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In his professional career, Victor Robles has now been hit by a pitch 108 times in 508 games. That is just absolutely insane.

Move over Anthony Rizzo!

Well, this was a scary time to turn the game on.

Woodruff has been all around awesome this season.

Segura looks like he has pumped up. Dude is solid

So the umpire who sucked ass yesterday just threw out Moose for asking about a checked swing call last inning.

So Carl Edwards is still not good.

And Suarez is a machine.

Woody strikes out Harper for the third time. Each time BW got him swinging on a fastball

Welp, there goes Bryant

Anyone else have MLbTV just go to screen menu of options and you have to click back to game? So weird. Happens like once a game

MLB.tv froze in my Chrome desktop web browser at the start of the Nats game, but has been solid since then. I haven't had any menu weirdness.

Perhaps if you have an ad blocker like uMatrix that might have something to do with it?

I remember last year each time they'd go to a commercial break between innings it would get hung up and I'd have to restart the stream each time. I think that was their way of penalizing us for using an ad blocker, because that's what would've played otherwise.

James Bourque now pitching in relief for the Nationals. His name is pronounced Burke, as in "Burke's Law", not bor-kay as previously reported. Those responsible have been sacked.

111-thanks. Happens with both my appletv and Sony PlayStation. So thought it was the app

The Nats pen is so, so dreadful.

Boone can not let Nestor Cortes lose the game after the Yanks score 3 in the 9th to tie.

The Nationals just (barely) nailed down their first 3-game winning "streak".

If the Nationals could play the Marlins every day, they might be decent. At least we’re (probably) not the worst team in league. And Martinez finally figured out how to manage the bullpen, give them such a huge lead even they can’t blow it.

The Deep State planted that pebble in Kauffman. No other explanation makes sense.

The Deep State planted that pebble in Kauffman.

Flashbacks to the 1924 World's Series???

That Ranger bullpen meltdown is beyond epic, for the second game in a row.

TWO WILD PITCHES IN A ROW, two runs scored! Texas just giving this game away.

The Deep State planted that pebble in Kauffman.

Flashbacks to the 1924 World's Series???

Yes, but more recently, Bill Virdon's DP grounder in the 8th inning of game 7 of 1960. No pebble**, no Mazeroski walkoff.

** Although in this case it was a clump of hard dirt from the concrete-like Forbes Field infield

The Diamondbacks have a guy named Kevin Cron, no relation to C.J. Cron as far as I can determine on B-Ref. At least their daily logs will be rotated.

I believe the Crons are brothers

they are brothers

in other family news, Carl's grandson:


Grant Brisbee
‏Verified account @GrantBrisbee
May 25

Mike Yastrzemski’s walkup song is When the Levee Breaks. Good sign, imo.

The Orioles have an amazingly useless bullpen. They trotted out 6 of the relievers today.

Looks like they "only" gave up 7 HR in the 3 games in CO, improving a bit each day. (4 to 2 to 1 HR.)

Trevor Story struck out 5 times today.

I was watching this Braves @ Cards game at a local sports bar and just came back home. I have to think that the entire NL East is afflicted with some sort of defensive indifference syndrome considering the sheer number of botched plays I've seen from the Braves, Nats, Marlins, and Mets alone in the past week. There has been some stunningly incompetent fielding from supposedly Major League players.

Is the juiced ball hampering clean fielding of the batted ball???

jehosophat.

jordan hicks has come on in the ninth with a 3-0 lead and promptly gives up a double, single, walk, single.

the tying run is on 3rd with no outs.

this team is the absolute most ridiculous cardinal team ever.

now hicks is being pulled. just great.

but the manager is godlike perfection, just ask the announcers and writers for the local papers.

Very considerate of Albies to hand a free out to the Cards.

Not thrilled at that strike three to Acuna call.

Cards lead 3-0, top of 9th
Freeman leads off. why not bring in Miller for one AB, and then go to Hicks?
Freeman is a tremendous hitter - .917 career OPS vs RH, .801 vs LH - but why not improve your odds?

what I hope it's not: if Miller takes out Freeman, then Hicks can't enter the game and get a SV.
and we have all learned that it's not whether you win or lose - it's whether your closer gets credit for a SV.

Freeman doubles, Donaldson singles, Markakis - down 0-2 - works out a walk, Riley doubles.

now it's 3-2, 2nd and 3rd, no one out - and it's Miller time (in more ways than one).

Miller punches out McCann, goes 11 pitches with a feisty Albies, who finally lunges one the opposite way that drops in for a game-tying single. a nice piece of hitting that gets undone when - like a Little Leaguer - he starts running towards second when the RF throw comes in.

who knew there would be what I believe is called a "cutoff man?" Albies a dead duck, so instead of 1st and 3rd one out, it's man on 3rd, 2 out. (a potential game-changing gaffe, but that's for another thread.)

back on topic, here comes Brebbia.

oh, that will be chalked up as a "blown SV" for Miller, which is hilarious.
if you come into a 6-1 game with 2 outs and the bases loaded, you can give up a 500-foot grand slam and a couple of line singles and even a walk - followed by a bullet caught at the warning track. collect your save!

but if Miller can't escape with no one scoring in this scenario - YOU BLEW IT!

