Seeking6 Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 14 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: Really thought you of all people would know this one and @Seeking6 might know Sorry. Hadn't been checking all the threads as I normally do. We were joking about this on Friday night. Suits our lineup about perfect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 Just now, Seeking6 said: Sorry. Hadn't been checking all the threads as I normally do. We were joking about this on Friday night. Suits our lineup about perfect. Crazy Stat for sure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 21 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: Yes sir. I was half listening to Sportscenter the other day after he hit 2 against I thought it was the Brewers and thought I heard something about that... Shows you how much attention I've been paying to baseball 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted August 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 Reds take a big series over the weekend against the Nationals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 1 hour ago, 5fouls said: Reds take a big series over the weekend against the Nationals. Reds have been awesome on Fanduel lately. Definitely some cheap bats...but been stacking them on the cheap. Almost like the Rangers/Blue Jays earlier in season. Reds, Orioles, Arizona all have cheap bats that score. Add some pitching and they might have something for the real part of baseball next year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 30, 2022 Report Share Posted August 30, 2022 Not a good first start for newly signed Chase Anderson of the Reds. Got the first 4 batters out and then gave up 5 straight hits and they took him out. All together the Cardinals got 7 straight hits and scored 6 runs. Funny think is that Goldschmidt and Arenado made 4 of the 6 outs so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stlboiler23 Posted August 30, 2022 Report Share Posted August 30, 2022 2 hours ago, IU Scott said: Not a good first start for newly signed Chase Anderson of the Reds. Got the first 4 batters out and then gave up 5 straight hits and they took him out. All together the Cardinals got 7 straight hits and scored 6 runs. Funny think is that Goldschmidt and Arenado made 4 of the 6 outs so far. Was at the game in person and got to see Albert hit 694. Were maybe 3-4K fans there after the rain delay to start the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted August 30, 2022 Report Share Posted August 30, 2022 Albert Pujols broke the tainted MLB record tonight, hitting a home run against 450 different pitchers. That's just an astounding number. Dude is 42 years old and still cranking them out. Drafted by St. Louis in the last century in the 13th round, he's just about to catch A-Rod and may yet join the 700-club with Ruth & Aaron. ...and most importantly, never tainted by the 'roids era, which is probably why his body hasn't given out prematurely like all the other juicers. You don't have to be a St. Louis fan to respect the heck out of all that he's accomplished. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stlboiler23 Posted August 30, 2022 Report Share Posted August 30, 2022 19 hours ago, FKIM01 said: Albert Pujols broke the tainted MLB record tonight, hitting a home run against 450 different pitchers. That's just an astounding number. Dude is 42 years old and still cranking them out. Drafted by St. Louis in the last century in the 13th round, he's just about to catch A-Rod and may yet join the 700-club with Ruth & Aaron. ...and most importantly, never tainted by the 'roids era, which is probably why his body hasn't given out prematurely like all the other juicers. You don't have to be a St. Louis fan to respect the heck out of all that he's accomplished. Pretty special what he’s doing this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Stlboiler23 said: Pretty special what he’s doing this year. Can he get to 700? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 18 minutes ago, rico said: Can he get to 700? If he hits in September like he hit in August, he won't even need the postseason. I think he has like 9 HRs in August and is sitting on 694. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stlboiler23 Posted August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 1 hour ago, rico said: Can he get to 700? Depends how many AB’s he gets. I hope so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Stlboiler23 said: Depends how many AB’s he gets. I hope so. Depends on how many ABs he gets against left handed pitching. Against righties .194 4 HR in 148 plate appearances Against lefties .387 11 HRs in 109 plate appearances Righties outnumber lefties in MLB 3 to 1... He has about 128 plate appearances left if he plays every game... About 32 of those would be against lefties if the averages are considered... Averages say he'll hit 3 HRs against lefties and 2 versus righties... It'll be close... Edited August 31, 2022 by IUFLA 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted August 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 On 8/29/2022 at 11:57 PM, FKIM01 said: Albert Pujols broke the tainted MLB record tonight, hitting a home run against 450 different pitchers. That's just an astounding number. Dude is 42 years old and still cranking them out. Drafted by St. Louis in the last century in the 13th round, he's just about to catch A-Rod and may yet join the 700-club with Ruth & Aaron. ...and most importantly, never tainted by the 'roids era, which is probably why his body hasn't given out prematurely like all the other juicers. You don't have to be a St. Louis fan to respect the heck out of all that he's accomplished. A lot of people think he's older than 42. