The Sunshine Kid is now 2 for 2 on strikeouts and is tied for 5th in the majors, just 5 behind the leader.

I often wonder who is the poor schlub that has to compile all of the highlights for some of those barn burner games.

I mean with king donkey, that makes it easy to fill the 9 minutes of video. 4k ultra high resolution of those strike outs. But for the visiting teams? Man...

~egon

I worry that Teoscar Hernndez may give our hero a run for his money this year.

He looks locked in to strike out in bunches and is locked into a permeant role. Any other players looking scary this time of year?

DONKEY WATCH:
Nationals blew a 6-1 lead by giving up 6 in the bottom of the 6th to Oakland.
Trailing 7-6, they are headed to the top of the ninth.
Donkey is batting second. he is 0 for 3 with 3 whiffs and a walk, set up for his first golden sombrero of the seaso.

We're going to need a few solo homers and walks in the upcoming games to make sure he keeps hitting 2nd

New leader in the clubhouse is Nolan Jones, an outfielder from Colorado with 28 K in 16 games and hitting .190. Somebody's trying to out-Joey Joey. Jones is currently on pace for 284 strikeouts this year. I have no idea why Colorado keeps playing him. He's got 1 home run and 6 RBi this year. Of course I also don't know is on the Rockies at all. In my hazy memory, their team includes Bichete, Galarraga, Vinny Castilla and Ellis Burks. Last year Nolan Jones had 126 K in 106 games and hit 20 HR with a .931 OPS. So this year he just sucks.

I have now looked at their roster. I knew 3 players.

Also in the mix is O'Neil Cruz, the Pirates young shortstop whose parents apparently thought Oneil was a first name. it isn't. ONeil has a dazzling 3 walks this year in 65 at-bats. That's Javier Baez bad. That's a pace of 263 strikeouts and 30 walks.

No surprise that King Donkey is crushing it with a .140 average and exactly one single out of his 7 hits.

Muncy and Hernandez from LA are concerns because both are producing quite a bit meaning they'll be in the lineup a lot. Hernandez is in the top 5 in the majors in RBI.

Tonight's a real showdown as Joey returns to LA where he helped the Dodgers go 32-12 in 2022, and then could only watch helplessly as they crapped the bed in the playoffs today. A ticker tape parade is expected in his honor.

Big Donkey doesn't have a K yet tonight, but he just stuck it to the Dodgers with an RBI double to give the Mats a 3-2 lead in the 4th inning. It's his 8th hit of the year, 1 single, 4 doubles, 3 HR. And he's up to 5 RBi and a .154 average. What could have been, Dodger fans!

Big Donk got a strikeout late last night to run his consecutive games streak to 12 and stay in 5th in the whiff race. Both Dodgers failed to strikeout, so he closed the gap a bit, but Colorado's Nolan Jones had 2 and is the first guy to 30.

Joey moved into a tie for 208th place all-time with Jason Bay and Jason Varitek at 1,216 strikeouts. Both of thsoe guys needed at least 2,000 more plate appearances than JoFu to get there. Varitek had a nice run of five out of six seasons with at least 106 strikeouts, topping out at 126 in 2004.

Jason Bay I completely forgot about. He had an incredible (for real) start to his career i Pittsburgh, including back to back years with an OPS of .961 and .928 where he was an all-star and an MVP candidate. He was part of a huge 3-team deal that saw him wind up in Boston and Manny Ramirez go to the Dodgers, and had a huge 2009 as well.

Then like many before him, he decided it was a good idea to sign a huge contract with the Mets. His first year, he suffered a concussion and only played 95 games and his second year he was on the DL in 2011 and again in 2012. He only played 288 games for the Mets in 3 seasons, hitting 234. They agreed to terminate his deal early and make him a free agent after he hit .165 in 2012. he signed a 1 year deal with Seattle i 2013, was terrible, and retired. Even now he's only 45 years old.

The Porkchop Express said:

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Joey at the bat in the top of the ninth with a chance to take the K lead and the c hicken shot dodgers hit him.

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Bastages!!!

SCANDAL!!!

OUTRAGE!!!

WHERE IS JOEY? HE'S NOT IN THE LINEUP!

Should be a fireable offense

Donk sighting. Pinch hitting down 7-2 in the 8th

If you whiff it then it is no dream
-Theodor Donkzl

Gallo rallied back from a blown ball called on a pitch 5" inside the strike zone, to K looking.

We're going to need a bases empty double, a few BB's and solo homers soon. The donk is on an amazing run right now but few appreciate the artistry behind 14 K's in your last 18 AB's

Joey whiffs for a second time to go to extras

The Porkchop Express said:

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Joey whiffs for a second time to go to extras

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Might've been the plan all along. Just get to extras cause it's an automatic W against the 7-15 Astros in extras.