The Official 2024 MLB Regular Season Discussion Thread

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Nolan Arenado hits a two-run homer. It's now 5-4 Braves.

 

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Wow. That has to suck for Chapman, having to miss games because of this.

New York Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman placed on IL because of leg infection stemming from tattoo​

ESPN

OAKLAND, Calif. -- New York Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman has been placed on the injured list because of a leg infection, manager Aaron Boone said Saturday.

Speaking before the Yankees took on the Oakland Athletics in the third game of a four-game series, Boone said the infection stemmed from a tattoo.

The veteran, who is no longer the closer in New York, hasn't pitched since Aug. 19, though he has been used in several different roles this season. Boone added that he expects Chapman to pitch again this season.

It's another challenge for a Yankees bullpen that has been short-handed throughout the summer. And that won't change this weekend, as New York won't call anyone up because Clay Holmes, also on the injured list, is set to be reinstated sometime next week.

A seven-time All-Star, Chapman sports a 4.70 ERA this season to go along with a 1.44 WHIP. In his second turn with the Yankees, Chapman will be a free agent this offseason.

The Yankees entered play Saturday with a nine-game lead for first place in the American League East, and they had a five-game winning streak that included a sweep of the New York Mets in the Subway Series.

 

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Goddamn it Jansen! You hit Arenado and now the bases are loaded at the bottom of the 9th with one out.

 

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Fucking Jansen

 

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Mother fucker out here blowing games always. Oh you’re 5-0? Yeah that’s because you don’t give them the lead but you damn well make us lose the lead a lot of times. God dammit.

 

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Then losing on a fucking walk off pitch

 

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Fuck this goddamn game! Thanks a lot Jansen!

 

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That's really embarrassing. Plus, I hate the Cardinals.

 

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Yeah that’s like, just such a fucking laughable way to lose. This is supposed to be our ace closer, and he loads the bases, then gives up a run, and tops it off with a walk to give them the win. Fucking pitiful

 

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I hate to say it, but he put it upon himself. And yes, he's supposed to be our star closer, but tonight's game blew up in his face. He should now to falter under pressure when the game's on the line.

 

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I don't even know what to say.

 

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The 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card sets a record:

1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card sells for $12.6 million, shattering record​

ESPN

The wait is over.

After more than a month of fanfare, the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card with a 9.5 grade from grader SGC -- the "finest known example" of a 1952 Topps Mantle -- has sold with Heritage Auctions for $12.6 million including buyer's premium. It's the most ever paid for any sports item, card or memorabilia.

The previous record for a sports card was $7.25 million, set earlier this month by a T206 Honus Wagner card consigned to collectables marketplace Goldin.

"This card is arguably the finest-condition example of the most iconic post-war card in the world," Chris Ivy, Heritage's director of sports auctions, said in a statement. "That grade, plus the fact it has documented provenance from the most storied find in hobby history, puts this card in a category of its own."

So the story goes: In 1986, Alan Rosen, better known as "Mr. Mint" -- who Beckett Media called "bigger than the hobby" after his death in 2017 -- got a call from the Boston area. A forklift operator told Rosen that a truck driver friend, Ted Lodge, had 1952 Topps cards for sale. Lodge had inherited a home from his late father and stumbled upon a fortune in pristine condition.

Even in 1986, the 1952 Topps set was hobby gold. Lodge's father had reportedly been a driver, too, one who drove Topps' product in the 1950s; the distribution of the 1952 set had been famously bungled and a trove of them sat in the basement, boxed, for a generation.

The notion of mostly untouched 1952 Topps in an attic seemed impossible, but Rosen hired an armed police officer, pocketed cash and drove to Quincy, Mass. In the end, he forked over more than $125,000 for 5,500 1952 Topps cards, including dozens of Mantles.

In 1991, Rosen sold one of those ungraded Mantles for $50,000. For 31 years, the buyer was anonymous and the card remained ungraded.

This is that Mantle.

For decades, Anthony Giordano rejected myriad multimillion-dollar offers. Giordano's sons reportedly convinced him to step forward, get the card graded and part with his beloved Mantle.

It's the third time in 12 months that the all-time record for a sports card has been broken after the early-August Wagner and the $6.606 million Wagner sold in August of 2021 with Robert Edward Auctions. Before that, back in January of 2021, a different 1952 Topps Mantle (graded a PSA 9) sold for $5.2 million; a 2003-04 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection RPA (rookie patch autograph) LeBron James card sold for $5.2 million a few months later, in April.

It was a big night for Heritage in game-used memorabilia, too. In the same auction, a game-used -- circa 1918-1922 -- autographed Babe Ruth signature model Hillerich & Bradsby bat sold for $1.68 million with buyer's premium, breaking the record for most expensive bat of all-time. The previous record paid for a bat was also a Ruth; in 2004, the bat Ruth used to hit the first-ever home run at Yankee Stadium fetched $1.26 million with Sotheby's.

 

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Odorizzi was playing pretty good til just now

 

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But nlw

 

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But now he gives up a home run. No hitter til that point lol