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Preakness was funny
The DK Live 33% boost might be free pizza money if you pounce when this game reconvenes at midnight and are knowledgeable. I still have $20 limit which tells you something about my HR degeracy
Judge HR +200 boost or some such shit yesterday. You gotta take the value amirite?
8th innning. 1 out. Tie game. Bases loaded. Judge is up. Strikes out. Next batter Bellinger Grand Slam
That’s entertainment.
Wish I did a BTTS today. They make me so happy
The Dodgers completely apathy regarding the importance of defense on display. Lil Kim and Teo allow a lazy fly to drop.
Run scores
Dodgers starting off right where they left off in top of 1.
after getting nuked sunday i have decided baseball is very gay im only into black guys watching old jay z videos now
this is my new mlb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDNo...el=KingAhmadTV
fuck niggas up and laugh about it is the line of 2003
Dodgers need to offer some competitive at bats and run up Pfaadt’s pitch count so we can get into the DBacks massacred pen.
this the only ball we care about tonight my nephews in the playoffs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfaa...stLittleLeague
i love how some of these kids look 11 and some look like they fucking drove their themselves
In 2025 fashion I think Dodgers are gonna forfeit here and save it for Yoshi tomorrow who is no hot shakes recently
Knack is gonna be sacrificed for future prosperity
Check in later
https://x.com/ToddWitteles/status/1924683274905125280
I may or may not own FOUR Vin Scully bobbleheads now.
Shit game. At least there was a little bit of hope in the 9th. Had Kim gotten on base, Shohei represents the tying run. He grounded out, and that was that.
Not sure why Kim was in CF (where he isn't familiar) and Edman was at 2B (when he could've been either there or CF). Swapping them would have produced better defense.
Honestly once Kim lost the ball, it changed everything. Went from 1st and 2nd, 2 out, 0-0 to 1st and 3rd, 1 out, 1-0. Sac fly next, and eventually it's 3-0 before the Dodgers even reach the plate.
We did get to see Mookie almost hit 3 HR (he hit 2, and then hit a hard one which was caught near the wall). Maybe he's finally recovered from the SuperAIDS. Might be the silver lining here.
And yes, they gave up on this game early and left Knack in, when it became 7-0. Ironically he then threw up zeroes for several innings, and it was only when he was lifted that another 2-run bomb hit.
Oh... and don't look now, but Dodgers relievers have now given up 29 HR, the most in the NL.
I should say something else.
Dodgers are starting to lose the crowd.
This game had 41,000 paid attendance -- in a stadium seating 56,000. The team has averaged around 49k in recent years. Even worse, this was Vin Scully bobblehead night, which should have drawn an above average crowd, even on a Monday.
I got the seats you see above for $68/each -- a pure bargain by Dodger Stadium standards -- because the demand on Stubhub simply wasn't there, and some guy said fuck it and just sold it at a price he knew would move quickly.
This is the emptiest I've seen it in many years. 41,000 was the number of paid/provided tickets, but I'd be shocked if more than 32k went through the gate. I think everyone is demoralized about that Angels sweep. Look again at the pic I posted. Look at the seats above RF. Totally empty.
Now there's going to be even more demoralization. Look for tomorrow's attendance to be even lower. Mayyyyyyybe it gets a bump from Yamamoto going, but I'm guessing not much.
I think people are getting fed up. Dodgers are in 1st (barely), but people are probably getting tired of the high ticket prices, insane food prices (seriously you don't even want to know what I paid for 2 fucking soft pretzels), and crazy Frank McCourt parking prices (he still owns the lots).
If Dodgers are owning heads, sure, people will show up. If they're getting swept by a bunch of Angels failplayers at Dodger Stadium, not so much.
Weird outing by Brandon Pfaadt, too.
He went 6 innings.
How many runs did he allow? 3.
How many singles/doubles/triples combined did he allow? Zero!
How many strikeouts did he get? Again, zero!
How many walks did he issue? Just one.
How many HR did he allow? Three!
Dodgers got 3 runs, 3 hits off him -- all solo HR. Two were by Betts, one by Ohtani. Other than a walk, nothing else for all 6 innings, yet not a single strikeout. Dodgers did eventually strike out twice against the bullpen.
There were also hardly any strikeouts on the other end, as the 2nd Diamondbacks batter to strikeout came in something like the 6th inning.
I almost didn't go tonight because I smelled the fail due to the projected rookie bullpen game, but I'm a sucker for Vinny, and an even greater sucker for a Jew deal. So I went.
Also don’t look now but at least for a few hours the Phillies have the best record in the NL.
The bats are still inconsistent but the starting pitching is the best in baseball with Nola on the DL, removing his horrible stats.
In response to Druff’s attendance observations last night
Cubs are league leadersQuote:
AI Assist
Since winning the World Series in 2016, the Chicago Cubs have experienced a decline in attendance, with figures dropping significantly in recent years. For example, their attendance in 2022 was the lowest full-season figure since 1997, reflecting ongoing challenges in attracting fans to Wrigley Field.
