Real MLB Thread

[tower912]

Oxy, fentanyl, and booze will do it.   Thoughts and prayers for the family.

[CreightonWarrior]

Feel for the family, obviously a sad situation, but to go out and seek to sue some locker room jockey is going to bring out some information about their son that they probably didn't know (their denial and naivety on a likely drug addiction or at least interest).

[Jockey]

Feel for the family, obviously a sad situation, but to go out and seek to sue some locker room jockey is going to bring out some information about their son that they probably didn't know (their denial and naivety on a likely drug addiction or at least interest).

You're right. The problem isn't that someone supplied the pills - it is that Skaggs wanted the pills.

[Jockey]

A little off topic, but.....

Next month, ESPN has an E:60 about the first live broadcast of a game that they televised. It was a Semi-pro 12" game between Milwaukee and a team from Kentucky at Lannan Field.

I'm looking forward to it cause there are several guys I played with and against on the Milwaukee team - guys from Kenosha and Racine.

Will be fun to see this doc.

[MU82]

Very nice Saturday for the Cardinals.

A repeat today would give them a 4-game lead.

[shoothoops]

Very nice Saturday for the Cardinals.

A repeat today would give them a 4-game lead.

They essentially are playing 5 games in 48 hours including tomorrow's day game.

[Anti-Dentite]

A little off topic, but.....

Next month, ESPN has an E:60 about the first live broadcast of a game that they televised. It was a Semi-pro 12" game between Milwaukee and a team from Kentucky at Lannan Field.

I'm looking forward to it cause there are several guys I played with and against on the Milwaukee team - guys from Kenosha and Racine.

Will be fun to see this doc.

Phil Higgins was the man.

[dgies9156]

They essentially are playing 5 games in 48 hours including tomorrow's day game.

A win tonight and they're up 4 on the little cubbie bear. Cardinals are playing really well and even Harrison Bader -- Mr. Clutch -- is hitting

Ya'll know what that white stuff running down the little cubbie bear's face is right now? It's either beer foam or bird crap.

Best thing about baseball -- here today gone tomorrow.

[Jockey]

Phil Higgins was the man.

no doubt.

[Dr. Blackheart]

A win tonight and they're up 4 on the little cubbie bear. Cardinals are playing really well and even Harrison Bader -- Mr. Clutch -- is hitting

Ya'll know what that white stuff running down the little cubbie bear's face is right now? It's either beer foam or bird crap.

Best thing about baseball -- here today gone tomorrow.

https://sports.yahoo.com/cardinals-fired-up-over-unwritten-rules-again-freddy-galvis-201635425.html

[cheebs09]

https://sports.yahoo.com/cardinals-fired-up-over-unwritten-rules-again-freddy-galvis-201635425.html

Thank goodness we have the Cardinals to keep track of all these unwritten rules for us.

[jesmu84]

Thank goodness we have the Cardinals to keep track of all these unwritten rules for us.

Of course.

They have the best fans in baseball. And they play the game the right way

[Lennys Tap]

Thank goodness we have the Cardinals to keep track of all these unwritten rules for us.

Were they always this insufferable or is this a residual effect from the Tony LaRussa era?

[Cheeks]

Thank goodness we have the Cardinals to keep track of all these unwritten rules for us.

This has been known for a long time.  Braden took on A Rod.  Bert Blyleven, Jamie Quirk, Dave Roberts, Steve Carlton, Bob Gibson,

You guys don't remember this from the last decade?

https://thebaseballcodes.com/category/dont-cross-the-pitchers-mound/

https://thebaseballcodes.com/2010/04/24/point-counterpoint-on-the-a-rodbraden-affair/

[shoothoops]

Every individual situation is different depending on the topic, but any pitcher in their league would not like it if opposing player jogged over the mound where they pitch.

Brewers vs Astros this week.....even after all of these years I still see the Astros as a National League team and Brewers as an American League team.

[Cheeks]

Were they always this insufferable or is this a residual effect from the Tony LaRussa era?

Not shocking that one of baseball's all time pricks, AJ Pierzynski was guilty of this constantly.  And he got plunked often as a result. 

[buckchuckler]

Not shocking that one of baseball's all time pricks, AJ Pierzynski was guilty of this constantly.  And he got plunked often as a result.

AJ is the fucking man.

[wadesworld]

You have 40 players to work with and you send up Travis Shaw in a 2-2 game with 2 outs and a runner on second in the bottom of the 9th? Counsel hasn't had anything to work with so not much to blame him for this year, but that alone might be fireable. I'd take Tebow over Shaw. Heck I'd take current day Michael Jordan over Shaw.

[Cheeks]

AJ is the unnatural carnal knowledgeing man.

All time douche

[The Sultan]

You have 40 players to work with and you send up Travis Shaw in a 2-2 game with 2 outs and a runner on second in the bottom of the 9th? Counsel hasn't had anything to work with so not much to blame him for this year, but that alone might be fireable. I'd take Tebow over Shaw. Heck I'd take current day Michael Jordan over Shaw.

Did I miss something or could they have just had Arcia bat?

[wadesworld]

Did I miss something or could they have just had Arcia bat?

You're right. Didn't even notice that.

[The Sultan]

You're right. Didn't even notice that.

And because of that you had Perez to end the game instead of Moose.

[CreightonWarrior]

MVPs shouldn't be getting screwed over that bad on the strike zone. Two backward Ks where the ball never came close to the strike zone.

[The Sultan]

MVPs shouldn't be getting screwed over that bad on the strike zone. Two backward Ks where the ball never came close to the strike zone.

It was being called all game. He should have known that.

[HouWarrior]

BTW even Astros TV crew thought Yelich got jobbed on those calls, too.

Only in recent years have they been able to throw up the strike zone graphic...giving all of us an idea of what should be called.
Its weird tho...there are clearly umps who are consistent and others that go off the rails...I now more fully understand why players/pitchers just want call consistency