|
I think Astros Rants is the "You're disrespecting a future US soldier" kid all (partially) grown up.
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 19:30
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 19, 2024 19:42 |
|
|
It isn't sounding good for Cueto. https://twitter.com/PavlovicNBCS/status/991749818740441088
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 19:57
|
|
|
Please throw a baseball at this man. Just be sure it isn't at his head, that would be bad! But please, hit him with a baseball!
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 20:13
|
|
|
In the span of a week Jedd Gyorko, Matt Carpenter and Dexter Fowler all hit career HR # 100.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 20:15
|
|
|
Thom P. Tiers posted:Please throw a baseball at this man. Just be sure it isn't at his head, that would be bad! But please, hit him with a baseball! This man, who is not a WORLD CHAMPIONS.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 20:15
|
|
|
Pancakes posted:In the span of a week Jedd Gyorko, Matt Carpenter and Dexter Fowler all hit career HR # 100. Awwww I was hoping this would end in a 1-0 CGSO with the only run from a CMart dinger. 
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 20:17
|
|
|
I was %99 sure that Twitter rant was just a satirical jab at the typical Yankee fan and thought it was pretty funny. Then I looked at the rest of his Tweets and it's probably actually serious.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 20:17
|
|
|
I wanna mock that dude's "respect the world champions" thing so bad but... you know... Yankees fan... "kiss the rings"... glass houses... Its still funny.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 20:18
|
|
|
STAC Goat posted:I wanna mock that dude's "respect the world champions" thing so bad but... you know... Yankees fan... "kiss the rings"... glass houses... I’m pretty sure when Inspector 666 met up with me and Kevlar I asked him if it was hard being the fan whose team had the longest WS drought at the table.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 20:21
|
|
|
Inspector_666 posted:This man, who is not a WORLD CHAMPIONS. Well that part is accurate  Being an Astros fan can be hard in its own way. For example: realizing my favorite Astros blog is run by a MAGAhead whose politics sometimes seep into his posts
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 20:25
|
|
|
Pancakes posted:I’m pretty sure when Inspector 666 met up with me and Kevlar I asked him if it was hard being the fan whose team had the longest WS drought at the table. Well Ice Fist was there and he's technically a Brewers fan.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 20:31
|
|
|
bewbies posted:so here's a semi-serious question: is there any chance the dodgers dangle kershaw if their season really does go fart? i am assuming he'll opt out, and he'd bring a fortune in Baseball Commodities back if they do indeed decide to walk away from the wreckage
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 20:47
|
|
|
Yeah, it seems like a catch 22. If Kershaw's bad enough to justify trading him then he won't score a return good enough to justify the trade. If he's pitching well enough to be genuinely valuable as trade bait then he's good enough for the fans to want to re-sign and not risk losing. Like the Chapman scenario is nice and all but the response to trading him for prospects in the first place was as positive a one as you can get. You can't pull that off with a beloved franchise player even if you could guarantee he'll come back. Which you can't REALLY.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 20:51
|
|
|
bawfuls posted:No, fans would revolt. Technically, if their season is toast they could be clever and flip him at the deadline then re-sign him this winter, but that would be a PR nightmare. Much like questions about how he will age, with Kershaw it's not sufficient to simply play things "by the book" or whatever. His value to LA goes far beyond his pitching. Agree that they won't and shouldn't put him on the block. But "his value to LA goes far beyond his pitching" might be an intangible hard to defend in the salary book.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 20:54
|
|
|
And Kershaw isn't just a beloved franchise player. He's the greatest pitcher in franchise history, and if not the best Dodger ever then at least the best LA Dodger ever, no matter what boomers tell you about Koufax.Sydin posted:It is really loving surreal watching Kershaw not only throw 88, but completely miss his spot such that a call for down and in ends up belt high right over the middle. 0.92 0.37 0.57 0.58 0.63 0.42 0.41 0.58 0.48 1.18 1.43 
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 20:55
|
|
|
the popes toes posted:Agree that they won't and shouldn't put him on the block. But "his value to LA goes far beyond his pitching" might be an intangible hard to defend in the salary book.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 20:57
|
|
|
bawfuls posted:And Kershaw isn't just a beloved franchise player. He's the greatest pitcher in franchise history, and if not the best Dodger ever then at least the best LA Dodger ever, no matter what boomers tell you about Koufax. Koufax's value to the history of the sport goes beyond his pitching 
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 20:59
|
|
|
Koufax also won 3 world series with filthy postseason stat lines. Kershaw 2011-17 vs. Koufax 1961-66 are so eerily similar it's insane. Thom P. Tiers fucked around with this message at 21:16 on May 2, 2018 |
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 21:08
|
|
|
kershaw to the dbacks. he gets to ride shotgun just like schilling, dodger fans get to "well actually" about some declining buttFX stat, and i get a few championships. who says no?
