# MLB: August 2024 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [August 1, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126 "2024-08-01T23:19:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/81 "2024-08-24T12:23:45Z")
Last night in a game against the Brewers, an A’s fan caught three foul balls in one inning. > **[A's fan incredibly catches 3 foul balls in 1 inning - ESPN Video](https://www.espn.com.au/video/clip/_/id/40970096)** > > An Athletics fan does the impossible, somehow catching three foul balls in just the first inning. ---
**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 24, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/82 "2024-08-24T13:21:44Z")
Yanks won over Rockies as Judge hit his 49th homer, his 4th straight game with a homer. On pace currently for 61. He is only 2nd in Batting average to Bobby Witt, but his slugging average is more than a 100 pts higher than #2 Ohtani. > [@Railer13](#): > > Last night in a game against the Brewers, an A’s fan caught three foul balls in one inning. He had an unfair advantage, no one else was there? I use to go to a lot of games, never caught one, only came close twice. OK, I watched the video, pretty amazing. what a night. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/83 "2024-08-24T13:57:45Z")
Has a _player_ ever caught three foul balls in the same game? ---
**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 24, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/84 "2024-08-24T14:00:27Z")
Yes, many a time. Catchers, corner Outfielders and Infielders especially. I even recall seeing Jeter do it playing shortstop of course. One of the foul balls took him into the stands. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/85 "2024-08-24T15:42:28Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > He had an unfair advantage, no one else was there? Interestingly, it looks like attendance at the game was 14,031 – not a lot (and the upper deck was pretty empty, based on that video), but they still beat their average attendance (9,591) by 46%. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/86 "2024-08-24T17:08:49Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Yes, many a time. Catchers, corner Outfielders and Infielders especially. But perhaps not 3 in the same inning. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/87 "2024-08-24T17:09:42Z")
And Ohtani is precisely on pace to start the 50/50 club. Meanwhile, the Blue Jays aren’t good but they’re way more fun to watch when kids are playing than when they had the likes of Daniel Vogelbach. The fact that had Vogelbach - probably the worst player in the major leagues - on the team at all for two and a half months, while real baseball players like Spencer Horwitz and Addison Barger rotted in the minor leagues, says a lot about the leadership on this team. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/88 "2024-08-25T00:07:38Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > But perhaps not 3 in the same inning. It would be much harder for a player to catch three fouls in an inning as those would have to be the three outs. When a fan catches them no out is recorded. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/89 "2024-08-25T00:21:14Z")
The fielder isn’t completing with a couple dozen people in the vicinity ---
**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 25, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/90 "2024-08-25T00:51:27Z")
Looking at Oakland’s attendance numbers, neither are the fans. ---
**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 25, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/91 "2024-08-25T19:36:57Z")
**Aaron Judge** just hit his 50th Home Run. The 5th player to hit 50+ in at least 3 season. I’m pretty sure he is on track to reach 62 again. He joins Babe Ruth (4 times), Mark McGwire (4), Sammy Sosa (4) and Alex Rodriguez (3). Now the Yanks need to hang on to their narrow lead of 4-3 over the Rockies in the 6th. ---
**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 25, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/92 "2024-08-25T22:23:25Z")
And the Yanks added on 6 more runs and Judge hit #51 so as of right now he is on pace to break the AL record of 62 Homeruns in a season. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/93 "2024-08-25T22:48:42Z")
Lake Mary, FL wins the Little League World Series over Taoyuan Chinese Taipei on a very “Little League play.” Tie game, bottom of the 8th (they play 6-inning games at this level), runner at 2nd, batter bunts perfectly down the first base line. First baseman and the pitcher _both_ go for the ball, the pitcher gets there, turns, and throws the ball into right field because there’s nobody covering first. Runner scores, game over. Granted, it’s a tough, complex defensive play. Your instinct is to just go for the ball, and knowing what to do is a matter of experience, and these are just kids. Definitely a good “teaching moment,” but quite unfortunate to lose the World Series on it. Video on ESPN’s front page right now. The sportsmanship at the end is nice. I always like seeing that. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/94 "2024-08-26T02:09:28Z")
