Opening day, folks. Fans (most) are full of hope. Lotta teams have changed....but you know what they say about things changing. Pitch clocks are ticking. It's gonna be 68 in The Lou today. Cards hosting the Blue Jays. I'm rocking the baby blue Ozzie Smith joint at the office....cuz, ef em, that's why (c)Chappelle

PLAY BALL!!!

.

They got lucky today the Braves didn’t crack double digits. Shame about Max Fried, didn’t look like more than a minor tweak but you gotta be careful as hell with the push off hammy of a SP.


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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

inject that shit directly into my veins.

about the pitch clock.

There were some issues pitch wise, announcer wise and batter wise. This will not be
the final product.….they were talking about it on ESPN 1000 radio this morning….

Marcus Stroman’s violation was ridiculous and the entire stadium boo’d.

Like I said, for me, an extra 5 seconds and flat time will give it more of a natural feel
and give everyone ample time….or the clock will be eliminated after the 7th inning.

One thing critics mentioned on ESPN is that during the WBC the matchup between
Trout and Ohtani went well past the current time rule because there was no pitch clock
in that tournament….the current pitch clock would have killed the beautiful tension and
drama that played out during that moment. That’s one thing that has been pen
pointed because those stars have to be showcased and there can’t be any interruption
with that.

So I imagine some type of flat control will be implemented to even things out

you're talking about the final out in a tournament between two of the games biggest stars who are usually teammates. I'm ok if we missed out on a couple minutes of tension of guys walking around or messing with their gloves if it can save me 20+hours over the course of a season.

>One thing critics mentioned on ESPN is that during the WBC the matchup between
Trout and Ohtani went well past the current time rule because there was no pitch clock
in that tournament….the current pitch clock would have killed the beautiful tension and
drama that played out during that moment. That’s one thing that has been pen
pointed because those stars have to be showcased and there can’t be any interruption
with that.

Lol as you can see our friend above has LOTS of time

The lack of a pitch clock had about 10% of an impact on the drama of that moment. I'd say having the two best players, who play on the same team, facing each other for the first time with the championship on the line is why that moment was special. Not the fact that they had no limit on the time of the at-bat.

It's the same when many pundits thought the Elam ending was going to save the ASG. The reason the outcome was so spectacular was the high competition level because they paid homage to Kobe.

I mean, I get the pushback. It's such a fundamental shift in the way baseball is enjoyed and played. I know I'd feel a way if the NBA went to a 40 min game. Overall MLB games are a better product because there's action throughout.

>Marcus Stroman’s violation was ridiculous and the entire
>stadium boo’d.

WHAT?!?!?! The home crowd boo'd a negative for their team. NO FUCKING WAY!?!?!?

>Like I said, for me, an extra 5 seconds and flat time will
>give it more of a natural feel
>and give everyone ample time….or the clock will be
>eliminated after the 7th inning.

keep wishing.

>One thing critics mentioned on ESPN is that during the WBC the
>matchup between
>Trout and Ohtani went well past the current time rule because
>there was no pitch clock
>in that tournament….the current pitch clock would have
>killed the beautiful tension and
>drama that played out during that moment. That’s one thing
>that has been pen
>pointed because those stars have to be showcased and there
>can’t be any interruption
>with that.

let me call the whaaaaaaaaaaaambulance for you.

>So I imagine some type of flat control will be implemented to
>even things out

keep wishing.

.

This is why Abreu wasn’t re-signed, to get Vaughn back to his natural position
at first base…and he has the talents and potential to be just as good.

Tim Anderson playing for Team USA has definitely matured him. I can see a difference
in his game. He was clutch too.


And Dylan Cease is a true ace. He should have won the CY last season….and is
favorite to win it this year.

Just hope the rest the bullpen can be just as good

https://twitter.com/PetrosAndMoney/status/1641873598536388608?s=20

You can’t call a man a bitch and think it’s cool. ..and I don’t think he was really trying
to hit him…He could have jumped up and focked him up.

He just took a swipe at his punk ass…

I hate punk ass fans

he gonna have a nice little civil suit for Rendon's bitch ass.

No. You don’t. But you feel it’s right to call him bitch.

You think it’s okay to go up to a man and call him a bitch?

A baseball player would knock you the Fock out…rightful so.

just to put hands on him cuz he might have called you a bitch...and you're a pro athlete?

Yeah you're a bitch then in my book.

If people are saying racist shit, talking about your family...sure.

But "bitch"? LOL.

>You can’t call a man a bitch and think it’s cool. ..and I

even death wouldn't be off the table!

one way or the other, but...life has consequences. If I call the gas station cashier a bitch, he might not do anything...or he might grab me up by my shirt and see what'sreallyhappening. Just go to the game and enjoy the fucking game, man.

https://twitter.com/Mazeaveli/status/1641664948614074369?s=20

fans should never go onto the field but it shouldn't be open season on them either...exercise some judgment.

i mean, i get it. you can't go on the field. but they coulda walked up to dude like "c'mon buddy let's go".

hope dude didn't lose the ring in the outfield off that hit.

>hope dude didn't lose the ring in the outfield off that hit.

dumb shit all around

no one got seriously hurt tho so that's good

hell of a way to propose.

got a engaged and a concussion in the same day.

seriously regardless of how innocent they appear

Don’t go onto the field for any reason at all.

but there are probably 100 other less aggressive and equally effective tactics that can be used to subdue someone already on one knee.

peep the OF's reaction to this: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqcL7igPo-x/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

im sure you're right in that the protocol gives them carte blanche to do whatever but it just seems like some meathead club bouncer shit who likes fucking people up for fun

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those incidents can turn out way worse and you can’t take chances with multi million dollar athletes out there…

https://www.sbnation.com/2010/9/19/1087003/9-19-2002-fans-attack-tom-gamboa

>https://www.sbnation.com/2010/9/19/1087003/9-19-2002-fans-attack-tom-gamboa

he been waiting for this, his entire life.

https://apple.news/AUCFQWDcWR6G5RBwii1AYVw

imagine going into the stands trying to swing on every heckler

https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1642658261332631553

Mariners lost 2-0 last night and i believe the official time was 2 hours, 4 mins.

