# MLB: August 2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 1, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796 "2010-08-01T15:34:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/141 "2010-08-17T13:11:18Z")
The Rangers lost again last night with Lee on the mound. I’m not sure what the problem is, but he always seems to have one inning where he loses command of his pitches a bit and that results (like it did last night) in runs given up. We can’t get swept by the Rays. :mad: In other news, Nellie Cruz is on the DL and Michael Young has a stiff neck. We really need to get all our guys healthy. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/142 "2010-08-17T15:48:54Z")
K-Rod pulled a ligament, punchin his father in law. Now THAT’s the Mets I know and love! M-E-T-S! Must End The Season! (Hey, I love it when they win. I just have learned to expect the firey crash of burning chaos and doom.) ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/143 "2010-08-17T16:55:38Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > K-Rod pulled a ligament, punchin his father in law. Now THAT’s the Mets I know and love! > M-E-T-S! Must End The Season! > > (Hey, I love it when they win. I just have learned to expect the firey crash of burning chaos and doom.) They’re trying to get out of his contract, claiming his injury was not baseball related. They could have an extra eleven million to play with next year. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/144 "2010-08-17T18:08:41Z")
> [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > > [@E-Sabbath](#): > > > > K-Rod pulled a ligament, punchin his father in law. Now THAT’s the Mets I know and love! > > M-E-T-S! Must End The Season! > > > > (Hey, I love it when they win. I just have learned to expect the firey crash of burning chaos and doom.) > > They’re trying to get out of his contract, claiming his injury was not baseball related. They could have an extra eleven million to play with next year. But the real good news for Met fans is that it’s Omar Minaya who will be figuring out how to spend that extra $11M. Yay us! ---
**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:** [August 17, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/145 "2010-08-17T18:19:32Z")
> [@storyteller0910](#): > > But the real good news for Met fans is that it’s Omar Minaya who will be figuring out how to spend that extra $11M. > > Yay us! He’ll probably make the Padres an offer for David Eckstein. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/146 "2010-08-17T18:20:53Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > > [@storyteller0910](#): > > > > But the real good news for Met fans is that it’s Omar Minaya who will be figuring out how to spend that extra $11M. > > > > Yay us! > > He’ll probably make the Padres an offer for David Eckstein. I don’t like you right now. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/147 "2010-08-17T22:50:15Z")
> [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > Once again, thanks a bunch, Rogers. I’m missing a gem by Marcum and Bautista’s 37th. > > Seriously though, why would you cut off perhaps three-quarters of your viewing audience, even if you expect other cable/satellite companies to eventually pick up the signal? Greed. I notice the other companies haven’t caved yet. Frankly, I hope they don’t. I’ll hate missing 20+ games this year, but if they cave we’ll miss more next year when Rogers creates SportsNet Super Duper. Just for fun I looked up the listings for regular Sportsnet. As near as I can tell, out of every 24 hours of programming, maybe 5 hours a day is actually live sports. So they’re not even lying effectively when they say “oh, gosh, we need another channel for all the live sports we’re showing.” ---
**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:** [August 18, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/148 "2010-08-18T03:51:05Z")
Nice 1-0 win by the Padres tonight. They’re now half-way through their 10-game road trip, and are 4-1 on the trip so far. With the Giants’ loss, San Diego’s lead in the West is now up to 5 games. The Padres now have five 1-0 victories this year, and have shut out the opposition on 15 occasions. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/149 "2010-08-18T12:58:16Z")
The Rangers got trounced last night 10 - 1 by the Rays. They need to get their pitching act together (I’m looking at you, Tommy “Big Game” Hunter) and stop fooling around. At least Vlad got a hit or two. 🙂 I’m just not looking forward to another game tonight, especially if this is a preview of the playoffs. \< sigh \> ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/150 "2010-08-18T16:49:55Z")
That’s been a brutal schedule for the Rangers the past week. They’ve had games with the Yankees and Red Sox at home in the heat and then flying to Tampa right after a game in 104 degree weather on Sunday. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/151 "2010-08-18T19:22:55Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > That’s been a brutal schedule for the Rangers the past week. They’ve had games with the Yankees and Red Sox at home in the heat and then flying to Tampa right after a game in 104 degree weather on Sunday. And now it looks like the Rangers are about to drop another one to the Rays. The AL Central has really been shaken up in the last month or so. On July 10, **gonzomax** posted a comment that the “Minnesota Twits [sic] are fading fast.” Since then, the Twits are 24-8 and now have a 4-game lead in the division, while the Tigers are 10-24 and have gone from having a 4-game lead to being 11 games back. Wonder if that’s why we haven’t seen **gonzo** in this thread. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 18, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/152 "2010-08-18T20:15:27Z")
