie Robinson by getting drunk and hurling racial epithets at the players. Well, you’re half right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/654370.md?page=16)