I feel a really magical/special season from him coming (not that the last two haven't been special in their own right).

it's been annoying waiting this long.

*insert M. Bison "YES!!" gif*

aside from the fact that indoor stadiums are godawful

pitch clock had the game finished in 2 hours and 20 minutes

love it

are seriously complaining.

https://www.outkick.com/mlb-pitch-clock-or-bitch-clock-fans-complain-games-are-too-short-now/


“More people are beginning to take umbrage with the fact that they are in many cases spending a lot of their hard-earned cash for a game and may not be getting their money’s worth. You’re essentially paying the same amount or even more but getting less out of it.”

When fans go to the bathroom or take their kids to the bathroom, when they come
back they have already missed 2-3 innings of the game. So now fans are being
ripped off because they are still spending the same amount of money, but they are
getting less of a product.


The games went from being way too long to way too short, this is why I say the clock
will be adjusted.

Also vendors are losing money, because they are losing an hour’s worth of business
due to games being shorter. That can’t continue to happen.

Anyone with 2 eyes can see the difference and how bad it is….it no longer
feels like a baseball game.

You’re turning into a conspiracy guy about this whole thing and it’s frankly weird.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/do-shorter-games-lead-to-lower-concessions-sales/?amphtml

https://theathletic.com/4381586/2023/04/05/mlb-new-rules-beer-sales/?source=user_shared_article

When we went from no clock to a clock and lost the 26 minutes, what we found is that there was no decrease in our concession sales,” Manfred said during an executive luncheon hosted by the Paley Media Council in New York. “And we think the reason for that is people kind of, in their head, have two and a half hours set aside to do this baseball game. So before the clock, if two and a half hours was at the end of six (innings), they were gone, OK? Now, they stayed until the end of the game, and we’ve seen absolutely no decline on the concession side. And that’s a really important indicator of how serious the problem was that we were trying to deal with.”

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Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

especially if it seems clear their team was going to win or lose, or if you brought your kids on a school night.

now, the end of the game actually happens when the 7th inning stretch used to happen, more or less.

that's what Manfred is talking about right there.

shit, i won't be suprised if ultimately it shows that concessions went up ultimately, because you gotta go your shit, you can't just be lazy and go "whenever."

perfectly:

“If you’re not at the ballpark for at least four hours, it’s not even worth your time and money,” wrote Jason Foster for The Sporting News on Opening Day. “Short games just aren’t real baseball. If it takes less than 30 seconds between pitches, or if there’s only a minute or two between balls in play, well, that’s just an unrecognizable sport. It’s certainly not the game we’ve come to love. Some people will tell you that the quicker pace forced by the pitch clock is actually a good thing, but those people are idiots.”

https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/sports/mlb-pitch-clock-speed/amp

The pace of the game is what made it baseball, and if you take that away then
you have something that isn’t baseball…and fans are starting to see the difference….
real baseball fans who actually go to the stadiums

The avg tickets cost 28.00, and baseball is a game where the whole family goes or
a group of friends go to have an all day experience at the ball park…so let’s say
you have a family of 4-5 go to the ball park. That’s 140.00, plus refreshments and
beverages, that’s another 50.00- 60.00….add in gas, traffic and parking. All of that,
and then the game is over in 2 hours? That’s a problem, because now they are
getting less of a product, but still spending the same amount of money they were
spending prior to the change. Fans are starting to see that it’s a rip off, because they
are getting a rushed experience

And with inflation being a massive problem now….

That ain’t going to fly.

Now people are starting to see why baseball ain’t just some game like
basketball and football to move fast and be sped up…those games have
never been all day picnic experiences like baseball.

but you're cherry picking the opinion of a guy who agrees with how you feel. and you're obviously welcome to feel that you don't like this new direction for baseball.

i can only speak to how i feel about it. regardless of what i spend on tix and stuff at the game, if i'm doing anything for 2 hours? at that point i feel i've gotten my moneys worth like 99.5% of the time.

Here's another pull from that Athletic article (hint: if you're at a major professional sporting event these days, you're a data point on a graph somewhere)

"At least in recent years, baseball fans have left stadiums “significantly earlier” than fans at other sporting events, said Rachel Goodger, chief revenue officer of CrowdIQ, a company that tracks fan movement at ballparks.

"“It’s just been such a focus in baseball,” Goodger said. “Unless there’s a blowout in the NFL, typically fans are staying until the end. Same thing with the NBA and NHL and MLS. Baseball is really one of those sports that the egress has been, I think, a pain point. … Obviously, the rule change is trying to keep fans in the ballpark for the entirety of the game.


"Using data from 2018-22 collected from six MLB partner teams, CrowdIQ found that more fans are in their seats about 45 minutes into the game than at any other point, at close to 95 percent. The percentage drops to around 90 at the two-hour mark, and then 80 at 2 hours, 30 minutes. It takes a sharp turn from there: a half hour later, about 60 percent of fans are in their seats."


Keep in mind they say elsewhere in the article they're working off ticket sales and then taking photos and running them through an AI every 10 to 15 minutes, so those numbers have nothing to do with capacity. So if you're the Marlins and you're losing like 5,000 people in the final 30/60 minutes of a game, just close the bars and send the staff home early.


I live in the home of the College World Series. Nobody's in the 8th inning thinking "y'know, I could go for one more overpriced Bud Light and some ice cream". You're watching the game or you're leaving to pay an appropriate, non-event space inflated price for that one more beer or snack.


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>“If you’re not at the ballpark for at least four hours,
>it’s not even worth your time and money,” wrote Jason
>Foster for The Sporting News on Opening Day. “Short games
>just aren’t real baseball."

I guess all the baseball legends of the '70s were not playing a "real" version of the sport, since games were 2.5 hours back then. of course this guy is an actual voter for the Hall of Fame, not just a Bleacher Report hack.

The time that's been eliminated isn't time of the game/entertainment, it's time that NOTHING WAS HAPPENING during.

People are still getting the same amount of baseball for their money. They are just getting less filler in between action.

The nothingness of the game is where you found out a lot about
baseball, and real baseball fans know what that is.

You don’t and didn’t watch football for that experience…but you do with
baseball.

