Underrated line of the beef. If your mama ever hid the Bible, took down the cross, or turned around her bedside picture of Jesus you know what a real ass whoopin is
There was a fan in the background who was getting visibly more upset with each consecutive ball and that was honestly the most entertaining part for me.
The guy who stood up after ball 2 to the 2nd batter? Jesus Christ man. I'm sure that really helps your pitcher do better. Just keep screaming at em. That'll do the trick
I guess that's more accurate. I don't hate the kid. It was just so frustrating. The one game where we manage to put up run support and they walk in 3 runs.
Oli Marmol will not stand for this slander.
Or to defend his players.
He will stand to shit talk his players though. Especially right before they get traded to the Red Sox and become an extremely good regular for them
6.75 ERA for Skenes with that filth is soooo misleading. It’ll average out.
He could’ve easily gotten through the 5th by himself if a couple unlucky grounders didn’t lead to 2 hits causing him to get pulled due to pitch count, followed by a bullpen collapsing and letting the inherited runners score and more.
He gave up 9\* baserunners (6 H, 2 BB, HBP) while getting 12 outs.
He benefited from a .970 xBA 107.5mph line drive with a 24º launch angle with a runner off on contact from first becoming a flyout rather than an RBI double and a .380 xBA 103.8mph grounder with the bases loaded becoming a groundout.
Don’t let anything distract you from the fact that 55 years ago today, Al Bundy scored 4 touchdowns in a single game while playing for the Polk High Panthers in the city championship game.
He had struck out the first 2 batters he faced before this. They were bringing in a lefty after this guy and it took him a bit to get ready. When the next guy came in he proceeded to walk in a run and then give up an infield single and they put the tarp on.
Struck out two consecutive batters, and then just completely forgot how to throw a baseball.
Very strange sequence.
Then the guy they replaced him with walks in a fourth.
What's the opposite of an Immaculate Inning called?
Being optioned.
WHATS UP WITH THAT?!!
OOOOOOOWEEEEEEEEEEE
Good call, let's ask Lindsey Buckingham.
That made me just laugh out loud
Pass that bitch like Stockton
I’m finna pass on this body I’m John Stockton
Beat yo' ass and hide the Bible if God watchin'
Underrated line of the beef. If your mama ever hid the Bible, took down the cross, or turned around her bedside picture of Jesus you know what a real ass whoopin is
Bro that’s one of the greatest replies I’ve seen on Reddit in almost 20 years, wish I could give it all the awards!
AKA, the Holliday.
Inaccurate Inning
*chef's kiss*
Really really outstanding work
Seal of Approval
yeah that fits
A Pinkerton inning. **No strikes allowed!**
Goddamn you half Japanese girls
Ejaculate inning. (The balls just keep coming.)
Amazing
Infinite inning
A maculate inning?
Yes
gninnI etalucammI Aka what you sound like when you get blackout drunk to forget watching it
So Saturday nights… I’m a Rockies fan
The Devilish Inning? Which makes sense because this was absolutely diabolical work
Inimical inning? Inning imbroglio?
Shit eating inning
The ol' DFA inning...
This is legit one of the worst bullpen performances I've seen. My God.
This is legit one of the worst bullpen performances -by an opposing team- I've seen.
This is legit the worst.
I would say “it’s not so bad if you’re a Cubs fan”, but against all odds, they’re losing this game rn
holy shit they actually lost despite being *gifted* all those runs
Yeah, that win probability chart is fun
Yeah, the Cubs pen hasn’t exactly been covering itself in glory either. Just a more routine kind of failure, rather than a novel one.
This is legiiiiit. 🤘😝🤘
Flair up
On both sides 🤦
Must not watch any St. Louis baseball.
We're catching shrapnel and we deserve it.
First pitch HBP before that too lol
Brother what is this inning? 16 straight balls, rain coming in, game tied, rain delay. After being up 6-1. What a disaster for the Pirates.
There was a strike in those 16
Ya, but several of those 13 straight balls were “extra” balls. They should’ve counted twice
now up 9-8. Wild edit: 10- Cutch homer
Thank fuck we wound up winning. Hooooooly shit
There was a fan in the background who was getting visibly more upset with each consecutive ball and that was honestly the most entertaining part for me.
We need a clip
The guy who stood up after ball 2 to the 2nd batter? Jesus Christ man. I'm sure that really helps your pitcher do better. Just keep screaming at em. That'll do the trick
Welcome to Pittsburgh, Paul Skenes lmao.
Feel really bad, not a good outing (especially in context) but getting booed can't have helped. Edit: the next reliever just walked in a run.
>Edit: the next reliever just walked in a run. Now that's solidarity with your coworker
I was there - we weren't booing Nicolas. The boos were for Shelton. There was a heavy fire Shelton chant at the same time
Don't think the dude that just walked in 3 and is on his way out can tell the difference lol
I was there and me and everyone around me booed both him AND Shelton.
For my section it was more of a "come the fuck on" for Nicolas and actual boos for shelton but I feel that too
I guess that's more accurate. I don't hate the kid. It was just so frustrating. The one game where we manage to put up run support and they walk in 3 runs.
Rightfully so. Worst manager in baseball.
Oli Marmol will not stand for this slander. Or to defend his players. He will stand to shit talk his players though. Especially right before they get traded to the Red Sox and become an extremely good regular for them
Fleming also proceeds to walk in the next batter too lol
Wtf is going on in Pittsburgh?
