# MLB: April **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 31, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986 "2014-03-31T14:13:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/221 "2014-04-24T00:28:28Z")
Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda is ejected for having a foreign substance - pine tar - ON HIS NECK. In plain sight. Doyyyyy. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/222 "2014-04-24T00:36:57Z")
The Red Sox let it go the last time he faced them, when he kept the stuff on his wrist - also in plain sight. The ejection is as much for being obvious about it as for doing it. Probably a suspension in addition to paying his Stupidity Tax. ---
**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 24, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/223 "2014-04-24T00:52:12Z")
Slugfest in Toronto. Baltimore leads 9-6 and they’re not even through the fifth inning yet. The O’s managed to give up 9 runs to the Blue Jays yesterday, so i hope they can hang onto their lead today. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/224 "2014-04-24T02:52:57Z")
The bitch sox are going to watched very closely this season. Lester and the rest of them better hide their sticky goo carefully. Between the hypocrisy and Fat Steroid Bastard’s preening homerun trots, that’s one classy bunch. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/225 "2014-04-24T12:26:36Z")
God, what a depressing loss for the Jays. Up 6-1 and blewwww it. The “let’s bring Dustin McGowan back after five years and make him a starter” thing was obviously never going to work and why they tried it I cannot imagine. ---
**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 24, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/226 "2014-04-24T14:00:09Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > God, what a depressing loss for the Jays. Up 6-1 and blewwww it. It was not exactly a pitching masterclass. I had it on in the background while i worked, and i almost switched off in disgust when Tillman gave up 6 in the second. He ended up with a W next to his name, though. The doesn’t happen to often when you give up 9 hits and 7 earned runs (including 3 homers) over 5.2 innings. ---
**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 24, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/227 "2014-04-24T14:02:02Z")
**Asimovian** , you weren’t at last night’s game, were you? See? It’s _you_. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/228 "2014-04-24T14:37:54Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > The bitch sox are going to watched very closely this season. Lester and the rest of them better hide their sticky goo carefully. The Buchholz incident last year is probably why they let Pineda’s pine tar go his previous start against them. That, and some interesting rationalizations given after the game that they’d rather bat against a pitcher \*with \*control than one without. If he hadn’t been so pathetically blatant this time, they’d probably have let it go too. > [@](#): > > Between the hypocrisy and Fat Steroid Bastard’s preening homerun trots, that’s one classy bunch. “Let them hate, so long as they fear.” 🙂 ---
**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 24, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/229 "2014-04-24T14:45:36Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **Asimovian** , you weren’t at last night’s game, were you? > > See? It’s _you_. 😛 IT’S JUST A COINCIDENCE, DAMN YOU! Nice to see some hitting from Hanley, Kemp and Puig, though. Hope that stays with them, especially when they finally hit the road again. Sadly, I couldn’t talk Selig into just letting us play the D-Backs the rest of the season. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/230 "2014-04-24T18:25:42Z")
[Interactive fandom map.](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/24/upshot/facebook-baseball-map.html) Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/231 "2014-04-24T19:40:26Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > [Interactive fandom map.](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/24/upshot/facebook-baseball-map.html) > > Very cool. Way cool, but so weird I’m not sure it’s to be trusted. Apparently there isn’t a single zip code in the Bay Area with a majority of A’s fans. (Likewise, Mets). ---
**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 24, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/232 "2014-04-24T19:47:23Z")
I can see that. Even if there is, who would admit it in public? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/233 "2014-04-24T23:34:32Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda is ejected for having a foreign substance - pine tar - ON HIS NECK. In plain sight. > > Doyyyyy. Suspended 10 games. The suspension penalties should be different for pitchers. 10 game suspensions are mostly toothless for them, yes? He’ll miss one, maybe two starts max? ---
**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 25, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/234 "2014-04-25T00:26:00Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Suspended 10 games. > > The suspension penalties should be different for pitchers. 10 game suspensions are mostly toothless for them, yes? He’ll miss one, maybe two starts max? They should suspend them for _x_ amount of starts, and make them take extra batting practice. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/235 "2014-04-25T01:49:03Z")
I’ve been wondering recently how long it will be before I see a grandson of someone I saw play as a kid make his MLB debut. Several second generation guys have retired (Moises Alou, Griffy Jr., and the Boone brothers come to mind immediately). I’ll probably age a few years overnight when it happens. ---
**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 25, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/236 "2014-04-25T02:20:48Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > I’ve been wondering recently how long it will be before I see a grandson of someone I saw play as a kid make his MLB debut. Several second generation guys have retired (Moises Alou, Griffy Jr., and the Boone brothers come to mind immediately). I’ll probably age a few years overnight when it happens. Brett & Aaron Boone were 3rd-generation players. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/237 "2014-04-25T03:03:55Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > I’ve been wondering recently how long it will be before I see a grandson of someone I saw play as a kid make his MLB debut. Several second generation guys have retired (Moises Alou, Griffy Jr., and the Boone brothers come to mind immediately). I’ll probably age a few years overnight when it happens. For me, it has happened. Though I never saw the elder Bells or Boones, Dick (Ducky) Schofield was active when I became a fan in the late sixties. In one 1968 game I attended, he made a brief appearance for St. Louis. (Thank you, retrosheet.) His grandson is Jayson Werth, who I’ve never seen play in person but who has been a very fine player for a number of years now. And do I feel old? Oh yes– ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/238 "2014-04-25T17:08:56Z")
The Red Sox are going to be playing golf in October if they don’t shake off the afterglow of last year pretty damn soon. They’ve played maybe one relatively-crisp game \*a week \*this year. Last night? Five fucking errors. _Five_! Can’t pick out one or two pitchers because they’ve all been guilty (surprisingly, Lackey least of all, though). I do trust Ortiz, Pedroia, and Gomes, the unofficial co-captains, to knock their teammates’ heads together once they get their own heads together, though. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/239 "2014-04-25T18:26:46Z")
Indians are in San Fran tonight, and this will be the Giants’ first game outside of their division this season. Pretty weird. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986/240 "2014-04-25T20:58:37Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Brett & Aaron Boone were 3rd-generation players. They are, but I never saw Gus play. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april/684986.md?page=13)