2012 MLB Thread (Cabrera Gets Triple Crown, first since Yaz 1967)

[oykib]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Changing the series format for one season due to scheduling issues leads you to posting this?

Scheduling issues caused by his jackassed play-in game/second wildcard idea.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by RomaGoth

The blame can be placed on both sides.

This probably isn't an argument for this thread but that is total BS.

[cougarfreak]

Originally Posted by oykib

It seems that Bud won't stop until he kills all my enjoyment of baseball.

First round series to go back to 2-3 format from the current 2-2-1

So if the higher seed sweeps, they lose a game of revenue.............that's brilliant.

[mauchow]

Yeah, I'll never understand the wild card game. You could have the 1st place wild card team be twenty games better than the second place wild card and bam, the worse of the two teams wins the one game playoff to host the best team in the league for the first two games of the playoffs. That's some ass backwards shit the MLB cooked up.

Baseball is a game where anybody can win any given night. A bad team can win three in a row and a great team can lose three in a row. Why create a horrible scenario for the 'playoff' game when a far better team may lose the one fucking game..

I dunno, I've already cussed about it enough in the past but this stupid setup for the playoffs where the first two games are hosted by the wild card team. It doesn't make sense at all.

[stevew]

Way early...but James McDonald has 10ks through 5 innings and has pitched to one over the minimum

[mauchow]

Pittsburgh's Mcdonald having an incredible game so far. 5 IP, 0 hits, 10ks.

[RomaGoth]

Originally Posted by Lathum

This probably isn't an argument for this thread but that is total BS.

lol

[stevew]

Cutch is still raking too.

[Crapshoot]

Originally Posted by stevew

Cutch is still raking too.

If you asked for a shortlist of players I'd like to control the rights to over the next 5 years, I think McCutchen would be top 5 - premium offense and good defense at a key position - I'm glad the Pirates signed him. My guesstimate, off the cuff list:

- McCutchen
- Tulowitzski(sp?)
- Justin Upton
- Kemp
- Longoria / Weiters

[cartman]

Kerry Wood is set to announce his retirement today. He sure did come blazing on to the scene, but flamed out just as fast.

Kerry Wood will retire after today's game - chicagotribune.com

[Coffee Warlord]

At least he had a far better run than Mark Prior, and by all accounts, is a class act. Shame he's going out like this, but he's a player I'll always respect.

[ISiddiqui]

What he said. Would have liked far better for Wood. Was phenomenal when he came up.

[Swaggs]

I always like to look up players on bbref to see what kind of money they earned over the course of their career.

$70-million for Wood. Not too shabby for a 35-year old.

[cartman]

An ump is getting a one game suspension.

MLB Gets It Right With Suspension of Bob Davidson After Umpire Acted Like Jerk, Looked for a Fight - MLB - NESN.com

edit: not the Lawrie ump, my bad.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

At least he had a far better run than Mark Prior, and by all accounts, is a class act. Shame he's going out like this, but he's a player I'll always respect.

Heh...I had a friend who knew him when he was a hotshot kid with a live arm. Said he was a total ass.

But, hey, we are talking a kid in his late teens/early twenties. A lot of us were jerks back then.

[stevew]

I guess it's an interleague weekend

[Radii]

One of the most dominant games I've ever seen.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bo...99805060.shtml

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Heh...I had a friend who knew him when he was a hotshot kid with a live arm. Said he was a total ass.

But, hey, we are talking a kid in his late teens/early twenties. A lot of us were jerks back then.

Somehow, I seem to remember another friend of a friend who met him once or twice say the same thing. Eh, who knows.

But, regardless...he's acted with class in the public eye, so that counts for me.

[miami_fan]

Now that was cool. Strikeout and then off he goes,,,, and now a curtain call.

[PilotMan]

Tearing up here. That was good.

[Coffee Warlord]

Yeah, helluva way to go there.

[Toddzilla]

So long, Woody. Gonna miss you...

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by Radii

One of the most dominant games I've ever seen.

May 6, 1998 Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs Play by Play and Box Score - Baseball-Reference.com

It's the best 9 inning pitched game in the history of baseball according to Bill James Game Score stat.

[k0ruptr]

Even as ChiSox fan I'll miss Kerry Wood.

[Crapshoot]

Kerry Wood and Mark Prior. You think Dusty Baker writes their names in his "diary" like a serial killer?

[rowech]

Originally Posted by Crapshoot

Kerry Wood and Mark Prior. You think Dusty Baker writes their names in his "diary" like a serial killer?

I like going back to minor league stats now that we have such things.

The year before Wood came up he was at a 4.57 ERA in the minors with a 1.4 K/BB ratio. Not dominating AA or AAA pitching quite like someone should before coming to the big leagues. Maybe he was rushed way too soon.

