vs. RAYS, 8/25

[Malike]

I hope I get the chance to have beers with you someday!

[waroriole]

25 pitches to Delmon Young in three at bats.

He's been very impressive tonight.

[Aristotelian]

Nick still putting together a tough AB. Every pitch they throw affects their bullpen later in the series.

[allquixotic]

You're gonna need a pinch cut-and-paster. You must be exhausted.

I'd help, but I have an On-Key Percentage (OKP) of about .150 when dealing with BBCode tags. One little stray ] and you're embarrassed for the rest of the night at your incompetence.

Our Pat has an OKP of 1.000. His Pastes Above Replacement (PAR) is infinity.

[Malike]

8 run lead and these guys are still working the pitcher.

[weams]

Because there aren't many people who are more awesome than Bill Freaking Murray. That's why!

[Teddy OBP]

Even with an out, Nick with a 9 pitch at bat. The rest of this game should be about wearing out their bullpen.

[scOtt]

I hope I get the chance to have beers with you someday!

Back atcha brother.

[weams]

I hope I get the chance to have beers with you someday!

You would love the experience.

[murph]

Sure look like it was pulled off live.

[scOtt]

I think my... allergies... were working that day.

[Malike]

I am the walrus.

[waroriole]

Come on KC. Get it together.

[PeteU]

Glad to see the boys back after four days off. How they kept themselves busy after that White Sox series, I have no idea.

[OFFNY]

Chris may be the first player to have higher HR total then BA after this season is all said and done. That would be something!

In 1982, Dave Kingman lead the league in home runs for the Mets with a .204 batting average.

It was:

A) The lowest batting average ever for a home run champion.

PLUS

B) 14 points lower than that year's Cy Young Award winner (Steve Carlton, who batted .218 that year.) It was the only time to date that a home run champion had a lower batting average than the Cy Young Award winner.

AND

C) The lowest batting average ever for a 1st baseman (also Chris Davis' position) that had enough plate appearances to qualify for a batting title.