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Big Mean Jerk posted:The Yankees are only good in a statistical sense. Morally, they’re still evil. Better evil yet winners than virtuous but losers.
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Sydin posted:Contract the Cubs this but unironically See also: the Yankees
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May 7, 2018 13:43
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iospace posted:this but unironically Why would you contract a young team of homegrown talent augmented by some free agents. I mean the last time that it's happened to the Yankees was 22 years ago.
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May 7, 2018 14:48
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MrMojok posted:I couldn’t bear to watch the video so I couldn’t tell: are even catchers not wearing cups anymore? I'm not sure it does much when the ball is going like 100 mph anyway
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May 7, 2018 15:04
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The Walrus posted:Thats the point its vlad IF he had plate discipline Which becomes a completely different player. You might as well say "Giancarlo Stanton without the power" or "Billy Hamilton but slow".
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May 7, 2018 15:35
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holy poo poo joe posnaski got fat the KC star really put some bad sports journalists out there, didnt they
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May 7, 2018 15:49
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bewbies posted:holy poo poo joe posnaski got fat Whitlock is irredeemable, but Joe Pos is fine sports writer with a handful of bad takes. Don't even pretend to put them on the same level.
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May 7, 2018 15:54
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Niwrad posted:And the other problem is that Russell looks like a SS version of Heyward. Great fielder who can't hit for poo poo. I just don't think you can play two of those types of players in the NL. It's still amazing to me that a guy that big and strong has such poor power numbers. You'd think his sheer athletic ability would get him more home runs.
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May 7, 2018 15:58
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bewbies posted:holy poo poo joe posnaski got fat He was always fat.
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May 7, 2018 16:01
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Kirios posted:It's still amazing to me that a guy that big and strong has such poor power numbers. You'd think his sheer athletic ability would get him more home runs. Doesn’t matter how hard you hit the ball if you’re hitting it straight into the ground.
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May 7, 2018 16:12
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Ambassador of Funk posted:Doesn’t matter how hard you hit the ball if you’re hitting it straight into the ground. The Yandy Diaz story.
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May 7, 2018 16:16
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Julio Cruz posted:Which becomes a completely different player. You might as well say "Giancarlo Stanton without the power" or "Billy Hamilton but slow". This is really bothering you huh? The guy was just saying "imagine if there was a batter with the power and ability to hit like Vlad Guerrero, except without the fault of chasing every pitch." It's not at all a nonsensical statement.
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May 7, 2018 16:22
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Somehow the Marlins are not the worst team in MLB after 35ish games. The hell is everyone else worse than them doing?
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May 7, 2018 16:23
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MourningView posted:He was always fat. Yeah after googling he doesn't seem a whole lot fatter than he always was. Fatter sure, but, like fatter in a natural progression rather than putting on a ton of weight you wouldn't expect him to. alpha_destroy posted:Whitlock is irredeemable, but Joe Pos is fine sports writer with a handful of bad takes. Don't even pretend to put them on the same level. I still like a lot of Pos stuff when I bother to read him, but woo boy when he has a bad take it makes it a goddamned doozy. I don't know where he went wrong with Paterno other than just being in the middle of writing a book about him when it turns out he wasn't the wholesome figure everyone thought up until then and he was too deep to come up for air and realize how hosed his opinion was....but it did kind of ruin him for me. He definitely hasn't gone completely off the rails after starting from a place where he was half off the rails anyway like Whitlock though.
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MourningView posted:He was always fat. granted i probably haven't looked at a pic of him since like 1999 but in my head he's a skinny nerd with glasses not a fat nerd with glasses that being said it'd be really drat interesting if a guy like markakis ever got to 3000 hits. i'd like to think it would result in old baseball writers resorting to fisticuffs bewbies fucked around with this message at 16:46 on May 7, 2018 |
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May 7, 2018 16:44
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Big Mean Jerk posted:The Yankees are only good in a statistical sense. Morally, they’re still evil. The only really hatable Yankee is Chapman. The team is all 25 year olds.
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May 7, 2018 17:01
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mcmagic posted:The only really hatable Yankee is Chapman. The team is all 25 year olds. Counterpoint: they play for the Yankees
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May 7, 2018 17:02
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iospace posted:Counterpoint: they play for the Yankees That's what makes them so cool. 
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May 7, 2018 17:08
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https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/993471638380433408 Ain't no hype like Boston hype.
