MLB 2016

[Northwestcoug]

It's dumb to add Ichiro's numbers from Japan on his hit total like ESPN does on various pages.

Possibly, Ichiro would have had an early career similar to Tony Gwynn. He plays half the time for a couple seasons when he's around 22, collects some hits and then hits his stride around the time he's 24. Based off of that, Ichiro would have had three 200+ hit seasons before he was 27 (his age when he debuted with the Mariners) and collected, maybe, a total of another 200 hits combined from his first couple seasons.

Right now, he'd be sitting on around 3,800 hits which would be incredible.

I agree. This doesn't take away anything from Ichiro's legacy though. He's had a great career.

BTW, I was at the game when Gwynn got his 3000th hit. It was a couple of years before the Expos shipped out of Montreal, so you can guess how many people were attending...

[Color Me Badd Fan]

I agree. This doesn't take away anything from Ichiro's legacy though. He's had a great career.

BTW, I was at the game when Gwynn got his 3000th hit. It was a couple of years before the Expos shipped out of Montreal, so you can guess how many people were attending...

As a comparison, during the seasons that Pete Rose was 27 to 41 years of age, he had 2,862 hits.

Over the first 15 years of Ichiro's career in MLB, he has 2,933 hits. Ichiro has never really had major injury issues, and he hit the ground running back in 2001, so I really think he would have averaged 200 hits for at least the three seasons prior to 2001.

[Northwestcoug]

Aroldis Chapman throws a 105 mph pitch, second fastest pitch ever recorded. He also has the fastest ever a few years ago.

The yankees bullpen is very good this year. Too bad it's wasted on this season.

[Northwestcoug]

Ortiz went 0 for 5 today, 4 of those AB he left runners on base. The winning streak is done at 11 for the Sox.

I'm hoping that the Sox haven't peaked too soon, and that Ortiz won't start a slump right in time for the playoffs

[Walter Sobchak]

God I hate Red Sox fans.

[Northwestcoug]

God I hate Red Sox fans.

That makes me sad.

[Paperback Writer]

Ortiz went 0 for 5 today, 4 of those AB he left runners on base. The winning streak is done at 11 for the Sox.

I'm hoping that the Sox haven't peaked too soon, and that Ortiz won't start a slump right in time for the playoffs

Red Sox are winning the world series, last to first! Of course I predicted the same thing last year. Can only mean that the Red Sox are wining back-to-back World Series:
2012 - last; 2013 - WS Champs; 2014 - last; 2015 - WS Champs; 2015 - last; 2016 - WS Champs; 2017 - WS Champs.

[Northwestcoug]

Red Sox are winning the world series, last to first! Of course I predicted the same thing last year. Can only mean that the Red Sox are wining back-to-back World Series:
2012 - last; 2013 - WS Champs; 2014 - last; 2015 - WS Champs; 2015 - last; 2016 - WS Champs; 2017 - WS Champs.

I like your thinking! But only a little, I don't want to upset Walter too much.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

I don't care about baseball very much, I don't cheer for anyone. That said, I'd like to see Cleveland and the Cubs in the World Series. One of the loser franchises would finally win it all.

[Northwestcoug]

I don't care about baseball very much, I don't cheer for anyone. That said, I'd like to see Cleveland and the Cubs in the World Series. One of the loser franchises would finally win it all.

I confess, I wouldn't be too sad if the Cubs won the Series. I have a soft spot in my heart for Lester.

[Donuthole]

Poor Orioles. Ubaldo comes in and gets rocked by 3 straight batters. O's best reliever never even gets in the game.

[Green Monstah]

After the beer can incident, I really wanted the Jays to lose.

[CardiacCoug]

Really dumb by Showalter last night. If you have a reliever with a 0.5 ERA and you never put him in and you lose an 11 inning game that is just stupid.

Always have thought it is so dumb for teams to save their best relief pitcher for save situations. If a team gets runners on base near the end of a tie game seems like that's always a good time for your best relief pitcher.

[smokymountainrain]

Poor Orioles. Ubaldo comes in and gets rocked by 3 straight batters. O's best reliever never even gets in the game.

i get why they were trying to save Britton earlier, but when Toronto had guys on first and third and one out, it's desperation time. you have to put Britton in the game. unbelievable.

[Northwestcoug]

i get why they were trying to save Britton earlier, but when Toronto had guys on first and third and one out, it's desperation time. you have to put Britton in the game. unbelievable.

Yeah, in an elimination game the change should have been made even after the first hit of that inning.