There’s no Dodgers drama from a fan’s perspective. The media preaches trust and being copacetic. Everything will be fine .
Last night BCR and I were listening to the rain delay Cleveland radio broadcaster go on a Guardian’s rant. That builds engagement. It’s drama and entertaining as hell.
LAD scribes are gay. Jack Harris is an exception. The difference between Padres Don Orsillo and Dodgers Joe Davis is the best example. Davis has no edge or Dodger self deprecating humor. He needs to hone his craft in another market
Joe Davis present on Vin Scully Bobblehead night. ‘Nuff said
A look at Stubhub shows a LOT of Dodgers tickets available given we are fewer than 4 hours from game time.
I will say that the prices right now are higher than this time yesterday, so attendance will probably be better.
However, maybe it's a May thing.
The Dodgers low attendance in 2024 was 37k -- on May 20th! And guess who was pitchng? Yamamoto... just like May 20th, 2025.
Unlike this year, the Dodgers were on a small win streak at the time. I'm not sure why the attendance was so bad that day. The weather was fine, and it was a night game. It was also a Monday, like yesterday.
A funny part of an article:
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The Mets are in a chumpy way at the moment. They have scored 10 runs in their last six games and have just one home run over that stretch. If you look at this from the perspective of wanting the Mets to score runs, that is annoying, but it is also probably not very important. Even very good teams will phase in and out of chump mode over the course of a long season, because that is the nature of the baseball season and also the nature of baseball. This doesn't make it less annoying when it happens to a team you care about, and sometimes teams that are expected to be good really do turn out not to be. But because this sort of thing is so inextricably a part of baseball, there's nothing to do but figure out how to discern what's noise and what isn't, and then get to work ignoring everything that deserves to be ignored.
For instance: The Los Angeles Dodgers have allowed 32 runs in their last 36 innings, which covers a four-game losing streak during which they were swept in a three-game series at Dodger Stadium, by the Angels; in a loss on Monday night, they swung at 42 of Diamondbacks starter Brandon Pfaadt's 93 pitches, didn't miss any of them, and had a .000 batting average on balls in play. They have 29 wins, a .604 winning percentage, and are in first place in the National League West. They have real problems—a number of starting pitchers with a number of variously severe or worryingly vague injuries, most notably—but they are not bad. It would be reasonable for a fan to get mad, watching this highly credentialed team blast one Brandon Pfaadt pitch after another directly at a waiting Diamondback fielder. Anything more than that would be ... well, no one gets into being a fan of a baseball team to be reasonable. But it would be excessive.
Finally Dodgers show a little heart, come back from 3-1 in 10th to walk it off with a sac fly.
They walked Ohtani intentionally with runner on 2nd and a 3-2 game. Huge mistake to put winning run on board. With 0 outs.
Sure enough, sac fly moved runner to 3rd, Ohtani stole 2nd, and Dbacks then had to load them with another IBB.
That of course made them vulnerable to a HBP or walk and that’s what happened. Then a sac fly & game over.
If they don’t walk Ohtani, they can avoid this whole mess. Never a fan of putting the winning run on via IBB.
The NL is shaping up to be one where a couple good teams miss the playoffs.
At least two of the Mets, Phillies, Dodgers, Padres, Braves, Cards, Cubs or Giants are going to miss out. The top teams are playing great baseball at this point and all are around 30 wins and close to playing .600 ball. And the Braves and Cards have been playing great baseball after slow starts.
We will the 1/3 mark of the season this coming week with a lot of baseball to be played. With numerous teams going to be long out of it by July, the trade deadline should be active this year.
I think the Cards probably fade. They're playing over their head now. This team has no real stars, and not much starting pitching.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Boz
Giants might also fade. That's another team playing over their head. Unless you expect Wilmer Flores (10 HR, 42 RBI) to keep up his current pace.
Probably will be Dodgers/Cubs/Mets as division champs, and Phillies/Padres/Braves as wildcards. You can pretty much already count out the Reds, Pirates, Marlins, Nationals, and of course Rockies. Brewers and Dbacks have an outside chance at postseason but as you said, too many good NL teams this year to compete with.
Rockies 8-42 worst 50 game start in modern baseball.
Discuss.
I've never seen a team where visitors are so routinely -300 against them.Quote:
Originally Posted by simpdog
This really might be a worse team than last year's White Sox. They actually have some decent hitters in Brenton Doyle, Ezequiel Tovar, Hunter Goodman, Ryan McMahon, and maybe Mike Toglia. The problem is that they don't have anything close to a star hitter, and the pitching is horrendous. Plus the team has zero heart and seems to lay down each game.
I was just told that the Rockies monitor PFA, and were so insulted by simpdog's post that they decided to actually try today.
They beat the Yankees 3-2, despite an Aaron Judge HR.
San you will like this....
Yamamoto was the projected #1 starter for the Dodgers, and still is.
Projected 2-5 were: Snell, Glasnow, Sasaki, Ohtani
Actual 2-5 are: May, Kershaw, Gonsolin, Knack
Ouch
Yet still overwhelmingly the favorites to win the WS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Still +300 or less while Yanks are around +650 then Tigers and Phillies at 10-1.
