2016 MLB thread. THE CUBS HAVE BROKEN THE CURSE! Chicago Cubs are your 2016 World Series champions

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Pujols is legendary
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i really hope nothing comes out about him juicing
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I know someone that said they saw him shirtless in the lockerroom in 06 and his back was covered in pimples. I don't think PEDs even matter with this guy, he's got such great hitting mechanics and he's so selective and patient. He just waits for a mistake and rips it.
 
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Altuve just ties the game up with a ground rule double :pimp:

But it easily kept the go ahead run from scoring :frown:
 
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MVP baseball name for Bonds.
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OHHHHH YEAAAAAAA

dude was a beast 
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I'm baffled why AJ Hinch keeps bringing in Qualls in high leverage situations :lol:

Dude needs to be released or used in mop up duty only :x
 
Wasn't Pujols name on the Mitchell report or another list? I also remember one of his old coaches coming out and saying he juices.
 
Today in Baseball History
June 23rd

1915 In his major league debut, Bruno Hass tosses a complete game, but loses to the Yankees at Shibe Park, 15-7. The 24 year-old southpaw, known as Boon, issues 16 walks during the nine-inning contest, establishing a post-1900 major league record.

1917 Red Sox reliever Ernie Shore replaces an ejected Babe Ruth, who had walked the only batter he faced, and retires the next consecutive 26 batters. The only base runner is thrown out trying to steal second.

1930 The Dodgers get twelve consecutive hits in a 19-6 win over the Pirates at Forbes Field. Two of the dozen hits in the eight-run sixth inning include a pair of homers hit by Brooklyn outfielder Babe Herman.

1933 With his 2-for-5 performance at the plate in Washington's 7-3 victory over Chicago, Joe Cronin sets a major league record by collecting 15 hits in four consecutive games. The Senators' player-manager's recent offensive output also includes two four-hit games and another with five.

1946 At the Polo Grounds, Eddie Waitkus and Marv Rickert hit back-to-back inside-the-park home runs in the fourth inning. The Cubs, however, still lose to the Giants, 15-10.

1950 The game's eleventh round-tripper, a ninth inning game-winning home run by Hoot Evers, gives the Tigers a dramatic 10-9 victory over the Yankees. The decisive four-bagger in the Bronx sets the major league record for the most homers ever hit in a single game.

1961 Sam Mele is named to replace Cookie Lavagetto as the manager of the ninth-place Twins during the team's first season in Minnesota. As a coach, the Astoria, New York native filled in as the skipper of the club while Lavagetto took a seven-game leave of absence earlier in the month.

1962 Larry Doby becomes one of the first players with major league experience to sign with a Japanese team. The future Hall of Famer will play with Chunichi in the Nippon Professional Baseball League, but the former Indians' outfielder will hit only .225 for the Dragons.

1963 After taking Dallas Green deep, Jimmy Piersall runs around the bases in the correct order, but backward, to celebrate his 100th career home run. The Mets' outfielder, who thought of the stunt after being disappointed by the lack of attention Duke Snider's 400th round-tripper received, will be released two days later by manager Casey Stengel.

1963 The Colt .45s' streak of 40 consecutive innings without scoring a run ends with Howie Goss's second inning RBI-single in an 8-1 loss to Cincinnati at Crosley Field. Houston will immediately begin another scoreless streak of 30 innings before scoring again.

1971 In addition to hitting two home runs and driving in three runs, Rick Wise throws only 95 pitches to 28 batters to no-hit the Reds, 4-0. The Phillies' hurler will again hit two home runs in the same game this season against San Francisco in August.

1973 Twenty days after pitching his high school team to a state championship, Rangers' rookie David Clyde pitches five innings, strikes out eight and allows just one hit in his first major league start as Texas defeats the Twins, 4-3. A crowd of 35,698 fans, the first sellout at Arlington Stadium, sees the debut of the 18 year-old phenom, $125,000 bonus baby.

1973 In a complete-game 7-2 victory over Montreal at Parc Jarry, Phillies' hurler Ken Brett hits a home run in the fourth consecutive game that he pitches during the month of June. The right-hander will end his 14-year career with ten round-trippers, 307 less than his brother George.
1973 In his major league debut‚ Jesse Jefferson loses his shutout when Red Sox third baseman Rico Petrocelli's two-out, ninth inning solo home run ties the Fenway Park contest. The 24 year-old rookie right-hander will hang on to get the complete game victory after the Orioles score a run in the 10th to beat Boston, 2-1.

