MLB May 2024

The Game Room
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Guardians fans are going nuts for them, myself included. Waiting for the hats to go on sale.

They looked friggin’ awesome on the field Friday.

In other Guardians news, we continue to be at the top of the ALCD. Gotta get those pesky Royals to push themselves further away from us. In true Cleveland fashion we lost 3/4 from the uber-shitty White Sox.

Our best hitter is out with some muscle issues but we rolled over the Twins 2 games in a row. Almost beat them 11-0 today but they put in our Pitcher You Can Put Out There When You’re Up 11-0 and he gave up 2 in the 9th.

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And still my first reaction whenever someone mentions the Guardians is “Guardians? What sport is that? Soccer, or… Oh. Yeah.”

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Takes me a second also most of the time.

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They should have been the Spiders.

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4/4 with 2 HR, 3 RBI and a walk.

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Gunnar Henderson hit his 15th home run on the season today. It’s not like he’s beating up on weak teams, either. You can’t pitch to the guy right now.

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The A’s are now playing like the team we all know they are, having dropped 8 in a row as of today’s game.

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You’ll know once we come through your town.

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I tuned in briefly to the Os game the other night, because I was keeping an eye on a fantasy team with E. Diaz as one of my closers, and I needed a save. Gunnar came to bat down 2, and I just knew he was going to crank one out. Diaz is a lights out closer, but he’s been pretty off the last couple weeks. Sure enough - Gunnar hit one out. Diaz locked down the save, but he’s since been put on “probation” (his manager has said his role is now “more fluid”, which is bullpen for “get your shit together”).

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And Kyle Tucker hits out two against the Brewers to keep pace. That dude is unpitchable too.

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Tonight Rafael Devers set a Red Sox record by homering in 6 consecutive games. The MLB record is 8 games held by 3 players (Ken Griffey, Don Mattingly, and Dale Long).

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Yanks blow a 3 run ninth inning lead thanks to Boone’s robotic managing. This is ninth inning…must bring in closer…previous reliever pitched 2/3 of inning no hits no walks one strikeout…doesn’t matter…must still bring in closer…must bring in closer…

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I really like the people here who are Yankee fans, but I really really don’t like the Yankees. So, it’s with mixed emotions I gloat. (also, I am worried about the next two games, so, it’s probably coming back to haunt me). That was a tough game to watch for 8 innings. I actually turned it off after 6. I kept checking the score though, just in case. No one was more surprised that the Mariners pulled it off.

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Why wouldn’t you have the closer with the 0.00 ERA pitch the ninth? Sometimes shit goes sideways.

The most impressive part of the inning was Seattle’s closer, Andres Munoz. Filthy stuff.

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Seattle’s pitching overall is dominant. If they could also hit they’d be unstoppable.

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Personally, if someone is lights out in the 8th I’m going to keep with him in the 9th. Generally, a 3 run lead is pretty safe so really shouldn’t be wasting your closer in such a situation.

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That isn’t Boone though, that is modern baseball and has been pretty SOP for going on almost 30 years now. Not that I particularly like Boone. But blaming him for the normal seems a little non-sensible.

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Good points- Boone is no different than most. Perhaps my criticism is better aimed at your generic modern manager. The same guys that gave us the shift and nearly ruined baseball by turning it into home run or nothing for a couple years.

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Agreed.

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I’d place the blame on Glayber Torres, who probably should have thrown to 2nd. Either way, you put your best pitcher in when the heart of the order is up in the 9th inning. Both Earl Weaver and Joe Madden would have put Holmes in there.