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Re: Baseball 2026 - Get'cha peanuts! ⚾
« Reply #50 on: Sunday, Jun 21, 2026 03:06 pm »
As Eric Daugherty might by prone to say: HOLY CRAP!!

The six-game below .500 Orioles (36-42) are on the cusp of winning
the rubber game of a 3 game series against the might Dodgers (49-28)


Dodgers at a +144 in RUN DIFFERENTIAL (Runs Scored/Runs Given Up)
O's at -36 RD
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If we had just let them eat the Tide pods, none of this would be happening right now

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Re: Baseball 2026 - Get'cha peanuts! ⚾
« Reply #51 on: Sunday, Jun 21, 2026 08:04 pm »
As Eric Daugherty might by prone to say: HOLY CRAP!!

The six-game below .500 Orioles (36-42) are on the cusp of winning
the rubber game of a 3 game series against the might Dodgers (49-28)


Dodgers at a +144 in RUN DIFFERENTIAL (Runs Scored/Runs Given Up)
O's at -36 RD


Excellent.

Dodger fans are the whiniest fans in MLB.  Well.....   maybe 3rd behind Yankees and Cubs.
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Re: Baseball 2026 - Get'cha peanuts! ⚾
« Reply #52 on: Wednesday, Jun 24, 2026 05:40 am »
Weird call last night...manager gets tossed for arguing it!!  CUBS Craig Counsell vs. METS.

Baserunner on 1st base takes off on a 3-ball count and draws a throw from the catcher...but it's called "BALL 4"!!

But because the baserunner came off 2nd base after diving head first to beat the tag...he was called "OUT!"

I understand the rule to be that "time" is called...the ball is dead until the baserunners reach their awarded bases.

But in the end...a  tipping hat!!  to the umps!!
"It aint what you don't know that kills you.  It's what you know that aint so!" ...Theodore Sturgeon

"It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living" F. Scott Fitzgerald

If we had just let them eat the Tide pods, none of this would be happening right now

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« Reply #53 on: Thursday, Jun 25, 2026 07:30 am »
Has Fan Graphs jumped the shark?

MLB season is now exactly half over, and FG has the Dodgers at 100% chance of making playoffs.  100%?  Come on.    And almost as absurd, they have the Bums with a 24% chance of winning the WS.  No doubt they are the mid season favorites, but this statistical absurdity?

I have seen playoff level teams lose 3 of 5 starters to injury in short order.

https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds/fg/div
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Re: Baseball 2026 - Get'cha peanuts! ⚾
« Reply #54 on: Tuesday, Jun 30, 2026 05:06 pm »
Benches clear at Fenway Park during Red Sox-Nationals game
after Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli yells 'sit down boy' at
Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras following strikeout


https://x.com/Lucasparmenter0/status/2072113464672395403/video/1

Link to confrontation above.
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Re: Baseball 2026 - Get'cha peanuts! ⚾
« Reply #55 on: Wednesday, Jul 01, 2026 02:08 pm »
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Re: Baseball 2026 - Get'cha peanuts! ⚾
« Reply #56 on: Friday, Jul 03, 2026 08:56 am »
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Re: Baseball 2026 - Get'cha peanuts! ⚾
« Reply #57 on: Friday, Jul 03, 2026 08:59 am »
Weird call last night...manager gets tossed for arguing it!!  CUBS Craig Counsell vs. METS.

Baserunner on 1st base takes off on a 3-ball count and draws a throw from the catcher...but it's called "BALL 4"!!

But because the baserunner came off 2nd base after diving head first to beat the tag...he was called "OUT!"

I understand the rule to be that "time" is called...the ball is dead until the baserunners reach their awarded bases.

But in the end...a  tipping hat!!  to the umps!!

If the runner reached second base and then came off the base without calling time and was tagged, he is out.  The runner is awarded 2nd base, no more.
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Re: Baseball 2026 - Get'cha peanuts! ⚾
« Reply #58 on: Sunday, Jul 05, 2026 08:11 am »
If the runner reached second base and then came off the base without calling time and was tagged, he is out.  The runner is awarded 2nd base, no more.

@Hoodat

Oh, I understand the "rule" totally.

Soon as the baserunner on 1st touched 2nd base...it may as well as been a "hidden ball trick".

He needed the presence of mind to call "TIME" to get himself together after the unnecessary head-first slide on the attempted steal.

But it was certainly something you don't see everyday in baseball.
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If we had just let them eat the Tide pods, none of this would be happening right now

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« Reply #59 on: Sunday, Jul 05, 2026 11:00 am »
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Never underestimate the creativity of a ball player.
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« Reply #60 on: Saturday, Jul 18, 2026 05:26 am »
Fellow Astros fans....

The LMJ experiment is now finally over.  'Stros trade McCullers to the Brews for another son of a major leaguer. Jadyn Fielder.

Milwaukee will eat $2.5M of LMJ's remaining salary for the year.  Trade is a salary dump, a huge gamble by the Breweres.  OTOH, Cecil Fielder's kid can;'t see to top .230 at "A" Ball.  So this was basically taking the trash to curb event,

In any case, I for one am glad seeing the most fragile man in MLB go.



 
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Re: Baseball 2026 - Get'cha peanuts! ⚾
« Reply #61 on: Sunday, Jul 19, 2026 04:49 am »


Great pitching beats great hitting.

EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.


Washington/Oakland consecutive game scores
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« Reply #62 on: Monday, Jul 20, 2026 04:16 pm »
For all the hoopla every year, the O's starting shortstop....GUNNER HENDERSON...is the worst fielding shortstop I've seen since Cal Ripken Jr's bullshit career.  (Ripken was a natural 3rd basemen and the O's went thru over 2 DOZEN SS's during his non-sensical "Streak"
"It aint what you don't know that kills you.  It's what you know that aint so!" ...Theodore Sturgeon

"It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living" F. Scott Fitzgerald

If we had just let them eat the Tide pods, none of this would be happening right now