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

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What kind of deal will Freese be getting this off-season (w/o knowing second half)? 10 HR this year in 327 PA. In 2012 he hit 20 HR in 567 PA, but batting only .245. Will be 33 years old at the beginning of next season.
 
I sure as hell wouldn't pay him :lol: never liked dude. If I had to guess, maybe 3 years 30 mill max. Idk. I just don't like him.
 
Thought Ian Desmond was gonna be one of the few to reach 100 Ks before the All-Star break. 5 guys ahead of him including Joc Pederson and Kris Bryant :x
 
Late but what a huge blow for not only Grilli who was having a great season, but the Braves for any trade potential.

Dropped him with quickness from my squad and picked up Jim Johnson :lol: no time to waste *Ye shrug* .
 
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Vin Scully just blew my mind.

The Brewers traded Greinke to the Angels for Jean Segura.

1 Mind blown because I dont remember Greinke as an Angel. 2 Mind blown because of how average Segura is.
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You remember Segura got off to that crazy start as a Brewer and all the talk was how the Angels traded the best SS in the majors for a Greinke rental :lol:
 
@EvanDrellich: Jose Altuve sets a career high with his 8th home run.

He's made a noticeable effort to lift and drive the ball, and I'm not sure it's best for his game... But Astros baseball :lol:
 
Captain Kirk

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This series is really strange

Friday - back to back home run
Yesterday - Harvey homers
Today - Captain Kirk hits three homers
 
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Today in Baseball History
July 12th

1890 Appearing in his only major league game, Mr. Lewis (first name unknown) yields 13 hits, walks seven batters and allows 20 earned runs during the three innings of his major league debut at Brooklyn's Eastern Park. The rookie's performance contributes to the last place Buffalo Bisons' 28-16 loss to the Wonders in the Players' League contest.

1897 Louisville's Tom McCreery hits three home runs, providing the difference in the Colonels' 10-7 victory over the Phillies at the Baker Bowl. Each of the outfielder's round-trippers is of the inside-the-park variety and all are given up by Philadelphia right-hander Jack Taylor.

1901 At Boston's Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds, Cy Young of the Americans seven-hits the A's, 5-3, to win his 300th victory. The 34 year-old will win an additional 211 games to establish an amazing major league record of 511 career victories.

1906 At Robison Field, Sherry Magee establishes a franchise record by swiping four bases in the Phillies' 7-6 loss to St. Louis. The Philadelphia outfielder's mark, a feat he will repeat next month, will be equaled by Garry Maddox (1978) and Jayson Werth (2009).

1910 The legendary verse detailing the Cubs' double play combination of Tinker to Evers to Chance, entitled That Double Play Again, is published for the first time. When the 'New York Evening Mail' republishes the same poem six days later it will use the title by which it is best known today, Baseball's Sad Lexicon.

1911 For the second time in his career, Ty Cobb completes the stolen base cycle in one inning when he steals second, third and home in the first frame of the Tigers' 9-0 Bennett Park victory over Philadelphia. The 'Georgia Peach' will accomplish the feat four times, establishing a major league mark shared with Honus Wagner.

1931 After setting a major league record in the first game with nine doubles, the Cubs and Cardinals combined to hit another twenty-three two-baggers in the second game for an incredible total of thirty-two doubles in their doubleheader.

1943 An Armed Forces All-Star team managed by Babe Ruth and featuring Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams plays a fund-raising game against the Braves in Boston. The All Stars win on a Splendid Splinter's' home run, 9-8.

1945 Braves' outfielder Tommy Holmes goes hitless, ending his consecutive-game hitting streak at 37, which sets a National League record. The mark will stand until Pete Rose surpasses it in 1978.

1949 The major league owners agree to install warning tracks made of cinder in front of outfield fences prior to the start of next season. The origin of the concept is credited to Yankee Stadium, where an actual running track, used in the ballpark's track and field events, helped fielders know their proximity to the outfield fence when attempting to make a play.

1949 The first All-Star game which includes black players is played at Ebbets Field. Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson and Don Newcombe represent the National League in an 11-7 loss to Larry Doby and his AL teammates.

1951 At Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Yankee right-hander Allie Reynolds, facing only 29 batters, no-hits the Indians, 1-0, thanks to Gene Woodling's solo home run off Bob Feller in the seventh inning. The 'Chief' retires the last seventeen batters to face him, striking out Bobby Avila to end the game.

1955 At Milwaukee's County Stadium, Cardinal outfielder Stan Musial comes to bat leading off the bottom of the 12th inning of a 5-5 All Star deadlock. After Yankee catcher Yogi Berra complains about his feet hurting, 'The Man' tells him, "Don't worry, I'll have you home in a minute", then promptly hits a game-winning home run off Frank Sullivan on the next pitch.



1962 Exactly one month after accomplishing the feat for the first time, the Aaron brothers both homer again in the same game, giving Milwaukee an exciting 8-6 victory over St. Louis at County Stadium. Trailing 6-3 going into the bottom of the ninth, Tommie's solo shot cuts the deficit to two runs, and his older sibling Hank seals the deal four batters later with a walk-off grand slam.

1966 The National League All-Stars edge the AL, 2-1, in a game played at the newly-built Busch Stadium when hometown favorite Tim McCarver scores the winning run on Dodger shortstop Maury Wills's tenth-inning walk-off single with Giants hurler Gaylord Perry getting the victory by tossing a scoreless ninth and tenth inning. The 105-degree weather, 113 degrees on the playing surface, results in nearly 150 people being treated for heat exhaustion.

