Good thing the universal DH was implemented to boost offense, eh?

Wordle 1,058 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Perhaps the oddness of someone Oquendo's size (5' 10"/160) playing 1B helped it lodge in peeps' minds.
Turns out he played 'only' 23 games there, starting three including two CGs. I would have guessed more.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 6:56 pm Serves the Braves right for the closer flex

Yeah, kind of an odd call.
23 pitches last night for Iglesias and now 25 more today, both to protect multi-run leads.

But, hey, the Nationals also lost today so we haven't yet totally lost sight of third place!

And just think, tomorrow we get to embarrass themselves on national TV

Well, that's ... something I guess.

I wish I could say that there's a wee bit of tension here but there is none.

He tried to walk Taylor but Taylor wouldn't let him either.

Why throw a strike when you don't need to?

Lead-off runner on ... which means our run scoring chances just went down.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 6:07 pm McNuts 2002 version is our best chance

Fixed it for you.

A walk and three soft grounders = bases loaded and one out.
And then the one ball they hit hard ends the inning with no damage.

'It just goes to show you Suzyn, you can't predict baseball!'

We're very good today at FOs to RF
Still not even a whiff of a hit.

Paul Skenes in his ML debut, gave up his first run on a HR to Nico Hoerner with one out in the 4th. He then got pulled after giving up hits to the first two batters in the 5th and eventually got charged with those runs as well. So 3 ER on 6 hits, 2 BBs, 7 Ks and a rather hefty 84 pitches. Pirates ha...

Four hits + Four BBs in 14 innings.

Speaking of traitorous Braves, that team seems to be stacking their broadcast crew with former short-term Mets. I don't think there's any intent on their part since all have longer-term Atlanta connections, but their rotating lineup now includes the recently retired Collin McHugh who joins the likes...

They have five hits and we've got nothing resembling a hit.
That might be at least partially responsible for the 0-3 hole.

I'm surprised that 4% chose José Oquendo as their shortstop/firstbaseman. Good call by you and FMan on McEwing, I wouldn't have thought of him. I was surprised too by Oquendo being as 'high' as 4% but Whitey used him there for a while so he played a lot more 1B than did Super Joe. I knew Mantle pla...

The fun part about these is trying to think up guys in positions they weren't know for playing such as Mantle at 1B (in the final year of his career) or Mays at SS (which he did for part of a 23 inning game vs the Mets) Those two wound up adding up to less than 1% Rarity = 9 MVP/SS -- Willie Mays 0....

Wordle 1,057 5/6

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜
⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Not sure what the record is for having the right letters in the wrong places but I'm certainly challenging it lately.

So other than that 10-pitch sequence in the 3rd inning Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the game?



Looks like I picked the wrong weekend to try quitting drinking vodka out of a funnel.

Well, tying run at the plate.

Caught a foul pop while flopping onto the 3B tarp.

I may be off by a couple on that count.




But, hey, we looked good that inning, huh?