2011 Around the Majors Thread

awful stuff.

 

I never understood why they designed these things so people even have the opportunity to fall that far while you're in a seat that there's a decent chance you might get a foul ball / ball thrown to you.

 

They'll take care of that kid and the rest of that guy's family. Josh Hamilton will probably step up.

 

The Rangers actually seem like a really classy org. Just watched "This Week In Baseball" and saw they drafted a paralyzed kid from UG in the 33rd round to help him live his dream after a gnarley accident in the field.

 

Yeah I remember seeing that, his buddy did get drafted by them so just made that much more special.

 

ya. the kid who crashed into him was drafted in like the 5th and they drafted his friend in the 33rd. really cool.

 

Oh shit, I thought the fan dies reaching for a foul. Josh Hamilton threw him the ball?

If that doesn't cause a relapse nothing will. Josh can't catch a break.

 

It's a sad story that this 6 year old had to watch his dad fall to his death. Witnesses say the guy was concious and was yelling to take care of his son.

As far as them drafting the kid from Georgia a lot of teams use those picks to just fill out their rosters in rookie ball. Most of them don't even realistically have a shot to make it out of rookie ball but it's still a classy move by Texas.

 

Called this one. With Boone Logan, it was inevitable.

 

Cubs lead Marlins 2-0 entering the 9th inning. Top of the 9th follows:

Marlins 9th
Carlos Marmol pitching:
Mike Stanton : Ball, Ball, Ball, Stanton walked.
Mike Cameron : Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Cameron walked, Stanton to second.
John Buck : Ball, Ball, Ball, Buck walked, Stanton to third, Cameron to second
Greg Dobbs hit for Edward Mujica
Dewayne Wise ran for John Buck.
Greg Dobbs : Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Foul, Dobbs doubled to right, Stanton, Cameron and Wise scored
Brett Hayes ran for Greg Dobbs.
Emilio Bonifacio : Ball, Ball, Ball, Bonifacio walked.
Omar Infante : Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Infante walked, Hayes to third, Bonifacio to second.
Gaby Sanchez : Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Sanchez hit sacrifice fly to left, Hayes scored, Bonifacio to third.
Hanley Ramirez : Ball, Ramirez singled to right, Bonifacio scored, Infante to second.
James Russell relieved Kerry Wood.
Logan Morrison : Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Morrison grounded out to first, Infante to third, Ramirez to second.
Mike Stanton : Intentional ball, Intentional ball, Intentional ball, Stanton intentionally walked.
Mike Cameron : Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Cameron singled to left, Infante scored, Ramirez out at home, Stanton to second.
End of Inning (6 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)


Marlins win 6-3

 

Why the Cubs don't use Wood to close, I'll never know.

 

Last 30 innings for Seattle:

0 runs scored. Franchise record.

edit: ended at 30. Ichiro ended an 0/14 with an RBI single after Gutierrez singled and stole second.

 

Boston went 5/52 last night.
Tampa Bay went 3/50.

Ellsbury 0/8, Varitek 0/6, Reddick 0/5, Zobrist 0/5, Brignac 0/6, Upton 0/6


Beckett went 8 innings, 1 hit, 0 walks, 6 Ks
Niemann went 8 innings, 2 hits, 2 walks, 10 Ks

I believe it was the longest game in Rays history.

Most notable moment in game was when Boston loaded the bases in the 11th and failed to score.

Kevin Youkilis : Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Youkilis walked.
David Ortiz : Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Ortiz walked, Youkilis to second.
Jake McGee relieved J.P. Howell
Darnell McDonald hit for J.D. Drew.
Darnell McDonald : Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, McDonald walked, Youkilis to third, Ortiz to second
Drew Sutton ran for David Ortiz.
Josh Reddick : Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Reddick struck out swinging.
Juan Cruz relieved Jake McGee.
Jason Varitek : Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Varitek struck out swinging.
Marco Scutaro : Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Scutaro fouled out to catcher.

 

Kershaw and Lincecum in a 0-0 game through 6 innings, Kershaw has allowed 2 hits and struck out 9 so far.

 

Rangers put up 20 today against the Twins! Wow!

 

Ervin Santana throws a No-Hitter vs. Indians

 

Other big story was the huge blown call that gave the Braves a win over the Pirates in an extremely long extra innings game. Guy was clearly out at the plate, but ump called him safe. I think that's the only recent really long game I didn't watch. I saw the two lengthy Red Sox ones.

Also, Emilio Bonafacio just extended his hitting streak to 26.

Billy Butler hit a 3 run homer off Josh Beckett to give KC the lead. Hopefully another huge underdog comes through (on Monday, two big underdogs came through. SD@PHI and KC@BOS).

 

Hideki Irabu hung himself in California yesterday.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/28/hideki-irabu-found-dead-suicide-suspected/

 

David Carradine style or did he mean to do it?

 

CARADINE WAS MURDEREDFD!!e



but ya, looks like Irabu meant to finish the job.