Ken Griffey in the swing area, removes the donuts, slowly comes up
to the plate and stares down the pitcher, the pitcher stares back….
Griffey scans the outfield and gets into his stance…The pitcher looks
off a pitch, agrees with a sign and then gets into his wind up and delivers
a fastball…CRACK!! Griffey blasts one over the wall for a homer!

It’s the build up to the play and the play itself that makes it baseball.

Baseball is a turtle that’s not meant to be a rabbit or a cheetah….

and people are starting to realize that difference…

foh..

MLB made this change because they are losing ground.

yall lames watching nothing between the action aint helping the sport grow.

My coworker went to opening day at Yankee stadium and asked if it was always this turnt up at baseball games. DJ’s playing unedited versions of songs and shit

Said they were “skeet skeet skeeting” in the 3rd inning and shit.

“Also, for parents spending hundreds of dollars to take their kids to a ball game, with the inevitable multiple bathroom breaks that their child is going to have, as well as waiting in line for a pretzel and hot dog, their enthusiasm may change when they realize they missed multiple innings.”

That’s just made up?

It’s quite evident that baseball has gone from one extreme to another.

Here is one fan’s take from New York:

“anyone else think that these baseball games are WAY too short ? like it’s really making me contemplate watching most if not all games on TV which i haven’t done since literally i was 9 i’ve gone to minimum one game per season at least. but to travel to the park in queens for this short that’s crazy. #LGM”

( those snippets were taken from the article that I posted)

You got fans traveling through all sorts traffic and taking hours to get to the stadium,
only for the game to end in 2 hours and having to turn right back around?
You think New Yorkers and Californians are going to put up with that

Those are valid issues and quite evident….

>“Also, for parents spending hundreds of dollars to take
>their kids to a ball game, with the inevitable multiple
>bathroom breaks that their child is going to have, as well as
>waiting in line for a pretzel and hot dog, their enthusiasm
>may change when they realize they missed multiple innings.”
>
>That’s just made up?

yes.. their enthusiasm “MAY CHANGE” which means they haven’t experienced it yet, they just predict it will happen. Parents already know the chances of missing innings are high due to kids small ass bladders which is why concessions have hundreds of TV’s showing the game.


>
>It’s quite evident that baseball has gone from one extreme
>to another.
>
>Here is one fan’s take from New York:
>
>“anyone else think that these baseball games are WAY too
>short ? like it’s really making me contemplate watching most
>if not all games on TV which i haven’t done since literally
>i was 9 i’ve gone to minimum one game per season at least.
>but to travel to the park in queens for this short that’s
>crazy. #LGM”

one whole fan? wow.. change it back, he’s actually contemplating watching on TV instead of going to his minimum 1 game a year.. lmao.
>
>( those snippets were taken from the article that I posted)
>
>You got fans traveling through all sorts traffic and taking
>hours to get to the stadium,
>only for the game to end in 2 hours and having to turn right
>back around?
>You think New Yorkers and Californians are going to put up
>with that
>
>Those are valid issues and quite evident…

fuck those fake ass fans. Move closer or just sit in the stands for a half hour after the game. Its baseball.. all you are doing is sitting there anyways..

jus sayin

just kidding.

Gotta get these shots off before the 20 game losing streak

we still above .500 but this hurts.

I mean, Robert Griffin III thought that slide was terrible. Geez, man...so avoidable.

https://www.tampabay.com/sports/rays/2023/04/09/unbeaten-rays-win-streak-mlb-best-brandon-lowe/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/04/10/tampa-bays-rays-undefeated-rotation/

Look, I know this not sustainable at this rate. But this gives me a lot of hope for our potential.

Coming into the season, I was worried about whether we had enough offensive firepower. And I get that these 9 games were against Washington, Detroit & Oakland. But to be a good team, you gotta take advantage of the bad teams. And we put up some fantastic numbers.

It's good to see that we have talent & ability to hit & score. Now my only concern is staying healthy.

Need about 30

they've scored over 80 runs, this season...the next closest team has yet to crack 60 runs.

but, obviously nothing to get worked up about and the fix is easy:

https://twitter.com/SBJ/status/1645882821372674049

Why does a professional baseball team need to be a babysitter to thousands of adults? If you’re driving, cut yourself off at the appropriate time. Let the rest of us enjoy ourselves.

>Why does a professional baseball team need to be a babysitter
>to thousands of adults? If you’re driving, cut yourself off
>at the appropriate time. Let the rest of us enjoy ourselves.

This is America. We dont like rules, but we also like excess.
Can make for a bad combination. I imagine some of these rules were born out of liability worries

People live close to baseball stadiums. I think it's pretty reasonable to ask that these billion dollar corporations forgo nine full innings of beer profit and instead take seven and let people be slightly less drunk when they get to their car.

If some moron is dead set on getting tanked, they can just buy a bunch of beer before the cutoff and keep drinking. And 30 or so minutes ain’t doing much to sober up these morons anyway.

I very rarely drive when I go to the stadium, so it’s annoying to me that because there are a handful of idiots out there, the baseball stadium has to babysit every adult. It was especially dumb to me when I lived in New York cause probably 75% or more of the fans arrived by train.

these Pirates different.

When the Buccos have less white dudes its good for the game.. lmao.

https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/36163593

after growing up as a Cardinal fan in the 80's/90's when we had a ton of black players to having none I have high hopes for Jordan Walker. And actually pitcher Jack Flaherty is biracial and identifies as black but almost nobody knows because he's clean-haven and wears his hear short most people think he's white. I didn't know until he spoke out about it a couple of years ago in Jackie Robinson Day he said something to the effect of "WE as African-American players need to get more African American youth playing baseball" I was like "whoa!" and had to google his background lol...

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2900059-youre-about-to-know-jack

but i'm saying it just in case.

all shares are gone, fyi.

https://mlblogsthesproutingnews.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/chris-sabo.jpg

https://t2.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcQv8HSA2W9FBOuICpdnzSrHqNmQprg-QMQooxZB9488WnDtidNVdRnXsOoChmpaKsh4LlMbkcePy7EIV8U

Sometimes I see a young woman wearing a mantilla in Mass and I think "that's an incredibly old-fashioned look for somebody in her 20s." But having 2-3 old women sprinkled around a church wearing a mantilla at Mass is exactly perfect, and those old women had to be young at some point. So that's how they keep the tradition alive.

