Random MLB News And Discussion

[dlk9s]

Also, Billy Ripken played some 2B but I don't know if he ever played with Cal at SS.

They were the double play combo when the O's had their epic losing streak to start the 1988 season.

[Tedaldtada]

The Reds have the best run differential in the NL Central, but are in 4th place. They will make a hard run push before this year is over.

Edit: Fixed my sentence.

[logan82]

That is why it is so important to bury them as far as we can now.

[Tedaldtada]

I also just noticed that the Brewers gained a game on every team in the division today.

[Funketown]

Also, Billy Ripken played some 2B but I don't know if he ever played with Cal at SS.

They were the double play combo when the O's had their epic losing streak to start the 1988 season.

That's still pretty neat. Being a hockey fan (and Canucks fan) I love watching the Sedin twins play on the same line and I love the story of the Sutters (there were 5 of them who made the NHL, 1 who didn't, poor guy).

 

I'm cheering for Pudge Rodriguez to cling to a backup catcher job long enough to play with his son, Ivan (Dereck), who was drafted in the 6th round by the Twins.

 

On a slight tangent, Pudge is a great player. Total stud.

[razzzorsharp]

And just like that the Brewers have the second largest division lead in baseball.

[GB12]

Troy Tulowitzki double hit single to left.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/m...ice-for-?urn=mlb-wp10795

[stoutdude04]

Thats not considered a double hit in tennis. If I understand the photos correctly.

[Thurston Fluff]

The NL central is the only division in all of baseball with 4 teams above 500.

[razzzorsharp]

The NL central is the only division in all of baseball with 4 teams above 500.

To be fair they have like 17 teams in the division.

[Hofbraunhaus]

This may be the worst contract in sports history.

[fondybrewfan]

The awesomeness of Steve Phillips continues

 

I also had no idea that the CBA expires in December. I would assume that is a good thing and MLB won't be going the route of the NFL/NBA? I am still confident the NFL CBA will be done with no games lost but this NBA CBA looks to be a nightmare.

[Invader3K]

It's crazy that Bonilla was one of my favorite players when I was like 9 years old, and he'll still be being paid by an MLB team when I'm in my mid-50's.

[Vgmastr]

Al Michaels and Bob Costas will call the Mets/Giants game on 7/8 for MLB Network. It's the first time the they have ever called an MLB game together, and it will be first time Michaels calls an MLB game since 1995. Should be pretty cool, and since it's a West Coast start, it won't interfere too much with the Brewer game that night, so we'll be able to watch both.

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/a...4&vkey=&c_id=mlb

[MJLiverock]

This may be the worst contract in sports history.

 

 

That is the first I've heard of that one, almost makes some of theDodgers payments to Jones andRamirez seem reasonable.

[Hammer]

Jon Rauch went "Nuclear Meltdown!" up in Toronto vs the Phillies today. He's one huge dude that I wouldn't want to tick off. He actually tossed his coach out of the way to chew up the ump. Priceless!

[Funketown]

The Pirates are only one game out of first place. That's pretty amazing to see.

[RightFieldCoder]

This is Brewers news, but I didn't know where else to put it. Excuse me if this is covered elsewhere.

 

The Brewers sent online surveys to season ticket holders. One of the questions is whether I would want Friday games to start at 7:40 pm instead of 7:10. Another question was whether I would want Sunday games to start at 1:40 instead of 1:10. So be prepared for new start times next year if they got positive feedback.

[trwi7]

7:40 start times would be monumentally stupid.

[pitchleague]

when I was a kid, all start times for the Brewers and most MLB games was 1:30 and 7:30 local time. I'm not opposed to the changes, per say, but I've become so accustomed to the 1:00/7:00 starts (11:00am and 5:00pm for me) that it'd be weird at first.

[PrinceEatMeat]

I really don't see the point in moving back the start time 30 minutes. Don't think it matters at all. I say just leave it how it is.

[Funketown]

I really dislike the _:10 start times; I prefer the _:05 start times. Inevitably I always tune in to a 7:10 game at 7:02 and then waste 8 minutes listening to adverts, rather than 3 minutes for a 7:05 game. If I tune in to the start of 30 _:10 games per year, that's two hours per year that I could have done something unproductive with.

 

I hope they don't switch the game times to 7:40 next year. As an early to bed/early riser, I don't like having to stay up until 11:15 ET to catch the conclusion of a game.

[dlk9s]

7:40 start times would be monumentally stupid.

I'm intrigued by your definition of "monumentally."

[PrinceEatMeat]

I really dislike the _:10 start times; I prefer the _:05 start times. Inevitably I always tune in to a 7:10 game at 7:02 and then waste 8 minutes listening to adverts, rather than 3 minutes for a 7:05 game. If I tune in to the start of 30 _:10 games per year, that's two hours per year that I could have done something unproductive with.

 

I hope they don't switch the game times to 7:40 next year. As an early to bed/early riser, I don't like having to stay up until 11:15 ET to catch the conclusion of a game.

Back when the games were at 7:05, the first pitch was never until about 7:08 or 7:09. Now the games actually start at exactly 7:10, so it's actually right at least. I know exactly when the game will start.

[Funketown]

^ I do recall sitting at games and seeing the first pitch at 7:08.