MLB - NEWS & NOTES

lol cat - i didn't ask how often u thought about trading hamels, i asked how often u did NOT think about it

only 40 times a day for amaro? slacker

 

Yesterday Maldonado became the first player in MLB history to catch 17 innings and hit a walk off homer.

 

It's officially June, that means the trade deadline is just next month.

 

oh not trading hamels...when i sleep at night. so 7 hrs.

BTW-amateur draft is next monday on mlb network.

 

A few items I want to bring up......The guy that designed the MLB Logo passed yesterday, Lennie Merullo, last living person to play for Cubs in World Series, dies at 98 yrs. old. On another note yesterday, during the reds game, Votto walked on 3 balls and nobody noticed or called him back with a 3-2 count. He ended up scoring a run...... *NO*

 

i saw votto and the cubs guy dying. 98 yrs old. wow. they got another 98 yrs ahead of them. haha

 

Mark Trumbo is a Seattle Mariner.

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2015/6/3/8726141/mark-trumbo-trade-mariners-diamondbacks-gabby-guerrero

 

If the playoffs started today the 5 NL teams to get in would be the Nationals, Cardinals, Pirates, Dodgers, and Giants. I feel like the Padres are really the only other team who could legitimately threaten.

 

Just realized today that the Cards have played exactly 1/3 of their season. Obviously different teams are at slightly different numbers of games but it's crazy to think we're already 1/3 of the way there.

 

Still over 100 games to play......Long ways to go yet. And do the Cards ever lose? The Pirates record over the last 2 -3 weeks is incredible and can't gain any ground! Every other team has had losing streaks......Just not fair......

 

Cards lost 3 straight once.

 

Mike Moustakas batted .198 against fastballs in 2014. This season, he?s at .339 with 3 HRs and an .889 OPS.

 

NEW YORK -- Chris Heston, a 27-year-old rookie making just his 13th career start for the Giants, clapped his hands and jumped off the mound after cementing his place in the record books. The remaining crowd at Citi Field -- many of whom were decked out in San Francisco's signature orange and black -- worked themselves into a frenzy.

Heston struck out the side in the ninth inning to secure the first no-hitter of the 2015 season and a 5-0 victory for the defending World Series champions over the Mets. It marked the 17th no-hitter in club history and the fourth straight season a Giants pitcher has thrown one, as Heston joined Matt Cain (2012) and Tim Lincecum (2013 and 2014).

Once designated for assignment by the Giants in July 2013, Heston only made the starting rotation because Cain began the season on the disabled list. And he had been inconsistent all season before his history-making performance Tuesday night.

He did not allow a walk and struck out 11. Heston's only blemishes were three hit batters, the first time dating back to 1914 that more than two batters were plunked during a no-hitter. He also became the first rookie to throw a no-hitter since Boston's Clay Buchholz in 2007.

"That's how guys build their resumes," said Mets third baseman Eric Campbell, who struck out twice. "You tip your cap to him. He made good pitches when he needed to."

 

so did posey catch all 4? i think that ties the record ?

 

Don't know? Look it up.......