Prior's numbers were a lot better and I understand why he came flying through the system. He was dominating like you should before being called up with that type of buzz.

I think I believe Prior got messed up by Dusty. Wood I don't think was ever quite as good as he seemed mostly because of his 20K game.

[Young Drachma]

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by rowech

I like going back to minor league stats now that we have such things.

The year before Wood came up he was at a 4.57 ERA in the minors with a 1.4 K/BB ratio. Not dominating AA or AAA pitching quite like someone should before coming to the big leagues. Maybe he was rushed way too soon.

Prior's numbers were a lot better and I understand why he came flying through the system. He was dominating like you should before being called up with that type of buzz.

I think I believe Prior got messed up by Dusty. Wood I don't think was ever quite as good as he seemed mostly because of his 20K game.

Kerry threw 200+ IP as a high school player. I think that had more to do with his descent in the majors than anything Dusty may or may not have done.

[Crapshoot]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Kerry threw 200+ IP as a high school player. I think that had more to do with his descent in the majors than anything Dusty may or may not have done.

Probably true; it was an easy cheap shot on my end, and unfair. But man, I would not let Dusty anywhere near a young pitcher.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

It's the best 9 inning pitched game in the history of baseball according to Bill James Game Score stat.

I can believe that. I remember watching a good bit of that game, presumably on (then)Superstation WGN.

[bronconick]

Hmmm.

[stevew]

Verlander is pitching a no hitter. And I think the next 4 pirates are under .200 so he will probably get it.

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by stevew

Verlander is pitching a no hitter. And I think the next 4 pirates are under .200 so he will probably get it.

Shhh.

[Crapshoot]

Justin Verlander is just sick. I think its a tossup between him and Felix (and maybe Halladay) for the best pitcher in baseball, but in terms of pure domination...

[MrBug708]

Hmm

[Schmidty]

Dang.

[k0ruptr]

nice hit by Harrison

[SackAttack]

Verlander's fault, really. He got Harrison to swing at two terrible pitches and then started throwing him strikes. Shoulda stuck with the junk.

[dawgfan]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Kerry threw 200+ IP as a high school player. I think that had more to do with his descent in the majors than anything Dusty may or may not have done.

The innings thrown early in his career, from high school on up through the majors, certainly was an issue. But at root, the problem was his pitching motion - it put an added amount of stress on his joints beyond the baseline.

Pitching is tough on the arm, but some motions are better than others. Both Prior and Wood featured pitching mechanics that added extra stress to their arms.

[Schmidty]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

Verlander's fault, really. He got Harrison to swing at two terrible pitches and then started throwing him strikes. Shoulda stuck with the junk.

Just watched a couple of replays of the hit, and it was an outside curve that McCutchen reached way out at and flailed into center. It was good hitting, but it certainly wasn't a bad pitch at all.

[RedKingGold]

Don't look now, but the Phillies have won six in a row and are threatening to climb out of the basement. Chooch is on fire and has just been ridic lately.

[Bad-example]

From rotoworld:

Giants signed RHP Brad Penny to a minor league contract.

Penny was recently released from his contract with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Japan's Pacific League so that he could return to the United States. He'll report to extended spring training on Monday and could eventually be an option for the Giants' bullpen. The 33-year-old right-hander had an ugly 5.30 ERA and 74/62 K/BB ratio across 181 2/3 innings last year for the Tigers.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Radii

One of the most dominant games I've ever seen.

May 6, 1998 Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs Play by Play and Box Score - Baseball-Reference.com

He had a little bit of a generous strike zone on the fastball but the curves that day were just filthy. I remember missing that game but there was a rain delay the next day and I watched the replay that they showed instead of it.

SI

[sterlingice]

One of the other big things about that game is it's not like that was some slouch lineup. You had 2 "should be" (even if only one is "likely") HOFers in Biggio and Bagwell. This was pre-Operation Shutdown Derek Bell who had a .314/.364/.491 with 22 homers and a 125 OPS+ that year and Moises Alou had maybe the best year of his quite good MLB career at .312/.399/.582, 38 homers, and a 157 OPS+. The rest of the lineup was fairly mediocre, I'll grant you. But those 4 comprise a nice middle of the lineup. You saw how Bagwell just looked stupid in a couple of those clips and that's really rare.

SI

[MrBug708]

Scott Mother Effing Van Slyke

[MizzouRah]

What a douche he is..

We need to get the FCK out of LA

[MrBug708]

To be fair, we only have Bobby Abreu batting third

[sterlingice]

I need something new for the thread title

SI

[tarcone]

Cards Slumping?
Wood Retires?
Pujols is Really 36?

Thats all I can think of.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

I need something new for the thread title

SI

David Wright quest for .400