Brother he is a major advocate for sunningQuote:
Originally Posted by Sanlmar
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Brother he is a major advocate for sunningQuote:
Originally Posted by Sanlmar
and he is running like god. Giants win the close ones. (Dodgers do not - worst in MLB in one run games - slugging won’t win playoffs)Quote:
Originally Posted by NickyPipesBrother he is a major advocate for sunningQuote:
Originally Posted by Sanlmar
Sunning > Slugging
Brother we must pay our respect to both the Toronto Blue Jays and the Tampa Bay Rays on their wins today. Complete failure by Boston, fading at the wrong time. Rays vs Red Sox in Boston this week, Rays offense is on fire let’s see if the Rays are a + number for series price
Seed the earth with some low overnight limits.Quote:
Originally Posted by NickyPipes
Tampa Bay Rays +110 for Game
ERod gets lit up at Fenway. Warm humid night in the little bandbox with the powerful bats on both sides. Your pitcher is no prize
Rays/Boston Red Sox over 9½ -115
Rays team total over 4½ -105
We will see
Brother we need to hope for the late inning Rays to show up we both need help
Do not lose faith brother
Brothers look at the time of this post and then what immediately happened afterQuote:
Originally Posted by NickyPipes
Penthouse Pipes Power Positive Pondering
I have applied the proper incentive planQuote:
Originally Posted by NickyPipesBrothers look at the time of this post and then what immediately happened afterQuote:
Originally Posted by NickyPipes
Penthouse Pipes Power Positive Pondering
Brothers, regardless of what happens at the end, you probably made the right call with that +288 bet.
Boston is so bad these days.
Mookie Betts likely to the DL.
He's been much better after the All Star break, after a bad (for him) first half.
In fact, the Dodgers are doing pretty well, considering they lost Bauer to the scandal, Mookie hasn't been himself, Bellinger has been lost, and Seager has been mostly injured.
Max Muncy has a .951 OPS, Chris Taylor has an .873 OPS, and the surprising AJ Pollock has a .901 OPS. Will Smith is right behind with an .846 OPS. as is old man Justin Turner with .867.
So these guys have basically been carrying a lot of the load offensively, along with Betts more recently.
Honestly, though, much of the credit goes to Buehler and Urias, who just keep posting Ws.
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Originally Posted by Dan Druff
RIP Mookie MVP July 2020-August 2020
Chris Davis, better known as "worst contract of this millennium so far", retired due to injury. He had 1 more year on his deal, which the Orioles will honor, but spread out over next 3 years. He also had part of his entire contract deferred, so he has a nice retirement annuity set up. It's not like Bobby Bonilla cosplaying as a check-cashing store and ripping off the Mets with interest, but still pretty sweet.
2022-24 ~$9m a year
2025-32 $3.5m a year
2033-37 $1.4m a year
Obviously 1.4m isnt worth the same 15 years from now as today, but after all the horror stories of the financial situations of these athletes, these deals are probably beneficial to them. This is also a Boras thing. He gets more from the team by offering to defer a chunk.
I would have bet a decent amount of money that guy retired about 3-4 years ago. Fucking shocked he was still around lolQuote:
Originally Posted by gut
The .115 batting average in 2020, with 0 HR, was pretty amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by gut
Only 52 AB, but still hilarious.
Somehow the Orioles forgot about 2014 (where he hit .196) when they awarded him that huge contract after the 2015 season.
MLB actually built a Field of Dreams in Iowa, styled after (and near) the field featured in the 1980s movie of the same name.
It was Yankees/White Sox, with Chicago being the home team. Nationally televised on Fox. Kevin Costner was there and was part of the pre-game festivities.
https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1425960760652533764
Actually ended up being an exciting game, with the Yankees entering the top of the 9th down 7-4, getting up 8-7 after a Stanton home run, and then ultimately losing to a walkoff HR by Tim Anderson.
https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1426012213362446337
https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1426015324256800769
https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1426035149226004480
SportsCenter meant smoothest slide “ever”
I fucked up not riding your boy last night San.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanlmar
Was over in Pittsburgh. Wrapped up around 4 and decided to play some poker. Only game going was 1/3, ran hot and was up like $1100 and my table broke after like 4 hours. There was like 10 other tables going, but thought I’d just call it a night and head home. Problem was I drank too much quickly. I frontload assuming I’ll play for 8 hours or so. I’ll drink for first four and switch to coffee.
I won too quickly and at four hour point was going to be over if I got randomly snagged by trooper.
