May Game Thread

[AdamRavs]

6 in a row. Richards scattered a bunch of hits but didn't give up the huge inning. Left a lot of guys on but wow the 9th. Insane. Also the 2nd game i've watched this yr. Hopefully this continues.

[dim]

Baseball is fun again.

We may always remember this one week

Similar to when the team started 11-1 in 2009 and ESPN actually dedicated full segments to the team. This is in that category.

[gustavopim]

World series were we come! Jk. Tbh I want us to be losing so we get pick #1

[Nick]

World series were we come! Jk. Tbh I want us to be losing so we get pick #1

Pretty confident we'll be the worst team in the NL, but the O's, Royals and Tigers are all really bad.

[fish16]

Stop.

I’m good. I’ll stop when he admits he’s just a troll. I’m guessing he’s been really busy for the last week and it just so happens to have coincided with a marlins win streak yet again. Weird how his free time to do nothing but shit on the marlins is only after losses. If you’re gonna be negative, fine, but don’t completely disappear when the team plays well and not expect to get called out for that or for a second consecutive year of an idiotic prediction.

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Great to finally see cooper healthy. IF a guy stinks that’s one thing, but it’s another to continue to get hurt time after time. I just wanted to see him healthy so we can evaluate him, if he flourishes than that’s even better

[Namaste]

8 games behind the Braves in the loss column for the 2nd Wild Card with 115 games left.

[fish16]

8 games behind the Braves in the loss column for the 2nd Wild Card with 115 games left.

what's our magic number? buyers at the deadline?????

[gustavopim]

We're just two hitters away! Let's trade Gallen for a bat... or a 39 yo closer

[rmc523]

This is the longest he's made it without getting injured with us, right? Been on the team almost a year and a half and I still really have no idea what kind of player he is.

Yeah, last year he was hurt either opening day or the day after. This year, I think it was like 3 games in, and then he got back and got hurt again I think 2 days later (I think he was HBP). It'll be nice to see if he can stick around.

I’m good. I’ll stop when he admits he’s just a troll. I’m guessing he’s been really busy for the last week and it just so happens to have coincided with a marlins win streak yet again. Weird how his free time to do nothing but shit on the marlins is only after losses. If you’re gonna be negative, fine, but don’t completely disappear when the team plays well and not expect to get called out for that or for a second consecutive year of an idiotic prediction.

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Great to finally see cooper healthy. IF a guy stinks that’s one thing, but it’s another to continue to get hurt time after time. I just wanted to see him healthy so we can evaluate him, if he flourishes than that’s even better

You realize you're doing the same thing you're criticizing him of doing, though, right? Trolling by incessantly bringing it up for no reason. I agree his "predictions" are ridiculous and unrealistic, but you don't need to inadvertently double down on them by bringing it up every other post and provoking responses.

[emkayseven]

What a fun run this has been

Here's the crazy thing: down in the 9th, I still kept watching. I knew that we could make something happen the way we've been playing. Subbing Granderson for Dean was (IMO) a crazy stupid move but glad it worked out.

This team is bad -- let's not mask that fact. But there is hope here. The pitchers are doing what we know they can do, and the hitters are doing the little things they need to do. We still need some longterm offensive pieces to come through -- our best hitter is still Neil Walker. But this team is finally starting to play like a major league ballclub. Even if they lose 100, that's still nice to see.

[rmc523]

What a fun run this has been

Here's the crazy thing: down in the 9th, I still kept watching. I knew that we could make something happen the way we've been playing. Subbing Granderson for Dean was (IMO) a crazy stupid move but glad it worked out.

This team is bad -- let's not mask that fact. But there is hope here. The pitchers are doing what we know they can do, and the hitters are doing the little things they need to do. We still need some longterm offensive pieces to come through -- our best hitter is still Neil Walker. But this team is finally starting to play like a major league ballclub. Even if they lose 100, that's still nice to see.

They showed a crazy defensive stat I think yesterday too about how much better the defense has been the last 15 games or so vs. the start of the season.

[fish16]

Yeah, last year he was hurt either opening day or the day after. This year, I think it was like 3 games in, and then he got back and got hurt again I think 2 days later (I think he was HBP). It'll be nice to see if he can stick around.



You realize you're doing the same thing you're criticizing him of doing, though, right? Trolling by incessantly bringing it up for no reason. I agree his "predictions" are ridiculous and unrealistic, but you don't need to inadvertently double down on them by bringing it up every other post and provoking responses.

fair enough, just sick of the guy being unrelentingly negative for 2 years claiming he wants the team to win and yet he literally ONLY posts when the team loses, which i understand is most of the time but its blatantly obvious that he never posts unless he has his unrelenting cynicism and negativity at the ready after losses

[fauowls44]

World series were we come! Jk. Tbh I want us to be losing so we get pick #1

I see this a lot and I’m certainly not against tanking. I’m all for going for the top pick when you are bad enough to get it.. But there are 115 games left. It’s kind of early to be looking at that. Besides, I just don’t think the pitching will allow them to be worse than Baltimore or KC...and if they win too many games to get the #1 pick and the reason is the young starting pitching and growth of young hitters, then I’m good with that.

[fish16]

I see this a lot and I’m certainly not against tanking. I’m all for going for the top pick when you are bad enough to get it.. But there are 115 games left. It’s kind of early to be looking at that. Besides, I just don’t think the pitching will allow them to be worse than Baltimore or KC...and if they win too many games to get the #1 pick and the reason is the young starting pitching and growth of young hitters, then I’m good with that.

this team was never gonna be worse than the orioles or royals. they will be battling for 3 with the tigers.

[Erick]

We are 6-0 since Fangraphs wrote an article about this team potentially being the worst team ever.

We need more articles.