MLB 2022 Season

Chairman_Mao wrote:

Imagine what Yankees fans would have done if the um psn made those sh*tty calls against the Yanks in Yankee stadium...

*nods in Blue Jays fan*

That was an atrocious miss.

Blue Jays weren't winning anyway considering their offense has deserted them.

Mets have been very un-Mets-like so far this season.

Down 6 heading into the 9th? No problem.

Roke wrote:

Mets have been very un-Mets-like so far this season.

Down 6 heading into the 9th? No problem.

Maybe, but they were facing a Phils team that's most definitely playing very Phils-like. They finally improved their pen but still no lead is safe.

The wife has been watching Shohei highlight videos, and she's been enjoying how the announcers sprinkle in more and more random Japanese phrases.

One of them has been working in "sugoi!" here and there, and his pronunciation has actually come a long way since the season started.

The Damn Yankees are pretty good.

Roke wrote:

The Damn Yankees are pretty good.

Both those games are infuriating since the Jays gave up two 3 run home runs that were regular fly balls in every other park. Then the Jays hit two of their own 3 run shots that would be home runs in over 50% of the fields.

Even with that, the Jays need to find their bats. A bunch of meaningless individual hits spray around with may be a sac fly to finally drive someone home. Matt Chapman has turned from a pumpkin into some sort of fetid rotten mess, Teoscar hasn't found his timing yet, Kirk can only hit infield singles, Vladdy and Lourdes are no longer threats with men on, and Springer has had a bit of a power outtage after the first inning. At least Bo has come around and Espinal has been the most consistent player on the team.

Vector wrote:
Roke wrote:

The Damn Yankees are pretty good.

Even with that, the Jays need to find their bats. A bunch of meaningless individual hits spray around with may be a sac fly to finally drive someone home. Matt Chapman has turned from a pumpkin into some sort of fetid rotten mess, Teoscar hasn't found his timing yet, Kirk can only hit infield singles, Vladdy and Lourdes are no longer threats with men on, and Springer has had a bit of a power outtage after the first inning. At least Bo has come around and Espinal has been the most consistent player on the team.

Yeah, the bats have been concerning.

I guess I can't say I wasn't warned by goodjers about Chapman. At least the glove is pretty nice.

Astros have won 10 straight to go from an 11-11 record to first place in the AL West!

Bang the Trash Can in celebration!

UpToIsomorphism wrote:

Bang the Trash Can in celebration!

I can't. We got rid of them all. Had a big trash can burning in Houston to purge our sin.

Prederick wrote:

Hey! Remember last year, when the Cubs played the Pirates?

The Pirates are quickly becoming my second favorite team, as they appear to refuse to play normal baseball.

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Teams to be no-hit and still win, MLB history (since 1919):

Dodgers - 2008
Indians - 1992
White Sox - 1990
Tigers - 1967
Reds - 1964

And today makes 6

Even worse for Cincinnati, it is technically not a no-hitter because the Pirates only batted eight times.

He threw 118 pitches, the most by any pitcher in the majors this year

Game's changed SO much. Look how many times Alex Fernandez beat that number in 1996 alone.

Do you remember Alex Fernandez? Me neither, which is my point. Some ChiSox pitcher I've never heard of in 1996 was easily averaging 100+ pitches a game. Now, 118 is the season-high.

I'm not saying it's better or worse. Just... game's changed.

Prederick wrote:
He threw 118 pitches, the most by any pitcher in the majors this year

Game's changed SO much. Look how many times Alex Fernandez beat that number in 1996 alone.

Do you remember Alex Fernandez? Me neither, which is my point. Some ChiSox pitcher I've never heard of in 1996 was easily averaging 100+ pitches a game. Now, 118 is the season-high.

I'm not saying it's better or worse. Just... game's changed.

According to this chart pitchers are on average throwing harder. Data only goes back to the beginning of the millennium, but I assume we'd see a similar trend continue maybe a bit more gradually the further you go back.

In 1989, at age 42, Nolan Ryan averaged 127 pitches a game with a high of 164, which came five days after he threw 150.

This was really interesting in the best sort of 'baseball nerdery'-way.

Also - Pujols pitching an inning was gold.

Hrdina wrote:

Even worse for Cincinnati, it is technically not a no-hitter because the Pirates only batted eight times.

This is a silly rule. If a "full" game was played and you didn't let the other team get a hit, you should get to call it a no-hitter. I recognize that it's a booby prize in this case anyway, since they lost, but still.

The only way it could happen is if you lose, on the road.

If you're tied the other team bats the 9th. If you're winning at home you already pitched top 9. If you're winning on the road they get to bat so you pitch the 9th.

I feel worse for the guys who throw a no-hitter through 9 but lose it in extra innings.

Hrdina wrote:

I feel worse for the guys who throw a no-hitter through 9 but lose it in extra innings.

honestly, the more I think about that game, the more enamored of it I'm becoming.

Like, it's a perfect monument to failure. You prevented the other team from registering a single hit, somehow managed to lose anyway, and won't even get credit for the no-no because you were on the road!

It's the Mona Lisa of "we're hilariously bad."

Prederick wrote:
Hrdina wrote:

I feel worse for the guys who throw a no-hitter through 9 but lose it in extra innings.

honestly, the more I think about that game, the more enamored of it I'm becoming.

Like, it's a perfect monument to failure. You prevented the other team from registering a single hit, somehow managed to lose anyway, and won't even get credit for the no-no because you were on the road!

It's the Mona Lisa of "we're hilariously bad."

On top of that, the poor guy (Hunter Greene) came into that game with a 1-5 record, threw possibly the best game of his career, and you know the result.

It's barely been 48 hours, and I would read a verbal history of that game. I would watch a 3-hour docuseries. I would buy an NFT of it.

EDIT: And against the Pirates no less! The freaking Bad News Bears of baseball! They've had FOUR winning seasons since NINETEEN NINETY-THREE!

EDIT v2: Also, the story behind the time the Yankees had a no-hitter and lost 4-0... after reading it, the pitcher should've been legally allowed to beat his teammates with a pool cue.

Max Scherzer yanks himself out of a start. Wonder if this is karma for his preventing the Japanese ambassador to the US on Japanese Heritage Night from throwing out the first pitch.

I am a Yankees fan, and while I appreciate what they're doing with their social media tonight, this one deserves an "but... ummm......"

Could be worse; you could be a fan of Texas professional sports and get nothing.

So apparently Tommy Pham of the Reds slapped Joc Pederson of the Giants on the face during BP over a... fantasy football dispute.

@robneyer wrote:

Not so long ago the @Royals played in two straight World Series. I still maintain that’s one of the weirdest things ever. I mean, objectively.