MLB 2024 Off Season

RYME

Brewers not looking to bad to start the season.
https://youtu.be/rTHd8c8jRZI

JOEJOEJOE

Anaheim has quietly put together a pretty potent line-up....lets hope the pitching staff holds up!

tempo_n_groove

JOEJOEJOE said:

Anaheim has quietly put together a pretty potent line-up....lets hope the pitching staff holds up!

Ohtani is hitting the ball!

Wobbie

it’s a little disconcerting having two female voices, jessica mendoza and a-fraud, in the booth for sunday night baseball. 

Wobbie

if you yell “hey, girl” into the SNB booth, two people look over.

igotid88

if Ohtani keeps this up he could win ROY, the CY Young, and MVP in the same year.

tempo_n_groove

igotid88 said:

if Ohtani keeps this up he could win ROY, the CY Young, and MVP in the same year.

I know it's only April, I know, but what has done so far has been nothing short of amazing.

Imagine if he changes the game of baseball by having more players playing both sides?

tempo_n_groove

Brawls abound yesterday!!!
http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/85790/real-or-not-bad-blood-brewing-after-wednesdays-bevy-of-brawls

igotid88

So many games being postponed. The whole 3 game Twins/White Sox series didn't even get played. I don't think that's happened since I've been watching

tempo_n_groove

igotid88 said:

So many games being postponed. The whole 3 game Twins/White Sox series didn't even get played. I don't think that's happened since I've been watching

There was a reason that Minnesota played in a dome for so many years.  Don't understand who the genius was to change that?!?

Indifference71

igotid88 said:

So many games being postponed. The whole 3 game Twins/White Sox series didn't even get played. I don't think that's happened since I've been watching

It's crazy this year.  It will never ever happen, but they need to knock 20-25 games off the schedule and start the season a month later.  The season is just too long.

igotid88

Indifference71 said:

igotid88 said:

So many games being postponed. The whole 3 game Twins/White Sox series didn't even get played. I don't think that's happened since I've been watching

It's crazy this year.  It will never ever happen, but they need to knock 20-25 games off the schedule and start the season a month later.  The season is just too long.

or play Sunday doubleheaders

Cliffy6745

This could be amazing

Cliffy6745

Nope

F Me In The Brain

I was hoping that fat bastard would pull it off
  I like him, an entertaining guy.

eeriepadave

eeriepadave said:

I know there are about 10 topics with specific teams, so this one can get the other 20 or so teams that don't have a page.

Congrats to Dallas Braden of the Oakland A's on pitching a perfect game (19th ever in MLB). I never heard of him though. :oops:

almost 8 years later, another no hitter from the A's

eeriepadave

Belt with a 21 pitch at bat sets a new record.

tempo_n_groove

eeriepadave said:

Belt with a 21 pitch at bat sets a new record.

I love things like this.  The new generation cares not...

HesCalledDyer

tempo_n_groove said:

eeriepadave said:

Belt with a 21 pitch at bat sets a new record.

I love things like this.  The new generation cares not...

Same. I see a stat like this and wonder, who are the lucky fans that caught 15 or 16 foul balls?  How much did that cost in baseballs used? Who had the previous record? Who had it before that? What was the outcome of the at-bat? Did it make a big difference in the game? Etc, etc.  So many things my mind wanders to. Like you said, the new generation couldn't care less.

Rob Manfred sees a stat like this and says "After the 10th pitch, let's both put the batter on 2nd and give the defensive team an out to shorten the game."

markymark550

HesCalledDyer said:

tempo_n_groove said:

eeriepadave said:

Belt with a 21 pitch at bat sets a new record.

I love things like this.  The new generation cares not...

Same. I see a stat like this and wonder, who are the lucky fans that caught 15 or 16 foul balls?  How much did that cost in baseballs used? Who had the previous record? Who had it before that? What was the outcome of the at-bat? Did it make a big difference in the game? Etc, etc.  So many things my mind wanders to. Like you said, the new generation couldn't care less.

Rob Manfred sees a stat like this and says "After the 10th pitch, let's both put the batter on 2nd and give the defensive team an out to shorten the game."

Sad, but true.

tempo_n_groove

Acuna, first big league HR.

Welcome to the bigs!!!

eeriepadave

The announcers for mlb live/facebook suck!

markymark550

tempo_n_groove said: 

Acuna, first big league HR.

Welcome to the bigs!!!

As a Braves fan, it's great to see! He's probably the most hyped prospect since Andruw Jones came up as a 19 year old. After the last few seasons, I'm just glad they're competitive again.

tempo_n_groove

Ohtani off of Severino on a slider... Homerun...

Wobbie

eeriepadave said:

Belt with a 21 pitch at bat sets a new record.

brandon belt has always been under appreciated, but might be our current offensive force.

HesCalledDyer

Fuck the Brewers! Hahaha!

Wobbie

Panda for Cy!

Indifference71

These whiny jerkoffs and their "unwritten rules" are getting so ridiculous.  I guess having fun in baseball isn't allowed.  I hope Anderson keeps doing exactly what he has been doing.  Fuck Perez...and Verlander too.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/tim-anderson-just-wants-to-have-fun-playing-baseball-and-salvador-perez-and-the-fun-police-should-let-him/

HesCalledDyer

Verlander is one hell of a pitcher but he has always kind of struck me as a bit arrogant.
I’m a bit in the middle on the whole “fun police” thing. I would like to see some more animation in baseball, but at the same time I don’t want it to become football or basketball where a bunch of rich prima donnas making it a competition to see who can celebrate the best and then you have everyone celebrating every routine play like they just won the World Series. Basically, I would like to see more animation, but let’s not get carried away with it at the same time.
That said, I don’t see anything wrong with Anderson’s intensity on that HR. 

tempo_n_groove

Indifference71 said:

These whiny jerkoffs and their "unwritten rules" are getting so ridiculous.  I guess having fun in baseball isn't allowed.  I hope Anderson keeps doing exactly what he has been doing.  Fuck Perez...and Verlander too.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/tim-anderson-just-wants-to-have-fun-playing-baseball-and-salvador-perez-and-the-fun-police-should-let-him/

• A player get upset that an opposing player did not cooperatively hit into the shift with which he was presented. 
• A player get upset than an opposing player stole bases even though the base-stealer's team was behind at the time. 
• Good Lord, just think about those for a second.

Taken from the article.  

For the record I liked the bat flip but hate the home plate celebrations...