Joey Votto has a chance to make baseball history tonight

[stevenash]

Joey Votto reached base twice last night for the 20th consecutive game.
The record for reaching base safely is 21 consecutive times held by Teddy Williams.

I'll say it one more time, Votto is a first ballot Hall of Famer.

[milwaukee mike]

worthless stat

nobody gives a shit about how many games in a row you reached base twice in

[MinnesotaFats]

This guy might be the most underrated, underreported ball player of all time.

[Chi_archie]

very impressive run

[Kermit]

Is he still leading the league in walks?

[Chi_archie]

Is he still leading the league in walks?

yep 98 of them. next closest is Judge with 88

[Sam Losco]

worthless stat

nobody gives a shit about how many games in a row you reached base twice in

This guy might be the most underrated, underreported ball player of all time.

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[milwaukee mike]

ok sam losco... a month from now ask 10 random baseball fans who holds the record for games in a row, in which they reached base twice or more

9/10 will laugh and 0/10 will know the answer

[opie1988]

Votto one of top 5 hitters in the game right now. They used a 4 outfielder alignment against him the other night, guy still hit a double.

Its all anout hitting. Hitting fixes everything.

[milwaukee mike]

Votto one of top 5 hitters in the game right now. They used a 4 outfielder alignment against him the other night, guy still hit a double.

Its all anout hitting. Hitting fixes everything.

votto is a great player but there are way too many of these silly stats

oh wait, i think bogaerts just broke the record for most games in a row with at least 3 foul balls and a single

[CTOWNsCAPPIN]

votto is a great player but there are way too many of these silly stats

oh wait, i think bogaerts just broke the record for most games in a row with at least 3 foul balls and a single

You just don't and won't ever understand the game of baseball. That's what the game is about, numbers. It is fascinating all the numbers and statistics baseball can and does produce. To each their own but you shouldn't knock statistics of any kind when referencing baseball.

[milwaukee mike]

You just don't and won't ever understand the game of baseball. That's what the game is about, numbers. It is fascinating all the numbers and statistics baseball can and does produce. To each their own but you shouldn't knock statistics of any kind when referencing baseball.

condescending much?

i'm knocking a thread saying "votto has a chance to make baseball history"

when almost nobody will ever know or care about this stat

i've been to more than a thousand baseball games in more than 30 different stadiums ... i've seen ACTUAL HISTORY, like robin yount getting a 3000th hit, rickey henderson breaking the single season steal record, etc... worked in a major league clubhouse where i met hundreds of mlb players for crying out loud, have you done that?

[Mike Huntertz]

He got a hit in the first!

[stevenash]

condescending much?

i'm knocking a thread saying "votto has a chance to make baseball history"

when almost nobody will ever know or care about this stat

i've been to more than a thousand baseball games in more than 30 different stadiums ... i've seen ACTUAL HISTORY, like robin yount getting a 3000th hit, rickey henderson breaking the single season steal record, etc... worked in a major league clubhouse where i met hundreds of mlb players for crying out loud, have you done that?

Now who's condescending. I'd venture to guess the number of people on the boards don't give a shit where you worked.
Have you ever played the game? I have. Do you have a college World Series at bat? I do.
It is a big deal, just because you say it isn't makes it so?
Research the names on that list, it is a big deal.

p.s. Votto singled in the first.

[CTOWNsCAPPIN]

condescending much?

i'm knocking a thread saying "votto has a chance to make baseball history"

when almost nobody will ever know or care about this stat

i've been to more than a thousand baseball games in more than 30 different stadiums ... i've seen ACTUAL HISTORY, like robin yount getting a 3000th hit, rickey henderson breaking the single season steal record, etc... worked in a major league clubhouse where i met hundreds of mlb players for crying out loud, have you done that?

No I have not and I apologize. It seems to me you should enjoy stats like this. I sure do. Who cares what others will or will not remember. It's fun possibly seeing it happen.

[cankid]

Amazing if he gets there.

[CTOWNsCAPPIN]

I appreciate you posting Nashy! My dad is at the game and I got to send him a text about the possible history to be made.

[CTOWNsCAPPIN]

Votto is a class act on and off the field so I'd like to see him break the record.

[jjgold]

worthless stat

[milwaukee mike]

No I have not and I apologize. It seems to me you should enjoy stats like this. I sure do. Who cares what others will or will not remember. It's fun possibly seeing it happen.

takes a big man to apologize... i apologize right back atcha, i was out of line

i enjoy stats since i'm an accountant, but i'm also more old-school that chasing or thinking about stats can drive you crazy

[stevenash]

worthless stat

What make it worthless?
The guy may do what's never been done before.
If he gets on base safely one more time, he ties the all time record.

