2012 MLB Season

[Lights Out]

On the NL Cy debate: Dickey's WAR is better than Cueto's and equal to Kershaw's, his ERA- and FIP- are pretty much in line with Cueto and Kershaw, his RE34 and REW are superior to Kershaw, and all are elite among NL pitchers in these categories, so I'd say they're easily the top three for the Cy voting. They all are pretty much equally good at preventing runs and keeping leverage.

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_Since Dickey, Cueto, and Kershaw are pretty even on the big stuff, we're reduced to picking nits among the three. One pretty big eliminating factor for me in regards to Cueto is his -0.1 BIP-Wins. This year, he's been as bad as Josh Beckett at saving wins for his team by preventing hits. As for Kershaw, his -0.4 LOB-Wins to date is indicative of his ineffectiveness in stranding runners.

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_Meanwhile, Dickey's positive LOB-Wins and BIP-Wins (and as a result, higher amount of FDP-Wins than Kershaw and Cueto) reveal that not only is Dickey just as good as Kershaw and Cueto at preventing runs, he also is a lot better than them at the little things: stranding runners, preventing hits, and saving wins for his team. That's why he's my pick for the NL Cy Young.

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_And yes, I know Gio Gonzalez has been getting some Cy Young hype too, but his -1.2 LOB-Wins and 0.2 FDP-Wins are an immediate disqualifier for me. He's so bad at stranding runners that it pretty much cancels out how good he is at preventing hits.

[Kramerica Industries]

New CCSLC debuts with a no-hitter.

Well done, Chris.

[floydnimrod]

Homer Bailey has no-hit the Pirates! The 15th Reds pitcher to throw a no-hitter.

[BigMac12]

ESPN Radio interrupted "The Sporting Life" to broadcast Homer Bailey's no-hit bid.

Congratulations, Homer!

[Magnum]

Congratulations to Homer!

This has been an overly dramatic year of no-hitters and division races.

[Kramerica Industries]

I'm impressed with Rays pitcher Wade Davis:

don't get hot and bothered, every body. it's a joke on ESPN's awful filters.

[Kramerica Industries]

Yankees with a well-earned, mindnumbing loss today to the Jays, and barring a miracle, the AL East will be tied again after the night is over.

Seriously, good job.

[BigMac12]

Here's one of those oddities, the review grand slam at the Nats-Cards game had a phantom re-swing.

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25190649&c_id=mlb

[infrared41]

Here's one of those oddities, the review grand slam at the Nats-Cards game had a phantom re-swing.

http://mlb.mlb.com/v...190649&c_id=mlb

Just another of the many reasons baseball is the greatest sport of all.

[njmeadowlanders]

I was at Giants/Padres tonight, and Chase Headley hit his 30th homer, 22nd after the break.

Can someone explain to me HOW THE HELL CHASE HEADLEY IS A THIRTY HOMERUN HITTER???

[BrySmalls]

Here's one of those oddities, the review grand slam at the Nats-Cards game had a phantom re-swing.

http://mlb.mlb.com/v...190649&c_id=mlb

Just another of the many reasons baseball is the greatest sport of all.

"Phantom Grand Slam!"

Nats magic number is 1!

[RedSox44]

On the same night of Homer Bailey's no-no, Boston's Scott Podsednik led off against Baltimore's Chris Tillman with a bunt hit.

It was the only hit the Sox got.

Yeah. We were that close to having two no-hitters in one night.

Also, Homer Bailey's no-hitter puts seven on this season, tying the record set in 1990 and matched in 1991 for most no-hitters in a single season.

[VandyDelphia Mike]

Pirates lose their 82nd. Makes it 20 consecutive sub-.500 campaigns.

Why we shouldn't always strive for consistency, I guess ...

[Raysfan12]

Mike Trout became the youngest player to have a 30-30 at the age of 21.

[Still MIGHTY]

Torii Hunter is carrying the Angels on his back right now. He doesn't want this season to end (and he wants a contract).

2-run, 2-out double in the 9th gives the Angels the first game of today's doubleheader.

And with Tampa's win and while Oakland/Seattle sit tied, the Angels NEED to get the second game as well. At best, one game out with 3 left is a feet position. At same, 2 with 3 would be damn hard. At worst, 3 out with 3 to play for a possible one game playoff would be damn near impossible (or if Tampa did the same a playoff for the playoff for the playoff). The season rides on tonight.

[Kramerica Industries]

Just when it looked like the Yankees were going to fall out of first place altogether, behind another pathetic Phil Hughes outing at the Rogers Centre, the offense roared to life and may well have saved their division hopes in the process. Now, the Yankees and Orioles are tied with three remaining, and as far as the paper matchups go, the advantage is clearly on the side of the Yankees. Just gotta hope the Dead Sox play like the Dead Sox in the Bronx, as they did in Baltimore this weekend.

None of the AL playoff spots are clinched yet. That's remarkable.

[zpqmaowl]

New York and Baltimore clinch postseason spots with the Angels' loss in the second game of their doubleheader.

Also, this:

[BigEd76]

3 of them were just clinched when Texas beat LA in the 2nd game of the DH. The Rangers, Yankees and Orioles are all in...

[dbadefense1990]

Dodgers and Angels are eliminated from the playoffs. Angels down 3 to A's with three left. Dodgers down 2 to Cards who hold tiebreaker over LA (if both end season with same record, Cards get into playoffs).

I guess it's happy days in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle...all people nationwide who detest the hated Dodgers and Angels.

[zpqmaowl]

What tiebreaker do they hold? Road goals ? The Dodgers won the season series 6-5.