I’m still fucking pissed that the Astros didn’t protect Abreu in the expansion draft.
To be fair in this case, the ump was in a poor position to see he was off the bag. Look at the replay and where Welke was.
But that’s precisely why the crew should have gotten together and fixed the call.
Giants lose one of their best two hitters to injury in an extra inning 1 run loss at home to the Marlins in May.
For the second straight year.
Maybe just forfeit those series from now on?
Maybe it will come back as good karma for the Dodgers when it counts. It’s still early in the season.
<crosses fingers>
Here in Yankeeland, I find myself wondering would happen if George Steinbrenner was still running the show. He’d probably fire the pitching coach, somehow ignoring the excellent bullpen. The starter situation sure has been disappointing.
On the bright side, Don Mattingly is one of my all-time favorite players so I’m enjoying the Dodger’s sucess. Also the local team, the Nationals, have an exciting team.
Can anyone tell me why Marmol wasn’t credited with a Blown Save today? If he had closed out the game, he’d be credited with a save.
Looking over the box score, is it possible that Marmol wasn’t on the mound when the tying run crossed the plate? Even though the run was charged to him, perhaps he wasn’t the one that gave it up.
ETA: the play-by-play shows that’s exactly what happened. When Marmol left the game, it was still 3-2 Cubs. He was responsible for the last runner to score, but he wasn’t the one who let him cross the plate.
Do the Nationals have the greatest collection of outfield arms ever assembled? Bryce Harper had two perfect throws in consecutive days this week, and everyone knows what a cannon Rick Ankiel has. Jason Werth is no slouch, either.
To follow up on what Asimovian said, the blown save rule has a weird thing to it; the pitcher who blows the save is the pitcher on the mound when the tying run scored, which is not necessarily the pitcher who is charged with ALLOWING that run.
Texas’s two losses in Toronto this week were the first time in *two months *of regular season play they’d lost two games in a row.
(Of course, they rather famously lost two straight in the World Series.)
Still, that’s a hell of a couple of months.
Kipnis!
The Indians are deadly with 2 outs.
I was pretty happy to see the Orioles take the series against the Yankees over the last few days. Orioles starting pitching and the bullpen have been surprisingly strong all year, but i never would have expected them to allow the Yankees to score only three runs over a three-game series.
Apparently Mariano Rivera strained his knee today during practice. Not clear yet how serious it is, although he’s apparently going for an MRI.
Lillian Musial, wife of Stan “The Man” Musial, passed away today. They were married for 72 years this month.
I’m worried that this, combined with Stan’s advanced age, is going to be enough to, well, I’m not going to say it but you probably know what I’m getting at. It will be the saddest day in STL baseball history.
Update: Apparently it’s a torn ACL.
There must be a chance that this will end his career, i guess. If it does, that would be a really shitty way for an awesome player to finish up.
I think this is a career ender. But what an awesome career it was, especially since he throws the same pitch most of the time. The only question is does he go to Cooperstown in 2017 or 2018.
Yeah, at that age I imagine the rehab it will take to come back would require a lot of desire from a guy whose place in baseball history is secure. On the other hand, it wouldn’t shock me to see him try it.
ETA: and if it is the end, it will at least be fitting that it was his knee that gave out. His arm never did.
This is pretty shocking. Just shagging fly balls in center. I’ve already heard he could probably come back from this if he wants to. My gut feeling is that if Robertson steps up and does a good job closing, Mo will retire. But if it looks like the Yanks need him, he would try coming back.
The bullpen was suppose to be a big strength this year but with the anchor gone this could really hurt, especially as Joba is already gone. This might increase the chance of Hughes going to the bullpen depending of course on Andy’s continued progress and how Phelps & Hughes pitch their next start or two.
I just got an email from the Dodgers that we’ve signed Bobby Abreu to a one-year contract. So…that’s something.
Well that’s not too bad. I was expecting 2 years 6 million with a player option for year three. You know, the usual deal for players who were awesome in 2006.
This team would have kicked all kinds of 2006 ass.