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1. The Yankee Clapper Posted: August 30, 2021 at 05:56 PM (#6037255)

Nationals catching prospect Keibert Ruiz, obtained from the Dodgers in the Scherzer & Turner trade, will make his MLB debut tonight. If the Nationals are going to improve next season, Ruiz will probably have to make a significant contribution. Ruiz hit .308/.365/.577 in 20 games at Rochester, with 5 HRs, so he may be ready. His battery mate tonight will be Josiah Gray, the other top Dodger prospect in the deal, who has looked pretty good as a National, with a 2.89 ERA over 28 innings in 5 starts.

2. the Hugh Jorgan returns Posted: August 30, 2021 at 07:37 PM (#6037287)

Rays v Red Sox tied 1-1 in the middle of the second via a solo shot for each team. I expect each team to go to the pen by the 3rd just to make Northey and Snapper's heads explode....

3. JJ1986 Posted: August 30, 2021 at 08:16 PM (#6037293)

Keibert Ruiz, obtained from the Dodgers in the Scherzer & Turner trade, will make his MLB debut tonight.

Not quite.

4. the Hugh Jorgan returns Posted: August 30, 2021 at 08:19 PM (#6037294)

Rays get a 2nd run on a single, WP, grounder to the right side followed by the 2 out rbi single. 2-1 Rays and both starters still in going into the 4th.

5. the Hugh Jorgan returns Posted: August 30, 2021 at 08:48 PM (#6037297)

Rays get a 3rd run on a double, WP strikeout and an error, now up 3-1.

6. the Hugh Jorgan returns Posted: August 30, 2021 at 09:34 PM (#6037305)

Rays get a 4th on a single, 2 BB and an error. Red Sox just determined to give this one away. 2 errors, 6 BB in 6 innings is an ugly way to be losing games.

7. Walt Davis Posted: August 30, 2021 at 10:44 PM (#6037320)

If the Nationals are going to improve next season, Ruiz will probably have to make a significant contribution.

Actually, by WAA, the Nats are the best at C in the NL at 2.1 WAA. Riley Adams has walloped it in his PAs, both Gomes and Bareera have hit well and Rfield loves Gomes' defense. Even Avila grades out as a bit above-average. It's close but WAA rates them as the 2nd-best set of position players in the NL.

On a related note, I see the Dodgers are still going primarily with Seager at SS and Turner at 2B which is not what I would have guessed.

8. The Yankee Clapper Posted: August 30, 2021 at 10:58 PM (#6037321)

Actually, by WAA, the Nats are the best at C in the NL at 2.1 WAA. Riley Adams has walloped it in his PAs, both Gomes and Bareera have hit well and Rfield loves Gomes' defense.

Riley Adams has hit very well … in 18 games with Washington. Before that, he hit .107 in 12 games with Toronto, and his minor league stats don’t exactly suggest his current performance will last. Gomes was traded to Oakland at the deadline. Ruiz appears to be the catcher of the future.

9. the Hugh Jorgan returns Posted: August 30, 2021 at 11:26 PM (#6037324)

I see NY brought in Heaney and he did the most Heaneyesque thing ever by giving up a homer to Shohei... Welcome back Andrew!

10. Howie Menckel Posted: August 31, 2021 at 12:09 AM (#6037330)

the Yankees trail the Rays by 6.5 games pending the NYY result tonight - and NYY is 7-7 in the 7th.

the Mets trail the Braves by 7.5 games pending the ATL result tonight - and ATL trails 5-2 in the 6th.

of course, the Yankees have a large (wild card) mattress below the tightrope - while the Mets have a poisonous snake-infested concrete floor they risk facing.

but amusing, in a way.

11. with Glavinesque control and Madduxian poise Posted: August 31, 2021 at 12:50 AM (#6037333)

In the top of the eighth in the Dodgers/Braves game, Jorge Soler was called out on batter's interference when Ozzie Albies attempted to steal second and Soler's backswing caught the catcher as the throw was attempted. I'm not sure I've ever seen that call before.

