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They should put the statue out in the cove, tbh. If someone hits it with a dinger, it should light up like the Marlins dinger machine to honor his new team.
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Gorman Thomas posted:Speaking of Skinny Barry, did the Millville Meteor or the Millville Meat-eater show up to camp this year. No, but apparently he's using a "smart bat" which suspiciously looks corked: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25502565/mike-trout-is-using-a-smart-bat-to-improve-his-swing-in-spring-training 
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Mar 4, 2016 00:55
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A "3"-6-3 double play: http://m.imgur.com/kr4ZqQv?r Since the camera work is wonky, here's what happened: the ball hit off the shin of the 1st basemen so hard and magically rolled right to the shortstop at 2nd base and allowed them to complete the double play.
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Mar 4, 2016 18:51
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Then there's this guy: Goddamn Brett Farve aged horribly.
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Danny Hultzen, the former #2 overall pick by the Mariners, who's never pitched in the majors because of major injuries got converted into a reliever this offseason. Today he's feeling stiffness in his shoulder. I think he's pretty much toast at this point.
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Mar 9, 2016 19:04
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Inspector_666 posted:Never forget. I'm disappointed you're a Yankee fan and didn't post this: 
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Mar 10, 2016 19:20
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Doublepost, but I just really felt the need to re-post this:
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Mar 10, 2016 19:21
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“I’ll tell you what has happened, these guys played Rotisserie baseball at Harvard or wherever the gently caress they went and they thought they figured the loving game out. They don’t know poo poo." The hottest of takes.
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Mar 10, 2016 23:49
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One of the scrappiest, grittiest players not named David Eckstein retired today: https://mobile.twitter.com/williebloom/status/708394578777255936 He does it in the most disrespectful way possible, hitting a dinger and flipping a bat. Shameful.
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Mar 11, 2016 23:16
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The last Mariner prospect to pan out was Kyle Seager, and he was never supposed to have this much upside. Every single major Mariner prospect under the Jack Z regime crashed and burned (or was traded). I'm not sure how much of it was "baseball" and how much of it is "holy poo poo the Mariners can't develop prospects." Taijuan Walker could probably be an okay #3 SP, so that's nice, I suppose. In other Mariner news, they released Justin De Frautus, who apparently had worse velocity in spring than he did at the end of last season.
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Mar 16, 2016 19:14
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Moneyball posted:Adam Jones seems to have panned out. But yeah, traded. Adam Jones was prior to Jack Z's tenure, hence why I didn't count him.
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Mar 16, 2016 19:28
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If you want to be a little depressed today, have a read on a (formerly closeted) gay minor leaguer who left the game after only one season because of the homophobia he experienced in the locker room: http://www.outsports.com/2016/3/16/11243142/gay-baseball-cardinals-tyler-dunnington
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Mar 16, 2016 20:08
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Also, Goose isn't quite done with his hot takes:quote:“Now you sit there for five minutes and wait for a f—ing replay. And half the time, you can’t even tell.
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Mar 16, 2016 20:22
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Inspector_666 posted:I partially agree with him there, manager meltdowns are fun as heck. The knowledge that managers and umpires partially collude with meltdowns is great. When a manager goes out there and is like "hey, I need to get ejected to fire my team up" and the ump is like "well, act the part, I need a reason to throw you out" kind of makes it funny. If we're gonna go the Bryce Harper route to make baseball more exciting, we really should be allowing managers to flip out at umps. When the Mariners were bad in the 90s, you could at least count on Lou losing his poo poo at an umpire.
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Mar 17, 2016 01:27
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Need a definitive list of cool players versus lame players: Cool: Bryce Harper Yaisel Puig Giancarlo Stanton Felix Hernandez Zack Greinke Jose Bautista Jose Fernandez Lame players: Brian McCann Mike Trout Johnathan Papelbon Gerrit Cole Anyone who plays for the D-backs (minus Greinke) It's not lost on me that's there's a clear ethnicity divide here.
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Jose Oquendo posted:What makes Gerrit Cole lame? He's an enforcer and has thrown at people for showboating. Which brings me to my next person... Popete posted:lol at forgetting Carlos Gomez on the cool list. Yeah that's a big miss. Whoops.
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Inspector_666 posted:Also how are you gonna leave Brandon McCarthy off the Cool Guys list? Look, it was a hastily assembled list. I needed to crowdsource for answers. edit: I even forgot Ichiro. drat.
