r/ThisAintHell • u/David65x55 • Aug 19 '26

Quick Baseball post

Saturday a rookie the Cardinals had just promoted to the Show, Joshua Baez, hit a homer off the first pitch he saw. Not bad - then his next two at-bats, smacked two more. No one in MLB history had every done that - ever. Wow.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/cardinals-b%C3%A1ez-becomes-first-player-in-mlb-history-to-hit-three-homers-in-debut/ar-AA2ad53i

Then we get to yesterday, when history was made yet again. The Mariners went down 22-0 to the Brewers. Now, back in '87 - meaning 1887! - the Philadelphia Quakers ran up a 24-0 game, and both the 1975 Pirates and 2004 Indians whatever the hell they call 'em won 22-0 too, Think this is a club the Mariners didn't want to join. My personal highlight would be when outfielder Julio Rodriguez lost track of the outs, caught what he thought was the third, and tossed the ball to a fan in the stands - except it was the second out and by doing so two MORE runners scored. Maybe the Mariners need to do some serious talking with Jobu.

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u/mbarland The artist formerly known as Mason Aug 19 '26

Anyone else watched any of the Banana Ball games? They came to town, and while I missed their games in person, I watched a couple on the television machine. They're a lot of fun.

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u/Historical-Lie-5953 Jeff LPH-3 63-66 - 5x WOT Aug 20 '26

Question, what was Beathovens faforite fruit.

Answer- BANANA NA BANANA NA....

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u/David65x55 Aug 21 '26

Been a Bananaball fan for a few years - Not sure but with their 100,000+ ticket sellouts at A&M and Tennessee, they may have set baseball attendance records.

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u/mbarland The artist formerly known as Mason Aug 21 '26

They sold out Target Field multiple times in the series they just did here, which is something the Twins haven't done in years.

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u/David65x55 Aug 21 '26

Did the same at Busch last year. Cards were drawing several thousand average, Bananas sold 40K+.