Random baseball thoughts

by **Drugs Delaney** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 22:19:58

BassGuiFloyd wrote:bedard, felix hernan and washburn have carried that team

Ichiro has been doing a great job of getting on base, but nobody's driving him in.

by **ReadingPhilly** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 22:53:20

i wonder what jenkins is up to. i thought he'd be able to catch on somewhere. heck, i wouldn't mind it if he was still on the team. maybe he's decided to hang them up.

by **kruker** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 23:07:13

outman getting the tj treatment

by **phatj** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 23:15:56

That sucks. Hope he comes back strong.

by **jamiethekiller** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 00:15:58

his dad is probably pissed.

by **BigEd76** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 00:44:12

Final records in interleague 2009:

LA Angels = 14-4
Colorado = 11-4
Tampa Bay = 13-5
Minnesota = 12-6
Chi White Sox = 11-6*
Baltimore = 11-7
Boston = 11-7
Seattle = 11-7
St. Louis = 9-6
San Francisco = 9-6
Detroit = 10-8
Florida = 10-8
NY Yankees = 10-8
Pittsburgh = 8-7
LA Dodgers = 9-9
Texas = 9-9
Atlanta = 7-8
Kansas City = 8-10
Chi Cubs = 6-8*
Cincinnati = 6-9
Houston = 6-9
Toronto = 7-11
Washington = 7-11
PHILLIES = 6-12
Arizona = 5-10
Milwaukee = 5-10
NY Mets = 5-10
San Diego = 5-10
Cleveland = 5-13
Oakland = 5-13

* - one game left between Cubs and White Sox

by **Stay_Disappointed** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 01:24:34

Why does the umpire stand behind the pitcher in little league anyway?

by **mickbayne** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 03:05:42

Warszawa wrote:Why does the umpire stand behind the pitcher in little league anyway?

I did it once because my partner didn't show up, it was REALLY hot that day and I didn't feel like running all over the field in all that gear.

by **cartersDad26** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 08:09:22

Warszawa wrote:Why does the umpire stand behind the pitcher in little league anyway?

i don't blame them - wild pitchers, catchers who can't catch consistently and flying bats. deadly combo.

by **cartersDad26** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 08:11:29

BigEd76 wrote:Final records in interleague 2009:

LA Angels = 14-4
Colorado = 11-4
Tampa Bay = 13-5
Minnesota = 12-6
Chi White Sox = 11-6*
Baltimore = 11-7
Boston = 11-7
Seattle = 11-7
St. Louis = 9-6
San Francisco = 9-6
Detroit = 10-8
Florida = 10-8
NY Yankees = 10-8
Pittsburgh = 8-7
LA Dodgers = 9-9
Texas = 9-9
Atlanta = 7-8
Kansas City = 8-10
Chi Cubs = 6-8*
Cincinnati = 6-9
Houston = 6-9
Toronto = 7-11
Washington = 7-11
PHILLIES = 6-12
Arizona = 5-10
Milwaukee = 5-10
NY Mets = 5-10
San Diego = 5-10
Cleveland = 5-13
Oakland = 5-13

* - one game left between Cubs and White Sox

so do teams alternate playing 15 and 18 game interleague schedules? seems odd that teams within the same division don't play the same number of interleague games. Phils, Nats, Fish played 18. Mets and Braves 15.

by **BassGuiFloyd** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 08:57:02

cartersDad26 wrote:
BigEd76 wrote:Final records in interleague 2009:

LA Angels = 14-4
Colorado = 11-4
Tampa Bay = 13-5
Minnesota = 12-6
Chi White Sox = 11-6*
Baltimore = 11-7
Boston = 11-7
Seattle = 11-7
St. Louis = 9-6
San Francisco = 9-6
Detroit = 10-8
Florida = 10-8
NY Yankees = 10-8
Pittsburgh = 8-7
LA Dodgers = 9-9
Texas = 9-9
Atlanta = 7-8
Kansas City = 8-10
Chi Cubs = 6-8*
Cincinnati = 6-9
Houston = 6-9
Toronto = 7-11
Washington = 7-11
PHILLIES = 6-12
Arizona = 5-10
Milwaukee = 5-10
NY Mets = 5-10
San Diego = 5-10
Cleveland = 5-13
Oakland = 5-13

* - one game left between Cubs and White Sox

so do teams alternate playing 15 and 18 game interleague schedules? seems odd that teams within the same division don't play the same number of interleague games. Phils, Nats, Fish played 18. Mets and Braves 15.

