2022 MLB Season Thread - Zombie Runners Back from the Dead

[Mertron]

really just a beautiful swing, yeesh

[archibaldcrane]

He looks like he's swinging an axe, the follow through looks so heavy

[Mertron]

freak injury (not bad, just weird)

https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/statu...QAW5s6h2n38MBg

https://twitter.com/bravesonbally/st...QAW5s6h2n38MBg

[Mertron]

f in the chat

https://twitter.com/gomesdalegend/st...QAW5s6h2n38MBg

[Mertron]

saw an interesting stat:

currently there are only 14 players in baseball (both leagues) hitting above .300

only 34 hitting above .280

hitting for average is dead, chicks dig the long ball exit velocity

[Mertron]

hitting for average is dead, chicks dig the long ball exit velocity

(get you a man who can do both)

[Xno Kappa]

Yadier Molina knows the rules better than the umps apparently.

https://streamable.com/tp9zwz

We meme and laugh about balks, but this is probably the best example of one I’ve seen in years.

[Mertron]

lol i got called for a balk like that when i was like 13 (switching from stretch to windup right before the pitch)

[Krandor]

https://twitter.com/TphamLV/status/1...r3YeMKvobI5HTQ

[Xno Kappa]

How freaking serious is this fantasy football league? There has to be a ton of money involved to care this much.

[Krandor]

Or, Pham is an idiot who runs his mouth so much that it's led to him getting stabbed on more than one occasion.

[archibaldcrane]

How freaking serious is this fantasy football league? There has to be a ton of money involved to care this much.

$10k buy-in, so whatever for these guys.

[Mertron]

well, the payout is probably around 100k or so then for the winner, not too shabby

[Melena]

I was just going to post that. Pham really needs to cut his losses here.

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[Obsidian]

The only thing getting cut is Pham. Beginning to see why he's been stabbed on multiple occasions.

[Melena]

For those who didn't dig deep on the tweet, here's the shirts some giants wore that worked up Pham.



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[Outlaw]

No hitter alert. Cardinals Mikolas.

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[archibaldcrane]

Ground rule double after 8 2/3rds lol

[Mertron]

ive always wanted to see someone try this, so close

https://twitter.com/cespedesbbq/stat...R_n8YwBXSi0U1w

[Xno Kappa]

Holy shit! I wasn’t familiar with some of the rule changes coming with the introduction of the pitch clock next year. This shit is gonna be nuts!

https://www.mlb.com/news/pitch-clock...k-stolen-bases

That was Del Moral’s second of two permitted pickoff attempts during that particular plate appearance -- the limit put in place at all full-season Minor League levels this season, in conjunction with the pitch clock.

“I don’t think the [Visalia] coaching staff was very pleased,” Ferguson said later with a laugh, “that he [tried a pickoff move] a second time.”

When Del Moral failed to nab Ferguson that second time, he set off a sequence of unfortunate events for Visalia. Ferguson swiped second on the next pitch. And because the pickoff limitation lasts for the entirety of the plate appearance, Ferguson felt comfortable taking another big lead at second. Del Moral stepped off the rubber a third time and, per the rule, was charged with a balk. Ferguson automatically advanced to third base, then scored on a sacrifice fly.

We might actually see Ricky Henderson’s record broken in our lifetime lol.