# MLB: July **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 1, 2013, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317 "2013-07-01T04:47:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/181 "2013-07-25T02:54:48Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > I think we may have just witnessed the end of Tim Hudson’s career. Gruesome injury on a play on first base when he was covering on a groundball. Eric Young stepped on Hudson’s ankle/achilles as he ran hard to the base. It was a Theisman-esque moment when Tim’s leg seemed to bend above the ankle in a way that it just can’t. > > He’s 38 years old. I’d be amazed if he comes back from this. Damn shame. ☹ Right ankle fracture just confirmed. Definitely season ending, hopefully not career ending, but man, it looked bad. ---
**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 25, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/182 "2013-07-25T02:58:32Z")
The Dodgers complete their sweep of the Blue Jays 8-3 in 10 innings. It wasn’t pretty, but it **was** the Dodgers. Leave men on base all game long, then when it gets to crunch time, Ethier, Ellis et all go to town on the bullpen. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/183 "2013-07-25T09:34:46Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > You realize, of course, that the “instant replay” I was referring to was running the drug test three times, with differing levels of sensitivity to weed out false positives, right? Umm…I do now? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/184 "2013-07-25T15:20:46Z")
Reading this thread makes me wish DC had a MLB team. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/185 "2013-07-25T16:35:34Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Reading this thread makes me wish DC had a MLB team. I know how you feel. We used to have one in San Francisco… ---
**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:** [July 25, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/186 "2013-07-25T16:42:07Z")
I mean, really. If the team was just “bad”, I’d be OK with it. Every team goes through “rebuilding phases”. But this is essentially the same team that won World Series last year. They \*have \*the talent (and occasionally they even show evidence of that fact). But this team is failing in pretty much every facet of the game lately. They can’t pitch; they can’t hit, they can’t play defense. All at the same time. Sure, all players go through slumps, but 25 guys slumping at the same time? And yes, there have been lots of injuries, and that’s going to take its toll. But when your outfielders can’t do simple things like “fielding”, that’s another thing altogether. It’s just maddening… :mad::mad::mad: ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/187 "2013-07-25T16:52:38Z")
I’m sorry **Plankton**. Now I feel bad. ---
**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 25, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/188 "2013-07-25T17:12:46Z")
If it was any other team, so would I. But it’s the Giants, so fuck 'em. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/189 "2013-07-25T17:15:30Z")
What’s killing me about the Nats is that it’s pretty much the same guys as last year and the fun has gone out of it all. Last year was fun, the park would be rocking and the players looked like they were having a blast. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/190 "2013-07-25T18:00:02Z")
Tonight’s pitching matchup in the Reds v Dodgers series should be a good one. Mat “Missing T” Latos at 9-3 with a 3.53 ERA versus Greinke at 8-2 with a 3.36 ERA. Looking forward to this series as a measuring stick to see if the suddenly hot Reds can hang with the hottest team in baseball right now in their home park. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/191 "2013-07-25T22:40:09Z")
Wrong thread ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/192 "2013-07-26T03:53:04Z")
Through four innings this pitching duel has delivered the goods. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/193 "2013-07-26T03:54:06Z")
And right as I type that, Jay Bruce hits a two run homer off Greinke. 4-1 Redlegs. Yay! But it’s far from over with the bats the Dodgers have in their arsenal. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/194 "2013-07-26T04:39:53Z")
I am listening to the dodger game and reading the internet and I came across this article that I thought readers of this thread would like. [Forget PEDs, Baseball is fun as hell right now.](http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/69554/forget-peds-baseball-is-fun-as-hell-right-now) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/195 "2013-07-26T05:08:59Z")
Here comes the Cuban Missile with a three run lead… ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/196 "2013-07-26T05:24:49Z")
**whew** Chapman made it interesting but Reds prevail. Sorry, **Asimovian** …you seem a decent sort. Hopefully the Reds can keep this momentum going…will be interesting to see which Homer Bailey shows up tomorrow…he’s a Jekyll and Hyde pitcher… ---
**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 26, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/197 "2013-07-26T12:40:11Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > And perhaps in support of this view: [“A-Rod’s personal doctor: ‘I don’t see any sort of injury there’”](http://sports.yahoo.com/news/a-rod-s-personal-doctor---i-don-t-see-any-sort-of-injury-there--184408317.html) This is the same physician who proclaims that if a person is asymptomatic, they don’t have an injury. You should know that’s nonsense when you’re still in med school.\* \*and how stupid was it for Rodriguez to get a second opinion from a doctor who was previously disciplined for improper prescribing of steroids? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/198 "2013-07-26T12:44:47Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > This is the same physician who proclaims that if a person is asymptomatic, they don’t have an injury. > > You should know that’s nonsense when you’re still in med school.\* > > \*and how stupid was it for Rodriguez to get a second opinion from a doctor who was previously disciplined for improper prescribing of steroids? I wonder how they found each other. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/199 "2013-07-26T12:49:11Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > I am listening to the dodger game and reading the internet and I came across this article that I thought readers of this thread would like. > > [Forget PEDs, Baseball is fun as hell right now.](http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/69554/forget-peds-baseball-is-fun-as-hell-right-now) Yay! Nice read. Didn’t mention any Reds, though. Harumph. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317/200 "2013-07-26T14:47:39Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > **whew** > > Chapman made it interesting but Reds prevail. Sorry, **Asimovian** …you seem a decent sort. > > Hopefully the Reds can keep this momentum going…will be interesting to see which Homer Bailey shows up tomorrow…he’s a Jekyll and Hyde pitcher… I didn’t really expect the Dodgers to sweep the Reds, but I’m still hoping to win the series. I’ll be in the stands tonight, hoping Kershaw can show Bailey what a no-hitter looks like from the other side! (Too optimistic? A man can dream, can’t he?) And I think Chapman hit 102 on the Dodger Stadium gun three times last night. Serious freak of nature. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july/662317.md?page=11)