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Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006
So apparently Clint Frazier asked the Yankees if they ever un-retired numbers because he wanted to wear #7.

#7, for those who don't know, belongs to this guy.

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BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
Human Baseball Magnet Stephen Piscotty has been cleared to play after passing the concussion protocol, and then was promptly hit with another baseball.

HOTLANTA MAN
Jul 4, 2010

by Hand Knit
Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/braves/status/849696013250068480

New Concept Hole
Oct 10, 2012

東方動的

Julio Cruz posted:

So apparently Clint Frazier asked the Yankees if they ever un-retired numbers because he wanted to wear #7.

#7, for those who don't know, belongs to this guy.

Who does Frazier think he is, Mike Trout?

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

Take me to your Shida

El Gallinero Gros posted:

I thought Grossman's whole thing was he was all glove, no stick?

Twins, bitch

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!

Your Taint posted:

Human Baseball Magnet Stephen Piscotty has been cleared to play after passing the concussion protocol, and then was promptly hit with another baseball.

I kind of want to root for him after this

Carlosologist
Oct 13, 2013

Revelry in the Dark

I don't think the Frazier thing is a big deal but people are sure making it one

Petanque
Apr 14, 2008

Ca va bien aller

Carlosologist posted:

I don't think the Frazier thing is a big deal but people are sure making it one

And it's not even true, apparently:

http://www.espn.com/espn/now/_/nowId/21-0641383636158911020-4

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

gently caress Suzyn Waldman.

Petanque
Apr 14, 2008

Ca va bien aller

Inspector_666 posted:

gently caress Suzyn Waldman.

You can't predict baseball rumors.

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

IcePhoenix posted:

Outfielderer

Robbie Grossman is the Twins DH

An easy mistake considering how often "Darwin Barney" and "0-fer" go together.

Mr. Meagles
Apr 30, 2004

Out here, everything hurts


Explanation for Adam Wainwright's Carly Rae Jepsen pitch from last night:

https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/849445482984288266

“I saw him [Molina] shift outside and I was looking at a different part of the plate,” Wainwright explained after the Cardinals’ 2-1 loss to the Cubs. “When I saw that, instantly – and I saw it before – I thought he was looking for a breaking ball and I had fastball grip. I did not want to throw a ball and hit him in the collarbone or something and have Yadier out. I pull-hooked it and erred on the side of not hitting him – by 20, 30 yards.”

Huh.

bewbies
Sep 23, 2003

Fun Shoe
So the Royals series chances this year seem pretty solid.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
Stephen Piscotty just got hit with another baseball while in the team hotel.

Also rainouts suck rear end. At least it's a day game tomorrow like it should be. :colbert:

BigBallChunkyTime fucked around with this message at 00:21 on Apr 6, 2017

Atomizer
Jun 24, 2007



The Aardvark posted:

Padres ace Clayton Richard.

We joke about Clayton, but he actually became pretty solid for the Padres as a starter versus how he ended up performing out of the bullpen for the Cubs. I mean, if you had told the Cubs that they'd need another starter for 2017 and Clayton Richard would become ~the premiere groundball pitcher~, I think they'd have kept him. Everyone involved would be totally OK with him inducing grounders to Baez and Russell. The only thing he struggled with was fielding his position, but hey, we've already got a starter who won't throw to bases and that didn't seem to hurt us too much so why not? :v:

If I did my calculations correctly, in 2016 Richard's ERAs were:
6.43 out of the bullpen on the Cubs (or 6.46 out of the 'pen for both teams)
2.52 on the Padres total, or just 2.41 as a starter on the Padres
3.33 for the year
:eyepop:

To be completely honest I'd have preferred Richard as the 5th starter over the Hammel roller-coaster.

Pancakes posted:

I was yelling at the Cubs to leave him alone after that mess ended. Really funny but I hope he's okay.

Yeah, even as a Cubs fan I felt bad for him. I'm thinking that even if you tried to recreate that trip around the bases you couldn't intentionally bean a guy three times.

Carlosologist
Oct 13, 2013

Revelry in the Dark

Not MLB, still cool as poo poo

https://twitter.com/WVUBaseball/sta...%26autosize%3D1

Pvt. Public
Sep 9, 2004

I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.
That's awesome, but holy poo poo those uniforms are hideous.

Infidel Castro
Jun 8, 2010

Again and again
Your face reminds me of a bleak future
Despite the absence of hope
I give you this sacrifice




iospace posted:

:stare:

What's the record for most times hit by a ball in a single game, HBP or otherwise?