1984 In a nationally televised game, Cubs' second baseman Ryne Sandberg hits a lead-off solo home run in the ninth off Cardinal reliever Bruce Sutter to tie the score 9-9, then hits a two-run, two-out homer in the tenth, knotting the game at 11. Chicago wins the Wrigley Field contest, 12-11, in the next frame on an RBI single by Dave Owen.

1984 The Roger Maris Museum opens in the West Acres Shopping Center located in Fargo, North Dakota. Nearly 2,000 visitors are attracted to the 72-foot showcase which features memorabilia from the slugger’s 12-year big league career, including a ticket stub from the 162nd game of the 1961 season.

1984 In a game that will be best remembered for Ryne Sandberg's two late-inning game-tying home runs, Willie McGee hits for the cycle in St. Louis' 12-11 loss in 11 innings to the Cubs. With his triple in the second inning, a fourth frame single, a sixth inning home run, and a RBI double in the tenth, the Cardinals center fielder drives in six runs in the Wrigley Field contest.

1986 The Braves strand 18 runners on base, establishing a National League record. Enough Atlanta players do score to give the team a 6-5 victory over L.A. at Dodger Stadium.

1993 Jay Buhner becomes the first player in Mariners history to hit for the cycle. To complete the task, the right fielder triples and will score the winning run in the 14th inning of an 8-7 victory over the A's at the Kingdome.

1995 'Marvelous' Marv Throneberry, known best by his antics as a Met, dies from cancer at the age of 60. The first baseman's gaffes on the field became emblematic of the hapless new franchise in the Big Apple.

1996 The Yankees score nine sixth-inning runs en route to an 11-9 victory over the Tribe at Jacobs Field. It is first time the Bronx Bombers have completed a four-game sweep of the Indians in Cleveland since 1964.

1996 In a 5-4 Cubs' loss in San Diego, Brant Brown continues his torrid pace at the plate, collecting two hits in three at bats at Jack Murphy Stadium. The rookie first baseman has collected 15 hits, including four home runs, in his first 34 career major league at-bats.

2000 Bret Boone drives in six runs when he hits three home runs in the Padres' 10-7 victory over Cincinnati. Ruben Rivera's three-run homer in the top of tenth inning off Scott Williamson proves to be the difference in the Cinergy Field contest.

2003 Stealing second base at Pacific Bell Park in the 11th inning, Barry Bonds becomes the first player to hit 500 homers and steal 500 bases in his career. The Giants' left fielder may not only be the charter member of the 500-500 club, many believe, including him, he will most likely be only member, as no one else may ever reach this plateau.

2005 Making his professional debut, Yakima Bears hurler Ryan Doherty pitches a perfect sixth and seventh, striking out three of the six batters he faces, during a 3-2 loss to the Vancouver Canadians. At 7’1”, the right-hander from Toms River, New Jersey, who signed a free-agent contract with the Diamondbacks after pitching for Notre Dame, becomes the tallest pitcher in professional baseball history, surpassing Jon Rauch, who stands a mere 6 feet-11 inches.

2006 White Sox starter Jose Contreras establishes a franchise mark, surpassing LaMarr Hoyt and Wilson Alvarez, by winning his 16th consecutive decision when Chicago beat the Astros 7-4 in a match up of last year's World Series rivals. The Cuban right-hander, whose last defeat occurred on August 15 last season against the Twins, hasn't been beaten in his past 21 regular season starts.

2006 Defeating the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre, 6-1, the Mets set a club record, winning their ninth straight decision on the road. The team had won their eight decisions on a ten-game road trip, including stops in Los Angeles, Arizona, and Philadelphia.

2007 During a Class AA Southern League contest against the Montgomery Biscuits, Mobile BayBears right-hander Matt Elliott is unable to return to the mound to pitch the ninth inning when he locks himself inside a Riverwalk Stadium bathroom. The relief pitcher, who apparently broke the lock after he angrily slammed the door, upset about giving up the tying run on a sac fly in the previous inning, will be stuck in the rest room for 47 minutes, missing the rest of the game.

