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Leisher wrote:A split second of excitement in a baseball game.

Malcolm wrote:

Leisher wrote:A split second of excitement in a baseball game.

More than golf has tallied in its cumulative history.

Malcolm wrote:You went to a triple A game? Why?

The most famous Triple A team on the planet.

one of the Tigers' starters was there.

This time the Indians #1 prospect was there.

Leisher wrote:

Malcolm wrote:You went to a triple A game? Why?

The most famous Triple A team on the planet.

TheCatt wrote:

Leisher wrote:

Malcolm wrote:You went to a triple A game? Why?

The most famous Triple A team on the planet.

Um, No.

-M*A*S*H character Maxwell Klinger (played by Jamie Farr) hailed from Toledo and often mentioned the Mud Hens as his favorite baseball team throughout the series. He was often seen wearing a Toledo Mud Hens jersey and cap. Like Klinger, Farr was born and raised in Toledo; in fact Klinger feels so strongly about the Mud Hens he gets put on KP duty for a month when he hits his mortal enemy Sgt Zelmo Zale who insulted the Mud Hens. The Mud Hens retired jersey #1 in Farr's honor.
-The title character of the comic strip Crankshaft was a pitcher for the Mud Hens just before World War II when he enlisted in the Army. He invariably wears a Mud Hens cap in the strip, and reminisces often about his playing days. In the summer of 2016 the Mud Hens retired jersey # 13 in Crankshaft's Honor.
-Lou Brown, manager of the Cleveland Indians in the film Major League, managed in Toledo prior to managing the Indians.
-Richard Pryor's character, Montgomery Brewster, in the 1985 film Brewster's Millions was said to have previously pitched for the Mud Hens.

-M*A*S*H character Maxwell Klinger (played by Jamie Farr) hailed from Toledo and often mentioned the Mud Hens as his favorite baseball team throughout the series. He was often seen wearing a Toledo Mud Hens jersey and cap. Like Klinger, Farr was born and raised in Toledo; in fact Klinger feels so strongly about the Mud Hens he gets put on KP duty for a month when he hits his mortal enemy Sgt Zelmo Zale who insulted the Mud Hens. The Mud Hens retired jersey #1 in Farr's honor.

-The title character of the comic strip Crankshaft was a pitcher for the Mud Hens just before World War II when he enlisted in the Army. He invariably wears a Mud Hens cap in the strip, and reminisces often about his playing days. In the summer of 2016 the Mud Hens retired jersey # 13 in Crankshaft's Honor.

-Lou Brown, manager of the Cleveland Indians in the film Major League, managed in Toledo prior to managing the Indians.

Dozier entered this season with 75 total major league homers — or two more than Barry Bonds hit in his record-setting 2001 season, when he launched 34 after the all-star break. So what we’re seeing here is a nearly unprecedented outburst of power from an unexpected source.

We say “nearly” for one reason: Rich Aurilia.

In 2001, Aurilia played on that same Giants team that boasted Bonds, the all-time home run king. Aurilia entered that year as an established, 29-year-old major league shortstop, a .270 hitter — albeit one with 65 major league homers. He hit 12 homers in the first half, not terribly alarming since he had hit 22 and 20 homers in the previous two seasons.

But hitting second in a Giants lineup that featured Bonds in the three hole, Aurilia went on a binge after the break, cranking 25 homers — exceeding his old, season-long best in just 72 games. Even going back to the minors, Aurilia hadn’t hinted at such power. In his minor league career to that point, he had 32 total homers — or one every 51 1/2 at-bats.

TheCatt wrote:I tried googling it and still don't know.

A five-time All-Star and four-time Gold Glove winner, Jones is the Orioles' 2016 Roberto Clemente Award nominee. The award recognizes a player "who best represents the game of baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field," according to MLB.
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With racial issues in the United States coming to the forefront in the sports world, Major League Baseball players generally have been absent from the growing chorus of athletes who have publicly spoken out about problems they may see in the United States, and Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones thinks he knows why.

"Baseball is a white man's sport," the Orioles star told USA Today.

"We already have two strikes against us already,'' Jones told the newspaper, "so you might as well not kick yourself out of the game. In football, you can't kick them out. You need those players. In baseball, they don't need us."

The Padres, according to a report by ESPN's Buster Olney, deviated from industry standards by keeping two sets of medical files on players -- the first for internal purposes, the second to share with other clubs.

Olney reported that all teams feed medical information into a central database, operating on something of an honor system -- but that the Padres, by holding back certain details, sought a competitive advantage in trades.

While the Twins are a complete shit fest, they have at least one player worth a damn for the next four years. In spite of hitting #1 and playing second for one of the worst teams in baseball, his numbers are looking impressive. He's nailed 25 homers since the all-star break.