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If the vote were today Harrison Bader would have made my list; it's amazing what a couple of weeks can do.
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My cousin got married yesterday, and now I'm sober enough to post.  #13 Most Hated - 12 points Brian McCann Team: Houston Astros Debut: June 10, 2005  What's to hate? Yelled at two players five years ago and has been branded the Fun Police for all eternity despite showing no indication that he wasn't simply having a curmudgeonly couple of weeks. Ken Giles Team: Toronto Blue Jays Debut: June 12, 2014  What's to hate? He's not having a very good year, and he's a bit unhinged. After saying "gently caress you" to AJ Hinch after getting pulled from a game he was sinking, the Jays can deal with him now. Current Rankings quote:13. Brian McCann, Ken Giles
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#13 Most Loved - 18 points Salvador Pérez Team: Kansas City Royals Debut: August 10, 2011   What's to love? Salvy is quite possibly the most likable guy in baseball. He is adorability incarnate.  He adds so much cuteness to this cold, dark world. Players love him, fans love him, everybody loves him.   Seriously, there are so many hugging GIFs. He's a good enough catcher, of course -- six-time All-Star, four-time Gold Glove recipient, etc. -- but his attitude/demeanor almost certainly appeals more universally than his skill level. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWg62nrKv4Q Current Rankings quote:13. Salvador Pérez
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Salvy was my top pick, I guess someone else voted for him too. Seriously not just a great player, but a really great person. I think the reason he ended up winning out on a tight race for my number one was thinking "if I could spend the day hanging out with a current baseball player, who would it be?" and it was pretty obviously him.
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Twenty Four posted:Salvy was my top pick, I guess someone else voted for him too. It was me. Salvy is the loving best. I said this in the last favorites thread, and it's still true -- he's the only public figure whose social media I've never seen with negative comments on it.
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YeahTubaMike posted:It was me. Salvy is the loving best. I said this in the last favorites thread, and it's still true -- he's the only public figure whose social media I've never seen with negative comments on it.  e: wait since it is Salvy, the correct response should be  Twenty Four fucked around with this message at 12:51 on Aug 20, 2018 |
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YeahTubaMike posted:#13 Most Loved - 18 points 
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A BP ball that Salvy threw into the stands hit me in the throat and if he knew, I'm sure he'd be very nice and apologize, even if it was the fault of all of the people whose gloves it deflected off of before it hit me.
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#12 Most Hated - 15 points Bryce Harper Team: Washington Nationals Debut: April 28, 2012  What's to hate? His entire 2018 Home Run Derby performance was just...a lot, all around. The patriotic display, the celebration of the win, the everything. He's also having such a mediocre year that continuing to compare him to Mike Trout no longer makes sense and has made him overrated. Jake Arrieta Team: Philadelphia Phillies Debut: June 10, 2010  What's to hate? https://twitter.com/jarrieta34/status/796372720015523840 He insisted later on that he wasn't trying to make a political statement with this tweet, he was simply trying to call people's bluff. Still. Current Rankings quote:12. Bryce Harper, Jake Arrieta
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#12 Most Loved - 19 points Carlos Martínez Team: St. Louis Cardinals Debut: May 3, 2013   What's to love? There is a whole lobbying post made by Pancakes that says it all, really, and it's so good that I'm not going to waste my time and yours trying to paraphrase it. Pancakes posted:I know that everyone hates the Cardinals. I'm not going to try to persuade you to love the Cardinals as an organization. But friends, please consider welcoming Carlos Martinez into your heart. Current Rankings quote:12. Carlos Martínez
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Shiroc posted:A BP ball that Salvy threw into the stands hit me in the throat and if he knew, I'm sure he'd be very nice and apologize, even if it was the fault of all of the people whose gloves it deflected off of before it hit me. Please learn how to catch a baseball
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I can't love carlos martinez. Simply won't do it
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thrilla in vanilla posted:I can't love carlos martinez. Simply won't do it Why not?