12. The Duke Posted: August 31, 2021 at 01:04 AM (#6037336)

Jon Lester, who was out of gas a couple months ago, racks up 198th win tonight. He has an outside chance of getting 200 this year. Unclear whether he intends another season. He looks close to done although I will say his last few starts have been ok. Seems to be throwing more breaking balls down and giving up on fastballs. 200 wins is a huge deal - there will be fewer and fewer that reach this target. His teammate wainwright seems impossibly far away from getting there.

13. Howie Menckel Posted: August 31, 2021 at 01:16 AM (#6037337)

off to bed after....

yes, Virginia, the Yankees and Mets really each are exactly 7 games out of first place.....

14. ERROR---Jolly Old St. Nick

Posted: August 31, 2021 at 11:12 AM (#6037382)

Luck of the draw. Put the Yankees in the NL East with the Mets' schedule, and they'd be in first place by a comfortable margin.

Put the Mets in the AL East with the Yankees' schedule, and they'd likely be about halfway between Toronto and the Orioles.

15. Howie Menckel Posted: August 31, 2021 at 11:45 AM (#6037385)

um, hence "amusing, in a way." in post 10

16. Tom Nawrocki Posted: August 31, 2021 at 12:13 PM (#6037389)

Jon Lester, who was out of gas a couple months ago, racks up 198th win tonight.

Lester with the Cards this year: 5.12 ERA
Lester with the Nats this year: 5.02 ERA
Lester with the Cubs last year: 5.16 ERA

He's probably still out of gas, but he did have a nice start against the Reds last night.

17. Tom and Shivs couples counselor Posted: August 31, 2021 at 12:53 PM (#6037395)

Loved the Brewers game last night. Burnes is a lot of fun to watch. Man were some balls smoked by both sides but found gloves.

Getting back to Burnes he was hitting the edge with 97-99 mph regularly. Giants hitters had no chance.

Brewers 18-9 in August and legit. 132 runs scored against 98 runs allowed.

18. TomH Posted: August 31, 2021 at 01:03 PM (#6037396)

(reposting to the corect thread)
Yasmani Grandal as of this morning has 40 hits in 2001. He has scored 45 runs, and driven in 48. IOW, he has more runs than hits, and more RBI than hits.
What other MLB players have had a season like that? Who first comes into your mind?

Rickey Henderson. Never scored more runs than he had hits.

Bonds. Ruth. Williams. Gehrig. Never had more R or RBI than H in any season.

Hack Wilson set the RBI record with 191. He had 208 hits that year. Manny Ramirez, 1999; drove in 165. Had more hits.

Not Joey Gallo or Adam Dunn.

Now, I did find this; Mark McGwire, his last 3 seasons, drove in more runs than he had hits.
And, a utility infielder named Tillie Shafer in 1912 scored 48 runs on 47 hits. Some pinch-running appearances helped that.

But NO ONE has scored 50 runs with fewer than 50 hits. NO ONE has driven in 50 runs on fewer than 50 hits. And Yasmani Grandal... might do BOTH of those.

19. ERROR---Jolly Old St. Nick

Posted: August 31, 2021 at 01:11 PM (#6037402)

There are only two Hall of Famers with more career strikeouts than hits: Reggie Jackson and Jim Thome.

As of this morning, Joey Gallo has more than twice as many strikeouts (847) than hits (400). Even strikeout kings like Judge and Stanton don't even approach that K / H ratio.

20. Tom and Shivs couples counselor Posted: August 31, 2021 at 01:54 PM (#6037422)

18--that's a pretty cool find.

21. TomH Posted: August 31, 2021 at 04:25 PM (#6037478)

Marlins-Mets game today; did BOTH starting pitchers exit during the first inning??

22. Howie Menckel Posted: August 31, 2021 at 04:29 PM (#6037480)

no, completion of a suspended game... that never should have started.

this one goes 9, while the "nightcap" goes 7 innings

23. Howie Menckel Posted: August 31, 2021 at 05:13 PM (#6037496)

and Mets game ends as we all knew it would...

