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***Official 2012 MLB Regular Season Thread (2 Viewers)

Tigers come to Baltimore for their only trip here Friday-Sunday, and I'll be out of town. :wall:

 
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Anyone catch the inaugural episode of "The Franchise: A Season With The Miami Marlins" on Showtime?

Ozzie is amusing in the same way Rex Ryan is, but the Miami team is the worse kind of untalented: boringly so.

They can't hit--a fact exacerbated by playing in a stadium that is freakishly big--they can't pitch or field.

I found myself wondering if there is a professional athlete less athletic-looking than Heath Bell.

 
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'Encyclopedia Brown said:
Anyone catch the inaugural episode of "The Franchise: A Season With The Miami Marlins" on Showtime?

Ozzie is amusing in the same way Rex Ryan is, but the Miami team is the worse kind of untalented: boringly so.

They can't hit--a fact exacerbated by playing in a stadium that is freakishly big--they can't pitch or field.

I found myself wondering if there is a professional athlete less athletic-looking than Heath Bell.
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heath bell came off so spoiled in that episode. how does the rest of the season work? they ran through most of the first half in the first episode. what do they do in the next few weeks?
 
Finally ready for some baseball and it's a rain delay in Chicago, where there's been near-drought conditions all summer. Don't know if I should be happy or sad.

 
Ozzie was definitely pissed off at either Bryce Harper or Davey Johnson today against the Nats. Something involving the bat of Harper.

 
'hammerva said:
Ozzie was definitely pissed off at either Bryce Harper or Davey Johnson today against the Nats. Something involving the bat of Harper.
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He thought Bryce had too much pine tar on his bat. Bryce changed his bat, but Ozzie still not happy. Probably trying to get in his head. Or something. Maybe he just said something bad about Castro.
 
Posted at 05:37 PM ET, 07/15/2012Ozzie Guillen calls Bryce Harper ‘unprofessional’ after pine tar spatBy Adam KilgoreBryce Harper has done his level best to avoid controversy during his rookie season with the Nationals, but cyclonic Marlins Manager Ozzie Guillen dragged him into one this afternoon during the Nationals’ 4-0 victory over Miami.Guillen charged Harper with using too much pine tar on his bat, spewed a torrent of profanity at Harper during his at-bat in the fourth inning and afterward called Harper’s actions “unprofessional.” Guillen did not specify what caused his ire, but said it had “something” to do with how Harper pointed his bat at him before his second at-bat.“First time, it’s going to stay between us,” Guillen said. “I could have said a lot of [stuff] about this kid. I’ve been praising this kid like everyday. The last three times they asked me about him, the only thing I said was he’s a great player. What he did [today] was unprofessional. I’m not going to tell you guys what he did because I’m not going to be talking about it on ESPN, Baseball Tonight, what happened again. I’ll just leave it like that. I’ll talk to his manager in a little while.”The incident began after Harper’s first at-bat, a lineout to third base. Guillen complained to umpires that Harper had applied pine tar above the label of his bat, the limit for how high the sticky substance can be spread.In his next at-bat, Harper, who finished 0 for 4, used a new bat. But Guillen did not like something about how Harper walked to the plate. Guillen began yelling at Harper from the dugout, even grabbing a bat and shaking it in the direction of Harper and the Nationals’ dugout. Nationals Manager Davey Johnson started yelling back at him.“I was just telling [Harper] how cute he was,” Guillen said. “Something happened there the inning before and I didn’t like it and I was talking to the umpire about it.”Said Johnson: “Ozzie had complained that the pine tar was too high up on Harper’s bat. So we changed it. Then he was still chirping about. It got on the umpire’s nerves. It got on my nerves. He was trying to intimidate my player, I guess. That’s not going to bother our player. He does what he has to do.”Harper, as he did when Cole Hamels admitted to hitting him on purpose earlier this season, remained above the verbal fray. He did not specify what Guillen was saying to him – “he was just yelling,” Harper said. Mostly, he just complimented Guillen.“He battles for his team, and that’s the type of manager Ozzie is,” Harper said. “He’s a great manager to play for. He’s going to battle for you, no matter what. That’s a manager you want to play for.”Baseball’s rules prohibit pine tar from being spread above the label. The goo creates more friction and spin when the bat meets the ball, which allows the ball to travel further. The most famous incident involving the rule came when George Brett – Harper’s professed favorite player – was temporarily robbed of a home run.“It’s such a fine line,” Johnson said. “They put the pine tar, it’s only supposed to be at the top of the label. Some guys, it might be over half an inch or something. There’s still a foot of the barrel to hit it with. If you hit it on the pine tar, it’s going to shatter everything. The replace the ball all the time, anyways. What’s the big deal?”Guillen, in his first year with the Marlins, is known for his unapologetically controversial persona and explicit ranting. “Ozzie yells a lot,” one Nationals player said. “You don’t even pay attention.”The incident seems like it ought to pass, but with volatile, veteran right-hander Carlos Zambrano starting for the Marlins tomorrow, that may not be a smart bet.
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Pretty much everyone in the DC sports talk area believes that Harper is getting plunked tonight. Now the question is how he and the Nats will handle it

 
Hopefully they'll handle it by shelling Carlos Zambrano and making him break #### in the dugout

Harper hasn't gotten baited yet, he'll take his base

 
'hammerva said:
Pretty much everyone in the DC sports talk area believes that Harper is getting plunked tonight. Now the question is how he and the Nats will handle it
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I wouldn't have a problem with him getting plunked as long as Zambrano doesn't head hunt...Of course the umpire could issue a warning to both benches already...
 
'beaux said:
'hammerva said:
Pretty much everyone in the DC sports talk area believes that Harper is getting plunked tonight. Now the question is how he and the Nats will handle it
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Of course the umpire could issue a warning to both benches already...
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via twitter?
 
I think this was the first attempted act of retribution by an opposing manager against Davey for his Joel Peralta stunt. Except Ozzie Ozzied it all up.

 
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Jose Bautista just left the game vs. the Yanks with what looks like a hand/wrist injury. He injured it hitting a foul ball.

 
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'shadyridr said:
Looks like Joey Bats may have broke his hamate bone
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Despite what Dr. Paul O'Neill thought, they're saying it's a tendon injury, not a broken bone. MRI tomorrow. Snider, Thames, Gose and Sierra are all in the lineup for the Las Vegas 51s, the game started after the Bautista injury and none seem to be on a plane to New York.
 
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