“We just have to keep that rolling into tomorrow and see where we are after that,” Moustakas said.
[Christian] Yelich, the reigning National League MVP, broke his right kneecap in Tuesday night’s game when he fouled a ball off himself....
“It hurts a lot to lose him but at the end of the day we have to go out and find ways to win,” Moustakas said.
September 12, 2019
"Obviously two homers is pretty cool no matter what day it is but on your birthday it’s pretty special. But even more so is the win, especially with Yeli going down. Everyone has to step up even more."
Said Mike Moustakas after last night's game (which took the Brewers into a tie for the second National League wild card), quoted in "With Yelich out, Moustakas leads Brewers’ charge in 7-5 win" (Fox Sports).
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“Yeli”.
Baseball has a nickname crisis.
Neither the Cubs nor the Brewers will make the playoffs. That's my prediction.
Both are second tier teams.
Even if they do snag a wild card spot, they'll be eliminated in the first round.
Crash: You're gonna have to learn your cliches. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to learn them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play 'em one day at a time."
Nuke: [writing] "Got to play..." Pretty boring.
Crash: Of course it's boring, that's the point. Write it down.
Nuke: "One...day...at a time."
Crash: Alright, "I'm just happy to be here, hope I can help the ball club." [Nuke looks at him] I know, WRITE IT DOWN.
I just took a look at the video of Yelich fracturing his kneecap. Ouch.
And now I am left wondering how they treat it. Cast seems weird, pins also seem weird. It's a funky bone to break. On the other hand, medicine seems to have made so many leaps in treatment that anything is possible these days.
Did you know when Danny Thomas started St. Jude's hospital, 80% of children with cancer died? Yesterday I heard an ad for St. Judes. Now they say that 80% of children with cancer live.
It boggles the mind that this has happened in my lifetime.
"Baseball has a nickname crisis."
Moustakis is "The Moose." If he gets a home run, the announcers can't not say "The Moose is loose." Sometimes: "Call the zookeepers!" Pause. "The Moose is loose."
There are some games where the players' uniforms all have a nickname instead of the actual name. Fans seem to enjoy that. Why are you so sour about this? I think "Yeli" is fine!
I read on the internet that people who pose nude have a 5% higher chance of breaking their kneecap in a freak accident. Poor naked Yeli.
Another Bull Durham quote (I might have a bunch more): Rose goes in the front big guy.
“Yeli”.
Baseball has a nickname crisis.
Could be worse, could have been "itchy".
" Why are you so sour about this?"
Snarking is an internet social convention. Like elaborate politeness has been in other times and still is in some cultures. It's pretty hard to fathom that you wouldn't know this, so maybe your question was rhetorical.
Atlanta's Third baseman, Donaldson, is called "bringer of rain."Who needs outfielder sluggers when First, Second and Third basemen have produced 96 home runs to date.
"There are some games where the players' uniforms all have a nickname instead of the actual name. Fans seem to enjoy that. Why are you so sour about this? I think "Yeli" is fine!"
It's lazy. Like A-Rod.
And the players' uniforms are names the players themselves have chosen, which is not how nicknames work.
[Christian] Yelich, the reigning National League MVP, broke his right kneecap
Has the Althouse twitter-follow become the new Madden cover curse?
Let's test it:
https://twitter.com/_BigBen7
Monday was the 106th birthday of Hugh "Losing Pitcher" Mulcahy.
From Bull Durham: I need a nickname. All the great ones have nicknames. Like Oil can. Millie replies: How about Pokey?
Every baseball player is called something like Yeli. Or Javy. Or whatever.
Rarely do you get a Moose or anything original. That’s all. Not sour on it, but they’re baseball players, they are cynical and have a lot of idle time. They can do better and you bet they do behind close doors.
"It's lazy."
Most nicknames are lazy! Nicknames are about laziness — shortening, just adding "-ie."
It's the elaborate nicknames that are irritating — "The Sultan of Swing" — bleh!!
Brewers nicknames in rank order.
4. Adrian Houser: "Doogy"...
3. Josh Hader: "Haderade"...
2. Eric Thames: "Phone Home"...
1. Yasmani Grandal: "Yazmanian Devil"
Nicknames are about laziness — shortening, just adding "-ie."
Annie?
Not shorter.
That was Dire Straits - Ruth was the Sultan of Swat. When he gained weight, he was the Sultan of Suet. When the Giants signed minor league slugger Moses Solomon, he became The Rabbi of Swat.
These are good nicknames.
It'll be Houston and LA. Houston will surprise the Yankees. LA in 7.
"Shouting Thomas said...
Neither the Cubs nor the Brewers will make the playoffs. That's my prediction."
Not much of a prediction. Both are done.
Moustakis is "The Moose."
No, he's just Moose. Or Moooooooooooooooose when cheered by the fans.
