2022 MLB (non-Tigers) catch all thread

[Edman85]

If Sosa/McGwire/Bonds don't count, neither do the 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, or 2009 Yankees.

[lordstanley]

I cut into my daughter’s dinner to watch Judge’s 61st. 

[oblong]

Didn’t Fergie do coke?  Wonder if that enhanced his performance. 

[Jim Cowan]

Jesus Fergie I am very disappointed with that.

[Edman85]

7 hours ago, oblong said:

Didn’t Fergie do coke?  Wonder if that enhanced his performance. 

Overuse of the reflexive pronoun usually goes hand in hand with dumb takes.

[mtutiger]

I can't help shake the belief that Judge's chase to overtake Maris is a team-specific story masquerading as a national story, because of the Yankees outsized impact on baseball media.

Don't want to take anything away from Judge, hitting 61 is impressive, especially in this environment... but as Ed alludes to, if we are to wipe away Bonds and McGwire and Sosa, the logical end to that is an asterisk next to all of the championships that happened in the era they played in.

Edited September 29, 2022 by mtutiger

[oblong]

Here's more bullshit.

 

 

[RandyMarsh]

Lol well he didnt say anything about Sosa and he surpassed that number multiple times. 

[chasfh]

42 minutes ago, oblong said:

Here's more bullshit.

 

 

Just what I wasn’t looking forward to.

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

Just what I wasn’t looking forward to.

I'll file that with all the other takes by people whose opinions I don't care about anyway....

Edited September 29, 2022 by gehringer_2

[RatkoVarda]

World Series Champion New York Yankees*

 

* Note: a half a dozen Yankees on these teams were named in Mitchell Report

Edited September 29, 2022 by RatkoVarda

[chasfh]

28 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I'll file that with all the other takes by people whose opinions I don't care about anyway....

I think you know that it's not just him that I'm talking about.

[gehringer_2]

51 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I think you know that it's not just him that I'm talking about.

meh - events like this always generate a ton of commentary from a ton of people whose opinions I don't care about - which is all I was getting at.

I guess I'd go a little further on the basic logic. It's an event, it happened, it's in the books. I guess I don't really care about anyone's opinion about the event. Makes no difference to me or to what is now historical fact that stands on its own.

Edited September 29, 2022 by gehringer_2

[chasfh]

6 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

meh - events like this always generate a ton of commentary from a ton of people whose opinions I don't care about - which is all I was getting at.

Good, because we're going to be hearing a ton and more.

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

Good, because we're going to be hearing a ton and more.

no doubt

[RandyMarsh]

With the Mariners clinching the playoffs last night we are now tied with the Angels for longest playoff drought in the AL, if the Phillies hold on and make the playoffs this year we will then be tied for all of baseball. 

[mtutiger]

So I'm sitting here watching Kentucky-Ole Miss, and ESPN cuts in for Aaron Judge in his pursuit for 62 home runs.

Why?

[casimir]

7 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

So I'm sitting here watching Kentucky-Ole Miss, and ESPN cuts in for Aaron Judge in his pursuit for 62 home runs.

Why?

Just to piss you off.

[mtutiger]

 

[buddha]

1 hour ago, casimir said:

Just to piss you off.

it worked.

[Tenacious D]

LaRussa officially retiring (again).  I hope his health is OK, but he really tarnished his legacy (at least to me) with the last two seasons.  That was a formidable roster of young talent, and nothing to show for it. I know they had injuries, but all teams experience that.  I suspect with a strong manager that the ‘23 team will perform well—the talent is still there.

 

[casimir]

Just heard this little nugget:

An average trip around the bases after hitting a home run is 26 seconds.  Albert Pujols has spent over 5 hours of his life in a home run trot.

[Tenacious D]

RIP, Bruce Sutter.  He was 69 years old.

[chasfh]

6 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

RIP, Bruce Sutter.  He was 69 years old.

[oblong]

Was it Sutter or Jeff Reardon who had kind of a breakdown in a mall and we found out it was the result of his son dying?