# MLB: June 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 1, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765 "2012-06-01T13:59:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/121 "2012-06-15T16:04:52Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I’ve given up on trying to keep track of all the corporate ballpark names, and can’t see any reason to refer to ballparks by anything besides [Team Name] Park/Field or [City Name] Park/Field unless a ballpark still sports its pre-naming-rights-era name. I agree. One thing i like about my own team is that, even though the ballpark is pretty new, it’s still called Oriole Park, rather than some corporate name. Even then, though, most people i knew when i lived in Baltimore referred to it simply as Camden Yards most of the time, and i think that is even better than Oriole Park at Camden Yards, which is the official name. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/122 "2012-06-15T16:17:36Z")
Did Camden Yards get its name the same way Fenway Park did? (geography) ---
**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:** [June 15, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/123 "2012-06-15T16:27:51Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Did Camden Yards get its name the same way Fenway Park did? (geography) It’s built on the site of a railway center on the old B&O called “Camden Yard”. “The warehouse” was an actual warehouse used to store freight, now housing the team’s offices. The station still exists and is still in use. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/124 "2012-06-15T20:18:38Z")
Just to confirm, the appeal on the one hit in the Mets-Rays game was denied. It was the wrong call, but that wasn’t going to get reversed. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/125 "2012-06-15T20:27:10Z")
I’m a Brewer fan and my team is on the fast road to suckitude. I know there have been injuries. Many injuries. But dropping 3 games to Kansas City when it could just as easily been a sweep does not bode well. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/126 "2012-06-15T21:02:14Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I’ve given up on trying to keep track of all the corporate ballpark names, and can’t see any reason to refer to ballparks by anything besides [Team Name] Park/Field or [City Name] Park/Field unless a ballpark still sports its pre-naming-rights-era name. I think the Mariners did reasonably well selling their stadium’s naming rights to Safeco - at least it was a company that has actually been an “official Mariners sponsor” since the team’s inception, and as such was a name fans were accustomed to hearing frequently. “Microsoft Field” or “Starbuck’s Park” just wouldn’t feel the same. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/127 "2012-06-16T01:20:15Z")
The Blue Jays have now had three starting pitchers leave their starts with injuries _in seven days._ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/128 "2012-06-16T13:44:12Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Just to confirm, the appeal on the one hit in the Mets-Rays game was denied. It was the wrong call, but that wasn’t going to get reversed. I have to disagree. That was going to be called a hit most of the time. It sure wasn’t a terrible call. > [@RickJay](#): > > The Blue Jays have now had three starting pitchers leave their starts with injuries _in seven days._ That blows, which 3? ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/129 "2012-06-16T14:39:45Z")
_sigh_ It appears that, after a couple weeks of encouraging signs, the Mariners bats have gone back to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/130 "2012-06-16T21:58:17Z")
The Yankees beat the Nats in 14. They’ve won 8 in a row, and 11 out of the last 12. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/131 "2012-06-16T23:02:22Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > The Yankees beat the Nats in 14. They’ve won 8 in a row, and 11 out of the last 12. And oddly are only gaining a little lead over the Os and Tampa. The pitching has been excellent. The bullpen has been especially good and that was without Mo and Robertson. Amazing really. The hitting is getting better but still feels a little off. It hurts Gardner won’t be back for quite a time. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/132 "2012-06-17T02:29:01Z")
…And so it begins in Seattle. Two Mariner homers in Lincecum’s first inning. Sigh. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/133 "2012-06-17T02:45:03Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > And oddly are only gaining a little lead over the Os and Tampa. The Yankees are really hot right now, and the O’s don’t have another division series until late next month. It’s not going to be easy for them, with another series against the Nationals, then the Mets, and two series against the Dodgers and two against Cleveland. They get a break at the end with Detroit and Minnesota, but the Tigers aren’t exactly a pushover either. If it’s still tight then, it should be a pretty good battle to the end. Everyone in the division is going to beat each other up pretty good. It’s kinda nice to have an unpredictable AL East for the first time in quite a long time. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/134 "2012-06-17T03:04:51Z")
I don’t think anyone’s posted this baseball-related news from about a week ago. The thugs charged with beating a Giants fan at Dodger Stadium have been [ordered to stand trial](http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_20818085/men-ordered-trial-sf-giants-fan-attack-outside). There are apparently jailhouse recordings of them discussing the crime, including ways to push the blame off themselves. If they’re as guilty as they sound in that story, i hope they do plenty of time. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/135 "2012-06-17T06:14:04Z")
The great pitching continues this year, with Jason Hammel and Ervin Santana both throwing 1-hit shutouts today. I watched the Baltimore/Atlanta game, and Hammel was great, getting through 9 innings in 103 pitches. Santana took one less, doing it in 102. If you can average under 12 pitches an inning, you’re doing pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/136 "2012-06-17T13:07:56Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > The Yankees are really hot right now, and the O’s don’t have another division series until late next month. It’s not going to be easy for them, with another series against the Nationals, then the Mets, and two series against the Dodgers and two against Cleveland. They get a break at the end with Detroit and Minnesota, but the Tigers aren’t exactly a pushover either. > > If it’s still tight then, it should be a pretty good battle to the end. Everyone in the division is going to beat each other up pretty good. It’s kinda nice to have an unpredictable AL East for the first time in quite a long time. Odd stat of the day related to the Yanks’ win streak: They “are hitting just .253 during the 8-game win streak.” (US Presswire) ---
**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:** [June 17, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/137 "2012-06-17T15:47:57Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > The Yankees are really hot right now, and the O’s don’t have another division series until late next month. It’s not going to be easy for them, with another series against the Nationals, then the Mets, and two series against the Dodgers and two against Cleveland. They get a break at the end with Detroit and Minnesota, but the Tigers aren’t exactly a pushover either. You lost me somewhere. Who has two more series against the Dodgers? ---
**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:** [June 17, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/138 "2012-06-17T16:55:10Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > You lost me somewhere. Who has two more series against the Dodgers? The Orioles. A 2-game series at home at the end of this month then 4 in LA the next week. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/139 "2012-06-17T17:04:32Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > The Orioles. A 2-game series at home at the end of this month then 4 in LA the next week. If by “Dodgers” you mean “Angels.” 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 17, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765/140 "2012-06-17T18:11:45Z")
Right. Sorry got my LA teams mixed up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2012/623765.md?page=8)