# MLB: July 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 2, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373 "2017-07-02T17:32:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/21 "2017-07-04T17:56:35Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > There have definitely been a lot of injuries, but I also think that the addition of the 7 day DL slot has made it seem like there’s been even more this season. Teams are less reluctant to stick players on, let them get a full week (plus) of rest, call someone up from AAA to test out a bit, and get a healthy starter back and ready to go. A slight nitpick. It is a 10 day DL that took the place of the 15 day DL. There is a 7 day DL for concussion related injuries. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/22 "2017-07-04T17:58:21Z")
One guy in the stands at the Oakland/Atlanta game Sunday caught \*\*\*three \*\*\*foul balls, including two on consecutive pitches. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/23 "2017-07-04T21:12:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > One guy in the stands at the Oakland/Atlanta game Sunday caught \*\*\*three \*\*\*foul balls, including two on consecutive pitches. This is already being discussed here : [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=830148](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=830148) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/24 "2017-07-06T12:56:12Z")
Speaking of foul balls, here’s an excerpt from today’s ABC News account of an infant being struck by one during a minor league game in New Jersey: \*"New Jersey state police Trooper Lawrence Peele says the child was conscious and alert when flown to University Hospital in Newark. No further information was available. The Miners are in the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball, an independent league. They won the Wednesday game against the Trois-Rivieres Aigles of Quebec, 4-2."\* Kind of odd they felt the need to give the final score. I’m reminded of a bit in “The Boys Of Summer” when a reporter covering the Brooklyn Dodgers conjured up a news story about the entire team being killed in a plane crash, with this sub-headline: **"Team Was Returning From 5-2 Road Trip, Pitching Improved"** ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/25 "2017-07-06T14:04:00Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > A slight nitpick. It is a 10 day DL that took the place of the 15 day DL. There is a 7 day DL for concussion related injuries. Oh, that’s right! Thanks for the correction. Man, this Royals team is a lot of fun to watch, as are the Brewers. I saw someone on twitter say something to the effect of “I sure hope that this Brewers team is good. They’re not great, but they might very well be good”. I missed out on ordering the [MLB.tv](http://MLB.tv) Father’s Day week special - a hugely discounted price on the rest of the season. Maybe I’ll pop for a team special. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/26 "2017-07-06T14:18:34Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Exactly, they are called UNIFORMS, not costumes. A ball team isn’t the cast of a Broadway show. Soon, we will have costume changes between innings. SHhh! Don’t give them any ideas! (“Just think, we can have twice as many uniform variants to sell, AND twice as many game-used jerseys to sell!”) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/27 "2017-07-06T16:52:51Z")
Good to see the Red Sox 3B problem solving itself. Deven Marrero has shown increasing flashes of adequacy at the plate, while still flashing the leather, and Tzu-Wei Lin has come out of the same nowhere as Benintendi (namely AA ball) without showing any holes yet. So, no more of this Frazier/Moustakas talk, at least for now. Price looks healthy again, and Porcello has had a few quality starts lately, so the rotation looks pretty solid again. Kelly feeding Kimbrel looks like a good enough answer to the 8th inning problem, too. So October is looking good. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/28 "2017-07-06T19:22:15Z")
Kyle Schwarber CAN NOT play the outfield. The Cubs recalled him for his bat, but he’s helping add to the Brewers beat down of the Cubs this afternoon with his awful defense. He needs to be trade bait to an American League team needing a long term DH who has the added twist of being an emergency catcher. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/29 "2017-07-06T20:24:01Z")
A salute to Cory Kluber for pitching his fifth consecutive game with at least 10 strikeouts. Although one “fan” would prefer that we find [a different way to keep track of strikeouts](http://offthemonstersports.com/2017/07/the-braves-fan-from-yesterday-whose-k-sign-tirade-went-viral-deleted-her-account-after-racist-tweets-exposed-her/) at baseball games. Hope she’s never serenaded with [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAAkrI-aaOE). ---
**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:** [July 7, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/30 "2017-07-07T16:58:50Z")
The Dodgers pull off a bottom-of-the-ninth comeback to sweep the Douchebacks at home. Dave Roberts called it “a perfect game.” Mainly because it was his bobblehead night, his daughter sang the National Anthem, his son threw out the first pitch (to his father) and they won. Works for me! ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/31 "2017-07-07T18:30:11Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Yost is a pretty good manager. As a KC resident, I find this a little bit funny. Probably right up until the Royals won the wild card game in 2014, “yosted” was a fairly common shorthand for “lost another game due to a manager’s decision”. Personally, I’m just a casual fan and don’t worry much about what the manager is doing (or not). Amazing how getting to back-to-back World Series makes you a better manager in the eyes of the world. It does seem like Ned maybe a better psychologist getting his guys to play better than chess player moving his lineup around. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/32 "2017-07-07T19:01:53Z")
Ouch. Another outfield screwup by Kyle Schwarber. I’m not sure I’ve seen a worse MLB outfielder. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/33 "2017-07-07T19:45:17Z")
For the record, this is the 25th time I have said it; it is just stupid to ask Kyle Schwarber to play the outfield. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/34 "2017-07-07T19:51:35Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Ouch. Another outfield screwup by Kyle Schwarber. I’m not sure I’ve seen a worse MLB outfielder. > Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Never seen Matt Joyce, have you? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/35 "2017-07-07T19:56:06Z")
If the guy can’t hit, run, or field, then what’s all the fuss about? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/36 "2017-07-07T20:14:12Z")
RickJay: > [@](#): > > For the record, this is the 25th time I have said it; it is just stupid to ask Kyle Schwarber to play the outfield. Good time for National League clubs to stop resisting the twentieth century (and yes, I know it’s now the 21st, but the DH was around for a full quarter of the 20th) ---
**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:** [July 7, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/37 "2017-07-07T20:39:37Z")
Death before dishonor!! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/38 "2017-07-08T03:32:31Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > A salute to Cory Kluber for pitching his fifth consecutive game with at least 10 strikeouts. FIve games. [How adorable](https://www.boston.com/g00/sports/boston-red-sox/2017/05/20/red-sox-chris-sale-record-10-strikeout-games?i10c.referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F). 😉 ---
**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:** [July 8, 2017, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/39 "2017-07-08T11:45:12Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > If the guy can’t hit, run, or field, then what’s all the fuss about? I don’t know, but the Cubs could have dumped him on the Yankees rather than giving up Gleyber Torres. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373/40 "2017-07-08T12:34:42Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > A salute to Cory Kluber for pitching his fifth consecutive game with at least 10 strikeouts. > [@Casey1505](#): > > FIve games. [How adorable](https://www.boston.com/g00/sports/boston-red-sox/2017/05/20/red-sox-chris-sale-record-10-strikeout-games?i10c.referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F). 😉 Considering that Sale(who is a great pitcher) has started 18 games this year and Kluber 13(because he was hurt earlier), Sale might just want to start looking over his shoulder. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2017/790373.md?page=3)