MLB MLB 2024 - Sept (Rest of the Regular Season)

[Tabe]

9 hours ago, Brian Fowler said:

Tigers with the dramatic win Thursday. Two out, two strikes, bases loaded, down 3-0, Grand Slam.

The dream of every little kid except for it not being game 7 of the World Series.

I've mentioned before but my all-time favorite memory from being a (now former) season ticket holder for the Spokane Indians was this night:

It was a Friday or Saturday night, completely sold out, so 7000+ in the ballpark.  Spokane was down big but mounts a comeback.  It's pickup truck giveaway night - if Spokane hits a grand slam in the regulation 9 innings, somebody wins a $50,000 pickup.  Bottom of the 9th and Spokane has tied it up.  Ruben Sierra Jr (alas, not quite the player his dad was) is up.  There's 2 outs.  The count is full.  If he walks, Spokane wins, no pickup truck winner.  If he makes an out, we go to extras, no pickup truck winner.  If ANYTHING happens on this pitch other than a foul ball or grand slam, no pickup truck winner.  Next pitch?  Sierra hits a bomb to LF - and it hits off the car dealer sign for the guy giving away the pickup truck for a game-winning grand slam.  The building came absolutely unglued.  It was amazing.  

[DangerMark]

On 9/5/2024 at 11:43 AM, RIPPA said:

Cubs 3B Isaac Paredes has THREE errors including one on the 2nd batter of the game that was initially ruled a hit and then changed to an error

It was Chicago's first no hitter at Wrigley since 1972

Do baseball grounds still get to appoint their own scorers to judge these things? If so, how the hell haven't they been able to game another no-hitter since '72?

[RIPPA]

 

[Cobra Commander]

doesn't feel like things are going great after the Twins got swept by the Royals: https://x.com/DanHayesMLB/status/1832881182351987108

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Rocco Baldelli: “That was an unprofessional series of baseball we played and that’s all I’ve got for you.” No other comments or questions for the #MNTwins manager.

 

[Travis Sheldon]

Fuckin' Rocco

https://imgur.com/a/PemPN5G

[odessasteps]

 

[Dolfan in NYC]

Kyle Schwarber just hit his 14th leadoff HR, setting a new Major League record 

[BobbyWhioux]

https://x.com/uprootedoakland/status/1833707554461167975


Rage against the dying of the light.  The soon to be lost Oakland A's win by using the already lost bunt, three times in a row.

[RIPPA]

Manny Machado hit his 164th HR as a member of the Padres thus becoming the franchises all time leader in HRs

The only other active players who are franchise leaders are Mike Trout with the Angels and Giancarlo Stanton is still the Marlins leader

[Tabe]

5 hours ago, RIPPA said:

Manny Machado hit his 164th HR as a member of the Padres thus becoming the franchises all time leader in HRs

The only other active players who are franchise leaders are Mike Trout with the Angels and Giancarlo Stanton is still the Marlins leader

That's a really low number for a team that's been around for over 50 years. 

[RIPPA]

It's the lowest total for a team period

2nd is Arizona (Luis Gonzalez - 224)

That being said - 3rd place are the Mets who have been around even longer (Darryl Strawberry - 252)

[sabremike]

19 minutes ago, RIPPA said:

It's the lowest total for a team period

2nd is Arizona (Luis Gonzalez - 224)

That being said - 3rd place are the Mets who have been around even longer (Darryl Strawberry - 252)

We were always a team built around pitching and Shea was always a pitcher's park (which is why the Mets not having a no hitter until 2012 was so bizarre).

[Tabe]

1 hour ago, sabremike said:

We were always a team built around pitching and Shea was always a pitcher's park (which is why the Mets not having a no hitter until 2012 was so bizarre).

Yeah, you'd think between Seaver, Cone, Doc, and some of the other hard-throwers they've had over the years that somebody would have thrown one sooner. 

[odessasteps]

Well, the all time greatest Padre is not a home run hitter. Plus, it seems like a lot of the power hitters were not there that long. 

[Tabe]

24 minutes ago, odessasteps said:

Well, the all time greatest Padre is not a home run hitter. Plus, it seems like a lot of the power hitters were not there that long. 

You don't have to be "a home run hitter" to have more than 160 home runs. Granted, he played forever, but Craig Biggio has almost 300. But, yeah, the Padres don't keep power hitters for long. McGriff didn't even last three seasons, for example. Winfield lasted longer but still only hit 154. Still, you'd think SOMEBODY would've gotten to 200 by now. 

[odessasteps]

The top ten is : machado, Nate Colbert, Adrian Gonzalez, Phil Nevin, Winfield, Tony, wil myers, Klesko, Caminiti and Tatis. 
 

id have thought Caminiti would be higher. 
 

And past the top ten, only double digits. 

Edited September 12, 2024 by odessasteps

[RIPPA]

Well in a lot of those cases - the Padres traded them (and some of them turned out to be the right move)

And some of them just fell off a fucking cliff

[RIPPA]

James Paxton announced he is retiring at season's end

[BobbyWhioux]

Jack Murphy Stadium was not exactly a launching pad, either.

Petco Park rather famously isn't.

[RIPPA]

 

[Gonzo]

Another fun White Sox stat that I saw on Twitter/X:

• Record this year when trailing after six innings: 0-70
• When trailing after seven innings: 0-86
• When trailing after eight innings: 0-93

[RIPPA]

 

[RIPPA]

The Giants Heliot Ramos became the first right handed batter to hit a HR into McCovey Cove

[odessasteps]

I apparently got a like from Manny Machado on a FB post tonight. I looked it up and the person has 3.5m followers. 

The Padres posted a picture of Alex Morgan and her husband that said "the Goat is here" or something similar. 

I said "that doesn't look like Tony Gwynn ." 

Edited September 17, 2024 by odessasteps

[RIPPA]

Speaking of the Padres and Tony Gwynn

Luis Arraez struck out for the first time in 141 plate appearances

The streak tied Gwynn for the fifth longest in the last 40 seasons. (Gwynn holds the record as his best streak was 170 PAs)