(God, what a dopey stat)

walk to Culberson, but then Yadier frames a just-missed 2-strike pitch into a Acuna caught-looking K and we remain tied.

1-2-3 inning.

now with 1 out in the 10th, on comes STL LHP Webb to pitch to Freeman, who apparently forgot how to hit lefties between innings or something. well, this is a much weaker hit, an infield variety off the shift.

now a walk and here comes Markakis, who didn't merit a LHP in the 9th but does now.

fly out, then walk to Riley to load the bases because the LH/RH difference only started mattering not even an hour ago. your lesser lefty Webb then walks McCann to give the Braves the lead.

and Luke Jackson shuts the door on a 4-3 Braves win.

but it's all good because the Closer Preservation Act was honored.

#andgetoffmylawntoo

I'm glad I watched a movie after the end of that 9th inning. Figures.

Héctor Gómez
‏ @hgomez27
1h1 hour ago

BREAKING NEWS: According Dominican Sports Journalist @martinezsanta26 Bartolo Colón and the Detroit Tigers are closing in on a minor league deal. Bartolo Colon will be flaying to the USA on Tuesday to finalize the agreement.

@MLBRandomStats
51 years ago today, Frank Thomas and Jeff Bagwell were born

Most HR by players born on one day:
970- 5/27/1968 (Frank Thomas and Jeff Bagwell)
804- 7/27/1975 (Alex Rodriguez and Shea Hillenbrand)
762- 7/24/1964 (Barry Bonds)
755- 2/5/1934 (Hank Aaron)
714- 2/6/1895 (Babe Ruth)

Prado single in second inning has him now 20 for 42 lifetime against this Nationals starting pitcher named..... Max Scherzer (!)

GGBG with a two-run jack and it's 3-2 Yanks!

Bill Buckner, dead at the age of 69.

Ian Browne
‏Verified account @IanMBrowne

Pedroia says surgery not an option right now. Asked if he thinks he will play again, he said, "I'm not sure."
1:48 PM - 27 May 2019

Wow. The family's statement said he had been suffering from "Lewy Body dementia."

I am glad he had several moments of redemption (the ovations at Fenway, and an episode on "Curb Your Enthusiasm").

Cole vs cole today in houston.

BREAKING NEWS: According Dominican Sports Journalist @martinezsanta26 Bartolo Colón and the Detroit Tigers are closing in on a minor league deal. Bartolo Colon will be flaying to the USA on Tuesday to finalize the agreement.

Oh, man, there's hope! "No MLB players left who are older than me" isn't usually something you come back from.

Flaying to the US? Is this his new way to lose some weight?

Kiermaier is just ####### unreal. Check this one out: He just challenged the wall and won, and you could hear the collision a mile away. One of the best robberies of the year.

Hamels isn’t sharp but god damn Astros are getting every break in this inning.

Flaying to the US? Is this his new way to lose some weight?

Lose weight? Bartolo Colon? Why would he need to do that? Here, have some of Bartolo’s Birthday Cake.

The Marlins bullpen is trying to out-Nats the D.C. bullpen. Let's watch on hidden camera to see what happens...

HFS. Francisco Liriano is still pitching in the majors?!

Ump just called a strike that per game day was way high. Next pitch was way off so guy still walked But as he tossed bat he looked at ump who for a second looked like he was going to throw the guy out

Mike Montgomery apparently somehow just got injured somewhere between leaving the bullpen and reaching the mound. Left the game before throwing a pitch. Either that or it's just a new frontier in 12-dimensional managering by Joe.

Yankees' ground crew removes all infield pebbles in reaction to yesterday's fiasco in KC. The Yanks then resume their winning ways, beating the Padres by 5 to 2, with Frazier, Gardner and Sanchez going deep.

No sweep in D.C. Now the Nationals head to Atlanta for their first meeting with the Braves. Who made this schedule??

So get this - I didn't know this until Len Kasper said it earlier, but apparently Alex Bregman wears #2 to "stick it" to the D-Backs, who passed him over in favor of Dansby Swanson with the #1 pick. In college he wore #30 to represent all the MLB teams that didn't draft him in the first round.

The ass, it is so red!

Wow. That'll show 'em!

Injured hand for Montgomery.

Altuve would seem to be the far better-adjusted of the Astros' Napoleonic infielders.

Phil Wood on the Nats post-game show saying that Luke Appling would foul off as many souvenirs as possible if the team they were visiting didn't give him enough tickets, for example. It was his way of getting revenge.

Injured hand for Montgomery.

Now I picture him closing it in the door of the bullpen cart, like Ty Webb before the big match with Judge Smails.

Specifically, it was reported as "left middle finger discomfort," so maybe he was having a vigorous conversation with a drunk Astros fan.

Phil Wood on the Nats post-game show saying that Luke Appling would foul off as many souvenirs as possible if the team they were visiting didn't give him enough tickets, for example. It was his way of getting revenge.

