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Vlad Antlerkov posted:Joe Girardi was fired before winning the Manager of the Year award for that year. Does that count? John Wilkes Booth posted:The Marlins fired Joe Girardi the same year he won MotY in 2006 because... it's the Marlins. Ice To Meet You posted:Ha, I forgot about this. Definitely not in the spirit of, "lovely manager that wins the award but still gets canned" that I was thinking of, but absolutely amazing in its own right.
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Retail Slave posted:Also to be honest, if I were Steve Bartman I'd give the entire city of Chicago a giant gently caress YOU if the Cubs won the series. It's fun to daydream but the Cubs don't actually win World Series
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Oh yeah, I forgot about Peter Angelos firing Davey Johnson the same day that Johnson won the award in 1997 but that's in the same category as Girardi.
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Do teams make each-other aware of what the batting line-up is and who is playing what positions, before the game? Is this information that is supposed to be released or something, or are you allowed to surprise? Is it a sign of disrespect to have someone get walked in front of you in the batting lineup? (I'm thinking this shows that the pitcher doesn't consider you as much of a threat, was wondering if players take this personally)
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Oct 3, 2015 00:07
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Retail Slave posted:Meanwhile, Alex Gonzalez and Dusty Baker should be hit by the same car. And Thom Brennaman while we're at it
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Oct 3, 2015 00:09
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Reminder that all games for the next three days are free to watch on mlb.tv. Blackout rules still apply.
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:Do teams make each-other aware of what the batting line-up is and who is playing what positions, before the game? Is this information that is supposed to be released or something, or are you allowed to surprise? These days, line ups get posted to twitter several hours before the game. It's public information. Intentional walks aren't a huge deal to the next batter coming up. No one throws a hissyfit about it.
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:Do teams make each-other aware of what the batting line-up is and who is playing what positions, before the game? Is this information that is supposed to be released or something, or are you allowed to surprise? Baseball lineups don't typically change much from day to day, most teams know who they'll be facing long in advance. Each team manager has to give their starting batting order to the umpire before the game starts because you're not allowed to change it once it's set.
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Intentional walks in the NL are usually because the pitcher is on deck. It can also happen if the guy at the plate has no "protection" meaning they are a dangerous hitter but the guy behind them not so much or are an opposite match up (lefty hitting a righty pitcher vice versa) and the next guy batting is a righty.
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Bregor posted:And Thom Brennaman while we're at it Meh, I always liked Brennaman when he worked for the Cubs and called the middle innings with Steve Stone while Harry went over to radio. Of course, I was 10, so what the gently caress did I know?
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Oct 3, 2015 00:37
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Yea Bartman doesn't give a gently caress, and why would he care that a bunch of strangers want to publicly apologize for what other strangers did a decade ago? The only point is to let cubs and their fans feel better about themselves.
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Oct 3, 2015 00:57
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Oct 3, 2015 01:03
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I still see at least one person dressed as Bartman for Halloween every single year.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:I still see at least one person dressed as Bartman for Halloween every single year. Man, I wish I lived in a town that gave even one tenth of one gently caress about baseball.
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Sandpuppy posted:Man, I wish I lived in a town that gave even one tenth of one gently caress about baseball. It's a really lazy costume. Just about everyone in Chicago has a cubs hat, a pair of glasses, and a walkman lying around.
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imo the Cubs should get eliminated asap so people will shut the gently caress up about back to the future
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Groucho Marxist posted:imo the Cubs should get eliminated asap so people will shut the gently caress up about back to the future Apparently we brought in the loving actor who played Biff in a DeLorean today 
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Miller Park is Wrigley North. I love it.
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I'm at Safeco and there's a self-serve frozen yogurt station, which is the perfect touch of weird for this place. Unrelated but also kinda related: the Coliseum is trash.
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Poque posted:Apparently we brought in the loving actor who played Biff in a DeLorean today I thought that guy hated being associated almost exclusively with Back to the Future
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Poque posted:Apparently we brought in the loving actor who played Biff in a DeLorean today They didn't bring him in on a hoverboard? Cubs jinx renewed.
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DICKS FOR DINNER posted:I thought that guy hated being associated almost exclusively with Back to the Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwY5o2fsG7Y
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Groucho Marxist posted:imo the Cubs should get eliminated asap so people will shut the gently caress up about back to the future this guy knows what's up
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Tonight Chris Sale set the White Sox single season record for strikeouts. Ed Walsh had 269 in 464 innings in 1908, Sale got his 270th strikeout in 203 innings.
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Crimson Sox posted:Anybody know what the deal is w/ MLB.TV and WC & Playoff games?
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Tavarin posted:Tonight Chris Sale set the White Sox single season record for strikeouts. Ed Walsh had 269 in 464 innings in 1908, Sale got his 270th strikeout in 203 innings.  at least there are a few things worth watching
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Nate RFB posted:As someone who recently cut his cable I'm in a similar boat; is mlb.tv for the postseason really only $3.99? I do have a VPN that lets me go outside the US so that sounds tempting.. If you already have the VPN you're half way there, that price is right.
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Popete posted:If you already have the VPN you're half way there, that price is right. So do you need a VPN or something? I'm a computer moron and it seems really hard and I'd screw something up.
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Retail Slave posted:So do you need a VPN or something? I'm a computer moron and it seems really hard and I'd screw something up. Unblock.us is pretty simple and the site gives you step-by-step instructions
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Retail Slave posted:So do you need a VPN or something? I'm a computer moron and it seems really hard and I'd screw something up. Yes unblock-us. It's five bucks a month. Takes two seconds to setup. Works on any device that lets you change the DNS settings. edit: Arrieta finished the season with a sub 2 ERA. Pirates are so hosed Wednesday. Jose Oquendo fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Oct 3, 2015 |
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Jose Oquendo posted:edit: Arrieta finished the season with a sub 2 ERA. Pirates are so hosed Wednesday. ehhhhhhh
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I am not surprised that the team with 12 straight losses blew a 4-run lead and lost their 13th in a row. And I've been a Cubs fan long enough to know not to get my hopes up too much about Arrieta in the Wild Card game. If Greinke gives up 4 ER tomorrow, even if he goes 9 innings, he will have a higher ERA than Arrieta for the season.
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Senf posted:I'm at Safeco and there's a self-serve frozen yogurt station, which is the perfect touch of weird for this place. Some Numbers, Waddley Hasslehoff and myself are up at 349. Come have a shot of tequila with me!
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There was a guy named Spud Chandler
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What is the case for Greinke over Arrieta? (meaning the case for why he will win the Cy Young, not why he should) Best I can tell Arrieta is basically equal in traditional stats (ERA is pretty close, Arrieta has WINS), and has the edge in advanced stats. He also has the narrative bonus.
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Intruder posted:There was a guy named Spud Chandler show some respect, it was the war and they needed all the good names at the front
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R.D. Mangles posted:show some respect, it was the war and they needed all the good names at the front What are you talking about that's a fantastic name
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Intruder posted:What are you talking about that's a fantastic name Spurgeon Ferdinand "Spud" Chandler Who had it better than him?
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