You could have made a fortune on the baseball card stock market investing in and then 3 months later selling off all your jefferies cards.
― omar little, Thursday, 11 April 2024 01:22 (two months ago) link
To state the obvious, it really does put a lot of pressure on someone. Mike Schmidt hit .200 for two seasons without, I'm guessing, drawing a lot of attention. Robin Yount was pretty ordinary for three or four seasons. (As someone who's all over Vlad all the time, I'm being hypocritical.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 11 April 2024 01:27 (two months ago) link
I see a parallel between that and the pressure for new-release films to make huge amounts of money immediately.
― clemenza, Thursday, 11 April 2024 01:28 (two months ago) link
In more recent times, Joe Mauer was touted as THE REAL DEAL (USA Today HS-POY for both football and baseball but NOT for basketball), iirc he only struck out in one AB in his 4 year HS career, was drafted straight out of HS as #1 pick 2001 and is heading to Cooperstown.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 11 April 2024 01:40 (two months ago) link
Mauer averaged more than 20 points a game as a point guard for Cretin-Derham Hall.[9] He was also named to the All-State team during his final two years on Cretin-Derham's basketball team.[12]
What an utter disappointment... sheesh.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 11 April 2024 01:41 (two months ago) link
I honestly think Matt Wieters mania was bigger, at least in Orioles world, than the pre-debut hype around Holliday, Grayson Rodriguez, or Gunnar, with only Rutschman maybe comparable
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 11 April 2024 02:05 (two months ago) link
i was working for milb dot com when wieters came up and it was (insofar as anything involving minor league baseball can be) huge
in my memory, only harper was a bigger deal
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 April 2024 02:15 (two months ago) link
could have been you, joey bart
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 April 2024 02:18 (two months ago) link
Orioles thread, I know--last mention I'll make of this. I vaguely recall that Bob Horner arrived with a lot of fanfare too:
Horner was drafted by Atlanta with the first overall pick in the 1978 amateur draft, and he made his Major League Baseball debut the same year. He is one of only a handful of players to go directly from college to the starting lineup in the majors without spending a day in the minor leagues. In his first game, he belted a home run off future Hall of Fame pitcher Bert Blyleven of the Pirates.
― clemenza, Thursday, 11 April 2024 14:47 (two months ago) link
I went to tuesday and wednesday's sox/orioles games, and yesterday I was seated next to a big orioles fan who flew from baltimore on a moment's notice when he learned jackson holliday had been called up. was pretty cool to be able to see his first game -- hopefully he'll end up being a legend and I can say I was there
― brony james (k3vin k.), Thursday, 11 April 2024 17:33 (two months ago) link
This is making the rounds today--check the date.
Matt Holliday's son: Future All-Star.— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) November 14, 2013
― clemenza, Thursday, 11 April 2024 19:08 (two months ago) link
there are some great videos from when he's really little hanging out w/ his dad pregame...nice swing, bat flips...it's a trip.
― j.q higgins, Thursday, 11 April 2024 20:40 (two months ago) link
all the talk about holliday and what a series cowser has had.
113.6 mph EV - hardest hit ball by an Oriole this year438 feet - furthest hit ball by an Oriole this year pic.twitter.com/oJ9rnGqJCx— Locked On Orioles (@LockedOnOrioles) April 12, 2024
― j.q higgins, Friday, 12 April 2024 14:26 (two months ago) link
How about for a Norfolk Tidesman?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 12 April 2024 15:50 (two months ago) link
lol...mayo's up there
― j.q higgins, Friday, 12 April 2024 16:04 (two months ago) link
I like that Tony Kemp tweet that's circulating:
In the fall of 2010, our college had a series against the Longhorns for a 3 game set. Our hitting coach at the time was Josh Holliday and his brother, Matt, brought his kid to our early practice. I remember watching his son @J_Holliday7 with a sweet lefty swing. Go get em’ kid!— Tony Kemp (@tonykemp) April 10, 2024
Seems like a guy you'd want on your team.
― clemenza, Friday, 12 April 2024 17:59 (two months ago) link
(They had to release Kemp to make room for Holliday.)
kemp is a fantastic guy
― mookieproof, Saturday, 13 April 2024 01:37 (two months ago) link
Well finally.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 14 April 2024 19:46 (two months ago) link
Amazing catch:
https://www.mlb.com/news/cedric-mullins-lays-out-for-incredible-diving-catch
(Not worth anything on my fantasy team, unfortunately.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 02:13 (two months ago) link
saw some comment about Henderson's high school and looked it up - I guess the movement to rename certain institutions hasn't caught on everywhere...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Morgan_Academy
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 16 April 2024 22:46 (two months ago) link
today i learned about the dong bong
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 00:00 (two months ago) link
When I was a teen, we used to do those separately. 2nd screen culture has gone too far
― H.P, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 00:40 (two months ago) link
Holliday still struggling. Read that his 1-30 start is the worst through 9 games since Gary Disarcina in 1990. (Lifetime Angel...hmmmm, I can make use of that information.)