I recall hearing a similar story of Eddie Yost fouling balls into the crowd over some slight.

Now I picture him closing it in the door of the bullpen cart, like Ty Webb before the big match with Judge Smails.

Don't worry. It's good luck.

Why do service members keep their caps on during God Bless America? Do they do the same during the SSB? The whole "remove your hats" thing is dumb to begin with (what the hell is disrespectful about a hat?), but it seems odd that military protocol would be not to do so if everyone else has to.

Its part of the uniform. Unless inside you always have a cover on.

Huh. Interesting. I guess a closed domed stadium doesn't count as "inside."

Why do service members keep their caps on during God Bless America? Do they do the same during the SSB? The whole "remove your hats" thing is dumb to begin with (what the hell is disrespectful about a hat?), but it seems odd that military protocol would be not to do so if everyone else has to.

well god bless america is a garbage song, completely undeserving of any respect anyway, it makes every boy band song or girl band song appear to be Beethoven combined with Bohemian Rhapsody in comparison(or whatever you consider great vs crap).

But as 164 points out, military people don't take their cover off when "outside".

Trevor Cahill is garbage, the human version of "God Bless America."

The Nationals currently enjoy a 22-32 W-L record.

We are now at the 1/3 milepost of the 162-game season. In order to win 90 games they'd have to play at a 68-40 (0.630) pace the rest of the way. I don't see it.

No way, I missed an Albert Pujols Memorial Day homerun ?
Shame on me all the way !

Made up for it with the Ohtani caught stealing. All good.

Your 2019 AL MVP Matt Chapman tacks on an insurance run with a line-drive homer to left, A's lead Angels 7-5 in the bottom of the 7th.

The Rockies had men on first and second with two out in the bottom of the tenth, and Ryan McMahon somehow got himself thrown out at third base. I'm following on GameDay, so I don't know if it was a steal attempt, or a would-be wild pitch - I'm probably better off not knowing.

deGrom not off to the best start.

Why does a challenge where the result is totally obvious still take 2 minutes?

They have to keep the bett--I mean One-Day Fantasy players secure in the absolute perfection of each and every call.

Alex Bregman wears #2 to "stick it" to the D-Backs, who passed him over in favor of Dansby Swanson with the #1 pick. In college he wore #30 to represent all the MLB teams that didn't draft him in the first round.

That's very douchy.

Red Sox back to their winning ways after dropping 2 of 3 at Houston in a very tough series there. Time for another 8-2 run to at least make the East interesting, though it would seem that those battlers from the Bronx have cornered the market on the magic pixie dust this year. Their fans are going to be really disappointed though when all their "star" players return and actually play a little worse then the current crop of no-names; so that will be kind of fun to watch.

it would seem that those battlers from the Bronx have cornered the market on the magic pixie dust this year. Their fans are going to be really disappointed though when all their "star" players return and actually play a little worse then the current crop of no-names; so that will be kind of fun to watch.

That's probably true, at least at first, but damn if they aren't going to have one of the deepest rosters in recent memory if and when those stars come back.

1B Voit/LeMahieu

2B Torres/LeMaheiu/Estrada

SS Didi/Torres

3B Urshela/LeMahieu

OF Stanton, Hicks, Judge, Frazier, Gardner

C Sanchez, Romine

DH Whoever of the above isn't playing that day

P Severino, Germán, Paxton, Tanaka, Happ, Sabathia, and maybe even Montgomery

RP Kahnle, Ottavino, Brittan, Betances, Chapman, Cessa, and whoever the 6th and 7th slot in the rotation may wind up being

That's 26 players, one too many until September, but it's not the worst position to be in. Cashman's certainly earned his pay this time around.

the soft underbelly that is the Mets' early bullpen (ok, all teams?) allows 6 runs in the 6th after the Dodgers chase deGrom out after 105 pitches through 5 IP (10 pitches by Kershaw on one AB) and a 3-2 Mets lead.

autopsy being performed on the Mets is halted as they score 2 in the 8th to make it 8-5 and load the bases with one out. in comes Jansen for a 5-out SV - which even if he gets is a moral victory for the Mets, and more importantly they can enjoy some more Dodgers pen underbelly tomorrow night if that game is competitive.

wow, Carlos Gomez is no stranger to stupid baseball but...

JD Davis hits a sac fly to RF in an 8-5 game where the Mets already have had two guys thrown out at the plate. wait, wait, idiot Gomez tries to get to 3rd with 2 outs because - did I mention that he's stupid? - and Bellinger throws him out.

the runner at 3rd does not score before the out. so instead of 1st and 3rd, 2 out in an 8-6 game, the inning is over and it's 8-5.

bonus points for helping Kenley Jansen's pitch count down for the rest of the series.

DFA time? the Mets are very familiar with this process of late.

Update: Mets got an Alonso triple in the 9th and coaxed 17 pitches out of Jansen, who needed only 2 pitches to get 2 outs in the 8th thanks to Gomez's boner. that could loom large in the rest of the series.

#baseballisfundamental