Same with rec specs.

ump said after the game, bro whole hand was sticky to the point his own fingers remained sticky for a couple of innings after checking him. LOL

Oakland A’s agree to buy land for stadium in Las Vegas; 2027 targeted for opening

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2023/apr/19/oakland-as-agree-to-buy-land-for-stadium-in-las-ve/

If this happens, it's going to be a disaster.

Oh yeah, fuck the Raiders ownership too.

and wanting to move to a more prosperous and profitable area?

I don’t. Not a fan of Vegas…but it’s wayyyyyyy better than Oakland

go PITCH CLOCK

Nm

>Clippers could have won game 2 if it weren’t for the stupid
>shot selections of those
>players. Gordon will take silly deep 3 shots at the wrong
>time, and Russ and Powell
>will miss close range shots and not look to pass when they are
>not shooting well.
>
>Russ is playing much better with the Clippers, but he still
>has episodes of playing
>bad basketball.
>
>Chris Paul is old, but he has a high IQ, and Durant and Booker
>are highly intelligent
>players as well.
>
>This series will come down to who is better at playing smart
>basketball…Maybe Kawhi
>can overcome his teammates, because he is balling out of his
>mind…but I just don’t
>trust Russ, Gordon and Powell.
>
>To me that has been the history of the clippers…having
>rosters full of highly
>skilled offensive players, but low on basketball
>intelligence.
>

something…and point something out.

I’ve seen you post in the wrong thread several times ..never snarked you.

Says a lot about you…really shows how silly you are.

.

felt the need to say something …and you don’t even post baseball

Monkey see. Monkey do.

>felt the need to say something …and you don’t even post
>baseball

I do. I just haven’t in this thread.

.

The shit he pulled Wednesday while getting shelled was so ridiculous.

.

I’m not a huge fan of his, but how can you eject a player who did not
use any illegal substances, but you claim his hands were sticky?

He did everything the umpire asked him to do, and the only thing he used
used while on the mound was rosin, which is legal…now if the mixture of rosin
and sweat makes the hand tacky, that’s not Max’s fault…

And his pitches had the same consistent spin rate per computer readings…

There was nothing strange about his pitching.

I read somewhere that 3 pitchers have been ejected this season
by this umpire. ..not sure if that is accurate or not

I believe those are the only 3 ejections for foreign substance. So some educating is in need if so.

edit.
Just read that rosin can be deemed an illegal substance if overused and its only to be used on the mound. So if he is in the dugout making a nice rosin mix between innings he is fucked. No way to prove he wasnt. So its looking like he is missing a couple of starts.

in my opinion..That’s why I made a note of how many times he has ejected pitchers
for so-called using an illegal substance.

And as far as the rosin, it’s still bullcrap, because as you stated there is no proof
that he tried to manipulate it. Plus he did everything the Umps asked him to do:
changed gloves, washed his hand with alcohol, etc.

It just appeared to me that the umpire had it out for him regardless…and now
he is going to miss games because of it.

leaves it purposely vague. Just like there is no proof he did that shit between innings. There is no proof he didnt. So leave it up to the umpire.

That’s 2 starts.

They all hit about .100 and do absolutely nothing.

Every night a different reliever gives up 3 runs in one inning to blow the game.

Letting Trae Turner go and then having Lux go down for the season was a killer.

we dont have the fire power we had last year. But this group is doing decent. Muncy is getting it back, the kids are hitting. I think the offense is doing fine at this point in the season. But the pen has been atrocious. Also no closer still.

Outman is raking at least, and yeah Max looks back.

Really need to get Smith back healthy soon, it’s almost impossible to hit as bad as Barnes has.

Would have been a hard throw to make for either Smyly or the catcher, but still gotta feel for both of them.

to haunt them. He is crushing them, 3rd Home run this year against them, and
a huge pick up for the Cubs ( and a wonderful replacement for losing Bryant).

And I got him in Fantasy!

Sox guy here, but man Cubs got a strong, strong roster.

They have been beating the crap out of the Dodgers

he refused to change anything. I think we all knew he wasnt going to change unless he got a change of scenery. I think he needed that kick in the ass and that loss in money to properly motivate him. He is an elite centerfielder but he just looked lost at the plate. I bet he struggles again this year if we resigned him.

silver slugger and GG.

He was the best player in BB at one point, so he was just having a down period.

His 2020 COVID shortened season could be called a “down season”. Still hit 12 HRs, but OBP% was significantly lower.

The following 2 seasons, he was absolutely horrific at the plate.

What a strange analysis to ignore him hitting the Mendoza line the past couple years.

No idea why, but it’s obvious he needed a change of scenery to get back on track. He got what he needed, so good for him! There was no reason for the Dodgers to keep him around.

to have that kind of drop off, and if you throw in those pandemic years ,which was
a huge interruption for some players, that played a role as well.

If he were a much older player then yeah I would understand the lack of interest,
but for a 27 year old who has already proven his elite two-way ability, I think
you have to make an exception in that situation.

You just don’t turn your back on an elite player,
who is possibly JUST entering his prime because of
2-3 years of bad baseball..

MVP, WS,etc should have brought him another year or 2
with the Dodgers.

Hell Juan Soto looks like he is going through something similar, is
24, was terrible last year, and is now batting .174…wonder if
Padres will lose interest if he continues to struggle.

>You just don’t turn your back on an elite player,
>who is possibly JUST entering his prime because of
>2-3 years of bad baseball..
>

You are making WAY more out of this than there needs to be. They hung on to him for 3 seasons while he sucked, it became clear that he needed a change of scenery, so he signed a deal with the Cubs and it’s working out. He wasn’t even traded. How did they turn their back on him lol?

They didn’t offer him a contract. That’s losing interest and going the other way.

They thought he was shot. They offered him
NOTHING. Former MVP, GG,SS…It is a big deal. He wasn’t some
squad player.

“In the end, the Dodgers decided Bellinger, hampered by injuries the last two years, strayed too far off and didn't tender him a contract for next season, making him a free agent. “

We agree to disagree.

Thanks for popping off.

out that Bellinger is still that guy.

