Baseball thread No. 7: Somebody slip the pinstripers a Mickey

Cubs fans are insufferable.

Anyhoo .........................................

Mark Reynolds has 36 homers and 21 stolen bases.

 

It's amazing how productive he is in spite of all the strikeouts.

Good to see the Pirates record a safety.

 

No 10-run rule, unfortunately.

 

Pittsburgh: Making the case for relegation for 15 years.

 

Not going anywhere: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/08/14/davis.waivers/index.html

 

That'll work. A leadoff walk to Vizquel, and Michael Young takes Jon Lester deep for his 20th homer of the year and a quick 2-0 lead.

 

Does anyone know where the Mets got those uniforms? I've never seen those before.

 

Tribute to the old NY Giants with the SF Giants in town ...

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20090812&content_id=6389214&vkey=pr_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym

 

In probably the least surprising development of the day, Zack Greinke has thrown six shutout innings so far. And the Royals have given him no runs in support.

 

I've been reading up on the Polo Grounds. What a funky stadium that was. From 258/279 down the lines to 440 in the power alleys and a jaw-dropping 483 in the notch in dead center under the Chesterfield sign.

 

Here's the 1905 Giants unis. This is what they're trying to pay homage to:



Personally, I don't think it works very well. In big part, because the N Y font doesn't match:

 

Josh.

Seventh.

Nothing.