MLB Daily Thread: 8/2/17 WHAT A GAME - Vazquez With the Walk-OFF! 1st Place!!!

[Rock Strongo]

Eric thames since june 18th

30 games

.216/.293/.369

.662 OPS

4 HR

7 RBI

45 k's

11 walks

and back to korea town...

 

[PolarVortex]

That fucking guy. I've had him since he was a prospect in a keeper league, but I don't think I can keep him this year. If I drop him, he'll sort it all out next year, guaranteed.

What's he going to sort out, though? His batting average? I think his ceiling for BA is maybe .235-.240. He's Adam Dunn. He's Chris Davis. He's a classic 'all or nothing' guy. He may hit more homeruns. Maybe he'll reach 50 one of these years. But he will always have a ton of strikeouts and a BA below.250. At least, that's my take on him anyway.

 

[PolarVortex]

Trade in our league went down today: Mookie for Billy Hamilton. Dumbasses in our league never heard of the 'veto' option. Zig got Mookie.

Hey Dirt, why didn't you veto this trade? Dumbass New Yorkers.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

What's he going to sort out, though? His batting average? I think his ceiling for BA is maybe .235-.240. He's Adam Dunn. He's Chris Davis. He's a classic 'all or nothing' guy. He may hit more homeruns. Maybe he'll reach 50 one of these years. But he will always have a ton of strikeouts and a BA below.250. At least, that's my take on him anyway.

I don't disagree, but if I drop him, he's going to sort it out, keep the power and raise his BA to .280. That's how it works.

 

[soxfan1468927]

The top 10 highest HR to hits ratio for any qualified hitter:

1. 2001 Barry Bonds (46.8%)
2. 1998 Mark McGwire (46.1%)
3. 2017 Joey Gallo (45.8%)
4. 1999 Mark McGwire (44.8%)
5. 1996 Mark McGwire (39.4%)
6. 1997 Mark McGwire (39.2%)
7. 1961 Roger Maris (38.4%)
8. 2012 Adam Dunn (37.3%)
9. 2010 Jose Bautista (36.5%)
10. 2009 Carlos Pena (36.4%)

 

[Rock Strongo]

Trade in our league went down today: Mookie for Billy Hamilton. Dumbasses in our league never heard of the 'veto' option. Zig got Mookie.

Hey Dirt, why didn't you veto this trade? Dumbass New Yorkers.

lmfao

 

[PolarVortex]

Eric thames since june 18th

30 games

.216/.293/.369

.662 OPS

4 HR

7 RBI

45 k's

11 walks

and back to korea town...

Aaron Judge, post All Star break
18 games
27 strikeouts
.159/.316/.349/.666

 

[Rock Strongo]

Aaron Judge, post All Star break
18 games
27 strikeouts
.159/.316/.349/.666

yup. hes a mess. dirts already bailed.

i mean, hes 26...not 20...

 

[PolarVortex]

yup. hes a mess. dirts already bailed.

i mean, hes 26...not 20...

Dirt was always more of a Sanchez guy anyway. He likes those beefy Messycans.

 

[Guy Incognito]

Aaron Nola's last 8 starts:

1.66 ERA
1.03 WHIP
63 K
15 BB

Phillies are 5-3 in those games.

*sigh*

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Aaron Judge, post All Star break
18 games
27 strikeouts
.159/.316/.349/.666

That OPS is the number of the beast!

<makes cross sign on chest, then scratches nuts>

So the question becomes, how much of this is MLB pitchers adjusting and finding the holes in his swing, and how much of is it that he fucked up his swing at the HR Derby.

Frankly, I don't really give a shit. The less I see of that ugly bastard on TV, the better.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Anybody have SiriusXM?

Exhibit #73 that I'm fucking old - I'm digging the station Yacht Rock. . .

Boz Skaggs' Dirty Lowdown is pretty slick.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Rosanna by Toto. That's a fucking jam.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Y'all know there's a Boston Red Sox board for this shit, right?

Also, baseball = ghey/dead 2 me

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Meh. There's one team you could root for and not enjoyed it that much.

Or you lost fucking MONEY on it because ONE TEAM decided they couldn't hold multiple leads

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Or you lost fucking MONEY on it because ONE TEAM decided they couldn't hold multiple leads

You bet on the Indians? You'd heard they own Sale, hadn't you?

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Steal Away by Robbie Dupree.

I could do without this shit, although it would probably be significantly more tolerable if I was on a lake or pool instead of my office.

 

[cerealboi]

Has to be the best catch in years

As soon as Vasquez hit it, it was gone

Costas says "but Zimmer camps under it"

Camps under your balls Bob

But he is the best doing baseball

You know, I've always liked Costas generally, been a little meh on his baseball play by play skills. But last night I noticed two things about him:

1) He seemed very pleased with himself throughout the broadcast. He's probably always been like this and I haven't noticed but when I noticed it, I couldn't shake it. Now he'll probably always seem that way.

2) Like the Zimmer call, he seemed to have a hard time judging what was going to happen with the ball in play. As in something was going deep but was merely a fly out or vice versa.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

You bet on the Indians? You'd heard they own Sale, hadn't you?

Part of it, yeah. The other part is: I'm a fucking dumbass

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Part of it, yeah. The other part is: I'm a fucking dumbass

Mets fan. Goes with the territory. See: that Yoga fag.