.289/5hr/.539/.914/14 rbis

I don’t care about the choking Dodgers …good luck

He was complete ass the previous 3 years. He needed a change of scenery and he got it, glad it’s working out.

>They didn’t offer him a contract. That’s losing interest
>and going the other way.
>
>They thought he was shot. They offered him
>NOTHING.

I’m not a fan of the arbitration system, but the Dodgers gave him a decent amount of money through it in hopes that he would get back to that MVP level, which he didn’t. Why should they feel obligated to offer him a contract when it was clearly not working out?

they didnt offer him a contract because they gave him every opportunity to fix his swing and he stayed with the same old bullshit that was proven to not work. When asked about changing his swing he said the swing im working with feels comfortable to me so im going to stick with it. This after 2 horrible seasons. When a young player doesnt show willingness to change its time to part ways.

On 4/20, Bellinger hit a 420ft Homerun.

It was his 4th HR on the year, and his 20th hit on the year.

He keeps this up and he will win comeback player of the year and MVP.

team!

There is nothing in that bullpen except for Cease

working from home 3 days a week and being able to watch tv while working gives me the ability to watch a lot of different shit. Having the MLB package (fuck you, Bally Sports) enables me to watch a TON of baseball. I'm talking Orioles at 1 pm on a Wednesday-type shit. That said:

So glad we gave up Arozarena for Matthew Liberatore....SMH!

The Angels' fun level is 1 million...I really hope they can figure out the bullpen. I don't think they will be a contender, but they can at least be a competitive team toward the end of the season.

Ding Dong. Who's there? Jorge Soler!

Tampa Bay is just organizationally better than your team. Sorry.

Tatis Jr. is built like RGIII at Baylor, but fuck can he generate power. Hope h's off that cream and clear.

Max Muncy has the sliders turned all the way up. Dude has 10 homeruns as of April 23rd. Last year, he didn't hit his 10th homer til August.

Mookie played SS yesterday and was straight snaggin. What a stud, man.

Pirates called up a 33-year-old who has played 13 years in the minors. Shit made me legit cry.

Are the A's really gonna drive the tank to Las Vegas??

Brandon Crawford has been a Giant since I was in high school. I'm sure of it.

What are the Reds?

Bucs on a heater after losing their young, wunderkind.

No, really...what are the Reds?

>working from home 3 days a week and being able to watch tv
>while working gives me the ability to watch a lot of different
>shit. Having the MLB package (fuck you, Bally Sports) enables
>me to watch a TON of baseball. I'm talking Orioles at 1 pm on
>a Wednesday-type shit. That said:

I need to research the cost of the MLB package vs Bally sports...

>So glad we gave up Arozarena for Matthew Liberatore....SMH!

man...

>Brandon Crawford has been a Giant since I was in high school.
>I'm sure of it.

really cool story, Bay area kid, grew up a Giants fan and his family has had season tickets since 2000...

Giving away MLB channel on the pohone for free this season.

Its not as fun watching on my phone, but its free!



>working from home 3 days a week and being able to watch tv
>>while working gives me the ability to watch a lot of
>different
>>shit. Having the MLB package (fuck you, Bally Sports)
>enables
>>me to watch a TON of baseball. I'm talking Orioles at 1 pm
>on
>>a Wednesday-type shit. That said:
>
>I need to research the cost of the MLB package vs Bally
>sports...
>
>>So glad we gave up Arozarena for Matthew Liberatore....SMH!
>
>man...
>
>>Brandon Crawford has been a Giant since I was in high school.
>
>>I'm sure of it.
>
>really cool story, Bay area kid, grew up a Giants fan and his
>family has had season tickets since 2000...

>Giving away MLB channel on the pohone for free this season.
>
>Its not as fun watching on my phone, but its free!
>
>
You should be able to log in elsewhere. I got it through t-mobile and watch it on firetv just fine.

n/m

Therefore I will not watch them. Too old for that shit nowadays.

Plus Tim Anderson will be back soon, Liam is cancer free and will be working on
coming back.

Let’s see where they are in June

Then the wheels came off instantly

We finish this series against Houston and then go to Chicago against the Sox. After that, every team we play is over .500 for the whole month of May. Folks are saying we had a soft schedule to start but this more than makes up for it. Let's see if we're up for the challenge.

>
> We finish this series against Houston and then go to Chicago
>against the Sox. After that, every team we play is over .500
>for the whole month of May. Folks are saying we had a soft
>schedule to start but this more than makes up for it. Let's
>see if we're up for the challenge.
>
>

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/36288732/reports-pirates-bryan-reynolds-reach-8-year-extension

He is very solid, but he has only one AS appearance, and he will be 29 in January.
Of course, he isn’t old, but is this his ceiling?

For any other team, the contract is chump change, but for the Pirates it’s huge. This is
the first time that the pirates have given a player a 100 million dollar contract. It’s the
richest deal in franchise history.

They haven’t really had a star player since McCutchen, and they are an extremely small
market team, which is why it is hard for them to get AS players and to keep AS players.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out…

White Sox. You will come out ahead at the end of every week.


This shit is bad…like bad meaning bad.

Not giving up though.

When Tony went to the hospital last year, Sox were 3 games out of first….
by the end of the season they were 10 games out.

Now they have a new coach and look at how poorly they are playing

celebrations anymore, because New Era cried to the league about it.

He is un-hittable right now. He just about gets ahead of every batter

yeesh

all while their payroll is just under 193 million a drop
from last year’s 221 million..and they played like shit

Anyone can throw money at the situation to build a club by getting
all the top FAs ….but knowing how to find talent and getting the necessary players
to build a winning team isn’t always about money.

