Baseball Thread IV

The Braves' bullpen sucks.

This is a recording.

 

Some other instances of a bases-loaded intentional walk (courtesy baseball-almanac.com):

-- Napoleon Lajoie, May 23, 1901 - the Athletics were batting against the White Sox in the top of the ninth inning. They were down, 11-7, but had the bases loaded and none out with Lajoie - on his way to a Triple Crown - up. Manager Clark Griffith inserted himself as relief pitcher and "calmly sent four wide ones across" to deliberately force in a run, bringing future home run champs Socks Seybold and Harry Davis up with the bases still full. Griffith then disposed of Seybold, Davis, and Morgan Murphy on infield grounders, saving the 11-9 win.

-- Del Bissonette, May 2, 1928 - the Giants led the Dodgers, 2-0, in the top of the ninth, but Brooklyn loaded the bases with two out. Giants' manager John McGraw then ordered pitcher Larry Benton to walk Bissonette, in his 16th major league game, purposely ending the shutout. Benton then struck out Harry Riconda to end the game.

-- Bill Nicholson, July 23, 1944 (2nd game) - The Giants led the Cubs, 10-7, in the top of the eighth with the bases loaded, none out, and Nicholson - who had homered four times already that day - at the plate. Giants' manager Mel Ott (who was probably sitting next to McGraw at the above game) ordered Ewald Pyle to walk Nicholson, bringing up Dom Dallessandro, Andy Pafko, and Don Johnson. The Cubs tied the game up by the time the inning was over, but New York went on to win, 12-10.

 

When I made the post (right before I went to sleep), the Royals trailed by one after blowing an early 6-1 lead. They still won 8-7, thanks to Grudzielanek's single in 10th.

So the Royals are on a two-game winning streak. Where's that champagne?

 

Royals are 2-2 against the AL West

They're in the wrong division!

 

Could the Royals take Cleveland with them to the West. I mean, they're actually winning that season series 5-4. Too bad they don't play the Tribe again until mid-August.

 

Hey ZEKE--

What was our bet on J. Jones again? .275, 25/75?

G AB R H 2 3 HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG
2006 45 154 17 43 7 0 8 26 74 7 30 0 1 .317 .481 .279

 

After his 0-for-20 start, he should be just about ready to start one of those streaks?

 

Say what you will about the man, but the Yankees haven't shown any post-season intensity since Clemens threw that bat at Piazza in 2000.

 

fuckin' christ -- how do i hate nationally televised cardinal games. if gary throne could stop slurping the cardinals i'd be more apt to watch

david eckstein was born to wear a cardinals uniform? what?

the knowledgable cardinal fans applauding the groundout. yeah, like other fans would applaud when their team scores. gimmie a fuckin' break. god i hate the fuckin' cardinals. bitches.

 

Dayton Moore is in, Allard Baird out as GK in Kansas City. Amazingly enough, they were able to find someone who wanted the job. Of course, total control over baseball moves does help.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/14707979.htm

 

Jim Hendry finally picked up somebody to play first base while Lee is out:

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/14708862.htm

Phil Nevin is now a Cub. Jerry Hairston is now a Ranger.

Can't wait to see how Dusty mis-uses this guy. Matt Murton is fucked.