So I wandered into sportsbook and saw your boy at +115. Thought watch the game and throw $500 at it and drink coffee, but game didn’t start for another 90 minutes. Wandered back out, dropped 500 at blackjack and went home. Checked score, 6-0 Angels at that point. I thought of you.
I still don’t think we grasp the absurdity of what Ohtani is doing.
ERA: 2.93
OPS: 1.018
HR #1
STEALS #16
His only flaw is his average is .268.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanlmar
Purely hitting I give the MVP to Vladdy Jr.
But to factor in pitching it's Ohtani by a MILE
Speaking of steals. You would need one of those dogs from a K-9 unit to find any positive baserunning stats for the Dodgers this year. They don’t care about small ball.
I am pulling together my thesis for the playoffs and most notable is the one run game stat. There was ANOTHER one run loss by the Dodgers last night. That is their 21st one run loss. The playoffs are tighter games and relying on a home-run (slugging) is not a tournament success formula.
In contrast, the Giants are otherworldly in one run games.
the Dodgers lead Major League Baseball in men left on base with 851. Even the lowly Arizona Diamondbacks who have been the worst team in the league this year leave fewer men on base than Los Angeles.
In waltzes smoove Trea Turner @ #4 in steals. He’s not a complete antidote for what ails the Dodgers but one hell of a bolt on. $300 million solves problems.
Even if the season ended today it is the greatest season in the history of baseball, IMO. Dumb to compare eras of course, but generally every year that we are currently in is usually the toughest time to play in any sport. Also, its not like Babe's stats during those couple years he had the double-duty workload that Ohtani has now were any better. 2019 Ruth is basically the same as Ohtani right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanlmar
-The AthleticQuote:
The famous Japanese slugger Sadaharu Oh produced a beautiful crack with handmade tamo-wood bats. And the legendary scout Buck O’Neil once said that only Ruth, Josh Gibson and Bo Jackson could generate a sound like that. But there remains something different about the sound that emanates from Ohtani’s bat. For one, it is loud. It is also perfectly toned, the crack of the kind of textured percussion that usually demands headphones. And on the night of April 4, it was so loud that some viewers assumed it must have been enhanced by ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” broadcast.
Phil Orlins, ESPN’s lead producer for its MLB coverage, assures that it was not. The sound was natural. As Ohtani swung at a high fastball from the White Sox’s Dylan Cease, the high-speed collision of ball and bat was picked up by four wireless mics buried in front of home plate at Angel Stadium. It was then transmitted to a production truck, added to the broadcast’s sound mix, and sent out to viewers across the country. “Exactly the way it sounds if you’re standing by the batting cage during BP,” Orlins says
I would like to see the addition of Manny Ramirez to the list but ….
You get around gut.
You ever read any kind of personality profile for the inscrutable Ohtani?
Nothing negative yet. Everything I've read is just a funny, popular with teammates dude. Quiet side, but that is true of all ballplayers who are ESL people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanlmar
I remember the same type of profiles on Ichiro also, until maybe a little later in his career when some would mention him being an extreme perfectionist, and could be a little off-putting when working out or practicing if the sessions were not up to his expectations. Perhaps that is Ohtani also? Not too bad if that is your main fault.
I bet MLB wishes they could combine Trout and Ohtani into 1 person. That singular person would be a new Dimaggio marketing/popularity wise.
I seem to remember the '88 Dodgers also sucked in 1-run games, and look what happened to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanlmar
Also, another way to look at this is how good the Dodgers have been otherwise.
In games which aren't 1-run, they are 56-25.
In games which aren't extra innings, they are 68-35.
Marlins14 - Cubs 4 in 4th inning over under was 7.5
Rays winning, Cruz homered in return to Minnesota
Reds winning liked that with the + but found out I was getting sued right when I was looking at games
Boston looking to sweep Orioles this weekend a team that will be beat down badly by AL East rest of way
Inside the park home run Kevin Kiermier
Muncy laser (green) in the eyes 9th inning
That should be equivalent to a balk against the home team or something. Fans will exact the punishment on their own if it risks costing them a game. Fan interference kind of thing. A public beating is a deterrent. Home security might let it continue.
Happening more frequently
They forgot
1st WAR
1st extra bases
How was this guy not arrested?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanlmar
Gilbert no hitter in first start for the Dbacks.
