MLB 2022 Season

Rat Boy wrote:

When was the last time that the two cities playing in the World Series also faced off on the same day in the NFL?

Somewhat silly to call the Texans a professional football team.

Prederick wrote:
Rat Boy wrote:

When was the last time that the two cities playing in the World Series also faced off on the same day in the NFL?

Somewhat silly to call the Texans a professional football team.

He ain't lyin'!

Fedaykin98 wrote:

I don't think I breathed for several hours there. That was tense as hell.

Almost as tense as 1980 NLCS Game 5 (which had a much better outcome).

Hrdina wrote:

(Astros' leather > Phils' leather) tonight. Fair play to them, game of inches, etc.

Too many runners left on base, too.

I think this one was tougher to take than last night. It's the hope that kills you.

All this. Outplayed in the minutia game.

-BEP

Hrdina wrote:
Fedaykin98 wrote:

I don't think I breathed for several hours there. That was tense as hell.

Almost as tense as 1980 NLCS Game 5 (which had a much better outcome).

My favorite hit was the Gross' bunt in the 8th. I love it when a bunt is used perfectly.

Unser's hits were fab, though. Great move bringing him in.

-BEP

bepnewt wrote:
Hrdina wrote:
Fedaykin98 wrote:

I don't think I breathed for several hours there. That was tense as hell.

Almost as tense as 1980 NLCS Game 5 (which had a much better outcome).

My favorite hit was the Gross' bunt in the 8th. I love it when a bunt is used perfectly.

Unser's hits were fab, though. Great move bringing him in.

That bunt was a thing of beauty, and Unser was clutch through those playoffs.

I also loved that Garry Maddox got to be the hero.

It’s not over but man it just became a zillion percent harder.

Ya gave it all you had Phillies.

/through gritted, cracking teeth

Congrats Astros.

(Happy for Dusty Baker tho)

Is this the first time that any North American city has lost two major* sports championships on the same day?

* For those of you who question whether MLS is "major", move along.

Prederick wrote:

Ya gave it all you had Phillies.

Yeah, they showed that they legit belonged in the series (no-hitter aside).

I'll be seeing this catch in my nightmares for a while.

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Congrats to Dusty.

I did take pleasure in seeing "don't rip my shirt off" Altuve piece of trash set the playoff hitless streak record and be mostly ineffectual throughout the WS. Till next year!

I was boooing. Not saying Boourns.

At least I don’t have to change the header.

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Mattress Mack wins $75 million betting on the Astros. Well, sure is more profitable than buying a social media site these days.

Hrdina wrote:

Is this the first time that any North American city has lost two major* sports championships on the same day?

Turns out, yes, this was the first time. Sigh.

Only Philly can do Philly things.

Grats, Houston-fan.

-BEP

We've talked a lot about the Angels and Shohei here (I have, at least), but I'd just like to Mike Trout had a season that was interrupted by several injuries, and still hit .283 with 40 HRs and a 178 OPS+.

I cannot express strongly enough how much the Angels do not deserve him either.

Question for the room:

Do you think a guy who, by magic or godly intervention, was guaranteed to always go 1-4 at the plate, no more, no less, would be able to hold down an MLB job?

To make it more difficult, that 1 is always, only a single. No doubles, triples, or HRs, if you give him four appearances at the plate, he'll get one single, but you have no idea WHEN he'll get that single.

I mean eventually that player breaks the consecutive hit record which probably would mean a .250 lifetime hitter would go to the HoF. Strange for sure.

What's his defense like? .250/.250/.250 is pretty rough for anyone outside a defense-first CF or SS or something. For reference, the qualified player with the lowest OPS in the league this year was Jonathan Schoop with a .561 OPS. Leury Garcia somehow got 300 ABs with a .500 OPS, and was worth -1.0 bWAR.

Did the baseball press think he was mean to them?

billt721 wrote:

What's his defense like?

Let's say "random civilian off the street."

I think, if it's only a single, it's a no, so let's say the one hit is a home run. Like, if he plays 162 games, he's going to hit 162 homers and bat .250.

1000% he holds down a job and is an inner-circle hall-of-famer provided he does this for more than 1 year. That's a 1.250 OPS, which is basically peak-Barry Bonds. An unconventional way of getting there, sure, but amazing none-the-less.

If the 1 hit is a double, that's still .250/.250/.500, it gets interesting. "random civilian off the street" defense screams DH to me, and I don't know that .750 is viable as a full-time DH.

his Rookie year would be a complete media circus after 35 games.. once the 56 hit game streak is broken then its a slow but unremarkable HoF career.

Alright, a good one from Twitter:

If you were teaching a class on the history of baseball and had to assign 10 players a student needed to learn about, who would be on that list?

Not interested in 10 greatest players. But who you need to know about if you want to learn the game’s history/impact/while also having a working knowledge of important figures.

Lemme see....

Ruth
Robinson
Curt Flood
Pete Rose
Roberto Clemente
Hank Aaron
Barry Bonds
Joe DiMaggio
Ohtani (interchangeable with Ichiro)

No 10 is hard, but I actually might end up putting Tommy John in last!

I feel like Satchel Paige belongs on that list, not sure who I’d kick though.

Ruth, Robinson, Flood and Ichiro or Ohtani absolutely. After that, there are a whole lot of names to pick from.

From that list, I'd probably drop Rose for Paige. All-timer when it comes to sticking around and compiling counting stats -- but I'm fine with leaving him off. Tommy John is a good choice, but not for baseball (though he had a good career as well). I feel like something is missing without a modern-era pitcher (Maddux, Clemens, Pedro). But at the same time, I feel the same way about pre-Ruth. Should we have Cobb? Shoeless Joe? Cap Anson? Honus Wagner (another interesting for maybe non-baseball reasons)? John McGraw?

Or hell, how about influential front office people. As much as we can argue that Billy Beane's influence has changed the game aesthetically for the worse, it's hard to argue he didn't have an impact. Or we could take it back further to someone like Branch Rickey.

What an interesting question.