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May 7, 2018 17:11
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Inspector_666 posted:That's what makes them so cool. I have never seen a more wrong post in my life
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May 7, 2018 17:14
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mcmagic posted:The only really hatable Yankee is Chapman. The team is all 25 year olds. Anyone who plays for the Yankees is automatically evil, sorry.
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May 7, 2018 17:14
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Luigi Thirty posted:Anyone who plays for the Yankees is automatically evil, sorry. Incorrect How dare you call hideki Matsui evil
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Luigi Thirty posted:Anyone who plays for the Yankees is automatically evil, sorry. ZenVulgarity posted:Incorrect Luigi Thirty is not allowed in the porn museum.
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May 7, 2018 17:20
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In my travels around MLB.tv this past April it occured to me that I might be a secret yankees fan. Hear me out, this isn't because of the rad team or their good baseballing but because YES seems to be one of few broadcasters that refuses to put entertainment bullshit in their broadcasts to distract from calling a ballgame. I'd prefer to watch more Astros coverage instead of the Yankees but their broadcaster is simply the worst offender for poo poo that seems to scream "Yes, we agree, baseball is boring. Instead of baseball, here's a lady in the train telling us all about being in that train for three innings straight". From what I've seen I can say Sportsnet, YES, NESN, and more or less all of the Fox regionals are fine, while Astros (NBC?), MLB.TV and Facebook are the worst. I'd like to experience them all this season but then I'd have to watch the Marlins or Royals... How would you rate other broadcasters in terms of how much they secretly hate baseball?
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May 7, 2018 17:25
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humpthewind posted:Luigi Thirty is not allowed in the porn museum. Luigi Thirty and The Royals sitting in the car while everybody else gets a cool guided tour.
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May 7, 2018 17:26
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Zigmidge posted:In my travels around MLB.tv this past April it occured to me that I might be a secret yankees fan. While I agree with you about Kalas and Blum being morons who can’t call the games, Julia is actually the best part of the team. She called a few spring training games and she’s much more competent than those other two. They really should have Blum as the “Idiot in the stands” broadcaster.
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May 7, 2018 17:27
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Zigmidge posted:In my travels around MLB.tv this past April it occured to me that I might be a secret yankees fan. Michael Kay needs to shut the hell up during big moments but overall, yes. It helps that David Cone is amazing and Paul O'Neil is also very entertaining, and that YES was pretty much founded on the premise of "You're watching this channel for the baseball" in the first place.
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This is bad and Piscotty is a legitimately awesome player and person. I hope he gets through this okay and I hope that the trade gave him extra time with her.
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mcmagic posted:https://twitter.com/Buster_ESPN/status/993471638380433408 And Trout on pace for: 138 Runs 115 RBI 57 HR 104 XBH 200 Hits 133 Walks 29 SB And Mookie is hitting 439/520/951 at Fenway this season, 
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Inspector_666 posted:Michael Kay needs to shut the hell up during big moments but overall, yes. It helps that David Cone is amazing and Paul O'Neil is also very entertaining, and that YES was pretty much founded on the premise of "You're watching this channel for the baseball" in the first place. Cone and Singleton best team
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Speaking of the Yankees and Red Sox, check this out: Giancarlo Stanton: .227/.313/.455 JD Martinez: .349/.396/.619
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Nodoze posted:Cone and Singleton best team I also like when they have Leiter. Is he still doing the occasional broadcast? Of course, nothing will ever beat listening to Rizzuto and Bill White calling games on WPIX when I was growing up in the in early/mid 80s.
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May 7, 2018 17:59
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Friendly reminder: gently caress THE YANKEES
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iospace posted:Friendly reminder: for some reason everyone I've talked to is thirsty for Aaron Judge and not Giancarlo it's a very handsome group of young men
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Kay and O'Neill banter is top notch a lot of the time. My girlfriend was absentmindedly listening to Kay yesterday when he wouldn't shut up and just asked "who is he talking to?" Because Cone wasn't responding humpthewind fucked around with this message at 18:07 on May 7, 2018 |
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Nodoze posted:Cone and Singleton best team Kenny is so great. Kay is not terrible, but he's by far the worst of the crew. Toronto games are always an extra joy because you know Michael won't be there.
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Maybe it's just me being a crotchety old goon but "gently caress the x" takes just seem boring and uninspired. In my day, our hot takes were original thoughts 
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https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/993538802483449856 Not sure this qualifies as good news... but better news than I expected.
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