MLB 2024 Season

[PGsHeroes32]

Wheeler is elite

But the Mets also might wanna stop swinging at pitches a solid 10 feet out of the zone

[PGsHeroes32]

Dominant outing from Wheeler

[MUBBau]

Shoulda let Wheeler throw 150 pitches

[PGsHeroes32]

Cardiac Mets

[PGsHeroes32]

The Fix is in.

League wants the Yanks

[Uncle Rico]

Someone stop the Mets

[PGsHeroes32]

Someone stop the Mets

Castellanos did

[tower912]

Stay classy, Dodger fans.

[Uncle Rico]

Steve Kwan just made a ridiculous catch

[tower912]

He did.   Parker Meadows just used his 6'5 frame to great effect.

[Uncle Rico]

He did.   Parker Meadows just used his 6'5 frame to great effect.

That ball carried a lot farther than it looked off the bat

[Uncle Rico]

Play with fire, scarecrow?

[PGsHeroes32]

Carpenter was due to get one.

Clase was due to break

[tower912]

Carpenter with a hammer.

[Uncle Rico]

Home plate ump had early dinner reservations, I see

[tower912]

All 4 dovisional series now tied.

[tower912]

Detroit has 10 pitchers available for Wedesday.  Skubal, obviously, but I don't think they will use Olson before Thursday after going 4+ on Saturday.  My gut says Holton again, but Montero is equally likely.

Carpenter had the glorious bomb, but the starting DH, Henry-Malloy, was 2-3.   Lenny, you asked about Carpenter and lefties.   So, far in his 3 year career, the splits are pretty damning.  And on this team, right now, what Hinch is doing is working.   I hope for his sake that Carpenter can figure out lefties.

[Pakuni]

RIP Luis Tiant.
Arguably the GOAT of funky windups.

[tower912]

Indeed.  RIP

[CTWarrior]

Indeed.  RIP

Great pitcher, fun guy to watch pitch.  I had the good fortune to be a Red Sox fan during his stint with the team.

Red Sox won all three of his starts against the Big Red Machine in the 1975 World Series, but lost all of the other four games.

I think he will eventually get into the Hall of Fame.   If he started with a good team rather than Cleveland, I think he'd already be in.

[tower912]

His delivery was deception.  He could throw strikes with sink from so many arm angles.   

And I was a Reds fan.   Without looking, I could probably still name 23  players from that team. 49 years later, I might miss a couple.

[Uncle Rico]

Great pitcher, fun guy to watch pitch.  I had the good fortune to be a Red Sox fan during his stint with the team.

Red Sox won all three of his starts against the Big Red Machine in the 1975 World Series, but lost all of the other four games.

I think he will eventually get into the Hall of Fame.   If he started with a good team rather than Cleveland, I think he'd already be in.

His prime was before my time but saw enough highlights that I mimicked his motion anyway.  His time in Boston saved his career. 

[CTWarrior]

His delivery was deception.  He could throw strikes with sink from so many arm angles.   

And I was a Reds fan.   Without looking, I could probably still name 23  players from that team. 49 years later, I might miss a couple.

I am not a Reds fans, but I could give you at least 15 off the top of my head.  Best starting eight of my lifetime, I think.  (Bench, Perez, Morgan, Rose, Concepcion, Foster, Geronimo, Griffey - those I could definitely name off the top of my head).  I'm not sure I could name 5 guys on the 2024 Reds.  Weird how old brains work.

[tower912]

We all mimicked that motion.  From that era, the Pete Rose crouch, Joe Morgan elbow flap, John Wockenfuss whatever-the-hell-that-stance was, the Rod Carew stance, Cecil Cooper bat circles.   Ah, youth.

Throwing endless batting practice, when a kid got dialed in I.would drop down and throw a Quisenberry knuckleball.   Their eyes would get big.   My favorite kids were the ones who knew they were raking, knew it was coming, and asked to see it.

I threw out the a first pitch at a minor league game and threw a Quisenberry knuckleball.   The young man who caught it came out to me laughing and congratulated me.

[tower912]

I am not a Reds fans, but I could give you at least 15 off the top of my head.  Best starting eight of my lifetime, I think.  (Bench, Perez, Morgan, Rose, Concepcion, Foster, Geronimo, Griffey - those I could definitely name off the top of my head).  I'm not sure I could name 5 guys on the 2024 Reds.  Weird how old brains work.

I was 9.  First great sports obsession.