Daily MLB Banter

[LamarCheeks]

Final four of Yankees, Guardians, Mets and Dodgers. 

Meh. 

As long as the Yankees win the AL, MLB won't care who comes out of the NL. 

Yankees vs. Mets -- win-win
Yankees vs. Dodgers -- win-win
Guardians vs. either -- not so much (though the No. 1 or 2 market will still be participating, so maybe a win-tie? LOL)

 

[LIHoosier]

2 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Final four of Yankees, Guardians, Mets and Dodgers. 

Meh. 

As long as the Yankees win the AL, MLB won't care who comes out of the NL. 

Yankees vs. Mets -- win-win
Yankees vs. Dodgers -- win-win
Guardians vs. either -- not so much (though the No. 1 or 2 market will still be participating, so maybe a win-tie? LOL)

 

Cleveland does have a Cubs-ish run of 75 years without a title so there's a storyline besides being the plucky upstarts.

But I'm a Yanks fan so I've got no problem with the streak going to 76.

[LamarCheeks]

1 hour ago, LIHoosier said:

Cleveland does have a Cubs-ish run of 75 years without a title so there's a storyline besides being the plucky upstarts.

But I'm a Yanks fan so I've got no problem with the streak going to 76.

Cubs fans -- me being one for over 50 years -- scoff at a silly little 75-year title drought! 

[OliviaPope40]

Yankees

[LIHoosier]

[JSHoosier]

5 hours ago, LIHoosier said:

Yep. And I say again, if they let Soto walk Cashman and Steinbrenner will never be able to show their faces in NY ever again. He was only real addition to the lineup; for much if the year it was him and Judge and a bunch other guys. Need Judge to wake up at the plate.

Need to do something about first and third this off-season, Torres could leave and Chisholm is naturally a second anyway. 

[rayl456]

Fernando Valenzuela passes away at 63.  RIP 

Came up in 1981 and both won ROY and the Cy Young

[LamarCheeks]

Wow. Rickey Henderson died. 

A phenomenal ballplayer -- also had the unique distinction of throwing left-handed and batting right-handed. 

RIP

[LIHoosier]

Holy Crap! Rickey's gonna be devastated when Rickey finds out about this. I was a kid when he played for the Yankees, he was my 2nd favorite player ever (behind Donnie Baseball). I tried to catch pop ups like he did with his glove smacking his leg after catching it, usually to no avail. Until COVID, the Old Timers played on Old Timers Day at Yankee Stadium and Rickey was still playing as if he was auditioning to get on an MLB team one last time. Man, this sucks.

[OliviaPope40]

Yankees:

1. Goldy

2. Stanton

3. Judge

4. Bellinger

5. Max Fried for pitching

[LamarCheeks]

How can you be Mr. Baseball and have a career batting average of .200 over 297 games?

Well -- Bob Uecker was. 

Not sure anybody was a better jokester/storyteller. 

RIP. 

And because you sorta have to ... "Juuuuuuuust a bit outside." 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

[LamarCheeks]

Sorta fitting that on Opening Day, my beloved Cubs already are a game out of first! 

[Hovadipo]

24 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Sorta fitting that on Opening Day, my beloved Cubs already are a game out of first! 

Getting sent across the ocean to play the baseball Monstars is just enough to piss you off isn't it

[pappy1865]

Sorta fitting that on Opening Day, my beloved Cubs already are a game out of first! 

Truth! Man that Tokyo series was brutal.

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[pappy1865]

Bullpen. Bullpen. Bullpen. Yikes.

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[WayneFleekHoosier]

Bullpen. Bullpen. Bullpen. Yikes.

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IU baseball and Cubs baseball aren’t for the faint of heart.


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[LamarCheeks]

So, this just happened in Houston -- Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN. 

Luis Arraez of the Padres was knocked cold. Was carted off the field after about a 15-minute delay. 

Obviously, there was no ill intent -- but what an incredibly stupid play by the Houston kid. If you're a second baseman covering first, you gotta figure out some way to stop -- maybe you slide into the bag. But you can't run through it like that. Good grief. 

The announcers were trying to cut him a break, saying it wasn't his fault and it wasn't avoidable. It was totally his fault and was completely avoidable. 

https://x.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1914097293143195835

[Brass Cannon]

On 3/30/2025 at 7:05 PM, WayneFleekHoosier said:

IU baseball and Cubs baseball aren’t for the faint of heart.


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My wife was a Cubs fan and I’m a cards fan. The only thing we could reason was that somehow the cubs winning the WS somehow broke both franchises because ever since both just are off their rockers 

[Naturalhoosier]

16 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

So, this just happened in Houston -- Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN. 

Luis Arraez of the Padres was knocked cold. Was carted off the field after about a 15-minute delay. 

Obviously, there was no ill intent -- but what an incredibly stupid play by the Houston kid. If you're a second baseman covering first, you gotta figure out some way to stop -- maybe you slide into the bag. But you can't run through it like that. Good grief. 

The announcers were trying to cut him a break, saying it wasn't his fault and it wasn't avoidable. It was totally his fault and was completely avoidable. 

https://x.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1914097293143195835

His momentum took him in that direction. Not much he could have done. Unfortunately freak accidents happen. That’s why they are called accidents.