Beisbol been berry berry good to me (Running Baseball Thread IX)

Only the dogass Cubs lineup can make Wandy Rodriguez and Woody Williams look good. :

 

And of course, Jim Brower gives up a leadoff walk and a two-run double to Frank Thomas to make it 7-2 Yankees with no one out in the 7th.

 

Nothing funnier than Michael Kay and Ken Singleton defending Clemens by saying why would he throw at someone in the seventh inning of a game the Yankees are trying to win.

Maybe because it's 7-0 and it's the seventh inning and Roger's win is safe?

Insufferable twits.

 

When I was in college, and even up to last season, I could count on watching at least 18 or so Mets games a year just because of TBS. I guess those times have left us behind. One of these years, I'll crack and get an MLB package of some sort. Until then, I'll stick to my stat tracker.

 

Obviously, Clemens was throwing at Rios. Why wouldn't he? You make sure your team is going to win and then you exact payback.

 

It's $89/season for MLB.tv, and it's worth every penny. I watch every single Braves game when I'm at work -- lucky for me my shift starts at 4 p.m. and so do Braves games -- and when they're over, I switch to Seattle or Oakland or San Diego or whatever the hell else I want to watch.

 

I don't know what mikegd does, but as a reporter I am not sure if it would be worth it.

 

Man, if Angola sees Clemens was throwing at Rios, you know he was.

But that's my point: Kay and Singleton are such homers that they have to come up with a way to tell us that it's raining when we can clearly see someone pissing on our heads.

 

In terms of baseball fights, the one between Mike Sweeney and Jeff Weaver was sweet... although Sweeney shouldn't have thrown the helmet. And the Royals did do something right as a team when they trampled William Ligue and son (of the Joliet Ligues, no less) a few years back.

And let me just thank the Mets and Omar Minaya again for greenlighting the Brian Bannister for Ambiorix Burgos deal. It's working out faaaantastic in the Midwest.

 

interesting baseball tidbit for tonight...

Mike Bacsik faced Hank Aaron 31 years ago when Hank was sitting on 755 career home runs
Tonight, his son, Mike Bacsik faces Barry Bonds while Bonds is sitting on 755 career home runs.

Hopefully the son can do what the father did - not give up home run number 756.

 

Interesting? That's just awesome in its fucking nuttiness.

Edit: I mean, in all the ballparks in all the world ... the coincidence of this is really ripe.

 

That is pretty awesome.

Here's the details: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX197608230.shtml

Aug. 23, 1976, Milwaukee at Texas. Bacsik came in to relieve Rangers starter Jim Umbarger in the 4th inning. He got Aaron to fly out to right field in the 5th and Aaron hit an infield single off him in the 7th. Brewers won, 6-2. Hitting cleanup as the DH, Aaron went 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.