Also Chris Sale is looking better and better with each start….

been wanting that dude gone for years. They fired Schildt, a Cardinal guy to the core, because he wasn't a kiss ass. The players loved him and he actually had made a lot of progress. We were never going to beat the Braves in that wild card series. Pitching stinks and Yadi isn't hear to correct their flaws on the fly, anymore. Now we're going to move Contreras to LF and DH...only to hear 2 days later...nah, just DH. The fuck you pay him 75 mil for???? They got their heads all the way up their asses and the Cardinals culture shit is running on fumes.

while he's trying to field his position, ON MOTHER'S DAY?

https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1658104222666088449

i did not even know this was a thing. what a shit question, and why are they interviewing players WHILE they are playing?

horrible on both accounts. jesus..

they been doing that for a minute. It's not cool at all, really. I guess it's supposed to be neato, inside baseball or something...but it comes off ham-fisted and usually the players look/sound annoyed.

but if that's me i'm saying some shit like "don't ask me about my dead mom on mother's day" and ripping that mic off and putting it in the dirt.

i might get in trouble but i'm winning public opinion and guaranteeing i never have to wear one of those mics again.

i understand them trying to create fan interest, but take away the horrible question - it's just awful asking players stuff while they are trying to field their position.

I may have seen them interview OFs in slow games before, but:

1) There’s no more slow games, so they should probably cut this based on that alone.

2) infielders REALLY gotta pay attention to everything, definitely don’t interview them.

3) if you feel you have to interview in-game, maybe just stick to light questions like “who’s the funnest guy in the clubhouse?”

4) bringing up a dead loved one… wtf???

in a spring game or all star game? cool.

in a game that really counts where you gotta pay attention to so much stuff? hell no.

I didn’t watch any clips myself but a week or two ago they had a catcher mic’d up while he was behind the plate and it was apparently like Bane X 10 because the mic was on his chest plate. Somehow the batters couldn’t hear him so that’s kind of a win, I guess, but it sounds insane


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just wait. It will change (with the exception of Tampa)

Bucs cant score runs
Padres can't fucking hit
Nolan Arrenado can hit again
Bryce Harper is RAKING
Red Sox are scuffling
Dodgers went like 13-13, then 13-2
Baltimore's pen is lights the fuck out

…and the Angels won! Weird.


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The Angels only visit the Os like once a season so there was no way I was going to pass up the opportunity to see Ohtani pitch and play. Plus, a 6:35 start on a beautiful 75 degree evening at Camden Yards? Shiiit (c)

Ohtani did not disappoint. His HR was a thing of beauty. It was just a rocket, line drive…one of the quickest HRs I’ve witnessed.

The Os lost, but was definitely a fun experience all around.

Some peoples kids are really fucking weird.

Raul Acuna, Jr? Home run in 3 straight games

Luis Roberts - 4 home run in 4 straight games

Aaron Judge - 5 homers in his last 4 games

Ohtani? Doing it on both sides of the ball.


I gotta say acuna Jr,,, 2nd in home runs, first in hits, 2nd in stolen bases,
first in runs, second in batting average ..dude is doing
Rickey Henderson shit. Luis Roberts a close second because he has been on a tear.

Muncy is raking too ..Arenado is also on some killer hr shit. 5 straight games with a Hr

But Acuna is a beast above beasts

He can be 72 with a leg lost to diabetes for all I care, I’d still be voting him MVP if I had a ballot


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Ohtani mvp AL
Acuna MVP NL

Acuna best of them all

https://theathletic.com/4580312/2023/06/05/mlb-season-2023-takeaways/

• Rank second in his league in strikeouts (as a pitcher) and be tied for second in his league in homers (as a hitter)?

• Rank second in his league in total bases (as a hitter) but allow the fourth-fewest total bases in his league to hitters not named Ohtani (as a pitcher)?

• Allow the lowest opponent batting average in the majors (as a pitcher) while also outhomering, out-singling, out-doubling and out-tripling all the batsmiths who faced him (as a hitter)?


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6 starts into a 5/185m deal. Rangers gotta be throwing up, right now.

>6 starts into a 5/185m deal.

getting one full season out of him would've been extraordinarily lucky

>Rangers gotta be throwing up right now.

.

the deal is obviously awful but they just opened a new stadium (for no reason) and can eat shit on money

>the deal is obviously awful but they just opened a new
>stadium (for no reason) and can eat shit on money


I was shocked it was so close and that they are still running shows in the old one. WTF was the point?

I could understand if it was a famously bad stadium like Tropicana, but it ain’t.

He will get a new arm, and will be back at 36. He is only 34, and in
baseball for a pitcher that’s still prime.

And I’m not even a big fan of his…( but I think all the pitchers of this era
are highly overrated…barely pitch 5-6 innings)

https://www.wsj.com/sports/baseball/jacob-degrom-texas-rangers-injury-tommy-john-57f60231

"Either way, this will be deGrom’s second elbow surgery (he underwent Tommy John surgery while he was a prospect with the Mets), and it will trigger a revealing clause in his contract with the Rangers. The contract was set to run through 2027, but the Rangers can add an extra year to the deal if he undergoes Tommy John surgery or any shoulder or elbow surgery that keeps him out for an extended period of time."

"The compensation on the option for the 2028 season is tiered based on how deGrom finishes in Cy Young voting and how many innings he pitches for the Rangers over the life of his contract."

Unless they're pretty damn certain that he'll come back after the TJ surgery and be just as effective.

Because the premium was too high, I have to imagine for the Rangers the action was the juice


And honestly good for them


More owners should treat their teams like the trophy rooms they are rather than a slice of a pie chart in their investment portfolio.


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>
>"Either way, this will be deGrom’s second elbow surgery (he
>underwent Tommy John surgery while he was a prospect with the
>Mets), and it will trigger a revealing clause in his contract
>with the Rangers. The contract was set to run through 2027,
>but the Rangers can add an extra year to the deal if he
>undergoes Tommy John surgery or any shoulder or elbow surgery
>that keeps him out for an extended period of time."

I've been going to A's games for about 40 years, so I've seen fire and I've seen rain. But rarely have I seen something like this.

This team is horrible. The hitters can barely hit. The starting pitchers are worse than the hitters. And the relievers are worse than the starting pitchers. No pitcher on the roster is good enough to be a 20-game loser. No reliever is good enough to lose 27 straight games. We're the "gimme" on every other team in the league's schedule. The home fans have been totally gutted by Fisher's decision to move the team; they're drawing under 10,000 a night regularly, and one game only a little over 2,000 showed up. I expect it to get worse.

At this point, the A's are beyond a lost cause. We'd have to go a little under 0.500 from here on out to ***only*** lose 100 games. So lean into the shit. The team has 13 wins and are now on pace to win 42. Which would give them the worst record in a 162 game season ever. I say go for it. Hell, go for 125 and 130 losses. That would be preferable to the team "turning it around" and losing between 110 and 115 (which would also be very unlikely).

