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

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Sale is THE GOODS.

Sucks that my squad is wasting gems from him..

Currently:

The White Sox are currently dead last in the AL in runs, hits, doubles, HRs, total bases, OBP, SLG, OPS, and SB%. They are second to last in walks, at-bats, stolen bases, RBIs, and AVG.

:frown: :frown: :frown: :frown:

Feels Batman.


Congrats to the GOAT Arod tho :pimp: :pimp:
 
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I bet on under 7 in A's game tonight. God I feel silly. Might be the worst bet I have ever made in my life. :lol:
 
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That Wil Meyers trade turned out really well for the Nats. Steven Souza for Joe Ross and Trea Turner :smokin
 
Today in Baseball History

1901 - John W. Taylor goes the distance but takes the loss when the Orphans are defeated by the Beaneaters at Boston's South End Grounds. The right-hander's start begins a stunning streak of 187 consecutive complete games that ends in August of 1906 when he is relieved by another pitcher, after amassing an amazing 1,727 innings of work that includes finishing up 15 games in relief.

1912 - In a slugfest, the Giants and Braves score a total of 17 runs in the ninth inning. New York scores seven runs in the top of the frame, but the Braves scored 10 runs in the bottom of the ninth to narrow the margin, 21-12.

1921 - At Fenway Park, Babe Ruth hits his 127th home run, helping the Yankees defeat the Red Sox in 10 innings, 7-6. The homer moves the 'Sultan of Swat' past Sam Thompson into second place on the career list for homers and 11 dingers behind all-time leader Roger Connor.

1925 - At Forbes Field, Max Carey becomes the first switch-hitter to hit for the cycle. The Pirate outfielder's performance helps Pittsburgh to bash Brooklyn, 21-5.

1950 - After stroking a RBI single in the third inning, Joe DiMaggio strikes again in the seventh with another run-scoring safety to collect his 2,000th career hit. The Yankee Clipper reaches the milestone in an 8-2 victory in Cleveland, the 1537th contest he has played in the major leagues.

1951 - Bobby Avila goes 5-for-6 at the plate, collecting 15 total bases and scoring four runs in the Indians' 14-6 victory over Boston. The Tribe's second baseman's offensive output at Fenway Park includes three home runs and a double.

1961 - The voting ends in a ‘world-wide election’ to settle the question who is the better superstar, New York’s Mickey Mantle or San Francisco’s Willie Mays. The Sport magazine poll, inspired by Bill Hoebler, a young baseball fan and reader from Pittsburgh, puts the Yankee center fielder ahead of the Giants’ Say Hey Kid by more than 500 votes, after the seventeen pounds of postcards from all 50 states and several countries are tallied.

1963 - The first Mayor's Trophy Game between the Yankees and Mets is played in the Bronx. A crowd of 50,742, made up of mostly National League fans, sees Casey Stengel's expansion team defeat the reigning World Champions, 6-2.

1967 - At Connie Mack Stadium, Phillies starter Larry Jackson one-hits the Mets, 4-0. It is the right-hander's eighteenth victory over New York without a defeat.

1973 - In a 7-5 loss to Cincinnati, Giants right fielder Bobby Bonds hits his 22nd career leadoff homer. The first inning shot at Candlestick Park off Don Gullett breaks Lou Brock's record for homers leading off a game

1980 - Five-foot-five Fred Patek hits three home runs to help the Angels beat the Red Sox, 20-2. During his 14-year career in the big leagues with Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and L.A., the diminutive shortstop will hit 41 round-trippers, an average of four each season.

1980 - At Comiskey Park, Al Cowens takes a detour to the mound after hitting an infield grounder and tackles White Sox reliever Ed Farmer instead of running to first base, landing several punches before the two are separated. The Tiger right fielder, who will be suspended for seven days, was exacting revenge for being hit last season with a pitch thrown by the right-hander that fractured his jaw, causing the him to miss 21 games as a member of the Royals.

1982 - At Three Rivers Stadium, in a 3-1 loss to the Pirates, Pete Rose becomes the fifth major leaguer to appear in 3000 games. The Phillies first baseman, playing in his 523rd consecutive contest, joins Ty Cobb‚ Stan Musial‚ Hank Aaron‚ and Carl Yastrzemski as one of only five players to reach the milestone.

1983 - Yankee outfielder Bobby Murcer retires as an active player, ending his 17 year major league career with a .277 lifetime batting average and 252 home runs. The popular outfielder, who also played for the Giants and Cubs, will become a mainstay in the broadcast booth until he succumbs to a brain tumor in 2008.

1986 - Collegiate football standout Bo Jackson, who will eventually spend four seasons with the Oakland Raiders, signs to play baseball with the Royals, the defending World Champions. The Auburn running back had been drafted first overall in the 1986 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but the Heisman trophy winner turns down the Buccaneers' more lucrative offer when the team refuses to let him play two sports.

1987 - After giving up home runs to Dale Murphy and Ken Griffey, Reds starter Bill Gullickson plunks Andres Thomas in the back with a pitch in the Reds' 8-6 loss at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. The Braves' shortstop takes exception and charges the mound, precipitating a bench-clearing brawl that will result in both of the initial combatants being tossed from the game.

1991 - At Comiskey Park, Ivan Rodríguez makes his major league debut with the Rangers. The 19 year-old backstop becomes the youngest person to catch a major league game.