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#11 Most Hated - 17 points Jeurys Familia Team: Oakland Athletics Debut:  What's to hate? Getting drunk and, if not HITTING his wife, frightening her enough in an angry drunken stupor to call the cops on him. Current Rankings quote:11. Jeurys Familia
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#11 Most Loved - 20 points Bartolo Colón Team: Texas Rangers Debut: April 4, 1997   What's to love? He is old and fat and good. His career is older than like half the Barves.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnlCuN3RY9g To this day, he is the oldest MLB player ever to hit (edit: his FIRST) home run (and break James Shields), and he is currently the last remaining ex-Expo. He's an artifact, a relic. Never mind that he has a not-so-secret-anymore second family -- everybody loves Bart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qNIhcp9Ajk Current Rankings quote:11. Bartolo Colón YeahTubaMike fucked around with this message at 12:50 on Aug 22, 2018 |
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YeahTubaMike posted:To this day, he is the oldest MLB player ever to hit a home run (and break James Shields), and he is currently the last remaining ex-Expo. He's the oldest player to hit his first home run. Julio Franco is the oldest overall to homer at 48 years, 254 days.
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Bartolo is the oldest player to hit his first major league home run I believe. From a quick google it looks like the oldest to hit one period is Julio Franco, who hit one in 2007 at the age of 48. e: beaten
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YeahTubaMike posted:Why not? Gives up a shitload of walks. Generally just overrated because he's one of the few guys on the team with a fun personality. He's too inconsistent for a dude who's supposed to be The Guy. Also he gave some girl herpes without disclosing it
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SlumPrince posted:He's the oldest player to hit his first home run. Julio Franco is the oldest overall to homer at 48 years, 254 days.  Sorry, I'll fix that.edit: thrilla in vanilla posted:Also he gave some girl herpes without disclosing it I think it's so great when people have a ton of love for players regardless of how they treat women. Just wonderful. YeahTubaMike fucked around with this message at 12:54 on Aug 22, 2018 |
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I probably should have said allegedly because i dont know what resolution there was there. But yeah. Wacky ol gallo !!
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Well, there are some pretty topical folks in the ten-spot this year. #10 Most Hated - 23 points Hunter Strickland Team: San Francisco Giants Debut: September 1, 2014  What's to hate? If there's anything we should have learned from Johnny Cueto's persistence in the most hated list, it's that SAS does not forgive players for deliberately hurting each other. This man assaulted Bryce Harper and ended Michael Morse's career because Harper hit two home runs off him in the 2014 NLDS, which the Giants ended up winning anyway. Ridiculous and absurd, and we'll never let it go. Daniel Murphy Team: Debut: August 2, 2008  What's to hate? Daniel Murphy thinks that same-gender sexual attraction is a "lifestyle", and he "disagrees" with it, whatever that loving means. Not only that, but when he got called out on the bigoted judgmentalness of his statement, instead of apologizing, he decided he was never going to talk about not-baseball again. Oh, except that he totally talked about it again, and it was nothing but trying to cover his own ignorant bigoted rear end. gently caress this guy, and gently caress people like him. https://twitter.com/LaurenceWHolmes/status/1032741610436657154 Current Rankings quote:10. Hunter Strickland, Daniel Murphy
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#10 Most Loved - 21 points Jacob deGrom Team: New York Mets Debut: May 15, 2014   What's to love? Jacob deGrom has been described as "Sunshine Superman" as SNY's Gary Cohen, and it bugs the gently caress out of me that it hasn't stuck. It is literally the perfect way to describe a pitcher whose career day game ERA is in the mid-1s. Back when Jacob "dayGrom" deGrom had long hair, I even made a crude Paint version of deGrom which was just a Bellsprout with squiggly brown lines for hair. It's accurate.  Of course, the day is not the only time in which Jacob deGrom flourishes. He has an unbelievable 1.71 ERA for 2018, with Max Scherzer being a distant second at 2.11 (iirc). Despite the fact that the Mets are downright determined to sabotage him at every turn (deGrom's win-loss record for the year is 8-8, despite his impeccable performance), he keeps his head up and gets poo poo done. He should absolutely get the NL Cy Young this year -- he has been a gem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdvKPHF8DmQ He seems like an easygoing reasonable teammate as well, not only because he hasn't flat-out murdered anyone for ruining any of the many MANY games that he should have won this year, but also because he's kind of a goofball.    Adrián Beltré Team: Texas Rangers Debut: June 24, 1998   What's to love? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWBCQBO-DO0 Need I say more? This guy is a joy to behold on so many levels.  Unfortunately he seems to be nearing the end of his rope, being 39 years old and struggling with persistent hamstring injuries lately. That said, he has dealt with (seemingly) far worse, and it didn't stop him before, so we can only wait and see. Hopefully he doesn't pull all his neck muscles trying to get out of the way of someone touching his head though.   Current Rankings quote:10. Jacob deGrom, Adrián Beltré
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If I had known Murphy would become a Cub and then give a bullshit sorry not sorry interview, he'd have been higher up on my hated list than he already was.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:If I had known Murphy would become a Cub and then give a bullshit sorry not sorry interview, he'd have been higher up on my hated list than he already was. Yeah, the 2019 faves/unfaves thread will for sure happen later in the season.