This season being remembered for being historically awful would be a "win" at this point. Because fuck Steve Fisher.

It was something like batters are 1963 Hank Aaron with bases empty and 2004 Albert Pujols with runners on.


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Though I'll add that it's now the bottom of the 7th, 9-4, the Pirates have loaded the bases, and the bullpen have just walked in a run. So the A's could still very well still blow it.

I also have zero idea how the A's won the series against the Braves at home.

If we pull of beating the Pirates today, it will be only the third series win this season.

My nephew is a lifelong, hardcore super fan (he's 31). He told me about De La Cruz several weeks ago and told me to keep an eye on him. He also says they have some more legit talent coming up. Maybe that will inspire the Reds to put a solid plan in action.

I wouldn't bet on it though.

Which is insane

not to mention the danger to players. There's an advisory through midnight tonight (likely to be extended)

Play ball!

.

l

Just seemed like some generic trash talking, didn’t see the big deal.

Ain’t exactly like the braves need bulletin board material to beat the Mets.

Good.

Acuna and them boys came back and put up 13 points!

Mofos talking about you gotta spend money and all that shit…all that money they
have invested in players and they are shit

Arizona is first in the division! And what is their payroll?
21st in baseball.


And bow down to Ronald Acuna! Damn that dude is so fun to watch, even with
his celebration antics…I don’t mind them because he is such a complete baseball player…
quite the opposite for that other Junior.

>Mofos talking about you gotta spend money and all that
>shit…all that money they
>have invested in players and they are shit


You don’t have to, but it helps. Everyone has given Tampa their props for how well they run their organization.

>Arizona is first in the division! And what is their payroll?
>
>21st in baseball.

It’s not even halfway through the season, we’ll have to wait and see how well they hold up.

>
>It’s not even halfway through the season, we’ll have to
>wait and see how well they hold up.
>


he'll just transfer the agenda to another team lol. There's always going to be a poor team overachieving and a rich team underachieving.

They’re 12.5 games out.

Might’ve jumped the gun on that one a bit.

Marmol looks like he's drowning. The players are doing the "we fully support _____" thing, which is NEVER good. On top of that, players randomly forget how to hit and our 75 million dollar replacement for Yadi says he's lost his confidence. NEW GM, PLEASE!!!!! Sick of Mo.

After a blazing week behind the plate, Ohtani is gonna try to recover from a series of meh starts in a game that decides the series and the Angels try to walk the rangers down.

https://twitter.com/bglodosky/status/1669534843724603392?s=46&t=NaMD4vTOOcOpBwgWLw7fUg

.

but true.

Now the A's will just lose 107 to 110 games. Yipee.

Yeah, fuck this organization and its ownership. I'll stay a fan until they blow town, and that's it. I'm too disgusted to even think about sticking with them when they move to Vegas. Hopefully the mayor kicks them out of town at the end of this season. After that, maybe I'll "shop" for a new team.

With 24 Hrs and 58 RBIs

He’s hit a HR in 9 or last 15

I have been waiting for the speed merchants to return. Billy Hamilton was the first, now this cat and Esteury Ruiz for the A's.

The age of Tim Raines, Rickey Henderson, Omar Moreno and the Cards (Willie McGee, Vince Coleman and Ozzie Smith) was a thing of beauty.

I was laughing my ass off the whole time. Go bang some trash cans, hoes. Got their usual lucky break with the ball getting stuck in the fence for a ground rule double a few batters before, and still took the L.

.

smh sunday's game was heartbreaking.

I've barely watched since that abomination in ATL

they're gonna have to fire buck pretty soon. not that it's his fault but it's time to clean house.

.

Cause it was late and it was Oakland

In spite of of Oakland.

How bout these last 3 starts:


2 innings 7 ER
3.1 innings 8 ER
9 innings Perfect Game

,

.

outside of Mookie Betts it is interesting how African American baseball players have basically been replaced by Afro Latino players and there are multiple reasons for that.

but also disappointing that Julio didn't win.

they have to adjust the format though. dudes are too gassed at the end to make it as exciting as it should be.

put that one on my list of experiences. would probably never go to another home run derby. definitely a one time thing IMO.

I agree. People don't understand how tiring it is to swing that many times in that short window.

I know people like the head-to-head but maybe the first round you do pool play. Everyone puts up their numbers, bottom 4 are eliminated and then you seed the final four.


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i feel like that was more exciting. now you're looking to see where a ball lands and dude has already swung at the next pitch.

I mean anytime you add a time factor it adds another element...maybe just do a timed 30 second run after 20 outs or something idk

cuz, apparently there's no ACTUAL rule with that they just apply for television production purposes?

cuz, it's supposed to be an extra 30 seconds if a guy hits one 440 ft or further, up to 2 (so a max of an extra minute).

well, in the stadium yesterday they are tracking every contestant's distance including their longest HR of the round, and two guys got an extra 30 seconds whose longest HR was tracked at 427 feet.

so, they just hand out the extra time if the contest isn't interesting enough i guess.

and then, last year (yes i'm a homer so i'm mad) Julio lost because Soto got 30 extra seconds just cuz a single Julio HR only went 435 feet so he didn't ge extra time despite Julio clearly being THE GUY last year.

like, the two best moments of the night were Julio and Rutschman (switch hitting) and there was nothing of reward for that. it was just lame.

>I agree. People don't understand how tiring it is to swing
>that many times in that short window.
>
>I know people like the head-to-head but maybe the first round
>you do pool play. Everyone puts up their numbers, bottom 4 are
>eliminated and then you seed the final four.

like, LITTLE kids.

someone is gonna get seriously injured, or worse.

an older dude (teen, maybe actual adult) got domed right in front of my seats on Monday.

he laid down on the field for about 30 seconds then was able to get up and jog off through one of the outfield wall openings. he didn't return.

who knows what happens if that's a 9 year old.

