Baseball

[Sparko]

Fully admit I haven't been following baseball much but it seems David Ross and Mike Matheny have done a heck of a job since the All-Star break. Yes? No?

Matheny should have been fired last year. His strength is ruining careers right now.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Another reason why I say kids playing in the LLWS are often as smart and fundamentally sound as those who play MLB.

[UnholyLivingDead]

Am I wrong to say that that's just as much if not more of the third base coach's fault than the kid's?

[NewtonHawk11]

It's 100% the 3rd base coaches fault.

I coached a youth team this summer and the first thing I told them when practicing base running was when you steal a base or get to a base other than first, put up your hands and ask the umpire for time. For that exact reason.

[NewtonHawk11]

Bonds has the home run record. Get the Yankees vomiting of the records out of here.

[pdub]

To me, Bonds has the home record, but there's an asterisk after it.
So if someone wants to argue that Judge has the clean home run record, they make a good case.

[CrimsonNBlue]

Bonds has the home run record.

This.

Qualify Judge's record as the AL record, fine, that's factually true.

[pdub]

Lance Armstrong won seven consecutive Tour de France titles.

[pdub]

First MLB I’ve watched in months and I turn on Phillies @ Cards top of the 9th.

Cards up 2-0.
Phillies score 6 in the inning.
Cards loose.

Baseball is worth watching every once in a while.

[pdub]

On top of this, the Mariners are actually in the playoffs ( this entry thing I dunno if I’ll consider the playoffs ).

[Sparko]

Early on baseball folks talked about Seattle's playoff drought. Got to feel like they are the 2014 Royals this year.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Worthless predictions.....

Yankees beat the Guardians 3-1
Astros beat the Mariners 3-2

Phillies beat the Braves 3-2
Dodgers beat the Padres 3-2

Yankees beat the Astros 4-2
Dodgers beat the Phillies 4-2

Yankees beat the Dodgers 4-3

[pdub]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/347 ... rowback-07

Please make the Yankees loose.
Go bugs go!

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Has the AL MVP ever gone hitless in a DS?
Now watch, because I asked that Judge will probably bat .500 with a few HR the rest of the series.

[twocoach]

Would every reliever in this Houston at Seattle ALDS Game 3 be the best relief pitcher on the Royals? Yeesh.

[Sparko]

Would every reliever in this Houston at Seattle ALDS Game 3 be the best relief pitcher on the Royals? Yeesh.

There was a team in 2014-15 that valued closers.

[twocoach]

Would every reliever in this Houston at Seattle ALDS Game 3 be the best relief pitcher on the Royals? Yeesh.

There was a team in 2014-15 that valued closers.

I miss when KC had an elite relief pitching staff. I'd settle for competent at this point. That was a heck of a display of pitching in that game last night.

[pdub]

Dodgers out.
Get the Astros and Yankees out and this is a successful MLB playoff.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Dodgers out.
Get the Astros and Yankees out and this is a successful MLB playoff.

2 down 1 to go. Unfortunately I think the 1 to go isn't going to go.

[pdub]

Probably not.