Board 8 > MLB Discussion Topic: Opening Day is Here!

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The AL West collectively swept the AL Central this weekend. Meanwhile the Orioles swept the Angels.

neonreaper posted...

Devers traded to SF

I truly do not understand.

Esuriat posted...

The AL West collectively swept the AL Central this weekend.

Can Houston just fucking not please

Esuriat posted...

The AL West collectively swept the AL Central this weekend.

Man that's a stat.

Esuriat posted...

The AL West collectively swept the AL Central this weekend. Meanwhile the Orioles swept the Angels.

I truly do not understand.

The team wanted him to switch positions and it didn't go well. So I imagine when Kassas comes back, he may need to platy a little DH and you'd want Devers at 1B. Devers won't do that.

We can also look at how the GM grabbed Bregman and expect Devers/Cora to work it out.

As a fan, I appreciate Devers and I can see his side a little bit... but he's earning a huge contract so he should be a professional about it. And that wasn't happening... so a team with young potential stars can't really have him around.

50/50 blame

Red Sox have been a fairly shitty organization in recent years. I could rant for a bit but I just don't really watch them much. a shame.

Tigers have hit Skenes as many times this game as he's allowed the last 7 games combined

Still down 4-2 though gonna need to come back against the pen

https://x.com/Miggysbat/status/1935854109837656435

yessss

but gotta finish the job

The Mets are getting blown out for the third consecutive game.

So much for having four starters under 3 ERA.

Checking in at Target Field. Brewers got a perfect game going thru 6.

Ah, I jinxed it

Holy cow, what a game to attend. Mizorowski makes history by pitching 11 consecutive no-hit innings to start his MLB career, an MLB record. He was perfect thru the first 6 innings in today's game. Then Yelich hits 8 RBIs, a career high for him and ties the Brewers franchise record.

This was also my first ever road game I attended where my team was the visiting team. What a night!

MLB records broken in that game alone:
1. Misiorowski - Most consecutive no-hit innings (11) to start their career
2. Misiorowski - Only pitcher to have more wins (2) than hits (1) in first two starts
3. Yelich - most RBIs in a single game without scoring a run (8). The previous MLB record was 7, which happened 3 times.

The fact that they broke an MLB pitching and hitting record in the same game is crazy.

Ok, I'll stop geeking out about this game now. Carry on.

Tigers pull out the last game of the series today to avoid being swept and avoid losing 4 in a row for the first time this year

Rays are legit

Brewers sweep the Twins. Went to the game on Sunday as well. Good times all around. It's nice to see the Brewers starting to look good again. Hopefully it lasts!

Gallen is cooked. Hes been awful all year. Sad to see.

Dbacks pitching has been cursed this year.

The Miz wins the battle against Skenes.

https://x.com/tigers/status/1939488581799530992

Another 7 shutout innings for Skubal against the Dians

unfortunately Tigers have also not scored!

6 runs in the 10th inning will do it

Guardians swept oh ya

try to go for the series sweep of the Rays and be the first team to 60 wins tomorrow

The Miz outduels Kershaw with 6 innings of 1 run ball, 12 Ks. Brewers trying for the sweep tomorrow.

With Zach McKinstry getting added an All-Star replacement that's now 6 Tigers

Yeah well the Orioles have...

...depression. We have clinical depression.

Maybe playing the Orioles is what will wake the Mets up

Dodgers lose 6 Straight after being swept by the brewers and astros

Meow1000 posted...

Maybe playing the Orioles is what will wake the Mets up

It did last night

It did not today, O's took both games of the double header

This was an absolutely horrifying loss by the Mariners. If they miss the playoffs, this might not just be a game, but a whole series they look back at. The Yankees were flailing entering this series. They win the first two.

Then you're up 5-0 entering the 8th and pitching a no hitter. You lose 6-5 in 10.

That can't happen.

and now they get to hop on a plane and and head to Detroit where Tigers had an off day waiting for them

holy cow, they lost that one? I'll take the blame. When I saw the no-hitter alert, I tuned in and he immediately gave up a single. Which is always my luck with those things. Then tuned out and went about my business. Did not expect them to lose that one though, yikes.

