# MLB: August 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 1, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496 "2016-08-01T21:00:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/41 "2016-08-05T03:02:28Z")
The Blue Jays set the major league record for most strikeouts in a 4 game series with 61, and still manage to win 3 of the 4 games. It helps to allow only 6 runs in 4 games. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/42 "2016-08-05T03:48:21Z")
Just dreadful hitting, but flawless pitching. Edwin Encarnation now has five straight 30-homer seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/43 "2016-08-05T03:53:52Z")
The Astros have picked a really bad time to go ice cold; still possible to salvage the season but they need to be nearly flawless the rest of the way. Zero luck with the highly-touted prospects as well; Bregman has 2 singles in 9 games so far. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/44 "2016-08-05T11:13:37Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Surely you must take some joy from knowing the hideous asshole will not be breaking the home run record, or even passing Ruth. Not really, because another hideous asshole already did. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/45 "2016-08-05T13:12:52Z")
I admit the joy is somewhat more muted than it once might have been, but I admit I despite Rodriguez far more than I ever did Bonds. By a mile. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/46 "2016-08-05T13:50:43Z")
Mark Texiera expected to retire at end of season > **[Yankees Mark Teixeira announces he will retire following the 2016 season](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/report-yankees-1b-mark-teixeira-to-announce-retirement-on-friday/)** > > The Yankees' first baseman is in the final season of his contract via [http://cbssportsapp.com](http://cbssportsapp.com) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/47 "2016-08-06T01:25:32Z")
In the seventh inning stretch at the Reds-Pirates tonight, everybody is invited to hold up a placard on which they have written the name of someone they know who has had cancer. This is in order to take a solid stand against cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/48 "2016-08-06T01:59:03Z")
I love gestures like that. The “breast cancer” games that MLB and the NFL do, especially. With the pink gear. My mom was a breast cancer survivor. She got diagnosed in 2000. She had a lumpectomy, but refused chemo. She went to work instead. On her lunch break, she’d drive over, get her radiation treatment, then go back to work. That’s a tough woman. If I go to the bank and Wal-Mart in the same day, I need a nap ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/49 "2016-08-06T03:38:07Z")
The Jays set another rather dubious record tonight: their last 15 home runs have all been solo homers, which is a new team record. Get some baserunners on for those, guys! Oh, and the Blue Jays MVP for the season was pretty definitively determined in the ninth inning: the ear flap on Josh Donaldson’s helmet, which just barely saved him from eating an 87 MPH changeup. I saw the Jays’ season flash before my eyes when I saw him take that pitch right in the head. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/50 "2016-08-07T00:35:37Z")
[A-Rod’s holding a press conference tomorrow w/Yankee management.](http://m.mlb.com/news/article/194038578/yanks-alex-rodriguez-to-hold-news-conference/) ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/51 "2016-08-07T00:37:35Z")
Lol! Just came here to post the same thing, can’t be retirement unless he’s getting a buyout or a cushy job with the organization, right? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/52 "2016-08-07T12:21:30Z")
“Lou Gehrig” type of announcement, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/53 "2016-08-07T12:37:18Z")
Or perhaps “Charlie Sheen” type? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/54 "2016-08-07T14:04:28Z")
Just as long as he’s gone, that’s the important thing. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/55 "2016-08-07T15:19:32Z")
It’s a cushy job with the organization. At least it’s better than a phony DL stint until September ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/56 "2016-08-07T22:48:27Z")
And Ichiro gets #3000 on a triple ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/57 "2016-08-08T13:26:55Z")
How appropriate that a Ichiro got his 3,000th on a triple. How appropriate A-Rod’s retirement announcement pushes a class act like Ichiro off the front page. ESPN’s baseball page is 90% A-Rod. I figure things come in threes so Donald Trump will insult Ichiro at some point today. Ichiro is batting .317 this year, too, so this is no charity case. He’s helping the Marlins win ballgames. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/58 "2016-08-08T14:24:45Z")
It was great to see Ichiro reach 3000. I hope he continues to play in Japan if he’s not offered a contract in MLB next year. If you’re over 35 and wearing pinstripes, get the fuck out. Tex, Beltran, A-Rod…watch out CC. Hopefully, this will be a proper rebuild. I want to see a lot of young talent coming up mixed with a few free-agents and/or trades. Of course, being the Yankees, they might take all of these newly acquired prospects and trade them for some past-their-prime veterans. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/59 "2016-08-08T14:30:30Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > How appropriate that a Ichiro got his 3,000th on a triple. > > \ > > Ichiro is batting .317 this year, too, so this is no charity case. He’s helping the Marlins win ballgames. He’s still got some serious wheels despite his age. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496/60 "2016-08-08T15:19:19Z")
Madison Bumgarner threw a complete game against the Nats yesterday, holding them to 1 run on 2 hits…and lost. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. If the Giants are going to get shut out (and they are) they should do it on Samardzjia’s turn in the rotation when they’re going to lose anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2016/761496.md?page=4)