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1. CFBF Rides The Zombie Ice Dragon Posted: June 17, 2014 at 03:54 PM (#4728707)Here is a list of the players who have worn #19 in 2014, I wonder if any of them were Tony Gwynn fans?
Jose Bautista TOR
Charlie Blackmon COL
Tony Campana ARI
Chris Davis BAL
Kevin Frandsen WSN
Robbie Grossman HOU
Tony Gwynn PHI
Jon Jay STL
Darin Mastroianni MIN
Efren Navarro LAA
Hector Noesi TEX
Dan Robertson TEX
Seth Rosin TEX
Anibal Sanchez DET
Jerry Sands TBR
Nate Schierholtz CHC
Andrelton Simmons ATL
Chris Stewart PIT
Masahiro Tanaka NYY
Koji Uehara BOS
Danny Valencia KCR
Joey Votto CIN
Going into today, Jedd Gyorko lead the team in runs batted in. He had 24.
Jedd Gyorko is hitting .162. An OPS under 500. Five home runs. And he's been on the DL for two weeks.
The Padres are more than 3 standard deviations below the MLB mean in on base percentage. That is hard to do.
Stroman grew up on Long Island. Not only is his Dad in attendance tonight, per Jeff Blair's radio show he had about 64 other ticket requests.
For ####'s sake getting lit up by the Royals is pathetic. I hope Scherzer is able to cash out on that insurance claim. At least we don't have to worry about paying him too much like we are with Verlander now.
On a different note, they posted a stat, Cardinal pitchers haven't allowed a homerun in 75 innings, 2nd is the Indians who have gone 29 innings without allowing a homerun (now that I have mentioned it, I'm sure the Mets will lead off next inning with a homerun)
Jesus. They're not just losing, they're getting their brains kicked in. Every. Single. Night. Verlander? Scherzer? Forget it. These guys can't pitch their way out of moist paper bag.
Oh, well. At least I don't have to watch the Tigers blow it in October again.
What. A. Beast.
Kolten Wong with a hit.... getting closer to $.50 soda's.
The Kansas. City. Royals.
My head is spinning.
Toronto Blue Jays are also in first place and the Astros don't have the worst record in baseball(The Rays do)
Cardinal announcers picked up on that, and Rick Horton basically said, "I would rather have a second baseman who hits .300 and makes a few bonehead plays, than a backup catcher who shows up his own teammates".
The Yanks currently have some starting pitching weakness, and an old and scuffling lineup, but the back end of their bullpen is very solid.
It's pretty clear who won the James Shields/Wil Myers trade.
Uhh, no Peg ...
3 for 4 tonight with a 2b, 3 sb, bb, 2 runs and gunned cutch down at home. Not a bad night
Edit: closing in on 100 ops+
Posted from an oceanfront campsite, because modern technology is pretty good.
* The focus has been on Lincecum's slide but Matt Cain is well into year two of his own slide. He's given up a lot of home runs the past two years and his K/BB ratio has returned to early career levels. Tonight he gave up 8 runs in 5 innings with 2 HR to push his ERA up to 4.52. He came into the game allowing 1.4 HR/9.
* The Padres have a .276 team OBP. Oh, hell, they've hit 216/276/341 for a 617 OPS and 77 OPS+. By comparison Derek Jeter at 275/330/325 looks like Paul Molitor. They have 210 runs scored with the next lowest team (CIN) at 252. Yes, it's a pitcher's park, but the offense has still been bad.
* SB Race: Billy Hamilton 28-8 (78%). Dee Gordon (has been caught a bit recently) 36-6 (86%).
* Mike Trout entered the game with a 175 OPS+ to lead the league, following OPS+s of 168 and 179. He went 3-4 with 2 HR and a double and is now at 311/397/610. I'm guessing he's at around a 180-182 OPS+ now.
* Alex Gordon had a HR and a 2B and is now at 288/369/462.
* Tanaka went 6 innings giving up 1 run on 5 hits and was 2-10 in BB-K. His line now reads 99.2 IP, 79 H, 25 R, 22 ER, 10 HR, 16 BB, 113 K (1.99 ERA, came into today's action with a 200 ERA+). On pace for 38 BB and 265 K. I wrote this on April 10th after he had pitched 14 innings:
Tanaka is looking really good for the Yanks. Forget the ERA, which is good. 1 walk and 18 strikeouts in 14 innings is a major positive sign. As we know, pitchers don't strike out a lot of batters by fluke, and BB/K rates stabilize very quickly. The only questions left unanswered are -- no, they're not the silly questions about whether he can "pitch in New York" -- whether he can keep the ball in the park and, to a lesser extent, whether he can keep his hits allowed rate under control. I see no reason to believe that he will allow a lot of home runs, but that metric takes longer to settle. And the pitchers with K/BB rates this good who allow a ton of hits tend to be old power pitchers at the end of the line, like Pedro or Halladay or Smoltz or Oswalt.
Looks like the jury is almost in, if it isn't in already: he's able to control his hits and HR allowed.
A's fans worldwide will breathe a sigh of relief.
What, you think Myers won't hit? But he already has hit.
(Unless that comment was sarcastic.)
I have nothing against Shields -- he's a good pitcher and people were underrating him -- but I'd rather have Myers. Especially given that Shields is about to become a free agent and get very expensive.
Yes. He's already on the all-beard team.
Gotta love how many catchers the A's put on the field at one time (sometimes Norris, Jaso, and Vogt all in the lineup, plus of course Donaldson).
This clip of Jaso and Vogt both suiting up to replace Norris after he was hit on a non-Machado backswing is hilarious. Chemistry on the A's makes them extra-fun to watch.
I'm reminded what Baseball Prospectus wrote after Eddie Murray got his 500th homer:
"The end is very, very near."
Punto has 15.2 career WAR. That's about as many as Adam Dunn (16.8), but in 800 fewer games.
Either way, I like the deal from the Rays' perspective, still.
It was commonly stated. Don't know if Moore really thought that way or not. That would be an epic stupid, of course.
EDIT: He's the 19th bench player to get at least 5 RBI in 2 PA since 1914.
The chance of seeing Buehrle or Dickey made the decision for me: I'm finally getting out to an A's game this season (instead of just radio), and it's against the Jays AND it's Throwback Thursday (celebrating Rickey!) AND Fireworks from the Field immediately afterwards. This should be a great time.
I'll also fulfill another ambition of long standing by making it a Trans-Bay Doubleheader: Giants' day game, take the ferry over to Oakland, A's night game.
Any of you guys ever try this?
Just saw this, so excuse the slow reply. Assateague State Park in Maryland. Along with the adjacent National Park, miles of beach, no buildings & very few people. Technically, I guess I'm on the other side of the dune line from the beach, but just a few steps. Nice place, with some shade would be perfect.
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