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Mr. Fix It posted:I'll post this in the NPB thread too if it exists, but Roki Sasaki of the Lotte Marines just threw a perfect game against the Orix Buffaloes. He did it on 105 pitches while striking out 19, striking out 13 in a row at one point. Just a wild perfomance. That performance was absolutely bananas. It was like the "Kerry Wood Game" from 1998 but turned into a Perfect Game. The limit on posting fees is the dumbest thing NPB has done in recent times because that guy would fetch the Marines so much money if he went to MLB auction.
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GoutPatrol posted:always love to watch a good ball bagging
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No active NPB thread from what I can tell, so it'll probably interest some of you in here to know that Roki Sasaki is currently following up his perfect game from earlier this week by going perfect with 9 K's through six innings, on about 75 pitches, against the Nippon Ham Fighters. He's hitting 100 MPH with his fastball in this game too. Unless, for some reason, you already pay for the Pacific League TV streaming package, you'll have to search around for unofficial streaming links that I can't post here if you're interested in watching some late-night baseball. EDIT: Perfect through 7 innings now - 11 strikeouts. EDIT 2: Now perfect through 8 - 14 strikeouts on 105 pitches. One problem: it's a 0-0 game and the opposing starter has only allowed 4 hits himself. Sasaki ends up pulled after 8 perfect innings with the game tied 0-0. Wow. Crazy Ted fucked around with this message at 08:15 on Apr 17, 2022 |
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MrMojok posted:So this guy has seventeen consecutive perfect innings with 33 Ks According to r/NPB, the likely reason why he was pulled after the 8th is that the staff of the Chiba Lotte Marines have an extensively-detailed plan in place for how to develop Sasaki, which includes strict pitch limits like leaving the inning after he hits 100 pitches, in order to avoid overuse of his arm early in his career. Another reason is that Japan has the same rules as Major League Baseball regarding no-hitters and perfect games, so even if Sasaki had stayed in and pitched a perfect 9th it still wouldn't have counted as a Perfect Game because the Marines offense was worthless and it went to the 10th. I'd wager that if the Marines had a healthy lead Sasaki may have been given a chance to pitch the 9th since there wouldn't have been as much pressure in a win/loss sense. From what I've read, there's been a massive shift in the way pitchers are dealt with in Japan over the last ten years or so, with arm usage much more carefully watched than it used to be. This includes pitch limits at the high school level now, so the days of teenagers throwing 200+ pitches at the annual Koshien tournament on consecutive days in order to show how committed they are have come to an end. Crazy Ted fucked around with this message at 13:30 on Apr 17, 2022 |
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R.D. Mangles posted:A reminder of those insanely dogshot boston uniforms. Are they still using those? Does that mean we're stuck with those god awful Wrigleyville uniforms for another year? Back to Sasaki and an FYI for anyone here who happens to have a Roku box and/or the Roku Channel: ForTheFans says it's going to replay his Perfect Game at 7:30 PM Monday night, in a condensed two-hour format.
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Apr 18, 2022 05:11
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more falafel please posted:South Side uniforms are dope as hell. The black Sox uniforms are all dope as hell and have been for 30 years.
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more falafel please posted:Especially because they were garbage for most of that time and they've always had trouble selling tickets.
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Roki Sasaki pitching in Japan tonight. This is the first time he's really struggled with his command. Allowed multiple runners in the first inning and will probably exit after five with a pair of runs allowed on six hits and three walks and 4/5 K's. He loaded the bases with no outs in the 5th but got out of it only allowing a run. The thing with him only really having two pitches right now is that if the other team just focuses on contact and figures out how to time a pitcher who can throw 100 mph, he's hittable. Also of note: he inadvertently plunked a guy in the ribs with a 98-mph fastball and man do I feel sorry for him.
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Apr 24, 2022 07:01
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Popete posted:I didn't realize this earlier but Straw and Mercado where upset because Yankees fans where cheering and taunting Kwan who crashed into a fence and got injured and that's what got his teammates upset. It wasn't even regular fan poo poo talking they were actively cheering and rooting for a player to be hurt, loving gross.
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Shine posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stUolWxG3wo
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Apr 25, 2022 05:54
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Just allow sign stealing but you have to make it comically obvious, like a guy in the center field batter's eye with binoculars blasts a shotgun into the air if the catcher signals for a fastball.
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Apr 27, 2022 01:33
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tinstaach posted:The beautiful game
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Intruder posted:Imagine what their fights at home are like Mellow Seas posted:New gimmick to replace ghost runners: four outs in extra innings.
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Chief McHeath posted:24 year old multi-millionaire who doesn't have to show up to work until, what, one, two PM at the earliest, playing video games after midnight. I'm SHOCKED!
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Sydin posted:Not to interrupt Bauer-chat but this is potentially pretty big: good good good good good good good Good Dog posted:Lmao at everyone correctly guessing that the MLB would make this announcement on a Friday afternoon of the NFL draft to make sure it gets as small amount of coverage as possible. Crazy Ted fucked around with this message at 01:37 on Apr 30, 2022 |
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Apr 30, 2022 01:34
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Niwrad posted:If you can score on a ball you put in play, it should be a homer no matter what caused you to score.
