Other Sports: Philadelphia Phillies: The Road To .500 Continues Into Red October (2024 Edition)

[Flybynite]

Painter struck out 6 in his last Arizona Fall League appearance. Threw 53 pitches (most this of any of his appearances)

He finishes with a 2.30 ERA (2nd best in the league), a .189 BAAand 18 strike-outs to 4 walks in 15 2/3 innings.

He maxed out with a 99 MPH fastball, although it registered anywhere 94-99.

Change was in the low 90s. Slider was 86-92. The slider is a new pitch they have him working on and he threw it 15 times.

 

[Rebels57]

Ok what is threads? I would love to not pay attention to Twitter

Remember when Twitter first came out and it was useful and did not suck?

That is Threads now.

 

[Magua]

Remember when Twitter first came out and it was useful and did not suck?

Didn't you get perma-banned before Elon bought Twitter?

 

[Magua]

Danny Briere and Keith Jones think tonight’s Sixers lineup has all the star power they need.

WRONG THREAD DUMBASS

 

[GKJ]

Is Chisholm going to stay with the Yankees? I’d like them to look there if Soto doesn’t happen.

I worry about a fierce decline with Bregman

 

[DancingPanther]

Boggles my mind that people push for Teoscar and Chisholm after watching the ABs in the last 3 playoffs

 

[Rebels57]

Didn't you get perma-banned before Elon bought Twitter?

Yep . I was permabanned from Halloween of 2020 until late 2023 when Elon removed everyone's ban so he-who-must-not-be-named could get back on there. I used it sparingly for a few months and then deactivated once Musk went full Bond villain.

 

[Flybynite]

Rays will play in the Yankees minor league ballpark for 2025. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. (shade over 11K capacity)

Considering Rays had 16K a night last year it's not that big of a drop-off lol.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

I wonder what the value is of some hypothetical player that never gets a hit but walks 100 times a year and is a master of driving up pitch counts by fouling balls off; like routinely 10-15 pitch at-bats

 

[FLYguy3911]

I wonder what the value is of some hypothetical player that never gets a hit but walks 100 times a year and is a master of driving up pitch counts by fouling balls off; like routinely 10-15 pitch at-bats

That was Rhys Hoskins for a bit and people hated him lol.

 

[Flybynite]

I wonder what the value is of some hypothetical player that never gets a hit but walks 100 times a year and is a master of driving up pitch counts by fouling balls off; like routinely 10-15 pitch at-bats

How about a little person like Eddie Gaedel? Who was 3'7" and then MLB banned people under 5 foot from playing lol. Of course he wasn't fouling anything off. He just went to the plate with a microscopic strike zone and would probably walk on 4 to 6 pitches every time. You're kinda screwed when he gets to first though. (in his only appearance they needed to remove him for a pinch runner)

It was Bill Veeck who owned the St. Louis Browns at the time who did that, he also later purchased the White Sox (and had previously owned part of the Indians). Veeck was actually a very progressive guy and tried to break baseball's color barrier much earlier.

It almost happened with the Phillies (which ironically ended up being one of the last NL teams to integrate), but the Phillies were looking to be sold in like 1942. Veeck agreed to buy the team and one of his partners was the owner of the Harlem Globetrotters. Veeck intended to put multiple negro league players on the Phillies, but right before he finalized the sale he talked to the baseball commissioner and let him know about it (there was no rule barring black players).

The commissioner had the NL take control of the Phillies and then sell the team to a different buyer.