Baseball Bits

[Nyte_Byrd]

MLB Home Run Derby 2022: Juan Soto edges Julio Rodriguez for crown

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/mlb-home ... -rodriguez

[Nyte_Byrd]

Home Run Derby controversy surrounding Juan Soto, Kyle Schwarber has sports betting world up in arms

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/home-run ... ts-betting

[John]

Home Run Derby controversy surrounding Juan Soto, Kyle Schwarber has sports betting world up in arms

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/home-run ... ts-betting

 

Baseball today is not an exact science game.  Apparent from comparing the ump balls and strikes calls versus what we see in the box when televised.

The errors usually go both ways - so players and fans can live with the imperfections, even if the bettors cannot.

[Nyte_Byrd]

Rays' Wander Franco had $650,000 in jewelry stolen from car

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/rays-wan ... car-report

[Nyte_Byrd]

Dwight Smith, who won World Series with Braves, dead at 58

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/dwight-s ... raves-dead

[John]

Dwight Smith, who won World Series with Braves, dead at 58

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/dwight-s ... raves-dead

 

When you hear of folks dying, be it sports figures or classmates who learn of cancer and get 3 months, puts in perspective all annoyances such as knee problems - are trivial by comparison.

[Nyte_Byrd]

Dwight Smith, who won World Series with Braves, dead at 58

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/dwight-s ... raves-dead


 

When you hear of folks dying, be it sports figures or classmates who learn of cancer and get 3 months, puts in perspective all annoyances such as knee problems - are trivial by comparison.

 

I still miss "The Mick".  I saw him at Yankee Stadium play in pain.  Not like today's players who go on the IL for minor aches.

[John]

Dwight Smith, who won World Series with Braves, dead at 58

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/dwight-s ... raves-dead


 

When you hear of folks dying, be it sports figures or classmates who learn of cancer and get 3 months, puts in perspective all annoyances such as knee problems - are trivial by comparison.


 

I still miss "The Mick".  I saw him at Yankee Stadium play in pain.  Not like today's players who go on the IL for minor aches.


 

I also saw him at Yankee stadium in around 1957 - #7.  Remember M&M - Maris and Mantle going for HR record in 61.

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Maris_Mantle/PX4PEAAAQBAJ?gbpv=1

[Nyte_Byrd]

Dodgers get slugger Gallo from Yankees

https://www.mlb.com/news/joey-gallo-traded-to-dodgers



He was the worst deal for the Yanks since Chris Carter. It was almost predictable each time he got up with two strikes, he would strike out. What a waste of a spot he was. And they just kept putting him in the lineup.
 

[John]

Dodgers get slugger Gallo from Yankees

https://www.mlb.com/news/joey-gallo-traded-to-dodgers



He was the worst deal for the Yanks since Chris Carter. It was almost predictable each time he got up with two strikes, he would strike out. What a waste of a spot he was. And they just kept putting him in the lineup.
 

 

He was much better when he was with the Rangers.  NY just didn't fit.  Hopefully he'll improve in LA.  I'll be rooting for him. 

Gallo will be free of New York, free of Yankees fans, free of fan abuse that’s hurt more than people realize. Wherever Gallo ends up, he’ll forget about falling way short of expectations late last year and all of this season after the Yankees traded four good prospects to the Texas Rangers for an All-Star slugger and Gold Glove outfielder who once was the prototypical Three True Outcomes player.

https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/08/joey ... t-q-a.html