2013 MLB Season Thread

[Pizza]

Johnson went 2 innings in his last start. Then the bullpen got lit up. Then they got lit up the next game because they were tired and blew a 8-3 lead. Then they blew a 9th inning lead the game after that and gave up 5 in the 10th. Leaving him in was the right move. Now the bullpen can win them a game tomorrow.

[Toe]

Then again, you can't being using your bullpen for 5-6-7 innings each night either.

[Gabriel]

So the other option then is to move Johnson to the bullpen to find his stuff and give someone a couple of spot starts.

The whole rotation has been bad this year, but Josh Johnson has been the bottom of the barrel. Either keep him on a very short leash, or move him to the bullpen temporarily.

[The Buscher]

The ump in the Tigers/Phillies game has to get a fine or something. I know they can technically eject anybody for any reason, but throwing out the best hitter in baseball for calmly questioning a called strike is ridiculous.

[Meacon Keaton]

As someone that umpires, you have no idea what he could have "calmly" said. I've been calmly told to go fuck myself, before, and you betta' believe I threw that fool out.

[The Buscher]

Miguel Cabrera has played in the big leagues for over a decade and has only been ejected 4 times. I sincerely doubt that whatever he said warranted an ejection. Some umpires just get on a power trip whenever anybody questions them and don't see much of an issue with taking the game into their own hands.

Hopefully Chad Fairchild provides some sort of explanation after the game. But I doubt it.

[Meacon Keaton]

The vast majority of umpires maintain quite a bit of professionalism in their work. I'm not sure what happened, as I wasn't there, and I wasn't watching, but I can almost guarantee Miguel didn't just say, "Oh, shucks, I thought that was a ball" and get thrown out.

[Lint]

Home-plate umpire Chad Fairchild gave his account of what happened during Miguel Cabrera’s third inning at-bat Sunday, in which the All-Star third baseman got ejected from the Tigers’ 12-4 victory.

“I called strike one, and he began to argue balls and strikes,” Fairchild said. “I warned him to stop, but after the second pitch, he began to argue balls and strikes again — and was removed from the game.”

■ BOX SCORE

Fairchild wouldn’t elaborate on what exactly Cabrera said, but the Tigers’ slugger mouthed what appeared to be an expletive.

“He was removed from the game for arguing balls and strikes,” Fairchild said. “What exactly he said will be in our report.”

http://www.freep.com/article/20130728/SPORTS02/307280143/detroit-tigers-umpire-chad-fairchild-ejection-miguel-cabrera-jim-leyland

[gunnar hendershow]

So it looks like, pending an obvious appeal, A-Rod will be suspended until the end of the 2014 season.

This is great as it both humiliates A-Rod and makes the Yanks likely have to pay out the contract they were stupid enough to give him in the first place.

[Toe]

I dont see A-Rod playing another game as a Yankee. He will be 40 by the time the suspension ends!

[Berober]

Just wanted to link this cause it's a pretty cool story: http://thelinedrive.com/2012/09/19/the-day-i-pegged-mike-trout/

[MalaCloudy Black]

Why would he be expecting an intentional walk with 2 strikes? That's a great bluff.

[The Buscher]

The Dodgers appear to have bought formed an unbeatable baseball team.

[Meacon Keaton]

Atlanta is tougher than Los Angeles.

[Maxx]

The Dodgers appear to have bought formed an unbeatable baseball team.

And they could still get Kemp back, and since he is no longer on my fantasy team, I assume he'll return to MVP form immediately.

[Lint]

http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/2659555

MLB to begin instant replay on everything but the strike zone beginning in 2014

[gunnar hendershow]

Welcome to modernity, baseball.

[DMN in the House]

Atlanta is tougher than Los Angeles.

LOL.

See you in the playoffs. It'll be great fun to watch the Uptons swing and miss against Kershaw and Greinke.

[Lowerdeck]

Keep it classy Philly

And bummer the Sox lost last night. Its always a good day when the Yankees and A-Rod lose.

[Meacon Keaton]

Atlanta is tougher than Los Angeles.

LOL.

See you in the playoffs. It'll be great fun to watch the Uptons swing and miss against Kershaw and Greinke.

I'm not an Atlanta fan.

I just gave an unbiased opinion.

You'll see.