1970 In the second inning of an eventual 7-3 win over the Orioles, the Tigers lay down a record-tying three sacrifice bunts and score a run on a sac fly. Detroit muffs Cesar Gutierrez's and Mickey Lolich's attempts to give themselves up, resulting in both players advancing a runner and reaching reaching first base without making an out.

1979 After a delay of an hour and 16 minutes, the White Sox are forced to forfeit the second game of a twi-night doubleheader against the Tigers when over 5000 adolescent fans refuse to leave the field during Disco Demolition Night. Mike Veeck's promotion involves admitting fans for 98 cents with a disco record, collecting the vinyl and then literally blowing up the LPs and .45s in center field.



1988 Terry Steinbach homers in his first at-bat as an All-Star. The A's catcher becomes the first major leaguer to have homered in his first major league at-bat (9/12/86) and also in the Midsummer Classic.

1989 Yankee left-hander Ron Guidry retires from baseball, compiling a 170-91 record with a 3.29 ERA during his 14-year career with New York. In 1978, Gator won the American League's Cy Young Award unanimously after enjoying one of the most incredible seasons in baseball history, posting a 25-3 record with an ERA of 1.74.

1990 In a six-inning rain-shortened game, White Sox starter Melido Perez no-hits the hometown Yankees, 8-0. His bother Pascual, who is watching the New York bench, also hurled an abbreviated no-no for the Expos in 1988, holding the Phillies hitless for five innings at Veterans Stadium.

1992 In the Braves' 7-4 victory over Chicago at Wrigley Field, Jeff Blauser becomes the fourth shortstop to hit three home runs in a game‚ joining the ranks of Ernie Banks (Cubs, 1955)‚ Barry Larkin (Reds, 1991)‚ and Fred Patek (Angels, 1980). The Atlanta infielder had hit only 39 homers in the past six seasons.

1993 Mariners’ outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. becomes the first and only major leaguer to hit Baltimore’s B&O Warehouse on the fly. The estimated 460-foot shot is launched during the All-Star Game home-run hitting contest at Camden Yards in 1993.



1994 At the Pirates' Three Rivers Stadium, the National League ends its record six-game Mid Summer Classic slump when Tony Gwynn scores on Moises Alou's double in the tenth inning, giving the Senior Circuit an 8-7 victory. Fred McGriff is named MVP, earning the honor with his dramatic two-run home run off Lee Smith that tied the game in the bottom of the ninth.

1996 In a scene reminiscent to yesteryear, the first basemen leave their mitt in the field between innings throughout Montreal's 3-2 victory over the Cubs. The Expos' first baseman David Segui is really sharing his glove with Chicago's Mark Grace, whose equipment did not arrive at Olympic Stadium due to a shipping error.

1997 Pitching for the first time in Fenway not wearing a Red Sox uniform, Roger Clemens strikes out sixteen as the Blue Jays defeat Boston, 3-1. During the game, it appears the 'Rocket' is continually glaring up at Dan Duquette in the general manager's suite.

1997 In front of a full house at Three Rivers Stadium on Jackie Robinson Night, two Pirates' pitchers throw the first extra inning combined no-hitter in big league history. Ricardo Rinon takes over in the tenth inning to preserve starter Francisco Cordova's effort and gets the win when Mark Smith pinch hits a three-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the inning.

1998 Mark McGwire becomes the second player to hit 40 home runs in both leagues. The Cardinals' first baseman, who accomplished the feat three times with the A's, joins Darrell Evans, who hit 41 with the Braves (1973) and 40 with the Tigers (1985).

2000 In a six-player deal, the Reds trade Denny Neagle (8-2, 3.52) and outfielder Mike Frank to the Yankees for minor league third baseman Drew Henson, outfielder Jackson Melian and pitchers Brian Reith and Ed Yarnall.

2000 The Phillies trade hurler Andy Ashby to the Braves for pitcher Bruce Chen and Jimmy Osting. Atlanta gets the better of the mid-season deal when Ashby wins eight games for his new club, compared to only three victories posted by Chen and none for Osting, who will never make the parent club.

2005 At the Home Run Derby in Detroit, Bobby Abreu shatters the records for a single round, the championship round and the grand total for all three rounds of the derby by hitting 41 dingers into every part of Comerica Park. The Phillies outfielder, who was representing Venezuela in the event’s new international format, goes deep 24 times in the first round, tacks on six more in the second round and finishes with 11 more in the championship round.

2005 During the All Star game Town Hall discussion, Bud Selig, believing the designated hitter is a big part of the game, states the rule will remain in use for the foreseeable future. The commissioner, however, makes it clear the National League will never adopt the 1973 addition to the American League rule book.

2006 The offensively-challenged Astros obtained Aubrey Huff from the Devil Rays in exchange for two minor league prospects, RHP Mitch Talbot and infielder Ben Zobrist as well as cash. The team hopes the 30 year-old third baseman can provide some pop in the Houston lineup, which is tied for the worst batting average in the league.

2009 The Red Sox dedicate the center-field flagpole to Dom DiMaggio by raising a banner just below the stars and stripes with the former center fielder's name on it. After the ceremony, his widow, Emily, throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Fenway Park contest against Kansas City.

2011 A half-hour after the Mid-summer Classic is completed, the Mets send former All-Star reliever Francisco Rodriguez and cash to the Brewers for two players to be named later. K-Rod, an outstanding closer for the Mets and Angels, will be used primarily as a set-up man for Milwaukee's John Axford.
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Prince Fielder sighting in the 1993 video.
 
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