2024 Major League Baseball season (Page 23 of 91)

May 1, 1991, Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brocks record for most stolen bases. Not to be outdone by Rickey, Nolan Ryan goes out and throws a no-hitter that night. The 7th and final one of his illustrious career vs. the Toronto Blue Jays.

                                                                                                              Viva Gigantes!!!

                                                                                                              J Dawg

Question for you serious BB fans - what's more important in the long haul, offense or defense? The reason that I'm asking is this - I've been keeping an eye on the Nats since their astonishing start to the season, and have been impressed by how close all their games are, they neither win nor lose by a large margin.

So, I had a quick look at the stats, and found that only Miami in the Eastern basement have scored less runs (78 to 80), but no other team in baseball has given up anything like as few runs as the Nats have, a miserly 68. In the long haul then, will their inability to score a lot of runs outweigh their ability to restrict opponents to very few runs?

George, I am a serious baseball fan, but I'm not an expert or anything. From my point of view, I'm going to say you need both and some balance, BUT you can't win without offense because there won't be any runs scored. Just look at my Phillies, declining offense since they won the World Series a few years back. Last year they had the best record in baseball and they couldn't get it done because they couldn't score runs. If I was the one spending on payroll, I would have spent some $$$ on a hot bat!! Of course, in the scheme of the game its not all 1 + 1 = 2  $hit happens, especially unexpected errors which can haunt the outcome of a game.

The Nats have come out of the basement, for sure. They have a couple of my x- Phillies, especially Jayson Werth. I still find it humorous that one of the things they are doing to rebuild their team and bring the fans back is to deny selling tickets to Phillie fans. We'll see how that goes this weekend, lots of Phillie fans now work in Virginia, Maryland, DC and had the required drivers license to buy tickets.

Pitching, pitching, pitching!!!

                                                                                                        Viva Gigantes!!!

                                                                                                        J Dawg

I happened to tune into the O's vs Red Sox in the 15th.....now bottom of the 17th with a three run lead for the O's, neither team has any pitchers left....O's about to sweep the Sox for the first time since '94....a fielder will be the winning pitcher

Sh!t happens G Dawg and remember, there's no crying in baseball!!!

                                                                                                           Viva Gigantes!!!

                                                                                                           J Dawg

Well, the 'Battle of the Beltway' is still going strong, with the O' and Nats having two of the best four records in baseball - in May!

But that's not what I came in here for, there's something I want to get off my chest. I am utterly shocked and appalled by the Cole Hamels 'affair', and by the pathetic reactions of his club and the authorities. I just heard the Phillies VP of something barely manage to say that he was 'disappointed'.

And what's worse, they're 'disappointed' that Hamels was dumb enough to admit it, not that he actually deliberately tried to hurt another player during a game. In a similar situation in soccer over here, such a player could count on outright condemnation as well as a huge fine from his club, not to mention a suspension of such length that it actually meant something - unlike this joke five day suspension Hamels got, which simply means (as I understand it) that he will next pitch one day later than he would otherwise have done. Some suspension.

Rant over.

J Dawg has it right George. If your pitcher even causes a knockdown to their slugger by throwing inside, your guy can expect the same. Even showing up or disrespecting the other team can and will lead to retaliation. Maybe not this game but memories and grudges are long in the game.
Rick