The Official 2019 Major League Baseball Thread

[m0nkey]

34 minutes ago, Troll Daddy said:

Lol although I’m not surprised 

Harper went 5-5 yesterday with two opposite field hits and a bunt against the shift. 

5-7

[Blarg]

20 hours ago, Lou said:

one for @yk9001 (and his favorite song/baseball custom):

Yankees stopped playing Kate Smith's 'God Bless America' after discovering her racist songs

 

The New York Yankees have played “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch since 9/11, and for most of that time, the version fans would hear booming from the speakers was Kate Smith’s well-known rendition. But the Yankees have stopped playing her recording of the song.

Why did the Yankees eliminate Smith from their seventh-inning routine? According to the New York Daily News, it’s due to several songs Smith recorded in the late 1930s that include shockingly racist language and imagery. From the Daily News:

Smith was a famous singer before and during WWII who recorded the offensive jingle, “Pickaninny Heaven,” which she directed at “colored children” who should fantasize about an amazing place with “great big watermelons,” among other treats. She shot a video for that song that takes place in an orphanage for black children, and much of the imagery is startlingly racist. She also recorded, “That’s Why Darkies Were Born,” which included the lyrics, “Someone had to pick the cotton. … That’s why darkies were born"

The amazingly dissengenuous part of this story is the complete lack of context. For one, Kate Smith never wrote a single song she sang. Second, she had zero control of her career as to what she would sing, where and to whom. It was a studio contract controlled world and if you tried to choose not to perform you violated your contract, would be sued by the studios and blacklisted. The artist did what they were told and that was the end of it. 

I'm not making excuses for racist actions and deeds but rather saying that without perspective it is much worse now that it considered then. Just imagine how bad our generation will look 100 years from now. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

https://www.mlb.com/news/nathan-eovaldi-to-injured-list-with-elbow-injury

Eovaldi to injured list with right elbow issue

[Blarg]

45 minutes ago, Lou said:

Eovaldi placed on IL with elbow injury. 

21 ip

6.97 era

1.524 whip

(4/$68M)

They over paid for a pitcher they wrecked. At least they didn't re-sign Kimbrel. 

[DMVol]

Gio available...and he fired Boras....

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/04/yankees-rumors-gio-gonzalez-fires-scott-boras-expected-opt-out.html

[m0nkey]

Aaron judge left the game. Add another to the Yankees injured players list 

[Glen]

8 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Aaron judge left the game. Add another to the Yankees injured players list 

Did he break his teeth?

[Inside Pitch]

1 minute ago, Glen said:

Did he break his teeth?

[beatlesrule]

1 hour ago, DMVol said:

Gio available...and he fired Boras....

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/04/yankees-rumors-gio-gonzalez-fires-scott-boras-expected-opt-out.html

Is there any money left in Arte's budget to afford him?

[Stradling]

55 minutes ago, Glen said:

Did he break his teeth?

Either way he’s a pussy, especially if it’s his ankle. 

[Swiss Angel Fan]

Kendrys Morales is pitching for the A's in a 9-0 game. Gotta love these blowout games!

[Lou]

Yellich hits #12

[Lou]

G. Cole so far today:

1 ip

5 runs

4 er 

4 hits

2 bb 

43 pitches 

Season era is now 4.50

[Troll Daddy]

3 hours ago, Lou said:

Yellich hits #12

Giving Trouty a run for best player in the game 

[m0nkey]

3 hours ago, Lou said:

G. Cole so far today:

1 ip

5 runs

4 er 

4 hits

2 bb 

43 pitches 

Season era is now 4.50

Bruin 

[Lou]

Andrelton Simmons is 12 for his last 25. he is now batting .274 

6 days ago he was batting.197

[DMVol]

3 hours ago, Lou said:

Andrelton Simmons is 12 for his last 25. he is now batting .274 

6 days ago he was batting.197

Bourjos is next....you just wait....

[Inside Pitch]

11 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

Giving Trouty a run for best player in the game 

Has he hit a HR on the road yet?

 

[Vlad27Trout27]

14 hours ago, Lou said:

G. Cole so far today:

1 ip

5 runs

4 er 

4 hits

2 bb 

43 pitches 

Season era is now 4.50

Good we can get him for a bargain price now!

[m0nkey]

Christian Walker (Dbacks) went 4-4 with a walk yesterday and is not starting today

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, Inside Pitch said:

Has he hit a HR on the road yet?

 

Miller Park is really offense friendly.   What CC did for them back in that half season for the Brewers in the late 2000s was ridiculous.   Pitchers generally don’t perform that well in that park.

[m0nkey]

42 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Christian Walker (Dbacks) went 4-4 with a walk yesterday and is not starting today

Never mind, turns out he has a minor hip issue

[Lou]

2 hours ago, m0nkey said:

Never mind, turns out he has a minor hip issue

you should know better.

manager: Bruin 

[Broad Street]

I wonder if more players will follow Harper's lead and bunt against the shift. Notice they didn't shift against him the next AB

[Tank]

16 minutes ago, Kody Mac said:

I wonder if more players will follow Harper's lead and bunt against the shift. Notice they didn't shift against him the next AB

i still find it perplexing that more players don't just try to drop one down for a relatively easy single. maybe it's a macho thing or one of the notorious unwritten rules.