Corey Kluber
vs
John Lackey.
538 predicts Cleveland has a 49% chance of winning this game and a 63% chance of winning the series. The Cubs have the advantage in all of the games up to a hypothetical Game 7. They do need to remember how to score again though.
Here's some classic rock for everyone.
1984
(2 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)
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Date: Wednesday, May 6.
Batting star: Tom Nieto was 2-for-3.
Pitching stars: None.
Opposition stars: Scott McGregor pitched a complete game shutout, giving up three hits and three walks with one strikeout. Cal Ripken was 1-for-4 with a three-run homer, his ninth. Ray Knight was 2-for-4 with a double.
The game: An RBI groundout put the Orioles up 1-0 in the second, in the third, the first three Baltimore batters singled, making it 2-0, and Ripken followed with a three-run homer to make it 5-0. Twins starter Bert Blyleven settled down after that, and the Orioles did not score again until the ninth. Unfortunately, the Twins could do nothing against McGregor. The only man to advance past first base was Steve Lombardozzi, who led off the fourth with a single, was bunted to second, and advanced to third on a ground out. Tom Brunansky lined to first to end the inning.
Of note: Kirby Puckett was 0-for-4, dropping his average to .337...Blyleven recovered from the poor start to pitch 8.1 innings, allowing six runs on seven hits and a walk. He only struck out one, but he pitched well other than the pitch he left up to Ripken.
Record: The Twins were 14-12, tied for second with Kansas City, a game behind California.
Notes: Tim Laudner was the designated hitter in this game. He came in batting .067. He went 0-for-3, dropping his average to .056...Scott McGregor is another fine pitcher that people seem to have forgotten about. He spent his entire major league career with the Orioles, coming to the organization in a mammoth trade in 1976 in which McGregor, Rick Dempsey, Tippy Martinez, Rudy May went to Baltimore and Doyle Alexander, Jimmy Freeman, Elrod Hendricks, Ken Holtzman, and Grant Jackson went to the Yankees. He made his Orioles debut as a September callup in 1976 and came up to stay early in 1977. He joined the rotation in 1978 and stayed there through 1987. He posted double digit wins from 1978-86 and ERAs in the threes seven times in that period. His best years were 1980 (20-8, 3.32, 1.24 WHIP) and 1983 (18-7, 3.17, 1.22 WHIP). By 1987, though, he was on his last legs. This and a game against Cleveland in April were his only good starts, and by June he was out of the rotation. He would appear in four games in 1988, then his career was over. He was not a superstar--he only made one all-star team (1981) and only twice received Cy Young consideration--but he was a rotation starter for Baltimore for nine years. His final record was 138-108, 3.99, 1.29 WHIP.
Charlie Ebbets (1859)
Solly Hofman (1882)
Pete Richert (1939)
Jim Bibby (1944)
Darrell Brown (1955)
Terry Felton (1957)
Jesse Barfield (1959)
R. A. Dickey (1974)
Karim Garcia (1975)
Scott Randall (1975)
Dana Eveland (1983)
Jose Mijares (1984)
Charlie Ebbets was the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1898-1925. Ebbets Field was named after him.
Josh Tomlin
vs
Kyle Hendricks
I like it when we get into someone before everyone else does.
25 Oct 2016
(1 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10)Loading... I didn't see a FMD post, so I am jumping in with this link: a playlist of the 10 songs found to be the most relaxing on earth.
10. "We Can Fly," by Rue du Soleil (Café Del Mar)
9. "Canzonetta Sull'aria," by Mozart
8. "Someone Like You," by Adele
7. "Pure Shores," by All Saints
6. "Please Don't Go," by Barcelona
5. "Strawberry Swing," by Coldplay
4. "Watermark," by Enya
3. "Mellomaniac (Chill Out Mix)," by DJ Shah
2. "Electra," by Airstream
1. "Weightless," by Marconi Union
Spotify playlist
Date: Tuesday, May 5.
Batting stars: Kirby Puckett was 1-for-4 with a three-run homer, his eighth. Steve Lombardozzi was 1-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one. Tom Nieto was 1-for-3 with a run.
Pitching star: Juan Berenguer pitched 3.2 innings of relief, giving up one run on three hits and a walk with four strikeouts.
Opposition stars: Eric Bell pitched 8.1 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on two hits and a walk with seven strikeouts.
The game: Jim Dwyer hit a two-run homer in the third and Eddie Murray homered in a two-run sixth to give the Orioles a 4-0 lead. They added what appeared to be a meaningless run in the ninth on a John Shelby single to go up 5-0. In the bottom of the ninth, however, an error, a single, and a ground out put men on second and third with one down. Lombardozzi singled in a run and Puckett hit a three-run homer to cut the lead to 5-4. A pair of singles, a ground out, and an intentional walk to Randy Bush loaded the bases. The small crowd (8891) was probably in an uproar, but pinch-hitter Roy Smalley popped up to third to end the game.
Of note: Puckett's average fell to .351...Mike Smithson started and pitched five innings, allowing four runs on eight hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
Record: The Twins were 14-11 and were tied for first place with California, although they were ahead on percentage points.
Notes: Mark Davidson started in left field, with Dan Gladden at DH and Smalley on the bench. Davidson was near the beginning of a two-week stretch in which he was pretty much a regular, starting in either left or right. At the start of the stretch, he was batting .263, but with no extra bases hits, for a line of .263/.263/.263. At the end of it, on May 15, he was batting .250/.265/.333...This would be the only season in which Eric Bell was a member of a major league starting rotation. He had made four starts in 1986 and would make only one more start after this season, with Cleveland in 1992. He had a few excellent games in addition to this one, getting complete game wins against Kansas City in July and California in August and going 8.2 innings in another win against Kansas City in July. For the most part, though, he was not very good: 10-13, 5.45, 1.53 WHIP. He would spend 1988-1990 in the minors before going to Cleveland. He got a September call-up in 1991 and pitched very well in relief. He started 1992 with the Indians, but did poorly and was sent down in early May. He started 1993 with Houston, but again was sent down in early May. He pitched in AAA through 1996, then was done.
I've kind of gained a bit of a belly - it's as simple as beer and late-night cravings - so I've been successfully avoiding both things for about a week. If anyone here has worked off a belly in the past, I'm all for words of encouragement and advice. I'm not out of control by any means; I'm 5'11" and about 185 or so, so I know others have struggled from a much higher point than I, but I just don't feel like myself some days.
