Running 2017 MLB regular season thread

[Michael_ Gee]

For whatever reason it takes me back to when I was little bitty shirt, maybe 4 or 5, and my father, an offensive tackle, played in an old-timer's football game at our small-town high school. He would have been 27 or 28, working a job-and-a-half, smoking ... not fat but definitely out of shape. He was this giant of a man to me, so I couldn't understand why we had to go pick him up at the doctor's office!

Good story.

 

[doctorquant]

Well heck, Rangers win their 10th straight. If they can push that streak to 20, they might gain a game or two on the Astros.

 

[cisforkoke]

Lance McCullers came, saw, and was RAW.

 

[JC]

Lance McCullers came, saw, and was RAW.

Knee slapper.

 

[silvershadow1981]

Why the Phillies have not put Velasquez in the bullpen (or out to pasture) yet is beyond me.

 

[cisforkoke]

Knee slapper.

Vigilante SnoCone weighs in.

 

[outofplace]

Why the Phillies have not put Velasquez in the bullpen (or out to pasture) yet is beyond me.

He is 24 years old, so a tad young for the pasture. Maybe they move him to the bullpen or send him to AAA now that Nola is back.

 

[JC]

Vigilante SnoCone weighs in.

Comedy is hard Wenalway. If you want to insult me, make people laugh while you do it.

 

[cjericho]

Another horrible start by 5 inning Jake today.

 

[cisforkoke]

Another horrible start by 5 inning Jake today.

He was RAW today. Even the announcer said he was scattering hits.

 

[cisforkoke]

make people laugh

Great tip, especially coming from you, SnoCone.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Arrieta was sharp yesterday. I'd still like to see him go deeper into games again. But a lot of the advanced metrics sites were flagging his bad start as at least partially attributable to bad luck. I don't know what his velocity was like yesterday, but it had also partially returned recently.

Schwarber, Rizzo, and Russell need to start hitting their weights, though. Other than raw Deer-Kittle-Reynolds power, I'm not convinced Schwarber has the goods at this level.