2012 MLB Random Chatter

• Classyposter58

  

  Laley23;1286735 wrote:Pretty awesome that we got to witness history with Miguel Cabrera and the Triple Crown. Statistically, the rarest feat in baseball...Amazing.

  Yeah I've always said he's the best hitter in baseball, to put up those numbers in Comerica is unreal. I mean imagine if the Tigers played in Yankee Stadium or GABP instead? He'd prolly have an average 15 points higher, 8-10 more homers and 10-15 more RBI's
• karen lotz

  

  wildcats20;1287160 wrote:I wonder if they can have a tie?

  
  would be tough. I think they have one voter for each AL city and they rank their top 3 choices. 1st place votes are 5 points, 2nd are 3, 3rd are 1.
• Crimson streak

  

  Classyposter58;1287166 wrote:Yeah I've always said he's the best hitter in baseball, to put up those numbers in Comerica is unreal. I mean imagine if the Tigers played in Yankee Stadium or GABP instead? He'd prolly have an average 15 points higher, 8-10 more homers and 10-15 more RBI's

  
  Eh I dk about his numbers changing that much. Maybe 3-4 hrs the rbis would be about the same and the average actually could be lower in a smaller ball park.
• Rotinaj

  

  Yea no way his numbers go up that much.
• Heretic

  

  karen lotz;1287159 wrote:David Ross will start at catcher tomorrow.

  What's happened with McCann? He's been great in the past, so has he just fallen off this year or in recent months? Don't follow Atlanta enough to know.
• karen lotz

  

  Heretic;1287217 wrote:What's happened with McCann? He's been great in the past, so has he just fallen off this year or in recent months? Don't follow Atlanta enough to know.

  
  He's had nagging injuries all year. For the last 3 or so months (maybe longer, I'm not sure when it started bothering him), he's had something going on in his shoulder where it hurts him to swing. He's had a couple of cortisone shots but I don't think there is anything else that can be done besides time off.
  
  
  edit: quick search says its a frayed labrum and cyst in his right shoulder. First cortisone shot was August 7, second one September 1.
  http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/09/03/another-cortisone-shot-for-ailing-mccann/
  
  He's been bad all year though so I'm not sure if the shoulder can take all of the blame. He's also put on about 20 pounds from last year it seems and would lose a foot race to Eric Hinske by a lot.
• Heretic

  

  karen lotz;1287236 wrote:He's had nagging injuries all year. For the last 3 or so months (maybe longer, I'm not sure when it started bothering him), he's had something going on in his shoulder where it hurts him to swing. He's had a couple of cortisone shots but I don't think there is anything else that can be done besides time off.
  
  
  edit: quick search says its a frayed labrum and cyst in his right shoulder. First cortisone shot was August 7, second one September 1.
  http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/09/03/another-cortisone-shot-for-ailing-mccann/
  
  He's been bad all year though so I'm not sure if the shoulder can take all of the blame. He's also put on about 20 pounds from last year it seems and would lose a foot race to Eric Hinske by a lot.

  Ah, I see. Kind of a laundry list of things. Hurt shoulder, gotten fat, inferior play. One of those things where you wonder...he's been good for a decent amount of time and it can be tough for most catchers to sustain good play for too long. Guys like Pudge are rare -- seems like catcher is a position where there's a lot of decent platoon guys, but not many who are legit most-day starters.
• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  Like good comfort food, the Braves postseason choke job just feels right. This annual tradition is about as good as the Macys Thanksgiving Parade.
• karen lotz

  

  BigAppleBuckeye;1288299 wrote:Like good comfort food, the Braves postseason choke job just feels right. This annual tradition is about as good as the Macys Thanksgiving Parade.

  
  your team indeed turned out to be the LOLmets again. I'm sure that feels right to you as well. I'm sure they'll be really good next year though!
• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  karen lotz;1288307 wrote:your team indeed turned out to be the LOLmets again. I'm sure that feels right to you as well. I'm sure they'll be really good next year though!

