Principled Man Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 On 7/24/2023 at 10:23 PM, Principled Man said: Brewers 3 Reds 2 Brewers were 1 for 15 with RISP until Yelich hit a walkoff single to right. Strikeouts, bad base running, double plays….a hair-pulling win is still a win! Brewers finish the series with the Reds 10-3. The Reds are definitely happy to be free of them! Ending the season series against a division rival in July is ridiculous. The two teams are a narrow 1-2 in the NL Central. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Double header in motor city tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted July 27, 2023 Author Share Posted July 27, 2023 2 hours ago, invisible airwave said: Double header in motor city tomorrow. You guys gonna trade Ohtani or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Nova Carmina said: You guys gonna trade Ohtani or not? Some teams need him more than he needs them. Looks at LAST PLACE evil empire. Last place evil empire. I just want to post that again because it feels sooooo good. If he ever gets traded, I can see the Mets getting him since Billy Eppler (good riddance) was my team's GM. Edited July 27, 2023 by invisible airwave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 28 minutes ago, invisible airwave said: Some teams need him more than he needs them. Looks at LAST PLACE evil empire. Last place evil empire. I just want to post that again because it feels sooooo good. If he ever gets traded, I can see the Mets getting him since Billy Eppler (good riddance) was my team's GM. Ohtani has been taken off the trading block, for now at least. https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-rumors-trades-and-signings?t=trades-and-transactions 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 Put Joey Votto in the Hall NOW!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted July 27, 2023 Author Share Posted July 27, 2023 Who's excited about five more years of Rob Manfred, huh?!? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 How SWEEP it is! On to Geddy's team! 8 hours ago, Nova Carmina said: Who's excited about five more years of Rob Manfred, huh?!? Oddly enough, Tigers are her home team since she's from that area. She's a huge Red Wings fan from what I've read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 14 hours ago, invisible airwave said: How SWEEP it is! On to Geddy's team! Oddly enough, Tigers are her home team since she's from that area. She's a huge Red Wings fan from what I've read. I guess if you're going to hold on to him for another two or three months, you might as well grind him into dust while you can! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 The Cardinals' Miles Mikolas retaliates against a batter the right way, with an off-speed pitch down low, still gets tossed from the game because MLB umps love injustice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 You did see the pitch before that, right? The contact on the backswing was inarguably unintentional. I know I'm biased but most of the commentary on this I've seen from more independent sources has come down against the Cardinals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 20 minutes ago, laughedatbytime said: You did see the pitch before that, right? The contact on the backswing was inarguably unintentional. I know I'm biased but most of the commentary on this I've seen from more independent sources has come down against the Cardinals. I did see the pitch before that, but it clearly failed to deliver on the significance of the original offense. I don't know how it's "inarguable" when that's not Happ's usual follow-through on the backswing -- if it were it would be more frequent. Arguably,1 he was trying to get in Contreras's head and make him change his stance. No doubt a lot of the commentary has been biased by ancestral jealousies! 1 First, I'm sure I've used superscripts here before, but now I can't remember how! Second, I'm not really arguing this because I'm a reasonable person who knows accidents happen, but it's fun to see how a person could, if he wanted to. Third, some of the commentary is probably directed at the Cardinals' broadcast, which acted as though this was the worst thing to happen since the Bubonic Plague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 18 minutes ago, Nova Carmina said: I did see the pitch before that, but it clearly failed to deliver on the significance of the original offense. I don't know how it's "inarguable" when that's not Happ's usual follow-through on the backswing -- if it were it would be more frequent. Arguably,1 he was trying to get in Contreras's head and make him change his stance. No doubt a lot of the commentary has been biased by ancestral jealousies! 