Imagine if, in the middle of a no-hitter, a hitter charged the mound and whacked the unsuspecting pitcher on the arm with a bat just because the pitcher was dominating.
That's basically what happened with Urena/Acuna.
Buster Olney
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- Somebody didn't vote for Ichiro, after his MLB career of: 3,089 hits 1,420 runs 509 SB 10 Gold Gloves An MVP Award 2 batting titles A season of 262 hits 10 All-Star selections
- What remains a total mystery is why the other owners in baseball stand by as the A's debacle plays out, and they don't do anything. And the situation will continue to be an embarrassment for them all, as the team moves to a minor-league park. It's mind-boggling.
- Crane says that he doesn't think the sign-stealing impacted the game. "We won the World Series and we'll leave it at that." Why would the players have done it, if it had no impact? And if it had no impact, what are they apologizing for?
- Organizations that insist upon apologies from the Steroid Era players in return for entrance into team events should be required to issue their own apologies, for looking the other way while cashing checks. The sanctimony is ridiculous.
- Jacob deGrom made 32 starts this season. He allowed 0 runs in 8 starts He allowed 1 run in 10 starts He allowed 2 runs in 5 starts He allowed 3 runs in 8 starts He allowed 4 runs in 1 start He never allowed more than four runs in any start
- Jeff Passan: If Barry Bonds isn't a Hall of Famer by the end of the day, it's a failure by the Hall of Fame
- It's important that MLB come out today with a statement saying the pivotal review in ATL last night was incorrect. There is no evidence that Alec Bohm touched home plate. None.
- MLB and the Players Association are jointly responsible for this, but how absurd is it that a team can draft a player and choose not to sign him, as with Mets and Kumar Rocker -- and the player can't sign anywhere under the MLB umbrella? What a joke.
- It's likely that the Yankees will pay more for Gerrit Cole and Giancarlo Stanton than the Orioles will spend on their entire team.
- Aaron Judge has 15 strikeouts in this series. Tony Gwynn had 15 strikeouts in 535 at-bats during the 1995 season.
- Heard a classic story about the highly respected and greatly appreciated Erik Kratz today: When the Astros went through Opening Day intros in 2016, an Astro offered $1,000 to anybody who would do a face plant. Kratz: I'll do it. And this is what followed:
- Ichiro should be a unanimous HOF selection. Here's part of his resume: .311 lifetime avg. Played his first MLB game at 27 years, 162 days old, and finished with 3,089 hits. Led the majors in hits in seven different seasons. 10 Gold Gloves 438 steals 10 All-Star appearances
- MLB advised the Mets and Braves that when one of them wins game one, they should not do the usual champagne celebration. So it's possible there will be simultaneous celebrations by the teams after the DH. Mets Manager Carlos Mendoza joked that the teams should go on the field for
