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Traxis posted:Is Taiwanese baseball streamable anywhere? I may need to have it in my life soon. follow the eleven sports twitter account
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KBO broadcast they are discussing rumors that MLB is considering a 60 games season with expanded playoffs. At this point obviously a full season isn't gonna happen so sure I'm all for some bizarro high stakes bat poo poo season. Try all sorts of weird random stuff and see how it pans out.
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# ? May 20, 2020 21:45 |
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80 game season with weekly doublheaders lets goooooooooooooooooooooooo
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# ? May 20, 2020 21:55 |
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do a Round Robin Tournament
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# ? May 20, 2020 22:06 |
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https://twitter.com/jonheyman/status/1263226506974760962?s=21
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# ? May 20, 2020 23:03 |
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Make sure to wash your hands please
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# ? May 20, 2020 23:08 |
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I'm still chuckling at Bregman quitting his agency because Lebron James is making a doc about him being a cheater. I'm almost tempted to buy an Athletic sub to read it and get more laughs.
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# ? May 20, 2020 23:48 |
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https://twitter.com/Indians/status/1263168068718661635
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# ? May 21, 2020 00:06 |
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STAC Goat posted:I'm still chuckling at Bregman quitting his agency because Lebron James is making a doc about him being a cheater. I'm almost tempted to buy an Athletic sub to read it and get more laughs. There's honestly not much juiciness to the article itself. Bregman refused to comment and all they have are some affirmations that it's happening from people close to him, one of whom said the decision was because Bregman felt "hurt and betrayed" by being potentially put in a position where the agency representing him was also going to profit off a documentary smearing him. I will assume given Bregman's history of coming off as a huge dickhead every time he opens his mouth that the irony of "hurt and betrayed" summing up how the vast majority of fans and players felt when it came out he was cheating has never once occurred to him.
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# ? May 21, 2020 00:14 |
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I just really appreciate that Bregman went full villain with this and I think a self righteous feud with Lebron James would be an amazing quarantine distraction. Lets NBA up this extended MLB offseason.
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# ? May 21, 2020 00:25 |
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STAC Goat posted:I'm still chuckling at Bregman quitting his agency because Lebron James is making a doc about him being a cheater. I'm almost tempted to buy an Athletic sub to read it and get more laughs. So far it’s a really short blurb. The Baseball 100, however, is still worth it
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# ? May 21, 2020 00:35 |
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STAC Goat posted:I'm still chuckling at Bregman quitting his agency because Lebron James is making a doc about him being a cheater. I'm almost tempted to buy an Athletic sub to read it and get more laughs. In theory the documentary is going to harm Bregman's open market value for his next contract negotiation That cat's already kind of out of the bag though
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# ? May 21, 2020 01:11 |
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Intruder posted:In theory the documentary is going to harm Bregman's open market value for his next contract negotiation I can definitely see the argument that its actually the logical business move. Its still funny when the logical business move is quitting your agency because Lebron James bought it and he's working on a doc on how you're a cheater.
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# ? May 21, 2020 01:17 |
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One thing the article mentions is that Bregman has escalators in his contract based on MVP finishes, but they don't kick in until 2021 so finishing 2nd in 2019 didn't give him any boost and that other agents are calling that a pretty bad fuckup e: God I'm just imagining Jim Crane trying to cancel a 2019 escalator if it had been in his contract because of the scandal and basically ruining his relationship with the team Intruder fucked around with this message at 01:26 on May 21, 2020 |
# ? May 21, 2020 01:19 |
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Teams also have advanced talent calculating methods that the public don't have, they aren't dumb enough to be blind to the talent Bregman definitely has because of this scandal. He's still very good even without the cheating
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# ? May 21, 2020 01:30 |
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That may be true but it won't stop teams from trying to use it to negotiate him down But as I said, it's not like people don't already know about it. It's more personal than business, especially based on what I see in the article
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# ? May 21, 2020 01:32 |
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STAC Goat posted:I'm still chuckling at Bregman quitting his agency because Lebron James is making a doc about him being a cheater. I'm almost tempted to buy an Athletic sub to read it and get more laughs. Being a Knight of LeBron has taken on new, glorious meaning.
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# ? May 21, 2020 02:13 |
Watching some old college baseball highlights and I think I came across the most absurd balk call I've yet seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH1tdNIPCZ8&t=136s Further contributing to the nobody knows what a balk is theory. EDIT: Bonus this game also has a fake bunt home run Popete fucked around with this message at 07:39 on May 21, 2020 |
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# ? May 21, 2020 07:34 |
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Well at least they won anyway It's funny how every balk call gives me a new "I don't understand the balk rule" angle
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# ? May 21, 2020 08:38 |
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Is contract arbitration a thing in baseball? I would love for an Astros player to come up for arbitration arguing "I helped win a world series" and the team's response being "yeah, but we cheated and know you're not worth the money"
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# ? May 21, 2020 09:09 |
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ilmucche posted:Is contract arbitration a thing in baseball? I would love for an Astros player to come up for arbitration arguing "I helped win a world series" and the team's response being "yeah, but we cheated and know you're not worth the money" Yes, after 3 years (I think?) of big league service time contracts are eligible for arbitration. Before that, the club gives the player a contract every year, which they are allowed to either: a) sign or b) no longer play in affiliated baseball. In the arbitration years, the player (and his agent) can invoke arbitration, where each party submits a figure, and an arbitrator decides between one or the other, no half measures. There's usually only a handful of contracts that go to arbitration every year. After 3 years of arbitration the player is a free agent.
