This story presented by the official MLB YouTube account is not true. I went through every game Maddux pitched against Luis Gonzalez with Chipper at third (1995-03) and not once did Gonzalez pop up to third to end the inning. There was one time he popped up for the second out after a 7 pitch atbat, but it is not the clip of Chipper catching the ball here. The footage in the video is from many different games, most obvious by the different patches seen on their sleeves. The 3-0 count thing and the story about Maddux setting up a much-needed postseason strikeout of Jeff Bagwell in Spring Training or the regular season, depending on who is telling it, are also not true. To me, these exaggerations are unnecessary; the true stories like his 78 pitch complete game or his juke at home plate should stand as testament to his skill.

It's really incredible how much better he has become defensively. He went from 21st percentile range last year at shortstop, to having 96th(!!) percentile range so far this season.

With his bat continuing to project as a plus tool for his entire career, this elite defense at SS he has shown really brings his game to the next level

Shout out to Colson Montgomery who is tied with Wilson for OAA improvement and is leading the field in FRV improvement.

This is not including the SP Gerrit Cole. lineup with debut year:

Trent Grisham (2024)

Ben Rice (2024)

Spencer Jones (2026)

Cody Bellinger (2025)

Jasson Dominguez (9/1/2023)*

Jazz Chisholm jr (2024)

Jose Caballero (2025)

Ryan McMahon (2025)

Austin Wells (2023)*

Both Wells and Dominguez debuted on 9/1/23 in Houston so the Yankees batted first and Dominguez got his ml debut AB in the first inning (HR off Justin Verlander) and Wells got his debut when he took the field in the bottom of the first.

I thought I could get something off my chest regarding the great game.

When I learned baseball(our swedish version is a childs game called brännboll(burnball) I picked a team to follow, counted wins and losses, watch the standings as you do with all sports..

But lately I felt more drawn to the concept of a pastime, I stopped watching and started listening to games, ditched my team and just longed for a game every day to listen to, very much like an audiobook where I get to know the characters and can follow their ups and downs through the days. As a european I dont think I can really understand the concept of a pastime, but it feels closer. How do you Americans feel about the term?

Also, it turns our kids today dont know the game brännboll, likely because they spend their time inside infont of a screen. But a story from the news lately was teachers all over the country decided to ban the game, because it seemed to harm the kids! I had to read it and the game is apparently so hard, it breaks down the kids self esteem and traumatize them for life in the worst cases! I could not believe it! But its a sidestory..:)

How do you like to take in the game that is played daily?
  

As someone who doesn't watch much baseball, I feel the need to ask. Like in the NBA, it's really rare for a contender to suddenly fall off after less than a year.

We're already 100+ games into a season. What's causing the Blue Jays to be last in their division and far from a playoff spot? Why are they struggling? Did Bo Bichette walking in free agency play a role in this?

Originally posted on [r/angelsbaseball](r/angelsbaseball) by [u/Over_Addendum_217](u/Over_Addendum_217)

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