MLB: 2012 Season Thread

8-10 · 07-05-2012 12:20am

Position players now pitching in Fenway. Ridiculous. Over 6hrs now...I'm so tired. Beginning to not care who wins. Coin flip anyone?

Coeus · 07-05-2012 12:29am

8-10 wrote: »

Position players now pitching in Fenway. Ridiculous. Over 6hrs now...I'm so tired. Beginning to not care who wins. Coin flip anyone?

Yea, you know your in a long game when position players are drafted in to pitch...

8-10 · 07-05-2012 12:47am

Coeus wrote: »

Yea, you know your in a long game when position players are drafted in to pitch...

Darnell McDonald got hit for a 3-run homer, Chris Davis closes it out for the O's. Nobody seemed to care, they swept the Red Sox at Fenway and just seemed glad that it's over!

Interestingly McDonald argued with the home plate umpire early in the game when at bat...then later on when he was facing his first batter as a pitcher, the same umpire gave a borderline call against him. I guess it goes both ways so be careful who you argue with!

Coeus · 07-05-2012 12:38pm

Coeus wrote: »

Bryce Harper has been promoted by the Nats. I thought they'd wait until May but I guess the injuries have dictated. He makes his debut tommorrow...

Got plunked for the first time in last nights game. I'm surprised it took so long for someone to let him know he is in the big leagues!

Oh and the injury list continues to grow for the Nats, Werth broke his wrist trying to make a sliding catch. I think that guarantees that Harper will not be demoted...

jack presley · 07-05-2012 3:29pm

Coeus wrote: »

Got plunked for the first time in last nights game. I'm surprised it took so long for someone to let him know he is in the big leagues!

Oh and the injury list continues to grow for the Nats, Werth broke his wrist trying to make a sliding catch. I think that guarantees that Harper will not be demoted...

Plenty going on in that game. Nice to see him steal home to get his own back on Hammels. And good to see Zimmerman get Hammels back on his first turn at bat. Strange seeing Hammels coming out and saying he deliberately hit him too. Will he get a suspension for that?

brilliantboy · 07-05-2012 9:32pm

jack presley wrote: »

Plenty going on in that game. Nice to see him steal home to get his own back on Hammels. And good to see Zimmerman get Hammels back on his first turn at bat. Strange seeing Hammels coming out and saying he deliberately hit him too. Will he get a suspension for that?

Suspension? He should get a medal

8-10 · 08-05-2012 6:28am

jack presley wrote: »

Plenty going on in that game. Nice to see him steal home to get his own back on Hammels. And good to see Zimmerman get Hammels back on his first turn at bat. Strange seeing Hammels coming out and saying he deliberately hit him too. Will he get a suspension for that?

Meh. This is the only suspension Philadelphians care about right now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px7X8lQ7azY. Baseball season hasn't started yet in that city. Off-topic but great hit!

jack presley · 11-05-2012 8:38am

Really looking forward to the Rangers Angels series this weekend and especially Yu Darish going against CJ Wilson tonight. It's on a bit late so will watch tmw but I can't wait to see Josh Hamilton in the form he's in going against Wilson and Darvish against Pujols

EDIT - Well that was a bit of a letdown. Game basically over after the 1st

MoyVilla9 · 16-05-2012 8:50pm

Did anyone see Brett Lawrie hitting the Ump with his helmet last night (via a deflection off the ground)? It's one of the first times I've thought to myself "wow, that's really really low" when watching baseball. Then the Ump was hit by a drink from the crowd. It's like something you would see at a GAA match.

Also, pretty interesting to see the face off between Collins and Wright after Wright was removed to stop him being plunked.

jack presley · 16-05-2012 9:46pm

MoyVilla9 wrote: »

Did anyone see Brett Lawrie hitting the Ump with his helmet last night (via a deflection off the ground)? It's one of the first times I've thought to myself "wow, that's really really low" when watching baseball. Then the Ump was hit by a drink from the crowd. It's like something you would see at a GAA match.

