The Porkchop Express said:

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toucan82 said:

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Looks like Joey didn't swing and miss for once

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She's a Cirque de Soleil dancer. Suddenly Joey's lack of focus at the plate makes a whole lot whole lot more sense.

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So apparently the story about her having a kid with the Raiders' owner didn't have legs?

Apparently in Vegas, appearing in a photo together = relations

Father to be celebrates with a K in his first at bat.

That's two!

Joey benched again tonight. When will this plague of left-handed starting pitchers come to an end?

koppelman7 said:

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Joey Gallo at the gender reveal https://t.co/Z7bk04lhKm pic.twitter.com/iJo1VMpH4E

— Ziah (@TazH5_) May 29, 2024

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Joey is stashed in the 2nd cleanup spot again tonight, but he has an enticing matchup against something called Tanner Bibee, against whom he has a slash line consisting of 9 zeros (0 for 3, 2 Ks).

Now that we know that Our Joey has been sapped of his precious bodily fluids, we can only hope that it doesn't affect his ability to miss baseballs.

Manager Dumbass, whose name I have yet to learn, has benched Donkey against a RIGHT handed pitcher!!

THIS AGGRESSION WILL NOT STAND, MAN!!

How is this idiot not fired yet?

After being inserted as a pinch hitter, Donkey was walked on 3-2 count last night, after taking a 2-2 pitch that was CLEARLY a strike.

Both the pitcher and the Donk were so rattled that neither could offer any reaction as the pivotal pitch was tossed into the dirt. If not for his horror at the umpire's shattering incompetence, Donkey would obviously have swung at that.

The season lead continues to move further and further away from our hero, as Elly De La Cruz continues his historic run with 79 Ks through 58 games (HIS manager, whose name I do not know but is clearly the hero we all need, has played Elly in every game). That's a 220 K pace, for those of you keeping track at home.

Had Donkey been allowed to play in 58 games, he would be leading the majors with 97 Ks, 18 clear of the De La Cruz loser-and on pace for a 271 strikeout season that would surely stand the test of time!

ETA: Oh, and obviously the Gnats lost. Fire him!!! Yesterday!!

YokelRidesAgain said:

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After being inserted as a pinch hitter, Donkey was walked on 3-2 count last night, after taking a 2-2 pitch that was CLEARLY a strike.

Both the pitcher and the Donk were so rattled that neither could offer any reaction as the pivotal pitch was tossed into the dirt. If not for his horror at the umpire's shattering incompetence, Donkey would obviously have swung at that.

The season lead continues to move further and further away from our hero, as Elly De La Cruz continues his historic run with 79 Ks through 58 games (HIS manager, whose name I do not know but is clearly the hero we all need, has played Elly in every game). That's a 220 K pace, for those of you keeping track at home.

Had Donkey been allowed to play in 58 games, he would be leading the majors with 97 Ks, 18 clear of the De La Cruz loser-and on pace for a 271 strikeout season that would surely stand the test of time!

ETA: Oh, and obviously the Gnats lost. Fire him!!! Yesterday!!

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The man is a desiccated husk, drained of his worm spice.

The Donk is up 3rd in the top of the 9th in a game that the Gnats are, thanks to his leadership, winning handily. Suspense builds at "Progressive Field" as fans eagerly anticipate a second possible strikeout.

There should be an asterisk in the record book next to this game, as TWO strikes that would have resulted in a K looking for Donkey in the 4th were called balls by the idiot umpire: robo-umps can't get here soon enough.

Our Joey is rarely shaken, but he was so distracted by a screw-job for the second day in a row that he accidentally came around and scored a run.

Ugh. Now he hits a single.

Porkchop says that these things must happen from time to time for the greater good, but it is hard to feel that way.

He gets 3-4 hits a week and the Nats' manager starts to hope and puts him 3rd-5th in the lineup, that's when he pounces on 11 strikeouts in 3 games.

We're seeing Elly de la Cruz turn into Bobby Bonds in front of our eyes. A guy with so much talent they have to start him everyday even while he whiffs away.

Before Bonds, the record was 175 held by Dave Nicholson, set in 1963. Nicholson played just 7 seasons, but the White Sox decided "what the hell" and let him plays 126 games in 1963 and he struck out 175 times! That's a 225-pace for 162 games. He hit .219 with 22 HR.

Bonds struck out 187 times in 1969, then made it 189 in 1970. he held that record until Adam Dunn broke it with 195 in 2004.

Bonds' strikeout record lasted as long (34 years) as Ruth's home run record (1927-1961). Ruth was the career strikeout record holder from 1928-1963 when he was passed by Mickey Mantle.

de la Cruz up to 83 strikeouts in 59 games. The Reds have played 59 games. He's on pace for 227 strikeouts. Not since Joey in 2021 has there been a guy on pace to break the record as late as June 1.

Cruz is also on pace for: 102 runs scored, 27 doubles, 25 HR, and 88 stolen bases.

Kyle Schwarber, currently 2nd in the NL and overall with 79 K, is going after some history - trying to lead the league in strikeouts for a third straight year. He had 200 in 2022 and 2015 last year.

Only two men have led the league 4 times in a row.
Reggie Jackson: 1968-1971
Vince DiMaggio: 1942-1945


Who's led the league 3+ times in a row? It's a heck of a group.

Mark "Strikeout Jesus" Reynolds: 2008-2010
Jack Cust: 2007-2009
Adam Dunn: 2004-2006
Sammy Sosa: 1997-1999
Andre Galarraga: 1988-1990
Michael Jack Schmidt: 1974-1976
Bobby Darwin: 1972-1974
Hack Wilson: 1927-1930
Billy Maloney: 1905-1907
Jim Lemon: 1956-1958
Jimmie Foxx: 1929-1931

Joey back in the lineup doing big donkey things with a 4 pitch whiff

I'd settle for half on all of them

JOEY IS UP IN A SAC FLY SITUATION!

BASES LOADED 1 OUT BOTTOM 9

And in the ultimate Donkey moment, they pinch hit for him.

Tough night for the Donk so far, making contact in all three of his at bats and even hitting an RBI single.

For the year, Donkey is 20 for 125 with 5 HR, 10 RBI, and 64 big strikeouts.

He did get one piece of good news as one of his rivals leading him in the strikeout chase, the nefarious and poutine slurping Edouard Julien, was demoted to the minor leagues.

Of course when Rockhead Baldelli needs to option someone to Triple A, he sends down the team's strikeout leader. Joey couldn't get away from that imbecile soon enough.

10 RBI on June 4. The guy is one of a kind.

Donkey rings up his 65th K of the year in his final at-bat tonight. He does it for the kids.