GDT: 2018 MLB Regular Season Thread

[tony d]

Verlander has certainly found new life in Houston. Will be interesting to see how long he keeps it up.

 

[hockeykicker]

jeez theres a good chance that the nationals wont play til monday at the earliest. supposed to be heavy rain all weekend. might end up being 5 days off

 

[JWK]

Rockies’ strategy of only using 2 good hitters every game is a bold one and it doesn’t work 99% of the time, but they keep trying it just to experience that joy of 1%

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

jeez theres a good chance that the nationals wont play til monday at the earliest. supposed to be heavy rain all weekend. might end up being 5 days off

Looks like the forecast for the entire east coast is rain for the next week.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

I wouldn't throw in the towel just yet. Tonight's game looks like it's toast as the rain just doesn't seem to end really, but it looks certainly possible to get a window of 3-4 hours without substantial rain over the weekend and thereafter.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

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[rangerssharks414]

I’m supposed to be going to the D-Backs vs. Mets game tomorrow night, but I doubt they’ll be able to play it.

 

[JWK]

I always believed in Ian Desmond

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

I always believed in Ian Desmond

You'll be back to bashing him within a week.

 

[hockeykicker]

nats get ppd yesterday cause of rain, have a double header today and its still raining

 

[JWK]

You'll be back to bashing him within a week.

Nonsense, why would I bash a guy that's having a comparable season with Goldy according to baseball HOF columnist and radio PBP man!

 

[hockeykicker]

nationals are planning to play through the rain for game 1, seems kinda silly with how much has fallen

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

nationals are planning to play through the rain for game 1, seems kinda silly with how much has fallen

Forecast looks OK for the next few hours

Tomorrow is sunny it appears, so the DH should really be tomorrow.

 

[hockeykicker]

Forecast looks OK for the next few hours

Tomorrow is sunny it appears, so the DH should really be tomorrow.

apparently dodgers refused to play a dh tomorrow since it would have been the same times as today and the dodgers play monday night at home

 

[Terry Yake]

7-3 road trip for the A's against NYY, BOS, and TOR

very nice

 

[hockeykicker]

oh jeez, think howie kendrick just tore his achilles. nats about to be down murphy, eaton, zimmerman, wieters and kedrick among numerous others

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

7-3 road trip for the A's against NYY, BOS, and TOR

very nice

That's with a win tomorrow.

Either way, what a great road trip. Split 6 games in nyy/bos then win the first 3 vs Tor, which in the first 2 games the starter had to leave early due to injury.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Just had an interesting call in the Astros/Indians game. Altuve hit the ball into right field, it struck the right field fence, came down upon the ledge where the padded lower half of the fence meets the meshed fence part and bounced off that ledge into the stands to the right. It was called a HR at first but reversed into a double after review. Houston TV guys thought it's a HR, Cleveland TV guys thought it was a double..both seemed pretty convinced. I checked the ground rules for Minute Maid Park and found no reference to this particular play.

And of course that 1 run just made the difference in the game, too.

 

[Preds Partisan]

Just had an interesting call in the Astros/Indians game. Altuve hit the ball into right field, it struck the right field fence, came down upon the ledge where the padded lower half of the fence meets the meshed fence part and bounced off that ledge into the stands to the right. It was called a HR at first but reversed into a double after review. Houston TV guys thought it's a HR, Cleveland TV guys thought it was a double..both seemed pretty convinced. I checked the ground rules for Minute Maid Park and found no reference to this particular play.

And of course that 1 run just made the difference in the game, too.

I didn't see it, but it's amazing how many times a ball hits in some weird spot...netting pulled up, padding out of place, gap in the painted line, something that shouldn't happen but it does. Ball is going to go where the ball wants to go.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

The Angels' bizarre inability to win at home is perplexing.

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The Orioles traded this guy for Bud Norris.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

Just had an interesting call in the Astros/Indians game. Altuve hit the ball into right field, it struck the right field fence, came down upon the ledge where the padded lower half of the fence meets the meshed fence part and bounced off that ledge into the stands to the right. It was called a HR at first but reversed into a double after review. Houston TV guys thought it's a HR, Cleveland TV guys thought it was a double..both seemed pretty convinced. I checked the ground rules for Minute Maid Park and found no reference to this particular play.

And of course that 1 run just made the difference in the game, too.

I was watching live when it happened. I thought it should have been a HR strictly based on the fact it never hit the ground. It didn’t seem any different than if the ball had hit the top of the wall and bounced over.

 

[hockeykicker]

because of all the injuries, its juan soto time

 

[hockeykicker]

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Sucks for Kendrick. He's well on the back-9 already.