Also, pretty interesting to see the face off between Collins and Wright after Wright was removed to stop him being plunked.

Don't forget Strasburg having something hot going on in his 'sensitive area'. Definitely an interesting day yesterday.

Re the Wright/Collins thing, I've probably said it before but there's a great book called the Baseball Codes by Jason Turbo and Michale Duca that's goes into the unwritten rules and etiquette in baseball and explains when and why people are thrown at and what you are/aren't allowed do. It's well worth a read.

How far off home plate was that strike 3 to Lawrie by the way? That was definitely only called because he was half way down to first on the previous pitch. Just announced that he's got 4 games which is less than I thought he'd get

brilliantboy · 16-05-2012 11:54pm

Two bad calls by the ump for sure but we see terrible calls everyday and players for the most part manage to keep their cool. And they're appealing! Ridiculous.

MoyVilla9 · 19-05-2012 2:05pm

Nearly seen my first No-no live last night, but it wasn't to be. Verlander let a hit with just two outs to go.

Andy Pettitte for the Yankees was really sharp last night too.

InTheTrees · 22-05-2012 3:47pm

Seattle Mariners are doing a little better this year.

I'm almost too afraid to post.

:eek:

brilliantboy · 22-05-2012 7:17pm

InTheTrees wrote: »

Seattle Mariners are doing a little better this year.

I'm almost too afraid to post.

:eek:

We weren't looking too bad around this time last year either and then the wheels fell off :rolleyes:
But at least they're showing lots of promise. Good win last night, getting to the Rangers and Darvish. Also loved Felix's exchange with Beltre

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=21653609&topic_id=&c_id=sea&v=3&tcid=tw_video_21653609

InTheTrees · 22-05-2012 7:47pm

Yup. I'm still not giving them my full attention. We havent been to a game yet this year either.

Too many years of turning on the TV night after night to see them losing.

jack presley · 22-05-2012 8:04pm

InTheTrees wrote: »

Seattle Mariners are doing a little better this year.

I'm almost too afraid to post.

:eek:

You've probably just cursed them so.....!!!!

InTheTrees · 22-05-2012 9:41pm

jack presley wrote: »

You've probably just cursed them so.....!!!!

I think thats possible...

I posted here in baseball about two years ago and the season just went downhill from there.

Except last year I was apathetic and they still sucked.

jack presley · 22-05-2012 10:34pm

I've been to 16 MLB games and 1 minor league game in my time yet never caught a ball. I even went in to batting practice a couple of times and still nothing (thought it would be a bid sad looking if an adult starting knocking kids out of the way to get a ball).

Then this guy comes along

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afo7jxw7I3g

mikemac1 · 22-05-2012 11:03pm

He needs to enter the lottery!

MoscowFlyer · 22-05-2012 11:33pm

Tonight the Red Sox finally get past the .500 mark!

Bobby V needs to be fired ASAP

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matthew8 · 25-05-2012 10:46pm

Glad to see my beloved Orioles doing so well. I've learnt not to expect much from them though.

matthew8 · 26-05-2012 11:09am

Lincecum is playing like garbage. Seriously overrated player since he won Cy young.

jack presley · 26-05-2012 11:13am

matthew8 wrote: »

Lincecum is playing like garbage. Seriously overrated player since he won Cy young.

I wouldn't say he's overrated. I think he's just going through a bad patch at the moment which players do in a lot of sports from time to time. I like watching him pitch so hopefully he'll get out of it soon and get back to where he was.

mikemac1 · 26-05-2012 10:07pm

Texas just scored three home runs in a row against Toronto

That's got to be some sort of record

Three home runs in an inning would be impressive but this was three players in a row, even rarer

brilliantboy · 27-05-2012 2:22pm

mikemac1 wrote: »

Texas just scored three home runs in a row against Toronto

That's got to be some sort of record

Three home runs in an inning would be impressive but this was three players in a row, even rarer

Didn't the Orioles hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the 1st inning earlier this month?
In fact, I'm pretty sure that was against Texas...can't recall which pitcher though

