I agree...it has gone to ridiculous lengths. The blocking the plate rule hasnt been perfect either. Watching a Pirates-Cubs game last week, the throw home lead the catcher into the base path and they called the runner safe because the catcher impeded him. The only other option is to let the ball go to the backstop while the runners advance.
Mike Trout.
Doing work. Down 2, one on, bottom of the ninth.
Big fly.
Lol
A.) Oliver Perez is still pitching.
B.) He's adopted a Nuke LaLoosh delivery.
I'm really glad Harang didn't complete his no-hitter tonight. He had 6 walks when he had the no-no though 7. I don't find that all that impressive. I remember when Ubaldo had one for the Rockies but had like 7 walks with it. I would take a 1-hit no-walk performance over that any day, but that one doesn't go into the record books.
Brewers-Pirates LOL.
Albert hit 499 and 500 tonight (yesterday for everyone else). Needs more attention.
Jayson Stark:
The .300/.400/500/.600 Club
This is one of my favorite sets of numbers, because it provides us with one of the most exalted group of hitters who ever lived. You need:
.300 batting average or better.
.400 on-base percentage or better.
500 home runs or more.
.600 slugging percentage or better.
Now here are the three men in history who get to hang out in this clubhouse:
Ted Williams .344/.482/521/.634
Babe Ruth .342/.474/714/.690
Jimmie Foxx .325/.428/534/.609
And that's all, folks. Ever heard of them?
Well, the truth is that Albert doesn't quite make that cut. But only by one-thousandth of a percentage point. Here's his personal slash line: .321/.409/500/.599.
Uh, that'll still work. Because here's the thing: Even if we lowered the slugging percentage cutoff to below .600, to whatever The Pujols Line is at any given moment, there would still just be those three men and Albert.
Jose Fernandez is just nasty.
First inning against the Braves tonight:
97-99 mph four-seamer with movement that rises up and inside to lefties, and sinks away from them low.
91 mph something, can't tell if this is a change up or a two-seamer.
Hard slurve/curve that breaks about 8-9 inches and he can go back door with it on command.
Looping curve that drops about a foot, if not more.
That's just devastating stuff.
gz to albert.
Who saw Holliday steal that home run?
I traded that Puig guy from LA for Adam Jones of Baltimore.
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