Yeah, I was klnda hoping the O's would help themselves and the Nats but the Mets pitching took care of that.:rolleyes2: -- Al
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I heard an interesting discussion on the radio a week or so ago about steroids and its effect on the the games themselves as opposed to the individuals who used them and the sport itself. I am no fan of Don Mattingly (he is a Dodger after all), but he has suggested more than once that a team should forfeit wins if a player on that team has used steroids. The article went on to discuss STAT Tracker or one of those similar companies that researches everything and found that there were many games that were won by the direct involvement of a steroid cheat.
As a Giants fan I would be more than happy to forfeit any and all wins Bonds was a part of. After all, the Giants have won 3 World Series since he retired.
Baseball and memory is a funny thing. Take these two contemporary to each other pitchers, Roy Halladay and Bartolo Colon. Halladay pitched from 1998 thru 2013, while Colon started in 1997 and is still going. I remember Halladay as the dominant pitcher of his day, while Colon has been a rather average pitcher to my memory. Now, my memory tells me that Halladay was far and away the more successful pitcher but the truth is that Colon has more career wins, 209 to 203. Colon has 1 Cy Young award while Halladay won 2. Some of the win difference is due to Colon's longer career but that doesn't explain it all as Colon only has 77 more innings pitched to this point. I guess my point here is that I would have bet money that Colon would not have been near Halladay in win totals because of the way I remember their careers. Colon has simply been a more effective pitcher than I remember or perceived and Halladay maybe a little less so. -- Al
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Colon's " special stem cell ", arm surgery is what saved and extended his career. He has what is almost a bionic arm, now, that MLB seems to have accepted by their silence to his stats, since. Michael
ESPN is always full of interesting info. Today they point out that last seasons Cy Young award winner, Corey Kluber, is now the third winner to go winless in his first 7 starts the season after winning the award. He joins Frank Viola and Zack Greinke with this dubious honor. Further, Kluber is 0-5, with a terrible 5.04 ERA and the Indians have not won any of the games in which he has started. His pitching stats are trending down as he started the season with 3 quality starts that gave the Indians a winning chance, but hasn't been close to a quality start since then. Kluber has allowed as many runs (28) in his 7 starts this season as he allowed in his last 18 starts last year. According to the analysis, Kluber's curveball won him the award so batters are now jumping on his fastball before he can get to a curveball count. Whatever, it is just odd how these slumps happen, the curse of the Cy Young award, but it's not uncommon. -- Al
After going 7-13 in the first 20 games, the Nats seem to have righted the ship. With the win against the Braves tonight by a 9-2 score, the Nats are now 8-2 in their last 10 games and have finally reached .500 at 15-15. The fielding and relief pitching are improving, as is the inconsistent offense. Bryce Harper is in a zone right now having hit 5 Hr's with 10 RBI's in the last 2 games. Harper is still the only really viable deep threat the Nats have right now, having 10 of the team's 24 Hr's. I am really relieved to see this team starting to play like everyone expected and it all started with that comeback from 8 runs down against the Braves 10 games ago. -- Al
Well, the scoreless streak has ended this week, sort of. Betances was finally scored on but the runs were unearned, so Betances and Miller still have a combined ERA of 0.00 in 31 appearances totaling 33.1 innings. Kind of unbelievable. -- Al
Harper did it again today, hitting a game-winning 2-run walk-off Hr against the Braves. That's 6 Hr's and 12 RBI's in the last 3 games. Good thing too, because Williams once again mismanaged the bullpen in the 8th inning when the Braves scored 3 to tie the game. -- Al
Jason, glad to see Timmy L has found his groove so far this season. He gas been doing a terrific job and could be 5-1 with run support, instead of 3-2. He's had 4 starts covering 27 innings where he has allowed only 1 run, leaving his ERA for the season at 2.00. Pretty impressive. -- Al
Always in the mix. Tied with the Giants for 2nd most WS titles with 11, behind the NYY's 27 titles. Have the 3rd most total WS appearances with 19, behind the Giants with 23 and the NYY's with 40. And great uniforms.^&grin -- Al
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He does look like the Lincecum of old. He is getting great movement on his pitches and has mixed it up well. You are right about the run support too. All of the Giant's pitchers are suffering because of it. The Giants have only scored 98 runs this season (second lowest behind the Phillies with 87) while giving up just 122. The fact that they are in 3rd place in the West is amazing.