I've typed plenty on that sad sack of a franchise, although they are just the exclamation point on this seasons run of shit teams. One small winning streak and they'll be right with the Sox, Marlins, Orioles (!), and Pirates.Quote:
Originally Posted by simpdog
Sadly, the White Sox are the only one there doing the traditional teardown/rebuild. Orioles refused to spend for pitching, and their bargain basement purchases have all flopped.
Rockies, Pirates, and Marlins are all just grifter franchises, and should be relegated to playing the Savannah Bananas
Fun brain exercise, take those 5 teams, and subtract the Orioles position players and the Pirates pitchers, and try to come up with a squad that would even sniff .500Quote:
Originally Posted by gutI've typed plenty on that sad sack of a franchise, although they are just the exclamation point on this seasons run of shit teams. One small winning streak and they'll be right with the Sox, Marlins, Orioles (!), and Pirates.Quote:
Originally Posted by simpdog
Sadly, the White Sox are the only one there doing the traditional teardown/rebuild. Orioles refused to spend for pitching, and their bargain basement purchases have all flopped.
Rockies, Pirates, and Marlins are all just grifter franchises, and should be relegated to playing the Savannah Bananas
I don't think its possible.
I’m seeing signs that Skenes is already really tired being a Pirate, and wants out.
How many gems does he have to keep pitching and lose/no-decision?
He’s made a few passive aggressive remarks implying he wants to be elsewhere.
Can’t wait for his 2030 Dodgers debut (if his arm hasn’t fallen off).
If you would have told me a month ago the AL Central and NL West would be mirror images at the 60 game point I would have thought that nuts with how West started and how bad the Central was.
Roger Clemens kid, a random depth piece picked up off the waiver wire.....killing it for the Twinkies
Fun fact. Worst run support in MLB history:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
At 2k career innings pitched, Matt Cain takes the cake with 3.96 RS/9. Felix Hernandez is 2nd here at 4.31
At 2.5 career innings pitched, Felix is first with 4.31 RS/9
At 3k career innings pitched, Zack Grienke is first at 4.69 RS/9
“Andrew Friedman loves his glass cannons”Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
https://youtu.be/Ip6GFu5jCf0?si=wemMp-NEA-gBHmVe
Aaron Judge might end up with one of the best offensive seasons of all time.
Right now he's hitting .395 with 18 HR. He's played 51 games -- a little less than a third of a season.
Judge, who was born in April 1992, signed a 9-year, $360m deal to last from the 2023-2031 seasons. Might end up being one of the most team friendly deals of the 2020s, when it comes to modern free agents. He's currently 33 and better than ever.
Poor Giants almost had him. He's from NoCal, so he was seriously considering it.
BTW, Judge was adopted when 1 day old. He has stated that he has no interest in searching for his biological parents, and is very close with his adoptive parents. He figured out he was likely adopted at around age 10, when he was very large and looked mixed-race, whereas his parents were both white and small. They admitted to him at that point that he was right, and indeed had been adopted.
I wonder if his biological parents realize who he is (they probably do), and if they've attempted to make any contact.
Especially in this 3 outcome era where strikeouts are no longer stigmatized as long as your launch angle is on fleek.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
There are fewer and fewer .300 hitters every year. At a quick glance I see a generous 24 sniffing or above .300 this year.
What Judge is doing in this era is absurd. Adjusted for the current analytical approach and specialist pitching he’s like .470 inflation adjusted against late 90’s or early aughts.
Judge is +140 to hit a home run in Coors. Is this a historic low?
Edit
Was +125 yesterday.
Even if I had tomorrow’s paper I would never bet that but people do. and win no less
First 0-4 day this season I think. Not on the tribe, I knew better.
I laughed at my last loss. I had some 50% profit boost with the rare high bet allowed. I took the Mets and took the run line all the way down to 5.5 and it was still +216. Opened at 10.5 but got bet down.
Three first inning runs and 3-1 final. When you can’t put up 5 in 5 against Knack something is wrong.
Ive been a Judge.....lets say....quasi-naysayer. But goddamn the kid is just un-pitchable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanlmar
Eventually I have to slow the Yankee-hate and just recognize......
Judge might be extra motivated after the 2024 World Series fail. People remember the dropped ball, but in reality, the main issue with him was the fact that he was an automatic strikeout. He choked over and over. It went from my feeling fearful when he was up to being happy to see him enter the batter's box. He was completely lost at the plate, for whatever reason.
He endured mockery for the entire offseason, including Yankees fans partially blaming him for the loss. He hit .222 in the Series, but that doesn't tell the story. He was 2-for-15 in the first 4 games, with zero extra base hits, and 1 RBI, despite coming up with a lot of opportunities to drive in runs.
Now he's been crushing for the first 2 months, and I can't say I'm surprised.
This would describe the Dodgers first round exit 2023. Hitting from the top 3 was non existent. Except the ridicule cause Dodger fans are eternal optimists which is gay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Speaking of which, aging Mookie is really interesting to examine. Time flies. Damn