The 2023 Running Baseball Thread

[micropolitan guy]

Saw this today on one of the baseball threads that pops up on my social: Nellie Fox struck out 216 times in 10,351 plate appearances in his 19-year MLB career.

Kyle Schwarber struck out 215 times this season.

Yes, the game has changed, not making any judgements at all. Just thought it was an interesting factiod.

 

[maumann]

Saw this today on one of the baseball threads that pops up on my social: Nellie Fox struck out 216 times in 10.351 plate appearances in his 19-year MLB career.

Kyle Schwarber struck out 215 times this season.

Yes, the game has changed, not making any judgements at all. Just thought it was an interesting factiod.

Fox played in massive Comiskey most of his career, so he hit just 35 homers. He never hit more than six in any season, and in his 1959 MVP season, he hit two with a slugging percentage of .389. That's not much different than Luis Arraez's 2022 season, and he got traded to Miami for his trouble.

Yes, the game has definitely changed.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Saw this today on one of the baseball threads that pops up on my social: Nellie Fox struck out 216 times in 10.351 plate appearances in his 19-year MLB career.

Kyle Schwarber struck out 215 times this season.

Yes, the game has changed, not making any judgements at all. Just thought it was an interesting factiod.

Kyle Schwarber had 502 plate appearances--exactly the minimum needed to qualify for a batting title--out of the leadoff spot this season, when, in 720 plate appearances overall, he hit .197 with 47 homers, zero stolen bases and 215 strikeouts. (He also had 126 walks, which is why he led off most of the year) There is no shortage of mind-blowing stats for this guy.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

My two players with the best warning-track power were Wade Boggs and Tommy Herr. The latter hit just 8 homers and still had 110 RBI in 1985.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Schwarber is the apotheosis of what have become the "Three True Outcomes" in baseball: A home run, a strikeout or a walk.

I struggle with this if the slugger in question singles or doubles in a run or multiple runs, which changes the game significantly, but baseball wankers gonna wank, right?

 

[Captain_Kirk]

My two players with the best warning-track power were Wade Boggs and Tommy Herr. The latter hit just 8 homers and still had 110 RBI in 1985.

Herr had the great benefit of batting third behind Vince Coleman and Willie McGee. Tons of RBI chances with just a single after either (or both) of those two got a hit/walk and a stolen base. Aah, Whitey Ball...

 

[User 11148]

Schwarber is the apotheosis of what have become the "Three True Outcomes" in baseball: A home run, a strikeout or a walk.

I struggle with this if the slugger in question singles or doubles in a run or multiple runs, which changes the game significantly, but baseball wankers gonna wank, right?

Not sure I follow. The "true outcomes" thing is not, as I understand it, prescriptive.

 

[Della9250]

Not that many care about gold gloves anymore, but 13 of 20 first-timers:

AMERICAN LEAGUE:
Position
Player
Team
Awards Won
P
José Berríos
Toronto Blue Jays
1 (2023)
C
Jonah Heim
Texas Rangers
1 (2023)
1B
Nathaniel Lowe
Texas Rangers
1 (2023)
2B
Andrés Giménez
Cleveland Guardians
2 (2023, 2022)
3B
Matt Chapman
Toronto Blue Jays
4 (2023, 2021, 2019, 2018)
SS
Anthony Volpe
New York Yankees
1 (2023)
LF
Steven Kwan
Cleveland Guardians
2 (2023, 2022)
CF
Kevin Kiermaier
Toronto Blue Jays
4 (2023, 2019, 2016, 2015)
RF
Adolis García
Texas Rangers
1 (2023)
UT
Mauricio Dubón
Houston Astros
1 (2023)
NATIONAL LEAGUE:
Position
Player
Team
Awards Won
P
Zack Wheeler
Philadelphia Phillies
1 (2023)
C
Gabriel Moreno
Arizona Diamondbacks
1 (2023)
1B
Christian Walker
Arizona Diamondbacks
2 (2023, 2022)
2B
Nico ***rner
Chicago Cubs
1 (2023)
3B
Ke'Bryan Hayes
Pittsburgh Pirates
1 (2023)
SS
Dansby Swanson
Chicago Cubs
2 (2023, 2022)
LF
Ian Happ
Chicago Cubs
2 (2023, 2022)
CF
Brenton Doyle
Colorado Rockies
1 (2023)
RF
Fernando Tatis Jr.
San Diego Padres
1 (2023)
UT
Ha-Seong Kim
San Diego Padres
1 (2023)

 

[HanSenSE]

Why announce this in the midst of an NFL Sunday?

 

[goalmouth]

Why announce this in the midst of an NFL Sunday?

MLB

LOL

 

[User 149557]

Wow, with three Gold Glovers, there’s no way a defensive gaffe could’ve cost the Cubs a playoff spot.






I’m still bitter about 2016.

 

[jr/shotglass]

I think Steve Bartman's overdue for a Gold Glove.

 

[User 1019]

Edit: Didn't know where to put this one, so I dug up the running thread instead of starting a new one.

Sandberg reveals metastatic prostate cancer diagnosis and has begun treatment.

He was my first childhood sports hero, and is why I'm a Cubs fan. My younger brother is named after him because I had so many baseball cards when my mom was looking for boy names.


Ryne Sandberg reveals prostate cancer diagnosis


Ryne Sandberg, a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and an iconic player for generations of Chicago Cubs fans, revealed Monday that he was recently diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. Sandberg, 64, shared the news on his Instagram account, announcing that he has already begun treatment.

“I am surrounded by my loving wife Margaret, our incredibly supportive family, the best medical care team, and our dear friends,” Sandberg wrote. “We will continue to be positive, strong, and fight to beat this. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time for me and my family.”

 

[maumann]

I wish him well. Had my prostate removed in 2021, underwent 38 radiation treatments this fall because my PSA started climbing again. Cancer sucks.

Have your PSA checked regularly. And get colonoscopies.

 

[TigerVols]

I wish him well. Had my prostate removed in 2021, underwent 38 radiation treatments this fall because my PSA started climbing again. Cancer sucks.

Have your PSA checked regularly. And get colonoscopies.

Well hell @maumann. Thank you for sharing this and good luck.