Sunday, June 16th vs. Philadelphia

[elextrano8]

He pitched, and not very well.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hopkin000ant#

[Malike]

If we win today this series was a base hit away from a sweep with the way game 1 played out. Just couldn't buy a hit with RISP.

[WillyM]

Looks like the guys decided to save some runs for the Yankees series.

[HowAboutThat]

27 minutes ago, Bemorewins said:

Not sure what any of the second sentence means. Or really the first for that matter.

What actually happened was we kicked their butts!

It was a joke. The second sentence is the final line of the movie “Tora Tora Tora“

I was surprised and a little disappointed to find out that it is apocryphal, but the quote was attributed to Yamamoto.

I was making fun of the people who think the sky is falling by the third inning, or who fear the opposition is going to rage back in the sixth inning in score 20 runs.

[Can_of_corn]

Shame Moose isn't here or I'd post the latest Elly De La Cruz highlight.  He scored from second on a pickoff attempt.

[Malike]

Just now, WillyM said:

Looks like the guys decided to save some runs for the Yankees series.

Hopefully, the LHB pull the balls in the air in Yankee stadium.

[Malike]

Just now, Philip said:

It was a joke. The second sentence is the final line of the movie “Tora Tora Tora“

I was surprised and a little disappointed to find out that it is apocryphal, but the quote was attributed to Yamamoto.

I was making fun of the people who think the sky is falling by the third inning, or who fear the opposition is going to rage back in the sixth inning in score 20 runs.

You should also make fun of the people who think Elias needs to fix the bullpen yesterday. People saying ridiculous things "there better be a major trade in the next 15 hours". You know, that type of nonsense.

[Just Regular]

0 for 4 hitting the strike zone in this game state tends to make me not worry if Vespi is lost to another club.

[Malike]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Shame Moose isn't here or I'd post the latest Elly De La Cruz highlight.  He scored from second on a pickoff attempt.

And he's still the 4th fastest guy in MLB tied with Mateo. Must have been a lazy CF trying to get to the ball.

[Billy F-Face3]

The Phillips have quite the assortment of unique names. They sound like they could be from a Marvel or DC comic book series...

Ranger Suarez

Zach Wheeler

Alverado

Nola

Bohm

Stott

Realmuto

Marsh

 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Malike said:

And he's still the 4th fastest guy in MLB tied with Mateo. Must have been a lazy CF trying to get to the ball.

https://streamable.com/6s75cb

The CF was pretty far back and the throw didn't have a lot of carry on it.

Edited June 16 by Can_of_corn

[Paul in Virginia]

9 minutes ago, Malike said:

What's his OPS?

 

Not sure, but he hits both shallow rollers AND deep rollers.

[Malike]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

https://streamable.com/6s75cb

The CF was pretty far back and the throw didn't have a lot of carry on it.

I think he just surprises people when he does that stuff, I think it's great and the fielder probably just isn't expecting it.

[Moshagge3]

I'm not sure why Dillon Tate got passed over here. If he has to pitch in Yankee Stadium he's going to have a week of rust.

[Malike]

Save situation soon.