Baseball Thread

[Preferred Penne]

The White Sox actually managed to win last night.

Even more impressive, it was their first win this year when trailing after six innings.

 

[AllieKat]

Let me just say that there are few things that I hate more than batters grounding into double and triple plays. Fuck that shit.

Dodgers actually somehow manage to put 2 on with 0 outs, bringing up Rojas (the number 9 batter).

He actually goes for a bunt during the first pitch, which everyone and their dog knows is the right thing to do. You're the number 9 fucking batter for a reason. You're supposed to either pray for a walk or sacrifice bunt to advance runners and give Ohtani and Betts a chance to pull of a miracle.

But no, Dave Roberts the braindead half nigger just has to put down the bunt sign and allow a number 9 hitter to try to play hero. This results in a triple play, ending the game.

It basically shows how Roberts is a fucking idiot and will always lose situational battles against teams that are properly trained to execute in these high leverage situations.

Roberts actually trying to justify the decision to let Rojas swing for the fences shows what an absolute imbecile he is.

To be fair your odds of winning down 2 in the ninth aren't great. That said not being able to get 1 over on two on no outs is very embarrassing.

 

[Armor of God]

Dodgers managed to win a game that they really should have lost.

Their performances essentially come down to Ohtani and the bullpen. Everything else about this team is a smoldering pile of underachieving dog shit.

They keep putting guys on base but also leaving them there stranded. Ohtani was due to be up at the bottom of the 8th but KIKE Hernandez just had to once again ground into a motherfucking double play. At least he had a killer individual game going 2-3 with 2 RBIs and a steal.

If they win the last game of the series then they lock up the division but Walker Buehler is up to pitch so it's pretty much a guaranteed loss unless the Padres really fuck it up.

 

[Preferred Penne]

The White Sox swept the Angels.

The wrong California team is being kicked out.

 

[Looseleaf Paper]

The White Sox swept the Angels.

The wrong California team is being kicked out.

They aren't being kicked out yet, they still have three more years in minor league California!

 

[Nikes_JustDoIt]

The White Sox matched the 1962 Mets with a week to go.

well, they finally pasted them.

 

[blahblahblah678]

The mad lads have finally done it! The 2024 White Sox finally got loss 121 tonight vs Detroit.

https://x.com/i/status/1839832536056218105

Meanwhile, the Chicago White Sox Twitter is resigned to their fate.

 

[Cyberpunk Meta]

The Oakland Athletics played their last game against the Texas Rangers yesterday. End of an era for the A’s in Oakland

https://sports.yahoo.com/athletics-...J6-Zgw5OHo3CGr4yGQfi8Vs1kmcsaxMW6SjZ0g79QN-04

56 years in Oakland, back-to-back World Series titles in the early 1970s and then some in 1989, a poverty franchise sure but a franchise that always knew how to create amazing teams on a budget. Sacramento is next up for the A’s briefly followed by a move to Vegas in 2028.

 

[Armor of God]

Ohtani's complete meme/video game tier of a season continues. He's now at 54 homers and 57 steals with 2 games to go in Colorado.

He's been on such a tear that he's technically within striking distance of the Triple Crown (although it would be miraculous for him to actually win it).

Dave Roberts has said that he won't sit him for either of these last 2 games, so let's add to the legendary season with some more bombastic fun.

It appears that the Dodgers' recipe for postseason success will be to try and let the starting pitchers not fuck it up too badly so that their bullpen can put the clamps on the opposition batters while the Dodgers' own lineup tries to hit their way to victory.

Will it work ? Well, I'd certainly like to think so...there's also the fact that all kinds of craziness usually ensues in the Playoffs...and I also haven't forgotten that Roberts will usually have more than a few fuck ups. Only one way to find out.

 

[Kier]

I want to take a moment to appreciate how magnificent the failure of the White Sox actually is. This surpasses "historically bad" into legend status.

The Sox have just accomplished a 121-loss season. For reference at how baffling this is, let's take a look at the other contenders for greatest fuck-ups of all time.

1899 Cleaveland Spiders: 134 Losses

The 1899 Cleaveland Spiders were a franchise intentionally left to die. Its owners purchased another team and moved everyone of value to St. Louis. The remainders were completely incapable of doing anything, intentionally. It takes genuine sabotage to manage to be this bad.


1962 New York Mets: 120 Losses

The 1962 New York Mets were an expansion team. The Mets committed 210 errors on the season and allowed 147 earned runs. The other expansion team that year, the Houston Colt .45s, won 24 more games. The Mets front office spent only $600,000 on player salaries to field that first team. The average age on the team was almost 29 years old.


As the season draws to a close it would be fun to immortalize just how atrocious the sox are, but there is still a few games left for them to break even more records.

 

[TV's Adam West]

IT'S THAT DAMN BILLY GOAT

 

[Breadbassket]

The Chicago White Sox are usually mediocre but this season is a once in a lifetime disaster for the organization.

