Warning!! Danger!! Annual Off-topic Baseball Thread '07!! Beware!!

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

The unusual part is that all the home runs came off the same pitcher....

No they didn't.

[Adam]

okay you stats gurus, here's a question on the A-rod thing. If he hits his 500th tonight, he'll be the youngest to do so. What day will they consider for determining his age on this? Today or last Wednesday?

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

okay you stats gurus, here's a question on the A-rod thing. If he hits his 500th tonight, he'll be the youngest to do so. What day will they consider for determining his age on this? Today or last Wednesday?

And what if he were on a cruise ship crossing the international dateline???!

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

No they didn't.

Sigh. Each hitter hit all three of his respective home runs off the same pitcher, although they accomplished this feat against different pitchers.

Bench hit 3 off Carlton; Cepeda hit 3 off Hands.

Better?

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

the international dateline???!

There's a joke about A-Rod's dating and 900 numbers in there somewhere, but I can't come up with it.

This is post #755 of this thread. Does that make me the Hank Aaron of off-topic baseball threads? If so, what does that make Dan, who made post #756? And was Bud watching while Dan typed out his post?

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Sigh. Each hitter hit all three of his respective home runs off the same pitcher, although they each accomplished this feat against a different pitchers.

Bench hit 3 off Carlton; Cepeda hit 3 off Hands.

Better?

Since you asked...

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

There's a joke about A-Rod's dating and 900 numbers in there somewhere, but I can't come up with it.

This is post #755 of this thread. Does that make me the Hank Aaron of off-topic baseball threads? If so, what does that make Dan, who made post #756? And was Bud watching while Dan typed out his post?

This whole thread should have an asterisk next to it.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

This whole thread should have an asterisk next to it.

"This thread brought to you by BALCO. Steroids aren't just for the gluteus maximus any more."

[JugglingReferee]

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[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

okay you stats gurus, here's a question on the A-rod thing. If he hits his 500th tonight, he'll be the youngest to do so. What day will they consider for determining his age on this? Today or last Wednesday?

Last Wednesday. That homerun would be his 500th if he hits one in the suspended game tonight, according to Elias.

Of course, if he hits two homeruns in the suspended game tonight, we gots ourselves a whole 'nother matter.

Elias is wierd.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Elias is wierd.

Not only that, but that sports stats place is kinda strange too.

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Here's a question for you stat freakos.....

A-Rod hit his 499th homerun on Wednesday of this week. The Yankees are finishing a game tonight with Baltimore that was suspended from last June 28. If he homers in the suspended game tonight, will that be his 500th. homerun? Or his 499th.?

It'll be counted towards the day on which the game was started.

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

So, are you saying they consider the makeup the same as playing on the original date?

Let's say A-Rod punches out Giambi in the dugout (I dunno, could happen...), and gets suspended 5 games, starting immediately (7/27). Are you saying he could still play in the makeup, because the makeup is actually being played before the suspension takes effect?

Originally Posted by CoachP

The rule, 10.23 (d), states: "All performances in the completion of a suspended game shall be considered as occurring on the original date of the game."

I guess Bud would hafta decide what is considered a performance?

I'm pretty sure "performances" here refers to statistics.

[ChuckElias]

Heard an interesting stat during the Sox/Rays game last night. Sox drew a bases loaded walk to score a run and Jerry Remy said that the Sox lead the league in runs scored via bases on balls, with 16. I think they got another bases loaded walk later in the game. That's a lot of walks to draw with the bases loaded.

Sox are back up by 9 games. It's nice to be in Tampa.

[rainmaker]

I'm usually just a lurker on this thread, but I have a real, bona fide baseball question. I watched the last four innings of the Seattle-Oakland game today (slept through the first five) and in the 6th inning the first base ump ended up tossing the first base player, Sexton, I think? They replayed everything from several different angles, and the announcers couldn't see any reason for the player being tossed, but I'm not sure how good they are at understanding officials. Did anyone see it? Could anyone explain to to me from the official's point of view?