If a lefty batter steps out of the box, does that count as a steal attempt? He’s headed ‘towards’ first base…
Is that an earthquake? Oh, no, it’s just dozens of dead baseball players rolling over in their graves.
You make a compelling point in favour of the change.
Hader’s numbers are so bizarre that had you shown me a line like that ten or twenty years ago I’d have assumed it was a mistake.
After putting catcher Willson Contreras on the IL with a foot strain, the Cubs acquired catcher Martin Maldonado from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for LHP Mike Montgomery.
Chris Taylor of the Dodgers is out until September with a fractured left arm after he got hit by a pitch Sunday. Luckily he was shifting to a bench role with the return of Pollack and Seager.
I like Taylor, ever since he was a rookie in Seattle (where he played with Seager’s brother). But that kid’s got glass arms, he broke his wrist in 2015 hit by a pitch. He should wear full medieval plate armor on his arms when batting.
One day after losing to the hapless Orioles, the Nationals are destroying the Braves tonight. Baseball can be a funny game.
Montgomery screwed himself with his horrible performance after Cole Hamels had his injury. If you’re the designated long man and spot starter, you’ve got to be ready to go. The Cubs could have gotten some drunk from Murphy’s or the Cubby Bear to pitch better than Montgomery did that night
This is a product of pitching in 2019, with power pitchers either blowing fastballs right by batters or batters timing pitches right and teeing off.
It’s after the All-Star game, in the dog days of summer – time for some good old fashion baseball rage.
The Dodgers were apparently none too pleased after the Phillies closer hot dogged it after finishing off the Dodgers to cap a comeback.
And then there was this beauty from Yankees manager Aaron Boone, who got tossed for telling a rookie home plate ump how to do his job:
It’s especially funny when Stephen Strasburg has 5 RBIs, including a 420-foot, 3-run homer.
After going 9-1 the Giants are now 2.5 games out of the wild card slot but they are 6th in the wildcard standings , many teams have similar records. I don’t expect them to make the playoffs especially after they trade some players away at the deadline.
I like to see emotion in MLB players. I feel like the culture in that league is too deadpan. But that’s way too far, and especially low class for a guy facing a suspension after throwing at one of their players in a temper tantrum. There are personalities, and then there are grown-up “professionals” acting like spoiled children.
This is the time of year when MLB starts to become more compelling. Some teams are on the verge of being knocked out of the playoff race for good. Others trying to make their move from mediocrity to contender. Players trying not to get sent down to the minors.
Strasburg had two hits in one innings, including the homer. How many PITCHERS active today have done that? Bet that is a short list. Strasburg is a career .147 hitter so he’s maybe not the likeliest candidate.
Strasburg turns 31 today… He’s been a good pitcher his whole career, and yet it feels like he never really became the star he was supposed to, because he’s really only ever pitched one complete season.
Mike Yastrzemski scored the wining run in the Giants game? MIKE Yastrzemski?
I saw his grandfather play in Fenway Park about a hundred times. I feel ancient.
Strasburg was the most hyped pitching prospect since Todd Van Poppel. By comparison he’s a Hall of Famer. In truth, Strasburg has been very, very good and very consistent when healthy. But he would have had to be Roger Clemens to live up to the hype.
As noted byAngels beat writer Jeff Fletcher on Twitter: Mike Trout has hit home runs in three consecutive games, three separate times this month. He’s hit 11 home runs in his last thirteen games.
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For whatever reason I was looking at the active leaders in WAR on bbref. Albert Pujols is number one, by a pretty wide margin, but number two is now Mike Trout. Already.