Also, some of you may have already seen this but check out this game-ending catch from a college game. Wow :cool:

Coeus · 27-05-2012 2:51pm

brilliantboy wrote: »

Didn't the Orioles hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the 1st inning earlier this month?
In fact, I'm pretty sure that was against Texas...can't recall which pitcher though

Yep it was the Orioles alright...
http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_05_10_texmlb_balmlb_1&mode=wrap&c_id=mlb#gid=2012_05_10_texmlb_balmlb_1&mode=wrap

The Reds did it last Monday aswell. That one will probably be remembered more for the guy in the crowd that caught 2 of them.
http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_05_21_atlmlb_cinmlb_1&mode=wrap&c_id=mlb

There is a youtube of the fans feat above...

UCD AFC · 27-05-2012 3:07pm

one of the Reds' was the pitcher also wasn't it?

Coeus · 27-05-2012 3:17pm

UCD AFC wrote: »

one of the Reds' was the pitcher also wasn't it?

Yep, Mike Leake got the first in the sequence. The fan gave the ball to him since it was his first MLB homer...

The back-to-back-to-back-to-back home run feat is rare. Red Sox were the last team to do it.
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070422&content_id=1925045&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos

Would have been some night to be at Fenway especially as it was against the Yankees.

PMU · 27-05-2012 5:21pm

anyone see the end of the rangers game.josh h hit a homer on a full count and drove in 2 more for the rangers to win 8-7 in 14 innings. the pitcher appeared to get the "yips" just before he threw!

jack presley · 27-05-2012 7:55pm

Roy Halladay gives up grand slam in the 1st then pulled in the 3rd. Must be injured.

Waitsian · 27-05-2012 8:16pm

PMU wrote: »

anyone see the end of the rangers game.josh h hit a homer on a full count and drove in 2 more for the rangers to win 8-7 in 14 innings. the pitcher appeared to get the "yips" just before he threw!

No, the pitcher didn't get the 'yips' - that's Jason Frasor, he takes an eternity
to throw a pitch, always has done. I laughed at the commentary crew about him:

"Someone poke him, make sure he's alive."

PMU · 27-05-2012 8:34pm

mod9maple wrote: »

No, the pitcher didn't get the 'yips' - that's Jason Frasor, he takes an eternity
to throw a pitch, always has done. I laughed at the commentary crew about him:

"Someone poke him, make sure he's alive."

he made some moves alright, one comm. said "now he`s ready"

matthew8 · 28-05-2012 1:37pm

brilliantboy wrote: »

Didn't the Orioles hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the 1st inning earlier this month?
In fact, I'm pretty sure that was against Texas...can't recall which pitcher though

Also, some of you may have already seen this but check out this game-ending catch from a college game. Wow :cool:

Seeing as he landed on the other side of the fence isn't that a home run?

smackbunnybaby · 28-05-2012 2:51pm

I'd imagine its the same rule that is used for foul balls, when the fielder catches it while heading into the stand it's an out.

jack presley · 28-05-2012 5:57pm

That was some play alright. Great catch!

Bank holiday in the States today so loads of early games on.

InTheTrees · 29-05-2012 5:45pm

jack presley wrote: »

You've probably just cursed them so.....!!!!

:eek:

12 game losing streak now?

...i better go...

/InTheTreesOFF

brilliantboy · 29-05-2012 8:27pm

InTheTrees wrote: »

:eek:

12 game losing streak now?

...i better go...

/InTheTreesOFF

Not quite, it's "just" a 5 game skid.
There's still a long way to go to beat last years 17 game losing streak

Coeus · 29-05-2012 9:25pm

brilliantboy wrote: »

Not quite, it's "just" a 5 game skid.
There's still a long way to go to beat last years 17 game losing streak

The 12 game losing streak was the Cubs til yesterday. Think it is the longest of the season so far...

jack presley · 29-05-2012 10:24pm

Coeus wrote: »

brilliantboy wrote: »

Not quite, it's "just" a 5 game skid.
There's still a long way to go to beat last years 17 game losing streak

The 12 game losing streak was the Cubs til yesterday. Think it is the longest of the season so far...