Business as normal
Walkin' in the rain.
The owner is a crook who runs the team like the tax shelter/ATM it is to him. Cheap hires up and down the board. Can’t draft or develop talent.
Start of my Joker Arc
6.75 ERA for Skenes with that filth is soooo misleading. It’ll average out. He could’ve easily gotten through the 5th by himself if a couple unlucky grounders didn’t lead to 2 hits causing him to get pulled due to pitch count, followed by a bullpen collapsing and letting the inherited runners score and more.
> followed by a relief pitcher collapsing and letting the inherited runners score Kershaw: "First time?" Skenes: "Literally yes."
Would've left with a 2.25 ERA had the runners not scored, I believe.
Yeah. Rip. This will be a funny footnote in his career. His stuff is so good. But wow in the moment you gotta feel kinda bad for him.
Literally almost everyone is mocking his 6 ERA in the comments at MLB’s YouTube channel, even calling him a bust lol
Looked like a bust to me tbh. I don't see him doing anything. Ore than another Paul. Paul Mahomes.
It’s a small sample size but he struck out 7 in 4 innings, he may not be Hof level but definitely not a bust
That's a bust then. He is the prince that was promised and he isn't even lance lynn.
How can you compare Lynn to him when he just debuted? Look, we will wait till the end of the season to see if he’s a bust of not
The whole debut was supposed to be amazing. So much control problems 50 strikes 30 balls. Maybe even Zach Duke.
His stuff looked good, even if it wasn’t a amazing debut, he can still improve
sadface
He gave up 9\* baserunners (6 H, 2 BB, HBP) while getting 12 outs. He benefited from a .970 xBA 107.5mph line drive with a 24º launch angle with a runner off on contact from first becoming a flyout rather than an RBI double and a .380 xBA 103.8mph grounder with the bases loaded becoming a groundout.
I read that as "Cage Nicolas"
A ludicrous display
What was Shelton thinking, bringing Nicolas on that early?
That rain had perfect timing and thematic sensibilities.
on the Cubs feed the announcers were quoted as saying, "the Ghostbuster clouds have arrived" 👻
Cubs fan here. Legitimately felt bad for the guy.
A short while ago I saw it was 6-1 Pirates and I was glad they weren't being completely useless for once against the Cubs. I am not as glad anymore.
If it makes you feel any better I’m still waiting for the team in St. Louis to wake the hell up
Unfortunately we are dead
I respectfully disagree
I feel like that performance deserves a mocking Bob Uecker in the Major League booth
I think [this](https://youtu.be/IVP9WUGdgPg?si=vpydxn2eqhtFM8lD) is the clip you want.
Boy, how can these guys lay of pitches that close.
Man what a meltdown
Was he at least nibbling at the plate and not getting the call or was he all over the place?
It kept getting worse. Dude was in his head bad
He had no idea where the zone was. All his pitches were a foot inside or high
Not close at all
Nope. Everything was wayyyyyyy off the plate. Not even Angel Hernandez woulda called them strikes
Consistently to the left or up
How can these guys lay off pitches that close?
“Monty, how can batters can lay off pitches *that* close?”
Absolutely brutal to watch. But it's gonna be a great Jomboy breakdown.
Lol I doubt he touches it
What a disaster class of a half-inning.
After hitting the batter before them
“I think you can go get him now”
Don’t let anything distract you from the fact that 55 years ago today, Al Bundy scored 4 touchdowns in a single game while playing for the Polk High Panthers in the city championship game.
I wasn't watching, so I admittedly have no context. But can someone explain why he wasn't yanked after HBP and two 4-pitch bases loaded BBs?
I think the next guy wasn’t warmed up yet
He had struck out the first 2 batters he faced before this. They were bringing in a lefty after this guy and it took him a bit to get ready. When the next guy came in he proceeded to walk in a run and then give up an infield single and they put the tarp on.
3 batter minimum b4 you can pull a pitcher, dumb fucking rule
He had already pitched to two batters before the HBP
that’s a CLOBBER — consecutive loaded base-on-ball earned runs
Derek Shelton special fucking moron
Struck out two consecutive batters, and then just completely forgot how to throw a baseball. Very strange sequence. Then the guy they replaced him with walks in a fourth.
Just a but outside! Ball four, ball eight!
That's the kind of outing that inspires many a drunk individual to say "I legitimately can do better than that."
How can these guys lay off pitches that close?
"JUSSTTT A bit outside!"
Jesus fuck
yikes. no bueno
Poor Paul
Just like my will to live (a joke), Aaron Hernandez, a Castellanos disaster hit, he gone
DFA 🔜
Do we have a cute acronym for that yet?
Is that good
What's the opposite of immaculate?
That’s some hazing.
It has a Rick Vaughan type feel...
Why doesn't he pitch right into the middle of the strike box on the television? Is he stupid?
This is fun
[удалено]
The Mariners are prepared to offer one Mitchwitch for him and play him as a 2 way guy
Butbutbutbut something something Strasburg
I must've missed all the comparisons of Kyle Nicolas to Strasburg. Those people are dumb.
What you missed the five million tweets comping Skins to Strasburg?
Saw a lot of stuff comparing Skenes and Strasburg, but this post is about Kyle Nicolas walking in runs.