MLB Off-Topic

[NYJets]

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I doubt WBC will ever be big like other international competitions in other sports, but it's a lot better than boring spring training games. I don't see the downsides with it.

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Here's a fun list I came across. Each team's Top 5 for home runs against.

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Arizona

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Barry Bonds- 39
Todd Helton- 35
Adrian Gonzalez- 33
Matt Kemp- 30
Brian Giles- 27

Atlanta

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Willie Mays- 83
Mel Ott- 73
Ernie Banks- 71
Willie McCovey- 71
Stan Musial- 60

Baltimore

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Babe Ruth- 96
Lou Gehrig- 92
Jimmie Foxx- 87
Ted Williams- 80
Harmon Killebrew- 68

Boston

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Babe Ruth- 90
Lou Gehrig- 70
Mickey Mantle- 69
Al Kaline- 62
Harmon Killebrew- 61

Chicago Cubs

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Willie Mays- 92
Hank Aaron- 87
Mike Schmidt- 78
Mel Ott- 77
Stan Musial- 67

Chicago White Sox

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Babe Ruth- 98
Lou Gehrig- 77
Jimmie Foxx- 75
Harmon Killebrew- 75
Mickey Mantle- 72

Cincinnati

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Hank Aaron- 97
Eddie Mathews- 76
Willie Mays- 76
Duke Snider- 72
Willie McCovey- 69

Cleveland

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Babe Ruth- 92
Ted Williams- 79
Lou Gehrig- 73
Jimmie Foxx- 67
Mickey Mantle- 65

Colorado

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Barrry Bonds- 54
Sammy Sosa- 45
Reggie Sanders- 38
Eric Karros- 37
Matt Kemp- 36

Detroit

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Babe Ruth- 123
Jimmie Foxx- 93
Ted Williams- 88
Mickey Mantle- 73
Yogi Berra- 72

Houston

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Albert Pujols- 50
Hank Aaron- 46
Willie McCovey- 44
Willie Stargell- 43
Aramis Ramirez- 43

Kansas City

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Alex Rodriguez- 50
Jim Thome- 49
Paul Konerko- 45
Rafael Palmeiro- 41
Reggie Jackson- 37
Manny Ramirez- 37
Cal Ripken- 37
Frank Thomas- 37

Los Angeles Angels

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Alex Rodriguez- 70
Rafael Palmeiro- 49
Harmon Killebrew- 45
Reggie Jackson- 40
Cal Ripken- 38

Los Angeles Dodgers

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Willie Mays- 98
Hank Aaron- 95
Stan Musial- 74
Mel Ott- 71
Ernie Banks- 64
Barry Bonds- 64

Miami

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Chipper Jones- 40
Ryan Howard- 39
Andruw Jones- 31
Sammy Sosa- 30
Chase Utley- 30

Milwaukee

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Reggie Jackson- 62
Sammy Sosa- 44
Albert Pujols- 42
Joe Carter- 37
Mark McGwire- 36
Aramis Ramirez- 36

Minnesota (Washington)

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Babe Ruth- 89
Mickey Mantle- 72
Jimmie Foxx- 69
Jim Thome- 61
Joe DiMaggio- 58

New York Mets

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Willie Stargell- 60
Chipper Jones- 49
Mike Schmidt- 49
Willie McCovey- 48
Hank Aaron- 45

New York Yankees

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Jimmie Foxx- 70
Ted Williams- 62
Manny Ramirez- 55
Hank Greenberg- 53
Carl Yastrzemski- 52

Oakland (Philadelphia)

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Babe Ruth- 108
Ted Williams- 91
Lou Gehrig- 79
Mickey Mantle- 77
Harmon Killebrew- 75

Philadelphia

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Mel Ott- 82
Ernie Banks- 82
Hank Aaron- 76
Barry Bonds- 64
Eddie Mathews- 62

Pittsburgh

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Mel Ott- 83
Hank Aaron- 78
Willie Mays- 76
Eddie Mathews- 73
Mike Schmidt- 62

San Diego

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Barry Bonds- 87
Dale Murphy- 60
Larry Walker- 49
Mike Schmidt- 47
Johnny Bench- 47

