MLB Daily Thread: 8/30/17 Sale Sails, Royals Win, Dodgers Actually lose

[redseat]

Told ya Chris Sale would have a GAME last night!!

Red Sox held onto win 3-0... Was interesting in the 8th inning but Reed shut the door... Red Sox continue to run into outs at Home, which sucks but oh well!

Dodgers LOSE...Though made it a game....

Royals come back and win a game... No DUI arrests reported

 

[redseat]

Mets continue to suck

Jones: Major League Baseball strikes out by forcing Houston to play<br /><br />

ST. PETERSBURG — The rains continue to pour. The flood waters continue to rise. People have died. Many are missing, almost certain to be found drowned in the days to come.

Homes that provided comfort and security and a lifetime of fond memories have been swept away from their foundations, leaving their owners with nothing. Businesses have been destroyed. Those fortunate enough to still be alive will never be the same.

And while the people of southeast Texas suffer through this unimaginable nightmare, a team from Houston is playing baseball at Tropicana Field.

Baseball. A game. It's absurd.

Tampa Bay and the Rays and their employees have generously opened up their home to allow two teams from Texas — the Astros and the Rangers — to play there this week. Tropicana Field is the site after a petty feud about where the games should be played.

But the real question is not where the games are being played, but why are they even being played at all?

Why hasn't Major League Baseball postponed these games? Why isn't Major League Baseball doing the right thing by allowing the Astros players to be home with their loved ones at a time when frightened people want to be surrounded by loved ones?

"I wish we were back in Houston," Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. "I wish we could lend a helping hand to our families and to our friends. I don't know what that means or what that entails or what we could possibly do."

 

[soxfan1468927]

Porcello tonight, been much better on the road than at home.

 

[soxfan1468927]

Attendance for yesterday's Astros vs Rangers game at Tropicana was 3,485.

 

[soxfan1468927]

Stanton hits HR number 51, now on pace for 63 HRs which would tie Sammy Sosa (1999) for 6th most ever.

 

[soxfan1468927]

Dodgers lose their 3rd game in a row for the first time since June 4-6. Magic number to clinch a playoff spot still drops to 8.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Ummm when does Sanchez serve his suspension

 

[redseat]

Ummm when does Sanchez serve his suspension

Hopefully this series versus the Red Sox.. But I'm sure he won't

 

[Blotch]

Ummm when does Sanchez serve his suspension

If he is lucky, it will be during the next Tigers Yankees series. Because he is going to get drilled.

 

[bksballer89]

Ummm when does Sanchez serve his suspension

Most likely next week.

 

[bksballer89]

No mention of the 1 hitter thrown by Mr. Bundy?

 

[soxfan1468927]

Red Sox could become the first team since the 1988 Twins to have a pitcher lead the league in wins (Sale) and a pitcher lead the league in losses (Porcello).

The two pitchers in 1988 were Frank Viola and Bert Blyleven.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

If he is lucky, it will be during the next Tigers Yankees series. Because he is going to get drilled.

As long as he hits 4 bombs

 

[soxfan1468927]

If he is lucky, it will be during the next Tigers Yankees series. Because he is going to get drilled.

So next year?

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Sabathia pushed to tomorrow

3-0
0.90
3 starts vs that team this year

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

So next year?

Lol

That's what I was thinking but wasn't sure

 

[bksballer89]

The O's are never dead. Fuck that team man

 

[soxfan1468927]

Astros will likely have to play the Mets series in Florida as well, so that would be 19 straight games away from home for Houston while Cleveland and Boston are just 4.5 games back.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

The O's are never dead. Fuck that team man

How is John Gibbons still employed

 

[bksballer89]

Sabathia pushed to tomorrow

3-0
0.90
3 starts vs that team this year

I like the move