Official 2016 MLB season thread

[claphamsa]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

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everyone has gone through the same shitty schedule in the offseason

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by claphamsa

everyone has gone through the same shitty schedule in the offseason

Which other series has back to back game at different stadiums?

[cuervo72]

Yeah it was pretty shitty allowing the Nationals' replicants to stay there all rested and ready in LA and everything...

[CrescentMoonie]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Not that it's the reason they lost but this schedule the Dodgers have has been a travesty.

Kershaw went through his day before a game routine

Same schedule as the team that's beating them.

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by CrescentMoonie

Same schedule as the team that's beating them.

Didn't say it wasn't for them either. Certainly not "everyone" as previously stated.

[Chief Rum]

You see his point. Nats are performing under the same circumstances.

Frankly, the Dodgers need to get off their butts and start playing.

[Chief Rum]

I remember really disliking Big Papi when he was paired with Manny, but that was more about Manny and some asshole Red Sox fans. Ortiz was always a class act. I will miss having him in the game

[kingfc22]

What is the point of having replay? His foot is clearly off the bag and it's not even close.

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

You see his point. Nats are performing under the same circumstances.

Frankly, the Dodgers need to get off their butts and start playing.

His point was everyone was on the same schedule, which was wrong. Had he pointed out that the Nats were also on the same schedule, I wouldn't have had a reason to comment. I'm going to assume that he didn't realize the Dodgers series had a game bumped. If he did, he was being willfully ignorant, which could be the case. But he called it the "offseason" so blissfully unaware is probably more accurate.

As to your second point, yes. The starting pitching and timely hitting, other than Seager, have been woeful.

[cuervo72]

He's a Nats fan, pretty sure he realized the Dodgers had a game bumped.

[MrBug708]

Then just plain obtuse I guess.

[Coffee Warlord]

I really want to go to bed.

Chapman needs to just mow these guys down.

[kingfc22]

Stay hot Conor!

[kingfc22]

Let's get this pitch count up, up, up!

[kingfc22]

Oh Giants closers...you impress every night with your ineptitude

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

His point was everyone was on the same schedule, which was wrong. Had he pointed out that the Nats were also on the same schedule, I wouldn't have had a reason to comment. I'm going to assume that he didn't realize the Dodgers series had a game bumped. If he did, he was being willfully ignorant, which could be the case. But he called it the "offseason" so blissfully unaware is probably more accurate.

As to your second point, yes. The starting pitching and timely hitting, other than Seager, have been woeful.

Why does it matter what the other series have been scheduled? Only one that matters to the Dodgers is the one they are playing in. And their opponent has to go through it same as them.

[Vince, Pt. II]

You know, whatever the fate of the Giants, three of the last four games have been simply phenomenal baseball games to watch.

[MrBug708]

Dodgers are trying to decide whether or not they trust Clayton's back enough to pitch him. It's not injured but it's also not back to where it was in April

[cuervo72]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Then just plain obtuse I guess.

Or he didn't want to hear excuses for why your team was losing to his team under conditions which were the same for both.

*shurg*

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

Or he didn't want to hear excuses for why your team was losing to his team under conditions which were the same for both.

*shurg*

I suppose one could think that if they didn't read what I wrote and his subsequent response. Perhaps I should have given him a chance to clarify his comments.

*shrugs*

[digamma]

Honestly, why would it matter that the Cubs and Giants didn't have the same schedule at this point? It was pretty clear what point he was making.

[MrBug708]

Kershaw will be going today

[Logan]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

I suppose one could think that if they didn't read what I wrote and his subsequent response. Perhaps I should have given him a chance to clarify his comments.

*shrugs*

I think if you said "it's a travesty the schedule that the Dodgers and Nats have had" no one would have said anything. Singling out your team there was just strange.

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by Logan

I think if you said "it's a travesty the schedule that the Dodgers and Nats have had" no one would have said anything. Singling out your team there was just strange.

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Which other series has back to back game at different stadiums?

