# MLB: June 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 3, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932 "2019-06-03T00:10:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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 21, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/81 "2019-06-21T18:54:55Z")
Phil Regan is 82 years old. He pitched to Ted Williams to put this in perspective a little. Oh Mets, what next? ---
**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:** [June 21, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/82 "2019-06-21T19:47:27Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Phil Regan is 82 years old. He pitched to Ted Williams to put this in perspective a little. > > Oh Mets, what next? What, did they put him on the 25-man roster? It might be an improvement. ---
**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 21, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/83 "2019-06-21T21:09:34Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > What, did they put him on the 25-man roster? It might be an improvement. He is the new (but very old) pitching coach **chizzuk** mentioned. > [@chizzuk](#): > > The Mets have taken a long look at the current state of their team and apparently decided that the problem is the pitching coach, and the fact that he was not alive during the Great Depression. But fortunately they’ve remedied that, so everything should be fine now. > > Somehow I missed the story from the offseason of them hiring the agent of 7 of their players to be the GM. I read about it like 3 weeks ago and I’m still agog. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/84 "2019-06-22T01:57:44Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I don’t see a split season between two cities as being practical. I say if Montreal can deliver a new stadium within say five years, the Rays should move there in 2020. They have a good team and can’t draw. I think the Tampa experiment didn’t pan out, time to move on. My preference for a team name would be the Expos, though the exposition is more than 50 years ago. But maybe the Nationals own that trademark, then how about Alouettes to mimic the CFL team? A stadium in five years is not very likely. Right now the stadium is in the “let’s plan to maybe have a plan to make a plan to build it” and sooner or later they’ll beg the province and city for money and both will balk at the price tag. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/85 "2019-06-22T13:14:21Z")
The Reds are quietly trying to be a real baseball team. Winners of 6 straight, swept the Astros, got a leg up on the Brew Crew…the division is still up for grabs! ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/86 "2019-06-22T13:53:40Z")
Don Zimmer coached to age 83. He was also in a fight at age 72 although it was not much of a fight for him. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/87 "2019-06-22T13:59:15Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > A stadium in five years is not very likely. Right now the stadium is in the “let’s plan to maybe have a plan to make a plan to build it” and sooner or later they’ll beg the province and city for money and both will balk at the price tag. I’m disillusioned. I thought the federal, provincial, and city governments would work together seamlessly and efficiently in cooperation with the business community to build a new stadium quickly and within budget. Yankees lineup is downright scary now that Sanchez is actually hitting and Judge and Stanton are back. A stellar starter is all that keeps this team from being legendary. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/88 "2019-06-22T14:42:25Z")
Walker Buehler set a record last night with the Dodgers: 16 K, 0 walks, complete game. Only pitcher in Dodgers history with more than 15 strikeouts and no walks in a game since the mound was moved to its current distance in 1893. Then an “optioned to AAA on Thursday” rookie hits a walk-off home run to win it for them. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/89 "2019-06-22T15:51:40Z")
By the way…back when we were crying about how poor Bryce Hunter is getting screwed over by baseball for not getting his due 30 million a year…I would facetiously point out how _Jackie Bradley Jr._ has more WAR over the last three years then Bryce Harper. I just dropped by to say its looking like I’ll get to say “Over the last four years” ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/90 "2019-06-23T01:15:05Z")
Harper’s contract was always likely to be a bust. It would be a bust if he just kept playing like he did last year, but so far he has actually been worse. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/91 "2019-06-23T02:50:54Z")
St. Louis fans gave Albert Pujols a long standing ovation in every one of his at-bats, as he played his first games in St. Louis since he signed with the Angels after the 2011 season. Pujols hit a home run in today’s game and was cheered out for a curtain call - by the fans of the team he hit against. In his next at bat, the Cardinals pitcher threw one high and inside, and got booed. I expect the same cheering will take place in tomorrow’s game. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/92 "2019-06-23T15:12:05Z")
_Verdugo’s second home run of the day was an 11th-inning blast into the Colorado bullpen that gave the Dodgers a 5-4 win at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers became the first team in Major League history to win consecutive games on a rookie’s walk-off homer, according to Elias Sports._ Only in baseball would somebody be keeping a stat like this. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/93 "2019-06-23T21:01:29Z")
