MLB '24 Regular Season Thread

OH MY FUCKING GOD

 

Well, that certainly ran the gamut of emotions in 12 minutes.

 

Three home runs today by Lawrence Butler, two for Brent Rooker. I wonder who Rooker ends up with.

 

I think the two strike calls against Henderson were bullshit. So maybe some karma came into play. Holmes walks a guy who is in a massive slump, then two ridiculous defensive gaffes. When you've lost six in a row at home, sometimes you need a little divine intervention.

 

Wow no big fan of Clay Holmes or the Yankees but that's a tough loss to take. He got at least four outs in that innings but his defense absolutely gagged.

 

I do want to give Ben McDonald some credit. If you listened to the Roku broadcast, you would have never known that he mainly is an Orioles broadcaster. I thought he was really fair and down the middle, got excited at the right times for the Yankees. There's some risk in using the hometown guy in a neutral situation, but Ben is a damned pro's pro.

 

For some reason, I would have paid to see Garrett Stubbs throw the ninth in Philly today.

EDIT: I remembered I could watch it on YouTube TV after the fact. The A's lit him up for five runs in the first five batters as he threw 38-mph bloopers. Then he retired three in a row, hit 87 on the gun once, and kept Butler from his fourth home run (F-8).

 

Another walk-off win for Detroit against the Dodgers.

 

Great way to roll into the break. The kids just don't give up. Hopefully, this is a foundation-building year and they take that leap into contention in 2025.

 

A lot of games after the break against Central opponents before the end of July. Not predicting ... Just sayin'.

 

It's always a wonderful day when the Dodgers get their hearts broken. It's especially wonderful when it happens two games in a row.