2008 In an inter-league contest against the Mets at Shea Stadium, Mariners' right-hander Felix Hernandez becomes the first pitcher in the 31-year history of the franchise to hit a home run. The round-tripper, which comes off fellow Venezuela ace Johan Santana, is also the first grand slam hit by an American League pitcher since Steve Dunning of the Indians homered off A’s moundsman Diego Segui in 1971.

2010 In a move that surprises its players, the fourth-place Marlins (34-36) fire their manager, Fredi Gonzalez, along with bench coach Carlos Tosca and hitting coach Jim Presley. Edwin Rodriguez, the skipper of the team’s Triple-A affiliate in New Orleans, is named to fill the position on an interim basis.

2011 Upset by the management's lack of commitment about his future with the team, Nationals manager Jim Riggleman resigns abruptly after the team beats Seattle, 1-0. The club, having won 11 of their past 12 games, are 38-37 at time of the departure of their skipper.

2012 Jim Thome sets a major league mark with his 13th career walk-off home run, a solo shot over the left-field wall in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Phillies a dramatic 7-6 victory over Tampa Bay. Before today's historic round-tripper at Citizens Bank Park, the 41 year-old five-time All Star Thome had shared the record with five Hall of Famers: Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth, Stan Musial, and Frank Robinson.
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2008 In an inter-league contest against the Mets at Shea Stadium, Mariners' right-hander Felix Hernandez becomes the first pitcher in the 31-year history of the franchise to hit a home run. The round-tripper, which comes off fellow Venezuela ace Johan Santana, is also the first grand slam hit by an American League pitcher since Steve Dunning of the Indians homered off A’s moundsman Diego Segui in 1971.
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My best friend and I went to that game. I jinxed it. When there was base loaded for Felix, I was like dude, what if Felix hit the grand slam. My friend was like oh man, I'll be heated and punch somebody in the arm. Few seconds later, Felix hit the ball out of the park. My friend and another Mets fan who sat behind me punched me in the shoulder. What did I do? I laughed so hard.

 
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Hopefully it works out better for them than the Cliff Lee deal, I actually like the Rangers
 
1917 Red Sox reliever Ernie Shore replaces an ejected Babe Ruth, who had walked the only batter he faced, and retires the next consecutive 26 batters. The only base runner is thrown out trying to steal second.
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More interesting information about that game.

This Day in History: After Facing One Batter, Babe Ruth Punches an Umpire for Throwing Him Out of the Game. Ruth’s Replacement Then Throws a No-Hitter

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On this day in history, 1917, Babe Ruth was on the mound for the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park against the Washington Senators. He threw four straight balls, at least as far as the umpire, Clarence “Brick” Owens, was concerned, walking Ray Morgan. Ruth thought the second and the fourth pitch were both strikes, so charged the umpire and reportedly yelled at him, “If you’d go to bed at night, you *expletive*, you could keep your eyes open long enough in the daytime to see when a ball goes over the plate!”

As you might imagine, the umpire didn’t take too kindly to this and told Ruth that if he didn’t shut up and get back to the mound, he’d be thrown out of the game. Ruth then yelled at him, “Throw me out and I’ll punch ya right in the jaw!” Owens then threw him out and Ruth attempted to punch him in the jaw… He missed though, and instead hit a glancing blow behind the umpire’s ear, but nevertheless knocked Owens down.

While today this sort of thing would have landed the player in question in pretty major hot water, it wasn’t really all that uncommon for fans or players to attack umpires in that era, though still looked down upon in the American League and National League (not as much in many other leagues of the day). For this act, Ruth was fined $100 (about $1600 today), given a 10 game suspension, and forced to give a public apology.

What made this particularly attacking of an umpire important was that when Ernie Shore came in to replace Ruth on the mound, the catcher, Sam Agnew, (who incidentally replaced catcher Chester “Pinch” Thomas who was also ejected with Ruth), threw out the runner on first trying to steal second. Shore then retired the next 26 batters in a row without giving up a hit or a walk, winning the game 4-0. As such, this was ruled to be a “perfect game” because Shore had been on the mound for all 27 outs, though in the 1990s, it was downgraded to simply a “combined no-hitter”.