In other news, thanks to the Mets being swept in a doubleheader, Brewers are the top Wild Card at the moment. Go figure. From 21-25 to 53-40, they've been on a 32-15 run.

guffguy89 posted...

holy cow, they lost that one? I'll take the blame. When I saw the no-hitter alert, I tuned in and he immediately gave up a single. Which is always my luck with those things. Then tuned out and went about my business. Did not expect them to lose that one though, yikes.

Apparently we haven't seen a loss that bad since 1977.

oh my gosh, The Miz is an All-Star....after only 5 career starts? That's officially the shortest amount of starts to earn an All-Star nod behind Skenes 11 starts. Even as a Brewer fan, that's kind of crazy and probably undeserving, but he's the new hot flamethrower and I guess they want to showcase him on the all-star stage.

Also, congrats to former White Sox first basemen Andrew Vaughn, who just got an RBI in each of his first four games as a Brewer, which is a franchise record.

apparently they offered the spot to like 12 people who all declined and he was the first to accept

everyone wants to be an all-star but no one wants to actually play in the (meaningless) game

FFDragon posted...

apparently they offered the spot to like 12 people who all declined and he was the first to accept

everyone wants to be an all-star but no one wants to actually play in the (meaningless) game

The game only had merit as your only real chance to see most of the players in it for a whole year. Once that was lost, it lost meaning.

FFDragon posted...

apparently they offered the spot to like 12 people who all declined and he was the first to accept

everyone wants to be an all-star but no one wants to actually play in the (meaningless) game

I agree with this. A lot of misconceptions on the purpose of finding alternates. It's purpose is not to give ths snubs a free bid without having to actually play. They are looking for people who will play as a replacement for the original all-stars that can't make it.

oops lost 4 games in a row for the first time this season. All Star break is coming at the perfect time.

Big dumps everywhere

i could do without the rappers to be honest. Let's get to baseball already.

I don't care about the rappers, I just want a Smoltzless way to watch

well that was an exciting finish with the swing off. I think that would be fun to institute that into the regular season, say if you get through 12 innings and its still tied, do a swing off.

With that said, a little embarrassing that Judge and Ohtani couldnt participate because they already showered and left.....I know other players did it too. It's just kind of a bad look. Like, I get it. But, it's a bad look.

Schwarbs dinged all over everyone and it was a glorious

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/215d9e3d.jpg

It would also mean a lot to me

The Tigers are just stuck on 59 wins, they've lost six in a row and the Cubs now have the best record in MLB.

Meanwhile the Brewers have won 9 in a row and have just passed the Dodgers for 3rd best record in MLB.

NL Central is flexing some muscle here.

I hope the TIgers win another game one day

Teams to sweep the season series from the Dodgers (min of 5 games):

2025 Brewers (6-0)
2006 Cardinals (7-0)
1994 Braves (6-0)

This is also only the 4th time a team has gone 6-0 or better against the defending Champs. The other 3 times all happened against the '98 Marlins, lol.

guffguy89 posted...

Teams to sweep the season series from the Dodgers (min of 5 games):

2025 Brewers (6-0)
2006 Cardinals (7-0)
1994 Braves (6-0)

This is also only the 4th time a team has gone 6-0 or better against the defending Champs. The other 3 times all happened against the '98 Marlins, lol.

The Marlins somehow winning the World Series twice remains one of those stats that would make people think you're lying.

That first Marlins team was completely stacked and then overnight it went away lol

Also my Phills won on a no hit inning ending with catcher interference. That was pretty slick.

The Pirates continue their string of oddities by getting swept by the White Sox (worst team in AL) only to then sweep the Tigers (best team in AL) in back-to-back series.

Remember earlier this year the Pirates were the first team ever to shut out a team for an entire series only to subsequently be shut out the very next series. That was the demarcation line where their 6 game winning streak turned into an 8 game losing streak.

What a bipolar team!

Also, the Brewers were denied free burgers from George Webb's when they lost yesterday, snapping their 11 game winning string.

George Webb's is a greasy spoon diner franchise in the Milwaukee area that has been around for a long time. Their owner made a bold promise back in 40s that if the local baseball team would win 12 in a row, they'd give out free burgers. It's a promise the restaurant chain still honors to this day. They've only had to own up to it twice in franchise history. This would have been a third, but alas, the Seattle Hamburglars denied us that privilege. As revenge, they belted 17 hits (no homers of course) to win today.

Oh, by the way, the Brewers have the best record in baseball! I will celebrate that for however long it lasts for.

Naylor to Mariners