Orel retired a year before his debut.I was thinking Hershiser, but I don't think they crossed paths
Orel retired a year before his debut.I was thinking Hershiser, but I don't think they crossed paths
Bang bang play on a fastball. That was the fastest he’s run in a decade haha.Pujols mssed his 3rd HR by about 10 feet--a 110 mph rope that hit the base of the wall in left for a (very) long single.
...then we was thrown out stealing on a 3-0 pitch. Whoops.
Al Kaline retired with 399 home runs and more than 3,000 hits. He would have been the first AL player to reach 400/3,000 had he kept playing. (Yaz became the first to hit that mark.)I wonder if Pujols considers coming back next year?
This is from today:I wonder if Pujols considers coming back next year?
Cardinals Devil Magic is as simple as making sure Pujols gets to the plate against every LHP they face.42 y/o Pujols has a 138 wRC+, his highest since 2011. Cardinals Devil Magic is still alive.
That might be asking a bit much of ERod.I really hope he comes back as a dh full time.
Twitter comments saying Kopech did something to his knee during warmup, to the point where it was noticeable on the field. TLR decided to have him start the game anyway, waited four batters to pull himKopech with a nightmare start in KC ... BB, HBP, Single (run scored), BB ... removed from game. Don't know if injury involved
View: https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1561895395982286849Pujols celebrating being named Co-Player of the Week by hitting a pitch up above the letters into the bleachers for #693 at Wrigley.
Has also tied Bonds for most pitchers taken deep in a career at 449.
No runs in 4 starts since coming off the IL.According to the ESPN GameCast and the graphics in the game, Edward Cabrera of the Marlins just threw either a 94 or 95 MPH CHANGEUP. And it wasn't the first one either.
Fake Edit: I guess the tracking system is having trouble figuring out what he's throwing. Or he just has crazy stuff, since he's throwing 94 MPH sinkers and 4-seamers too.
I just watched the highlights of that game to see just how many people 2,630 actually is. Wow. Not many.There is nobody at the Marlins/A’s game.
Edit. Attendance was 2,630. Embarrassing.
RA Dickey?Biggest Cy Young fluke in recent memory: Rick Porcello or Blake Snell?
And yet the Brewers have been just as bad. SF is 10-10 in August.The Padre are about to be 8-12 since the trade deadline.
That plus hiding your other lefty starter behind the "starts every five days" deal. Five game series the Cards should face all five starters, but Cubs called a RHP up for the day night doubleheader. Don't they know Pujols ABs sell tickets at this point of another lost season? What're they playing for anyway?The Cubs figured out how to keep Pujols in the yard. Have Franmil Reyes hit him with a 70mph curve ball.
This sounds a little less impressive than it is, it's very rare on any team, I think Bob Gibson is tied with deGrom for the alltime record of 26:Framber Valdez broke the Astros record for most consecutive quality starts, with his 21st. He's not the flashiest SP out there, but he's been spectacular this season.
I was researching this a bit recently, but historically, Zoilo Versalles is regarded as the best player to win the MVP. 7.2 of Versalles 12.6 career WAR came in his 1965 MVP season, or 57% of his total career worth. That seems tough to beat, but Cody Bellinger currently has 47% of his career WAR as his 2019 MVP season. Bellinger is still playing and could change that, but he's been pretty bad the last two seasons and it will be interesting to see what his career total ends up being. Like Versalles, Bellinger had a great season during his MVP year and deserved to win the award, but he hasn't been able to follow it up in any way at all.Biggest Cy Young fluke in recent memory: Rick Porcello or Blake Snell?