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 2 hours ago, 5fouls said: A lot of people think he's older than 42. Yeah, I remember that. At some point, I suspect he'll put that to rest. It's absolutely irrelevant today, beyond being amazed that he's still playing, but I'm sure it mattered when he was young and trying to raise his stock. Thinking back, seems it was pretty common back then for players from the islands and South America to pretend to be younger than they were. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 (edited) I'd like to take this moment in time to pat myself and another hundred or so Cubs fans on the back in making Pujols transition from LF to 1B. It was Labor Day Weekend in 2003. Tons of rain had pushed the Cubs/Cardinals games back past LD but a DH on Tuesday as well. First game Pujols dropped or made an errant throw from LF...basically a mistake filled game for him on defense. We started the mocking cheer of MVP, MVP because he was so bad in LF....of course we wanted Sammy to get MVP. Crowd picked it up and the rest is history. Sammy hit a walk off in the 15th. Felt like we spent a month at Wrigley that Labor Day Weekend. Enjoy your holiday gang! Edited September 1, 2022 by Seeking6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 39 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: I'd like to take this moment in time to pat myself and another hundred or so Cubs fans on the back in making Pujols transition from LF to 1B. It was Labor Day Weekend in 2003. Tons of rain had pushed the Cubs/Cardinals games back past LD but a DH on Tuesday as well. First game Pujols dropped or made an errant throw from LF...basically a mistake filled game for him on defense. We started the mocking cheer of MVP, MVP because he was so bad in LF....of course we wanted Sammy to get MVP. Crowd picked it up and the rest is history. Sammy hit a walk off in the 15th. Felt like we spent a month at Wrigley that Labor Day Weekend. Enjoy your holiday gang! He was brutal at 3rd base as well... Not Dick "66” Stewart bad, but his glove definitely had a clank to it at 3rd and in the outfield... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 13 minutes ago, IUFLA said: He was brutal at 3rd base as well... Not Dick "66” Stewart bad, but his glove definitely had a clank to it at 3rd and in the outfield... Who the hell is Dick "66" Stewart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, rico said: Who the hell is Dick "66" Stewart? Yeah, spelled it wrong...Stuart... Dr Strangeglove 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 32 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Yeah, spelled it wrong...Stuart... Dr Strangeglove Interesting career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 I must say I really enjoyed listening to Votto in the booth last night. His insight into hitting was very impressive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWatShot Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 On 8/31/2022 at 11:28 AM, 5fouls said: A lot of people think he's older than 42. I've thought the same thing for awhile about Miguel Cabrera. He was 16 years old when he signed a minor league contract with the Marlins in 1999. Could have been 18 or 19 instead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 1 hour ago, rico said: Interesting career. He did... He was a bit of a flake too... From my favorite baseball book "Ball Four" "It was Dick Stuart-story day today, and this one was about the time Johnny Pesky was managing the Red Sox and Stuart was playing for him and showing up late for a lot of things. For some reason this upset Pesky, so he called a meeting to talk about MORALE. Stuart was late for it. In fact he didn't show up until about half an hour before the game (three is considered about right) and he walked right into the middle of the meeting. All eyes were on him as he opened the door to the clubhouse and, without missing a beat, opened his double-breasted jacket, paraded to the center of the room with his hips swinging, did a pirouette and said, "And here he is nattily attired in a black suede jacket by Stanley Blacker, with blue velvetine pants and shoes by Florsheim. The handkerchief is by Christian Dior." Everybody went nuts. Even Pesky had to laugh." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 37 minutes ago, IUFLA said: He did... He was a bit of a flake too... From my favorite baseball book "Ball Four" "It was Dick Stuart-story day today, and this one was about the time Johnny Pesky was managing the Red Sox and Stuart was playing for him and showing up late for a lot of things. For some reason this upset Pesky, so he called a meeting to talk about MORALE. Stuart was late for it. In fact he didn't show up until about half an hour before the game (three is considered about right) and he walked right into the middle of the meeting. All eyes were on him as he opened the door to the clubhouse and, without missing a beat, opened his double-breasted jacket, paraded to the center of the room with his hips swinging, did a pirouette and said, "And here he is nattily attired in a black suede jacket by Stanley Blacker, with blue velvetine pants and shoes by Florsheim. The handkerchief is by Christian Dior." Everybody went nuts. Even Pesky had to laugh." I did not know this... Stuart was in the on deck circle as a pinch hitter when Bill Mazeroski hit the ninth-inning home run off Ralph Terry that won the World Series.[10] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted September 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 Good stuff right here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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