Moose Milligan

That was a terrible stolen base attempt.

Decent shot there by RMC. He's coming around.

I'm glad he's figured it out. And I feel better that he went to Cincinnati and Atlanta before he figured it out. Also super stoked and happy that this game is being played tonight.

Hmmmm, well my article says THIS: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/how-do-pitchers-fare-after-a-no-hitter/

The Cardinals obviously knew that it was wiser to let Pujols walk maybe a few years early rather than do what the Angels did. You're right, thats what a good organization does. That, and I suspect that they might have known that he really isn't his listed age.

Wouldn't be surprised if that was true. That Pujols rumor has been around for quite awhile.

Both sides should be aware that baseball is slipping into being an afterthought in this country. The NFL is king. And while the NBA isn't great, it does an absolutely fantastic job of promoting its players and making them cultural touchstones. There's a reason why the NFL and the NBA dominate ESPN and their talkshows. Baseball has been relegated to a sport for old white people. I mean, look at the demographics of this site (I'm willing to bet, although I don't know for sure). Kids today aren't interested in watching it. We can do the whole James Earl Jones "Baseball has marked the times, America has been erased like a blackboard, blah blah blah" quote but that's not living in reality. After the last labor dispute, MLB got really lucky. They had Cal Ripken Jr breaking what was thought to be an unbreakable record. Then Selig and the owners turned a blind eye while McGwire and Sosa and a bunch of others injected themselves with funny sounding chemicals that weren't exactly legal but also weren't ILLEGAL by MLB standards. Balls began flying out of the ballpark at record rates and people came back. They can't pull that trick again, it's already been done before. And if they don't know that, then both sides are stupid and deserve what's coming to them if they have a work stoppage.

I know they can't really afford to have one.

I don't see how this would happen. I'm sure they're going to play a full 162 next year. But whatever, I'm assuming they're going to bring him back later this summer and ruin whatever somewhat good juju they've got going on right now.

His career batting average in STL was .328. He finishes his career with a .298 batting average. He was terrible in Anaheim. Sad way to see his career end but the hints were there in his final season in STL. It was a great season for 99% of other ballplayers, but not for him. They made the right move in letting him walk.

Trying? Haha, you are.

I've long had a theory that the start directly after a no-hitter/perfect game usually isn't good. Don't know where to find information on that but I hope Means can buck that trend (if that trend is really real).

Nice save

I see what you're saying. But it's easier to be outraged and say that the Orioles are getting screwed. Being the victim feels good sometimes.

LMAOOOOOO SG with the jokes! I love how you rip people on smarts...but I believe the phrase you were looking for was "mail-order bride". That's called a homophone...words that sound the same but have a different meaning and spelling.

Gonna order me one of these: https://www.topps.com/cards-collectibles/topps-now/john-means-2021-mlb-topps-now-reg-card-175.html

CoC, of course...being CoC...neglected to give the full headline in the thread title, although he commented on it later. The title of the reddit post is: The author goes on to say: Practically every sports fan I know forever thinks that their team is on the receiving end of bad calls from umpires/officials or are somehow getting screwed. Two Yankees fans that I'm friendly with think they were absolutely positively screwed during the Astros trash-can banging scandal. Somehow, they're unable to comfort themselves in their 27 World Championships. Add the little guy/chip on their shoulder/inferiority complex that many people from Baltimore seem to have with some analysis like this and it's easy to see why someone would get riled up. But let's face it, the Orioles are usually just really good at beating themselves. They don't need help from umpires.

Slackers. No one's said it? None of you? "YOU'RE HERE FOR ONE GODDAMN REASON....TO #&*$ US!!!!" NSFW, obviously, language.

Willie Mays turns 90 today. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31308409/willie-mays-90-was-steph-curry-michael-jordan-simone-biles-mikhail-baryshnikov Palmer, as only Palmer can: Great article with stories and anecdotes. Anyway, happy birthday to the great Willie Mays! A national treasure.

This is going to be interesting to see as the summer goes on. If Means can keep throwing like he's throwing, he will have a good chance to win the Cy Young. Obviously, it's too early to tell but he's got to be the frontrunner right now. Bieber is 3-2 with a 2.98 ERA and a 1.076 WHIP. He leads the league in strikeouts so far with 77. His WAR is 1.5. Cole is 4-1 with a 1.43 ERA, 0.717 WHIP. And he's striking out an absurd 14.8 per 9. Only 37.2 innings pitched. 1.6 WAR Didn't realized Danny Duffy was the ERA leader at 0.60.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/31396231/baltimore-orioles-john-means-others-just-missed-pitching-perfect-game

@Frobby https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31395714/baltimore-orioles-john-means-pitches-no-hitter-vs-seattle-mariners-misses-perfect-game-wild-pitch Also:

One of my favorite baseball cards growing up:

Olson closed it out. It was against Oakland. I remember watching it. Flanagan was in it. Mark Williamson. I want to say Milacki started that game.

Anyone know what the Game Score for this is?