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

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

And the Indians land Ubaldo Jimenez! I'm really surprised that that (1) Colorado was so willing to let him go, considering his performance and VERY favorable contract (maybe they know something we don't know. . .) and (2) that Cleveland was the team to make such a push to get him. But they're only 2.5 back in the division so I guess it makes sense to bring in a front-line pitcher for the stretch run.

The second place team in the AL Central will not make the playoffs, so it's an old-fashioned pennant race. The Indians think (correctly) that they need another good starter to win in August and September.

They did not get a good start this weekend, dropping the series to KC at home. Let's see how they do in bean town!

[grunewar]

This struck me as being a bit bizarre.

Dan Uggla (Braves) is hitting .212 with 20+ homers, and 40+ RBI.

Last night against the Nats he went 3-4.

The part I find weird is that he's on a 23 game hitting streak! Really? Man, what was he hitting before that?

(Must have had an "Adam Dunn" like avg).

[mbyron]

One down, three to go.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by grunewar

This struck me as being a bit bizarre.

Dan Uggla (Braves) is hitting .212 with 20+ homers, and 40+ RBI.

Last night against the Nats he went 3-4.

The part I find weird is that he's on a 23 game hitting streak! Really? Man, what was he hitting before that?

(Must have had an "Adam Dunn" like avg).

He was hitting something like .173 at the break. Streak is up to 25 games now.
During that streak he is at about .350.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by grunewar

(Must have had an "Adam Dunn" like avg).

Originally Posted by just another ref

He was hitting something like .173 at the break.

Oh, so he was hitting more than Dunn?!!

Bwahahahaha!

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by just another ref

He was hitting something like .173 at the break. Streak is up to 25 games now.
During that streak he is at about .350.

[grunewar]

Jayson Werth is 9 for his last 23 and his average UP to .226 now!

Werth the money so far? NOT!!

PS- He does play a mean right field though.....if you discount the errors. But, he's got a strong arm!

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by grunewar

This struck me as being a bit bizarre.

Dan Uggla (Braves) is hitting .212 with 20+ homers, and 40+ RBI.

Last night against the Nats he went 3-4.

The part I find weird is that he's on a 23 game hitting streak! Really? Man, what was he hitting before that?

(Must have had an "Adam Dunn" like avg).

Dan Uggla said, "This is an awesome organization and to have some kind of record with this organization is really special."

Uggla went 3-for-5. It was his ninth multihit game during the longest hitting streak in the majors this season. He is batting .224 overall this year.

[Nevadaref]

Earlier in the week I saw the Yankees beat the Angles 6-5 with all runs scoring on homeruns. I thought it was odd for a relatively high-scoring game to have that characteristic. Today I saw this scoring summary!

Aren't they calling this the year of the pitcher?

Scoring Summary

			SD	CIN
	1st	J Votto homered to right (379 feet).	0	1
	1st	M Cairo homered to left center (412 feet), J Bruce scored.	0	3
	2nd	T Frazier homered to left (422 feet).	0	4
	3rd	J Bruce homered to right (365 feet), J Votto scored.	0	6
	3rd	R Hanigan homered to left (360 feet), D Stubbs and T Frazier scored.	0	9
	4th	K Blanks homered to left (393 feet).	1	9
	5th	M Cairo homered to left (405 feet), J Bruce scored.	1	11
	8th	R Hanigan homered to left (397 feet), D Stubbs scored.	1	13