Red Mosquito

Fuck You Jobu wrote:
Agreed. I thought Ichiro had the best shot. Lots of hits and lines drives. He batted 1st, so more appearences and didn't like to walk. Was very fast to get the infield hit. And throw in the fact that he had an interpreter, he could have handled the press better than most.

Lament wrote:Doing a little reading on Joe's streak, something I didn't realize...

The Yankees were 14-14, 5.5 games back going into the streak. After game #56 they were 55-27 (they had a few suspended games), up 6 games (that lead proceeded to grow to 20 before ending up at 17). I was unaware that his streak pretty much completely coincided with the Yankees going from the middle of the pack to running away with the pennant in a laughable fashion. For some reason I always thought they were one of those teams that just steamrolled the world right out of the gate.

MadTIGERmaN wrote:

Fuck You Jobu wrote:
Agreed. I thought Ichiro had the best shot. Lots of hits and lines drives. He batted 1st, so more appearences and didn't like to walk. Was very fast to get the infield hit. And throw in the fact that he had an interpreter, he could have handled the press better than most.

and was already used to the nightly 100 media member press conferences after his rookie season.

Lament wrote:Doing a little reading on Joe's streak, something I didn't realize...

The Yankees were 14-14, 5.5 games back going into the streak. After game #56 they were 55-27 (they had a few suspended games), up 6 games (that lead proceeded to grow to 20 before ending up at 17). I was unaware that his streak pretty much completely coincided with the Yankees going from the middle of the pack to running away with the pennant in a laughable fashion. For some reason I always thought they were one of those teams that just steamrolled the world right out of the gate.

and he had a 20+ game streak right after the 56 game ended? didnt he end up osmething lik 78 out of 79 games with a hit?

Harry Lime wrote:Great series win against the Yanks.

Mitch Williams Ejected From Child's Baseball Game For Arguing, Cursing



MLB Network analyst Mitch Williams was ejected from a baseball game for ten-year-olds Saturday after a profanity-laced tirade that included him calling an umpire a "motherfucker" in front of the children, observers tell us.

Williams coaches his son's 10U Jersey Wild team, which was participating in a Ripken Baseball tournament in Aberdeen, MD. We've confirmed through several sources that Mitch Williams complained about numerous calls throughout the game, ranging from balls and strikes to a close play at the plate that ended a Jersey Wild rally. This led to repeated arguments with umpires on the field.



One umpire finally confronted Williams after the former MLB pitcher shouted something to a parent in the stands about getting that umpire fired. The confrontation sparked a face-to-face argument one parent told us was "just like the major leagues." Two different observers told us Williams had to be physically separated from the umpire by other coaches. Williams then refused to leave the field, causing a ten-minute delay in play; his antics led to him being banned from the tournament.



Williams discussed the incident on Twitter this morning:

We've attempted to access the video of the incident, but the game in question is curiously unavailable from the service providing feeds from the rest of the tournament. An individual familiar with the situation informs us that after hearing Williams's explanation, Ripken Baseball officials lifted the ban—saying the umpire failed to act professionally. But according to our witnesses, the umpire's "unprofessional" behavior only came well after Mitch Williams was ejected and refused to leave. (Ripken Baseball "monitored" Williams closely during his team's two games today. Jersey Wild did not win the tournament.)

Here's how other people in attendance described the incident.

[Mitch Williams] just got kicked out his sons little league game for threatening an umpire at Ripken Stadium
He has been arguing balls and strikes and was upset about a play at the plate where his team was called out. In the top of the 5th while he was coaching first base he yelled to another parent that he would have the umpire fired. The Umpire confronted him and Mitch went off. He threatened the umpire called him a motherfucker in front of 10 year olds. They were faced to face inches from each other arguing. He had to be restrained by other coaches. The umpire rightfully kicked him out.

