[MLB] 2023 Major League Baseball Season (MLB Thread)

jwhouk

jwhouk

Sorry, Cheesy.

EDIT: of course, what's going to happen is the Brewers are going to lose the first game at LA, then win game two before getting blown out in game three.
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

So:

SAN DIEGO BRACKET*
  • Toronto (8) at Tampa Bay (1)
  • NY Yankees (5) at Cleveland (4)
LOS ANGELES BRACKET
  • Houston (6) at Minnesota (3)
  • Chicago White Sox (7) at Oakland (2)
ARLINGTON BRACKET*
  • Milwaukee (8) at LA Dodgers (1)
  • St. Louis (5) at San Diego (4)
HOUSTON BRACKET
  • Miami (6) at Chicago Cubs (3)
  • Cincinnati (7) at Atlanta (2)
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

Tampa in 3
Cleveland in 3
Cleveland in 5

Houston in 2
Oakland in 3
Houston in 5

Houston in 6

Dodgers in 3
Padres in 3
Padres in 5

Cubs in 2
Atlanta in 3
Cubs in 5

Padres in 6

Padres in 6
 
DarkAudit

DarkAudit

RIP Jay Johnstone. :(

His family noted that Johnstone's time of death Saturday occurred around the same time Dodger Stadium was plunged into darkness because of a power outage.

"He may have had a hand in it or a victory lap of remembrance," said Rick Monday, Johnstone's former teammate and current Dodgers broadcaster.
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That would be just like him. :D
 
blotsfan

blotsfan

This might be more appropriate for the politics section but every time I hear the name "Hunter Pence" my brain locks up for like 10 seconds before I can function again. I hope he has a good retirement and I never hear about him again.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Something/someone nearby: "Hunter Pence!"
Blots: "Why'd you say that name? You promised me that you would never say that name!"
S/SN: "What, Hunter Pence?"
B: "Aaaigh!"

--Patrick
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

Prop bet certainty of the week: if the Astros make it to the World Series, the first pitch of game 1 will be a hit-batsman.
 
blotsfan

blotsfan

Literally the most perfect thing someone can do in baseball. When I was in Pittsburgh I went to the Forbes field home plate and the marker for where the ball landed.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

jwhouk said:
That one home run is essentially the reason why Bill Mazeroski is in the Hall of Fame.
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From his wikipedia entry:
"Mazeroski will forever be known as the guy who hit that World Series home run, but that doesn't do him justice," said Paul Ladewski, a former Pirates beat reporter and longtime Hall of Fame voter. "His is one of the great American Dream stories in sports history, that of a self-made athlete who beat long odds through a tireless work ethic and an uncommon passion for the game to achieve greatness."

—Patrick
 
blotsfan

blotsfan

I was gonna post but forgot, his Wikipedia page definitely looks like it was written by someone with a connection to him.
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

Welp. Guess I got that Tampa Bay Rays hat at the wrong time.

EDIT: Uh, yeah. Disregard.
 
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jwhouk

jwhouk

TIL that Benford's Law - which has been thrown around as a way of proving whether or not an election is fair or rigged (and shown to be lacking) - is actually proved in another category: Total Bases per batter in MLB history.

NUMBER# TIMES 1ST DIGIT
0​
28,645​
1​
29,492​
2​
17,297​
3​
7,712​
4​
5,253​
5​
4,620​
6​
4,027​
7​
3,722​
8​
3,353​
9​
3,129​
 
DarkAudit

DarkAudit

So... MLB Draft League. The Black Bears still exist, but are no longer part of MiLB. Better than the alternative, I guess.
 
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