1992 - Kelly Saunders fills in for Baltimore's Rex Barney, becoming only the second woman to be a public address announcer at a major league game. In 1966, Joy Hawkins McCabe, the daughter of the Senators' public-relations director, became the first female P.A. announcer, doing one game for Washington at D.C. Stadium against the White Sox.

1994 - In a 7-1 defeat to the Indians, the Tigers' string of 25 straight games of hitting a home run ends. The streak tied the major league record set by the 1941 New York Yankees.

1996 - The Devil Rays get their first win in the history of the organization when the club's Gulf Coast League affiliate beats the GCL Astros. Jose Rodriguez, an 18 year-old right-hander from Cotui in the Dominican Republic, gets the victory.

1997 - Aaron Boone, son and grandson of former major leaguers Bob and Ray, is called up from the minor leagues by the Reds. To make room on the roster Cincinnati demotes his brother, Bret.

1999 - A rusty Troy Percival, who hasn't pitched in a week, establishes a franchise record with his 127th save for the Angels when he finishes the team's 4-2 victory in New York. The right-handed closer's less than stellar outing, allowing four batters to reach base and giving up a run, surpasses the team mark established by Bryan Harvey in 1992.

2001 - Hitting his 38th homer of the season, Barry Bonds breaks the major league mark established by Reggie Jackson (1969) and Mark McGwire (1998) for home runs hit before the All-Star game. The Giants' left fielder still has 17 games to add to the record.

2002 - Luis Castillo extends his hitting streak to 34 games, breaking the 1922 record established by Rogers Hornsby for the longest hitting streak by a second baseman. The Dominican infielder's streak, the 14th longest in major league history, also ties Benito Santiago's record set in 1987 for the longest established by a Latin player.

2002 - A 4 1/2 -hour closed-casket public viewing is held at Busch Stadium for Jack Buck, the 77 year-old Hall of Fame broadcaster who died from complications following lung surgery. The bronze statue depicting him at the microphone outside the stadium is stuffed with cards, stuffed animals, photographs and other memorabilia in memory of the KMOX legend.

2003 - Miguel Cabrera's first major league hit is a two-run walk-off homer in the eleventh inning of a 3-1 Marlin victory over the Devil Rays at Dolphin Stadium. The Marlins had signed the skinny 20 year-old outfielder from Maracay, Venezuela as an amateur free agent in 1999.

2004 - On Father's Day with his dad in attendance, 34 year-old Ken Griffey, Jr. blasts a sixth-inning Matt Morris fastball over the right field wall at Busch Stadium for his 500th career home run. The Reds' center fielder becomes the twentieth major leaguer, and the sixth youngest, to reach the milestone.

2006 - The combined efforts of Rockies' starter Jason Jennings and relievers Tom Martin and Brian Fuentes produce the first one-hitter in franchise history. The 6-0 victory against Oakland marks the third time that one hit or less has been given up in a Coors Field contest.

2007 - Connecting on a fifth inning hanging breaking ball thrown by Cubs' hurler Jason Marquis, Sammy Sosa becomes the fifth major league player to hit 600 career home runs. The Rangers' designated hitter, who missed the entire season last year, joins Hank Aaron (755), Barry Bonds (748), Babe Ruth (714) and Willie Mays (660) in reaching the milestone.

2008 - John Gibbons becomes the third manager to be let go in the last four days as the last place Blue Jays fire their skipper. Cito Gaston, who piloted Toronto to a pair of world championships in 1992 and 1993, has been brought back to lead the team.

2008 - In recognition of their significant contributions to the community, the Dodgers become the first sports franchise to be honored by the Hollywood Historic Trust and the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. The team receives an Award of Excellence star, which is placed in the Walk of Fame, which includes a constellation of celebrities, real and fictional, who have had a major impact on the entertainment industry.

2009 - Jeff Weaver beats his kid brother Jered when the visiting Dodgers best the Halos, 6-5, at Angel Stadium. The Northridge, California natives become the eighth set of siblings in major league history to start against one another.

2009 - A.J. Burnett strikes out the side on nine pitches in the third inning in the Yankees' 2-1 loss to Florida. Josh Johnson, Chris Coghlan, and Emilio Bonifacio all strike out swinging in the Land Shark Stadium contest.

2009 - A major league oddity happens when two games end on walk-off wild pitches in extra innings on the same day. Jason Jennings' errant throw allows Nate Schierholtz to score the winning run for the Giants with two outs in the 11th inning to beat Texas, 2-1, and Andres Blanco comes home on Kerry Wood's miscue, giving the Cubs a 6-5 victory over the Indians in 13 innings.

2011 - The Marlins announce Jack McKeon will be the team's interim manager, replacing Edwin Rodriguez, who resigned yesterday. The 80 year-old skipper is taking over the floundering Fish club that has lost 10 consecutive games and 18 of its last 19, after starting the season by winning 30 of its first 50 contests.

2013 - Reds third baseman Todd Frazier, a New Jersey native, has the "The Sopranos" theme song played when he steps up to the plate in the game against Arizona at Chase Field. With the selection of the iconic tune from the HBO series, the Cincinnati infielder was paying tribute to James Gandolfini, the actor best known for his role as Garden State mob boss Tony Soprano, who passed away yesterday at the age of 51.
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