# MLB: May 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 3, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529 "2018-05-03T18:11:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/101 "2018-05-19T14:48:06Z")
When’s the last time MLB scheduled a true doubleheader, not a day-night split to make up a rainout? Not that I’d want to go to one; at today’s pace it would be like a cricket match. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/102 "2018-05-19T14:52:36Z")
Tampa has one upcoming in June, and it was on the original schedule not even a rain make up. I’m also pretty sure there was a one-admission rain makeup double header earlier this year. I’ll look. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/103 "2018-05-19T15:00:05Z")
I can’t find past info, but here is a list of upcoming DHs in which the listed starting time for the second game is 4 hours or less after the starting time for the first game so I don’t see how they could be split admission: June 5 Chicago Sox at Minnesota July 9 Philadelphia at NY Mets August 16 NY Mets at Philadelphia There are also six scheduled that are double-admission ---
**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:** [May 19, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/104 "2018-05-19T15:11:49Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > When’s the last time MLB scheduled a true doubleheader, not a day-night split to make up a rainout? Not that I’d want to go to one; at today’s pace it would be like a cricket match. Ray’s played one last year. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/105 "2018-05-19T15:57:18Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > …I’ll be participating in one today for the first time. Cool! What position?🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/106 "2018-05-19T20:13:35Z")
Missionary ---
**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:** [May 19, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/107 "2018-05-19T23:09:51Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Cool! > > What position?🙂 _cough_ As I was not needed for Game 1, I rode the pine. 🙂 We had a leisurely dinner down the street between games. Now back for Game 2. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/108 "2018-05-20T01:31:02Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Missionary > [@Asimovian](#): > > I rode the pine. To mini-mod: ok this is just reaching around for lazy prurience now. We can do better.:o Can’t find anywhere on the internet, but the Jays have been doing brisk business selling Pillar jerseys with a red Superman cape attached to the back. Too much off-field shit goin on with the Jays right now: - will Tulo ever play again? (a sardonic question to emphasize my growing frustration with this, well, I won’t say legendary but definitely excellent short stop who also happens to be more delicate than a fucking Ming vase. A whole lotta moola leaking there.) - aforementioned Stroman. My spidey sense tells he’s not coming back this coming week. - Osuna. - Donaldson’s contract situation a big issue going forward, especially if they’re floundering around .500 near the deadline. - some kid down in triple A whom many Jays fans are screaming down Atkins’ throat to bring up. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/109 "2018-05-20T04:38:24Z")
Well, we got home just over twelve hours after we left the house, we got plenty wet during the early portions of the second game, and I got some sort of violation notice, apparently because I failed to move the car out of and back into the parking garage between the first and second games. But, we survived our first day/night doubleheader, and our team came away with two Ws, and that’s what matters. Losing Rich Hill after two friggen pitches in the second game because of blister issues is about all this rotation needs. But it was nice to see the offense show a little life in the 8th and 9th after falling behind. Maybe the Dodgers aren’t _completely_ dead, yet. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/110 "2018-05-20T10:29:21Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > To mini-mod: ok this is just reaching around for lazy prurience now. We can do better.:o > > Can’t find anywhere on the internet, but the Jays have been doing brisk business selling Pillar jerseys with a red Superman cape attached to the back. > > Too much off-field shit goin on with the Jays right now: > > - will Tulo ever play again? (a sardonic question to emphasize my growing frustration with this, well, I won’t say legendary but definitely excellent short stop who also happens to be more delicate than a fucking Ming vase. A whole lotta moola leaking there.) > - aforementioned Stroman. My spidey sense tells he’s not coming back this coming week. > - Osuna. > - Donaldson’s contract situation a big issue going forward, especially if they’re floundering around .500 near the deadline. > - some kid down in triple A whom many Jays fans are screaming down Atkins’ throat to bring up. I’ll see your fragile Tulowitzki and raise you one delicate Ellsbury. If the Blue Jays were doing poorly at the deadline, the logical move would be to trade Donaldson. Voila, now there is a place for Guerrero jr.. But which probable contender needs a third baseman? ---
