2012 MLB Thread

[Kane's Mullet Slacker]

Fantastic double play turned by Alexei Ramirez in the 8th with a runner on 3rd in the 8th to save the game for the White Sox. Also a great catch by Dayan Viciedo saving what could have been two runs.

[The Buscher]

Sounds like David Wright is 98% likely to hit the DL tomorrow. Should have known the dark clouds were due to come rolling in after the 4-0 start.

[9 to 5]

I picked the wrong day to bet on the Cardinals, despite their rally.

[JStarr]

Kuroda pitched a gem today.

And was on my bench in the fantasy league.

Well, at least my roster's full?

[The Buscher]

R.A. Dickey is probably my favorite player in MLB.

[Kane's Mullet Slacker]

R.A. Dickey is probably my favorite player in MLB.

R.A. Dickey is one of my favorite MLB player names.

[Meacon Keaton]

Maybe you two should enjoy Dickey together.

[Meacon Keaton]

2012 Phil Hughes is 2011 Phil Hughes. I was hoping 2012 Phil Hughes would be 2010 Phil Hughes.

[gunnar hendershow]

Getting close to that point where the Phil Hughes as a Starter Experiment comes to a close.

[Panni]

We've seen Phil Hughes be a very effective starting pitcher in the past, and I feel like he should be fine long-term. This makes me wonder though just how helpful these "innings limits" are. Scouts seem so concerned with making sure pitchers only throw a certain amount of innings so that they can be more effective and less likely to be hurt long-term. Yet these pitching limits seem to have messed up both Phil Hughes & Joba Chamberlain in recent years.

[gunnar hendershow]

He posted his best ERA, WHIP, HR/9, H/9, K/9, and K/BB numbers in '09 when he was coming out of the bullpen. His numbers as a starter, even in 2010, have always been aided by the team he's been on. His numbers in 2010 weren't exactly anything beyond "Well this guy is a decent 3 or 4 guy on a contender" numbers.

[Meacon Keaton]

Raul Ibanez just parked one in the third deck of Yankee stadium.

[VerbalPuke]

In some pretty cool news, Jamie Moyer became the oldest pitcher to record a win at 49 years and 150 days.

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/23104/jamie-moyer-we-salute-your-awesomeness

[gunnar hendershow]

He was 30 years old when I attended my first MLB game in 1993. I forget if he started for the O's that day, it's possible though. Incredibly impressive that he's still going, he's had 1 All-Star Game appearance but consistency yields success I guess. You're getting a number 4 or 5 starter with him, when he was at his best he was a number 2 or 3. And it's gotten him this far. Hopefully he gets the chance to pitch at 50 years of age.

[Panni]

I read something yesterday saying that when Jamie Moyer was on the Boston Red Sox in 1996 he was the fifth oldest player on the team. It's crazy stuff he's pitching well enough to remain in the majors, although I wouldn't want him on my team.

[DYSI]

Good to see the Yankees ruining Fenway's 100th anniversary.

[Meacon Keaton]

Hell yeah it was. Though five home runs and six runs scored. Would have been nice to have someone on base at least once...

I suppose when that's what you have to complain about, you should just shut up and be happy, though.

[The Buscher]

Phil Humber with a perfect game! Holy shit.

Best part about it is that Brendan Ryan clearly didn't swing...but no ump would have the balls to end the PG that way. Not after the amount of criticism Jim Joyce got.

[naiwf]

http://www.nonohitters.com/nohittersbefore/

http://www.nonohitters.com/nohittersafter/

He's the 2nd former Met to throw a perfecto and 7th to throw a no hitter The Mets no hit drought may end up lasting longer than the Cubs title drought.

If the Sawx lose today after having a 9-0 lead, Bobby V may get fired tonight.

Edited April 21, 2012 by naiwf

[Berober]

Go downstairs for my iPod, they switch to the double screen with the Red Sox, yeah I can dig it.