Baseball Miscellany

I saw him in ST when he was a much-hyped rookie. I think he was a switch-hitter then. Am I wrong or did he stop hitting LH?

I think he’s only ever been a right-handed hitter, at least in the majors.

Yeah, I was not certain about it.

Is this really obstrution?

https://x.com/BBGreatMoments/status/2040561351563555044

Let me give you my most diplomatic response: no fucking way.

Regardless, I don’t know why the catcher didn’t run all the way to third,

By rule, yes that’s obstruction.

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A crowd! Sort of.

It’s a lower bowl sellout!

FYI any fellow cheapskates/baseball fans. On Wednesdays you can get into the Sugar Land Space Cowboys games for free by bringing any ā€œgently used itemsā€ for Goodwill. They just take your old crap and give you a ticket. AND Wednesdays are dollar dog night. Cheap date.

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For a free ticket and dollar dogs it’d be a free pass to get to 3rd base for me.

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My date would score on me with that deal.

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Framber doing Framber things against the Twins. I’m glad he’s someone else’s headache now.

ETA: 10 batters, 6 runs in the first inning. Breaks my heart.

Two articles on new developments for the Astros this year. The first, on Altuve’s new (and more favorable) strike zone thanks to ABS:

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/105960/guarding-the-lines-jose-altuves-new-strike-zone-abs/

The second, on what the heck to call Imai’s slider/reverse slider/shuuto:

Wow.
How about those Rainbow Guts unis?!

The SCHN+ app has to be the most dismal thing ever designed by mankind. We ought to make Crane try to use the damn thing.

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I gave up and just use the Direct TV app.

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Breakdown from Lindsay on a real life example of ABS contradicting the rule book.

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