2012 regular season general chatter, etc

*espn plays ac/dc*

play ball!

ozzie needs 2 go argue that and get thrown out in the 1st inning of game 1 cmon man

Boo

yow, center field at this new miami field is deeeeeep

josh johnson was doing rlly well there

had no idea this game fucking counted

obv i meant lohse doing rlly well

why is buster posey texting orel hershiser

Human element already affecting my fantasy numbers.

Oh, Angel Hernandez.

<3 the neon lights & fog machine in the background of the bbtn set

one of our own at work here:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/04/mlb_season_preview_blue_oyster_cult_national_league.php?print=true

lol @ francona cowering from a foul ball

O Hudson struck out swinging. 5 0
J Bartlett singled to right. 5 0
K Blanks hit for D Moseley. 5 0
K Blanks walked, J Bartlett to second. 5 0
C Maybin grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, K Blanks out at second, J Bartlett to third. 5 0
C Denorfia walked, C Maybin to second. 5 0
C Headley walked, J Bartlett scored, C Maybin to third, C Denorfia to second. 5 1
J Wright relieved C Capuano. 5 1
J Guzman walked, C Maybin scored, C Denorfia to third, C Headley to second. 5 2
N Hundley walked, C Denorfia scored, C Headley to third, J Guzman to second. 5 3
S Elbert relieved J Wright. 5 3
C Headley scored, J Guzman to third, N Hundley to second on wild pitch by S Elbert. 5 4
Y Alonso hit by pitch. 5 4
O Hudson singled to left, J Guzman scored, N Hundley to third, Y Alonso to second, N Hundley thrown out at home attempting to advance on play. 5 5
5 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors

METS & ORIOLES BOTH 3-0

http://i.imgur.com/67nUO.gif

Buck Showalter is a genius.

Darvish's debut is tonight.

Darvish Yu is a genius.

is that gonna be a primetime game? I know Brewers/Cubs is a national game today but I would imagine Darvish's first start is broadcast worthy?

Accuscore gives the Rangers a 75% chance of winning. I wonder if they're using Darvish's Japan league numbers.

Runs are way down so far:

http://www.highheatstats.com/2012/04/comparing-2012-offense-to-2011-its-crashing-and-burning-folks/

I don't know how long it takes for a league-wide trend to be statistically meaningful.

Giants/Rockies currently workinonit.

16-7, wow.

and not a single Rockie with a hr!

don't often see a game with two seven-run innings

Haha is this a thing that happens, using sponsor names to diss the visitors, or was it just random (SEA @ TEX):

Here's the Mariners defense today, brought to you by The Three Stooges -- The Movie: in the outfield...

i saw this somewhere else too (don't think it was texas either)

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1056628/GarzaThrow4.gif.opt_medium.gif

hahaha, that should be worth more than one base

If they can stay healthy (and that's the catch), I think that Cardinal middle lineup could even be better than the last couple years with Pujols.

that's a pretty epic if!

remember the heros of april

http://i.imgur.com/9aXNc.png

that's a murderers row right there

guy throws 21st perfect game in major league history

four hours later, the featured story on espn.com is ultimate fighting

4-hour news cycle

Hanson vs. Burnett should be a good one tonight.

does every road team that goes into colo talk endlessly & repetatively abt humidors? mets do this every damn year feel like ive heard it fifty times

theres chatter of a humidor in arizona?!?

harold reynolds is dictating texts he rec'd from his nephew, a jr in high school re: bryce harper

Lucas Luetge vs. Cory "Anal" Luebke

lol at orioles-sox position players covering their mouths when they talk with their catchers

cj wilson vs darvish 2night mlb network 8 est

oh shit, torrealba

rip cj wilsons era

A's fielding their "maybe no-hit us?" lineup today.

OK, two hits.

v quirky -- every team in the al east w/ a positive run differential, every other team in the league, save tejas, w/ a negative one

No off days for any teams this week! It's not a big deal, but I don't think I've ever seen that before.

wtf, there's a weekend of interleague upcoming, and then back to intraleague next week?

they've done that for the past several years - randomly have one interleague series in May and then the rest in June

yeah, it's bizarre

lol @ the idea that the red sox would have to throw the games to lose

hahaha

two things:

1) yadi just did another absolutely PERFECT throw to second base to throw out jay bruce. on a straight line, landing in the glove about 2 inches above the ground. crazy.

2) this could just be something that al hrabosky (cardinals broadcaster), who is notoriously an idiot, says, but is it true that left handed hitters prefer pitches in the lower part of the plate? he's always saying shit like that - that the ball is low, which is right in a LH batter's wheelhouse, etc. but if that's true, why? why is a left handed batter's swing any different than a right handed batter?