-Jason
For those that enjoy baseball bios, (and who doesn't:wink2
, the new Pedro Martinez bio is out. Titled 'Pedro' it is reviewed as a pretty honest, straightforward story of a baseball life. He does admit that when he hit someone with a pitch, 90% of the time it was on purpose. Duh. It sounds like a good read from one of baseball's best pitchers. -- Al
, the new Pedro Martinez bio is out. Titled 'Pedro' it is reviewed as a pretty honest, straightforward story of a baseball life. He does admit that when he hit someone with a pitch, 90% of the time it was on purpose. Duh. It sounds like a good read from one of baseball's best pitchers. -- Al
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man.... New York was not very good for my O's, lose 5 out of 6 to those New York teams and have fallen 5 and a half behind the evil Yanks now we come back to Camden Yards (hey with fans and everything!!) curious to see if there's any drama in the streets the first game back after all the non-sense a few weeks ago but the Blue Jays have owned us this year and if we lose much more ground it might be a long Summer...Sammy
now we come back to Camden Yards (hey with fans and everything!!) curious to see if there's any drama in the streets the first game back after all the non-sense a few weeks ago but the Blue Jays have owned us this year and if we lose much more ground it might be a long Summer...SammyNot to worry, Sammy. Remember last season, the O's were only .500 at the END of May. Plenty of time to get it together (but I sure wish we had kept Cruz and Markakis). What disturbs me a tiny bit is the inconsistency of the starting pitchers Tillman and especially Norris. Norris has to get with it and a 9.88 ERA with a 1-4 record isn't cutting it. Heck, he's averaging 19 pitches per inning which explains why he has only gone 6+ innings twice. Too many walks, as well. Tillman is in the same basic boat, too many pitches, too many walks, too many runs allowed. Those 2 get going, the O's will be fine. -- Alman.... New York was not very good for my O's, lose 5 out of 6 to those New York teams and have fallen 5 and a half behind the evil Yanks
Scary thought for the teams chasing the Dodgers in the NL West. Dodgers are 20-10 with almost no contribution from Kershaw, who at 1-2 with a 4.26 ERA hasn't hit his stride yet. How will anyone hang with the Dodgers when/if he does get going?:wink2: -- Al
The AL is shapimg up to have a good Cy Young race as well. After watching the NYY's Pineda handcuff and manhandle the O's yesterday, I think King Felix may have some competition. Keuchel and Gray are off to good starts too. -- Al
O's broke their losing streak behind a very good outing by Umbaldo but couldn't close on the NYY who were led by A-rod and Tex's Hr's and CC's first win. A-rod now has 8 Hr's already. Who would have expected that? I wonder what the Vegas over/under on A-rod's Hr's is?:wink2: -- Al
Yogi Berra, NYY HoF catcher, turned 90 on May 12, 2015. He was a remarkable player and perhaps the most remarkable thing was his ability to avoid striking out. In a 19 year career, with 7555 official AB's, Yogi struck out a grand total of 414 times. He walked 704 times. I find that mind-boggling. Not counting his last year, 1965, when he had only 9 AB's, Yogi struck out more than he walked in exactly one (1) season and that was in 1949, when he whiffed 25 times and walked 22 times, in 415 AB's. In 1950, Yogi fanned 12 times in 597 AB's, while drawing 55 walks. He was also a 3 time MVP (finishing 2nd two other times) and a 15 time all-star. Happy Birthday to a true HoFer, Yogi. :salute::-- Al