# MLB: June **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 1, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862 "2013-06-01T14:28:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/61 "2013-06-24T05:29:55Z")
The Jays have won 11 in a row now, tying a franchise record. Good for them, and they’re only 3 games out of a wild card spot now. However, as a friend pointed out to me, their starting rotation of Dickey, Johnson, and Wang is somewhat interesting. ---
**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 24, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/62 "2013-06-24T12:18:41Z")
Please tell me that one of their first names isn’t Peter. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/63 "2013-06-24T14:45:15Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Please tell me that one of their first names isn’t Peter. The 2006 Yankees included Johnson, Wang, and A-Rod. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/64 "2013-06-24T15:10:21Z")
… and Small. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/65 "2013-06-24T20:28:30Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > The Jays swept the Rangers this weekend. > > According to the announcers this is the first time the Rangers have EVER been swept at home in a four-game series. I find that amazing, actually. For a team to go 40+ years, some of them pretty miserable, and never once have that happen to them? I wouldn’t have believed it possible. Part of it is that there just aren’t that many 4-game series. Also, the slight MLB home-field advantage (home teams win ~55% of their games) makes a difference over 4 games: you’d expect an average home-field team to be swept in only 1 of 25 4-game series. If they had one 4-game series at home per year (and I’m _way_ too lazy to go back and see how many such series they’ve actually had since the 1972 season began), they had about a 1-in-5 chance of never being swept in such a series in 40 years. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/66 "2013-06-24T20:46:01Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > The 2006 Yankees included Johnson, Wang, and A-Rod. The 1999 Mariners had A-rod, Bone, and the Big Unit. ---
**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 24, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/67 "2013-06-24T22:41:01Z")
Ah, the six-foot, ten-inch Johnson, also known as the Big Unit. ---
**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 25, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/68 "2013-06-25T17:24:51Z")
It’s crazy to think that the National League Central has the three teams in all of MLB with the best records 1-2-3 right now. ---
**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 25, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/69 "2013-06-25T17:31:00Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > It’s crazy to think that the National League Central has the three teams in all of MLB with the best records 1-2-3 right now. Which I suppose could be taken as an argument in favor of the two-wildcard system in place as of 2012. ---
**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 25, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/70 "2013-06-25T18:06:13Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Which I suppose could be taken as an argument in favor of the two-wildcard system in place as of 2012. So theoretically speaking under this system both wildcard teams could come from the same division, yes? That’s impossible under the old rules for a division to have THREE teams all make the playoffs. That would be really strange if that were to happen though. ---
**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 26, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/71 "2013-06-26T01:13:24Z")
Maybe the best GM [quote] ([Brian Cashman tells New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez to shut up - ESPN](http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/9422957/fed-brian-cashman-tells-alex-rodriguez-new-york-yankees-shut-up)) ev-er: > [@](#): > > “You know what, when the Yankees want to announce something, [we will],” Cashman told ESPN New York. “Alex should just shut the f— up. That’s it. I’m going to call Alex now.” ---
**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 26, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/72 "2013-06-26T05:03:05Z")
I repeat my previous: Brandon League must die. ---
**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 26, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/73 "2013-06-26T06:36:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I repeat my previous: Brandon League must die. Just got home from the game. There were about 47,000 people in the stands who were in solid agreement with you. I’ll take the W, though. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/74 "2013-06-26T13:02:51Z")
[quote=“Southern\_Yankee, post:71, topic:659862”] Maybe the best GM > [@](#): > > ([Brian Cashman tells New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez to shut up - ESPN](http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/9422957/fed-brian-cashman-tells-alex-rodriguez-new-york-yankees-shut-up)) ev-er: Great quote, but really terrible handling of the situation. If I’ve got a $100M+ guaranteed contract, and you don’t even have the right to fine me over the tweet, then you’re the one who should probably shut the fuck up. Cashman, you’re paid big bucks to handle this type of “crisis” with a little more aplomb. Just say that the doctor in question is not the doctor authorized by the team to make the final decision. It’s positive news, and you’re glad to have positive news, but we have to wait for the official team doctors to decide. ---
**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 26, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/75 "2013-06-26T14:16:47Z")
Keep plugging away Reds! If you keep trying you’ll be at .500 before you know it! ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/76 "2013-06-26T16:27:25Z")
Dodgers finally fielding their ‘real’ team, winning 4 in a row, Lincecum vs Kershaw tonight. Might this be the start of something? Maybe all we really need is one more live arm in the bullpen? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/77 "2013-06-26T17:30:04Z")
Strange story. Former Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood finds a dead body in the water while paddle boarding. [Story](http://lakeview.patch.com/groups/breaking-news/p/former-cubs-pitcher-kerry-wood-found-body-in-belmont-harbor) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/78 "2013-06-26T17:36:05Z")
Ya Never Know Department: Jose Iglesias has been the hotshot, gotta-play-him prospect in the Red Sox system for years now, at shortstop. But he’s never hit a damn thing, at any level at any time, including at AAA this year. He looked headed for Utilityville. But he’s now batting .434, having spent most of the season with the big club (and sulking and sucking in a AAA stint), all from straightening up his stance a bit over the winter. Still flashing the glove, although at 3B since they’re paying Stephen Drew so much to play SS. It’s starting to get scary. When’s the last time a .400 hitter batted in the 9 hole regularly? ---
**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:** [June 26, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/79 "2013-06-26T19:39:31Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > When’s the last time a .400 hitter batted in the 9 hole regularly? Don’t worry - now that the Red Sox have sent Will Middlebrooks down to Pawtucket and given Iglesias the full-time job, he’ll be hitting .240 in no time. 😃 ---
**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 27, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862/80 "2013-06-27T05:47:53Z")
And the Dodgers sweep the Giants at home and pick up a game on the Douche-backs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/659862.md?page=5)