2011 MLB Season Discussion: Joey Votto MVP Edition

[Melena]

I'm okay with that. I came into the season knowing they'd be out by at least 8 games out, and it's nice to see I know what I'm talking about sometimes ;o I'm surprised they'd win 96, though. I figured 92-93 would be a nice number. My god are they destroying the wild card race, though and with the guys they snagged yesterday, they only got better (it means Lugo can gtfo)

allow me to also say I'm stunned that Lowe made such a great start last night. hitting a homer AND allowing just one run?

Every dog has his day, and Lowe gets to cock tease the atlanta fan base once or twice a season.

[Akiyama]

Every dog has his day, and Lowe gets to cock tease the atlanta fan base once or twice a season.

Well he sucked dick a lot last year and then had a hot September, so who knows. I"m more apt to believe that it was just a one-off.

[Soa]

I wish we played the Reds every game

[Headspace]

30-12 against them in the last six season.

10-1 in their last 11 games.

[Orph]

"Bastardo is 6-0 with a 1.38 ERA in 55 appearances this season. He has struck out 65 batters in 52 1/3 innings.

But here's the kicker to those stats.

Opponents are hitting just .112 against him. That's the lowest opponent batting average of any pitcher with at least 50 innings pitched in any season in baseball history."

Zolecki on mlb.com

[Cephius]

The most perfect pitch any of you will ever see, ever.

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[Akiyama]

nah

[Conrad]

The most perfect pitch any of you will ever see, ever.

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But why is he still up to bat if he's already gotten four bal--oh.

[Cephius]

They're called swinging strikes

[Conrad]

hence the oh

also nah, I watch perfect pitches almost every night

[Cephius]

I was gonna say, you should know what swinging strikes look like after watching ryan howard every day

[Conrad]

I usually black out after Victorino and Utley have their PAs and wake up just in time to watch Cliff Lee hit a moonshot into right-center

[archibaldcrane]

George fucking Kottaras just hit for the cycle, joining a the group of random Brewer no-names to do so - one of the 7 to do so in Brewers history.

Chad Moeller,
Jody Gerut
etc.

[archibaldcrane]

Hitting for the cycle is rarer than throwing a no-hitter.

Brewers have 7 cycles... and 1 no-hitter.

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[toqabowl]

fucking white sox...

[mrmusicmr]

They're called swinging strikes

sounds cool name.

[Conrad]

Since no one mentioned it, the Phillies game yesterday was bullshit, and Joe West can kick rocks.

[Demosthenes11]

what happened in that game exactly? I read something in passing about drama.

[Trichocyst]

Hunter Pence hit a ball deep to right field and when Bryan Petersen jumped up against the wall to field it, but two fucktard Phillies fans reached out over the fence. The ball deflected against the wall where it rolled to the corner and ruled a double. Petersen was yelling that it was interference and Jack McKeon went to complain about it. So Joe West, the only umpire with his own publicist, decided to go to an instant replay review, and called Pence out and Howard back to first. That's the right call, however, the rules say that instant replay was not a valid option for that play. Instant replay is only valid on home run boundary calls and Joe West reviewed a double. So Charlie Manuel got thrown out of the game for arguing and lodged an official protest of that call. The next batter doubled down the line, no runs scored. The game went into the 14th inning where the Marlins won 5-4.

If the protest is successful in appeals (it won't be) they would restart the game from the point of the protest.

[Akiyama]

Who cares. Phillies have what..a 7.5 game lead over the Braves and can coast into the playoffs as it is, lol. Fan shouldn't have been a fucktard, but they should really just move on past it. Not like it'll matter in the grand scheme of things.