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# ? May 21, 2020 09:14 |
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Sydin posted:There's honestly not much juiciness to the article itself. Bregman refused to comment and all they have are some affirmations that it's happening from people close to him, one of whom said the decision was because Bregman felt "hurt and betrayed" by being potentially put in a position where the agency representing him was also going to profit off a documentary smearing him.. Does accurately reporting on cheating count as a smear? I thought that word was more for innocent folks.
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# ? May 21, 2020 10:11 |
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SilvergunSuperman posted:Does accurately reporting on cheating count as a smear? Truth is an absolute defense.
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# ? May 21, 2020 15:11 |
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If we're gonna go for crazy playoff scenarios they should invite the NC Dinos to the dance E: holy poo poo I just realized it's probable that the World Champions of Baseball in 2020 will be a team from outside North America UZR IS BULLSHIT fucked around with this message at 18:13 on May 21, 2020 |
# ? May 21, 2020 18:10 |
This tweet still cracking me up https://twitter.com/Marlins/status/1177039392327819267
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# ? May 21, 2020 20:11 |
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Brent Honeywell had to have another procedure done on his arm. He had started throwing again in March. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/05/brent-honeywell-rays-elbow-surgery-ulnar-nerve.html
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# ? May 21, 2020 20:18 |
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I just want to see MLB hitters getting clowned by a screwball
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# ? May 21, 2020 20:22 |
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ilmucche posted:Is contract arbitration a thing in baseball? I would love for an Astros player to come up for arbitration arguing "I helped win a world series" and the team's response being "yeah, but we cheated and know you're not worth the money" I could imagine a team trying to use that in free agent contract negotiations, but not during arb, where the decision is made by an outside entity. Of course, if they DID say that the agent would likely plaster it all over every single sports news outlet there is. I have a feeling players might be avoiding the 'stros and Red Sox for a while, but trying to leverage that cheating into salary contraction as well would be an extremely bad look. Not only that, but I don't think the Astros, in particular, would own up to what they did that blatantly. Pretty much every organizational answer they've given has been somewhere between "It was these specific staff members and not any of the players" to "We had no idea!" and so to 180 on it like that would be pretty out of character.
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# ? May 21, 2020 20:26 |
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perc2 posted:This tweet still cracking me up Yup, still spectacular.
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# ? May 21, 2020 20:27 |
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perc2 posted:This tweet still cracking me up I hope that social media manager got a raise
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# ? May 21, 2020 20:29 |
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ilmucche posted:Is contract arbitration a thing in baseball? I would love for an Astros player to come up for arbitration arguing "I helped win a world series" and the team's response being "yeah, but we cheated and know you're not worth the money" I am curious how arbitration would go for Astros players caught up in this considering from what I understand it's pretty rigidly tied to position specific stat comparisons to past players. Has there ever been a player who put up great numbers as a rookie, then tested positive for PED's prior to hitting arb? If so maybe there's a mechanism in place to doc players for past cheating?
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# ? May 21, 2020 20:37 |
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ilmucche posted:Is contract arbitration a thing in baseball? I would love for an Astros player to come up for arbitration arguing "I helped win a world series" and the team's response being "yeah, but we cheated and know you're not worth the money" One reason Mookie Betts didn't like the Red Sox is that after his MVP season, the team tried to argue in arbitration that he's not as good as everyone thinks.
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# ? May 21, 2020 20:49 |
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SilvergunSuperman posted:Does accurately reporting on cheating count as a smear? If the season had happened I think we'd be right around the point where Astros were yelling "FAKE NEWS!" when someone brought up cheating.
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# ? May 21, 2020 20:51 |
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gently caress this god damned thread title. I've been driving around all day chanting/singing some version of 'Yub Nub." Cub cub Cub nub Cub yub Nub cub Nub nub Nub yub Yub cub Yub nub Yub yub All of them have come out of my mouth at some point.
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# ? May 21, 2020 20:51 |
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Sydin posted:I am curious how arbitration would go for Astros players caught up in this considering from what I understand it's pretty rigidly tied to position specific stat comparisons to past players. Has there ever been a player who put up great numbers as a rookie, then tested positive for PED's prior to hitting arb? If so maybe there's a mechanism in place to doc players for past cheating? Springer was asking for $22.5m and the Astros offered $17.5m, they settled at $21.4m so it leaned more toward the player than the team in that situation Correa also settled at $8m, the rest of the arb cases were with pitchers or players who weren't around (Aledmys Diaz) afaik
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# ? May 21, 2020 21:26 |
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Sydin posted:I just want to see MLB hitters getting clowned by a screwball I think I remember reading that clubs discourage it being thrown now because it has a high injury rate?
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# ? May 21, 2020 21:26 |
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I think I remember reading that clubs discourage it being thrown now because it has a high injury rate? That was, if nothing else, a plot point in “Pitch”
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# ? May 21, 2020 21:37 |
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Intruder posted:Springer was asking for $22.5m and the Astros offered $17.5m, they settled at $21.4m so it leaned more toward the player than the team in that situation If they settle on a mid-point salary, they didn't actually go to arbitration. The decision from a hearing has to be one of the numbers, it can't be anything else.
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# ? May 21, 2020 21:38 |
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I think I remember reading that clubs discourage it being thrown now because it has a high injury rate? I don't think it actually does though. I'm pretty sure I saw somewhere that it actually produces less stress on the elbow/arm than a normal curveball.
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Inspector_666 posted:If they settle on a mid-point salary, they didn't actually go to arbitration. The decision from a hearing has to be one of the numbers, it can't be anything else. I understand that, I just meant that the team apparently didn't feel like the scandal was going to give them a win in arbitration against Springer otherwise he would have had to give more than they did No hitter involved in the scandal has actually gone to arbitration so who knows with an actual hearing. Osuna lost his case but obviously that's not related
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