MLB 2013 Season Thread: TEFLON BRAUN Episode V: The Selig Strikes Back

[Boyiee]

3 straight blown saves for Rivera. Miggy teeing off two 9th innings in a row, gave up back to back HR's today in the 9th (one to mig) to tie it up.

First time in his career he's blown 3 straight saves.

edit: gardner walk off in 10th, first series yankees have won since early july.

[Akiyama]

RIP Braves win streak but good recovery today and damn, Heyward up to .245 now? Considering where he was..he's ballin. He's done..really well as a lead off <3

Also ^ Boyiee.. just saw that. Dayum.

[Boyiee]

RIP Braves win streak but good recovery today and damn, Heyward up to .245 now? Considering where he was..he's ballin. He's done..really well as a lead off <3

Also ^ Boyiee.. just saw that. Dayum.

First time in his career, which is like 95-97 when he started closing. What an unbelievable stat.

[Moss]

RIP Braves win streak but good recovery today and damn, Heyward up to .245 now? Considering where he was..he's ballin. He's done..really well as a lead off <3

Also ^ Boyiee.. just saw that. Dayum.

Yep, I really like him leading off

new winning streak started today

[Bregor]

Every level of baseball has a dh besides the nl but yeah they aren't the inferior ones LOL

This. Also get ready for 26- or 27-man rosters.

[Viq]

Thanks to Shin-soo Choo and what's his face on the Dodgers, people here in Korea pay attention to NL games only. Thanks to the goofy non-stop interleague shit, I have to explain at least once a week to someone that we have two leagues with two rule sets. 100% of the reaction is, "But like... why do they think it's a good idea to have the pitchers hit?"

[Man0warr]

Yu Darvish alert vs the Astros!

5 IP, 0 Hits, 0 Walks, 10 Strikeouts

[Akiyama]

Don't jiiinx it.

[archibaldcrane]

Lol

The Astros only have one player on their team OPSing over .750. (Jason Castro is at .806)

[Cail]

Its against a double A team though. It doesnt really count.

[Headspace]

Number 9 hitter, walk

lul

[archibaldcrane]

If you take the 8 Astros players with positive fWAR (Yeah, there's only 8 of them) and add them up, they have less fWAR than Trout or Cabrera alone.

If you count all the below-replacement players, you're looking at a team that produces as if the entire roster is made up of 24 0 WAR quad-A replacement players and one player who has 1.4 WAR (so basically 1 league-average guy and the rest scrubs)

[Man0warr]

Terrible calls on that walk, and AJP knew it. Got himself thrown out heh.

Good job ump, guy just sat down 17 hitters in a row and you don't give him that call.

[Headspace]

oh yu

[Headspace]

Good job ump, guy just sat down 17 hitters in a row and you don't give him that call.

Good job Yu, guy just sat down 18 hitters in a row and you give up a home run to the Astros.

[elison]

Last I checked they were an MLB team, despite how shifty they are.

Yu guys are acting like he hasn't made some of the best hitters look downright silly roll.

[Man0warr]

Just broke his career high, 15 strikeouts and 1 inning to go.

Yu guys are acting like he hasn't made some of the best hitters look downright silly roll.

No shit, he made Trout look like an idiot last week.

[Cail]

If you take the 8 Astros players with positive fWAR (Yeah, there's only 8 of them) and add them up, they have less fWAR than Trout or Cabrera alone.

If you count all the below-replacement players, you're looking at a team that produces as if the entire roster is made up of 24 0 WAR quad-A replacement players and one player who has 1.4 WAR (so basically 1 league-average guy and the rest scrubs)

Archie droppin bombs

[Man0warr]

sadface - everyone knew that was a strike but Kulpa

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18wt.../ku-xlarge.gif

[elison]

Archie droppin bombs

Nah, just more blind braun dick riding.