“Brick” Owens was no stranger to being attacked for his umpiring and saw much worse before becoming an NL and then AL umpire, where the life of an umpire was relatively safe comparatively. As a 16 year old, he had been attempting to make a go of becoming a major league baseball player himself, but accidentally shot himself in the left hand during a fourth of July celebration. This stopped him from playing in the game he intended to that day, but he did go ahead and umpire most of the game after the original umpire quit mid-match. Owens quickly learned he could make a little money doing this, starting out at 50 cents a game ($15 today) and within a year was pulling in $5 a game and while still just 17, he was given a contract of $75 a month (about $2200 today) from the Northern League.

This may seem like good money for a 17 year old and a great job, getting some fresh air, watching games, making the bucks, but in fact it was not back then. For instance, in one game the team batting was mounting a comeback, only to have Owens call three strikes in a row on their batter, ending the inning and the game. Today, the players and fans would then just walk off disappointed, no harm done. What happened then was that the batter attacked Owens. While Owens was defending himself against said batter, a fan ran onto the field, picked up the bat, and swung and connected with Owens’ head. This kind of worked out for Owens though as there was no permanent injury and the father of the fan paid Owens $750 not to press charges, which was about equivalent to Owens’ annual salary. Given he got beat up all the time without getting money out of it, this worked out.

Attacks didn’t just come in the heat of the moment on the field either. After one game where Owens had ejected a player, the player met him back at his hotel room and attacked him there. After another, he was sitting back in his hotel when a mob of fans came after him and refused to disperse, even after police arrived, until Owens was handed over to them. In order to get him out of the hotel, police had to take him over the rooftops, as the mob followed, and directly to the railroad station where they put him on the train out of town before the mob could get him. In another similar instance, he was attacked by 50 fans, but this time didn’t get away. They beat him until police managed to get between Owens and the fans. In another similar instance, a police officer trying to protect Owens from a mob of fans got his finger bitten off.

At this point, you might be wondering if Owens got the nickname “Brick” because he was tough as a brick. Partially, but also because there were actual bricks involved. In 1903, in a game in Pittsburgh, fans were upset with a call he made and began throwing bricks at him, including striking him in the head with one. Despite this, he was back at the job just a couple days later, at which point one of the baseball players at the game, Charley Lyons, gave him the nickname “Brick”.

Bonus Facts:
- By the time Owens got a job with the National League, he had so many scars from his days umpiring that the president of the National League, Harry Pulliam, thought he must have been in a train wreck and asked him if that’s what had happened.
- In another incident with an umpire, this one on May 25, 1922, Ruth was called out at second, trying to stretch a single into a double; he popped up and threw dirt at the umpire’s face. If that wasn’t enough, when he got back to the dugout, he took umbrage with a fan heckling him about it and ran into the stands to attack him, but the fan managed to outrun the now tubby professional outfielder. After the game, Ruth stated, “I didn’t mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.” At the time of this incident, Ruth was fresh (six games) off being suspended for other shenanigans. Despite attempting to attack a fan and throwing dirt at an umpire, Ruth was not suspended this time, just given a $200 fine (about $2600 today) and his captaincy of the Yankees was taken away.
- Another Ruth/umpire altercation happened on June 19, 1922, when Ruth was thrown out of a game by umpire Bill Dineen. The next day, with plenty of time to have cooled off, you might think Ruth would have let the incident go. Instead, during batting practice, Ruth approached Dineen and told him, “If you ever put me out of a game again, I’ll fix you so you never umpire again, even if they put me out of baseball for life!” This time he didn’t throw any punches, but the severity of the threat, and the fact that it was premeditated, resulted in Ruth getting suspended five games.
- In yet another temper-laden incident, Ruth got in a fist fight with Wally Pipp in the dugout over Pipp’s poor defensive play that game and also attacked shortstop Frank Baker who was trying to separate Ruth and Pipp during the altercation. Funny enough, directly after the incident, both Ruth and Pipp hit home runs.
- 93 years after Ruth’s famous punching of an umpire, a coach in the Babe Ruth Baseball League (a teen league) during the Babe Ruth league state tournament attacked the first base umpire of the game after a close call at 1st base in the 7th inning, punching him square in the face and knocking him out. The umpire was unconscious for a full 20 minutes after the hit and the league commissioner banned the coaches’ team from the rest of the tournament. The coach was later arrested for assault.
- During a spring training game in Florida in 1925, Babe Ruth once was chased off the field not by an angry fan, but by an alligator.{/quote]
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