Cubs rolling now. 2 wins in a row! Ok they were against the Padres but a win's a win

MoyVilla9 · 30-05-2012 12:10pm

Coeus wrote: »

The 12 game losing streak was the Cubs til yesterday. Think it is the longest of the season so far...

The Royals had a 12 game losing streak at one stage, may even have been 13.

InTheTrees · 30-05-2012 2:39pm

brilliantboy wrote: »

Not quite, it's "just" a 5 game skid.
There's still a long way to go to beat last years 17 game losing streak

And I had the strength to keep the tv on last night as we went into the top of the eighth inning with only a one run lead. Over the last few years thats usually meant a late game loss.

But what an 8th that was. Six runs scored. And I think five of those were with no outs. nice to see brendan ryan reach home from 3rd on a wild pitch (I think), payback from the night before when he was thrown out at the plate after attempting an inside the park home run.

It was nice to see the mariners not bring in brandon league as closer too. He doesnt deserve the easy Save on his record, he's blown enough games that its time to give someone else a shot.

SO the five game streak is over. Thanks vargas. I may have the nerve to watch tonight... Although there's a Seattle Sounders match too.

mikemac1 · 30-05-2012 4:03pm

Only my first season watching baseball

So watched the Ken Burns documentary to learn so more

Was blown away by Ichiro's throw
I know it's old but sure we'll post it up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOaI2YOFTUI

UCD AFC · 30-05-2012 4:15pm

Red Sox finally get above .500, Bard out-pitching Verlander at Fenway

jack presley · 30-05-2012 4:47pm

mikemac1 wrote: »

Only my first season watching baseball

So watched the Ken Burns documentary to learn so more

Was blown away by Ichiro's throw
I know it's old but sure we'll post it up

Here are a couple of throws from Rick Ankiel from his St. Louis days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cOj614ohFU

It probably explains why the guy on third didn't tag up and run from this fly ball to him earlier this season

http://www.businessinsider.com/rick-ankiel-throw-2012-4

Harper'd got some arm as well so you'd want to be pretty sure before running against the Nationals.

Waitsian · 30-05-2012 5:04pm

There are certain outfielders runners just know not to test - Bautista (Toronto) has a great throwing arm.

mikemac1 · 30-05-2012 11:03pm

Cubs win again, scrapped out a win in the ninth inning

This will be the year!

Coeus · 30-05-2012 11:34pm

jack presley wrote: »

Here are a couple of throws from Rick Ankiel from his St. Louis days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cOj614ohFU

It probably explains why the guy on third didn't tag up and run from this fly ball to him earlier this season

http://www.businessinsider.com/rick-ankiel-throw-2012-4

Harper'd got some arm as well so you'd want to be pretty sure before running against the Nationals.

Ankiel used to be a pitcher for the Cardinals back in the early naughties. He had a great rookie season but started having control issues in a playoff game in 2000 which then got worse over the next few years. He eventually quit pitching and became an outfielder with a rocket arm...

InTheTrees · 31-05-2012 1:23am

mikemac1 wrote: »

Was blown away by Ichiro's throw
I know it's old but sure we'll post it up

Ichiro is a master for sure.

mikemac1 · 31-05-2012 2:49am

jack presley wrote: »

You've probably just cursed them so.....!!!!

InTheTrees wrote: »

I think thats possible...

I posted here in baseball about two years ago and the season just went downhill from there.

Except last year I was apathetic and they still sucked.

Cursed?
I think you blessed the team :cool:

17 runs up on the mighty Rangers and it's only the 4th inning

InTheTrees · 31-05-2012 2:51am

Holy Sh*t...

I just turned on the TV.

Seattle Mariners are playing the Texas Rangers in Texas.

Top of the 4th...

Two outs...

and the score is...

SEVENTEEN to nothing for the mariners.

wtf did i miss??

:eek:

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