1 First, I'm sure I've used superscripts here before, but now I can't remember how! Second, I'm not really arguing this because I'm a reasonable person who knows accidents happen, but it's fun to see how a person could, if he wanted to. Third, some of the commentary is probably directed at the Cardinals' broadcast, which acted as though this was the worst thing to happen since the Bubonic Plague. I'm not sure I've ever used subscripts, but I do know certain key strokes create subscripts "see Best Fans in Baseball (tm)" with the tm in parentheses. While it's not usually Happ's backswing, it's within the range of backswings he's made. Happ still considers himself a friend of Contreras, they hugged when he left the game. and the text conversation after the game contained no accusation of intentionality so I think it's virtually certain that it was unintentional. The color guy on the Cubs' broadcast brought up that Mikolas may have done what he did because it was reported that the Cardinal pitching staff did not like throwing to Contreras and that in fact, Contreras was closer to Happ than he was to Mikolas (of course that's all speculative.) But I feel as confident as possible that it was an unintentional act, in large part because of the severity of it (concussions are nothing to scoff at, it's ended the career and had lifetime effects on catchers long after retirement, Mike Matheny being an example), so if it was intentional Happ should be suspended a minimum of 10 games and that would be completely out of character for Happ, that's taking animus WAY too far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Well, well, well. Look who's back if the rumored deal is made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Mikolas with a 5 game suspension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Things you don’t see every day: The Braves’ Acuna takes off from 2nd to steal 3rd, but the batter pops it up behind first. Acuna stops just past 3rd, but doesn’t re-tag the bag on the way back to 2nd. Brewers appeal….he’s OUT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted July 29, 2023 Author Share Posted July 29, 2023 1 hour ago, laughedatbytime said: Mikolas with a 5 game suspension. Excessive. It was just baseball stuff; it's not like he hit him in the helmet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 12 minutes ago, Nova Carmina said: Excessive. It was just baseball stuff; it's not like he hit him in the helmet! I hate to agree, but I do. Then again, for SPs you can appeal if the player is good enough, you might be able to set the rotation up better by dropping the appeal on a timely basis. And it's not like the Cardinals are short on starting pitching; I'm sure there's a plethora of quality candidates to take his place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted July 29, 2023 Author Share Posted July 29, 2023 13 hours ago, laughedatbytime said: I hate to agree, but I do. Then again, for SPs you can appeal if the player is good enough, you might be able to set the rotation up better by dropping the appeal on a timely basis. And it's not like the Cardinals are short on starting pitching; I'm sure there's a plethora of quality candidates to take his place... I'll ignore the snark! A five-game suspension for a pitcher is a different matter than it would be a position player, but does it amount to a fine of 5/162 of his salary? I suppose a suspension of 25 games (five starts) would seem absurd . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Nova Carmina said: I'll ignore the snark! A five-game suspension for a pitcher is a different matter than it would be a position player, but does it amount to a fine of 5/162 of his salary? I suppose a suspension of 25 games (five starts) would seem absurd . . . Good question. I guess since they can rearrange the rotation, A pitcher could end up not losing a start. If they just skipped the spot in the rotation then 1/32ds would reflect the time lost. If they just started him the day after the suspension, then maybe 1/162nds would be appropriate. I think the Cardinals are using up all of their bad luck in one season. They do need pitching and if they get a great offer for Goldy or Nolan they should take it but they should be contenders if not favorites in the division next year if they stand pat and maybe pick up some pitching in the offseason. They should, however, take the next two games to showcase Taylor Motter to show the world what he can do. Someone tell Marmol he can get more ABs by hitting him leadoff for max effect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 (edited) Braves score 10 last night, and they’re up 6-0 after 1 tonight. The Brewers are throwing batting practice! Edited July 29, 2023 by Principled Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted July 30, 2023 Author Share Posted July 30, 2023 15 hours ago, Principled Man said: Braves score 10 last night, and they’re up 6-0 after 1 tonight. The Brewers are throwing batting practice! Too bad you can't play the Reds every series, huh? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 5 hours ago, Nova Carmina said: Too bad you can't play the Reds every series, huh? Brewers are sprinting to the airport after seeing their pitchers get thrashed! A 3-game thrashing! That's what you get when you throw the ball down the middle! At least the Brewers scored some runs in every game. Pretty poor consolation prize..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Looks like CJ Cron is back on my team. Nice surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Canha to the Brewers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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