― clemenza, Monday, 22 April 2024 21:52 (two months ago) link
As truly dreadful as his .033/.094/.033 (.127 OPS) is... it's really the 2BB:16K that's more concerning (should note it was 1BB:15K before yesterday).
He was 138BB:138K for his MiLB career (12BB:8K this year).
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 22 April 2024 22:11 (two months ago) link
Albert Suarez, huh. No MLB appearances since 2017 and 11 scoreless innings in two starts.
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 04:33 (two months ago) link
definitely curious to see if opposing hitters catch up to suarez. his stuff looks legit to my untrained eyes.
― j.q higgins, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 14:37 (two months ago) link
Suarez is surely the Jim Traber of 2024 but I'm enjoying this for as long as it lasts
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 14:55 (two months ago) link
A name that hadn't crossed my mind in ~40 years.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 23 April 2024 15:25 (two months ago) link
well, shit...
We have made the following roster moves: pic.twitter.com/gatOuLknN9— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) April 26, 2024
― j.q higgins, Friday, 26 April 2024 17:29 (two months ago) link
That is a surprise. Happened with Delgado and Halladay and no doubt many others who came back fine. Hopefully his confidence not too shaken.
― clemenza, Friday, 26 April 2024 17:38 (two months ago) link
heck, cowser came up before the asb last year, got sent back down in august and that was that until spring training. seems okay, too.
― j.q higgins, Friday, 26 April 2024 17:59 (two months ago) link
One impressive stat is he somehow scored 5 runs despite only 2 BBs & 2 singles.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 26 April 2024 18:00 (two months ago) link
...and 1 HBP. I guess you could say he's very productive once he gets on base.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 26 April 2024 18:02 (two months ago) link
Henderson's HR last night makes him the the youngest player ever to hit 10 before May 1st.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 19:04 (one month ago) link
Feel like that's a tricky stat as opening day began around April 22 then over time shifted to the second Saturday in April and now in 2024 we had games played on March 28.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 19:16 (one month ago) link
...but still impressive!
Still surprised in that he's 22, and there have been a number of Griffey- and Matthews-type players who were already regulars at 19 or 20 (another: Giancarlo Stanton). I would have thought one of them would have done that.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 19:29 (one month ago) link
what happened to grayson rod??
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 1 May 2024 17:05 (one month ago) link
first i had heard about the shoulder inflammation that supposedly put him on the dl was...when they put him on the dl. no idea whether or not it's legit.
also curious to see how bradish is used going forward.
― j.q higgins, Thursday, 2 May 2024 15:10 (one month ago) link
feel like this sort of thing is maybe more common these days, but everyone in the o's starting infield today is a former shortstop.
― j.q higgins, Thursday, 2 May 2024 17:13 (one month ago) link
padres too: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danepstein/2024/02/28/the-san-diego-padres-want-to-build-a-lineup-out-of-shortstops/?sh=1f539d423c64
― na (NA), Thursday, 2 May 2024 17:22 (one month ago) link
Feel like the A's did that in the Moneyball era (at least moving SSs to 2B/3B)? I know the A's were also starting 3x CFs in their outfield for a while when CFs were undervalued.
― Mrs. Ippei (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 2 May 2024 18:38 (one month ago) link
San Pedro de Macoris Orioles
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 2 May 2024 18:51 (one month ago) link
Jays send out a veritable Mendoza-Line infield every day.
― clemenza, Thursday, 2 May 2024 19:12 (one month ago) link
This team’s pretty good huh
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 4 May 2024 03:47 (one month ago) link
doomers calling last year unrepeatable get off this wild ride please
― H.P, Saturday, 4 May 2024 04:07 (one month ago) link
i like that there was a matchup between Buck Farmer and Heston Kjerstad tonight - the two poles of extremely white names.
― JoeStork, Saturday, 4 May 2024 04:26 (one month ago) link
lol. o's need a francis winterbottom or somesuch.
― j.q higgins, Saturday, 4 May 2024 19:43 (one month ago) link
I was one of those doomers who thought last year was our best chance to win, but I thought the rest of the AL East would be better this year than they've been, and I didn't think we were going to change ownership and sign a guy like Burnes.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 4 May 2024 20:01 (one month ago) link