2024 MLB Season Thread ⚾

[JGibson]

RIP Whitey Herzog. #STLCards #ForTheLou 
https://twitter.com/Cardinals/status/1780265172252107106

[100% pro-life no matter what]

The Rangers are calling up former VandyBoy and #2 overall pick, Jack Leiter.  In the first sports game I went to after covid, Leiter pitched a no-hitter for Vandy against South Carolina.

[dead0man]

RIP Whitey Herzog. #STLCards #ForTheLou 

he was the coach of my favorite team when I cared the most about baseball, so he's special to me.  When I play baseball video games to this day, I usually play "Whitey ball" (good D, high OBP, lots of movement on the basepaths).

[GeorgiaModerate]

Odd play in last night's Braves-Marlins game.  In the first inning, with Ronald Acuña Jr. at third base and Michael Harris II at first, Marlins pitcher Sixto Sánchez spun around toward second -- but there was nobody there!  He was called for a balk because he attempted to throw to an unoccupied base, allowing Acuña to score and Harris to move up to second. 

Then in a sort of bookend to the game, the Braves won 4-3 when Harris doubled in Acuña in the bottom of the 10th.

[JGibson]

Marlins trade 2B/1B/DH Luis Arráez to the Padres.

https://twitter.com/Padres/status/1786765499449381083

[dead0man]

when the hell did it become common place to have lineups with multiple sub .200 hitters?  Back in the day, even (most) soft hitting SS and C would give you .225.  And  unless your CF runs like Bolt, catches like glue and throws like Marino, there is never a reason to have an outfielder in your lineup with a .180 BA and a sub .500 OPS.  But the Cardinals do it every freaking day.

[dead0man]

and now the one of two hitters on the team just broke his arm.  le sigh

[JGibson]

Heads need to roll at Busch Stadium, as the Cardinals lose again for the 6th game in a row.

[dead0man]

Heads need to roll at Busch Stadium, as the Cardinals lose again for the 6th game in a row.

I went home (Alton area) this weekend, and that was certainly the talk of the town.  They all think the manager needs to go, and I agree.  They started a mofo today how is 1-20.  .050!  NO, you don't get to do that.  I'm going to list the Cardinals in order of plate appearances.
Donovan-.209avg,644ops
Arenado-270,703 (if this is your 5th best hitter, he's doing great)
Godly-190,530 (showing his age)
Gorman-.192.643 (I still think this kid will get there, but sheesh)
Contreras-280,950 (and he just broke his arm because his manager told him to stick his glove out there)
Winn-275,694 (a rare bright spot)
Nootbar-198,648

yeah, there is a lot of baseball to play and the team is better than how they are playing, but it needs to change/get fixed and soon.  They did manage to hold off getting swept in Milwaukee today.

[dead0man]

Heads need to roll at Busch Stadium, as the Cardinals lose again for the 6th game in a row.

I went home (Alton area) this weekend, and that was certainly the talk of the town.  They all think the manager needs to go, and I agree.  They started a mofo today how is 1-20.  .050!  NO, you don't get to do that.  I'm going to list the Cardinals in order of plate appearances.
Donovan-.209avg,644ops
Arenado-270,703 (if this is your 5th best hitter, he's doing great)
Godly-190,530 (showing his age)
Gorman-.192.643 (I still think this kid will get there, but sheesh)
Contreras-280,950 (and he just broke his arm because his manager told him to stick his glove out there)
Winn-275,694 (a rare bright spot)
Nootbar-198,648

yeah, there is a lot of baseball to play and the team is better than how they are playing, but it needs to change/get fixed and soon.  They did manage to hold off getting swept in Milwaukee today.

in the ten days since I posted this everybody's averages are up .015-.020 and OPS is up .050-.090 (except Arenado who has kept pace) and they are the 2nd hottest team in the NL.  Big series against da hated Cubbies coming up.

[JGibson]

Happy that Ángel Hernández is finally retiring as an ump in the MLB.


https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1795263487486349369

[JGibson]

Major League Baseball is recognizing the stats of 7 different Negro Leagues between 1920 and 1948 into the record book. This comes almost four years after the league announced that the leagues would be classified as Major Leagues.



The seven leagues are as follows:

• Negro National League (I) (1920–1931)
• Eastern Colored League (1923–1928)
• American Negro League (1929)
• East-West League (1932)
• Negro Southern League (1932)
• Negro National League (II) (1933–1948)
• Negro American League (1937–1948)



Anthony Castrovince at MLB.com:

Major League Baseball's embrace of the Negro Leagues is now recognized in the record book, resulting in new-look leaderboards fronted in several prominent places by Hall of Famer Josh Gibson and an overdue appreciation of many other Black stars.

Following the 2020 announcement that seven different Negro Leagues from 1920-1948 would be recognized as Major Leagues, MLB announced Wednesday that it has followed the recommendations of the independent Negro League Statistical Review Committee in absorbing the available Negro Leagues numbers into the official historical record.

[Dr. Cynic]

Major League Baseball is recognizing the stats of 7 different Negro Leagues between 1920 and 1948 into the record book. This comes almost four years after the league announced that the leagues would be classified as Major Leagues.



The seven leagues are as follows:

• Negro National League (I) (1920–1931)
• Eastern Colored League (1923–1928)
• American Negro League (1929)
• East-West League (1932)
• Negro Southern League (1932)
• Negro National League (II) (1933–1948)
• Negro American League (1937–1948)



Anthony Castrovince at MLB.com:

Major League Baseball's embrace of the Negro Leagues is now recognized in the record book, resulting in new-look leaderboards fronted in several prominent places by Hall of Famer Josh Gibson and an overdue appreciation of many other Black stars.

Following the 2020 announcement that seven different Negro Leagues from 1920-1948 would be recognized as Major Leagues, MLB announced Wednesday that it has followed the recommendations of the independent Negro League Statistical Review Committee in absorbing the available Negro Leagues numbers into the official historical record.

I was glad to see that. Josh Gibson may have been the greatest yinzer baseball player in history, and he should get his laurels.

[MasterJedi]

Scrubs drop 3/4 and fly the L!

[JGibson]

Scrubs drop 3/4 and fly the L!

That'll make a Cards fan proud.