In Weird Stuff You Might Have Missed, Jesus Sanchez of the Marlins was called out for failing to run out a walk. Sanchez jogged 80 feet toward first base, saw that he was being removed for a pinch-runner, and exited the diamond. The pinch-runner went to first base, but Sanchez never did, and he was called out on an appeal play. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NBwveNWT8I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NBwveNWT8I)) ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/95 "2024-08-26T21:06:25Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > > > On Monday, if the stars align, the announcer at Fenway will be making the announcement, “Now catching for the Red Sox: Danny Jansen; pinch-hitting for Danny Jansen Alejandro Kirk.” Then Jansen will become the first player in MLB history to appear in the same box score for both teams. > > > > On June 26 Jansen was the Blue Jays catcher and was batting with an 0-1 count, when the rains came and the game was suspended. It will be resumed on Monday. In the meantime, Jansen was traded to the Bosox and their catcher in that game was relegated to the minors, so has to be replaced. If the manager has any historical imagination, he will surely replace him with Jansen, while the Jays will have to use a catcher, likely Kirk, to ph for Jansen. > > > > Even better if the count had been 0-2, for then if the ph strikes out, Jansen will get charged with the K and get credit for the out! > > > > The full story is here (maybe behind a paywall): > > > > [Danny Jansen could make history by playing for Red Sox and Blue Jays in the same game - The Athletic](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5705168/2024/08/19/danny-jansen-blue-jays-red-sox-same-game-catcher/) > > It looks like it’s going to happen! > > > [@](#): > > > > On Friday, Boston manager Alex Cora confirmed that Jansen will be in the lineup when the June 26 game resumes Monday afternoon at Fenway. > > > > “Yeah, he’s catching,” Cora told reporters. “Let’s make history.” It did happen this afternoon! > Jansen made history as the first major leaguer to play for both teams in the same game, starting it as the Toronto catcher on June 26, when it was halted — with Jansen at bat — in the second inning. The backup catcher was traded to Boston on July 27, and he was behind the plate when the game resumed on Monday after a delay of 65 days, 18 hours and 35 minutes. > **[Blue Jays 4-1 Red Sox (Jun 26, 2024) Game Recap - ESPN](https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401569683)** > > Expert recap and game analysis of the Toronto Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox MLB game from June 26, 2024 on ESPN. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/96 "2024-08-26T22:18:46Z")
Shohei Ohtani has a real shot at 50-50, which would be the first in history: [Shohei Ohtani chase for MLB’s first 50-50 season](https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/news/shohei-ohtani-chase-for-mlb-s-first-50-50-season?msockid=04fe01e1ff7664d90e961388fe8b655b) ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/97 "2024-08-26T22:25:13Z")
Ohtani has been a really hot and cold guy this season. He hits homers in a flurry, then goes cold for weeks at a time. He would need 9 homers in about 30 games to get to fifty. Certainly doable, but based off of yesterday’s Rays game, he seems headed into cold mode again. He has also benefited from the rules prohibiting the pitchers from trying to pickoff a base too many times. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/98 "2024-08-27T00:25:24Z")
And the bases are larger nowadays, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/99 "2024-08-27T01:28:03Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > And the bases are larger nowadays, aren’t they Yes, they were enlarged from 15 inches square to 18 inches square. It decreased the base-to-base distance by 4.5 inches. [Cite](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-rules-changes-what-to-know-about-the-bigger-bases-how-they-could-increase-stolen-bases/) (CBS Sports) ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126/100 "2024-08-27T03:13:17Z")
Ohtani leaving for the NL benefited both him and Judge. Now each can win lots of MVPs in their respective league instead of winning the AL MVP at the expense of the other. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2024/1005126.md?page=6)