The 1908 Superbas, in the top 2nd, loaded the bases with Marte walking and both Taylor and Squirrel poking a bunt for a single, and nobody out. Of course, the only run they would actually score off that came when Nimmo was hit by a pitch. “Mickey Mantle” Bader and “A Million Bucks for Each Point of Average” Lindor made the cardinal mistake of swinging the sticks, with predictable outcomes, a lineout and a double play grounder, respectively. And that was not the only bases-loaded, less-than-two-out situation in which they scored zilch…
No, dsvitak, I’m not bringing back the Mickey Mantle thing to tick you off. It’s a coping mechanism. Make it so ridiculous you have to laugh about it. Hence, 1908 Superbas, who, according to Wikipedia, …
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set a Major League record which still stands, for the fewest doubles by a team in a season, with only 110.[1] The Superbas hit only .213 as a team, second lowest in the modern era after the 1910 Chicago White Sox. No regulars hit .250, Tim Jordan led the team with a .247 batting average.
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I mean, the broadcast started (at least on MLB TV) with a statistic how the Mets led the NL in ERA by
three quarters of a run … and yet …! (pulls on his fur)
Of course, clownshoes defense is part of that too. 13 of 37 runs on the team up until Saturday were unearned.
What else. Pete “Oh-for-Cincinnati” makes me sad. -.- That was mean, Gary.
Is there anybody that Brooks Raley can’t start 0-2 against and then run the count full?
And by the way, they won, even if it doesn’t sound like it at all.