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Mar 17, 2016 19:45
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If I was a major league player, I don't think I'd want a 14-year old kid in the locker room with me at all times.
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Mar 17, 2016 20:11
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Crimson Sox posted:N: Rafael Soriano retires Why would I rejoice? He was cool and good, and just an unfortunate victim of one of Bavasi's many bad trades.
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Mar 18, 2016 07:10
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MassaShowtime posted:Being able to bring your kid to work everyday and then not is not really trivial though. I find it pretty problematic when Adam gets to be the one to bring his kid to work every day including road trips where I'm sure there's plenty of other players on the team that are parents that would love to see their kids more often. I think Kenny is 100% right here.
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Mar 18, 2016 20:05
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Tender Bender posted:I wouldn't be surprised if this was brought about by a couple players privately complaining about having a 14 year old kid hanging around every day and Williams trying to do something about it without anticipating the blowback. Yeah, no player is gonna say "I'm tired of your goddamn kid being around all the time" in public. And no one will say "yeah I wanted that kid gone" after the fact.
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Mar 19, 2016 00:15
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Salvor_Hardin posted:Given what we learned about Adam's politics he should have been named Lyndon. I just want to let you know I understood this joke and I appreciate it.
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Mar 21, 2016 15:56
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Inspector_666 posted:So I know you guys like tacos, but how do you feel about cheesesteaks? This guy looks depressed as hell to be wearing a cheesesteak hat 
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Mar 22, 2016 18:07
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Popete posted:Angel Hernandez is one of the umps. Can we leave him there? He's of Cuban descent, isn't he? Makes sense for him to be there, then.
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Mar 22, 2016 19:12
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Obama left the game in the 4th inning. I guess he finds baseball to be a tired sport too. He apparently also participated in the wave, so I'm wondering when the impeachment begins.
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Mar 22, 2016 21:17
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The Houston MRAstros.
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Mar 23, 2016 00:54
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At least when Carlos Correa gets older, he can keep the beard that he grows.
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Mar 23, 2016 16:26
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Intruder posted:Even when he's not wearing a fedora his fashion sense is... intresting LeBron is probably wondering why there's a naked man standing behind Carlos.
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Barry and A-Rod being manager / bench coach might just be the greatest thing that baseball fans would never appreciate. Edit: second greatest. No one appreciated Bonds' 73 dingers enough.
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I'm pretty sure Randy_Johnson_Kills_A_Bird.gif was the very first non-Geocities animated gif on the internet.
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MrMojok posted:Ok since everyone else just breezed past it as though they understood it, I have to ask-- what in the gently caress were the Koreans doing hopping on one leg? Is it like a dance fight or something? It was a charity baseball game, and the fight was scripted.
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Mar 26, 2016 23:59
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The Mariners apparently dumped Jesus Montero. His locker has been cleared out. Whether it's been DFA'd, or a trade remains to be seen, but he's out of options. There goes another bad Jack Z trade.
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zakharov posted:Jesus Montero was put on waivers. Remember to trade all your prospects. https://twitter.com/KlawThoughts/status/714255041054568448/photo/1 edit: I realize this is a parody account but nonetheless...
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In his first full season, Jesus Montero hit 15 home runs, so anything is possible! RIP in pieces, you (not so anymore) fat man that Jack Z desperately thought could make you into a legitimate catcher.
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My votes for HoF would be Pujols, Ichiro and Beltre for sure. Kershaw, Felix, and maybe Greinke if they continue at their rate. Same with Trout and Harper.
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A-Rod's girlfriend is only two years older than him, come on guys
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I think the biggest troll A-Rod could do is retire and then buy out the Mariners, and turn them into contenders.
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bewbies posted:Apparently Cueto is at a 9.58 ERA/.347 OBA in 10 AAA innings? I know its small sample size etc but that's kinda rough. I hope his arm is ok When people say "Spring training stats don't matter" it's doubly so for pitchers. They usually aren't throwing at full strength (nor should they), and they aren't mixing in off speed pitches as much. For someone like Cueto who's pretty established, he's not really a concern.
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davecrazy posted:I've been actively ignoring spring training and it's done wonders. Still ready for a huge letdown season though. Hell, 
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Opening day is Monday and the Mariners are playing at 1pm, what the hell. I'm at work then
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