I'm assuming it has to do with the NL having 2 more teams than the AL. I don't know why they didn't bring the Diamondbacks in and put them in the AL west in 1997.

by **CalvinBall** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 09:08:16

Each League has an even amount of teams so they can all play on the same day. If there was an odd amount the 15th team in each league would never have anyone to play.

by **BigEd76** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:06:35

Since the NL Central has 6 teams, they only play a maximum of 15 interleague games each (and sometimes only 12), with each team getting a series against another NL team during that period.

Chi Cubs @ San Diego
Houston @ Arizona
Atlanta @ Cincinnati
Pittsburgh @ Colorado
St. Louis @ NY Mets
San Francisco @ Milwaukee

Who they play just depends on leftover teams or something. The Phils had a couple of extra series in Cincinnati and St. Louis over the past few years...

by **Bucky** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:18:18

Warszawa wrote:Why does the umpire stand behind the pitcher in little league anyway?

Because if he sat the chair might get in the way of a play?

by **Soren** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:19:39

He has hit 40 home runs in 5 straight seasons and he's about to make it 6. He's just 29. If he hits 40 home runs every year for the next 8 years he'll be over 600 home runs. If he does that is he a hall of famer? It's a weird question because he's very flawed but he does walk a lot. I don't think he's a steroid user.

from fugees. Adam Dunn, the best hitter no one thinks is any good. I don't know that he'll be able to hit 40+ HRs into his later 30s, but still he'll retire in the 500 range most likely.

by **Bakestar** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:20:37

Soren wrote:
He has hit 40 home runs in 5 straight seasons and he's about to make it 6. He's just 29. If he hits 40 home runs every year for the next 8 years he'll be over 600 home runs. If he does that is he a hall of famer? It's a weird question because he's very flawed but he does walk a lot. I don't think he's a steroid user.

from fugees. Adam Dunn, the best hitter no one thinks is any good. I don't know that he'll be able to hit 40+ HRs into his later 30s, but still he'll retire in the 500 range most likely.

And people will likely compare him to Dave Kingman, when they could hardly be more different.

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:28:51

Adam Dunn is a helluva player. I really don't get all the indifference to him within the industry, let alone without.

by **philliesphhan** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:37:11

Bakestar wrote:
Soren wrote:
He has hit 40 home runs in 5 straight seasons and he's about to make it 6. He's just 29. If he hits 40 home runs every year for the next 8 years he'll be over 600 home runs. If he does that is he a hall of famer? It's a weird question because he's very flawed but he does walk a lot. I don't think he's a steroid user.

from fugees. Adam Dunn, the best hitter no one thinks is any good. I don't know that he'll be able to hit 40+ HRs into his later 30s, but still he'll retire in the 500 range most likely.

And people will likely compare him to Dave Kingman, when they could hardly be more different.

Indeed. If he continues walking at the same rate and manages to stay healthy, he should be at around 10th all time in walks in 8 years. Heh, since I was curious I decided to check Kingman's total: 608 career walks in 16 seasons, or 249 fewer than what Dunn already has.

by **BigEd76** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:08:20

Kurkjian talkin bout Ks

Chris Davis hit the 100-strikeout mark on June 20, the earliest in history that any player has reached it. Davis won't be alone at 100 for long, and by the end of the season, there might be 100 players with 100. Last year, 90 players struck out at least 100 times -- that's more 100-strikeout seasons than there were from 1900 to 1962 combined (80).
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Last year Arizona third baseman Mark Reynolds struck out 203 times, which was more than the biggest strikeout seasons of Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio combined. Ruth never struck out 100 times in a season. Frank Robinson had one 100-strikeout season, and called it "the worst year of my life.'' But in 1991, Blue Jays shortstop Manny Lee struck out 107 times and didn't hit a home run, the only player ever to strike out 100 times in a season without hitting a home run. Williams never struck out 65 times in a season. DiMaggio never struck out 40 times in a season. Davis, in his second major league season, struck out 43 times in May. He struck out in 21 straight games this year; DiMaggio's longest strikeout streak was four games.

Bill Buckner never struck out three times in one game, but Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard has struck out four times in a game 14 times; the record is 23 by Reggie Jackson, followed by Bo Jackson's 19. Howard is one of the premier power hitters in the game, but he already has more career strikeouts than Williams in nearly four times fewer games.
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Only three hitters in baseball history have hit .300 in a season of 160 strikeouts: Howard (.313) in 2006, Bobby Bonds (.302) in 1970 and Sammy Sosa (.308) in 1998. But through Thursday, the Mets' David Wright was leading the National League in hitting with a .356 average, but was on pace to strike out 161 times.
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Chris Davis...is on a pace to strike out 250 times.

by **VFB** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:39:16

they didnt shift howard in 06, did they?

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