5 runs in the 9th for a 6-5 win, with the winning run coming home on a hustle play/classic Javy Baez slide at home plate.

24. the Hugh Jorgan returns Posted: August 31, 2021 at 08:39 PM (#6037554)

Rays are showing the Red Sox how an actual playoff team wins games, Sox down 7-1 in the 5th.

25. cardsfanboy

Posted: August 31, 2021 at 10:29 PM (#6037576)

Double header tomorrow for the Cardinals, there is a possibility that after tomorrow the Cardinals dreams of a playoff chance doesn't exist, or a possibility they are half a game away from the wild card. Gotta love baseball, unless you are 90 years old and hate the wild card.

26. What did Billy Ripken have against ElRoy Face? Posted: August 31, 2021 at 11:33 PM (#6037589)

Blake Snell has a no hitter going through 5, which…you know.

27. Howie Menckel Posted: September 01, 2021 at 12:10 AM (#6037592)

Snell 10 K, 0 H through 7 IP.

Rays MGR Cash has to be screaming at his TV - "OH, THE HUMANITY! WHAT MANNER OF ABUSE IS THIS? THE PADRES SHOULD HAVE THEIR PITCHER TAKEN AWAY."

...............

PHI and NYM (twice) already won today, and now..

08.31... Ozzie Albies was removed from Tuesday night's game against the Dodgers due to an apparent knee injury.
Spin: Albies fouled a ball hard into his left knee in the top of the fifth inning and had to be carried off the field at Dodger Stadium by two trainers. He initially tried putting weight on his left leg but could not. Yikes. There should be an update later from Los Angeles.

28. Hombre Brotani

Posted: September 01, 2021 at 03:08 AM (#6037603)

I was bummed that the one game I've gotten to go to this season was the canceled Ohtani pitching start, but I did get to see him steal home, get to see Walsh hit a 3-run shot, got to see David Fletcher do his best Mazeroski impression, and got to see the Angels take two straight from the Yanks. It's been a bad stretch for the Angels, so these last two nights have felt pretty great.

I hadn't realized just how much I missed being at a ballgame. It was fantastic.

29. cardsfanboy

Posted: September 01, 2021 at 02:08 PM (#6037704)

already 4-3 for the Reds going to the top of the 4th inning.

30. cardsfanboy

Posted: September 01, 2021 at 02:17 PM (#6037706)

Goldy hits his second of the game to give the Cardinals a 5-4 lead. (if there wasn't a pick off of the leadoff batter it would have been a three run shot)

Cardinals have 4 consecutive hits this inning... single, (picked off), single, homerun and an infield double by Tyler O'neil. 12 hits so far this game, it's the top of the fourth.... Sadly Mikolas allowed 5 hits and 4 runs, and was pulled for a pinch hitter in the 4th.

31. cardsfanboy

Posted: September 01, 2021 at 02:33 PM (#6037710)

dang, I forgot this is a 7 inning game... it's nice that we are ahead right now in the 4th, but not a fan of the 7 inning game, it feels like the game is going to end too soon.

32. cardsfanboy

Posted: September 01, 2021 at 03:59 PM (#6037743)

first game of the dh is over with, Cards with a win and another game on the Reds. If they win the second one, it puts them half a game away from the reds, and if the padres also manage to lose today, it puts them 1 game behind them. (they'll still have 3 more games against the Padres and Reds this month, not to mention 9 against the Brewers(not that the division is up for debate right now)

33. salvomania Posted: September 01, 2021 at 05:16 PM (#6037783)

Nabil Crismatt???

My new favorite player name.

34. salvomania Posted: September 01, 2021 at 05:29 PM (#6037794)

Going into the last day of June--the Cardinals' 80th game--Paul Goldschmidt was hitting .247/.315/.405, with 11 homers and 41 rbi in 327 pa.

Since then, in 51 games covering 231 pa, he's hitting .350/.414/.626, with 13 homers and 41 rbi. He's now tied for 3rd in the NL in total bases, and is 7th in rbi, and is 10-for-10 in stolen-base attempts.

