Baseball

[GoCubsGo]

Never seen that!

That was way better than I thought it was going to be, thanks. It does have a horror score vibe.

The horror score is in honor of the team.

[Ulysses]

In real news, the Cubs have lost three games in a row to the Cardinals.

The cellar door is opening for the Cubs...

[Vrede too]

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/standings/

San Diego 27-14 .659, 1/2 game out of the NL West lead.
28-14 .667, still 1/2 game out of the NL West lead.
30-17 .638, 3 games out of the NL West lead thanks to a 4 game LAD win streak. Ut-oh. 33-22 .600. Falling, but only 2.5 out of the NL West lead
San Francisco 22-18 .550, 5 games behind in the NL West.
22-19 .537, now 6 games behind in the NL West.
25-21 .543, 7.5 games behind in the NL West.
29-24 .547, now 5.5 games behind in the NL West.

Loser Derby
Chi Cubs 16-24 .400 17-24 .415
Lost by 1 to the ChiSox in 12 . 19-27 .413
23-32 .418 after losing 2 in a row to complete a 2-3 homestand vs the Cards. 2 teams are worse in the NL.
Baltimore 17-25 .405, AL East cellar. 18-25 .419
Stomped by the BoSox 12-2 . 20-29 .408. 23-33 .411
Oakland 17-26 .395, AL West cellar. 17-27 .386
Beat GoCubsGo's ( ) Texas by 1, a 1-3 home stand. 20-30 .400
20-36 .357 after getting swept by the BoSox in Oakland 0-3. They're on a 6 game losing streak at home, 1-9 at home since 5/26. Only KC is worse in the AL, ugh.

Not going well for any of our teams.

[GoCubsGo]

Angel must be a Republican. No attachment to reality.

[GoCubsGo]

And real baseball fans know with few exceptions that you really don't know what your team is going to be until June.

An old baseball axiom is over a 162 game season every team is going to win 60 games and every team is going to lose 60 game. It's what you do with the other 42 that makes or breaks you.

Whelp, middle of June and the cellar dwelling Athletics of Oakland are not only last in the the AL West, 17 games out of first they are now bottom feeders of the entire American league with a winning percentage of .339 tied with the Kansas City Royals.

The good news is no one is going to their games, so they don't have worry about being embarrassed.

[Vrede too]

Whelp, middle of June and the cellar dwelling Athletics of Oakland are not only last in the the AL West, 17 games out of first they are now bottom feeders of the entire American league with a winning percentage of .339 tied with the Kansas City Royals.

The good news is no one is going to their games, so they don't have worry about being embarrassed.

Huh, if only their cellar dwelling had been predictable.

[GoCubsGo]

Whelp, middle of June and the cellar dwelling Athletics of Oakland are not only last in the the AL West, 17 games out of first they are now bottom feeders of the entire American league with a winning percentage of .339 tied with the Kansas City Royals.

The good news is no one is going to their games, so they don't have worry about being embarrassed.

Huh, if only their cellar dwelling had been predictable.

[Ulysses]

Top of seventh, Giants ahead of Dodgers 2-0.

Who knew?

[Ulysses]

And today the Oakland A's beat the top rated Cleveland Guardians 10-5!

So much for cellar dwelling...

[Ulysses]

Whelp, middle of June and the cellar dwelling Athletics of Oakland are not only last in the the AL West, 17 games out of first they are now bottom feeders of the entire American league with a winning percentage of .339 tied with the Kansas City Royals.

The good news is no one is going to their games, so they don't have worry about being embarrassed.

Huh, if only their cellar dwelling had been predictable.

You can always detect a fake baseball fan, because they concentrate on the losing rather than the winning teams.

Maybe that's because the fake fans are really losers.

[Ulysses]

And the SF Giants beat the LA Dodgers 3-2 in the top of the ninth inning, at Oracle Park in SF.

[Vrede too]

Whelp, middle of June and the cellar dwelling Athletics of Oakland are not only last in the the AL West, 17 games out of first they are now bottom feeders of the entire American league with a winning percentage of .339 tied with the Kansas City Royals.

The good news is no one is going to their games, so they don't have worry about being embarrassed.

Huh, if only their cellar dwelling had been predictable.