He refused to leave the field until speaking to he spoke to management. He left the field took off his jersey and watched the rest of the game from behind home plate without incident.
It was such a train wreck. He was arguing with calls and making comments to both of the umpires all game. He was coaching first base as the game was going on, and the second base umpire threw him out. He "said" he was making a comment to one of the parents in the stands, when the second base umpire tossed him. He was making comments the whole game about the bad calls, and the 2nd base ump just had enough.

He went nuts. He got into the umpires face like it was the major leagues. He claimed that the umpire who was about 65 years old threatened him and said to pick a time and a place to fight Mitch.

The game was delayed for about 10 minutes as they needed to call in an official from Ripken until he finally was removed. It was crazy. Never saw a player get ejected from a game and not leave. This is all going on while 10 year olds are playing baseball, or trying to play baseball.

Ironically, the audio at the beginning of the game is from Cal Ripken which talks about how parents should let the players play, the coaches coach, and the umpires umpire. (IE - parents, don't act like idiots). Mitch was the idiot.
I was very upset with the decision [to lift the ban] because Williams was confrontational all game, and it was clear to everyone there that whatever the ump said that was inappropriate came after he was already tossed and refused to leave the field, and the ump was reacting to Williams, not the other way around.

Bad Sports Parent is the worst, and you'd think that given his baseball and media careers Williams would know better. But competitiveness is an addiction, one it seems Wild Thing has yet to kick. Then again, this is a man who has to work with Harold Reynolds on a daily basis. That would drive the most mellow soul to occasional rage, but this isn't Williams's first time around at being Bad Sports Parent.

klehtun wrote:i havent seen a live MLB game since 2006

that's gonna change, as mentioned in vinyl thread heading to NYC next week

i got pirates @ yanks sunday & dbacks @ mets the following friday

followed by a stop in manchester NH to crash and take in the double A jays (fischer-cats)

get at me foul balls

4/5 wrote:Jose Fernandez.

MadTIGERmaN wrote:Is it just me, or have the Tigers had a lot of rain delays / rain outs already this year?
Maybe it just seems that way as I have Smyly on my roster who seems to get skipped whenever they have one, but theyre are in yet another delay tonight.

Chris_H_2 wrote:

MadTIGERmaN wrote:Is it just me, or have the Tigers had a lot of rain delays / rain outs already this year?
Maybe it just seems that way as I have Smyly on my roster who seems to get skipped whenever they have one, but theyre are in yet another delay tonight.

They had a lot of off days in April. I'm sure that affected the numbers of starts he got.

klehtun wrote: followed by a stop in manchester NH to crash and take in the double A jays (fischer-cats)

get at me foul balls

E.H. Ruddock wrote:So I told him where I was from and he said "oh I know where that is! It's right here!" and he held up his hand and pointed right to the Saginaw Bay.

Chris_H_2 wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:So I told him where I was from and he said "oh I know where that is! It's right here!" and he held up his hand and pointed right to the Saginaw Bay.

So where in Michigan are you from exactly? I have family in the west part of Saginaw.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:So I told him where I was from and he said "oh I know where that is! It's right here!" and he held up his hand and pointed right to the Saginaw Bay.

So where in Michigan are you from exactly? I have family in the west part of Saginaw.

oh boy

resonance of distance wrote:Tori Hunter thinks he tuff yelling at a pitcher from the opposing dugout- imma whoop your ass- then fuckin do it and stop saying it. Move your teamate holding u back aside and go..... The fact that hitters can sit there and yell at pitchers and tell them how they are going to beat them, and if the pitcher responds defensively he gets tossed. If he turns around and says nothing, the pitcher looks weak in front of 43,000 people. Unfair. Sick all these BS baseball "are we gonna fight" moments when a hitter walks toward the mound 3 or 4 steps. Ok it hurt I get it.

There needs to be like a 60 game suspension for fighting to stop all this shit, as it really becomes the focus of the game and ruins what otherwise was a good ball game.