This is the Paul Goldschmidt the Cardinals were hoping they'd get.

He turns 34 next week, and has three more years on his contract. He has to have a full "Paul Goldschmidt Year" for the Cardinals, but I'm a lot more encouraged about his presence on the team than I was at the end of June.

35. Howie Menckel Posted: September 01, 2021 at 05:56 PM (#6037805)

NYY trail TBR by 8 games.
NYM trail ATL by 5.5 games.

hey, life ain't supposed to be fair !

36. salvomania Posted: September 01, 2021 at 07:02 PM (#6037823)

The Cardinals' J.A. Happ Experience is taking an ugly turn tonight....

37. salvomania Posted: September 01, 2021 at 07:08 PM (#6037824)

The Cardinals' J.A. Happ Experience is taking an ugly turn tonight....

...but an overturned two-run homer turns into a double, and the deficit is only 2-1 adter one instead of 4-1.

38. Tom and Shivs couples counselor Posted: September 01, 2021 at 07:29 PM (#6037829)

No second chance for Happ on that shot by Castellanos.

39. salvomania Posted: September 01, 2021 at 07:42 PM (#6037831)

The Cardinals' J.A. Happ Experience is taking an ugly turn tonight....

40. cardsfanboy

Posted: September 01, 2021 at 07:42 PM (#6037832)

not a pretty game if you are a Cardinal fan.

41. Tom and Shivs couples counselor Posted: September 01, 2021 at 07:42 PM (#6037833)

Reds up 8-1. GAB and the Reds getting along

42. salvomania Posted: September 01, 2021 at 07:53 PM (#6037838)

Castellanos with 6 rbi and it's only the second inning... too bad it's only a 7-inning game or maybe he'd reach double digits.

43. salvomania Posted: September 01, 2021 at 07:55 PM (#6037840)

The Cardinals have gotten four outs so far, and three different pitchers have allowed runs...

44. Tom and Shivs couples counselor Posted: September 01, 2021 at 07:55 PM (#6037842)

9-1. Second inning. Cards position player pitches predictions?

45. salvomania Posted: September 01, 2021 at 08:01 PM (#6037845)

Nick Castellanos is just a couple of balls away from having the opportunity to achieve a "Tatis, Sr." if you know what I mean...

UPDATE: And Tyler Stephenson pops up for the third out with two on, leaving Castellanos to lead off the 3rd....

46. cardsfanboy

Posted: September 01, 2021 at 08:45 PM (#6037857)

Castellanos is half way to what Cardinal fans would call a hard hitten, mark whiten though. (but with it being a 7 inning game, it's almost impossible for that to happen)

47. The Yankee Clapper Posted: September 01, 2021 at 09:30 PM (#6037869)

ALL RISE! Aaron Judge’s solo HR (#30) extends the Yankees lead to 4-1 @ Angels. Garrett Cole has struck out 15 in 7 innings.

48. Walt Davis Posted: September 01, 2021 at 09:42 PM (#6037871)

I just noticed Buxton is back, came back a few days ago. So far he's terrible Buxton: 2-21 with a double, a walk and 8 Ks.

49. cardsfanboy

Posted: September 01, 2021 at 09:49 PM (#6037873)

12-2... almost had them....

50. The Duke Posted: September 01, 2021 at 10:28 PM (#6037888)

Why did the cardinals protest the game ?

51. cardsfanboy

Posted: September 01, 2021 at 10:37 PM (#6037893)

Why did the cardinals protest the game ?

I didn't know they did, but I was under the impression that protesting was no longer an option anymore.

52. cardsfanboy

Posted: September 01, 2021 at 10:41 PM (#6037895)

The Cardinals did have an issue with the bat Castellanos used to hit his grand slam, mind you, it's not a corked bat issue, it's just that the bat was "damaged" and because it was damaged they wanted to play gamesmanship on the reds and argue that the bat was out of the rules

link

Relevant rule.

