Talking about baseball

I never thought I could like baseball again, but I do. I'm watching the games and trying to take notice, the shitty D-bags (appropriate nickname) gave up a 4-run lead at home top of the 9th and the Mariners tied it up. Grand slam won it back for the Diamond backs. I want Seattle, Houston and Texas to all fail off course. The Mariners seem like they could have a tough schedule coming. I kind of feel like an idiot not knowing all the baseball games on Amazon prime. I was betting these games in a vacuum. I'm more about being a fan of baseball now and I don't really want to bet too much anymore. I deleted the ESPN app, because it is distracting when I'm out and about.

I don’t talk much about baseball, but in certain situations thinking about baseball can be helpful.

First, got home to see the top of the seventh, then forgot to watch, then missed whole game from the 6th. I thought DD was right about the Angels losing, so I looked indirectly to see the game result by looking up mlb AL West standings and now have seen the final score. A 1 run win does nothing for the Angel's run differential which is an indicator of being shitty and unreliable. So the victory is on the books, but a meaningless game because the Angels couldn't score much. As an Angel's fan now, you just don't know what is coming, and there could be surprises either way. It's fun following on, but I don't know if I'll make it if the Angels suck. I wish I bet make the playoffs and the over 71.5 and 72.5 bets, and not so much division bets, because Houston is the one to dethrone or lose.

[QUOTE=DGenBen;197485]I don’t talk much about baseball, but in certain situations thinking about baseball can be helpful.[/QUOTE
Just made me think 2 girls and looking at baseball cards might be a good thing on the to do list. I'll probably just get lazy and have the 2 girls.

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Aaron Judge is having a year that 99.99% of players can only dream about

he's batting .396 - he actually has a shot (though certainly a very remote shot) of being the first player since Ted Williams in 1941 (.406) to bat over .400

and as if that isn't enough - he's leading the league in Runs, Hits, RBIs, BA, OBP, SLG, OPS, OPS+, rOBA, Rbat+, and Total Bases and IBB

Wow!!!!!


https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...udgeaa01.shtml

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The 2024 White Sox actually set a new record for the most losses in a modern Major League Baseball season, (since 1900) surpassing the previous record held by the 1962 New York Mets. The White Sox finished the 2024 season with 121 losses, compared to the Mets' 120 losses in 1962.

they went 41-121 which is a .253 winning %

the Rockies are currently 12-54 with a .182 winning % - it's still early - but they're on pace to have the worst record ever in the modern era and thus eclipsing the White Sox in horribleness

the White Sox record this year so far is kinna strange - they're almost .500 at home having gone 16-18 but they're a really horrible 7-26 on the road

that's almost as bad as the Rockies who are 6-28 on the road

the White Sox have the most extreme difference between home and away records that I ever recall seeing

googling I found that the 1945 Philadelphia Athletics went 39-35 at home and 13-63 away________amazing



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They do both suck really badly. Mere luck for anyone playing them at this point, sucks to be the ones playing them late in the season if those 3-4 perceived wins might matter more if won before the trade deadline.

The Angels did sweep the A's but won 2/3 games by 1 run. They really do suck and have no chance at the playoffs if they don't get rid of one of the lousiest run differentials for potential playoff teams at this point in the season.

23 year old Jay Misiorowski debuted for the Brewers today and kicked ass going 5 innings, 5 strikeouts and 3 walks and 0 hits. Great start and congratulations to the Rockies getting there 13th win today.