Astros finally break their losing streak with a nice 9-4 win over the Yankees. Yordan Alvarez is having the rookie year baby Vlad was supposed to have. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/94 "2019-06-23T22:11:57Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > St. Louis fans gave Albert Pujols a long standing ovation in every one of his at-bats, as he played his first games in St. Louis since he signed with the Angels after the 2011 season. Seeing Pujols made me wonder if there are any other players currently active who have been in MLB as long as he has. ([This](https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/G_active.shtml) shows him as the clear leader in number of games played, which isn’t exactly the same thing.) ---
**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:** [June 23, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/95 "2019-06-23T22:25:45Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Seeing Pujols made me wonder if there are any other players currently active who have been in MLB as long as he has. ([This](https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/G_active.shtml) shows him as the clear leader in number of games played, which isn’t exactly the same thing.) Looking at [this list, from March, of the oldest then-active players in MLB](https://www.mlb.com/news/oldest-players-in-major-league-baseball), the only other currently-active player who came up in 2001 (the year that Pujols did) is CC Sabathia – and Pujols made his debut six days before Sabathia. Fernando Rodney is older than Pujols, but made his MLB debut in 2002. If someone were to sign Bartolo Colon, he’d easily bypass Pujols and Sabathia, as he came up in 1997. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/96 "2019-06-24T13:11:26Z")
Okay, so honest question: Why are the Orioles still letting Chris Davis play? He sits more than he used to, but he’s still playing more than half their games. He is batting .167 this year with no power, pretty much the same as last year. In June so far; .154 with one double. I just don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/97 "2019-06-24T13:40:47Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Okay, so honest question: > > Why are the Orioles still letting Chris Davis play? > > He sits more than he used to, but he’s still playing more than half their games. He is batting .167 this year with no power, pretty much the same as last year. In June so far; .154 with one double. I just don’t get it. I think “why do the Baltimore Orioles do X?” is a philosophical question with no understandable answer for any given value of X. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/98 "2019-06-24T14:40:09Z")
Can’t argue with that. Someone before the season started asked me what I’d take on the over/under on Oriole losses at 100, and I said under, reasoning that bad teams always get better and it’s never a good idea to bet that a team will win or lose 100 games. I overestimated the Orioles, or is it underestimating? They seem to be actually losing on purpose. I mean, people talk about tanking, but MLB teams generally do not lose on purpose. They might say “screw these guys, let’s dump the vets for what we can and let the kids play and rebuild,” but they then try to win with such talent as it makes sense to retain. The Blue Jays are a dreadful team but they are not TRYING to lose as many games as they have; the team is undoubtedly really disappointed in how a lot of their players have performed this year, but they’re running some good rookies out there all the same and it makes sense to do so. The Orioles, though. Holy shit. They are so bad. They are on pace for 47-115 again; to be that bad two straight years would be a level of awfulness quite unprecedented. No team since integration has failed to win 50 games two years in a row. Look at that rosterl how many guys can you honestly say “this guy might contribute to a winning Orioles team in 2022?” I see two, maybe three, tops, and none are really A+ type prospects. The farm ain’t looking great. Their top rated prospect before the season started was Yusniel Diaz, and Diaz is a strong B prospect but he’s not an A+ like Tatis Jr. or Guerrero Jr., or even an A. The fact the Orioles let Chris Davis occupy a roster spot is a disgrace. It’s an insult to the other men on the team, and it’s an insult to every player in AAA and AA, almost any of whom would be better than Davis. I don’t blame Chris Davis, who is a professional athlete and wants to play and hit and win and do better and prove himself again, but this is just ridiculous. He’s been hitting like a pitcher for two years and there are guys in the minors who deserve a shot but are being held back by this train wreck. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/99 "2019-06-24T15:03:13Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > _Verdugo’s second home run of the day was an 11th-inning blast into the Colorado bullpen that gave the Dodgers a 5-4 win at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers became the first team in Major League history to win consecutive games on a rookie’s walk-off homer, according to Elias Sports._ As the Dodgers tweeted - that’s so yesterday. They did it again. 3 walkoffs in a row from 3 rookies. Kyle Garlick has to be feeling the pressure. He’s the only rookie left, and you just know that if the Dodgers are behind in the 9th today, Roberts is going to send him in to pinch hit. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932/100 "2019-06-24T15:26:16Z")
I’ve reluctantly come around to support extending the netting in MLB ballparks. And it’s not because too many millennials are too busy taking a selfie with their mango margarita. I personally wouldn’t sit too close to the field with a child, but even me, as a guy who played third base and shortstop and always has their eye on the game while the ball is in play, could potentially get nailed with a foul ball. I like to experiment where I sit at various MLB parks so I can try to avoid the netting anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june-2019/834932.md?page=6)