2021 Other Games Thread

[We Got The Whole 9]

Acuna has thus far cut his career K rate in half and is currently on pace for 15 fwar

 

But of course, so is Mike Trout

[NOLA]

This Padres vs Dodgers rivalry is already fun. Tatis Jr cracks the 2nd pitch from Bauer over the LF wall and talks horsefeathers running around the bases.

[NOLA]

[NOLA]

Just give Tatis Jr the NL MVP already.

[Cubswin11]

Just give Tatis Jr the NL MVP already.

Acuna and not hurt (yet) Kris Bryant exist

[UMFan83]

Almora robs Schwarber. What strange times we live in

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Almora robs Schwarber. What strange times we live in

 

Schwarber caught up with heat above the zone. Strange indeed.

[Derwood]

Missed opportunity not naming him Willliam

[We Got The Whole 9]

Rockies, down 2-6, and, down to their last out in a 7 inning game, string 5 straight hits together with Blackmon delivering the coup de grace walkoff bomb to take down the Giants.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

 

[soccer10k]

Perfect game alert in Seattle through 8.

 

EDIT: At bat app lied to me. Was actually a no hitter. Only batter reached on a dropped third strike.

Edited May 5, 2021 by soccer10k

[sweetpeteman]

Perfect game alert in Seattle through 8.

 

 

It's not a perfect game because 1 guy reached first on a wild pitch strike 3. He was then caught stealing.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Means is a little bit of get-back karma for BAL and how Arrieta turned out. Pretty cool story. Dude is dominating this year.

[Bertz]

I'm not going to quit watching baseball over it, but as far as dumb rules in baseball go, the uncaught third strike has to be up there, right? Maybe the dumbest? The point of pitching is to get outs; the most reliable way to get an out is via strikeout; and the best way to get a strikeout is to get the batter to swing at a pitch he can't possibly hit hard. So here we see Francisco Liriano throw perhaps a perfect pitch to Jeff Francoeur, and beat Francoeur so badly that… the rules allow Francoeur to go to first base. Why, that makes no sense at all. Does a running back who jukes a defensive player have to stop if the defensive player loses his balance and falls to the ground? Is a basketball player's three-point shot declared void if the shooter is too far behind the line? If a hockey player does a thing that something about the other guy's thing, does the thing get unhockeyed? No! Of course not! And yet, here we are, watching Jeff Francoeur run to first. Does anybody in baseball pump his arms while running more than Jeff Francoeur?

[We Got The Whole 9]

Wade Miley notches the 4rh no hitter of the season and Sean Manaea is 7 outs away from another. This is out of control lol

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Tyler Rogers has pitched in 24 of the Giants first 41 games and the overexposure has not seemed to hurt him at all. He strikes nobody out, but all those BIP have yielded a sub-500 OPS so far against the submariner.

 

My point is if like to see more submariners in the game. Hes fun to watch. Almost impossible to square up.

[Bote McBoteface]

I am extremely impressed by the Angels’ ability to completely suck.

[UMFan83]

 

The kid that managed to put the ball into play again deGrom is going to tell his grandkids about it.

[cl smooth]

 

The kid that managed to put the ball into play again deGrom is going to tell his grandkids about it.

 

[Andy]

 

The kid that managed to put the ball into play again deGrom is going to tell his grandkids about it.

Fun and/or pointless fact: I covered the kid that put the ball in play. He went to a local high school.

 

That team also faced Syndergaard yesterday. Talk about your 'welcome to the pros' moment for any first-timers in that lineup.

[d_money]

Watching Gleybor Torres tear up the WS this wknd. He’s 6 for 9 with 8 RBI so far through 19 innings. He’s on fire.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Tatis pushed his OPS over 1.1

 

Dude is a motherfucking monster

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Cards were up 4-0 entering the 7th, Dbags reached 6 straight times for 3 runs, had the bases loaded 0 out

 

K

K (chased ball 4)

GO

 

horsefeathers the bed

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dusty walked tatis to start the top half of an extra inning. wil myers hit a 3 run homer. can't decide if i can make fun of dusty for this.

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dusty walked tatis to start the top half of an extra inning. wil myers hit a 3 run homer. can't decide if i can make fun of dusty for this.

Oh come on, how could you fail to mention what occurred in the top of the 9th with Astros up 6-3, Tatis up with 2 on and 2 out...

 

Tatis hit a foul pop to the 1B side that looked like it might reach the stands but it stayed in by about 5 feet or so. The 1B misplayed it badly and fell straight on his back, missed the ball by a wide margin. Next pitch Tatis sent over the train tracks to tie the game.

 

I think Dusty probably did the smart thing. Tatis' last 15 games he almost has a 1.4 OPS. Just on an unstoppable roll right now.