2018 MLB Thread

[Taxation is Theft]

22 minutes ago, Busch Luck Fale said:

Nearly time for Wright’s final game, which is sold out.  Callaway’s honored his wishes - Reyes hitting leadoff and Wright hitting third, playing together on the left side of the infield one last time.

Wright’s only expected to get two at bats and play four or five innings, which is a shame.  I was hoping he’d play eight and then get pulled in the ninth inning for the ovation.  But that’s indicitvate of how hard it is for him to play at this point.

Pretty sure I won’t make it through this game without tearing up at some point.

I hope he blasts one 500some feet.

[The Buscher]

Wright just caught the ceremonial first pitch from his two-year old daughter.

Nope, I’m not gonna make it through tonight.  

[Meacon Keaton]

Dry your eyes, Nancy Pants. There’s no crying in baseball!

[The Buscher]

If you’re a heartless turd, maybe. 

[Lint]

32 minutes ago, Busch Luck Fale said:

If you’re a heartless turd, maybe. 

Oh, you zip it, @Busch Luck Fale! Rogers Hornsby was @Meacxico's manager, and he called him a talking pile of pigshit. And that was when his parents drove all the way down from Michigan to see him play the game. And did he cry?

[The Buscher]

It’s over.    Hearing Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez’ voices audibly cracking from emotion after Wright got pulled really got me.

Thank you for everything, Captain.

also:

 

[gunnar hendershow]

Well the Cards are now out but both the Central and West are in play today.

White Sox try to avoid becoming the 3rd 100 loss team in the American League.

Russell Martin gonna do a gimmick player-manager, play-every-position game it sounds like.

Yelich going for the NL Triple Crown.

Orioles looking to cement/avoid the record for most games out 1st in the expansion era.

Khris Davis looking to keep the streak of seasons hitting .247 alive.

Time to make full use of my mlb.tv subscription!

[The Buscher]

This Davis thing is wild.  He will hit .247 if he goes 0-1, 0-2, or 1-4.  I can't see it being the latter since there's no value in him playing a full game.  I'm not even sure he'll play at all with all of the AL playoff seeding determined.  I could see the division champions playing their guys because they've got a nearly week-long layoff coming up, but the Wild Card teams might rest.

All of the NL playoff teams have things to play for.  Cubs/Brewers and Rockies/Dodgers have tiebreaker games tomorrow if the division races aren't decided today, and the Braves could still win the #2 seed if they win and the West teams both lose.

[gunnar hendershow]

The scouting report on Khris Davis when Milwaukee traded him to Oakland was that he was too inconsistent a hitter.

Instead he puts up almost perfect Sabermetric numbers. Like Billy Beane probably never imagined in his life he'd have as statistically consistent a player as Davis.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Two game 163s tomorrow.

[Your Mom]

38 minutes ago, High Overlord Cloudfang said:

Two game 163s tomorrow.

Wait what? I haven't been following lately

[Meacon Keaton]

24 minutes ago, The Chiksrara Special said:

Wait what? I haven't been following lately

The Brewers and Cubs and the Rockies and Dodgers both tied. So both games will play out to determine who wins the Central and West, and the two losers get the wildcard spots. 

[Your Mom]

Ah thanks. I'll have to pay attention to that

[Meacon Keaton]

Yeah, it's actually a pretty cool set up. I can remember this happening for one division title, but I don't think I remember it happening for two in the same season. I'm sure it has, as I have an awful memory, but I can't remember it anyway.  

[The Buscher]

It’s super important now too because failure to win the division just puts you into a do or die Wild Card game.

[Meacon Keaton]

Yup. Gotta go all out for this one, and then if you still lose, gotta go all out in the next one. 

[gunnar hendershow]

The West game is especially fun because the loser has to immediately travel to another team's stadium. Especially Colorado who are on the road against LA, if they lose they then have to fly to Chicago or Milwaukee.

And this is the first time there have been 2 game 163s on the same day I believe.

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

Brewers win. They have home field advantage for the NL playoffs. 

The Cubs have Lester going tomorrow. 

[DMN in the House]

Either Colorado wins their first division title, or LA goes six straight.

I just think it's funny everyone talks about how LA spends so much money, but we're here and Sam Francisco spent $22mil more to sit at home.

[The Buscher]

The Brewers closed out the regular season winning eight in a row with a 20-7 record since September 1st and 28-10 record over the final six weeks.