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Jun-05-15
 | | Phony Benoni: Or, in mathematics, "Cutting the pi". |
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Jun-06-15
| | Phony Benoni: OK, it's the top of the 18th inning, with the game tied 6-6. The Padres have gone through their bullpen and brought in a utility infielder to pitch. The first batter singles. Up steps Gerardo Parra, batting .292 on the year. Do you ask him to bunt? Remember, there's a shortstop pitching: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... OK, so Parra was a rookie with maybe just 20 games under his belt. That still had to hurt. Bottom of the inning, it's a no-brainer, but is this a situation where you want to give up an out? |
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| Jun-06-15 | | Jim Bartle: David Eckstein hit a pinch home run?? |
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Jun-06-15
| | Phony Benoni: With two out in the bottom of the 9th, no less. |
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| Jun-07-15 | | Benzol: Are the bats today being made using an inferior or different wood? I thought that they were made from Ash tree wood? That poor woman spectator really copped it in that Red Sox game when that bat shattered. Hope she will be OK but it didn't look good in the news pictures I saw earlier today. :( |
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| Jun-07-15 | | Jim Bartle: A lot of players are now using maple, following the example of Barry Bonds. These are the bats where a large piece can break off. With ash they usually break off into small pieces. At least that is what I have read. I also believe the maple bats are the two-toned ones. |
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Jun-07-15
| | Phony Benoni: Here's an update.
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2015/... Being expected to "survive" is good news, but still sounds scary. I imagine that pitching patterns have something to do with this, but bat construction needs to be looked into. In the old days, a "broken bat" just had a crack in it. You could only tell by tapping one end on the plate to see if it made a bad sound. Today's shattering bats must have some offensive advantage, but there needs to be some safety controls. And this isn't a new problem, of course; remember Steve Yeagar in the 1970s? |
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| Jun-07-15 | | Jim Bartle: From what I can see and what I noticed a few years ago when I played some softball, the handles are much, much thinner than they used to be. That would make the bats more susceptible to breaking. |
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| Jun-08-15 | | Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, The Cubs play Detroit tomorrow evening... Are The Tigers any good? |
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Jun-08-15
| | Phony Benoni: I don't know, Travis. They lost eight in a row before running into the White Sox and starting a two-game winning streak. But it will be exciting to see the Cubs; they're having quite a year. |
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Jun-08-15
 | | keypusher: Saw CC Sabathia ejected for arguing balls and strikes at Yankee Stadium yesterday. Actually I wasn't quite sure what I saw until I read the paper this morning. You really have to pay attention when you're in the bleachers and you can't see the video screen. Nice day, though. There is nothing prettier in sports than a baseball game on a fair summer day. I guess that's why they call the field a diamond. When I lived in England I remember being on a train and rounding a turn and suddenly looking out on a cricket pitch with a game in progress. That was beautiful too. Larkin wrote about it in "The Whitsun Weddings" and I've always wondered if my memory didn't get mixed up with the poem -- maybe I was in a car, not a train? < We hurried towards London, shuffling gouts of steam.
Now fields were building-plots and poplars cast
Long shadows over major roads, and for
Some fifty minutes, that in time would seem
Just long enough to settle hats and say
<I nearly died>,
A dozen marriages got under way.
They watched the landscape, sitting side by side
- An Odeon went past, a cooling tower,
And someone running up to bowl - and none
Thought of the others they would never meet
Or how their lives would all contain this hour.> http://www.poetryarchive.org/poem/w... |
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Jun-08-15
 | | WannaBe: We are now tracking <Number of Whiffs>, or NoW tracking NoW: http://espn.go.com/blog/jayson-star... |
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| Jun-08-15 | | Jim Bartle: <The Astros have already struck out 531 times this season. That's the most in the American League.> Those sentences still don't sound right. It's against nature. |
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Jun-08-15
| | WannaBe: I know, I am still trying to not say Pac-8. =)) |
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Jun-08-15
| | WannaBe: Apple kindly paid the ransom for that 100th HR ball: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/apple-... No news on whether the Lube Oil was also delivered. Or what the heck lube oil is to be used for. |
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| Jun-08-15 | | Jim Bartle: My all-time 'I Saw Him Play' team:
C Johnny Bench, Cincinnati
1B Stan Musial, St. Louis
2B Joe Morgan, Houston/Cincinnati
3B Eddie Mathews, Milwaukee/Pete Rose, Cincinnati
SS Ernie Banks, Cubs
LF Frank Robinson, Cincinnati*
CF Willie Mays, San Francisco
RF Hank Aaron, Milwaukee
Rotation:
Sandy Koufax, LA
Juan Marichal, SF
Bob Gibson, St. Louis
Gaylord Perry, SF/Whitey Ford, Yankees
Closer: Rollie Fingers, Oakland
* Barry Bonds not eligible, if exhibitions count, Ted Williams in LF. |
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| Jun-08-15 | | Travis Bickle: <Jim Bartle> Nice list! Taking it a step further, here's my all-time Fantasy 'I Saw Him Play' team: Jim I have 2 players I like better & 3 pitchers. 1B Lou Gehrig, New York
3B Eddie Mathews, Milwaukee/Mike Schmidt,
Philadelphia
Rotation
Tom Seaver/Randy Johnson
Closer Goose Gossage |
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| Jun-08-15 | | Jim Bartle: Except I never saw any of those players in person, with the exception of Mathews, who is on my team. The National League bias in my selections is due to seeing only one American League game (NY.Detroit) before the A's came to Oakland. And I just remembered I saw the Red Sox at the Big A once, so Wade Boggs would be another candidate for third base. But probably not quite as good as Rose or Mathews. |
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| Jun-09-15 | | Travis Bickle: <Jim Bartle> What was I thinking?? Any list would have to include Babe Ruth! |
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Jun-09-15
| | keypusher: <Jim Bartle> I suspect your <I saw him play> team would rout most anybody else's. If David lived in New York rather than Detroit he might have given you a run for your money. Mine would consist mostly of 1970s-era Atlanta Braves. Phil Neikro, Dale Murphy, and Bob Horner will only get you so far. |
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Jun-09-15
 | | OhioChessFan: I assume everyone means a home team. Off the top of my head, I am happy with this team, although not thrilled with RF: C Johnny Bench
1B Tony Perez, although Joey Votto will surpass him soon. 2B Joe Morgan
SS Barry Larkin
3B Pete Rose
LF Frank Robinson
CF Ken Griffey Jr.
RF Ken Griffey Sr.
SP Jim Maloney
SP Don Gullet
SP Tom Seaver
SP Johnny Cueto
SP Mario Soto
Closer Araldis Chapman |
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| Jun-09-15 | | Jim Bartle: Can someone tell <OCF> it is a team made up of the best players a poster saw play in person? |
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| Jun-09-15 | | Jim Bartle: The only time I can remember going to see one particular player was when I saw Bob Gibson pitch for the first time, though it was in 1974 and he was well past his prime: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... So I got to see Brock steal bases 95, 96, 97 and 98 from seats close to third base. |
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Jun-09-15
| | WannaBe: Washington Nationals, in the fourth round #134 over-all, drafted RHP, out of Iona College, Mariano Rivera Jr. |
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Jun-09-15
| | WannaBe: In the fifth round, Detroit Tigers drafted CF from Michigan State University, Cam Gibson. |
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