Rule 3.02 states "The bat shall be a smooth, round stick not more than 2.61 inches in diameter at the thickest part and not more than 42 inches in length. The bat shall be one piece of solid wood."

His bat was "chipped" at the barrel, and should have been removed, it didn't change what happened, so Shildt was trying to Earl Weaver/Billy Martin the legalese of the rules.

53. ERROR---Jolly Old St. Nick

Posted: September 01, 2021 at 10:48 PM (#6037896)

Cole wound up with 15 strikeouts, no walks, and an 80 Game Score that was only his 4th highest Game Score of the year. Loaisiga and Chapman wrapped up the 8th and 9th on just 6 and 11 pitches.

54. The Duke Posted: September 01, 2021 at 10:59 PM (#6037902)

This looks like the night LAD move into first over SFG. It’s been a long time coming. I would much rather face the giants in a one game playoff than Dodgers . I’m betting on the Phillies to ultimately have that opportunity and with wheeler and Nola able to pitch they could easily win. The cardinals are toast in a one game. Flaherty is down for the count and wainwright can’t shut down a great team. The Padres look to weak to make it but Snell could steal them a game (if he isn’t pulled after five with a no hitter going ). Reds don’t have a shut down pitcher either.

55. Walt Davis Posted: September 02, 2021 at 12:33 AM (#6037915)

Cubs runs allowed over their last 6: 13, 17, 0, 13, 1, 0 ... that's a tidy 44 runs in 6 games, winning 3. They've also scored a healthy 37 runs in those 6 games.

56. the Hugh Jorgan returns Posted: September 02, 2021 at 12:50 AM (#6037918)

This looks like the night LAD move into first over SFG

Maybe not. They took out Scherzer after 6 on 76 pitches(why did they remove him?) and of course the Braves have 3 so far against the pen.

57. the Hugh Jorgan returns Posted: September 02, 2021 at 12:59 AM (#6037920)

Dodgers retake lead, up 4-3 in the 8th.

58. Walt Davis Posted: September 02, 2021 at 01:09 AM (#6037921)

By the way, is there any way to make the chatter sticky so it stays at the top of the webpage until the next one is posted? I keep forgetting to page down to keep up with it.

59. Howie Menckel Posted: September 02, 2021 at 01:29 AM (#6037922)

Dodgers win

NYY uses its lone weekly silver bullet in Cole to close within 7 G of 1st, but needed a BOS W to get there

NYM sleeps in via rainout, closes within 5 G of 1st in their dreams - as well as in real life

60. The Yankee Clapper Posted: September 02, 2021 at 03:03 PM (#6038008)

Juan Soto with 4 RBI, so far, with a 2-run HR & 2-run single, as well as a BB. That HR moved Soto into 9th on the Age-22 Career HR Leaderboard, passing Ted Williams & Bob Horner. Careful observers will note that is far from the only category in which Soto is hanging out with the Inner Circle Hall of Fame crowd. Nationals over Phillies 6-0 in the top of 6th.

61. The Yankee Clapper Posted: September 02, 2021 at 04:03 PM (#6038021)

Soto adds a single & SB to today’s effort, but is left stranded. Now 6-3, Nationals in 8th.

62. Edmundo got dem ol' Kozma blues again mama

Posted: September 02, 2021 at 05:00 PM (#6038031)

Somehow a Phils lineup with Freddie Galvis, Ronald Torreyes and Rafael Marchan came back to take a 7-6 lead.
Somehow with the bottom of the lineup filled with rag tags has scored 7 or more runs in 7 straight games. Last time the team reached that arbitrary milestone was Chuck Klein’s 1933 edition.
Last team to do it in the majors — the Rays in August, 2021. ;)

63. Snowboy Posted: September 02, 2021 at 05:14 PM (#6038033)

Today while watching Harold Castro's 400+ foot homer land in Comerica Park's CF bushes, I caught a glimpse of the names of some legendary ex-Tigers on an OF brick wall: Hielmann. Crawford. Cobb. Manush.

