Baseball 2017 Season Thread

[CountDeMoney]

Just glad the Cards won't have to face him next year.  Sorry about your O's, though

Potshots from 1998 aren't really potshots anymore, derniggerhater.

[Admiral Yi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8OfDDBs87g

Wiffleball championship

[The Minsky Moment]

Stanton is an injury issue guy as well. 

True - he's been in the league 8 years, but played 120 games or more only 4 of those 8 years.  For the Yankees it's really a hedge - if they get 1.5 seasons of production between the two it's worth it.

[Caliga]

I had my San Francisco Giants jacket on the other day when I picked my Five Guys order up.

The burger guy started trying to talk to me about the Giants, which is odd given that very few people around here give a shit about MLB (YEW KAY and YEW VELL is all they follow).

I smiled politely, turned my back on him, and left.

I know fuck all about the Giants.

[Barrister]

Heh.  When we were in San Fracisco many years ago it was raining (quite a shocker I know).  I ducked into a store to buy a hat, and got a Giants ball cap.  At the airport to come home someone started talking to me about the Giants.  I had to smile and nod because I, too, know fuck all about the Giants.

[Eddie Teach]

Guys, if you're going to bandwagon a SF team, shouldn't it be the Niners?

[Barrister]

Guys, if you're going to bandwagon a SF team, shouldn't it be the Niners?

I bought it because it was raining.  I didn't care that much about the logo on the front.

[derspiess]

It's your responsibility to learn at least a little bit about a team before you buy apparel.

[Barrister]

It's your responsibility to learn at least a little bit about a team before you buy apparel.

Guess I really shouldn't have bought that Yomiuri Giants baseball cap then.

[katmai]

Ewww Caliga And Jets fanboi with Giants gear.

[Admiral Yi]

My brother is getting me an Atlanta United sweatshirt for Christmas and I barely know what sport they play.

[derspiess]

Bunch of nerds!

[CountDeMoney]

It's your responsibility to learn at least a little bit about a team before you buy apparel.

Guess I really shouldn't have bought that Yomiuri Giants baseball cap then.

You have a hole in your swing.

[jimmy olsen]

Darvish was tipping his pitches

https://deadspin.com/report-yu-darvish-tipped-his-pitches-in-the-world-seri-1821216289

According to a Houston player, the Astros often knew what Darvish was about to throw by the way he brought the ball into his glove in the set position. (Darvish pitches exclusively out of the stretch.) The player said it worked like this: Darvish holds the ball at his side when he gets the sign from the catcher. Whether he re-grips or not as he brings the ball into his glove was the tip-off whether he was going to throw a slider/cutter or a fastball.

[alfred russel]

Did we have a baseball thread this year? Or last year?

I just want to say that I think that wild card teams winning the world series is illegitimate and discredits the entire season.

My point of view is that the reason teams play 162 games is because baseball is fundamentally a random sport--as someone (inaccurately) said, when you start the season, you know the best team will lose 60 games and the worst team will win 60 games. It is what happens in those other 40 games that makes all the difference.

The nationals didn't win their division. They weren't the best team in the division, but results in a 1, 5, or 7 game series are a lot more random. I find it annoying that I'm supposed to follow a season for 162 games only to see the result overturned in a short series (I'd definitely bet on the dodgers over the nationals in a rematch, but in a 5 game series anything can happen...).

Also, the world series has been permanently diminished by interleague play, which was primarily introduced because it generated excitement for a few seasons as fans got to see the other league. Ie--baseball compromised one of its greatest assets for short term profit. God bless America.