So he ended up two short of DiMaggio.

Good time for it, too.

Corporal Punishment said:

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He PH'd last night and lined out L4. I think it's 0 for 54 now. Hitless in his last 62 plate appearances.

I think he gets a hit off Porcello Saturday.

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Called it!

Which one of you is the guy with the sign decked out in Astros gear??

astros4545 said:

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I want him to go another 10 and or so hitless


Then have like a 4 hit game

The statistical odds of that happening are just astounding to imagine

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Pretty close

And he's starting over. 0-4 today.

Don't look now but he is 4 for 12 with two doubles, a HR and 6 RBI over the last three games.

All other conversation aside, I can't fathom how difficult it would be keep going up there and coming away with nothing. Like the guy or not, you have to realize the difficulty of his situation. Glad he's off the schneid (no clue if that is spelled correctly).

Chris Davis could be an All-Star ... really

Good for him

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisch02.shtml

- 1 War
OPS+ 57

3 more seasons at $17 million per to hope it doesn't get worse. Although if you're looking to tank and have to pay the guy anyway, he at least acts as a fig leaf on their payroll numbers, and there's hope he can recover. There's also the train crash aspect for fans, as evidenced by this thread.

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/baltimore-orioles/chris-davis-5397/

Goodness. If he's trying to fight the manager in addition to not hitting, then surely his time on the Orioles is drawing nearer to a close. I wonder how much longer until the O's eat that contract and get rid of him.

it's just mind-boggling the contracts general managers give out.

they just completely ignore history and father time

I think there's always some sort of ownership dysfunction or self preservation that leads to smart people in baseball front offices making dumb decisions.

They know it's dumb. They just can't take the chance that a guy like this goes onto hitting somewhere else. Then the talking heads will look back and say "why didn't you see this and make the deal?"

They're paying him until 2037?

yes they are!!!

W said:

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it's just mind-boggling the contracts general managers give out.

they just completely ignore history and father time

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My favorite was the Angels paying Josh Hamilton to come back and play for the Rangers.

And the Rangers are still paying Prince Fielder

Detroit and the insurance co are still paying him too. The rangers have been paying Fielder about $8 million between what Det chipped in and what insurance covered. They definitely got the **** end of the injury break, as Fielder had played at least 157 games for 8 straight seasons and was coming off 3 straight seasons of playing all 162 when the trade was made.