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Aug-27-16
 | | WannaBe: Nice day for a Triple Header, Cubs/LAD, KC/BOS and end the evening with ATL/SF. =)) |
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Aug-28-16
 | | saffuna: Can anybody find the record for most runners picked off in an inning? I know there's a two, but is there a three? |
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Aug-28-16
| | saffuna: Yikes. Tippy Martinez did it in 1983. Lenn Sakata had to play catcher, the Blue Jays thought they could steal on him easily, took big leads and got picked off. <BLUE JAYS 10TH: LOWENSTEIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B);
ROENICKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); SAKATA CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING C ); AYALA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); STODDARD
REPLACED MCGREGOR (PITCHING); Johnson homered; Bonnell singled
to center; COLLINS BATTED FOR BARFIELD; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED
STODDARD (PITCHING); Bonnell was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first); Collins walked; Collins was picked
off first (pitcher to first); Upshaw singled to second; Upshaw
was picked off first (pitcher to first); Tippy Martinez
picked off three runners at 1B in this inning; infielder Lenn
Sakata caught six pitches in the inning; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Blue Jays 4, Orioles 3.>
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... |
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Aug-28-16
| | saffuna: I watched a video of the 7th game of the 1968 World Series. A lot of things were different back then. The sun was shining.
Almost no pitches in the dirt.
High strikes.
Two complete games.
Batters seemed to swing a lot more at the first pitch, especially the Cardinals. No stepping out of the box.
Two runners (Brock and Flood) picked off in one inning by Lolich. Brock took a huge lead and begged for a throw, then took off for second and was tagged out on a dubious call. Bob Gibson batted for himself in the 8th inning trailing 3-0. I can't imagine that happening today. Very little analysis and no second-guessing by the announcers, Mel Allen and Harry Caray. They just called the game with few other comments. No discussion of Mickey Stanley at shortstop. When he short-hopped a line drive, Caray asked "Are you sure he's never played shortstop?" And nothing more. He whiffed a hard shot later, and no questioning from the announcers. No questioning of leaving Gibson in, or Gibson either. No comment when Lolich and Freehan were clearly upset a pitch was not called a strike. One minute of commercials between innings.
There was once a Commissioner named William Eckert. |
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Aug-28-16
| | WannaBe: If Detroit want to reach the play-offs, they can't afford to lose to team like Angels. |
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Aug-28-16
| | WannaBe: Dodgers could have swept the Cubs, but Jensen had a blown save on Friday. That patch-work of starting pitching have held up even without Kershaw. |
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Aug-28-16
| | saffuna: The SABR biographies are good and extremely detailed. I was reading about 1960s Orioles pitcher Dick Hall, whose pitchers looked fat but batters couldn't hit them often. Anyway, the biography contains this true statement: <He didn’t pitch at all in the Orioles’ World Series win that year over the Dodgers, and he wasn’t surprised when Orioles’ General Manager Harry Dalton called him at 1 o’clock on the morning of December 16 to tell Hall he’d been traded to the Phillies for a player to be named later. > None of the relievers pitched at all for Baltimore in that Series except Moe Drabowsky. Games two through four were complete game shutouts, and in game one Drabowsky came in in the fourth inning and finished the game, giving up just one hit. So no, he didn't pitch, but it wasn't as if he was passed over. He was one of five pitchers who never got in a game. A nice quote from the story:
<In 1963 he won five games and saved 12, but his most impressive stretch occurred between July 24 and August 17, during which Hall retired 28 men in order. “That was my first perfect game,” Hall said. “I never had one before and this one took 25 days.”> http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/0cfa... |
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| Aug-29-16 | | Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, how are ya doin'man? I'm worried about The Cubs... They just dropped 2 out of 3 to the Screwhead dodgers... Your Pal,
Travis |
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| Aug-29-16 | | Travis Bickle: <WannaBe: Dodgers could have swept the Cubs, but Jensen had a blown save on Friday. That patch-work of starting pitching have held up even without Kershaw.> That's because that Screw Head 3rd baseman Javier Baez threw to the wrong base in the eighth inning and lost an inning ending ground out... In a scoreless game! It gives me headaches... http://m.mlb.com/assets/images/2/2/... |
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Aug-29-16
| | saffuna: You have to relax <travis>. The best teams lose games and series. They're headed to a 100-win season even if they fall off a little, have given up the fewest runs in the league (not easy playing at Wrigley), and have scored the most except for Colorado (and they get a big asterisk). |
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| Aug-29-16 | | Travis Bickle: <saffuna> Ok Saffy, I'll try to relax... But all day yesterday The Cubs hitters were hitting lazy fly balls to short outfield spots. I hope that trend doesn't continue... |
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Aug-29-16
 | | Phony Benoni: Travis, you've got nothing to worry about. Just wait for the wind to start blowing out again. |
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Aug-29-16
| | saffuna: Or wait for Schwarber to come back. Those "lazy fly balls" will be landing on the street. |
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| Aug-29-16 | | Travis Bickle: Thanks men, I feel a little more steady now... Man we could use Schwarber now! http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/947847... |
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Aug-29-16
| | saffuna: If Schwarber hits one in San Francisco, it might not be an official splash hit. The ball might go all the way over the water. |
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Aug-29-16
| | WannaBe: A fascinating study in contrast, look at DAL ticket price at home, and on the road: http://www.espn.com/nfl/team/schedu... |
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Aug-29-16
| | saffuna: Stubhub has tickets for games in Green Bay? I thought every seat was taken by someone who got his season tickets when Bart Starr was playing. |
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Aug-29-16
| | WannaBe: Looks like the cheapest home tix for GB is Dec 24th: http://www.espn.com/nfl/team/schedu...
Do you really want to sit at an open aired stadium, in December, at Green Bay, Wisconsin?? |
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Aug-29-16
| | WannaBe: Lookin' at the remaining team/schedule for LAD and SFG, it's about even... LAD/SFG have 6 more games 3 home and 3 road.
LAD have to face teams with winning records on the road, @MIA and @NYY SFG have @ChiCubs but get St.L at home. Both teams will get the usual NL West teams, SD, ARZ, COL... Could be a close one come Oct. |
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Aug-29-16
| | WannaBe: Blue Birds defeated Orange Birds! But BoSox are not cooperating, as they are leading TB. |
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Aug-29-16
| | WannaBe: Detroit won, LAD down two to nothing, but it's in Colorado, anything can happen, we might end up with a basketball game. |
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Aug-29-16
| | Phony Benoni: In Colorado, teams go behind 2-0 during batting practice. |
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| Aug-30-16 | | Travis Bickle: Hey Phony & Saffy, you guys were right on the money$$$$$$! The Cubs came home from a road trip & pulled out a 13 inning victory! ; P http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport... |
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| Aug-30-16 | | Travis Bickle: I just watched the late innings on my DVR recording from last night. |
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Aug-30-16
| | saffuna: Looking at today's starters I see J. A. Happ, 17-4. With a 3.18 ERA. I hadn't even noticed him before. He's pitched pretty well, but the Jays must have scored a ton of runs for him. |
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