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Jul 5, 2014 9:12 AM
And the Oakland A's have officially became the team to beat as if they weren't already
Jul 5, 2014 9:12am
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Jul 5, 2014 10:24 AM
Ironman92;1633029 wrote:Big pick up by A's....traded a young stud prospect for Samardija and Hammel
And huge move by Shark and Hammel to get away from the Cubs. Especially the former --- he can now learn what it is like to be a winner now that he's out of that organization.
Jul 5, 2014 10:24am
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Jul 5, 2014 11:21 AM
Mulva;1633034 wrote:Nice haul for the Cubs. 2012 and 13 first rounders.
I am familiar with Russell and Straily, so three very high prospects make this trade very interesting on both sides.
Jul 5, 2014 11:21am
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Jul 5, 2014 10:13 PM
EE went down as he beat out a DP....did not look good. Might not be part of the ASG
Jul 5, 2014 10:13pm
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Jul 7, 2014 5:46 PM
Bronson needs Tommy John surgery.

I'm assuming it will end his career. Sucks for him.
Jul 7, 2014 5:46pm
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Jul 7, 2014 5:53 PM
wildcats20;1633665 wrote:Bronson needs Tommy John surgery.

I'm assuming it will end his career. Sucks for him.
That stinks. I have a good friend who is a big Reds fan and he loved Arroyo during his time there, from the way his breaking ball could just drop off the map to his "so bad they're hilarious" JTM commercials.

And the fact he could be counted on to make every single start and be a perfectly good mid-rotation innings-eating starter probably didn't hurt, either.
Jul 7, 2014 5:53pm
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Jul 7, 2014 11:53 PM
Some negs to Nationals fans and props to Orioles fans tonight. Probably near 15,000 Orioles fans in the crowd of 35,000. Great atmosphere no matter what happened. Nats fans had trouble keeping the Orioles quiet.

After the 9th inning (tied)....I bet it was 2/1 Orioles fans. By the 11th it was about 4/1 O's.

PNC had the better view but I liked the Nationals Park better I believe.
Jul 7, 2014 11:53pm
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Jul 8, 2014 10:42 AM
Iwakuma is very good against the Twins.
Jul 8, 2014 10:42am
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Jul 10, 2014 11:26 PM
GOATshaw.
Jul 10, 2014 11:26pm
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Jul 10, 2014 11:34 PM
Mulva;1634860 wrote:GOATshaw.
http://youtu.be/ADxZ7jr67Eg
Jul 10, 2014 11:34pm
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Jul 11, 2014 12:04 AM
Classyposter58;1599080 wrote:Anyone wanna make regular season predictions?

AL

East: Rays
Central: Tigers
West: Athletics
Wildcard: Orioles and Royals

NL
East: Nationals
Central: Cardinals
West: Dodgers
Wildcard: Padres and Reds
Well with the exception of the Rays and Padres I've done pretty solid with 4 correct division leaders so far. I was dogged hard for my "delusions" of the Tigers yet they have a 5.5 game lead heading into the break on their way to a 4-peat
Jul 11, 2014 12:04am
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Jul 11, 2014 10:25 AM
Classyposter58;1634867 wrote:f the Tigers yet they have a 5.5 game lead heading into the break on their way to a 4-peat
Wow, have you seen their lineup!
Jul 11, 2014 10:25am
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Jul 11, 2014 10:33 AM
Sonofanump;1634989 wrote:Wow, have you seen their lineup!
Right? Their 2-5 are all hitting above .300 and the lead off guy is hitting .289 with 23 steals
Jul 11, 2014 10:33am
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Jul 12, 2014 12:40 PM
Jeter went 2-for-4 in Thursday's 9-3 loss to the Indians, registering the 1,000th multihit game of his career. Jeter is the sixth player in Major League history to do so, joining Ty Cobb (1,293), Pete Rose (1,225), Tris Speaker (1,059), Stan Musial (1,059) and Hank Aaron (1,046).

Some pretty good company! This got me to doing some figuring: PA/G -- H/PA -- multi hit games per game played

Cobb 4.31 / 0.320 / 0.426
Rose 4.46 / 0.268 / 0.344
Speaker 4.30 / 0.293 / 0.380
Musial 4.20 / 0.285 / 0.350
Aaron 4.23 / 0.270 / 0.317
Jeter 4.56 / 0.278 / 0.373

Jeter and Rose benefactors of the line-up turning over more often and probably also seeing better pitches to hit with the strength of the line-up, especially with the DH working for Jeter.

I figure Jeter got 80 to 90 more multi hit games due to his higher plate appearances than the average of the other 5.
Jul 12, 2014 12:40pm
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Jul 12, 2014 1:13 PM
I heard that he was sixth and thought Boggs and Gwynn would also be above 1000.

Paul Molitor 967
Tony Gwynn 951
Paul Waner 939
Eddie Murray 934
Willie Mays 922
Carl Yastrzemski 911
George Brett 903
Rod Carew 896
Wade Boggs 885
Jul 12, 2014 1:13pm
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Jul 12, 2014 2:43 PM
mhs95_06;1635459 wrote: Jeter went 2-for-4 in Thursday's 9-3 loss to the Indians, registering the 1,000th multihit game of his career. Jeter is the sixth player in Major League history to do so, joining Ty Cobb (1,293), Pete Rose (1,225), Tris Speaker (1,059), Stan Musial (1,059) and Hank Aaron (1,046).

Some pretty good company! This got me to doing some figuring: PA/G -- H/PA -- multi hit games per game played

Cobb 4.31 / 0.320 / 0.426
Rose 4.46 / 0.268 / 0.344
Speaker 4.30 / 0.293 / 0.380
Musial 4.20 / 0.285 / 0.350
Aaron 4.23 / 0.270 / 0.317
Jeter 4.56 / 0.278 / 0.373

Jeter and Rose benefactors of the line-up turning over more often and probably also seeing better pitches to hit with the strength of the line-up, especially with the DH working for Jeter.

I figure Jeter got 80 to 90 more multi hit games due to his higher plate appearances than the average of the other 5.



Just more data that shows Pete Rose shouldn't be a first ballot HOFer because he had so many plate appearances.

/gut'd
Jul 12, 2014 2:43pm
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Jul 12, 2014 3:20 PM
Tragic stuff for the Brewers....Jean Segura's 9 month old son passed away. Not sure if he had been sick or what but Segura has struggled mightily this year.
Jul 12, 2014 3:20pm
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Jul 13, 2014 7:50 PM
Madison Bumgarner has more grand slams this year than Prince Fielder has in his career.
Jul 13, 2014 7:50pm
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Jul 13, 2014 9:02 PM
Where can you find career grand slam statistics?
Jul 13, 2014 9:02pm
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Jul 13, 2014 9:12 PM
GOONx19;1635875 wrote:Where can you find career grand slam statistics?
Probably baseball reference.
Jul 13, 2014 9:12pm
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Jul 13, 2014 9:56 PM
GOONx19;1635875 wrote:Where can you find career grand slam statistics?
I just saw it on twitter
Jul 13, 2014 9:56pm
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Jul 14, 2014 3:11 PM
Puig just admitted he was nervous about the HR Derby....I think that's great.
Jul 14, 2014 3:11pm