It's a titanic race for the AL cellar.

First, we have Oakland, beating Cleveland and leaping to 21-40 .344. Impressive.
Then, there's woeful Kansas City losing to my Baltimore and falling to 20-38 . . . wait for it . . . .345.

We have a leader at last, the A's alone own the title of the AL's WORST!

Meanwhile,
My Baltimore is 25-35 .417
Your Chi Cubs, who you never had high hopes for this year, are 23-35 .397 after dropping 5 in a row.
Neither, team is close to competing with Oakland's failure. BRD's WORST!

Also,
O Really's San Diego has won 4 straight, is 37-22 .627, and is tied with LAD for the NL West lead!!!
San Francisco is trying to hang in there at 32-26 .552, 4.5 games out of the NL West lead.

San Diego is getting stomped at home by the Rockies 6-0, so will likely fall 0.5 games back, but it is only the top of the 4th.

[Ulysses]

The race to the bottom has been won today by the Cincinatti Reds, at .339.

Not far behind in the NL Central? The Chicago Cubs, at .404...

Sad.

[GoCubsGo]

Not the best baseball year in Chicagoland.

[Vrede too]

Not the best baseball year in Chicagoland.

You knew that it's a building year, why is David Ross in trouble?

Chi White Sox 27-31 .466. Ugh, not much better than the Cubs. I liked Tony La Russa when he was managing the Oakland Athletics decades ago, not so much with the Cards. I guess his first manager job was also with the Chicago White Sox (1979–1986).

Cubs 1B Frank Schwindel gives up HR on historically bad 35.1 mph pitch



Ouch. I think I'd bring in a 3B or SS to pitch, instead.

[GoCubsGo]

Not the best baseball year in Chicagoland.

You knew that it's a building year, why is David Ross in trouble?


Ouch. I think I'd bring in a 3B or SS to pitch, instead.

Truthfully, Ross is a nice guy but not a very good manager, especially handling pitching staffs.

The game seems to have passed LaRussa by and/or he's lost his touch. He makes inexplicable moves now that he never would have made in the old days.

[Vrede too]

Truthfully, Ross is a nice guy but not a very good manager, especially handling pitching staffs.

The game seems to have passed LaRussa by and/or he's lost his touch. He makes inexplicable moves now that he never would have made in the old days.

Ah. Like 1B pichers?

Oakland, the White Sox and San Diego all lost .
SF beat LAD again and the Orioles beat KC again .
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/scoreboard/

Oakland and KC are tied for the AL cellar at .339, though Oakland is 1/2 game behind.
San Francisco is now only 3.5 games out of the NL West lead , San Diego is still 1/2 game behind.
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/standings/

[GoCubsGo]

Bummer for this dude.

[Ulysses]

And so the KC Royals have claimed bottom cellar dweller top honors this morning, with all of a .328 average.

Not far behind over in the National league we can find the Cubs at .377 and the Reds at .371.

Nothing to brag about, but I'm sure the Chicago fans will find a way.

Meanwhile, the SF Giants continue their rise up in the standings, now at .574...

[Vrede too]

... Oakland and KC are tied for the AL cellar at .339, though Oakland is 1/2 game behind.
San Francisco is now only 3.5 games out of the NL West lead , San Diego is still 1/2 game behind.
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/standings/

The Oakland Athletics have gone from cellar to sewer, which might be slightly better than sewage coming to them.

They are the worst team in baseball after a 1-13 run capped by getting stomped @Boston 1-10 tonight.
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/standings/

Loser race
Oakland 21-43 .328
Kansas City 21-41 .339
Washington 23-42 .354
Cincinnati 23-40 .365
Chi Cubs 23-39 .371
Baltimore 27-37 .422

On the winner's side
San Diego 40-24 .625
LA Dodgers 38-23 .623 0.5 game behind.
Note: The @Dodgers are beating the Angels 4-0 in the bottom of the 8th. They're likely to make up that 1/2 game and slightly pass San Diego's percentage.
San Francisco 35-27 .565 4.0 games behind.
A little hiccup, but hanging in there. It's interesting that their catching up is less about the Giants winning a lot and more about them losing less than the NL West leaders. May 12, 2022:

... the Giants ... stand at .613 for the season....