# MLB: May 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [May 1, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431 "2023-05-01T20:10:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 9, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/21 "2023-05-09T21:23:56Z")
About that move the A’s are making to Las Vegas: > **[A’s pivot to new site for Vegas baseball stadium, lowering public funding...](https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/as-pivot-to-new-site-for-vegas-baseball-stadium-lowering-public-funding-request)** > > The Oakland A's and Bally's Corp. have agreed to a deal in which the team's $1.5 billion ballpark would be built on the site of the Tropicana Las Vegas. Forget “close to the Strip.” Now it’s “ **on** the Strip.” ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/22 "2023-05-09T21:35:14Z")
I’d been thinking the Tropicana site as I don’t think the Trop has had any major updates in over ten years and probably much longer than that. But, I’m sure adding ballpark traffic to the Strip will be fun. ---
**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 9, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/23 "2023-05-09T21:38:09Z")
It looks like the plan is for Bally’s to build a new 1500 room hotel/casino “across from the ballpark.” That will take care of a lot of the visitors. Notice the new site is easy to get to by tram/monorail, which should also cut down on the traffic a bit. Of course, if the A’s play in Vegas as well as they play in Oakland, traffic won’t be a problem! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/24 "2023-05-10T03:57:24Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > in a move that I said was going to be inevitable : This article seems very… er, speculative. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/25 "2023-05-10T03:57:57Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Forget “close to the Strip.” Now it’s “ **on** the Strip.” It’s starting to feel like “possibly not in Las Vegas at all.” What a fiasco. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/26 "2023-05-10T12:23:53Z")
Ball players can be a superstitious lot. Mookie Betts doesn’t want to stay at a ‘haunted’ hotel. > **[Why Mookie Betts refuses to stay in 'haunted' team hotel on Dodgers' trip to...](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/mookie-betts-dodgers-haunted-hotel-milwaukee/s0ipzdwayxc5275t3bgvcqh2)** > > Dodgers OF Mookie Betts won't be with the rest of his team during their stay in a Milwaukee hotel, and his reasoning in fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/27 "2023-05-10T13:57:48Z")
And now the odd case of the Chicago White Sox. They got off to a terrible start at 7-20 and actually lost ten games in a row. They set or flirted with several records of April futility and looked like the fire sale should start NOW and not in August. Thing is, 7 of their first 17 games were against the Rays, a team that set or flirted with several records of MLB April success, so the look was skewed. Since they mercifully finished with the Rays, they have been 6 - 4 and are only 6.5 games behind a Twins team that is a meager 2 games over .500. During the debacle, I did some research on the teams with the worst April records in MLB history, and there was one common thread. They were awful the whole season, not just in April. The Sox, however, have a chance to come back and win the division. That would be quite something. We shall see as we move forward. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/28 "2023-05-10T15:54:38Z")
Scherzer scratched yesterday. This really doesn’t look good for him. The Nats may be stuck with Corbin and Strasburg, but they did avoid a long term deal with Scherzer so let him be stuck with the Mets and their problem. > **[Mets pitcher Max Scherzer scratched from Tuesday's start due to neck spasms](https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/mets-pitcher-max-scherzer-scratched-from-tuesdays-start-due-to-neck-spasms-192152593.html)** > > Max Scherzer was looking to rebound after giving up six runs in his previous start. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/29 "2023-05-10T17:19:52Z")
The Mets are spending $350 million or whatever it is and they look really bad. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/30 "2023-05-11T02:28:03Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > The Sox, however, have a chance to come back and win the division. Well, they’ve lost 2 of 3 to the Royals with a game left in the series. And KC is absolutely pathetic. ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/31 "2023-05-11T14:14:29Z")
Has Oakland been mathematically eliminated yet? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/32 "2023-05-11T17:18:16Z")
Nope, just emotionally eliminated. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/33 "2023-05-11T17:24:08Z")
One could say that about the fan base, too. ☹ ---
**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 11, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/34 "2023-05-11T17:54:51Z")
Both of them? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/35 "2023-05-11T19:01:30Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > And KC is absolutely pathetic. Hey now - they have the highest OBP _and_ SLG in the AL Central! And their run differential is better than the 19-19 Marlins. It’s a weird team that only scores runs in bunches. Once they get some pitching, they could be almost decent. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/36 "2023-05-11T20:01:03Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Once they get some pitching, they could be almost decent. Will that be anytime this decade? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/37 "2023-05-11T20:15:56Z")
Decade’s almost over, Railer. Whaddya want here?! ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/38 "2023-05-11T23:05:59Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Whaddya want here?! Hey, they just took 3 of 4 from the ChiSox. They won today on a walk-off bunt. They’re on a major roll! ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/39 "2023-05-12T13:50:35Z")
I thought this was satire at first, but you can actually buy bird bath seats for the Orioles and volunteer to get wet? > **[Bird Bath Splash Zone | Baltimore Orioles](https://www.mlb.com/orioles/tickets/bird-bath)** > > Join the Bird Bath in Section 86 Meanwhile I’m a bit grumpy looking at the forecast of intermittent showers for my first time at the all you can eat section for the White Sox tonight. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/40 "2023-05-13T02:17:49Z")
Chris Bassitt just shut out the Atlanta Braves. I couldn’t even remember the last time I saw a Blue Jays pitcher throw a shutout. Apparently Hyun-Jin Ryu did it in 2021, but I don’t remember that. It feels damn near as rare as a no hitter these days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431.md?page=3)