MLB 2014 Random Chatter

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Apr 9, 2014 8:57pm
Harper just hit one well into the upper deck
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Apr 10, 2014 12:55pm
Help: what's the most amount of hits a team can record in a baseball game without scoring a run? Assume 9 innings, no extras.
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Apr 10, 2014 1:02pm
SportsAndLady;1603645 wrote:Help: what's the most amount of hits a team can record in a baseball game without scoring a run? Assume 9 innings, no extras.
I'd go with 36.

Single
Single
Single (obviously, no runners advance more than one base on any of these)
Double play (with one out at home)
Single (where no one goes home to re-load the bases, so I'd guess an infield hit)
Out

Repeat 8 more times.

Horribly unlikely under any situation that this could happen once, but I guess it's somehow possible.

Or for a more possible version.

Single, Double Play, Single, Single, Single, Out.
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thavoice
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Apr 10, 2014 1:14pm
Without this being a trick question I am going with 45.

Could be done a number of different ways.

1.
Hit.
Hit.
Hit.
Pickoff.
Pickoff.
Hit
Hit.
OUT.

2:
Hit, caught stealing or pickoff.
HIt, caught stealing or pickoff.
Hit
HIt.
Hit.
OUT.

3:
Hit thrown out trying to stretch to a double/triple/inside the park.
Hit thrown out trying to stretch it.
Hit.
Hit.
Hit.
OUT.

and many other variations of it.
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Apr 10, 2014 1:33pm
6 hits an inning.

hit (out stretching)
hit (out stretching)
hit
hit
hit (loads bases)
out

so, 45??
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thavoice
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Apr 10, 2014 1:39pm
Laley23;1603671 wrote:6 hits an inning.

hit (out stretching)
hit (out stretching)
hit
hit
hit (loads bases)
out

so, 45??
6*9 is 54!

I am wondering if there isnt some other way, and there may be.

Same as before
Hit, pickoff, HIT, pickoff, HIT, hit hit and then with the bases loaded the batted ball hits the runner. I know in those instances the batter is credited with a hit and then it is dead ball, with the runner out and if the runner had not crossed the plate there is no run.

So possibly 6 for a total of 54?
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Apr 10, 2014 1:42pm
thavoice;1603674 wrote:6*9 is 54!

I am wondering if there isnt some other way, and there may be.

Same as before
Hit, pickoff, HIT, pickoff, HIT, hit hit and then with the bases loaded the batted ball hits the runner. I know in those instances the batter is credited with a hit and then it is dead ball, with the runner out and if the runner had not crossed the plate there is no run.

So possibly 6 for a total of 54?
That is true, about the hit with the runner being out. So yeah, I guess 54??

And as for me putting 6...I meant 5 lol
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Apr 10, 2014 1:43pm
Or even a hit where a runner passes another runner before the run is scored. Or guy reaches first and is tagged going to 2nd before a runner scores...

Im thinking 6 an inning.
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thavoice
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Apr 10, 2014 1:47pm
Laley23;1603677 wrote:That is true, about the hit with the runner being out. So yeah, I guess 54??

And as for me putting 6...I meant 5 lol
Yeah, tht would be ruled a hit.
I am not 100% though if he is credited with a hit if it is the 3rd out in the inning, but it very well could be.
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thavoice
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Apr 10, 2014 1:49pm
Laley23;1603678 wrote:Or even a hit where a runner passes another runner before the run is scored. Or guy reaches first and is tagged going to 2nd before a runner scores...

Im thinking 6 an inning.
True, a few diff scenarios could probably get to 6 hits in an inning without a run
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Apr 11, 2014 8:23am
A Yankee cheated. What else is new
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Apr 11, 2014 6:59pm
SportsAndLady;1603895 wrote:A Yankee cheated. What else is new
And got away with it, which also isn't the least bit nee
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Apr 11, 2014 10:56pm
CarGo hit a line drive into the Bay in SF
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Apr 11, 2014 11:16pm
Damn....in the bottom of the 10th PR Jordan Schaeffer was stealing 2nd on the pitch and scored on a bloop single in front of Bryce Harper.....he was hauling ass
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Apr 11, 2014 11:35pm
Madison Bumgarner no doubter Grand Slam

MLB Network is just awesome for baseball fans.....showing everything either live or just moments after
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Apr 11, 2014 11:43pm
Ironman92;1604295 wrote:Madison Bumgarner no doubter Grand Slam

MLB Network is just awesome for baseball fans.....showing everything either live or just moments after
Yeah, mlb network is the shit. I watch it every weekday night for at least an hour.
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Apr 11, 2014 11:51pm
MLB Tonight is the best sports show on TV. Their analysts are by far the best, and the show itself is just the best. Its great.

I HATE when they go to quick pitch at midnight though lol. It should be MLB tonight till 1am every night.
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Apr 12, 2014 1:28am
Herold Reynolds is a blast on MLB tonight. He's like their shaq or Kenny.
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Apr 12, 2014 8:35pm
Watching Dodgers/Dbacks on MLB network and Vin Scully is just amazing doing the game by himself. He just rattled off a sequence from a game in 1976 and listed everyone involved.

Puig threw a laser from near the RF corner warning track and tried to get Tony Campana tagging from 2nd to 3rd.....just silly. Greinke pitching, good watch/listen
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Apr 12, 2014 9:08pm
Vin Scully is amazing at what he does, but, it bores me. I know I am in the minority, but the single voiced broadcast just doesnt do it for me. Probably has to do with being in TV for the last 10 years and growing up with the "new style" of how things are done.
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Apr 12, 2014 9:16pm
Laley23;1604465 wrote:Vin Scully is amazing at what he does, but, it bores me. I know I am in the minority, but the single voiced broadcast just doesnt do it for me. Probably has to do with being in TV for the last 10 years and growing up with the "new style" of how things are done.
I can see the "boring".....but no clue how the hell he does it. What is he about 86? So smooth and sharp.
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Apr 12, 2014 9:18pm
Not every home run ball is welcomed by fans......this guy is scary for LF fans.

http://m.mlb.com/video/v32031443/miaphi-stanton-blasts-his-second-homer-of-the-night?partnerId=as_mlb_20140413_21852144