2012 MLB Regular Season Running Thread

I really only know this because of having him on my fantasy team (I know, I know), but Billy Butler, to my mind, just may be the most underrated hitter in baseball right now. The guy is a machine.

I would see him making an impact on a pennant race more than a Justin Upton.

 

Nobody gives a flying fuck about your fantasy team.

 

I said "I know, I know."

 

I know, but it's official SportsJournalists.com style.

 

Oh, yeah ... and Francisco Rodriguez is trying his damnedest to hand the closer job back to Axford. Lit up again in 2-run 10th.

 

But wasn't he playing third this year?

 

Fourth inning in Anaheim. Royals look like they don't want to be there as the Angels go up, 8-0, with Pujols sitting this one out.
Weaver has hit Lorenzo Cain twice. Bottom of the fourth, weak-hitting Angels catcher Bobby Wilson homers to make it 8-0. Hochevar then plunks Trout on a 3-0 pitch and gets ejected.
These teams had a beanball war during spring training.

 

How did this team make the playoffs last season? Didn't they have the same bullpen they do this year?

 

So Weaver can hit a guy twice but not get thrown out? Interesting.

 

Pretty much ... Axford closer, Kameron Loe and Rodriguez setup.

They've been imploding the entire Philly series.

 

So if the Marlins had signed Pujols (which then assumes they don't sign Reyes) do they start a fire sale if their record was similar to what it is now? I'm assuming that Pujols is pretty damned happy with how all this has worked out despite the early-season slump.