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 21:10
|
|
|
Kershaw can play out his final seasons on a farm upstate Called AT&T Park
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 21:14
|
|
|
*looks up Kershaw's numbers and wonders what Dodgers fans are bitching about* Although he'd be the #4 starter in Houston (and get no run support at all)
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 21:25
|
|
|
Solo homers can make you sad sometimes e: whoops wrong
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 21:25
|
|
|
STAC Goat posted:I like how he counts the replay as "another" bat flip. God dammit, why does everyone who else who hates bat flips have to be such a ridiculous whiner?
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 21:25
|
|
|
Patrick Spens posted:God dammit, why does everyone who else who hates bat flips have to be such a ridiculous whiner? Perhaps you need to take a closer look inwards. Popete fucked around with this message at 21:29 on May 2, 2018 |
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 21:26
|
|
|
My youngest son started tee ball this spring and I've already taught him how to bat flip
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 21:28
|
|
|
Intruder posted:*looks up Kershaw's numbers and wonders what Dodgers fans are bitching about* He might move up that list with pine tar
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 21:31
|
|
|
My RTTS character gets called up for the playoffs, is declared the world series MVP, and now is just sitting on the bench in the next season. Mike Matheny is an idiot even in virtual reality.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 21:43
|
|
|
It was last year's version but I had a SP on the Reds who won RoTY, CY-2, lead the league in ERA, WHIP, and was I think third or fourth in K's. Come spring training he gets called into Bryan Price's office and told he's being moved to the pen. RTTS emulates terrible organizations perfectly, imo. Also apparently RTTS managers don't understand how to double switch and invariably after recording the last out in the 8th I'm always pulled for a PH even though there's voice over of Vasgersian saying I'm in for the four out save.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 21:50
|
|
|
jit bull transpile posted:My RTTS character gets called up for the playoffs, is declared the world series MVP, and now is just sitting on the bench in the next season. Mike Matheny is an idiot even in virtual reality. My RTTS character posted the best non-Barry Bonds offensive season ever, won MVP and then got traded during spring training next year. The RTTS ai is basically just completely insane.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 21:50
|
|
|
I feel like all I do these days is post about Mookie Betts but uhhhhh he's really loving good, you guys
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 21:59
|
|
|
NiceGuy posted:I feel like all I do these days is post about Mookie Betts but uhhhhh I have it on good authority that you're wrong and he's actually replacement-level
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 22:01
|
|
|
I want mookie dang it.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 22:20
|
|
|
The Nelson Cruz contract has been so so sooooooooo good for the Mariners.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 22:22
|
|
|
jit bull transpile posted:My RTTS character gets called up for the playoffs, is declared the world series MVP, and now is just sitting on the bench in the next season. Mike Matheny is an idiot even in virtual reality. I had a RTTS pitcher that had a sub 1 ERA, was like 29-1, annihilated the single season strikeout record, won MVP, CY, WS MVP, going into free agency at 24 years old and couldn't get more than a $8m AAV offer Signed a 1 year prove-it deal with the Dodgers and threw a perfect game in his first start, hit over .400 with 40+ homeruns and won all those awards again and still couldn't get a big contract offer
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 22:30
|
|
|
Intruder posted:I had a RTTS pitcher that had a sub 1 ERA, was like 29-1, annihilated the single season strikeout record, won MVP, CY, WS MVP, going into free agency at 24 years old and couldn't get more than a $8m AAV offer Sounds like real MLB these days 
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 22:32
|
|
|
I’m just gonna assume that those 88 mph batting practice meatballs Kershaw threw were lovely sliders rather than fastballs tyvm. He threw a couple to Goldschmidt that were just barely missed.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 23:12
|
|
|
Every other division is at least starting to stratify. Then you look at the NL Central...
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 23:39
|
|
|
Pancakes posted:Every other division is at least starting to stratify. Then you look at the NL Central... Cincinnati are going to lose 110 games at least. Also, holy hell is the AL Central bad.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 23:46
|
|
|
Der Meister posted:I’m just gonna assume that those 88 mph batting practice meatballs Kershaw threw were lovely sliders rather than fastballs tyvm. He threw a couple to Goldschmidt that were just barely missed.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2018 23:53
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 19, 2024 19:42 |
|
|
Mookie Betts is pretty good by not-Mike-Trout standards. Makes you really appreciate what Mike Trout does imo
|
|
#
?
May 3, 2018 00:02
|
|