Archive MLB 2014 Random Chatter

Classyposter58

Posts: 6,321

Jul 5, 2014 9:12am

And the Oakland A's have officially became the team to beat as if they weren't already

Heretic

Posts: 18,820

Jul 5, 2014 10:24am

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.

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Sonofanump

Jul 5, 2014 11:21am

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.

Ironman92

Posts: 49,363

Jul 5, 2014 10:13pm

EE went down as he beat out a DP....did not look good. Might not be part of the ASG

wildcats20

Posts: 27,794

Jul 7, 2014 5:46pm

Bronson needs Tommy John surgery.

I'm assuming it will end his career. Sucks for him.

Heretic

Posts: 18,820

Jul 7, 2014 5:53pm

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.

Ironman92

Posts: 49,363

Jul 7, 2014 11:53pm

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.

Mulva

Posts: 13,650

Jul 8, 2014 10:42am

Iwakuma is very good against the Twins.

Ironman92

Posts: 49,363

Jul 8, 2014 11:40pm

This was Bo Jackson except there was no replay in 1989.

The ball beat him incredibly.http://wapc.mlb.com/cutfour/2014/07/08/83749292/yasiel-puigs-fantastic-outfield-assist-gets-overturned-he-expresses-disgust-with-finger-wave

Mulva

Posts: 13,650

Jul 10, 2014 11:26pm

GOATshaw.

SportsAndLady

Posts: 35,632

Jul 10, 2014 11:34pm

Mulva;1634860 wrote:GOATshaw.

http://youtu.be/ADxZ7jr67Eg

Classyposter58

Posts: 6,321

Jul 11, 2014 12:04am

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

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Sonofanump

Jul 11, 2014 10:25am

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!

Classyposter58

Posts: 6,321

Jul 11, 2014 10:33am

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

M

mhs95_06

Posts: 8,167

Jul 12, 2014 12:40pm

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.

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Sonofanump

Jul 12, 2014 1:13pm

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

Terry_Tate

Posts: 7,606

Jul 12, 2014 2:43pm

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

Ironman92

Posts: 49,363

Jul 12, 2014 3:20pm

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.

GOONx19

Posts: 7,147

Jul 13, 2014 4:26pm

For those who like great throws:

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v34547249/cwscle-aviles-makes-an-incredible-throw-after-catch

Ironman92

Posts: 49,363

Jul 13, 2014 5:16pm

GOONx19;1635810 wrote:For those who like great throws:

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v34547249/cwscle-aviles-makes-an-incredible-throw-after-catch

Great distance and accuracy.....had he baserunner not been dogging it could've been even better.

Thanks for the link

Ironman92

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Jul 13, 2014 7:50pm

Madison Bumgarner has more grand slams this year than Prince Fielder has in his career.

GOONx19

Posts: 7,147

Jul 13, 2014 9:02pm

Where can you find career grand slam statistics?

wildcats20

Posts: 27,794

Jul 13, 2014 9:12pm

GOONx19;1635875 wrote:Where can you find career grand slam statistics?

Probably baseball reference.

Ironman92

Posts: 49,363

Jul 13, 2014 9:56pm

GOONx19;1635875 wrote:Where can you find career grand slam statistics?

I just saw it on twitter

Ironman92

Posts: 49,363

Jul 14, 2014 3:11pm

Puig just admitted he was nervous about the HR Derby....I think that's great.