MLB '24 Regular Season Thread

I’ve seen enough of Povich now. If the O’s don’t trade some of these prospects for adult pitchers, they’re actively squandering a World Series opportunity. Not cool.

 

Gerrit Cole's beginning to look like himself, too.

EDIT: Henderson now has 99 strikeouts on the season. I love the kid's play, but I don't think enough has been said about that.

 

He’s had a bad week and he has no clue how to wear it on his sleeve

 

His power developed more than we imagined it would at this point. But the strikeouts are a concern.

 

Back many years ago, our newsroom would have a betting pool. Eight people kick in $5 apiece. Each picks the name of a hitter out of a hat. He’s your guy. He wins, you get $40.

Made the night on the copy desk much more interesting.

 

Holmes just hit Kjerstad in the head, and benches and bullpens empty out.

 

I don’t care if I’m Aaron Boone, Bret Boone or Bob Boone…..I’m not trifling with Brandon Hyde.

 

The pre-game batting averages of tonight's starting lineup FOR YOUR SEATTLE MARINERS!:

.214, .176, .216, .263, .231, .202, .220, .205 and .211.

Murdered Row.

 

Jose Iglesias is a great Mets cult hero story. One of those great little stories that sticks no matter how the season goes.

Journeyman, great glove, suddenly hitting like an All-Star. The song. Fun baseball story.

Nothing like it since Grimace.

 

I've always wondered why the bullpens feel the need to run in when a skirmish happens, couldn't they just go after each other? Save themselves a run?

Yanks-O's benches clear after Kjerstad hit in helmet

 

None of the bullpen guys actually want to fight. They just need to look like they’re doing something to help. All except a few of those guys are actually itching for a fight. Everyone else is holding someone back, even if it’s holding a guy trying to hold another guy.

 

My junior year in high school, I was on the JV baseball team. Both the Varsity and JVs had a road game at a school that had two fields. They were at opposite ends of a big area. The center fielders could probably talk to each other, but not crash into each other.
We were playing our game while monitoring how the Varsity was doing across the way. In the Varsity game, there was a collision at the plate and the players came up swinging. Benches cleared. One of the guys in our game says, "Coach, are we supposed to fight them?" I guess it never occurred to us to run over to the Varsity field and join in.