I hadn’t been paying attention to the Tigers until I was checking the standing last night and saw they had dropped below .500. Really a swift collapse. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/153 "2010-08-18T21:46:15Z")
John Buck’s first rehab game for Double A New Hampshire went swimmingly. 2-4, 2 HR; a two-run shot and a grand slam. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/154 "2010-08-18T22:37:48Z")
> [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > John Buck’s first rehab game for Double A New Hampshire went swimmingly. 2-4, 2 HR; a two-run shot and a grand slam. I’m curious as to why Buck wasn’t traded before the deadline when one considers he’s not signed for next year, was very likely at the apex of his value on July 31, and will probably get (and deserves) a hefty pay hike if they do try to retain him. Why not deal Buck to someone who needs catching - someone always does - and let Molina break in Arencibia in 2011? Note that I am assuming the Jays don’t have an option for 2011; I cannot find any evidence they do. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/155 "2010-08-18T22:47:19Z")
While the\*\* Reds\*\* may have been padding their record by feasting on the craptastic teams in the NL Central like Pittsburgh, Chi Cubs, Sinking Fastros and the Brewers (while simultaneously struggling some with better than .500 teams), the good news is that while the Cardinals seem to get the best of the \*\*Reds \*\*more often than not head-to-head, _they_ can’t seem to take care of the crappy teams! So now the **Reds** are 2.5 games ahead after another Cardinal loss to the Brewers and are looking to up that lead by beating the woeful D-Backs again. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/156 "2010-08-18T22:58:14Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > > [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > > > John Buck’s first rehab game for Double A New Hampshire went swimmingly. 2-4, 2 HR; a two-run shot and a grand slam. > > I’m curious as to why Buck wasn’t traded before the deadline when one considers he’s not signed for next year, was very likely at the apex of his value on July 31, and will probably get (and deserves) a hefty pay hike if they do try to retain him. Why not deal Buck to someone who needs catching - someone always does - and let Molina break in Arencibia in 2011? > > Note that I am assuming the Jays don’t have an option for 2011; I cannot find any evidence they do. My best guess is he’ll be a Type A FA, and once another team signs him, the Jays get a true first rounder, as opposed to a sandwich pick. But then I suppose that’s conditional on them offering him arbitration and him not accepting. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/157 "2010-08-19T04:25:47Z")
Hmm. The Mariners have won four consecutive series, three of them since the departure of Don Wakamatsu. And Matt Tuiasosopo hit 3-run homers in consecutive at-bats - his final AB in Tuesday’s game and his first AB in Wednesday’s game. Bring on the Yankees! ---
**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:** [August 19, 2010, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/158 "2010-08-19T11:10:25Z")
LOL @ the Diamondbacks… ---
**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:** [August 19, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/159 "2010-08-19T14:29:10Z")
Thank God for the Diamondbacks! They’re the only thing in the division that makes the Dodgers look like a pro team. I only ask for two things every season: that the Dodgers win, and that the Giants lose. This isn’t a very good year. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796/160 "2010-08-19T14:33:15Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > > [@dalej42](#): > > > > That’s been a brutal schedule for the Rangers the past week. They’ve had games with the Yankees and Red Sox at home in the heat and then flying to Tampa right after a game in 104 degree weather on Sunday. > > And now it looks like the Rangers are about to drop another one to the Rays. > > The AL Central has really been shaken up in the last month or so. On July 10, **gonzomax** posted a comment that the “Minnesota Twits [sic] are fading fast.” Since then, the Twits are 24-8 and now have a 4-game lead in the division, while the Tigers are 10-24 and have gone from having a 4-game lead to being 11 games back. Wonder if that’s why we haven’t seen **gonzo** in this thread. 🙂 It’s been an incredible flip flop there, and especially within a month, to have that big of a swing is crazy. The Tigers tend to swoon in the second half anyways, but with the injuries, it’s accelerated and emphasized. Ugh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2010/548796.md?page=9)