I Really Thought Manny Was Going To Get Off To A Blazing Start.

[OFFNY]

49 minutes ago, OFFNY said:

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(APRIL 22nd)

 

Machado has 8 home runs, 7 doubles, is batting .356 with a .434 OBP, and his OPS. is 1.147 ........ and it's still April.

 

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Of course, the term "start" is relative to the beholder ........ a start could be 4 or 5 games, it could be 15-20 games, or it could be 40 games (about 1/4 of the season.)

I do think that 4 or 5 games is premature.

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/player/gamelog/_/id/31097/manny-machado

 

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[Frobby]

Manny is hitting unbelievably right now.    

[Moose Milligan]

15 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Manny is hitting unbelievably right now.    

It'd be cool to see a .300/.400/.500 season from him.  

[El Gordo]

31 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Manny is hitting unbelievably right now.    

Yes he's almost beautiful when he's hot............, but for that haircut.

[OriolesMagic83]

2 hours ago, El Gordo said:

Yes he's almost beautiful when he's hot............, but for that haircut.

Maybe when he gets a big contract, he will be able to get a better haircut.  That type of haircut usually results in lawsuits.

What should it be called?  The bowl cut?

 

[ChuckS]

16 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Maybe when he gets a big contract, he will be able to get a better haircut.  That type of haircut usually results in lawsuits.

What should it be called?  The bowl cut?

 

Maybe I don't know what I'm looking at it, but it looks like Manny is wearing a hair piece.  You can see his natural hair under the long straight hair.  

Either that or went through some process where he got it straigtened.  I am not a hair expert.  It's weird either way and someone needs to tell him it's not a good look. 

[weams]

6 hours ago, Frobby said:

Manny is hitting unbelievably right now.    

His early at-bats against Kluber reminded me of Bonds at one point late in his career. He picks the pitches to do damage to and he sees one per at bat at most.

[Moshagge3]

The Orioles could have the MVP (Machado) and the Cy Young (Bundy) and still finish in last. That can't have ever happened before.

[Frobby]

So, for the record:

.356/.434/.713, 8 HR, 7 2B, 17 RBI in 22 games.    

And, as the OP notes, Manny didn’t do much over the first week.  Over the last 15 games he’s hitting .417/.485/.917.    All of his homers and RBI, and all but one of his doubles, have come in that 15-game stretch.   

[Babypowder]

5 hours ago, ChuckS said:

Maybe I don't know what I'm looking at it, but it looks like Manny is wearing a hair piece.  You can see his natural hair under the long straight hair.  

Either that or went through some process where he got it straigtened.  I am not a hair expert.  It's weird either way and someone needs to tell him it's not a good look. 

There's no way what we see is what he walks around looking like. I'm curious to see what he does with it when he isn't playing baseball.

 

EDIT: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/95957293-132.html

When he's out and about it likely looks like that. The pretty typical hipster undercut. It just looks awful without product or styling.

[Aglets]

Fun thread.

Manny's 8 HR are second in the American League (behind some Trout guy) and his .356 average is behind only Mookie Betts.

Now imagine if we still had Flaherty on the team.................

[OFFNY]

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Manny Machado is tied for 6th on the All-Time list for players with multi-home run games at the age of 25 or under.

 

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https://twitter.com/masnRoch/status/988158399597694976

 

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[OFFNY]

On 4/23/2018 at 8:34 AM, OFFNY said:

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Manny Machado is tied for 6th on the All-Time list for players with multi-home run games at the age of 25 or under.

 

Jimmie Foxx llllllllllllllllllll 19

Bob Horner lllllllllllllllllllllll 19

Willie Mays llllllllllllllllllll 19

Alex Rodriguez lllllllllll 19

Andruw Jones lllllllllllllllll 18

Manny Machado lllllllllllllll 17

Joe DiMaggio llllllllllllllllll 17

Ralph Kiner llllllllllllllllllllll 17

 

https://twitter.com/masnRoch/status/988158399597694976

 

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Why Manny Machado May Be Closing the Gap on Bryce Harper as the Top MLB Free Agent this Off-Season

(By Dayn Perry)

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/why-manny-machado-may-be-closing-the-gap-on-bryce-harper-as-the-top-mlb-free-agent-this-offseason/

 

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[Ohfan67]

On 4/23/2018 at 7:30 AM, Babypowder said:

There's no way what we see is what he walks around looking like. I'm curious to see what he does with it when he isn't playing baseball.

 

EDIT: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/95957293-132.html

When he's out and about it likely looks like that. The pretty typical hipster undercut. It just looks awful without product or styling.

It still looks terrible without the helmet. Yuck. 

[Ohfan67]

If he's not going to be an Oriole next year, then I definitely hope his contract is record breaking. If he's not an Oriole, then I want him to be the highest paid player in the history of baseball.