# MLB: July 2021 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [July 1, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434 "2021-07-01T15:58:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/161 "2021-07-25T11:28:45Z")
I would imagine one could choose not to swing for the fences. The Braves obviously were. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/162 "2021-07-25T12:58:54Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I would have preferred Spiders, but, no, they will not be changing the name again. There is no reason to. Someone will discover something “wrong” with “Guardians.” Weren’t slavemasters legal guardians? If not that, something else will pop up. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/163 "2021-07-25T13:07:58Z")
Wait, what’s this? White Sox vs Brewers on Sunday night baseball??? I’m sure ESPN knows they’ll be swamped in the ratings by the Olympics anyway ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/164 "2021-07-25T14:44:35Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > Someone will discover something “wrong” with “Guardians.” Well, no, actually. There will be no significant such thing. I don’t really understand this perspective at all. There was no movement to change professional sports team nicknames just because everyone’s too sensitive and woke. There is no one, at least no one loud enough for anyone to care, demanding they change “Yankees” for being offensive to Southerners, or “Pirates” for celebrating crime, or “Padres” for celebrating the Catholic church, or “Royals” for celebrating colonialism, or “Marlins” for celebrating the overfishing of the oceans. The reason they changed from Indians to Guardians is that “Indians” and the imagery used around it were fucking racist. “Guardians” is not. That’s all there is to it. ---
**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 25, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/165 "2021-07-25T20:53:49Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > Anyone agree? No. A journeyman shortstop who throws 58 should expect to get lit up pitching to major league hitters, many of whom are playing for a contract. If he chooses to get worked up over it, he’s the one crossing the line. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/166 "2021-07-26T14:28:19Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > I would imagine one could choose not to swing for the fences. The Braves obviously were. And I would imagine one could choose to put a real pitcher on the mound and not some shortstop whose pitching is a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/167 "2021-07-26T15:42:57Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I would have preferred Spiders… I mean Spiders really was the easy choice here. But I can live with Guardians. The logo is just so-so for me. I think they can do better there. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/168 "2021-07-26T16:30:06Z")
I live in Louisville, Kentucky. Home of [Hillerich & Bradsby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillerich_&_Bradsby?wprov=sfti1). We have the AAA team for the Cincinnati Reds. When it came time to rename the team, it was a no-brainer that they adopt the moniker “Sluggers,” since we have the bat factory, and the team plays in Slugger Field. The powers that be instead named the team “Riverbats,” which is now shortened to Bats. Something either referencing the Louisville Slugger bats, or even the Kentucky Derby was the obvious choice. Instead, they renamed the team to something with no connection to the city itself. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/169 "2021-07-26T16:43:30Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > When it came time to rename the team, it was a no-brainer that they adopt the moniker “Sluggers,” since we have the bat factory, and the team plays in Slugger Field. The powers that be instead named the team “Riverbats,” which is now shortened to Bats. A “riverbat” isn’t even a thing. So far as I can tell there’s no such animal, anywhere. The only reference I can find using Google is that a community college in Texas uses that nickname. Maybe Louisville Slugger demanded a bazillion dollars to use their name as the team name. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/170 "2021-07-26T19:22:34Z")
I always thought the Louisville Bats was kind of a play on Louisville Slugger bats. I never knew they were actually called the Riverbats. Well hey, it’s trade deadline week! Where will Kris Bryant and Max Scherzer be in four days? ---
**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 26, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/171 "2021-07-26T20:25:54Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > I always thought the Louisville Bats was kind of a play on Louisville Slugger bats. Me too! I had no idea it was “RiverBats”. Wait - it was rebranded to just “Bats” in 2002. “RiverBats” lasted all of 1999-2002. ---
**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 27, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/172 "2021-07-27T00:12:06Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > A “riverbat” isn’t even a thing. So far as I can tell there’s no such animal, anywhere. Tell that to the Amarillo Sod Poodles. Or the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/173 "2021-07-27T00:37:19Z")
my former minor league team was called " the jethawks" because of the rather large aerospace industry in town … and isn’t there a team called the “trash pandas” out there ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/174 "2021-07-27T01:33:04Z")
some interesting teams in first place atm Although why did my dear dodgers have to have a mini skid during the weekend they faced the giants? … i mean I know they’re going to repeat this year but … come on the giants of all people to lose too? 🤮 ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/175 "2021-07-27T05:51:04Z")
Crazy game in Seattle tonight, Houston choked away a 7 run lead and it’s now 11-8 Mariners ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/176 "2021-07-27T14:54:39Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Crazy game in Seattle tonight That was a wild one. After the first inning, Houston thought they’d stomp all over the Mariners, and seemed quite shocked about the turn around. (I’ll admit, I was quite shocked as well). ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/177 "2021-07-27T15:39:38Z")
Yeah, it was the free MLB game of the day to watch online, friend of mine was texting me non stop about it. I was busy watching Olympics but finally had to switch over and catch the last part of the game. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/178 "2021-07-27T17:29:27Z")
The Blue Jays have blown ten games more than they’ve come back in, an astonishing differential for a high scoring team. Honestly, if I run the team, I sell. I’d trade Semien for sure and maybe Ray if he doesn’t want to re-sign. They’re really far out of the playoffs. Most sources give them a 25% chance of making it, a number I think is too high. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/179 "2021-07-27T17:46:35Z")
The bad blood between Javy Baez and Amir Garrett got a little badder last night. Brief video in linked Tweet. > ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434/180 "2021-07-27T21:42:00Z")
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but Stephen Strasburg to have season ending surgery > **[Breaking: Stephen Strasburg to Have Season Ending Surgery per Reports](https://thenatsreport.com/07/27/2021/allnews/breaking-stephen-strasburg-to-have-season-ending-surgery-per-reports/)** > > According to reports the 2019 World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg will have surgery which will end his 2021 season appearing in only five games this season. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2021/945434.md?page=10)