The Braves won 5 games in April. They won 10 games in May. Off to a 1-0 start in June . . . so, all they have to do is win 15 in June, then 20 in July, August and September for 90 total wins. With the exception of last year's stacked up NL Central, 90 wins will typically get you in as at least second wild card. Lost season? Ha! Is this what being a delusional sports fan is like?
I stopped paying attention when the Mariners went down 12-2 in the 5th inning last night. Guess I should have more faith. 2 innings later they were up 16-12, and won 16-13. Korean secret weapon came in as a pinch hitter and went 3-3 with a HR and 4 RBI and the M's went 11-12 (!) with RISP. Damn. Maybe they are for real.
In related news, the Twins won 7 games in April, and improved to 8 wins in May! Clearly, this is an organization that's ascending.
It's not Odor tier, but Manny Machado nailed Yordano Ventura with a pretty good shot and take down. (Video) http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1...harges-mound-punches-yordano-ventura-plunking
Lee is 2-2 tonight. Both hits have left the park. He now has 10 HR's in 101 AB's. Still no other extra base hits. He's like a magical Asian Stay-Puft Marshmallow man.
Hahahahaha...Pete Rose is butt hurt. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/16198037/pete-rose-counting-ichiro-suzuki-japan-hits-record
I mean Jesus, he came into the league at age 27 and will STILL break 3000 hits just in the MLB alone. Has Rose ever NOT been obnoxious? It would be nice to have an all-time hits leader who isn't also a gigantic sack of anuses.
Ichiro ties Rose! (Yes, I know...Nippon league isn't MLB. But the whole thing puts a burr in Rose's ass, so I'm all for it.)
I saw Pete Rose in an art/memorabilia store in the shitty mall in between Mandalay Bay and Luxor when I was in Vegas 2 weeks ago. He had what seemed like a regularly scheduled signing. There was NOBODY in the store or in line and he appeared to be napping in his chair. Living the dream.
And Ichiro goes 2-5 and passes Rose. I like to imagine Pete is sitting at a table with a half empty bottle, head in his hands, and muttering to himself "I'm still the hit king, I'm still the hit king mother fucker. Shit."
Rose is pretty douchey. But, he is still the hit king. I keep hearing people say that Rose should show a little more class and tip his cap to Ichiro, since it's still a great accomplishment. However, that's not why Rose should do that. He should act classy, because he should be thankful Ichiro did NOT play his whole career in MLB. Because he definitely would've passed Rose, then, and Pete wouldn't have the HOF or the hits record.
I just bought a pristine PSA graded 1967 Topps Dooley Womack. Besides having one of the stupidest names ever bestowed on a human being, why would I do such a thing? Go read Ball Four by Jim Bouton. Seriously, it is probably still the best baseball book ever written even though it's closing in on 50 years old. It's Bouton's diary of the 1969 season with the Seattle Pilots and he caused quite a scandal with the book. It was a huge seller, it's well written, hilarious, and even served as the basis for a failed TV series that lasted like 4 episodes.
I will refer to Ichiro as the hit King. Everyone and their mother knows he would be far ahead of Rose, and he has the single-season hit record as well. And he's not an asshole.
If I was a team owner, I would sign Ichiro to yearly contracts simply to let him stay in the league long enough to break the record.
Well shit. Mariners minor leaguer Boog Powell gets 80-game suspension for PEDs http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1...sitive-banned-performance-enhancing-substance This is his second PED suspension. Dumb mother fucker.