**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:** [May 20, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/111 "2018-05-20T12:40:44Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > I’ll see your fragile Tulowitzki and raise you one delicate Ellsbury. > > If the Blue Jays were doing poorly at the deadline, the logical move would be to trade Donaldson. Voila, now there is a place for Guerrero jr… But which probable contender needs a third baseman? Difference is the Yankees and Yankee fans just want Ellsbury gone and if he was healthy what the hell would we do with him? The Jays could really use a healthy Tulowitzki. Cashman has plenty of positives in his ledger and some of the mistakes in his time as GM were ordered by George or in at least one case Hank Steinbrenner, but Ellsbury is Cashman’s biggest mistake. It made no sense at the time and was extremely likely to turn into a bad contract. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/112 "2018-05-20T18:32:41Z")
The Rays may have just created a new pitching role: the “Opener”. Sergio Romo, after 588 MLB relief appearances, made his first career start yesterday against the Angels; he pitched one inning, striking out Zack Cozart, Mike Trout, and Justin Upton. He’s scheduled to start today’s game as well. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/113 "2018-05-20T19:15:28Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Difference is the Yankees and Yankee fans just want Ellsbury gone and if he was healthy what the hell would we do with him? The Jays could really use a healthy Tulowitzki. Most teams could. The Jays, though, are such that one wonders if Tulowitzki was healthy and playing the way hr used to if they could use him, or could use him to trade for the future. Honestly, it’s not a very good team and as great as Guererro Jr. looks, they don’t have a lot else in the cupboard. Bichette and Biggio (yes, all their Dads are who you think they are) look good too but there’s not a lot of pitching help or even other quality position players. The Blue Jays’ unwillingness to do anything about Kendrys Morales, who now is unquestionably the worst player in the major leagues, is the biggest data point among many that suggest a degree of organizational paralysis and an inability to figure out what the team’s plan should be, a problem I predicted in the offseason. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/114 "2018-05-20T21:58:55Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > But, we survived our first day/night doubleheader, and our team came away with two Ws, and that’s what matters. Losing Rich Hill after two friggen pitches in the second game because of blister issues is about all this rotation needs. But it was nice to see the offense show a little life in the 8th and 9th after falling behind. Maybe the Dodgers aren’t _completely_ dead, yet. This is what gets me. He’s known he is prone to blisters for years. Why isn’t he spending the off season building up calluses on his fingertips? There are all sorts of ways to do that, and anything would be a plus, because as is he is worthless. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/115 "2018-05-21T01:45:02Z")
Braves release Bautista. Time to retire? > **[Braves release Bautista; Camargo to play third](https://www.mlb.com/news/braves-release-third-baseman-jose-bautista-c277528920)** > > ATLANTA -- Once Saturday afternoon's staff meeting led to the decision to have Johan Camargo serve as the Braves' everyday third baseman, general manager Alex Anthopoulos approached Jose Bautista and came to the agreement it was best to end what... ---
**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:** [May 21, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/116 "2018-05-21T14:43:18Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > This is what gets me. He’s known he is prone to blisters for years. Why isn’t he spending the off season building up calluses on his fingertips? There are all sorts of ways to do that, and anything would be a plus, because as is he is worthless. Yeah, my wife and I spent quite a bit of time discussing (read: yelling at the ballpark, yelling at the TV yesterday) how this continues to be an issue for him. I like the guy, but damn. We were laughing because the Dodgers no-hit the Nats through the fifth inning of that game, I think. We were wondering if Hill would have gotten credit for being part of a combined no-hitter, if it had happened, since he didn’t even complete a plate appearance. Are there official rules for how combined no-hitters are tracked? ---
**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:** [May 21, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/117 "2018-05-21T23:57:54Z")
The Reds just walked THIRTY batters in the four game series against the Cubbies, dropping three of the games. Thirty! Is that some kind of futility record? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/118 "2018-05-22T00:49:21Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > This is what gets me. He’s known he is prone to blisters for years. Why isn’t he spending the off season building up calluses on his fingertips? I am sure this idea has never once occurred to anyone in the major leagues. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/119 "2018-05-22T10:28:41Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I am sure this idea has never once occurred to anyone in the major leagues. My first thought was take up the guitar, but maybe callouses aren’t the greatest idea. Wouldn’t they interfere with the “feel of the ball” and the applying of different amounts of pressure with various fingers? ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2018/813529/120 "2018-05-23T12:28:39Z")
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