San Francisco

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Stan Musial- 89
Hank Aaron- 78
Eddie Mathews- 69
Dale Murphy- 58
Ernie Banks- 58

Seattle

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Rafael Palmeiro- 52
Aramis Ramirez- 39
Mark Teixeira- 36
Frank Thomas-36
Juan Gonzalez-35

St. Louis

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Hank Aaron- 91
Willie Mays- 79
Eddie Mathews- 66
Mel Ott- 66
Ernie Banks- 64

Tampa Bay

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Alex Rodriguez- 55
David Ortiz- 49
Manny Ramirez- 41
Carlos Delgado- 32
Jason Giambi- 32

Texas

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Reggie Jackson- 52
Harmon Killebrew- 48
Norm Cash- 42
Jose Canseco- 40
Boog Powell- 39

Toronto

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David Ortiz- 59
Alex Rodriguez- 58
Manny Ramirez- 54
Jose Canseco- 41
Rafael Palmeiro- 38
Harold Baines- 38

Washington (Montreal)

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Barry Bonds- 65
Mike Schmidt- 57
Chipper Jones- 47
Andruw Jones- 41
Ryan Howard- 41

Pretty cool stuff. Some of the stories about Babe Ruth in Detroit are astonishing. The craziest part is that Tiger Stadium was an absolute cavern back in those days with the wall in dead center being 440 feet from the plate. Ruth was a notoriously straight-away hitter too. He cleared the wall in dead center several times in his career including a time where he hit the ball completely out of the stadium over the modest set of bleachers that used to be out there. Some onlookers reported the ball had traveled at least 500 feet before hitting the ground and then bounced/rolled for another hundred before being retrieved. Crazy stuff.

[dubcity]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

Fairly in depth write-up on the LaRoche matter:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/bob-nightengale/2016/03/18/adam-laroche-drake-laroche-kenny-williams/81993428/

Key part for me:

Instead, it wasn’t until Williams heard complaints, sat down with LaRoche, and told him to scale back his son’s presence in camp. He could still come to camp and be in the clubhouse, but perhaps just half the time. Certainly, not every day.



Well, after their heart-to-heart talk, nothing changed, according to multiple people in White Sox camp.



LaRoche kept bringing his son to the ballpark every day. This went on for at least three or four days. When Williams saw Drake on the field this week, in the middle of a practice drill, standing on the pitcher’s mound, he lost it.



Williams told LaRoche that was it. He violated the privilege. No more clubhouse access.



Williams later relented, and went back to his original request, simply asking LaRoche to cut his son’s clubhouse presence to about half of the time.









Too late.



LaRoche showed up Tuesday, told his teammates he was quitting, filled out retirement papers, and made it official Friday.

[redsox4evur]

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The White Sox definitely enabled LaRoche to do this. I get that from this quote:

They were the ones who told LaRoche that his son could be with him as often as he desired when they signed him to a two-year, $26 million contract before the 2015 season. They even furnished him with his own locker and uniform, right next to dad.

Also I agree with Bob when he says that someone should've talked with LaRoche about this during the offseason.

Also SPTO, I don't the White Sox or LaRoche made this into a story at all. I think it was the media itself. LaRoche up until yesterday never said a thing. He just retired after talking with Williams and being told to scale back time with his kid as referenced in the article above. If the reporters didn't dig to find out why Adam retired this story obviously never comes out. As each made out a winner. LaRoche gets to spend everyday with his kid and the upset players don't have to deal with the kid at all and the team gets the $13 million back.

[dubcity]

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The White Sox definitely enabled LaRoche to do this. I get that from this quote

True. It's the spoiled athlete / kiss *** organization dynamic we see time and time again. LaRoche just took it to the extreme by retiring over it.

[TripleCrown9]

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It's nuts that Ruth basically hit 100 homers against every team he faced, not including the World Series.

[Speedy]

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Bottom line.

It's $13MM he's giving up because work won't let his son be with him. I mean...c'mon.

My work has a "bring your child to work day" but it's one day a year.

This whole thing is beyond ridiculous.

[kehlis]

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If my job allowed my employees bring their kids to work I would have much fewer attendance issues to deal with.

Maybe I'm just Goose Gossage but it makes no sense to me why anyone would think it makes sense for him to bring the kid to work everyday.