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#9 Most Hated - 30 points Matt Bush Team: Texas Rangers Debut: May 13, 2016  What's to hate? Got drunk and beat up a teenager, got drunk and threw a baseball at a woman, got drunk and ran over an old man's head with his car. Worthless subhuman trash who refuses to admit to himself that he needs a shitload of help to reach proper human standards. Current Rankings quote:9. Matt Bush YeahTubaMike fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Aug 27, 2018 |
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#9 Most Loved - 22 points Kyle Hendricks Team: Chicago Cubs Debut: July 10, 2014   What's to love? The Professor is the most neutral-expressioned man who has ever lived. That has to be an accomplishment, right?  I love this picture so much. Anyway, he is an excellent pitcher who helped the Cubs get to, and ultimately win, the 2016 World Series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsFcny2VMeg He remains relatively humble and mild-mannered despite his skill level. He's just a regular rear end dude whose changeup happens to be filthy.  José Bautista Team: New York Mets Debut: April 4, 2004   What's to love? The batflip to end all batflips.  Seriously, maybe my memory isn't ENTIRELY accurate -- after all, I wasn't able to focus on baseball consistently until around 2014 -- but Joey Bats's batflip was such a huge deal that it sparked a ton of debates about how acceptable batflips are (answer: completely), and helped expose a bunch of people's curmudgeonly "play the game the He's entering his twilight years, and as a result there are Mets fans out there who are complaining that the team is prioritizing him over the team's prospects. That said, he's doing fairly well this year, so it's hard to be TOO upset (at least, imho). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NscSJ8hX5Uw Side note: he can take a punch better than any non-professional fighter I've ever seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsl5KcQ0lEg Kris Bryant Team: Chicago Cubs Debut: April 17, 2015  https://twitter.com/ThirstBaseman/status/1032365936458645504 What's to love? Handsome, good, and a Cub. I'm not trying to get out of being more thorough, but is this not the extent of SAS's standards?  Current Rankings quote:9. Kyle Hendricks, José Bautista, Kris Bryant
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please change every single one of my votes to David Bote
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Hmm cubs fans stuffing the ballot box where have i heard that before
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Kyle Hendricks is legit my favorite player in MLB because he's the dorkiest dork who ever lived and also pretty good.
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The Prof should've had a spot on my list but a top 10 is haaaard
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HOTLANTA MAN posted:Hmm cubs fans stuffing the ballot box where have i heard that before I hope you're ready for a lot more in the top ten 
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Chicago voting early and often
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My cat passed away early this evening, no way in hell I'm going to be able to concentrate on posting.
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I'm so sorry 
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Thank you, it wouldn't be the first time someone I dearly cherished died in the middle of a damned favorites thread, lol. 
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 I'm so sorry. If you want a place to write a memorial about your cat, please check out the Cat Megathread. A lot of goons go there to post when they lose their cats and there is always an outpouring of support.
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I posted a quick little memorial in the black cat thread, because it made the most sense at the time.
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YeahTubaMike posted:My cat passed away early this evening, no way in hell I'm going to be able to concentrate on posting. Best wishes, sympathy, and understanding.
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Top 5 favorite cat baseball players: 1. David Purralta 2. J.D. Meowtinez 3. Tabby Hartnett 4. Calico Ripken, Jr. 5. Andres Galarraga Most hated cat baseball player: 1. Ryan Braun (he's a cheetah)
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