  I will sleep well tonight, seeing that the LOLmets had the same number of playoff wins as the Bills, errr Braves.
• ts1227

  

  Rockies manager Jim Tracy resigns
• Azubuike24

  

  Nats overcome 7 walks by starter Gio Gonzalez and 10 K's by Adam Wainwright, come back with 2 in the 8th to beat the Cardinals 3-2.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  Nats bullpen, the best in the bigs most of the year, comes up big.
  
  Nats win a close, typical small ball, NL game.
  
  O's and Yanks in a rain delay. It is pretty gross here, no sure when they will have first pitch.
• wildcats20

  

  ptown_trojans_1;1289874 wrote:Nats bullpen, the best in the bigs most of the year, comes up big.
  
  Nats win a close, typical small ball, NL game.
  
  O's and Yanks in a rain delay. It is pretty gross here, no sure when they will have first pitch.

  
  Which means the Reds won't be on right away, I assume.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  wildcats20;1289915 wrote:Which means the Reds won't be on right away, I assume.

  Yeah, if they don't call it.
  Although, since TNT is just showing reruns of Law and Order, they may start the Reds there.
• wildcats20

  

  ptown_trojans_1;1289918 wrote:Yeah, if they don't call it.
  Although, since TNT is just showing reruns of Law and Order, they may start the Reds there.

  
  I would hope so.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  wildcats20;1289922 wrote:I would hope so.

  I think they did it last year, and they have done it with the NCAA tournament. I highly doubt MLB would not sign a deal without an option to have TNT show games if there is runover.
• mhs95_06

  Azubuike24;1289871 wrote:Nats overcome 7 walks by starter Gio Gonzalez and 10 K's by Adam Wainwright, come back with 2 in the 8th to beat the Cardinals 3-2.

  Ever notice how "pull to a fault" hitters sometimes breakdown and soften their heads in the playoffs and go the other way. That is how the Nats won this game. I always go back to thinking how Johnny Bench did that and HR'd to RF off closer Dave Giusti to rescue the pennant for the Reds from the grasp of the Pirates. I've always thought, why don't they be better hitters all career long!
• wghfan

  The regular season was very good this year, but the playoff games have been boring so far. It is early in the post season, so hoping it gets a lot better.
• ts1227

  

  ptown_trojans_1;1289924 wrote:I think they did it last year, and they have done it with the NCAA tournament. I highly doubt MLB would not sign a deal without an option to have TNT show games if there is runover.

  If it's like most MLB related things, as long as the Yankees are on air neither the league or networks give a shit about any of the rest.
  
  But yes, they did move the Reds to TNT to avoid having to touch the almighty Yankees.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  ts1227;1290014 wrote:If it's like most MLB related things, as long as the Yankees are on air neither the league or networks give a **** about any of the rest.
  
  But yes, they did move the Reds to TNT to avoid having to touch the almighty Yankees.

  lol, no matter what they were going to stick with the earlier game. The later game was going to move to TNT. Once the earlier game is over, the later game will move to TBS. It has nothing to do with the Yanks.
• Azubuike24

  

  Camden Yards is still one of the great places to see a game. It's been a bad place for the last decade, but it's nice to see it back tonight.
  
  Massive "Yankees suck" chant off and on all night.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  Azubuike24;1290101 wrote:Camden Yards is still one of the great places to see a game. It's been a bad place for the last decade, but it's nice to see it back tonight.
  
  Massive "Yankees suck" chant off and on all night.

  Love it. I always love going to games there. It is a great place, and great to see the O's fans finally come out.
  Great game too. Each team has had several chances.
• Crimson streak

  

  Zimmerman is getting squeezed big time from the home plate umpire 2-1 cards in the 2nd
• Rotinaj

  

  Only 5 total innings combined for the starting pitchers in the cards-nats game. Crazyness.