Baseball Toaster: Humbug Journal : June 2007

Monthly archives: June 2007

A Conversation Between Billy Beane and Milton Bradley

2007-06-23 09:27

by Score Bard

"You've finally healed your physique!
You hold a consecutive streak
Of one ballgame played.
So therefore, a trade
Will happen in less than a week."

"I don't really want to critique
A brilliant GM's technique,
But I think I just saw
That your plan has a flaw:
Ow! I just pulled my oblique."

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Stupid Humbug Stat Tricks - Astros Eleven edition

2007-06-21 08:57

by dianagramr

Last night, the Astros extended to eight their franchise record for consecutive games with at least 11 hits, in an 8-6 loss to the Angels.

Here are the other instances of teams with exactly eight consecutive games with at least 11 hits in the last 50 years:

Team	Streak Start	Streak End	W	L	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SO	BB	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
HOU	6/13/2007	6/20/2007	4	4	299	54	105	26	3	9	53	50	27	3	3	.351	.410	.548	.958
TEX	8/7/2006	8/15/2006	5	3	291	68	102	28	1	17	62	37	34	4	3	.351	.417	.629	1.046
MIN	7/14/2006	7/21/2006	8	0	281	55	104	16	6	7	53	31	19	4	3	.370	.410	.544	.954
STL	7/26/2004	8/4/2004	6	2	324	57	108	25	2	16	54	55	31	6	3	.333	.390	.571	.961
TEX	4/30/2000	5/8/2000	6	2	308	72	113	21	1	15	70	48	29	3	1	.367	.424	.588	1.012
ARI	9/18/1999	9/26/1999	7	1	301	66	105	13	4	14	62	35	46	6	3	.349	.434	.558	.992
KCR	7/19/1999	7/27/1999	4	4	300	66	113	20	4	13	61	33	33	6	2	.377	.432	.600	1.032
SEA	5/24/1999	6/1/1999	5	3	300	76	106	21	3	21	74	42	50	3	2	.353	.442	.653	1.095
TEX	7/2/1997	7/12/1997	5	3	285	65	91	23	1	9	61	63	30	4	0	.319	.383	.502	.885
PIT	9/9/1996	9/15/1996	5	3	308	58	101	21	1	4	52	44	38	10	3	.328	.409	.442	.851
CHW	6/2/1996	6/10/1996	7	1	313	61	105	19	2	11	60	50	41	8	0	.335	.412	.514	.926
ATL	7/20/1993	7/27/1993	7	1	318	81	124	17	2	21	74	38	28	4	1	.390	.438	.654	1.092
CLE	9/19/1959	4/19/1960	4	4	322	46	103	11	2	5	44	43	22	2	2	.320	.367	.413	.780

The Major League record for consecutive games with at least 11 hits (since 1957)? Yup ... 11, by the 1992 Mariners and the 1979 Cardinals (each went 8-3 in those 11 games).

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Chicago Chaos

2007-06-16 12:49

by Ember Nickel

Rain soaks the L flag.
Was it just another loss?
Trace it back in time:

Fly ball to left field.
Demoralized team's last three
Outs come without fight.

Home run. We are drained,
Too silent to understand.
After so much...why?

Simple, blooper hit.
Immortality had been
Just five outs away.

Tension builds. Fans that
Watch at home curl into the
Fetal position.

Even afterwards
We're left with a magic tinge
That might see us through.

Insanity reigns.
All the beauty, thrown away.
Nobody knows why.

Not so far into
The game, hopeful fans recall
Verlander's triumph.

Soriano's hit
Lingers in the background on
A hot, muggy day.

Out at the ballpark
Anything is possible.
Fans coalesce...dream.

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