MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Or Rusty Kuntz.Still doesn't beat Dick Trickle.
Or Rusty Kuntz.Still doesn't beat Dick Trickle.
That will probably always be the winner, but Johnny Dickshot and Pete LaCock were great too.Still doesn't beat Dick Trickle.
Went to check the scores and was blown away that the Twins weren’t one of those. Well, the game was, but on the other side of the scoreboard.9 games in MLB yesterday. 5 shutouts and 3 with the losing team only scoring 1.
The Mariners are inevitable.Went to check the scores and was blown away that the Twins weren’t one of those. Well, the game was, but on the other side of the scoreboard.
Besides the teams I root for he is first on my list of pitchers I like watching right now. Last night's performance was amazing. After 4 innings I was thinking no hitter, dare I say perfect game? He looked that dialed in. The only thing I thought that might stand in the way was a pitch county advancing too much (I hate pitch counts when that is how they factor into a game) because of all the strikeouts. He made maybe 3 questionable pitches the entire time he was out there, and it sucked that he left the one pitch Ty France hit for a single a little up in the zone. His changeup usually goes right to the spot he wants. The strikeout that ended the third inning was unreal to me.Skubal is pretty good at pitching.
I'm not going to pooh-pooh that number, because I understand what it is getting at.And speaking of pitching, here are some numbers that tell you how different the game is in 2025 than it was for basically all of the 20th century. Freddie Freeman has been a good hitter for his entire career, and a pretty durable guy. He's made 9042 plate appearances since his debut around 15 years ago. In that time he has faced 1423 different pitchers. The late Pete Rose made more plate appearances than any other major league player, 15890. In his entire career, he faced only 793 different pitchers. If Freeman had faced his pitchers the same number of times on average as Rose, he'd have only seen about 450 pitchers so far in his career.
Freeman also sees more teams because of expansion. Also the NL only had 12 teams when Rose played so Rose saw teams significantly more often.I'm not going to pooh-pooh that number, because I understand what it is getting at.
However, it is still inflated a bit because of interleague play. By default, Freeman sees more different teams in a season than Rose did, and thus will automatically have the opportunity to see more different pitchers.
Definitely. And not just interleague play, but more teams altogether too. Rose could have played against I believe no more than 26 teams in his entire career had he played in both leagues (he of course never played a regular season game against an American League team), whereas Freeman has played against 30 teams.I'm not going to pooh-pooh that number, because I understand what it is getting at.
However, it is still inflated a bit because of interleague play. By default, Freeman sees more different teams in a season than Rose did, and thus will automatically have the opportunity to see more different pitchers.