WARNING!! Annual OT Baseball Thread 2011!! Open at Your Own Risk!

[grunewar]

The Nats won today on a wild pitch in the 10th inning.

What I found interesting about their latest improbable win (they can't hit), is this is the second time in recent weeks the opponents closer became injured in mid-inning. Both times, a reliever came in from the bullpen and might not have taken as many warmup throws as he should/could (in the case of an injury they can take as many as they like - brovado maybe?) and they didn't. Both times it might have lead to their victory (the other time the pitcher seemed to have no velocity and gave up several hits).

Regardless, we're still not in the basement and playing .500 ball -a good season for us!

[26 Year Gap]

Jeter gets a hit and it doesn't matter. Rays win.

[ChuckElias]

My Sox are enjoying playing against the O's. Up big early tonight, with another homer from Papi!

Originally Posted by grunewar

The Nats won today on a wild pitch in the 10th inning.

That's funny, b/c when I visited Washington, the Nats won on a walk-off walk.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

That's funny, b/c when I visited Washington, the Nats won on a walk-off walk.

1 - We're still around .500 this late in the year - a rarity for us.

2 - Our last 10 victories have been by one run - the longest such streak in MLB since 1942 (Chuck either you or Mark Sr will remember that, right? )

3 - Our coach quit in mid-season - and the team had a winning record at the time!

4 - Last night, a batted ball hit our pitcher in the nose......and the ball STILL went into center field (I mean almost right over second base and into mid-center)! Totally bizarre that the ball had that much zip on it after hitting a player in the face and bloodying his nose!

5 - We continue to wait patiently on Strassburg and Harper. We have some good young talent and the future doesn't look too bad.

6 - If anyone would like to make us an offer on Jason Werth, I'm sure the Nats will listen - making ~$15M/ yr and hitting .219? C'mon man!

[26 Year Gap]

Amazing that Jeter goes 5 for 5, but is not able to make it to the All-Star Game.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Amazing that Jeter goes 5 for 5, but is not able to make it to the All-Star Game.

Sixteen All-Stars won’t appear in the game, including 13 of the 68 originally chosen.

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Amazing that Jeter goes 5 for 5, but is not able to make it to the All-Star Game.

Originally Posted by grunewar

Sixteen All-Stars won’t appear in the game, including 13 of the 68 originally chosen.

Apparently, the NHL suspends players who play immediately prior to the All-Star game, but then decline their selection. I believe it's a 2-game suspension. Maybe baseball could look into something like this?

[tomegun]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Apparently, the NHL suspends players who play immediately prior to the All-Star game, but then decline their selection. I believe it's a 2-game suspension. Maybe baseball could look into something like this?

According to Colin Cowherd (ESPN), this is a sign that baseball is clean. He reasons that the fact that these players are banged up indicates a lack of drugs that would promote faster healing. It should also be noted, some of the players cannot participate because of recent starts (like Sabathia).

Would these Barry Bonds' stats indicate juicing to you?

AVG HR SLG
.328 73 .863
.334 62 .702
.341 45 .749

These answers may be interesting.