2013 MLB Season Game Thread: June

[emkayseven]

eighths

what's an eighth?

[MarlinKidd101]

1/8 of an ounce.

[Bobbob1313]

John Buck's first 25 games: 10 HR, 29 RBI, .905 OPS
John Buck's 25 game since: 1 HR, 6 RBI, .477 OPS

That trade just sucks for everyone now!

[emkayseven]

1/8 of an ounce.

is that how much one joint is?

I'm not playing dumb, I really just don't know! Let's talk about scotch or wine or cheese sometime, guys
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[MarlinKidd101]

is that how much one joint is?

I'm not playing dumb, I really just don't know! Let's talk about scotch or wine or cheese sometime, guys

Different for each person, but a joint is between .5-1 grams, so if 1/8=3.5 grams, the answer would be... Chris Perez bought a lot.

[Bobbob1313]

Gerrit Cole starting Tuesday for the Pirates.

His numbers in the minors are super underwhelming this season, but he might just be bored.

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

Gerrit Cole starting Tuesday for the Pirates.

His numbers in the minors are super underwhelming this season, but he might just be bored.

From what I understand, they don't really want to bring him up but he was lined up and nothing else really made sense. His K/BB ratio is the worst it's ever been in his career; too many walks and he's not missing as many bats as he should be.

I'm also curious to see if they'll leave him up. The Pirates have a couple guys that are almost done with their rehab starts and he'll be pitching the same day as McDonald who needs maybe 2 more rehab starts. Morton is making his last rehab start and Wandy may not miss major time. Hurdle already said that if Wandy feels okay after a bullpen session Monday, he'll start on Thursday. Morton coming off the DL would take then back to 5 starters. It could just be a cup of coffee emergency start.

[HUGG]

COLE ASS



sorry, so used to typing that

[Bobbob1313]

Rangers' beat writer, trying to explain why a closer shouldn't be used in a tie game:

A closer's job is to protect leads. If you take him out of that role, there is still no guarantee he is going to get you a clean inning and no guarantee your club is going to score the next inning. And if it does, then a manager is forced to use his long-reliever or mop-up man to get the hardest three outs of a game. Better to not take multiple guys out of multiple roles. If the Rangers pitched Nathan in a tie game, then went ahead in the next inning and the Ross Wolf or Michael Kirkman blew a lead, then the same group carping about "Use Nathan," would likely be screaming about "how could you burn your closer and then have nobody to protect a lead." This is baseball conventional wisdom and it is how every club deploys closers. And you would think with the input of statistical analysis these days, that if there was a distinct advantage to be gained by using a closer in a tie game on the road, plenty of teams would be taking that step. It's easy for you to say: Nathan is best pitcher, he should be in there. If you were managing a club, you'd not want to have to explain to your team, your media and your fans how you lost a game by attempting to let your worst reliever protect a one-run lead in extra innings.

That's some awful logic.

[HUGG]

[MarlinKidd101]

Jk, but seriously.

[Beef]

Royals have won four in a row. The reason? George Brett's enthusiasm.

- Buster Olney

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

That's an idea!

[Blackout Pact]

I still hate Chipper.

[HUGG]

Everyone should.

I posted that because it's terrible