 

[Mr. Manchester]

Look on the bright side, I bet people bought tickets to watch them fuck up. Those assholes have been begging for a new park for years too. Asking for state money for it too.

Illinois has to hand out gibs damn it, they got no money for them.

 

[Franz Joseph]

The Oakland Athletics played their last game against the Texas Rangers yesterday. End of an era for the A’s in Oakland

https://sports.yahoo.com/athletics-...J6-Zgw5OHo3CGr4yGQfi8Vs1kmcsaxMW6SjZ0g79QN-04

56 years in Oakland, back-to-back World Series titles in the early 1970s and then some in 1989, a poverty franchise sure but a franchise that always knew how to create amazing teams on a budget. Sacramento is next up for the A’s briefly followed by a move to Vegas in 2028.

I'm not an A's fan, but those early 2000's teams with Hudson, Mulder and Zito at the top of the rotation will always hold a special place in my heart.

 

[Fleetwood]

I haven't posted here in a while, sorry for the shitpost it was retarded.

This season has been memorable, I was worried about the pitch clock but that wasn't really noticable after a while. Still hate the extra innings shit.

AL:

All wrapped up



Watched the final a's home game, sad. The post game was especially desperate. A lot of clips over here https://awfulannouncing.com/mlb/oak...rts-california-dallas-braden-bip-roberts.html

Judge with another historic season.

The Tigers made the post season! I had a late friend who loved them RIP buddy thinking about you.

The Royals also haven't made it since the 2015 WS win, them and the Tigers are your underdogs.

NL:


Just a few games left and it's a 3 way tie for the last 2 spots. Tiebreakers are in favor of the Braves, then Mets, then Diamondbacks so if it ends tied 3 ways Arizona is out. Mets vs Braves double header due to the hurricane/tropical storm weather to end the season will be exciting.

Ohtani insane season from the interpreter drama to the record breaking 50+/50+, one for the books. Crazy that he will probably pitch next year.

In irellevant non playoff race games a marlins player got 3 triples which rarely happens. https://www.mlb.com/marlins/video/xavier-edwards-hits-three-triples-in-four-hit-night

Let's hope the post season is as good a surprise as the regular season was with my low expectations of current day baseball.

 

[Major Filth]

Tip o' the cap to Kyle Hendricks, who likely just pitched his last game in a Cubs (or any?) jersey. When you start showing up in lists with the likes of Brown, Vaughn, Root, Jenkins, and Maddux, you've been a damned good Cub pitcher. He was taken out of the game by pitching coach Tommy Hottovy who has probably seen every pitch Kyle has ever thrown as a MLB pitcher.

7.1 IP, 2 H, 2 K, 2 BB, 0 R, 0 ER

The highlight of his Cubs career will always be outdueling Clayton Kershaw to win Game 6 of the 2016 NLCS to send the Cubs to the World Series for the first time in 71 years.

 

[Random Internet Person]

Now Tree gets in on the act .

 

[Gay Communist Gun Club]

There were some straight up studs coming out of college this year. Charlie Condon (3rd to Colorado) from Georgia went .433/.556/1.009 with 37 HR in 304 PA.

We'll see how this translates to wood bats.

So as a follow up, Charlie Condon had a miserable stint at High-A Spokane (a fair assignment for an advanced college bat expected to move quickly) to the extent that one scouting podcast I listen to said, "Right now, we don't know if he can't hit a breaking ball."

I want to take a moment to appreciate how magnificent the failure of the White Sox actually is. This surpasses "historically bad" into legend status.

The Sox have just accomplished a 121-loss season. For reference at how baffling this is, let's take a look at the other contenders for greatest fuck-ups of all time.

1899 Cleaveland Spiders: 134 Losses

The 1899 Cleaveland Spiders were a franchise intentionally left to die. Its owners purchased another team and moved everyone of value to St. Louis. The remainders were completely incapable of doing anything, intentionally. It takes genuine sabotage to manage to be this bad.


1962 New York Mets: 120 Losses

The 1962 New York Mets were an expansion team. The Mets committed 210 errors on the season and allowed 147 earned runs. The other expansion team that year, the Houston Colt .45s, won 24 more games. The Mets front office spent only $600,000 on player salaries to field that first team. The average age on the team was almost 29 years old.


As the season draws to a close it would be fun to immortalize just how atrocious the sox are, but there is still a few games left for them to break even more records.

The problem with the Sox is that Jerry Reinsdorf actually is a huge baseball fan and can't get out of his own way. The Athletic did a deep dive in why they're so hopelessly fucked up, and it all starts and ends with ownership.

 

[JJLiautaud]

Hey does anyone know how to listen to radio streams of baseball, because the dodgers are region locked and I prefer the radio team to the broadcasting team.

 

[AllieKat]

Hey does anyone know how to listen to radio streams of baseball, because the dodgers are region locked and I prefer the radio team to the broadcasting team.

MLB app allows you to stream audio