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Remember, he basically had his kid drop out of school to accompany him to work every day. He's 14 and in the 8th grade and hasn't been to school since February. It's not like he has a tutor and/or is homeschooled on the road either. That is absolutely abysmal parenting any way you slice it.

[SPTO]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

Here's a fun list I came across. Each team's Top 5 for home runs against.

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Arizona

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Barry Bonds- 39
Todd Helton- 35
Adrian Gonzalez- 33
Matt Kemp- 30
Brian Giles- 27

Atlanta

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Willie Mays- 83
Mel Ott- 73
Ernie Banks- 71
Willie McCovey- 71
Stan Musial- 60

Baltimore

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Babe Ruth- 96
Lou Gehrig- 92
Jimmie Foxx- 87
Ted Williams- 80
Harmon Killebrew- 68

Boston

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Babe Ruth- 90
Lou Gehrig- 70
Mickey Mantle- 69
Al Kaline- 62
Harmon Killebrew- 61

Chicago Cubs

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Willie Mays- 92
Hank Aaron- 87
Mike Schmidt- 78
Mel Ott- 77
Stan Musial- 67

Chicago White Sox

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Babe Ruth- 98
Lou Gehrig- 77
Jimmie Foxx- 75
Harmon Killebrew- 75
Mickey Mantle- 72

Cincinnati

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Hank Aaron- 97
Eddie Mathews- 76
Willie Mays- 76
Duke Snider- 72
Willie McCovey- 69

Cleveland

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Babe Ruth- 92
Ted Williams- 79
Lou Gehrig- 73
Jimmie Foxx- 67
Mickey Mantle- 65

Colorado

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Barrry Bonds- 54
Sammy Sosa- 45
Reggie Sanders- 38
Eric Karros- 37
Matt Kemp- 36

Detroit

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Babe Ruth- 123
Jimmie Foxx- 93
Ted Williams- 88
Mickey Mantle- 73
Yogi Berra- 72

Houston

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Albert Pujols- 50
Hank Aaron- 46
Willie McCovey- 44
Willie Stargell- 43
Aramis Ramirez- 43

Kansas City

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Alex Rodriguez- 50
Jim Thome- 49
Paul Konerko- 45
Rafael Palmeiro- 41
Reggie Jackson- 37
Manny Ramirez- 37
Cal Ripken- 37
Frank Thomas- 37

Los Angeles Angels

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Alex Rodriguez- 70
Rafael Palmeiro- 49
Harmon Killebrew- 45
Reggie Jackson- 40
Cal Ripken- 38

Los Angeles Dodgers

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Willie Mays- 98
Hank Aaron- 95
Stan Musial- 74
Mel Ott- 71
Ernie Banks- 64
Barry Bonds- 64

Miami

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Chipper Jones- 40
Ryan Howard- 39
Andruw Jones- 31
Sammy Sosa- 30
Chase Utley- 30

Milwaukee

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Reggie Jackson- 62
Sammy Sosa- 44
Albert Pujols- 42
Joe Carter- 37
Mark McGwire- 36
Aramis Ramirez- 36

Minnesota (Washington)

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Babe Ruth- 89
Mickey Mantle- 72
Jimmie Foxx- 69
Jim Thome- 61
Joe DiMaggio- 58

New York Mets

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Willie Stargell- 60
Chipper Jones- 49
Mike Schmidt- 49
Willie McCovey- 48
Hank Aaron- 45

New York Yankees

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Jimmie Foxx- 70
Ted Williams- 62
Manny Ramirez- 55
Hank Greenberg- 53
Carl Yastrzemski- 52

Oakland (Philadelphia)

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Babe Ruth- 108
Ted Williams- 91
Lou Gehrig- 79
Mickey Mantle- 77
Harmon Killebrew- 75

Philadelphia

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Mel Ott- 82
Ernie Banks- 82
Hank Aaron- 76
Barry Bonds- 64
Eddie Mathews- 62

Pittsburgh

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Mel Ott- 83
Hank Aaron- 78
Willie Mays- 76
Eddie Mathews- 73
Mike Schmidt- 62

San Diego

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Barry Bonds- 87
Dale Murphy- 60
Larry Walker- 49
Mike Schmidt- 47
Johnny Bench- 47

