# 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:** 5
**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 16, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/81 "2023-05-16T02:15:11Z")
Angel is/was a terrible ump. Inconsistent as hell. Every fan wondered how he kept his job. ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/82 "2023-05-16T02:58:52Z")
The tweets are being kind. Angel embarrassed himself so often. ---
**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 16, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/83 "2023-05-16T16:27:32Z")
We’re about a quarter of the way through the season, and I think we’re starting to see some effects from the pitch clock. The most earned runs allowed by a pitcher this season is 39. The most home runs allowed by a pitcher this season is 14. The most walks by a pitcher this season is 40. I’ll leave it as an exercise to the reader to discover what these pitchers have in common… ---
**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:** [May 16, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/84 "2023-05-16T21:46:13Z")
> [@Hawkeyeop](#): > > I think that is the usual reaction to adding safety equipment to an activity populated by mainly men in their 20’s. I don’t think you cn change it without making it a rule or some worse tragedy. Batting helmets are mandatory. There’s good reason to have a similar rule for pitchers. It’ll probably take a catastrophic injury or death to make that happen, unfortunately. Grotesque mouth/dental injuries in ice hockey haven’t yet resulted in mandatory full face masks for players. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/85 "2023-05-17T01:00:37Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > The tweets are being kind. Angel embarrassed himself so often. There are worse umpires in terms of getting calls wrong, like Laz Diaz and Jeff Nelson. In 2022, in terms of ball/strike accuracy, he not only wasn’t worst, he wasn’t even on the first PAGE of bad umps on Umpire Scorecards. Hernandez, however, adds on a confrontational arrogance that his competence doesn’t merit. He famously, when the field umpires were the ones who reviewed home run calls, refused to reverse a home run call that had OBVIOUSLY been blown, so much so the league admitted it. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/86 "2023-05-17T01:03:37Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > It’ll probably take a catastrophic injury or death to make that happen, unfortunately. Sadly, you are right. Someone is going to get killed. Then they’ll do something. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/87 "2023-05-17T13:31:36Z")
Another great baseball quote, this time from Jarren Duran, whose two hits last night helped the Red Sox beat the Mariners, 9-4. “I really want to take a step back and just keep moving forward.” Um, OK. ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/88 "2023-05-17T13:35:11Z")
I think that actually qualifies as a Yogi-ism. ---
**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 17, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/89 "2023-05-17T13:49:39Z")
He was doing the moon walk. ---
**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 17, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/90 "2023-05-17T15:10:45Z")
[The Giants are making a respectful uniform change.](https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/the-giants-announce-a-respectful-uniform-change/ar-AA1bhrEy?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=64ab097a78bf45f5a135e4cc36b3950e&ei=14) ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/91 "2023-05-18T04:49:15Z")
Re: Tropicana - that part of the Strip (as is most of the Strip) is in the unincorporated municipality of Paradise - not in Las Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/92 "2023-05-18T13:04:25Z")
Well, yeah, I know all that stuff is in Paradise; no one calls it that in conversation, though. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/93 "2023-05-18T13:25:31Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > We’re about a quarter of the way through the season, and I think we’re starting to see some effects from the pitch clock. Like it turns out that batting gloves still work just fine without being re-adjusted every 5 seconds. I don’t know what Nomar Garciaparra would do these days. He’d have to retire. ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/94 "2023-05-18T14:36:30Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Like it turns out that batting gloves still work just fine without being re-adjusted every 5 seconds. I absolutely love this effect on the game. But there has been a massive spike in pitcher arm injuries so far, and I worry that it’s because of the clock. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/95 "2023-05-18T14:43:38Z")
Has there been a statistical increase in pitcher injuries in 2023? And how would that correlate to having less time to fidget, shake off signs and stomp around the mound, when the same number of pitches are being thrown? Comparisons with prior eras are difficult, but were injuries to pitchers and other players far more commonplace back in the Pleistocene epoch when games often went 2 hours or less? ---
**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 18, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/96 "2023-05-18T15:00:25Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Has there been a statistical increase in pitcher injuries in 2023? There aren’t a ton of numbers yet, but April saw 180 IL stints for pitchers, up from 143 last April. > [@Jackmannii](#): > > And how would that correlate to having less time to fidget, shake off signs and stomp around the mound, when the same number of pitches are being thrown? Recovery time is the key. Go do any repeated activity with 20 seconds between each rep. Then do that same activity with 60 seconds between. Which is more painful? Which is harder to recover from? ---
**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:** [May 18, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/97 "2023-05-18T15:17:05Z")
Could be. But I’d want to see evidence that recovery time is of physiologic significance in that particular setting as opposed to, say, time between starts. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/98 "2023-05-18T15:21:06Z")
Fatigue often leads to injury because fatigue often leads to poor mechanics. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/99 "2023-05-18T16:13:52Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > There aren’t a ton of numbers yet, but April saw 180 IL stints for pitchers, up from 143 last April. April 2022 also had the late start due to the labor dispute, that could factor in as well. ---
**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 18, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431/100 "2023-05-18T16:21:11Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > April 2022 also had the late start due to the labor dispute, that could factor in as well That’s an excellent point. The 2022 season didn’t start until April 7. Still, however, it appears that the number of injured pitchers is up from last season. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may-2023/983431.md?page=6)