MLB 2015 Season

7 games to a guy where all he did was yell back at someone who yelled at him first seems a bit extreme. The rest seems about right, except eaton should have gotten at least the same as Ventura.

Either way, I'm sure everyone will appeal. Watching the replay of volquez is pretty funny though. I think he was trying to throw a punch but what he did could hardly be classified as that.

Damn, Wainwright done for the year.

St. Louis Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright is expected to miss the rest of the 2015 season due to an Achilles injury he suffered Saturday night while stumbling out of the batter's box, a source told ESPN's Jim Bowden, confirming an earlier report by Fox Sports.

Stumbling out of the batter's box?

Um, yes? He was batting when he got hurt

Just a lame way to get injured. Clumsy.

joeboo_sl said:

both leagues need to go DH. Randy Johnson hurt himself batting back in the day, so have several other pitchers. no one is going to miss a .090 hitter that can't do anything but bunt at the bottom of each lineup. Pitcher batting makes as much sense as making QBs play on kickoff coverage.

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But... we must maintain the sanctity of history!

I disagree, there is much more strategy with bench and bullpen management in the NL that I quite enjoy due to the pitcher batting. Plus I would miss out on watching Bumgarner hit 2 grand slams in one season.

Then again, I'm also the baseball fan that enjoys a 1-0 pitchers duel, so I'm not sure if my desires are what is needed to revamp the sport to more appeal to today's youth.

NL is way more exciting in later innings.

Kirun_sl said:

The DH rule completely removes all strategy involved in "small ball" and will only serve to see teams engaging in giant bidding wars for lineups like the late 90s - early 00s Yankees.

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Alex_sl said:

NL is way more exciting in later innings.

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These two reasons are why I am still salty about the Astros being moved to the AL.

Muurloen_sl said:

These two reasons are why I am still salty about the Astros being moved to the AL.

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But they're first place now!

Hamilton traded to the Rangers for a player to be named later/cash? wtf.

Orioles and White Sox game postponed tonight due to rioting.

Sterling_sl said:

Hamilton traded to the Rangers for a player to be named later/cash? wtf.

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Angels still end up paying like 90% of his contract too. WTF indeed.

PTBN is usually a high sandwich picked player from the previous season's draft. There is a weird rule where a team has to control a drafted minor league player for a year and some change before they can move it.

Lot of injuries piling up already. Wainwright most people knew about, but now, Brandon McCarthy is done for the year (torn UCL), Homer Bailey may need elbow surgery, LA put Yasiel Puig and Carl Crawford on the DL, and Jed Lowrie is out about 3 months with a torn ligament in his thumb.