2024 Major League Baseball season (Page 27 of 91)

RickB wrote:

Bill S wrote:

Woohoo! Two in a row...15 more and the Cubs will be back at .500!

Don't look now, but the White Sox have been playing extremely well of late.

It's a sad day in Padretown when we can't even beat the Cubbies. Keep kicking them Bill, they're crawling for the curb.

They're both crawling for the curb Rick...at least we can have some laughs seeing who gets there first. I see this race going down to the wire!

Bill S wrote:

Woohoo! Two in a row...15 more and the Cubs will be back at .500!

Don't look now, but the White Sox have been playing extremely well of late.

Yeah, me and every other Tribe fan are well aware. Long way to go yet.

                                                                                                          Go Tribe!!!

                                                                                                          J Dawg

Woohoo! Two in a row...15 more and the Cubs will be back at .500!

Don't look now, but the White Sox have been playing extremely well of late.

Bill S wrote:

Woohoo! Two in a row...15 more and the Cubs will be back at .500!

Don't look now, but the White Sox have been playing extremely well of late.

Yikes!!! Bill now I know why the Cubs are where they're at this season. Did you just see the bonehead mental error Starling Castro just made? I've seen outfielders start trotting in after a catch thinking it was 3 out, but not a shortstop taking the throw to second and starting to trot to the dugout while the tying run scores because there was only one out! Mike Krukow & Duane Kuiper, the Gi's announcers are still breakin' it down. Szmardga read Castro the riot act after the 3rd out. Oh Boy, you think you've seen it all, but this game always has a new wrinkle. A Sports Center highlight for all the wrong reasons.

                                                                                                                Viva Gigantes!!!
                                                                                                                J Dawg

RickB wrote:

ahsmith33 wrote:

AW JEEZ, we get Strasburg tomorrow night. Can you name the only team to beat him this year?

That would be the Hot Stuff Friars!

Hey Rick, speaking of pitching, can you name the only team without a no-hitter in the history of the franchise? Three guesses, the first two don't count.

                                                                                                              Viva Gigantes!!!

                                                                                                              J Dawg

Bill S wrote:

ohiodawg13 wrote:

Yikes!!! Bill now I know why the Cubs are where they're at this season. Did you just see the bonehead mental error Starling Castro just made? I've seen outfielders start trotting in after a catch thinking it was 3 out, but not a shortstop taking the throw to second and starting to trot to the dugout while the tying run scores because there was only one out! Mike Krukow & Duane Kuiper, the Gi's announcers are still breakin' it down. Szmardga read Castro the riot act after the 3rd out. Oh Boy, you think you've seen it all, but this game always has a new wrinkle. A Sports Center highlight for all the wrong reasons.

                                                                                                                Viva Gigantes!!!
                                                                                                                J Dawg

Huge amounts of talent in Castro, but that lack of focus has been a huge problem. He's like the 7 year old little leaguer in the outfield...picking dandelions during the game. Until he grows up and pays attention, he'll never fulfill his potential.

The announcers mentioned the Cubs concerns about his mental game. Former Giants outfielder Andres Torres was diagnosed with ADHD and after being treated his game improved immensely. I wonder if Castro has ADD problems? As Yogi Berra said, "Baseball is 90% mental, the
                                                                                                       Viva Gigantes!!!

                                                                                                       J Dawg

How bad of me, I'm gonna regret this later today - I discovered that my ESPN was showing the Nats at Red Sox with Strasburg pitching, so I thought I shouldn't miss this unique opportunity. I'm glad that I did.

Strasburg had 13 k's and at one point retired 10 in a row. That boy is some pitcher! Harper, the rookie, homered too for the Nat's first ever win at Fenway. I'm sure that all you serious fans are as amazed as I am that the Nats are still leading their division this far into the season. The one stat that jumps out at me is that they have conceded fewer runs than any team in baseball.

RickB wrote:

Good pitching beats good hitting every time. If their arms hold up they will be very competitive.

Well, average pitching beats hitting (even good hitting) about 70-75 percent of the time, so there's that...   

It remains to be seen if the Nationals' offense will be enough.  Last year's champions (St. Louis) were 8th in the league in ERA, but led the NL in scoring by a comfortable margin. They were matched up against another team (Texas) that ranked 5th in ERA but 3rd in runs scored...

Then there's the 2011 Angels, who led the AL in ERA but finished 10 games out of first in their division and missed the playoffs, and the 2011 Phllies, who led the NL in ERA but finished 7th in runs scored and lost in the 1st round of the playoffs after hitting just .226 (.604 OPS)...

Your pitching needs to be good enough to get you into the playoffs, but in general it is the teams that excel at scoring runs who overcome the teams who excel at preventing them...

Would you trade the league leader in RBIs for the league leader in ERA, straight up?  Of course not...