# MLB: May **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 1, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202 "2013-05-01T13:56:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/61 "2013-05-08T16:43:13Z")
RickJay: > [@](#): > > Well, I’m less worried about whether the Jays win tonight and more just prepared to be relieved that J.A. Happ doesn’t die. Amen. This puts a slightly sick spin, though, on your referring to the team as the “hapless Blue Jays” on the prior page. ---
**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 8, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/62 "2013-05-08T17:32:02Z")
> [@MentalGuy](#): > > Watching the Reds can be quite the roller coaster of emotion. Two and a half hours of frustration with Dusty batting Zach Cozart second in the lineup and Corky Miller anywhere in the lineup. Then with two outs in the 9th, Devin Mesoraco hits a pinch hit home run to tie the game off Craig Kimbrel, and Shin-Soo Choo follows that with his second home run of the game to win it. > > Reds fans would love the team to extend Choo’s contract, but he is quickly making himself unaffordable. The things that were nice about the way that game ended was that a) Mesoroco is a backup catcher not really known for his offensive prowess, b) the Reds offense had been practically silent all night and c) it was on a 2-out, 3-2 pitch in the bottom of the ninth. I was about to go to bed as I assumed it would then go into extra innings, but Choo crushed the first pitch of the next at bat and ended the game. That was pretty sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/63 "2013-05-08T18:02:51Z")
Happ has been released from the hospital. It sounds like he didn’t suffer any fractures or brain injury like McCarthy did. ---
**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 8, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/64 "2013-05-08T19:58:28Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > ESPN says Happ was reported to be in stable condition last night, and that the Jays say he should be released from the hospital today. I didn’t see this last night but that’s a scary hit. They really need to move their asses on this headgear for pitchers issue. I hadn’t heard of [pitcher headgear](http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-baseball/21415001/mlb-takes-next-step-toward-pitcher-headgear) before. At first I envisioned pitchers wearing amateur-style boxing headgear, which would have been weird. The caps with padded inserts don’t look too cumbersome. ---
**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 9, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/65 "2013-05-09T01:00:12Z")
Oddly it seems to be the union holding up the implementation of the protective headgear. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/66 "2013-05-09T01:57:38Z")
Jordan Zimmermann is pitching a great game tonight. ---
**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 9, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/67 "2013-05-09T12:09:39Z")
Goddamn the Reds are in an offensive slurry. Jay Bruce fucking sucks. Zach Cozart fucking sucks. Todd Frazier is slumping badly. Votto is just seeming to get going. Left field is a black hole of bad hitting (although this Lutz cat seems to be doing okay…for now) We complained for the last few years, us Reds fans, about not having a good leadoff hitter. “If we could only get the leadoff guy on base, we’d score so many more runs!” we said. Well fuck me if Shin Soo Choo isn’t a fucking badass motherfucker. Problem is, he gets himself on base every damn game but nobody can bring his Big League Choo ass around! Argh. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/68 "2013-05-09T15:11:48Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > I hadn’t heard of [pitcher headgear](http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-baseball/21415001/mlb-takes-next-step-toward-pitcher-headgear) before. At first I envisioned pitchers wearing amateur-style boxing headgear, which would have been weird. The caps with padded inserts don’t look too cumbersome. > [@What\_Exit](#): > > Oddly it seems to be the union holding up the implementation of the protective headgear. The union isn’t holding things up. The holdup is the lack of an option that would be light enough and would really work. Brandon McCarthy has been particularly emphatic about this. For example cap inserts might be a good idea, but they wouldn’t have done anything for him or for Happ. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/69 "2013-05-09T18:55:04Z")
On the metro headed to Nats v Tigers. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/70 "2013-05-09T19:13:11Z")
Cubs were cheated by an unfair interference call 😕 ---
**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 10, 2013, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/71 "2013-05-10T06:48:38Z")
The Yankees are in first place…how did that happen? This has to be the most intriguing Yankee team in decades. You never know what the patchwork offense is going to do, if anything at all. ---
**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 10, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/72 "2013-05-10T14:10:39Z")
Finally…a day when the Dodgers don’t lose a game. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/73 "2013-05-10T14:47:12Z")
