We TRIED to give that game away but couldn’t quite do it

[DrungoHazewood]

52 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

The park doesn’t help..over the last 3 years, their park factor is 92…the next closest is 96.

Of course the park helps with the pitching.

 

48 minutes ago, Malike said:

Which is why Kirby is Cy Young at home and has a 4+ ERA on the road.

A little Fenway effect going on with the park. They've actually had an OPS+ over 100 six times since 2015, but seems like they're always trying to improve the offense because the unadjusted numbers don't look good.

Of course this year their OPS+ is just 93 so they could really use some help.

[Malike]

27 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

The 1957 Cubs were the first team to ever strike out 900 times in an entire season.

I'd imagine it was a rare feat back then. If you strike out less than 1200 times a year in this day and age that's pretty elite.

[gretzkyscores]

Of course Mike Baumann pitches a scoreless 9th inning against us ...

[e16bball]

4 minutes ago, gretzkyscores said:

Of course Mike Baumann pitches a scoreless 9th inning against us ...

Glad for him. He’d been a disaster coming into that appearance.

A shutout win plus decent outings for a couple solid old friends in Voth and Baumann was a fine outcome.

[DrungoHazewood]

1 hour ago, Malike said:

I'd imagine it was a rare feat back then. If you strike out less than 1200 times a year in this day and age that's pretty elite.

From 1920-1950 no team struck out even 800 times in a full season. This year's Astros are 30th in strikeouts and are on pace for 1107, and three teams have already struck out more than 800 times before July 4th.

The 1921 Reds struck out just 308 times all year. There have now been nine teams that struck out more than 308 times in a month, led by the 2022 Giants who struck out 328 times in September (and a game or two in October) of 2022. Of course the '21 Reds also hit just 20 homers all year. Big Edd Roush led the team with four, to go along with his eight strikeouts.

Edited Wednesday at 17:42 by DrungoHazewood

[Malike]

Fix the pen!