Then he gets a chance to do what's never been done before.
They've been playing this game for a century and a half almost, to do what's never been done before is hardly worthless.

[milwaukee mike]

Now who's condescending. I'd venture to guess the number of people on the boards don't give a shit where you worked.
Have you ever played the game? I have. Do you have a college World Series at bat? I do.
It is a big deal, just because you say it isn't makes it so?
Research the names on that list, it is a big deal.

p.s. Votto singled in the first.

just because you say it IS a big deal doesn't make it so either

and you're right, i don't even give a shit where i worked! just pointed that out because i grew up in the game and was upset at the notion that i knew nothing about baseball. and yes i played college baseball, not in the college world series because i was division 3, so no scholarship either ugh

[BigDeem5]

Decent record but let's not compare to hitting streak

[2daBank]

ok sam losco... a month from now ask 10 random baseball fans who holds the record for games in a row, in which they reached base twice or more

9/10 will laugh and 0/10 will know the answer

Does the fact that the average nitwit doesn't value something mean it isn't relevant or valuable?

Smart baseball minds have valued on base percentage more than batting average for a long time now.

[stevenash]

just because you say it IS a big deal doesn't make it so either

and you're right, i don't even give a shit where i worked! just pointed that out because i grew up in the game and was upset at the notion that i knew nothing about baseball. and yes i played college baseball, not in the college world series because i was division 3, so no scholarship either ugh

Then we split the difference and agree to disagree and call a truce.
Reason why I, and other, but not everyone think it's a big deal is because whenever there's a chance of something happening in baseball that's never been done before it's special.

[2daBank]

in the new baseball landscape where nobody bats a eye at 200 strikeouts and guys all swing for the fences every stinking pitch instead of attempt any kind of situational hitting I love watching votto who chokes up w 2 strikes and still puts up elite numbers without striking out a ungodly amount of times.

[stevenash]

in the new baseball landscape where nobody bats a eye at 200 strikeouts and guys all swing for the fences every stinking pitch instead of attempt any kind of situational hitting I love watching votto who chokes up w 2 strikes and still puts up elite numbers without striking out a ungodly amount of times.

Not to mention Votto is among only a handful of great players that are members of the .300 .400 .500 club.

That being .300 lifetime batting average, .400 lifetime on base percentage, and .500 slugging percentage.

[CTOWNsCAPPIN]

takes a big man to apologize... i apologize right back atcha, i was out of line

i enjoy stats since i'm an accountant, but i'm also more old-school that chasing or thinking about stats can drive you crazy

[2daBank]

Nasher I was just looking around at guys numbers the other day and it was incredible to me how few guys I found that actually had more walks than strikeouts. I'm sure I missed a few cause I was just looking at guys in starting lineups that particular day. The list seemed incredibly small tho.

I'm not a big fan of this new way of thinking that it ok to strikeout all the fukkin time! It's the reason every night you see so many times a team has guys in scoring position less than 2 outs and don't score a freaking run. I find it incredibly frustrating that in general guys don't seem to be willing to do the little things that help a team win as they seem more concerned w getting their 20+ knocks strikeouts be damned no matter the situation.

[CTOWNsCAPPIN]

takes a big man to apologize... i apologize right back atcha, i was out of line

i enjoy stats since i'm an accountant, but i'm also more old-school that chasing or thinking about stats can drive you crazy

I should never have assumed you cared so little about baseball when in fact that was furthest from the truth. All good. BOL in all your wagers

[2daBank]

Not to mention Votto is among only a handful of great players that are members of the .300 .400 .500 club.

That being .300 lifetime batting average, .400 lifetime on base percentage, and .500 slugging percentage.

I'm sure that a impressive list of names that on it. Off top of my head I can't think of many playing right now that on it. Id guess Pujols was on it when he left stl but his numbers have dropped off so much in laa prob not there anymore.

[2daBank]

I think he gonna do it this inning. Lackey has already walked 3 so one way or another votto should get it done this time around.

[stevenash]

In the history of baseball Joey Votto ranks 12th most difficult out.

[SBRMAN23]

Hes a joy to watch and def one of the underrated greats hope he breaks it and continues for awhile. At one pt i think this guy had a streak of never fouling out to 1st base side or something crazy i dont remembr

[SBRMAN23]

https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/joey-votto-only-pulled-one-foul-ball-stands-165815322.html