1. Pittsburgh -- RHP Paul Skenes, LSU
2. Washington -- CF Dylan Crews, LSU
3. Detroit -- OF Max Clark, HS
4. Texas - OF Wyatt Langford, Florida
5. Minnesota -- OF Walter Jenkins, HS
6. Oakland -- SS Jacob Wilson, Grand Canyon
7. Chicago (N) -- RHP Rhett Lowder, Wake Forest
8. Kansas City -- C Blake Mitchell, HS
9. Colorado -- RHP Chase Dollander, Tennessee
10. Miami -- RHP Noble Meyer, HS

as a Nats fan I'm thrilled to get Crews. I think he has a low floor and his ability to flat-out hit will keep him in any lineup no matter the position. staying at center would just be a bonus. Skenes is a prototype front-line starter but when it comes to prospects, I would always take an elite bat over an elite arm. I also like Crews better than Langford, who was getting some hype as number one overall (and might be in other years).

Rangers have to be loving the addition of Langford though, with the way their season has been going. my guy Chase going to the thin air in Colorado; hopefully they fix his slider because he still has elite stuff. Kansas City with the ultimate dice roll taking a high school catcher in the top ten.

further down the draft I'm sad to see that RHP Hurston Waldrep (Florida) went to Atlanta, since that is exactly the kind of high-upside arm that they will probably profit nicely from.

idk shit about baseball but i follow the braves since i live here and they have lost only maybe 5x in the last 6 weeks

that we let get away in Randy Arozarina and Adolis Garcia starring in the HR derby and the AS game

the got power and power is never going to play out. They lead the NL in homers and slugging. They just hit...hard!

Ronald Acuna is out of his mind and Sean Murphy got free from Oakland is absolutely RAKING, plus he's outstanding defensively.

Lastly, they can pitch. Spencer Strider is one of the best pitchers in the entire league. Elder and Fried have been well above average.

I would literally get a chub if we end up with Braves/Rays in the World Series....but, I know baseball doesn't work like that. We got a LOOOOONG way to go in this season.

.

signed,

life long Pirates fan

Nothing more strong that the hate of a sports team

They changed it a couple years ago to specific American and National League uniforms. The only thing is the hats let you know what team they represent. Not a fan of this new look.

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>They changed it a couple years ago to specific American and
>National League uniforms. The only thing is the hats let you
>know what team they represent. Not a fan of this new look.
>

I preferred it when they wore the ASG jerseys for the derby and whatnot, but wore their team’s jersey for the ASG. MUCH more visually appealing imo. And it was fun when I could see Red Sox and Yankees players on the field together and be proud when the Sox had more/get mad when the Yankees had more lol.

we're selling like shit. Probably losing Montgomery, Flaherty....and Nolan Arrenado is gonna look great as a Dodger. We stink, man. Blow this shit up, put Marmol out of his misery and END THE MOZALIAK ERA!!!!

Hicks to Toronto and Montgonery to Texas. Flaherty prolly next. Damn, Texas is loading the fuck up...Scherzer and Montgomery added to that staff...

.

just one day after he said he was gonna have to have a discussion with management, after they traded away their closer. "...if you got a problem with it, walk it up to the boss (c)Phonte

>just one day after he said he was gonna have to have a
>discussion with management

this team has been absolute dog shit what does he expect>

Maybe if it was verlander

.

OK then.

That "sadly these young guys probably aren't the next Robinson/Palmer/Ripken lifers" was so flagrant


NFL owners get duly shit on but MLB owners are truly the worst of the worst.


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I think someone pulled Doofus to the side and let him know that Baltimore hasn't forgotten how the Colts packed up and left literally in the middle of the night. In the age of social media, THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

The team is setup with its farm system and young roster to be competitive for years.

for the next time I’m around a bunch of baseball fans. These motherfuckers, man…what are they doing??? I’ve always had a soft spot for them, ever since Albert went there. They’ve been my second team and I always kept up with them and watched a ton of their games. They managed to successfully botch having back to back, generational players. This last stunt, though, should have them relegated or some shit. Everyone on the planet knew they should have traded Ohtani at the deadline, cuz they weren’t winning shit. Instead they “go for it” and promptly lose 10 games. THEN after Ohtani gets hurt, they air out him and his people, saying they tried to get imaging after he experienced hand cramping earlier this month, but Ohtani declined. AND for their final act…they put like 37 players on waivers, including a pitcher they just added when they were going for it, who can all end up on playoff squads…big time salary dump but super hilarious.

for a king's ransom. Now they got disgruntled, getting older Mike Trout and some guys.

You don't gotta do all that losin' you're doin' over there friend.


The only bummer is that since his arm might be wrecked for the next two years, it doesn't make sense to do what I was increasingly getting excited about as far back as mid-July, which was a world in which Ohtani quickly becomes a 1A/1B Ace alongside Castillo and all those young guns are rendered a little redundant so we just package one or two of 'em up for another true banger in the lineup and we're practically Braves West in structure.



...But at the same time, just having the pitching staff we have is, obviously, more than ideal, so whatever. Come on over, Sho!



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Dodgers have another woman beater

he was already suspended in 2019 for a DV issue, so this fire has a huge smoke cloud

Free agent too. He’s pitched his last game in LA. Disappointing.

Who are the LOCKS?

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.

.

I am sure he will most treasure the bottle of Caymus that the As picked up for him at the gas station on the way to the stadium.

I feel like it was the third time he, a known recovering alcoholic, was gifted an alcoholic beverage as a retirement gift.


Might've even just been two, but I remember at least the first one he got could be excused as the equivalent of a collector's item.


This one was nothing but farce. At least the A's are consistent in that dumb way.


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For the most part this is what I wanted to see looking at the final month down the season….


I would’ve preferred Hou out of course and Seattle in, but Seattle had a shot and folded. They made a lot out of a little though- but this will be bittersweet.

In the NL I would’ve liked the Reds in over the Phillies to add more youth and fun, but that wasn’t gonna happen cause the Phillies were never in danger.

But now all the Kim angels haters can eat a dick
And Corbin Carroll is electric

Angels hire Ron Washington as their next manager. I am ASTONISHED! Not in a bad way, either. I just never thought Ron would get another managerial job. Damn.

>Angels hire Ron Washington as their next manager. I am
>ASTONISHED! Not in a bad way, either. I just never thought
>Ron would get another managerial job. Damn.