"Not shorter."
It was a list of 2 alternatives, not thing to be done at the same time.
But that's the thing about nicknames -- if your name is short, that seems unacceptable, and it must be lengthened. (The issue with my name.) But if it's long, it must be shortened. (Even a 2-syllable name, like Laurence, seems too fancy and in need of a cutback.)
My parents opposed nicknames and gave all 3 of their children sleek 1-syllable names. In the case of my sister (Dell), it's very hard for people to see it as other than a nickname, and they push to call her Adele (which was the name of the great-grandmother she was named for). I can't tell you how many times people call my son Jonathan after I've told them his name is John. It's like they don't believe I'd give such an unfancy name!
"That was Dire Straits - Ruth was the Sultan of Swat."
Good point. I hate that nickname.
"Neither the Cubs nor the Brewers will make the playoffs. That's my prediction." "Not much of a prediction. Both are done."
It's not much of a prediction to say neither will win the division, but we've been expecting one to get the second wildcard. It would need to be that maybe the Phillies could get in there. It's not likely. According to FiveThirtyEight, the Phillies only have a 4% chance of making the playoffs. The Brewers have 42% and the Cubs have 44%. I think there's a 96% chance, then, that either the Cubs or the Brewers will make the playoffs.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2019-mlb-predictions/?ex_cid=rrpromo
A bit like the Oakland Raiders Monday night, with the fans chanting, "No AB! No AB!" Great game [yeah, I know I said I wasn't going to watch any more but...I just had to support 'Chuckie'].
Moose like Yelich is from LA. So is Braun.
Brewers like LA boys.
"No AB! No AB!
That's not what they were chanting.
The Moose All Stars - Players named or nicknamed Moose:
c: Al Lakeman
1b: Walt Dropo
2b: Mike Moustakas
3b: Bill Skowron
ss: Jack Farrell
lf: Dale Alexander
cf: Moose Solters
rf: Moose McCormick
sp: Mike Mussina
sp: George Earnshaw
sp: Moose Haas
sp: Bob Moose
sp: Joe Musgrove
rp: Dick Radatz
rp: Bob Lee
Fictional catcher: Moose Washburn (Bob Newhart Show)
French national anthem singer: Georges Moustaki.
Bill Skowron was born in 1930, and as a baby resembled Mussolini;
Bob Moose pitched on a Pirate staff with Bob Veale, John Lamb, and Joe Gibbon;
there was a minor league pitcher in the 1940s named Robert Bullwinkle.
Rory said...
That was Dire Straits - Ruth was the Sultan of Swat. When he gained weight, he was the Sultan of Suet. When the Giants signed minor league slugger Moses Solomon, he became The Rabbi of Swat."
The nickname The Hebrew Hammer was first given to the great Tigers first baseman Hank Greenberg back in the 1930's. I've seen the nickname applied to other Jewish players, including Ryan Braun, but it belongs to Greenberg. The Rabbi of Swat is at least original.
Surprisingly, Sandy Koufax never had a nickname.
I am hoping the Crew will take the second WC but don't expect them to advance far into the playoffs.
Still - baseball does surprise you.
"No AB! No AB!
That's not what they were chanting.
Yes, it was, Rick.
...expressing that the Raiders don't need Antonio Brown to win. Even the announcers pointed it out. Maybe you didn't watch the game.
"Obviously two homers ...
On seeing that, was anyone else's first thought "The Simpsons" ?
Wouldn't "The Sultan of Swat" and "The Hebrew Hammer" be considered titles more-so than nicknames? Something about the "the" that makes me think so...
...and yes, I'm aware it's a mighty-tiny nit to be picking at. To make up for that, here is a live version of that song some of us now have playing in our heads...with Slowhand (speakingofnicknames) sitting in on rhythm guitar.
Moose made it first in Kansas City with the Royals. We are glad he’s still doing so well. We miss him here.
Ann Althouse: The Brewers have 42% and the Cubs have 44%. I think there's a 96% chance, then, that either the Cubs or the Brewers will make the playoffs.
There's a 58% chance the Brewers won't make the playoffs (100-42). There's a 56% chance the Cubs won't make the playoffs (100-44). The odds of both those events happening is 56% * 58% = 32.48%. Those are the odds neither team makes it.
So there is a 67.52% (100-32.48) chance one (or both) of them will make it.
Just out of curiosity, where'd you get 96% from?
Ann Althouse: The Brewers have 42% and the Cubs have 44%. I think there's a 96% chance, then, that either the Cubs or the Brewers will make the playoffs.
(1-.42)*(1-.44)=.3248
32.48% chance neither team makes the playoffs, 67.52% chance at least one of them does. 18.48% chance they both do, for what it's worth.
Just out of curiosity, where'd you get 96% from?
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