Kolek planning to go pro
Please indulge a mini-rant about ticketing practices:I'm heading to my first Guardians game of the year tomorrow evening with my daughter. I've been meaning to get to a game and I'd like to see Ohtani play (disappointed he's not pitching in Cleveland). Anyway, there is a section that has five seats in the front row. Two are already sold and I'd like to get two of the others. They won't sell them to me because I'd leave a single ticket stranded. It's a Tuesday evening game and there are probably 20-25,000 tickets available. In the section I'm wanting, 155 of the 205 seats are available. And I can't buy two vacant front row seats because it will leave one seat open. Are you f'ing kidding me?! I'm going to buy two nearby seats and just sit in the seats that I wanted to buy. Also, in case you're wondering, all the seats in the section are the same price.Stupid.
I know what constitutes an MVP in baseball is something that really gets some like MU82 going.That said, MVP or not. Mike Trout is still the best player in the game.7 straight games with a homer. Dude is insane.
I think they should give Trout MVP for both leagues this season.
Dale Long hit HRs in 8 straight games. He should get the MVP posthumously.
In the only home run race anyone cares about, Aaron Judge hit two today and is four away from tying the AL record. Hope he can do it, doesn’t seem like that bad if a guy.
Meh. His 57 HR, 123 RBI and 1.106 OPS would be a lot more impressive if he weren't helping a team get into first place and stay in first place.
That said, MVP or not. Mike Trout is still the best player in the game.7 straight games with a homer. Dude is insane.
The Yankees are 22-28 in the 2nd half.Judge has a 1.295 OPS in that same timeframe.He’s a deserving MVP, but it highlights why people don’t care about Trout’s team sucking. Judge has been great. Yankees have been bad. It happens and it’s certainly not his fault.
I'll go even a step further with hot takes. Judge hasn't even been the best hitter in baseball this year, Freeman has.
I am surprised the Cards fans aren't at your door with pitchforks screaming Paul Goldschmidt's name
They’re busy. Some are at sold out Busch Stadium on a Wednesday mid September school night. It’s 325 day.
I'll bite. What's 325 day?
I can't find it at the moment, but I saw a graphic the other day. Ohtani was leading the Angels in literally every major stat. Average/HR (until Trout went crazy the last few weeks), RBIs, 2B/3B/hits, OBP.He also leads them in Wins, ERA, SOs, and IP. He's having a great year at the plate but his WAR as a pitcher is actually even higher.The fact that Ohtani is top 10 in SOs league wide, despite pitching 25-30 innings less than the other leaders, is crazy enough. But the fact that he is not far off the AL lead in wins, despite being on a terrible team, is also nuts.Ohtani is having an MVP discussion year as a hitter...while being an All Star caliber pitcher. That is absolutely preposterous regardless of how good the rest of his team is. Its also amusing to try and use Judge's team success as a bonus for him when they've been terrible the last few months. Feels like Yankee lovers ignoring Jeter being a terrible defensive SS cause of "The Flip" or his dumb fall into the stands catch. Over weighting individual moments.I'm not trying to crap on Judge or somehow imply he's not a worthy MVP. If he wins I won't be bothered. But saying he's an easy choice for MVP, implying its a no brainer just feels like "best player on one of the best teams" cop outs. If he gets 62, I feel like he would win even if Ohtani won 20 games and hit .320 with 40 HRs himself.I'll go even a step further with hot takes. Judge hasn't even been the best hitter in baseball this year, Freeman has.
Sure seeing a lot of empty seats for a sell out. Maybe they all just went to the bathroom at the same time.