Interesting Baseball News Items That Do Not Warrant Their Own Thread

[Ram Man]

Not sure what you mean?

Stealing first is worth a lot of WAR.

[BroadwayBomber55]

I think there was a similar reaction when the Mets' Castillo dropped A-Rod's pop up in 2009. Although in that situation the dropped ball was the difference between a loss and a win, not a win and extra innings.

And the Yankees were down 8-7 before Luis Castillo tried to catch A-Rod's pop-up with one hand.

Here's the Astros' broadcast of the walk-off error:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index..._copy_27207367

[teknetic]

B.J Upton is hitting .145 with a .476OPS.

..what?

[kan_t]

B.J Upton is hitting .145 with a .476OPS.

..what?

He gives all his power to his brother.

[NelsonMuntz]

B.J Upton is hitting .145 with a .476OPS.

..what?

Not facing the Yankees anymore is really hurting him.

[jcarey]

CarGo leading the majors in WAR.

No, not Carlos Gonzalez. Carlos GOMEZ. Carlos f***ing Gomez. Get out of here with that .................

[nyyfan61]

BJ Upton obviously isn't as bad as this year's stats suggest, but I think he's one of the most overrated players in baseball. He's a .240 hitter who's always good for at least a strikeout a game, and unlike Granderson, he's not powerful enough to make it "worth it." The contract the Braves gave him was just absurd.

[Mr.Muhozi]

I knew Matt Moore was talented but I did not expect him to be this dominant.

[EvanJ]

Players with at least two games in which they hit 3 or more home runs in a loss:

Johnny Mize (four times)
Babe Ruth (twice)
Dave Kingman (twice)
Ernie Banks (twice)
Glenn Davis (twice)
Joe Carter (twice)
Miguel Cabrera (did it for the second time last night)
Sammy Sosa (twice)

[35Knucklecurve]

Coming to a ballpark near you......

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-bi...171354956.html

It's official! Pitchers playing catch with kids in the stands during batting practice is the hottest craze in baseball — sweeping the game faster than a team playing a three-game series with the Dodgers. (Sorry, Dodgers, but you have been swept three times in May).

Actually, it's a trend that started with those Los Angeles Dodgers, when Hyun-Jin Ryu played catch with a young fan named Deuce last week. Gio Gonzalez of the Washington Nationals was next to get caught on camera doing it. Now we find Bruce Chen of the Kansas City
Royals, who did it over the weekend when playing the Oakland Athletics.

Of course, the third time something happens it isn't as cool anymore. Just like with movies and Nas albums, the first one is still the best. But in this case, we'll point out two noteworthy things about Chen's effort: He's tossing the ball with A's fans, not Royals fans, which is a nice show of bi-partisan catch-playing. And he's playing with two kids, not just one.

This tell us it won't be long before the kids are lined up to play catch during batting practice like they line up for autographs.

Gio with a young fan in LA last week.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-bi...170415288.html

[Mr Coffee]

Ian Kinsler:

[Yankee Tripper]

That's awesome. the only thing that would have made it better is he was tagged out after over sliding the base. was he?

[Mr Coffee]

That's awesome. the only thing that would have made it better is he was tagged out after over sliding the base. was he?

He was safe. I think the throw was cut off.

[Casey at the Bat]

That's awesome. the only thing that would have made it better is he was tagged out after over sliding the base. was he?

That GIF cut out too soon, cause Kinslers reaction was hilarious. He had one of those sheepish grins that said, "damn, I looked stupid, didn't I?"

[Jax Teller]

I'm surprised that he didn't break a couple fingers.

[35Knucklecurve]

The landing gear came down too soon on that one.....and he still overshot the runway.

[kan_t]

Everyone knows that Votto is great. But I'm not sure people know he's that great.

This season so far
.358/.484/.545

Since last year,
696 PA, .344/.477/.560, 175 OPS+

That OBP is sexy.