Running 2015 MLB Regular-Season Thread

Especially Aspartame addiction.

 

You now I can't spell!

And, you're right. And, not be Devilish in my telling of history, but...

I would still say it's the signature moment of his career.

 

I was at both the Jack Clark and Donnie Moore games, and I'm still pissed at Lasorda for pitching to Clark.

I was covering the Moore game and had a credential that allowed me in the interview room, but not the clubhouse. I was trying to figure out how to sneak into the clubhouse when Henderson homered.

The Angels had a great chance to win the game in the bottom of the ninth, but once they lost, even though they still had a 3-2 series lead, no one thought they would win a game in Boston.

 

How the hell have the Cubs not won the world series since 1908? Seriously.

 

Babe Ruth was traded for a goat and then was on the cover of Sports Illustrated and Madden. Or something like that.

 

"He knew the rules. Whatever much he signed for -- what did he get, again? -- he didn't have a problem signing his name," said Bumgarner, referring to Scherzer's $210 million, seven-year free-agent deal he signed with the Nationals in the offseason. "He didn't have a problem with hitting then. I'm sure he had his pick of anywhere he wanted to go."

Madison Bumgarner rejects Max Scherzer's assertion that National League should adopt designated hitter

 

That's a fair point.
However with interleague play every day, 2 different rules doesn't make much sense.
Ban the DH, make Ortiz play baseball.

 

Pitchers Hit. /

 

Don't forget Mike Torrez.

Terry served up Mazeroski's shot, only to redeem himself -- albeit, while walking a serious tightope -- two years later. With runners at second and third with two out in Game 7 against the Giants, he got Willie McCovey to line out to second base, preserving a one-run Yankees win.

Bob Stanley, while he didn't actually give up a walk-off homer, deserves special mention in this category: For (a) uncorking the wild pitch that scored the tying run in Game 6 of 1986 (and dumping fertilizer on Buckner's head in the postgame, calling him out for missing Mookie's grounder), but also (b) giving up a most valuable insurance run in the 1978 one-game playoff. Just a few batters after Torrez served up Bucky Dent's shot, that turned to be the difference in the game.

 

Donnie Moore's wasn't a walkoff.

 

Right. Top of the 9th. And the Angels still tied in the bottom of the 9th before losing in 11.

Not a home run, but I think you'd have to put Stan Belinda on that list for the Francisco Cabrera/Sid Bream play. Only time in baseball history other than Branca a team went from winning a winner-take-all game to going home for the winter on one pitch.

Many of the other big walk-off homers (Mazeroski, Aaron Boone) were in tie games or in a non-elimination game for both teams (Carter).

 

As a fan of an NL team, I have selfish reasons for wanting the DH in both leagues. Not having the DH means my team (the Braves) has little-to-no shot at signing/re-signing a big money free agent hitter who can go to the AL and DH once a week. Also, if the NL has the DH, the Braves probably don't trade Evan Gattis.