Dunno if it's the record, but Frank Chance got hit by a pitch 5 times in the same game on 30 May 1904.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Infidel Castro posted:

Dunno if it's the record, but Frank Chance got hit by a pitch 5 times in the same game on 30 May 1904.

:stare: Talk about unlucky.

Also, Win #1 for the Crew! :woop:

Shiroc
May 16, 2009

Sorry I'm late
Indians good

Darude - Adam Sandstorm
Aug 16, 2012

Guess Garrett Richards should have had TJS last year!

Good Dog
Oct 16, 2008

Who threw this cat at me?
Clapping Larry

Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:

Guess Garrett Richards should have had TJS last year!

Biceps cramping.

I don't if that is less serious than tendonitis or something like that but I can only assume that he is dead and the year is wasted anyways.

Pungry
Feb 26, 2011

JUST PICK ONE. ANY ONE.
Baseball is the worst sport.

Craig K
Nov 10, 2016

puck
Mariners Fever: Catch It because you weren't inoculated against it as a child

Blind Pineapple
Oct 27, 2010

For The Perfect Fruit 'n' Kaman

1 part gin
1 part pomegranate syrup
Fill with pineapple juice
Serve over crushed ice

College Slice
At least George Springer has found his bat.

Phonoxen
Feb 15, 2017

As you can see, we've had our eye on you for some time now, Mr. Anderson.
Shamelessly taken from HBT, but apparently Curt Schilling really put the screws on the Red Sox back in the day:

SI posted:

Theo Epstein: So we were negotiating back and forth. He had fired his agent and he was representing himself. We were negotiating a contract extension back and forth.

PMT: That’s a mismatch. (Laughs)

Theo Epstein: Yeah, that’s what I thought. I thought we were doing pretty well in the negotiations. So we reach a deal. We’re happy with it and we go back to print it out in his little home office. We were using his computer and his printer to print it out and there on his desk is a well-worn dog-eared copy of the book Negotiating for Dummies…Every time he was pretending to go to the bathroom, he was running back and looking at that book.

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



Sounds like Curt, all right

the popes toes
Oct 10, 2004

As a single investment consortium, Jeter and Jeb Bush want to buy the Marlins on the heels of rumors that Loria is thinking about cashing out.

Investment question: does the dinger machine add to the value of the team or lower it?

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



Bush and Jeter are not in the same investment group on this. Unless something changed in the last 24 hours.

the popes toes
Oct 10, 2004

FlamingLiberal posted:

Bush and Jeter are not in the same investment group on this. Unless something changed in the last 24 hours.

Yeah, you're right. Bummer. I enjoyed the surrealism.

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



At this point I will take anyone other than Loria. Nobody can be worse.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


FlamingLiberal posted:

At this point I will take anyone other than Loria. Nobody can be worse.

Well now you've gone and jinxed it.

Popete
Oct 6, 2009

This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs

Grimey Drawer
Curt Schilling with funding from the Florida Board of Economic Development has purchased the Marlins.

Kevlar v2.0
Dec 25, 2003

=^•⩊•^=

Popete posted:

Curt Schilling with funding from the Florida Board of Economic Development has purchased the Marlins.

He's really good at OOTP Baseball so I totally trust he'll do well.

tinstaach
Aug 3, 2010

MAGNetic AttITUDE


Popete posted:

Curt Schilling with funding from the Florida Board of Economic Development has purchased the Marlins.

Or as they're now known, the Elizabeth Warren Lied About Being Native Americans. Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

Pancakes
May 21, 2001

Crypto-Rump Roast

tinstaach posted:

Or as they're now known, the Elizabeth Warren Lied About Being Native Americans. Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

Make America Realize Liz Isn't Native, Suckers.

the popes toes
Oct 10, 2004

I'd buy the team just for the bobblehead museum.

Paul Zuvella
Dec 7, 2011

Inspector_666 posted:

gently caress Suzyn Waldman.

No need to verify that source of yours Suzyn, just go ahead and say it on air :allears:

Miz Kriss
Mar 17, 2009

It's only an avatar if the Cubs get swept.
N: Addison Russell collects Pokémon cards and is having different players sign cards he thinks matches each player.

V: Why am I not surprised Rizzo is a goddamn pikachu?

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Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

the popes toes posted:

As a single investment consortium, Jeter and Jeb Bush want to buy the Marlins on the heels of rumors that Loria is thinking about cashing out.

Investment question: does the dinger machine add to the value of the team or lower it?

Get A-Rod in on this!

Also the Dinger Machine is priceless we all know this.

Paul Zuvella posted:

No need to verify that source of yours Suzyn, just go ahead and say it on air :allears:

Yeah what could possibly go wrong?!

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