2) is sorta a lore-thing ive always heard also tho xtremely ancedotally, im left-handed and always preferred the ball down. just saw it better i think? idk its been ages since ive even swung a bat

but...how would that be possible? obv the right-handed batter is the same thing as left-handed...just in reverse, right? i'm assuming it has something to do with pitch selection maybe? idgi

LH as well and feasted on knee-high, inner-half of plate.

Do RH prefer knee-high, inner-half against lefties?

Bosox givin it all they got!

once heard a theory that because a lot of left-handed hitters are naturally right-handed, there's something about having your strong hand below that leads to liking the ball down.

(i don't believe this theory, but it's the only explanation i've ever heard for the lefty/low-ball truism)

otoh, no one ever seems to shift the defense around for right-handed hitters (had i reached the majors, i would have been an exception). are lefties more prone to pull the ball? why?

i was taught that you always pitch a guy with glasses down, because he'll have to look through the thick part of the lens, with more distortion, to see it

and that when leading off first, you lead inside the baseline, so that to the pitcher, it looks like you're closer to the bag than you actually are

lotta stupid shit in baseball, but maybe none stupider than that one

Yeah, I can't recall if righties did better on inside/low off me. Not that there's really any comparison between HS and MLB.

I do remember being fucking terrified, as a hitter, about facing fireballing lefties like this guy (though he's listed as RH; maybe it was his brother?): http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schefaa01.shtml

Yeah, must have been his brother.

OK, so I was terrified to face both of them.

nearly all meaningful games are outta hand now, gotta wait for OAK-TEX

nuh uh, cards are only up 3-1 over the reds. if they lose tonight and LAD win, the dodgers will only be a game behind.

yeah i know. Sorry Z, after they hang on I can't wait for the Cards to get bounced out of the WC game.

Yeah, they really don't deserve it this year, especially. Who do you like in the NL, then? Nats? Reds? Giants? Surely not the braves?

There's a pecking order, w/ my top pref prob being an Oak-DC World Series. Dinosaurs get to fume over Strasburg irrelevancy AND a Beane pennant, then.

BOS@NYY allegedly to start on time, been wet all day

just mentioned on the mets telecast - cubs v astros 2night is the 1st time 2 100-loss teams have played each other since 1962

damn shields is dealing

15ks

that's a tough loss for james shields

i wonder what the record is for highest game score in a loss.

#10 game score of the year

― zachylon (zachlyon), Tuesday, October 2, 2012 9:40 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

becomes the only top 20 game score to result in a loss

― zachylon (zachlyon), Tuesday, October 2, 2012 9:41 PM (45 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ben Sheets last start/game starts in just over an hour.

A victory for the Pirates would give them their winningest season since 1992.

Sheets'

M Bourn walked.
M Bourn stole second.
M Bourn stole third.
M Prado hit sacrifice fly to right, M Bourn scored.

rod barajas, now 6-for-98 on stolen base attempts

(tbf bourn is good and aj sucks at holding runners, but jeez)

I know Barajas lost the handle on the ball during the 3B swipe. Probably wouldn't have made any difference.

intersting factoid: "In Game 7 of the 1996 NLCS, with Chipper Jones on the field, the Braves ended Ozzie Smith's career. Friday night, 16 years later, the Cardinals will have a chance to end Chipper's career."

that makes it sound like they broke Ozzie's legs!

andrelton's got a gun

it was tony larussa that actually ended ozzie smith's career iirc

I wish I hadn't missed Sheets' inning of work -- apparently he really aired it out and hit 95-96, knowing he didn't have to save himself for anything.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/blog/_/name/stark_jayson/id/8456932/mlb-postseason-tiebreaker-scenarios

Man, a lot of stuff is gonna get decided tonight. Pretty fun.

clap clap clapclapclap

okay, so if Miggy ties in HRs, does he get the Triple Crown?

yaz was tied with harmon killebrew for homers in '67

you'll have to factor in late-season homers of course

tiebreaker is # of second half HR.

lol dan johnson is trending again on the last day of the season

8th in all of mlb in hits is.......marco scutaro!

‏@joe_sheehan
The regular season is now the All-Star Game. Two news cycles later, no one cares.

No idea where to put this--a list of "clubhouse cancers" through the ages.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1035006-30-worst-clubhouse-cancers-in-baseball-history?source=taboola

Some are obvious, some I really question.

Jan. 23, 2012--breaking story.

That article reads like it was written by a high school freshman.

relevant: 2010 MLB all clubhouse-chancre team NEED HELP

also i count 3 lol comeback better attitude stories in there barring M Cabrera

mlb net has a 100 best plays of 2012 countdown show, it's p good im up to 86, nice plays abound

damn i never saw larry leveling kratz

68 is dickey getting robbed by bryan petersen i remember that play what do i win

lol sic willie blompquist play followed by a rod barajas walk off

is this real life