# MLB: August **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 1, 2014, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563 "2014-08-01T09:09:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [August 3, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/41 "2014-08-03T01:14:15Z")
And of course, I jinxed it for both pitchers, and it’s now 4-2 Mets as they change pitchers with one out in the top of the 8th… ---
**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 3, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/42 "2014-08-03T05:34:11Z")
Check out the [box score](http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_08_02_colmlb_detmlb_1&mode=box) for the Rockies/Tigers game. Detroit was apparently the first team in 8 years to score in every inning that they batted. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/43 "2014-08-03T10:51:28Z")
Sam Fuld’s [catch/throw to the plate today.](http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?c_id=mlb&ymd=20140802&content_id=87624346&vkey=news_mlb) He really is a [Super Man.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn0n9vki_JM) ---
**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 3, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/44 "2014-08-03T15:28:03Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Sam Fuld’s [catch/throw to the plate today.](http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?c_id=mlb&ymd=20140802&content_id=87624346&vkey=news_mlb) He really is a [Super Man.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn0n9vki_JM) It was a great play. His wind-up and launch, including the somersault that followed the throw, was almost cartoon-like. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/45 "2014-08-03T16:45:28Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > It was a great play. His wind-up and launch, including the somersault that followed the throw, was almost cartoon-like. Great throw. Getting back to your earlier comment about the play in the Reds-Marlins game, I don’t quite understand why that was blocking the plate unfairly and this is not… ---
**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 3, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/46 "2014-08-03T20:16:50Z")
Nick Markakis hit a lead-off homer for Baltimore against Seattle today, and that was it for scoring in the game. The Orioles hung on to win 1-0, taking their fourth series in a row, and finishing their season series against the AL West with a 21-12 record. On a completely different topic, i don’t know what the hell was going on at the Reds/Marlins game last night. There was a girl, who appeared to be about 8 or 9 years old, [dancing around on the field](http://deadspin.com/little-girl-gives-no-shits-dances-around-on-field-duri-1615255478). Very odd. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/47 "2014-08-03T22:42:31Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Sam Fuld’s [catch/throw to the plate today.](http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?c_id=mlb&ymd=20140802&content_id=87624346&vkey=news_mlb) He really is a [Super Man.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn0n9vki_JM) Reddick made a great throw after catching a long fly at the wall and throwing out the runner at first for a double play. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/48 "2014-08-04T01:32:35Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Check out the [box score](http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_08_02_colmlb_detmlb_1&mode=box) for the Rockies/Tigers game. > > Detroit was apparently the first team in 8 years to score in every inning that they batted. I was there, started paying attention to it in the fifth inning. Fox sports says it was the first time the Tigers have done that since at least 1912. (I’m assuming they don’t have stats for earlier.) ---
**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 4, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/49 "2014-08-04T02:34:48Z")
The White Sox bullpen gave up 15 runs in four innings, to the Twins. The relief pitchers who appeared in the game have ERA’s of 6.11, 6.23, 7.84, and 10.13. ---
**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 4, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/50 "2014-08-04T03:41:20Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > The White Sox bullpen gave up 15 runs in four innings, to the Twins. The relief pitchers who appeared in the game have ERA’s of 6.11, 6.23, 7.84, and 10.13. I might have to go and watch those four innings, just for the pleasure of hearing Hawk Harrelson get more and more morose. ---
**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 5, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/51 "2014-08-05T20:48:23Z")
[Vin Scully is awesome](http://instagram.com/p/rUb1GuK52d) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/52 "2014-08-06T00:14:22Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > The Tigers have, in their starting rotation, the last three Cy Young winners. > > I don’t know, but I suspect that’s never happened before. > > mmm > [@etv78](#): > > Mustard: The Braves of the 90s achieved this too. OK, try this one then: The Yankees, in their current series with the Tigers, are facing Cy Young winning starters on three consecutive days. mmm ---
**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 6, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/53 "2014-08-06T00:27:47Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > OK, try this one then: The Yankees, in their current series with the Tigers, are facing Cy Young winning starters on three consecutive days. > mmm It is pretty amazing, although you can find a few similar situations for the Braves in the late 1990s as well. In the 1997 NLDS, Houston faced Maddux, Glavine, and Smoltz in consecutive games, and the Marlins then had to confront the same trio three games in a row during the NLCS. In 1998, i found a series where those three pitchers made consecutive starts against the Cubs, and also against the Blue Jays. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/54 "2014-08-06T00:49:28Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > [Vin Scully is awesome](http://instagram.com/p/rUb1GuK52d) And what sucks is that there’s almost [No Dodger TV brodcast](http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/dodgers/2014/07/17/los-angeles-dodgers-tv-blackout-time-warner-cable-directv-vin-scully/12787667/) in LA . So you can’t watch/hear him. He’d do Great on radio. Wouldn’t need a color man. ---
**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 6, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/55 "2014-08-06T01:55:58Z")
Apropos of nothing, was it once more common for managers to change pitchers during an at-bat? I never seem to see that anymore. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/56 "2014-08-06T03:18:48Z")
lmao White Sox were down 15-0 in the 9th inning and let first baseman Adam Dunn pitch great game Dunn only gave up 1 run. He did better than the starter and other relievers ---
**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 6, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/57 "2014-08-06T03:40:27Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Apropos of nothing, was it once more common for managers to change pitchers during an at-bat? I never seem to see that anymore. The only manager I ever saw do this often was Don Zimmer, when he managed the Cubs in the 1980’s. He had a weird, weird fetish for mid-batter pitching changes, sometimes even with 2-2 or 3-2 counts. With that one exception, I don’t think there was ever a time or place where this was exactly “common”. It may have been slightly less **un** common 20 or 30 years ago. Regarding Adam Dunn, with his ERA of 9.00 he’ll fit in very nicely with the White Sox bullpen. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/58 "2014-08-06T03:43:13Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Apropos of nothing, was it once more common for managers to change pitchers during an at-bat? I never seem to see that anymore. I’ve been watching baseball since the end of the sixties and I don’t think I’ve ever seen that in person except for after an occasional injury to the pitcher, for what it may be worth. On TV? Maybe, once or twice. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/59 "2014-08-06T04:03:31Z")
I’ve seen the mid-batter switch a couple of times. Both involved a mid-at-bat decision to intentionally walk the batter. (I believe it was after a wild pitch or passed ball that moved a runner from first to second.) The announcer said, the manager probably brought in a relief pitcher to finish the walk whom he wanted to pinch to the next batter, but if the next batter was pinch-hit for, he could change pitchers again. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563/60 "2014-08-06T17:35:19Z")
Brett Lawrie returned last night from the DL, having recovered from a broken hand. He was then taken out of the game in the third inning with a “back strain.” I remain mystified as to why the Blue Jays, plagued every single year by a seemingly “unlucky” string of injuries, have yet to fire the head trainer. At some point it isn’t luck anymore. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august/694563.md?page=4)