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Apr 30, 2022 05:50
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Eldoop posted:No-hitter TAS where the pitcher gets one of these things
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Not MLB but since there's no NPB thread and I just finished watching it... There was just a extra-inning game in which a grand total of two pitchers were used: the Hanshin Tigers @ the Chunichi Dragons Chunichi Dragons starting pitcher Yudai Ohno threw 108 pitches over the first nine innings, allowing no baserunners and striking out five for what should have been a perfect game. However, Hanshin pitcher Koyo Ayoagi himself had allowed two hits and one walk with six K's on 101 pitches, and the game went to the 10th inning scoreless. Both managers allowed their pitchers to come back out - Chunichi's to see if Ohno could still be perfect and Hanshin's because if one Chunichi hitter hadn't had a 10-11 pitch at bat Ayoagi would've easily been under 100 pitches and was cruising. Ohno started the 10th with two quick outs, but unfortunately allowed a double before retiring the next hitter to finish with ten one-hit, one-baserunner innings on 120 pitches. Ayoagi quickly retired the first hitter in the tenth, but allowed a single, intentional walk, and then two more singles for a 1-0 loss in 9 1/3 innings and about 110 pitches. I don't think I've ever seen a professional game like that. I definitely know I haven't seen an extra-inning shutout for myself since Jack Morris in the 1991 World Series. Crazy Ted fucked around with this message at 12:49 on May 6, 2022 |
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May 6, 2022 12:43
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will_colorado posted:lmao; the 9th inning of the Rockies game. Blind Pineapple posted:What is the record for most consecutive games between two teams with the same score? I ask because the Astros have beaten the Tigers 3-2 each of the last 3 days.
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May 8, 2022 06:13
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bees x1000 posted:Yes, one entire team situated 3500 miles away from NY and 6000+ miles from LA. This is a good idea. Crazy Ted fucked around with this message at 19:42 on May 10, 2022 |
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May 10, 2022 19:38
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FlamingLiberal posted:Yeah I don’t know why Gorman is still in AAA
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Julio Cruz posted:I would sell a kidney for a MLB team in the UK but even I recognise it's a loving terrible idea
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Bismack Billabongo posted:https://twitter.com/katiejwoo/status/1524141688859643905?s=20&t=wiXaiRDK71VTFzCYSs6Tzw A cornucopia of 4's and 6's A brick shithouse full of double play combos
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bawfuls posted:there are a lot of gems in this thread, my favorite is this lumpy piece of poo poo "ball" 
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euphronius posted:It’s leather
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maffew buildings posted:Move the Yankees to London so I can hate the Yankees, their fans and British all at once
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FlamingLiberal posted:I haven't really seen much reporting on this other than by BA
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Arivia posted:the shift is why no one has hit .400 since
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SilvergunSuperman posted:Arms skinnier than my grandma's is a look alright
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rickiep00h posted:I didn't hear anything about Donaldson being particularly lovely toward teammates, but being an antagonistic dick to other teams isn't really The Twins Way™️
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davecrazy posted:Little League stadium.
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IcePhoenix posted:There are kids graduating high school this year who were born after his last game as a Twin It is true that they're not ~~~your father's Twins~~~ but still... Crazy Ted fucked around with this message at 11:06 on May 25, 2022 |
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May 25, 2022 11:01
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Inspector_666 posted:I'm kind of bleh on the Rockies connect unis overall but that arm patch fuckin' rules, I dunno why I love it so much. https://twitter.com/Rockies/status/1530197659922964480 KICK BAMA KICK posted:didn't he like kinda cover up a sex crime
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Sir Dingleby Dapper posted:Can't really give a poo poo about baseball with the recent roe vs. wade stuff. Lumpy posted:Hey, they stuck a "123" at the end didn't they?
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Popete posted:So where do you guys keep track of your coworkers crimes, Google Sheets?
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Poque posted:SELECT crimes FROM domestic_activity WHERE crime_severity > 4 AND criminal = "Jason Heyward" LIMIT 200;
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Freddie Freeman has fired his agents, apparently because of how the failed contract negotiations with the Braves went immediately after the end of the lockout.
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Aye Doc posted:god drat tommy is the weirdest kind of psychopath A bunch of co-workers at a high school I used to work at had a punishment for last place in their Fantasy Football league, which was everyone else to go pick their name the next season. One year the guy in last was a History teacher from central Wisconsin, and they made him rename his team "Ed Gein's Discount Lampshades", and he apparently got really pissed off about it. Gein, the inspiration for Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs, was from central Wisconsin himself
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Kilometers Davis posted:I loving hate blackouts, I can’t watch my local Florida teams so that means I haven’t been able to watch the Cardinals for days since they’re playing the Marlins. What game should I watch today. I need baseball. All the other sports I care about are over and I feel empty. If I’m not careful I’ll actually get something productive done. Ohtani is pitching tonight so that’s probably a good choice. If you don't believe me, go here and enter in a random SLC zip code like 84103 (UT Capitol Building zip code).
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more falafel please posted:Iowa still wins, being blacked out of STL, KC, MIL, CHC/CHW, and MIN.
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