Running 2017 MLB regular season thread

Ok that makes sense. I knew I was missing something there.

 

It will happen. Cleveland is due to slow down.

 

So you wanna be a MLB pitcher huh?
108 off the dome.
Son of a bitch.
http://deadspin.com/diamondbacks-pitcher-robbie-ray-takes-108-mph-line-driv-1797354487

 

Active Leaders &amp Records for Hits | Baseball-Reference.com

Perhaps as soon as tonight, Adrian Beltre will join the 3,000-hit club. Quietly, Albert Pujols is closing in and will get there next year.

Looks like the next one likely to get to 3,000 is Miggy Cabrera, who's less than 400 away at age 34. Robinson Cano is the same age but is about 700 hits away, a tougher ask but not impossible.

Barring some age-defying miracle, it'll be a few years before anyone else threatens 3,000. The leading hitters under age 30 are Justin Upton (1,410) and Elvis Andrus (1,382). Andrew McCutchen, who is right at 30, has 1,409.

 

Such a severe injury that almost no one noticed the third baseman dive to catch the ricochet for the out.

Sounds like he's relatively OK this morning.

 

Yeah, but he sucks now.

 

I think quite soon, these are going to become widely used.

Remember, helmets in football and hockey, took about 10-15 years to go from nearly unheard of to mandatory. Same with batting helmets in MLB.

Headgear for pitchers will be the same thing.

Major League Baseball approves padded cap for pitchers

 

IIRC, didn't a few pitchers wear them during spring training a year or two ago and pan them as not ready for primetime? The downside was that the padding made the cap wider and unbalanced, thus interfering with their vision and movement.

 

Yeah, the same things they said about football and hockey helmets, etc etc. when they first came out.

 

Was there when he hit the first of his two last night. Fuuuuuuuuuuck was it hot. And me on this no-alcohol kick?

 

Moncada flashing the leather already. Wow, good stuff.