2024 Baseball Season

[+ WilliamM]

10 hours ago, samhexum said:

Grew up a Yankee fan in Massachusetts

Why is that important to this discussion?

[samhexum]

On 5/30/2024 at 5:36 PM, samhexum said:

Giancarlo Stanton's secret romance revealed

no, it's not me

Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton breaks up with girlfriend days after romance is revealed

it's because he really wants to be with me.

[+ WilliamM]

On 7/8/2024 at 1:33 PM, samhexum said:

Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton breaks up with girlfriend days after romance is revealed

it's because he really wants to be with me.

Not sure what this has to do with baseball 

[+ Lucky]

It's my belief that Stanton is gay.

[samhexum]

Blue Jays Place Kevin Kiermaier On Waivers

The Blue Jays have placed outfielder Kevin Kiermaier on waivers, reports Joel Sherman of The New York Post. The goal is seemingly to have another team claim him and take on the remainder of his salary. Kiermaier is still on the 40-man roster and can continue playing for the Jays while on waivers. In fact, he was playing in today’s game against the Giants as this report came out. If he clears waivers, the Jays can outright him or release him but keeping him on the roster would also be an option.

[samhexum]

Mason Miller has already thrown 286 pitches this season at 100 mph or faster.

That’s more pitches at 100-plus, in three months, than Gerrit Cole, Tyler Glasnow, Shohei Ohtani and Spencer Strider have combined in their whole careers (280). And that’s out of nearly 50,000 total pitches for those four.

[+ WilliamM]

Isn't Otai also a hitter 

[samhexum]

5 hours ago, WilliamM said:

Isn't Otai also a hitter 

Last week, Ohtani became the the third player with a home run, triple, walk, hit by pitch and stolen base in a game.

The last player to do it was the Brewers’ Christian Yelich on June 1, 2019, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The first was Bert Daniels of the New York Highlanders against the Chicago White Sox on July 8, 1910.

If he'd been hit by a pitch today, he'd have done it for the 2nd time in a week, although today's walk was intentional.

[samhexum]

Rece Hinds of the Reds homered his first time up today.

That means that he has started his career 10-20 with a walk, 2 singles, 3 doubles, a triple, and 4 homers (including a grand slam for his first hit).

I'm assuming the fans like him so far.

Plate appearance 22 was a HBP.  Plate appearance 23 was a HR.

.524/

.565/

1.476

The bum struck out his last time up.

Edited July 13, 2024 by samhexum
for absolutely NO @%!*ING reason at all!

[+ WilliamM]

Looking forward to the All Star Game 

I hope they mentioned the great Willie Mays 

[BuffaloKyle]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought the national anthem before the home run derby was the worst rendition I ever heard, yikes!

Ingrid Andress' Disastrous National Anthem Performance Dubbed 'Worst Ever' - Country Now

COUNTRYNOW.COM

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Andress' off-key rendition of the national anthem at the 2024 Home Run Derby left players laughing and fans outraged.

 

[samhexum]

14 hours ago, BuffaloKyle said:

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought the national anthem before the home run derby was the worst rendition I ever heard, yikes!

She was drunk.  She checked into rehab.

 

[+ WilliamM]

On 7/16/2024 at 2:41 PM, samhexum said:

She was drunk.  She checked i

 

Instead of thinking the worst, why not wish her well in her struggle 

[samhexum]

2 minutes ago, WilliamM said:

Instead of thinking the worst, why not wish her well in her struggle 

I wasn't thinking the worst; I was stating the facts.

[+ WilliamM]

21 hours ago, samhexum said:

I wasn't thinking the worst; I was stating the facts.

Stating the facts?  Can be extremely cruel 

[+ WilliamM]

The Caedinal two old men hit home runs last night and the Cardinals lost at home 

Goldie  and their third baseman 

[samhexum]

8 hours ago, WilliamM said:

The Caedinal two old men hit home runs last night and the Cardinals lost at home 

Goldie  and their third baseman 

The 2 Irishmen vying for the NL HR crown both homered today...

O'htani hit his 32nd & O'zuna hit his 30th.

[samhexum]

NOW A YANKEE

[viewing ownly]

I stopped by to see of any mention of only the 2nd no-hitter thrown by a San Diego Padre in over 50 years of existence at the pro level, but instead got to see a photo of a pumpkin throwing up. 

In other pointless baseball news, the 3 players identified with the largest bats below the belt when the uniforms in the Spring were rather see-through are still with their respective ball clubs before the trade deadline. It's important to hold on to big talent. 😀

[samhexum]

1 hour ago, viewing ownly said:

I stopped by to see of any mention of only the 2nd no-hitter thrown by a San Diego Padre in over 50 years of existence at the pro level, but instead got to see a photo of a pumpkin throwing up. 

you're welcome!

 

[samhexum]

The Yankees signed 30-year-old Brett Phillips, an excellent defensive outfielder who is incredibly fast and an excellent base Runner, and can't hit for his life…

Which is why they signed him as a pitcher after he hit 97 in a semi pro game yesterday.

[samhexum]

On 7/27/2024 at 8:27 PM, samhexum said:

The 2 Irishmen vying for the NL HR crown both homered today...

O'htani hit his 32nd & O'zuna hit his 30th.

The amazing Irishman from Japan has been on a stolen base binge lately and is up to 28 of 32, after having middling percentages whilst with the Angels.

He's now on pace for a 40/40 season.  

 

[+ WilliamM]

On 7/27/2024 at 8:27 PM, samhexum said:

The 2 Irishmen vying for the NL HR crown both homered today...

O'htani hit his 32nd & O'zuna hit his 30th.

Irishmen?

 

Is that a silly joke?

[samhexum]

15 minutes ago, WilliamM said:

Is that a silly joke?

of course

[samhexum]

Thanks to a scheduling wrinkle that the league is trying out for the first time, Major League Baseball announced on Thursday that the World Series could begin three days earlier than scheduled, with a change in the start date dependent on the results of both league championship series in the previous round. The adjustment would eliminate a potential break in the action — long the bane of teams trying to stay sharp in the postseason — if the pennants from each league are decided in short series. 

It is scheduled to start on Oct. 25 and could stretch to Nov. 2 in case a Game 7 is needed. However, Game 1 of the Fall Classic could instead be moved up to Oct. 22 instead if both the American League and National League championship series conclude no later than Oct. 19.

Barring rainouts during the championship series this fall, that means both seven-game series would need to be wrapped in five games, a statistical rarity since the the current format went into effect in 1985. Since then, there have been only five instances of both league championship series being wrapped up in five games or less: 1989, 2001, 2002, 2014 and 2022, when the Phillies and Astros waited four days to start the World Series after having won the pennant.

 

 

Edited August 1, 2024 by samhexum
to ensure maximum delight for the reader!