MLB 2023 Thread

This 38 MPH Eephus pitch from IKF was the slowest tracked pitch in Yankees history

(via @CodifyBaseball) pic.twitter.com/zug2WS6TP3

— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) April 14, 2023

Today's laugh in Baseball + Social Media

Toronto reliever Anthony Bass went to Twitter to bitch about how, on a plane, the airline staff made his preggo wife clean up the popcorn their young daughter spilled over the floor.

This has led to a lot of hilarity, with a lot of people saying things along the lines of how the relief pitcher with a 7.11 ERA is out there complaining about people not cleaning up other peoples' messes.

posted by Heretic

Today's laugh in Baseball + Social Media

Toronto reliever Anthony Bass went to Twitter to bitch about how, on a plane, the airline staff made his preggo wife clean up the popcorn their young daughter spilled over the floor.

This has led to a lot of hilarity, with a lot of people saying things along the lines of how the relief pitcher with a 7.11 ERA is out there complaining about people not cleaning up other peoples' messes.

One of the parents AND the little girl should’ve cleaned up the mess. It’s the right thing to do and a teachable moment 

https://nypost.com/2023/04/17/anthony-bass-rips-united-for-making-pregnant-wife-clean-kids-mess/

She’s not ugly

Madison Bumgarner aka: the guy who pretty much single-handedly carried SF to a World Series championship that one year ('14 or '15...I mainly remember he beat the Pirates in the Wild Card round), might be done. Arizona just DFA'd him after a start to the year that had him with a 0-3 and 10.26 ERA after four starts. Only 33, but dude's put a lot of mileage on that arm. Especially during that WS year, when it seemed like he was pitching in nearly every single playoff game. I mean, I'm pretty sure he didn't actually pitch more innings than every other member of the Giants' staff, but it felt like it.

posted by Heretic

Madison Bumgarner aka: the guy who pretty much single-handedly carried SF to a World Series championship that one year ('14 or '15...I mainly remember he beat the Pirates in the Wild Card round), might be done. Arizona just DFA'd him after a start to the year that had him with a 0-3 and 10.26 ERA after four starts. Only 33, but dude's put a lot of mileage on that arm. Especially during that WS year, when it seemed like he was pitching in nearly every single playoff game. I mean, I'm pretty sure he didn't actually pitch more innings than every other member of the Giants' staff, but it felt like it.

Was part of a great run from 2010-2016. 3 World Series rings in that span. Started 14 postseason games, appeared in 16 postseason games. 2.11 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 87 strikeouts over 102 innings. 8 wins and 3 losses. Pretty incredible.

That 14 year he started 6 games and appeared in 7 games. Started the Wildcard game on Oct. 1 and got the save on Oct. 29 to win it all. 

posted by birddog23

Was part of a great run from 2010-2016. 3 World Series rings in that span. Started 14 postseason games, appeared in 16 postseason games. 2.11 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 87 strikeouts over 102 innings. 8 wins and 3 losses. Pretty incredible.

That 14 year he started 6 games and appeared in 7 games. Started the Wildcard game on Oct. 1 and got the save on Oct. 29 to win it all. 

Yeah, as a Pirates fan, I have a special sort of bitterness about that period. After beating Cinci in the WC round and then losing 3-2 to the Cards in a series where they were up 2-1 and could have closed it out at home, they had two straight WC losses. One to Bumgarner during his Superman run through the postseason and one to Arrieta when he was utterly untouchable that season.

With the one to Arrieta and the Cubs being during a season where they were (I think) the third-best regular season team in baseball, but were in a division with #1 (St. Louis) and #4 (Cubs), so they still were relegated to a one-game winner-take-all series against the team with the best pitcher in MLB that year.

During my life of fanhood, that '13-'15 stretch was the ultimate "shoulda woulda coulda" span. Even more than the '90-'92 stretch of losing to the Reds when they won the World Series and then losing twice to the Braves. Because I have to admit that, back then, they had Stan Belinda as closer, which made the 9th inning dicey. And the Van Slyke/Bonilla/Bonds awesomeness in the middle of the line-up tended to turn into a black hole in the playoffs.

posted by birddog23

Was part of a great run from 2010-2016. 3 World Series rings in that span. Started 14 postseason games, appeared in 16 postseason games. 2.11 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 87 strikeouts over 102 innings. 8 wins and 3 losses. Pretty incredible.

That 14 year he started 6 games and appeared in 7 games. Started the Wildcard game on Oct. 1 and got the save on Oct. 29 to win it all. 

Do you have the numbers thru the 2nd WS run? Incredible including all of it, but I swear the stretch thru the 2nd ring was even more insane.

So the A's are moving to Vegas, huh?

With a semi-retractable roof. Seems dangerous to not have that thing fully retractable. I would love to catch a Cleveland game there...but not if its 120 degrees in July and that roof cant shut completely for AC

posted by Ironman92

https://nypost.com/2023/04/17/anthony-bass-rips-united-for-making-pregnant-wife-clean-kids-mess/

She’s not ugly

Neither is the sister in law

posted by justincredible

So the A's are moving to Vegas, huh?

Is it going to to be an indoor facility?  Got to be unreal there in the summer

Next question is where will the Rays be playing

Then add two more teams...Charlotte, SLC, Nashville? fuck Portland

Then I think they should be geographic divisions: NE, Mid-west, South, West

Travel would be better and rivalries would improve

Salaries for this year….all are retired

Padres in Mexico City in their rainbow sherbet city connect uniforms? Yes please.

16 runs…..

Nelson Cruz 5 for 6 with 4 rbi and an SB

Oof.

The White Sox are on a 9 game losing streak but they look ENERGIZED tonight in front of the home crowd pic.twitter.com/TQudJrl8Rg

— Barstool Baseball (@StoolBaseball) April 29, 2023

posted by justincredible

Oof.

The White Sox are on a 9 game losing streak but they look ENERGIZED tonight in front of the home crowd pic.twitter.com/TQudJrl8Rg

— Barstool Baseball (@StoolBaseball) April 29, 2023

One thing I've noticed is that, this year, there are just some utterly horrible teams, at least in the early going. The lame duck "about to move cities" A's are the rock-bottomest of them, but Chi Sox, Royals, Nats and Rockies all seem to be contenders for 100+ losses right now.

posted by Heretic
One thing I've noticed is that, this year, there are just some utterly horrible teams, at least in the early going. The lame duck "about to move cities" A's are the rock-bottomest of them, but Chi Sox, Royals, Nats and Rockies all seem to be contenders for 100+ losses right now.

Heretic now that the Pirates are good.

posted by justincredible

Heretic now that the Pirates are good.

Damn straight! It's good to not be in that group, especially when I occasionally get a very depressing stat about what the team was last year. Like how they won their 20th game yesterday and, last year, it was about the very end of May when they got #20.