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The games are too short!!! Ban the pitch clock!!!
Nah it needs to go the other way, a minimum of 15 seconds between pitches
We need unlimited mound visits and challenges to make the game really interesting again.
Fun Yordan stat, no jinx:
The are 170-48 (.780) in games in which Yordan Alvarez has reached base multiple times. That is the best team record for a player in such games in MLBâs modern era (min. 200 games), supplanting Joe Collins (210-63, .769), who played for the Yankees from 1948 to 1957.
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A healthy Yordan is so important to this team. They are a completely different team with him in the lineup.
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I love this âŚ
https://twitter.com/codifybaseball/status/1686049139388448768?s=46&t=_4W-U911mubCNOp4yJ1_OQ
Days since last platinum sombrero
1 NYY
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1914 HOU
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Spencer Strider striking out Ohtani to reach 200 strikeouts in just 124 innings. A record?
https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1686518980712763392
Suspended game oddity: Ryan Johnson subbed in for John Garcia and just homered in a game that was suspended on July 9th.
He was drafted in the 8th round on July 10th and will be credited with a home run before officially becoming a member of the Houston Astros org.
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Strider reached 200 strikeouts at exactly 130 innings, quicker than any other pitcher in AL/NL history. Randy Johnson had previously set the record when he needed 130 2/3 innings to notch 200 strikeouts in 2001. Gerrit Cole had ranked second, needing 133 1/3 innings to reach the mark in 2019.
Kinda like Randy Arozarena winning ALCS MVP the year before his rookie season.
Oh, gee, Cole gives up a lead-off walk a homer to Franco to start their game against Tampa. I can hardly dry my tears.
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We laugh but the Rays are much more relevant to our postseason interests than the guys in NYC.
Well, Volpe tells me to shut my mouth.
Follow the link below to view the article.
Astros pitchers rave about Maldonado after no-hitter
A laudatory article from USA Today on Maldonado, hopefully not subscriber-protected
Diamondbacks catcher takes one for the team, getting his pitcher his first career K:
https://twitter.com/pitchingninja/status/1686922715649748992
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Struck him out on a 2-2-2 count
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He seemed to be having a ball behind the plate.
Man, thatâs nuts.
Love the ump saying it went into the catcherâs gloveâŚyeah, with one minor pitstop
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So after reading the comments, I assumed that the catcher got hit in the nuts, so I had to go look that one up. A couple of years ago, that would have been a foul ball, not a foul tip and strikeout, as the ball did not immediately go from the bat and hit the catcherâs mitt before touching anything else. MLB quietly changed that rule in 2020 to include any catch before the ball hits the ground, including a trap against the catcherâs body. Or nuts. Well done.