San Francisco

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Stan Musial- 89
Hank Aaron- 78
Eddie Mathews- 69
Dale Murphy- 58
Ernie Banks- 58

Seattle

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Rafael Palmeiro- 52
Aramis Ramirez- 39
Mark Teixeira- 36
Frank Thomas-36
Juan Gonzalez-35

St. Louis

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Hank Aaron- 91
Willie Mays- 79
Eddie Mathews- 66
Mel Ott- 66
Ernie Banks- 64

Tampa Bay

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Alex Rodriguez- 55
David Ortiz- 49
Manny Ramirez- 41
Carlos Delgado- 32
Jason Giambi- 32

Texas

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Reggie Jackson- 52
Harmon Killebrew- 48
Norm Cash- 42
Jose Canseco- 40
Boog Powell- 39

Toronto

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David Ortiz- 59
Alex Rodriguez- 58
Manny Ramirez- 54
Jose Canseco- 41
Rafael Palmeiro- 38
Harold Baines- 38

Washington (Montreal)

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Barry Bonds- 65
Mike Schmidt- 57
Chipper Jones- 47
Andruw Jones- 41
Ryan Howard- 41

Surprising that Baines is #5 on the Blue Jays list. You don't usually associate him with hitting the long ball too much.

[TripleCrown9]

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Surprising that Baines is #5 on the Blue Jays list. You don't usually associate him with hitting the long ball too much.

Yep, he hit 1/10th of his homers against Toronto.

[TheMatrix31]

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What happened in that situation? This sounds like you're saying Gomez yelled at Freeman for no reason.

You're sure there wasn't an exchange between both players or another player? Something that incited Gomez to talk back?

If someone is saying you're wrong for your perspective for being a braves fan, I think the reason is right there. You're turning it into Gomez did something wrong by showing up the Braves without placing any blame on the Braves creating an environment for his reaction.

Yeah I'm pretty sure. If anything I think he thought he was hit by Maholm when he was a Cub or a few months before or some **** like that. I don't remember. Either way he was running around and yelling at everyone while running around. If I recall correctly the whole thing happened in the first inning of the game too.

And I have the ability to discern. I'm not some idiot who only criticizes or praises something when it involves a team I root for.

As if I've been the biggest fan of or hesitate to criticize Carlos Gomez or anyone else who has a repeated pattern of acting like a piece of crap on the field, ice, or court otherwise. Has nothing to do with the Braves, who I haven't even had a positive emotion about for like two years now anyway.

[CMH]

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Yeah I'm pretty sure. If anything I think he thought he was hit by Maholm when he was a Cub or a few months before or some **** like that. I don't remember. Either way he was running around and yelling at everyone while running around. If I recall correctly the whole thing happened in the first inning of the game too.

And I have the ability to discern. I'm not some idiot who only criticizes or praises something when it involves a team I root for.

As if I've been the biggest fan of or hesitate to criticize Carlos Gomez or anyone else who has a repeated pattern of acting like a piece of crap on the field, ice, or court otherwise. Has nothing to do with the Braves, who I haven't even had a positive emotion about for like two years now anyway.

I'm not saying you felt that way because you're a Braves fan. I'm suggesting maybe someone said you felt that way because you're a Braves fan.

I think both sides were wrong and Gomez is not more or less responsible.

[Mabster]

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Very interesting read, especially for March.

http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/03/20/mlb-media-roundtable-Alex-Rodriguez-Yasiel-Puig

[TripleCrown9]

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Papi finally chimed in on the Gossage situation.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2016/03/20/david-ortiz-wants-bat-flip-haters-shut/z4tfo2Rz5j8MMxpNvjc9MP/story.html?event=event12

“Whenever somebody criticizes a power hitter for what we do after we hit a home run, I consider that person someone who is not able to hit a homer ever in his life,” Ortiz told the Globe. “Look at who criticizes the power hitters in the game and what we do. It’s either a pitcher or somebody that never played the game. Think about it. You don’t know that feeling. You don’t know what it takes to hit a homer off a guy who throws 95 miles per hour. You don’t know anything about it. And if you don’t know anything about it, [shut up]. [Shut up]. Seriously. If you don’t know anything about it, [shut up], because that is another level.”