Wait, Heinie? One of those names is not like the others! Looking it up, Manush did start with Detroit, and won his only batting title while there. He was traded after his fifth season, when his BA dropped 80 points and he had conflict(s) with his manager. Actually I am further surprised to find that he is wearing a Detroit hat on his Cooperstown plaque, he's better known for his time in Washington, and his profile pic on bbref has him in a Senators cap. In fact Cooperstown cares so little about him that they misidentify his photo as "Heinie Manush batting while with the St. Louis Cardinals" even though he never played for the Cardinals.

I guess it costs the Tigers nothing to throw his name up there, since he played for them in the era before players wore numbers. Maybe someone pulled him aside and said "we put in a good word for you with the Veteran's Committee, but you gotta agree to wear a Detroit hat when they call you." He was one of ten people put in by the Veteran's Committee in 1963 and 1964, which led to the VC being limited to two per year after that for a while.

64. Howie Menckel Posted: September 02, 2021 at 07:54 PM (#6038045)

MIA Rojas hits first pitch of game for HR vs NYM.
NYM Villar hits first pitch of game for Mets for HR as well.

first time that has happened since.... well, MLB has tracked every pitch since 1988 - and it has not happened in those 33 years, til now.

"That's baseball, Suzyn..."

65. Tom Nawrocki Posted: September 02, 2021 at 08:22 PM (#6038048)

Tonight's Braves-Rockies game features the first-ever Touki/Chi Chi pitching matchup in major league history.

66. The Yankee Clapper Posted: September 02, 2021 at 08:32 PM (#6038052)

"That's baseball, Suzyn..."

Somewhat relatedly, Suzyn gets an assist on this one - John Sterling Rescued From Flooding Car By Fellow Broadcaster:

New York Yankees broadcaster John Sterling was helped out of his flooding car by Spanish radio play-by-play man Rickie Ricardo on Wednesday night after Sterling got stuck trying to drive home after a game.
. . .
Sterling's broadcast partner, Suzyn Waldman, called Ricardo as he was trying to find a route to his home in New Jersey and told him that Sterling was stuck in his car on River Road in Edgewater, New Jersey, just over the George Washington Bridge.
. . .
Ricardo called Sterling and kept him on the phone until he found him in one of roughly 25 vehicles stuck in flooding that covered the tires of most cars. Ricardo, who drives a Jeep, pulled up behind Sterling's car and helped him get out of the vehicle. He said it took them an hour to find a clear path to Sterling's apartment about a half-mile away, but he eventually got Sterling there safely.

Saved by Rickie Ricardo? Might be some vintage comedy there.

67. The Yankee Clapper Posted: September 02, 2021 at 08:38 PM (#6038054)

Tonight's Braves-Rockies game features the first-ever Touki/Chi Chi pitching matchup in major league history.

Charo threw out the 1st pitch?

68. Howie Menckel Posted: September 02, 2021 at 09:27 PM (#6038062)

on River Road in Edgewater, New Jersey

what are the odds that such a thoroughfare along the Hudson River would flood after 9 inches of rain?

life's a crapshoot, I tell ya

69. Howie Menckel Posted: September 02, 2021 at 10:18 PM (#6038074)

the Amazins move within 4.5 games of ATL pending ATL result at COL (which is a beast at home)

70. Walt Davis Posted: September 03, 2021 at 12:06 AM (#6038083)

That was the most Pirates end to a game ever.

Extras, 1st and 3rd with 1 out, Happ hits a pop-up ... that Difo not only fails to catch, pretty much fails to get a glove on, bounces about 15 feet in the air, Alcantara scores easily.

This is followed by a surprisingly vigorous celebration of Ian Happ's walk-off pop-up.

71. Walt Davis Posted: September 03, 2021 at 12:10 AM (#6038084)

what are the odds that such a thoroughfare along the Hudson River would flood after 9 inches of rain?

Read the forecast was for 3-6 inches of rain (bad enough) but they got 3 inches in an hour. Breaking the all-time record for Manhattan set ... about two weeks ago it seems.

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