# MLB: July 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [July 1, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252 "2022-07-01T14:32:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 25, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/181 "2022-07-25T16:27:31Z")
Should we assume that Bumgarner never makes a triumphant gesture or otherwise shows emotion after getting a key out?\* \*not that there has been an overabundance of such moments in recent years for him. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/182 "2022-07-26T01:54:27Z")
Paul Goldschmidt is an idiot and I say this as someone who has followed his career since the D-Backs. Get the damn vaccine. > **[Goldschmidt, Arenado to miss Toronto series due to Canada’s vaccine mandate](https://www.kmov.com/2022/07/24/goldschmidt-arenado-miss-toronto-series-due-canadas-vaccine-mandate/)** > > Two key cogs in the Cardinals offense will not be joining the team for the upcoming two-game series against the Blue Jays, according to multiple reports ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/183 "2022-07-26T02:38:41Z")
Not arguing, but see Post 65 from July 13. ---
**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, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/184 "2022-07-26T02:59:33Z")
What does Cal Eldred have to do with Paul Goldschmidt? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/185 "2022-07-26T15:10:02Z")
One of us didn’t count right. > **[Royals without 10 unvaccinated players at Toronto](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34238893/andrew-benintendi-whit-merrifield-10-unvaccinated-kansas-city-royals-players-toronto-blue-jays-series)** > > Ten Royals players, including four of their top hitters and two of their best starting pitchers this season, will not travel to Toronto for this week's four-game series because they have not received the COVID-19 vaccination. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/186 "2022-07-27T02:23:05Z")
Are the Red Sox yellow and blue (incredibly ugly) uniforms somehow a nod to Ukraine solidarity? ---
**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:** [July 27, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/187 "2022-07-27T05:02:45Z")
The colors were chosen as a nod to the Boston Marathon (and Patriots Day) – those colors are the official colors of the Marathon, and were chosen in 2021, before the Ukraine war. > **[The Boston Red Sox Ditch Red for Yellow and Blue Uniforms to Honor Their Home](https://www.distractify.com/p/why-are-red-sox-wearing-yellow-and-blue)** > > Why are the Red Sox wearing yellow and blue? Learn more about the team’s Nike City Connect uniforms and their cultural significance. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/188 "2022-07-27T12:15:06Z")
Two nights ago, I watched the Cubs/Pirates game (the Pirates’ catcher Tyler Heineman is A BEAST; I think he threw out three runners, and tagged someone out at the plate on a wild pitch) because my Nats were in Los Angeles, the game started at 10 o’clock my time, and I didn’t want to stay up an hour past my bedtime to watch my last-place team got smoked. AND WE WON. So i watched the replay on [MLB.tv](http://MLB.tv). And again last night, I didn’t stay up late for the Nats game, AND WE WON AGAIN. We won the first two games of a three-game series against the Dodgers, in Los Angeles. Good job, boys. If I was the superstitious type, I’d watch on tape-delay the rest of the season and we’d win the World Series. ---
**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 27, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/189 "2022-07-27T12:20:36Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > the Red Sox yellow and blue (incredibly ugly) uniforms Strong disagree on this one. Those jerseys are awesome. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/190 "2022-07-27T16:26:59Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Strong disagree on this one. Those jerseys are awesome. I imagine these days the Red Sox faithful would like what’s inside the jerseys to be improved upon. Obviously the big story of last weekend was Toronto beating Boston 28-5, but I’ll tell ya what, I watched the whole series and the Red Sox weren’t much better in the other games. **I have never seen a team play worse defense over the course on an entire series.** It was appalling. There was a Youtube video with “ten plays the Red Sox botched during the series,” and they actually left a few out. I am mildly surprised they haven’t fired Alex Cora. It was that bad. Sometimes in baseball you get outpitched or outhit. That just happens, it’s how it goes, and if the other team has better pitchers and hitters, whaddya gonna do? But bad defense is totally on you, and that defense was inexcusable for a professional baseball team. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/191 "2022-07-27T21:55:15Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > But bad defense is totally on you, and that defense was inexcusable for a professional baseball team. Totally agree. I’ve been to lots of minor league games and never seen anything nearly that bad. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/192 "2022-07-28T02:54:53Z")
And the first trade deadline move comes to enrich the Yankees as they pick up Benintendi. > **[Yankees get 'boost of energy' with deal for Benintendi](https://www.mlb.com/news/andrew-benintendi-yankees-trade)** > > NEW YORK -- It was around this time last year that pinging sound effects and glowing screens filled a charter flight from Tampa to Miami, gossip filtering throughout the cabin that the Yankees were acquiring Anthony Rizzo from the Cubs. The move... ---
**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:** [July 28, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/193 "2022-07-28T03:25:26Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > And the first trade deadline move comes to enrich the Yankees as they pick up Benintendi. And of course the next four games have the Royals visiting the Yanks. The Yankees have one more series at Toronto (Sep 26, 27, 28). But the Blue Jays lead the wild-card race right now, so there’s a chance that the Yanks would have to travel to Toronto for a playoff game. Wonder if Benintendi would get the vaccine if that happened. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/194 "2022-07-28T03:45:30Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > And the first trade deadline move comes to enrich the Yankees as they pick up Benintendi. So I guess Joey Gallo is a bench warmer full time now. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/195 "2022-07-28T06:15:44Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Two nights ago, I watched the Cubs/Pirates game (the Pirates’ catcher Tyler Heineman is A BEAST; I think he threw out three runners, and tagged someone out at the plate on a wild pitch) because my Nats were in Los Angeles, the game started at 10 o’clock my time, and I didn’t want to stay up an hour past my bedtime to watch my last-place team got smoked. > > AND WE WON. So i watched the replay on [MLB.tv](http://MLB.tv). > > And again last night, I didn’t stay up late for the Nats game, AND WE WON AGAIN. > > We won the first two games of a three-game series against the Dodgers, in Los Angeles. > > Good job, boys. If I was the superstitious type, I’d watch on tape-delay the rest of the season and we’d win the World Series. wow you get lucky and win 2 and all of a sudden ya takin’ the series with a record of 34-66? good luck with that 🤣 ---
**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 28, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/196 "2022-07-28T15:00:02Z")
Did anyone see the news about Mike Trout, and his [“rare back condition”](https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2022/07/27/mike-trout-has-been-diagnosed-with-a-rare-back-condition-that-he-may-have-to-manage-for-the-rest-of-his-career/) that he may have to manage for the rest of his career. It doesn’t say exactly _what_ the malady is, but it could drastically shorten his career. ---
**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 28, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/197 "2022-07-28T15:51:39Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > It doesn’t say exactly _what_ the malady is Yes it does. His trainer specified it as “costovertebral dysfunction at T5”. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/198 "2022-07-28T16:44:55Z")
“Costovertebral dysfunction may happen as a result of trauma, postural strain or repetitive injury especially when compression or rotation occurs.” That doesn’t sound good for someone whose job is basically exactly all of that. ---
**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 28, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/199 "2022-07-28T17:02:26Z")
Fair enough. I must have overlooked that. Thanks for the correction. ---
**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 28, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252/200 "2022-07-28T20:06:05Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > But the Blue Jays lead the wild-card race right now, so there’s a chance that the Yanks would have to travel to Toronto for a playoff game. Wonder if Benintendi would get the vaccine if that happened. And jeopardize his precious bodily fluids? Doubtful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252.md?page=11)