Opening Weekend TWiB Notes -- April 1 - 4

[Frayed Knot]

Yankees lose. THAAAAA Yankees LOSE!!!!



Jays score a lone run via the runner-on-2nd rule in the 10th. Yanx fail to answer.

[Frayed Knot]

Cody Bellinger managed just one RBI despite hitting the ball over the fence with a runner on.

Seems that Justin Turner thought the ball had been caught so he sprinted back to 1st causing he and Bellinger to pass each other.

So Bellinger is called out and loses credit for the HR while Turner is allowed to score.



2-1 Rox in the 4th

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Lol. Go Rockies

[Frayed Knot]

Phils walk-off Braves in the 10th.

Braves in top 10 failed to score when an 8-2 FO/DP ended the inning.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Rays beat Marlins 1-0.



Cardinals score 6 in the 1st, 4 in the fourth, but still having trouble holding off the Reds. Was 10-6 last I saw, Reds left em loaded twice I think

[TransMonk]

The Brewers walk it off in the 10th vs the Twinkies.

[Fman99]

Frayed Knot wrote: Yankees lose. THAAAAA Yankees LOSE!!!! Jays score a lone run via the runner-on-2nd rule in the 10th. Yanx fail to answer.

I still super-hate the runner-on-2nd-to-start-the-10th rule. But I enjoyed it a bit today. The Jays won this game with basically one hit in extras.

[Edgy MD]

I kind of sort of think a guy should get a tally on his homerun totals if he hits it out but something goes wrong on the bases.



It's giving him a homerun with out a run, but as silly as that is, pitchers can get strikeouts without recording an out, and infielders can get assists if the firstbaseman drops the ball, so it's not unprecedented.

[nymr83]

Edgy MD wrote: I kind of sort of think a guy should get a tally on his homerun totals if he hits it out but something goes wrong on the bases. It's giving him a homerun with out a run, but as silly as that is, pitchers can get strikeouts without recording an out, and infielders can get assists if the firstbaseman drops the ball, so it's not unprecedented.

Robin Ventura would like a word with you.





Google Miguel Cabrera's HR today - opposite field with heavy SNOW coming down, you dont see that very often!

[Edgy MD]

Here it is. There's scarcely a flake at the start of the plate appearances, but when he hits it a few pitches later, it's really coming down, and visibility is starting to get compromised.



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[Fman99]

That's wild.

[MFS62]

Google Miguel Cabrera's HR today - opposite field with heavy SNOW coming down, you dont see that very often!

It snowed for a while during my first Mets game at the Polo Grounds in 1962. But nothing like that.

I asked the guy behind me (he had his scorecard out) who that was coming in from the bullpen. He said "Santa Claus". When I turned around and looked at the field, it was snowing.



Later

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: Yankees lose. THAAAAA Yankees LOSE!!!! Jays score a lone run via the runner-on-2nd rule in the 10th. Yanx fail to answer. I still super-hate the runner-on-2nd-to-start-the-10th rule. But I enjoyed it a bit today. The Jays won this game with basically one hit in extras.

one of the worst rules ever. Glad it bit the Yankees there but 10 degrees warmer and maybe that's a home run anyway. So easy to tie too, but the Yankees went down swinging (not making contact though, just three strikeouts)

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, I don't think a fan in the world supports it, but I don't think it's going anywhere.

[Fman99]

Already queued up as a topic for week 3 of the Barley Prose "Mets on Tap" podcast - "Why does the commissioner hate baseball?"

[Ceetar]

no way to keep that one to a tidy half hour. Or one beer.

[Frayed Knot]

Oriole LHP John Means, whom I am totally unfamiliar with, (although was 2nd in AL ROY in 2019) is one- hitting the Boston thru 7 in their (rain) delayed season opener.

Single to the first Sox hitter of the game and just one walk since. 2-0 Baltimore heading into the 8th

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

John Means Business

[G-Fafif]

Means pitched against the Mets the night the news of Tom Seaver's death was announced.

[Chad ochoseis]

Wheeler has given up one hit in the first five in Philadelphia against Los Bravos, and just put himself ahead 1-0 with an RBI single.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

good thing Brody made a show of how little he thought of Wheeler

[Chad ochoseis]

8 Ks, as well. Though I have to admit I agreed with BVW at the time. I never saw consistency in Wheeler.

[Fman99]

No Mets games all weekend is some dickage.

[Frayed Knot]

Wheeler winds up going 7 (on a low pitch count) and allows only a 2nd inning single to Td'A. He also had two hits and knocked in two. Phils win 4-0



btw, Game Time =2:30





Braves have scored two runs in two games, both coming on a PH 2R HR by ... Pablo Sandoval!

As fat as ever but the Panda can still turn on a fastball.

Edited April 3, 2021 by Guest

[dinosaur jesus]

To this point, pitching against each other, Corbin Burnes and Jose Berrios have combined to pitch 11 hitless innings, with 21 strikeouts. That's got to be at least as rare as a no-hitter. But in a few innings it's almost certainly going to be just another game.

[ashie62]

I just saw the Twins Brewers line. Wow.

[Frayed Knot]

Josh Fuentes, who is replacing Nolan Arenado at 3B for the Rockies, is the cousin of Nolan Arenado.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

White Sox reserve catcher Yerimn Mercedes mlb debut goes 5-5

[Frayed Knot]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: White Sox reserve catcher Yerimn Mercedes mlb debut goes 5-5

He then tacked on a 3-fer-3 on top of that before finally being retired in his last AB on Saturday which plummeted his BA down to .889

[Edgy MD]

Maybe we stole the wrong White Sox catcher.