I guess there was a reason why I wrote series and not just team. Unless you felt like the Dodgers are the only ones in this series, which wouldn't explain why they are currently down 2-1.

[Logan]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

I guess there was a reason why I wrote series and not just team. Unless you felt like the Dodgers are the only ones in this series, which wouldn't explain why they are currently down 2-1.

I was referring to your original comment which made reference to only the Dodgers and not the Nats. Hence why I put them into your "travesty" quote.

[CrescentMoonie]

FS1 can't possibly bring Pete Rose back after this year.

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by CrescentMoonie

FS1 can't possibly bring Pete Rose back after this year.

Funny little Rose thing happened to me two weeks ago. A friend of mine and I were walking through the MGM Grand shop area when we were passing a sports memorabilia store. There was a booth off to the side of the entrance, and in there was none other than Rose himself, with a couple others who appeared to be handlers/gatekeepers. We walked in, and sure enough, Rose was doing an autograph/memorabilia signing. It was near the end of his time there that day, so there weren't a ton of people walking by (plus, it was a Wednesday). So that's why it was surreal to just be walking by a window of sorts, and oh yeah, there's baseball's hit king just kicking it.

Prices for items to be brought in to be signed were of course ridiciulous, so neither I nor my friend bothered to try (although they did well in employing a chatty and very attractive young woman in an old school Reds jersey to try to to talk us into it--sorry, miss, you caught us about two beers too soon...).

[digamma]

Years ago, he used to sit in the Shops at Caesars. MGM must have cut him a better deal.

[MrBug708]

He used to sit across from Casa Fuente everytime I was there

[MrBug708]

Just not the same pitcher in the postseason

[CrescentMoonie]

So much for battling at the plate and driving up Kershaw's pitch count.

[MrBug708]

After 27 pitches in the first, I was thinking he'd be done after 4

[CrescentMoonie]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

After 27 pitches in the first, I was thinking he'd be done after 4

It's ridiculous that a veteran like Zimmerman would swing at the first pitch right after a 27 minute bottom of the inning.

[MrBug708]

9 players hit in this series and I'm not sure I'd classify any of them as intentional. A couple maybe were leaned into in fact

[CrescentMoonie]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

9 players hit in this series and I'm not sure I'd classify any of them as intentional. A couple maybe were leaned into in fact

Espinosa definitely did. Except for his one hot streak each year, it's his best weapon at the plate.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by CrescentMoonie

FS1 can't possibly bring Pete Rose back after this year.

I don't understand how they brought him back this year after he left mid-Postseason to attend an autograph signing. Guy's a complete scumbag and didn't even seem to be an insightful analyst, but I guess FS1 is desperate for any eyeballs and publicity they can get.

[MrBug708]

Managers just can't tell when Kershaw is done

[CrescentMoonie]

Oh look, another HBP. Stunning that teams with good pitching keep having this happen.

[CrescentMoonie]

Yeah, that's not a swing.

[MrBug708]

HPB loo

[CrescentMoonie]

Even year playoff Giants are ridiculous.

[MrBug708]

Javier Baez is freaking ridiculous

[Vince, Pt. II]

Javier Baez is absurd. If he's anything close to this on a regular basis, he must be a freaking joy to watch.

[Coffee Warlord]

This was not the game for Lackey to only get 4 innings in, after last night.

[kingfc22]

Cubs pen is going to be toast after this one

[kingfc22]

And like others said earlier. Baez. Oh my!

[Vince, Pt. II]

What a throw by Pence, but am I the only one who thinks it looked on replay like Crawford never touched Fowler with the glove?

I'd imagine Fowler would have been causing a scene if he wasn't actually tagged, but still.

[kingfc22]

It was a force Vince

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

Javier Baez is absurd. If he's anything close to this on a regular basis, he must be a freaking joy to watch.

He gets entire articles written about his tagging! The Elite Skill You Won’t Find on Javy Baez’s Scouting Report | FanGraphs Baseball

If he could ever learn plate discipline...

[kingfc22]

3 outs in the 9th is so difficult for this team. It's ridiculous