MLB 2024 - AUGUST

[RIPPA]

Tigers announced they will retire Jim Leyland's #10 in a ceremony prior to Saturday's game

It will be, appropriately, the 10th number retired in Tigers history (technically 11th if you include 42)

[RIPPA]

Mike Trout will officially miss the rest of the season

Hope you were sitting down for that news

[sabremike]

8 hours ago, RIPPA said:

Tigers announced they will retire Jim Leyland's #10 in a ceremony prior to Saturday's game

It will be, appropriately, the 10th number retired in Tigers history (technically 11th if you include 42)

He once gave me a ball at Shea Stadium when I was a kid so good for him!

[RIPPA]

If the Jays are gonna keep pitching to Aaron Judge - he might hit 70

[RIPPA]

5 hours ago, RIPPA said:

If the Jays are gonna keep pitching to Aaron Judge - he might hit 70

Right after I posted this - the Jays intentionally walked Judge in the 2nd inning with 2 outs and no one on base which is... rare

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Judge, 32, became the first player intentionally walked with the bases empty in the first two innings of a game in the last 50 seasons. And the last time a player was intentionally walked with two outs and nobody on base within the first two innings of a game was Aug. 10, 1972. The player: Minnesota Twins catcher Glenn Borgmann, a .229 hitter with 16 home runs over a nine-year career who was walked to get to the pitcher.

 

[RIPPA]

The White Sox have lost 20 games in a row

[odessasteps]

The 1988 Orioles will sitting around waiting to pop champagne like they were Mercury Morris and the 72 Dolphins. 

[RIPPA]

A couple other notes about the White Sox futility

• They are 60 games below .500 for the first in franchise history
• They are on pace to lose 124 games which would be the most by a team since the 1899 Cleveland Spiders (who lost 134 and are generally considered the worst team ever)
• There might be reason to hope - their next 3 games are at Oakland

[Hamhock]

Extrapolating ahead; if they lose the next three at Oakland, that ties them with the 1961 Phillies for the modern record at 23. 

The record-setting 24th loss would be at home vs. the Cubs on Friday, and there are post-game fireworks scheduled. So conceivably they could lose and set a new record for consecutive losses and then set off fireworks for the crowd.

[Tabe]

13 hours ago, RIPPA said:

A couple other notes about the White Sox futility

• They are 60 games below .500 for the first in franchise history
• They are on pace to lose 124 games which would be the most by a team since the 1899 Cleveland Spiders (who lost 134 and are generally considered the worst team ever)
• There might be reason to hope - their next 3 games are at Oakland

They are somehow even worse than the 2003 Tigers. That team lost 119 games. 

[odessasteps]

It’s too bad LaRussa isn’t the manager during this losing streak.

[Tabe]

Freddie Freeman was back in the lineup tonight. His son Max had a neurological disorder that left him paralyzed. However, it's apparently curable - he's back home and is expected to make a full recovery. Incredible. 

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40739913/freddie-freeman-returns-dodgers-son-maximus-recovers-rare-medical-issue

[RIPPA]

White Sox lose 5-1 to tie the AL record at 21 straight games

Oh BTW - they aren't eligible for the top pick in the draft due to the new CBA rules so the highest 1st round pick they can have is 10th (this is the same thing that hurt the Nats last year)

[Tabe]

3 hours ago, RIPPA said:

White Sox lose 5-1 to tie the AL record at 21 straight games

Oh BTW - they aren't eligible for the top pick in the draft due to the new CBA rules so the highest 1st round pick they can have is 10th (this is the same thing that hurt the Nats last year)

They're so terrible they can't even tank properly. 

[sabremike]

5 hours ago, RIPPA said:

White Sox lose 5-1 to tie the AL record at 21 straight games

Oh BTW - they aren't eligible for the top pick in the draft due to the new CBA rules so the highest 1st round pick they can have is 10th (this is the same thing that hurt the Nats last year)

Can you explain what rule this is?

[RIPPA]

10 minutes ago, sabremike said:

Can you explain what rule this is?

Teams that DON'T receive competitive balance payouts are ineligible to receive a lottery pick two years in a row.

Basically - MLB feels like if you have "enough" money to compete, the only reason you suck is because you are tanking and this is basically an "anti-tanking" measurement. (Being bad at your job also isn't a reason to get multiple good picks)

And as a reminder - the payouts are based on market size and Chicago is the third largest market

EDIT - forgot to mention, Oakland is also ineligible due to having a lottery pick two years in a row (so there is an anti-tanking measure for small markets too)

[Cobra Commander]

Reds and Braves apparently gonna play at Bristol Motor Speedway next year

they should have commercial of Elly De La Cruz racing a car just because.. even if they have to use a lot of cinematic magic to make it work

[Dolfan in NYC]

Per an announcement from MLB, Billy Bean has died.  He was 60.

[RIPPA]

45 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said:

Per an announcement from MLB, Billy Bean has died.  He was 60.

For clarity's sake - this is not the former As GM (his last name is Beane)

This was the only living openly gay MLB player

[Tabe]

Framber Valdez threw 8-2/3 no-hit innings tonight against Texas before Corey Seager ended the bid with a homer.

[Tabe]

The White Sox ended their losing streak at 21.

[RIPPA]

6 hours ago, Tabe said:

Framber Valdez threw 8-2/3 no-hit innings tonight against Texas before Corey Seager ended the bid with a homer.

It is now the 2nd time Seager has broken up a no hitter with two outs in the 9th (other time was against Matt Moore in 2016).

He is the only person in history to do it twice

[Dolfan in NYC]

MLB announced the Braves will host Cincinnati for a home game at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2025.  

[RIPPA]

HA!

Shows you how much I am paying to the calendar

Anyway - the White Sox fired Pedro Grifol

[Pete]

Aw yeah. Going all Polo Grounds in this bitch.