05-01-2024, 12:46 AM | #151 |
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Wow Chris Guccione is a piece of shit
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05-01-2024, 05:28 AM | #152 |
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05-01-2024, 01:02 PM | #153 |
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Often unsung heroes:
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05-02-2024, 06:25 AM | #154 |
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I loved this commercial so much....
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05-02-2024, 08:34 AM | #155 |
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Why is Pete Alonso running the bases for himself in a pivotal play at the plate? Surely anyone the Mets have someone on the bench that’s a lot faster than him
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05-02-2024, 11:37 AM | #156 | |
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I refuse to believe this was 25 years ago. |
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05-03-2024, 03:09 PM | #157 |
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Pirates send down former overall #1 pick Henry Davis. He had a -1.4 WAR last year in 224 ABs, playing out of position as a RF. He came into this year winning the starting C job, with the help of injuries, and hit .162/.280/.206 with -.4 WAR in 83 plate appearances. Dude hit with power and discipline through college and the minors and, while he wasn’t the consensus #1 (Jack Leiter and Jordan Lawler were in the mix, as well as Brady House for a good part of the year), he was seen as the safest with a “high floor” type of outlook.
This is now year 5 of the Ben Cherington and Derek Shelton rebuild and the team is now 14-18 and they don’t have a starting batter with an OPS over .750. The pitching in the minors looks a little better, but things are looking bad. |
05-03-2024, 03:38 PM | #158 | |
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I wasn't all that high on Davis and didn't like the pick for the Pirates. Catchers are such a mixed bag that unless the defensive tools are there to raise the floor, it's difficult to justify them in round 1. Then the Pirates threw more variables into the equation by seeming to not be able to decide if they wanted his bat in the lineup or have him behind rhe plate, which is going to hurt development. You have to go all in on one or the other. I liked Lawler and Mayer in that draft. I saw Leiter as more of a 3 starter. |
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05-03-2024, 06:29 PM | #159 | |
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I was onboard at the time because they got a few overslot guys later on, but became real concerned last year when he got called up. His defense and arm were supposed to be MLB ready in college and then they stuck him in RF when they called him up. |
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05-03-2024, 08:32 PM | #160 |
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Elly ranks 17th in MLB in steals by a team!
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05-04-2024, 08:04 AM | #161 | |
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Sam White had a 2-homer game yesterday in WVU’s 5-4 win at Cincy. They are in the hunt for the Big 12 regular season title (1 game back from Oklahoma and WVU has the tiebreaker due to sweeping them head to head). White is now slashing .323/.422/.538 with 8 homers and leads the team in games played and started (44-43). Here is a twitter link to the home runs (not the best camera angles): https://x.com/WVUBaseball/status/1786522115694321943 |
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05-04-2024, 01:51 PM | #162 |
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05-04-2024, 02:01 PM | #163 |
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If they had anyone hitting besides Elly they would be a really fun team to watch.
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05-11-2024, 07:12 PM | #164 |
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Elly is so much fun to watch. He's young, and he fucks up from time to time, but man, he's fun.
I was looking at the old late 90s Reds teams, and they have some legit talent. Even when they weren't really competing, they had a handful of vet starters, and players. Maybe not the top of the top, but Schott did her best to put a good team on the field. These kids are exciting, but they are kids, and they slump together. It's going to be a long season. However, they have some stellar young pitching. Lodolo, Greene, and Abbott are very, very talented.
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05-15-2024, 11:02 PM | #165 |
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*DOINK*
Mets catcher Tomás Nido hit Bryce Harper with a throw back to the pitcher Another MLB first... |
05-17-2024, 01:53 PM | #166 |
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Paul Skenes is nasty. Struck out the first 6 batters today.
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05-17-2024, 01:53 PM | #167 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
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Impressive - especially considering this is the same team he faced in his first start.
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05-17-2024, 02:05 PM | #168 |
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Ended up striking out the first 7. Perfect through 3. He's on a strict pitch count I believe so he won't be going deep but good lord his stuff is electric. Like watching a young Strausberg.
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05-17-2024, 02:57 PM | #169 |
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Elly already has 30 steals. He plays so hard I think he's at an elevated risk for injury, but damn he's fun to watch. He had four steals last night and none of the throws were even close. Too bad the Reds won't spend enough to build a team around him. He'll be a Dodger in a few years.
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05-17-2024, 02:59 PM | #170 |
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#Skenes
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05-17-2024, 03:35 PM | #171 | |
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6th player to reach 30 stolen bases this fast in a season. The others are Rickey Henderson (x3), Kenny Lofton, Vince Coleman, Tim Raines, and Lou Brock. Pretty elite company. |
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05-17-2024, 03:41 PM | #172 | |
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Had him go to a round 100 in an 8-0 game ultimately, so propably less strict than anticipated (his 84 in his first start already 9 above any in AAA). Going to be fascinating how this is handled going forward. Thinking cynically: the odds of him staying healthy very long might not be that great anyway and the odds of him signing an extension loooong term at any point seem less than stellar ... Sooo ... Do you maybe just milk what you can while he's cheap considering how good he already is?
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05-17-2024, 03:50 PM | #173 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
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I've already thought about that in general. Are we going to see a 180 from some teams who basically decide to treat these guys like they are college pitchers?
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05-17-2024, 05:20 PM | #174 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
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Maryland Eastern Shore went winless. 0-48. I'm not sure the statement "soul crushing" adequately expresses how bad that must suck.
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05-17-2024, 05:54 PM | #175 | |
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They did it against only quad 3 (0-16) and quad 4 (0-32) opponents too. Only 3 one-run games in those losses too.
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05-17-2024, 08:56 PM | #176 |
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05-17-2024, 09:39 PM | #177 |
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There's still something real fishy about that whole story with Ohtani. And not just hiw quick they buried it.
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05-17-2024, 10:51 PM | #178 |
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Not everything has to be a conspiracy theory.
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05-17-2024, 11:31 PM | #179 |
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Biden ordered the hit job on Mizuhara
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Yesterday, 12:10 AM | #180 |
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Millions of his money was spent with an illegal bookmaker over a long period of time. His closest friends were betting and he was oblivious to it. No real investigation by the league, no real investigative journalism in this.
I just can't imagine the average player would have been treated that way with all that information out there. They put players on administrative leave over accusations on social media. But not when your money is being used in a huge illegal betting ring? Not saying he's guilt of anything but it is wild how such a potentially huge story just sort of went away overnight. |
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Fletcher is still owed somewhere in the neighborhood of $13-$15 million on his contract so a suspension would be pretty devastating to his financials. He’s in AAA at the moment.
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Yesterday, 02:45 AM | #182 |
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I’ll just be happy if we get in the playoffs one time with Skenes, Jared Jones and another functioning starter healthy(Keller?)
I may as well start setting Google alerts for Skenes, forearm tightness and Dr. Neal ElAttrache |
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I was hoping to see “Grandson of the Wind” Lee next week but he’s going to miss the rest of the season. Brutal for the Giants.
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Yesterday, 01:02 PM | #184 |
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Pitching Knuckleballs as a reliever a couple days ago as well
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