# MLB - June

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/689767>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 1, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/689767 "2014-06-01T13:51:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**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 30, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/689767/141 "2014-06-30T23:04:33Z")

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> [@jsc1953](#):
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> Don’t get too excited…you were playing the Giants. 🙂
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> On June 9, the Giants had the best record in baseball (42-21). Since then, they’ve had the worst (4-20).
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> Regression to the mean is a bitch.

LOL, I’m not too excited, but getting a four game sweep on the road is no easy task, even against a bad team. Still, the Reds had a pretty good June, going 18-9 for the month.

And I told you guys about Billy Hamilton…he’s giving teams error-inducing fits on the basepaths, and now he’s starting to hit well too.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/689767/142 "2014-06-30T23:25:28Z")

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> [@Superdude](#):
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> Samardzija is looking for Homer Bailey-type money, from everything I’ve heard. I don’t think he’s worth it. He’s only the Cubs’ ace by default.

Samardzija is sort of the AJ Burnett of his day, a guy who when he’s on really looks awesome and puts up sweet K numbers, but hasn’t actually proven he’s an All-Star. You’d be paying for potential, and the guy’s 29 years old.

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/689767/143 "2014-07-01T01:14:08Z")

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Jake Arrieta has a no hitter in progress as we speak (No, i don’t care about jinxes) and he took a perfect game into the 7th. Samardzija’s bargaining position isn’t be helped by this. And my God, I’d love to see the Cubs no hit the Red Sox.

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**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-june/689767/144 "2014-07-01T02:16:33Z")

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Not quite, but one hit in 7 2/3 is nothing to sneeze at. Great outing by Arrieta.  
A no-hitter broken up in the eighth by Stephen Drew–the way the man’s been hitting, that’s a surprise.

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