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Good Dog posted:Adding onto our conversation last week about the biggest name/superstar in baseball, ESPN released their "World Fame" top 100 ranking based on endorsements, social media following, search scores, etc: http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/23519390/espn-world-fame-100-2018 I wonder how much the lack of promotion of players as individuals is tied to the frequency of big trades/free agency in baseball relative to the other big sports (particularly of all-star-class players). Sure, a team could put together a media package and promote the poo poo out of one of their star players as "the face of the franchise" but then things change six months later and now it makes more sense to trade that player, and all they've done is encourage a fan backlash (or best case scenario, waste $$$).
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Ammat The Ankh posted:The sequel to the Adam Dunn video, it's a Rickey video. Somehow I forgot to post the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-QDXtKHEPY
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Niwrad posted:I agree that it's unlikely but they're going to have to do something with Heyward regardless. He's the 5th or 6th best outfielder on the team and shouldn't be the reason the Cubs can't add a RFer. I haven't looked at any of this stuff since the whole A-Rod kerfuffle but does the MLBPA have a stance on "Here's a bonus to encourage you to take your contractual opt out since if we have to pay you anyway you're our 5th outfielder now and you're going to spend more time wrangling Joe Maddon's flamingos than on the field?". His first opt-out is after this season but he'd have to be crazy to take it all things considered.
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May 23, 2018 01:37
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Ammat The Ankh posted:Somehow I forgot to post the video Thanks for that. Rickey is probably my all-time favorite player, other than TedFuckingWilliams of course.
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May 23, 2018 02:43
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Why in the world would he do that No reason at all aside from playing time. Hopefully that dwindles as the season goes on.
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May 23, 2018 02:51
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Finally Bauer does something likable (9/11).
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R.D. Mangles posted:what am i looking at Look at the mound behind his feet.
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May 23, 2018 03:12
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The most overt reference to 9/11 by an MLB pitcher since *checks thread title* never mind
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Ammat The Ankh posted:Somehow I forgot to post the video This felt short and incomplete. Rickey needs an hour.
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Ryan Klesko in the studio for the Braves' postgame, hadn't seen him in a long time.
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May 23, 2018 03:36
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Ambassador of Funk posted:Look at the mound behind his feet. Ed Gil?
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Jose Reyes is trending in New York. It's because he's very bad at baseball. His OPS+ is 3. When asked if he was going to continue to play Reyes, Mickey Callaway took a roundabout shot at the front office: "I think we have to play the players we have." The Mets are a garbage barge again. I missed that.
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Accident Underwater posted:The most overt reference to 9/11 by an MLB pitcher since *checks thread title* never mind Did Curt Schilling lose his Twitter account?
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Have terrorists started loving with spin rates? Because if true this is huge.
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Pancakes posted:I don’t know anything about Greg Holland personally, but I have to assume this is killing him. He has one job and he’s now one of the worst in the history of the world at it. I'm moving this over from the GDT, but as I understand it, he is refusing an assignment to Memphis. If that's the case, I don't feel any sort of sympathy for him.
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Holland hasn’t lost any real appreciable velocity or anything like that has he? Or was it more a kind of a closer mental/confidence breakdown thing?
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MrMojok posted:Holland hasn’t lost any real appreciable velocity or anything like that has he? Or was it more a kind of a closer mental/confidence breakdown thing? Dude has lost, like, 5 mph from his prime.
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Ambassador of Funk posted:Dude has lost, like, 5 mph from his prime. Yeah but what about from last year? He was nails.
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Inspector_666 posted:Yeah but what about from last year? He was nails. You didn’t pay attention to him in the second half then.
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Ambassador of Funk posted:You didn’t pay attention to him in the second half then. I had him on my fantasy team so I actually watched a lot of his appearances but yes his ERA was higher than I remembered it being. Still I didn't think he had lost it so comprehensively.
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Inspector_666 posted:I had him on my fantasy team so I actually watched a lot of his appearances but yes his ERA was higher than I remembered it being. An ERA in the 6’s as compared to the 1’s is a bit of a difference, yes. It’s why no one wanted to take a chance on him in the first place.
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https://twitter.com/AngryTwinsDad/status/999129001321992192 Lance Lynn is very upset he couldn't finish 7 scoreless. I love Perry walking by in the foreground nonchalantly eating his seeds.
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Good Dog posted:Adding onto our conversation last week about the biggest name/superstar in baseball, ESPN released their "World Fame" top 100 ranking based on endorsements, social media following, search scores, etc: http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/23519390/espn-world-fame-100-2018 Wow.
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May 23, 2018 06:32
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I don’t know what his deal is, I never see him, but he hasn’t lost 5 mph. He’s a bit slower but not that much: https://www.fangraphs.com/pitchfxo....=FA&ymin=&ymax=
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MrMojok posted:I don’t know what his deal is, I never see him, but he hasn’t lost 5 mph. He’s a bit slower but not that much: I like this graph better. https://www.fangraphs.com/pitchfxo....=FA&ymin=&ymax=
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The frustrating thing with Holland is that, right now, a ton of media outlets are saying that the problem is that he isn't getting opportunities in high pressure save situations and that's affecting his mentality. Because he's a proven closer and he needs to be in that position to thrive instead of a mop-up guy, etc. That is absolutely the kind of crap Matheny would buy into. How many losses can be directly attributed to a guy making big money until you cut the line, especially on a one year deal? In this instance, I think about seven. And that's horrible. Tonight's loss was in no way Holland's fault though. He was quite literally crying and breaking down tonight and Willie McGee had to help pull him together. Something is definitely not all there right now. And it's pretty much confirmed he won't accept an assignment.
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Paracaidas posted:https://twitter.com/AngryTwinsDad/status/999129001321992192 Lynn is having the meltdown of a 3 year old and Perry gives no fucks about anything but his seeds. I love it.
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Ron Gardenhire owns. https://twitter.com/FIPmyWHIP/status/998788439817506816
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The answer is staring Matheny in the face. Have Greg Holland pitch the first inning of every game.
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quote:Trevor Bauer Wrote "BD 911" On The Mound Before His Start [Update] https://deadspin.com/trevor-bauer-wrote-bd-911-on-the-mound-before-his-sta-1826247141
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For the love of God, would pitchers please stop hitting our best players? At this rate the M's will be rolling out a AAA lineup next week. I guess I'll consider it a 2010 Throwback.
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https://twitter.com/jason_oneal0424/status/999129321540333568 It's time for electronic ball/strike determination isn't it?
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:https://deadspin.com/trevor-bauer-wrote-bd-911-on-the-mound-before-his-sta-1826247141 bahahaha
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:https://twitter.com/jason_oneal0424/status/999129321540333568 There are a lot of very real and big problems with robo umps. They should start by just firing Hernandez.
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91.1 FM is WRUW, a radio station in Cleveland. On Fridays from 1am to 3am they have a Metal show called Beautiful Dreadnaught. Bauer is apparently a big Metal fan and that probably gives him enough plausible deniability, even though he is a giant memelord.
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Hand Row posted:https://twitter.com/justuscleveland/status/999112933547405312 As much as I hate the guy, that probably isn't even in top 100 bad ball/strike calls this season. Atleast it was on the corner of the zone.
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