Was probably the biggest chance for the Nats to do something memorable this year. Still wasn't half bad.In a 1-run game?
Was probably the biggest chance for the Nats to do something memorable this year. Still wasn't half bad.In a 1-run game?
From 1987-2016, there are 28 games with 100 or more strikes led by Randy Johnson's 9/27/92 effort for Sea vs. Tex, 111 strikes in 160 pitches, went 8 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 18 K. They lost 3-2I guess I'd be almost as interested in the actual total of 96 strikes as I would a percentage. I'm sure there are tons of games pre-"pitch count" era where guys threw more strikes, but I'd be shocked if anyone had done so in the last 20-30 years or so. 96 seems like a crazy high number, in a time period where 100 pitch games are getting rarer and rarer.
Nope, one deep to right center, one opposite field to left-centernot cheapies either. both 400+ apparently.
This took me a second. In case anyone else is confused, he's the second Mets pitcher to hit two homers in one game.Syndergaard becomes only the second Met to hit two homers. The other? Walt Terrell, who was born today (5/11).
Against Donaldson/Bautista/Encarnacion no less, strikeout and two infield pops. You can't really have a more impressive debut appearance than that.Matt Bush made his debut last night. That's pretty remarkable.
Long brawl in the Texas-Toronto game. Odor absolutely clocked Bautista with a right hook after he slid in hard, and the benches emptied in a hurry.
Edit: Wow and after the dust finally clears, Toronto pitcher immediately hits Prince Fielder with the first pitch and they empty again.
"Borderline?" His slide started at the base - that was about as bad as it gets next to cleating someone.Obviously the whole thing was precipitated by the aggressive, borderline dirty slide, but isn't it likely there was a bit of "fuck you" in that from the bat flip last October?
That's the understatement of the year. Bush (stupidly) hits Bautista as payback for the Batflip of the Century. Bautista does a ally dirty slide as payback for the HBP. Odor clocks Bautista as payback for the slide. Fielder gets hit as payback for .. Hmm .. starting to get confused.Obviously the whole thing was precipitated by the aggressive, borderline dirty slide, but isn't it likely there was a bit of "fuck you" in that from the bat flip last October?
1. I'd love to hear Marciano's evaluation of Odor's form. That was nice.
2. Clearly no one wanted to fight Beltre. I am trying to think of who would be higher than Beltre on the list of major league players you absolutely do not want to fight.
1. That was pretty. Short, accurate, good leverage. Follow through wasn't great, but Bats was already sleepy.1. I'd love to hear Marciano's evaluation of Odor's form. That was nice.
2. Clearly no one wanted to fight Beltre. I am trying to think of who would be higher than Beltre on the list of major league players you absolutely do not want to fight.
10 games seems light for Odor. That punch landed spot on. As bad as the slide was, and deserves 4-5 games easily IMO, I'm thinking Odor gets 12-15. There really is no place for punches like that in a game. Bautista's slide was the very definition of wrong and dangerous. Still doesn't excuse the bullshit response by Odor.I would think Odor's looking at 10 games. Coco got 7-games for the Shields brawl, and he didn't stagger a star player with a right cross like that. Whew.
Bautista should get 4-5 because that was a brutal attempt at a vulnerable player, and MLB has been making such a big deal of the new slide rules.
I didn't see the HBP, so do not know how intentional it was. But why does Bush care about a bat flip from last year? Wouldn't another pitcher that was on the team have hit Bautista earlier in the series for payback?That's the understatement of the year. Bush (stupidly) hits Bautista as payback for the Batflip of the Century. Bautista does a ally dirty slide as payback for the HBP. Odor clocks Bautista as payback for the slide. Fielder gets hit as payback for .. Hmm .. starting to get confused.
The whole thing was pretty idiotic. Personally I have no problems with bat flips .. But it's pretty clear the Rangers did - and it all stemmed from that.
He is a punk.Odor is my new favorite player.
Bautista just let Beltre hold him back and nobody from the Blue Jays went over to Beltre. ultimate example of how you dont mess with Adrian2. Clearly no one wanted to fight Beltre. I am trying to think of who would be higher than Beltre on the list of major league players you absolutely do not want to fight.
Ok, fuck him.He is a punk.
http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/10/3/9446765/rangers-angels-odor-slide-disgusting
Link to an equally illegal slide from Odor. This wasnt about protecting himself, this was about paying back Bautista for being incredibly great at Baseball and showing emotion in a playoff game. Fuck that shit.
Of course, I don't think Bautista knew where he was at that point.Bautista just let Beltre hold him back and nobody from the Blue Jays went over to Beltre. ultimate example of how you dont mess with Adrian
Wasn't Odor's dirty slide from last year before they changed the rules?He is a punk.
http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/10/3/9446765/rangers-angels-odor-slide-disgusting
Link to an equally illegal slide from Odor. This wasnt about protecting himself, this was about paying back Bautista for being incredibly great at Baseball and showing emotion in a playoff game. Fuck that shit.
That slide was legal at the time, no?He is a punk.
http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/10/3/9446765/rangers-angels-odor-slide-disgusting
Link to an equally illegal slide from Odor. This wasnt about protecting himself, this was about paying back Bautista for being incredibly great at Baseball and showing emotion in a playoff game. Fuck that shit.
Yea because every dude that comes in hot at 2B gets clocked with a right hook. You're nuts if you dont think the Bat Flip had anything to do with it.That slide was legal at the time, no?
Edit: And Odor's punch had zero to do with last year, it was directly because that illegal,dirty slide.
I doubt he thought for a milisecond about the bat flip at that moment in time. Does every guy who has someone bat flip them punch the guy?Yea because every dude that comes in hot at 2B gets clocked with a right hook. You're nuts if you dont think the Bat Flip had anything to do with it.
Last game of the season between the two teams, unless they meet again in October. Kinda cowardly of the Rangers, if they're going to retaliate at all for the "slight" of the Bat Flip, to play nearly six full games before getting their "vengeance" (both the HBP and the punch).Yea because every dude that comes in hot at 2B gets clocked with a right hook. You're nuts if you dont think the Bat Flip had anything to do with it.
You're confusing dirty with legal, no?That slide was legal at the time, no?
Edit: And Odor's punch had zero to do with last year, it was directly because that illegal,dirty slide.