Going 4-for-4 with 3 RBIs, the Cardinals’ Pete Kozma is the MVP of Yesterday.
MVP standings, as always, after the jump:
MVP of Yesterday (May 26, 2013): Pete Kozma
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MVP of Yesterday (May 25, 2013): Mike Minor
As much as I want to put Angel Pagan and his inside-the-park walk-off homer here, the MVP of Yesterday really belongs to Braves pitcher Mike Minor, who threw 7.1 scoreless innings (striking out 10 and giving up only 3 hits) and went 2-4 with a HR and 2 RBI at the plate.
MVP standings, as usual, below the jump:
MVP of Yesterday (May 24, 2013): Anibal Sanchez
Anibal Sanchez was throwing a no-hitter, and he would’ve gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for that meddling Joe Mauer! Still, he is the MVP of Yesterday.
MVP standings after the jump.
434.2 milliseconds
434.2 milliseconds. That’s about how long it takes a 95 MPH fastball to reach home plate.
It’s only about 34 milliseconds more than what it takes some people blink. Only 134 more milliseconds than it takes the slowest of us to act on reflex based on visual stimuli. Only slightly less time than it takes for a satellite communications system to receive and transmit information.
In the time it took you to read this blog post up to this line, about 13 seconds had past if you are an average silent reader. In that time, you could have had 28 fastballs go past you with another one about a third of the way towards you.
That sound you hear is your mind getting blown. Or maybe it’s of a fastball hitting the catcher’s glove.
MVP of Yesterday (May 23, 2013): Miguel Cabrera
Miguel Cabrera “only” went 2-3 yesterday with a home run, 3 RBIs and two walks, but because of the smaller schedule yesterday, he still snags a MVP of Yesterday title. It also has put him ahead of Bryce Harper overall in the standings.
MVP Standings after the jump:
How Don Mattingly can try to get fired (HUMOR)
In a Ken Rosenthal article earlier today, a rival GM said that Dodgers Manager Don Mattingly is practically trying to get fired after his infamous ripping into of longtime RF Andre Ethier on Wednesday. However, despite that and the horrible 19-26 start for the Dodgers, he is expected to still be the skipper of Los Angeles when the sun rises on Friday.
Therefore, if we were to foolishly take the rival GM’s quotation literally, we can only guess that Mattingly has not done enough to get fired. Therefore, I have suggestions for him as he tries to escape the black hole of horrible the Dodgers’ season has been so far:
- Accuse Tommy Lasorda of not actually bleeding Dodger Blue, but instead bleeding the red that everyone else has.
- Hit the pitcher in the clean-up spot for kicks.
- Leave game in the 7th inning to beat traffic.
- Criticize Vin Scully. Note that doing this is not just grounds for termination, but is grounds for being shot into the heart of the sun.
- Say that you wish the Dodgers had go-getters like Carlos Quentin.
- Call AJ Ellis by the name of “DJ Elliot” for no apparent reason whatsoever.
- Show up in Anaheim in a Angels uniform, see if you can get past security.
- Sign Dwight Howard to play CF.
- Give a long discussion on how you would approach 5-base baseball.
- Donald Duck suit.
- And the easiest way of all to get fired: keep having the team play .422 baseball.
Deadspin has the MLB Employment Handbook Up
It’s over here.
MVP of Yesterday (May 22, 2013): Jose Bautista
Jose Bautista went 4-4 with two dingers, four RBIs and a walk as he almost single-handedly willed the Blue Jays to victory yesterday over the Rays.
MVP Standings, as always, after the jump:
Prospect Service Announcement: Kevin Gausman
THIS IS A PROSPECT SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.
KEVIN GAUSMAN, RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER OUT OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, WILL MAKE HIS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DEBUT TOMORROW FOR THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES.
IN THIRTEEN STARTS IN 2012 AND 2013 IN THE ORIOLES ORGANIZATION, GAUSMAN HAS A 3.23 ERA IN 61.1 IP, WITH 62 TOTAL STRIKEOUTS AND ONLY SIX WALKS. SERIOUSLY, THAT IS NOT A TYPO, HE’S ONLY WALKED SIX BATTERS.
THIS YEAR IN AA BOWIE, GAUSMAN HAS STRUCK OUT 49 IN 46.1 IP WHILE WALKING ONLY FIVE. AGAIN, ONLY FIVE.
APOLOGIES FOR THE ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, I’M TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE ONE OF THOSE IMPORTANT WEATHER BULLETINS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
Chris Sale (or at least his appetite) is not human
Chris Sale‘s eating habits were recently unveiled to the world in a Wall Street Journal article, and they are sickening but impressive.
For example, it is said that during a four-hour flight, the 6’6”, 180 lb pitcher ate 2 ice cream sundaes and 30 bags of potato chips.
Now, admittedly this is likely just another tale of athletes exaggerating, but, just for kicks, this is roughly what the nutritional info for such a meal would be:
I’m not entirely sure how he would survive such a eating frenzy without throwing up. His metabolism must be something completely unlike anything else on this earth. There must be something unique about him. If everyone could have such a metabolism, obesity could disappear overnight.
In other words, I ask that Chris Sale reconsider his career in baseball and donate his body to science. Within his body may be the secrets of ending obesity and who knows what else.
Make it happen!
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