Who’s more disappointing so far, the Blue Jays, the Angels or the Dodgers? ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/74 "2013-05-10T19:10:01Z")
So the umpires are much in the news: –First, a game-tying homer by an Oakland A in Cleveland which was mistakenly ruled a double–and the call was not overturned even though the umps went and watched the replays. –Second, the Astros were allowed to put one pitcher in the game and then remove him before he faced any batters (actually, before he completed his warmup pitches). The bigger issue “out there in media-land” right now seems to be the Oakland affair, which I guess is reasonable considering that they lost the game and that there was a wealth of evidence that the ball was absolutely a home run. But I find myself shaking my head much more at the Houston situation, even though the Astros wound up losing. I can understand, sort of, missing a judgment call–it happens–and maybe they didn’t watch all the angles they should’ve on the replay. But not to know the rule about replacing pitchers–that boggles my mind. especially since the Angels’ manager pointed it out to them. And especially because **I** have known this rule since I was about eleven! Epic fail, I’d say, epic fail. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/75 "2013-05-10T19:42:42Z")
These replacement umps suck. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/76 "2013-05-10T21:33:06Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > They really need to move their asses on this headgear for pitchers issue. > [@Marley23](#): > > The union isn’t holding things up. The holdup is the lack of an option that would be light enough and would really work. So who are you calling on to move asses, then? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/77 "2013-05-10T21:36:36Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > So who are you calling on to move asses, then? The people working on the headgear. And if there’s anything MLB can do to speed it up, it should do that. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/78 "2013-05-10T22:37:49Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > But not to know the rule about replacing pitchers–that boggles my mind. especially since the Angels’ manager pointed it out to them. And especially because **I** have known this rule since I was about eleven! Epic fail, I’d say, epic fail. [MLB agress and suspends the home plate ump for 2 games.](http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/9262019/fieldin-culbreth-suspended-2-games-pitching-change-rule-misapplied-los-angeles-angels-houston-astros-game) The base umps were all fined. ---
**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 10, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/79 "2013-05-10T22:51:49Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > The Yankees are in first place…how did that happen? > > This has to be the most intriguing Yankee team in decades. You never know what the patchwork offense is going to do, if anything at all. It is a wild ride and now Granderson is close to coming back. Also Nunez is available tonight. So the help is finally getting close. > [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Who’s more disappointing so far, the Blue Jays, the Angels or the Dodgers? Probably the \*\*Angels \*\*as their fans have got to feel like the Pujols deal is going to end up looking worse than A-Rods and he is already under performing early in the contract. [Albert Pujols](http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/3165/albert-pujols)[First Baseman](http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/3165/albert-pujols)12/8/2011: Signed a 10-year, $250 million contract. The deal includes a full no-trade clause, a 10-year personal services contract and incentives based on performance. 2012: $12 million, 2013: $16 million, 2014: $23 million, 2015: $24 million, 2016: $25 million, 2017: $26 million, 2018: $27 million, 2019: $28 million, 2020: $29 million, 2021: $30 million, 2022: Free Agent ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202/80 "2013-05-11T01:21:43Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Who’s more disappointing so far, the Blue Jays, the Angels or the Dodgers? All thee teams have been so bad, how can you choose? As to the Astros pitching thing… I am quite honestly stunned. I don’t understand, at all, how that could happen. I know the rule, you all know the rule, everyone knows the rule, and even if you don’t know the rule, it’s common fucking sense. These umps have been in how many games, and this happens, and none of them thought “hey, you know what? I’ve never seen anyone be allowed to do this before. I’ve seen like a million guys pinch hit to face a new pitcher and I’ve never seen another pitcher be brought in right away. Maybe there’s a reason for that.” How can four MAJOR LEAGUE UMPIRES all forget that rule all at the same time? Would it have killed the crew chief to carry a rulebook with him? Mabe have a quick look at it? Jesus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-may/657202.md?page=5)