Was there and was amazing. Ironic thing is I wasn’t going to go initially but something just subconsciously made me want to go. First no hitter ever by a Dbacks pitcher at home.. First time since 1953 a pitcher threw a no no in his first MLB start by any pitcher.Quote:
Originally Posted by simpdog
Dave Roberts (every players buddy) letting Trea Turner try practice 2nd on Sunday Night Baseball
They are already a poor defensive team. Why? Poor Scherzer.
Why do I get involved with this team? I normally trust my eyes.
Can’t wait for playoffs
The judgement on that Dodgers-Nats trade can't be made until years down the road, but right now you can add the Padres not just indirectly, but directly, getting fucked by that deal, as instead of getting Scherzer they now have signed Jake Arrieta, after he was released by the Cubs. Thats just sad. Too bad their top pitching prospect Gore forgot how to pitch. Should have included him in that Snell trade instead of Patino.
Of course still time for Darvish to get healthy and fulfill San's wet dream of shutting out the Dodgers in the WC game.
This is interesting. Arrieta. Maybe they are just playing out the string now. Everyone talking about the remaining 40 odd games and strength of schedule.Quote:
Originally Posted by gut
Padres have a brutal remaining schedule
Let’s see if they put Tatis in the lineup away from home. Give the public in San Diego some Tatis in the outfield hitting homers but otherwise start turning off the lights.
I took the Rockies in Colorado vs Padres. I gave it about 10 seconds of thought. Snap autobet.
I like baseball and parity isn’t a word I use very often but it’s gotten retarded.
Padres won’t stop Dodgers but we have CWS and others. Burning Scherzer in a wildcard game would be a nice start
The Astros and Cubs "trust the process" tank jobs both working really fucked up the parity issue. Plus not enough owners in the old George Steinbrenner mold. Arte Moreno, bless his heart, at least tries.Quote:
Originally Posted by SanlmarThis is interesting. Arrieta. Maybe they are just playing out the string now. Everyone talking about the remaining 40 odd games and strength of schedule.Quote:
Originally Posted by gut
Padres have a brutal remaining schedule
Let’s see if they put Tatis in the lineup away from home. Give the public in San Diego some Tatis in the outfield hitting homers but otherwise start turning off the lights.
I took the Rockies in Colorado vs Padres. I gave it about 10 seconds of thought. Snap autobet.
I like baseball and parity isn’t a word I use very often but it’s gotten retarded.
Padres won’t stop Dodgers but we have CWS and others. Burning Scherzer in a wildcard game would be a nice start
Now all these financial industry owners can skimp their way into a profit every year while pointing to the Astros and Cubs as justification. The White Sox may very well be the next example, and the Tigers not long after that (check out what Torkelson and Greene are doing in their system).
Cruz homers, he crushes the weak Orioles
Zunino homered earlier he is in a hot streak
Was disappointed to see the Rays lose the weekend series at the Twins. Not acceptable
Always good to face Baltimore, Rays demolish them
Everyone is up north for the summer or is it Delta Covid concerns. Red tide?Quote:
Originally Posted by NickyPipes
Move the team to Vegas where it’s cooler?
Our minor league team drew better that night.
Guy was safe at second and Arozarena missed the catch but the way he picked up the ball bare handed and launched it to second in one fluid athletic motion reminded me of Vlad Guerrero
Brother you can not teach a certain level of natural athleticism
Brother the attendance has always been a bit issue, it’s a true shame. They say if they build a new stadium in actual downtown Tampa area people would go. I’d guess that’d help on a nightly based, last year before COVID when Rays were wild card I remember the crowd being not half bad at end of season and playoffs against AstrosQuote:
Originally Posted by SanlmarEveryone is up north for the summer or is it Delta Covid concerns. Red tide?Quote:
Originally Posted by NickyPipes
Move the team to Vegas where it’s cooler?
Our minor league team drew better that night.
Not that it’s an achievement to have a decent crowd at high stakes game
Looks like the Arrieta experiment FAILED.
He got hit hard, then left with an injury. Looks like he's done.
Padres now 9 behind the Dodgers, 12 behind the Giants, and 1.5 ahead of the Reds. Braves starting to take control of the NL East, too, and that might be over soon enough.
Might end up being an interesting battle for the second wildcard in the NL, between Phillies, Padres, Reds, and Cardinals.
Poor Dodgers are 75-46, with the second best record in MLB, and are 3 games out of first. Imagine having the 2nd best record in MLB and having to worry about being in a 1-game playoff. Either the Giants or Dodgers are going to be the #1 NL wildcard, so one of them will find themselves frustrated regarding the wildcard situation.
Sad!