MLB N/V Offseason II: The Excitement is Becoming Contagious

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Chamale: Jul 11, 2010; I'm helping!

bawfuls posted:

We should start a pool for what date the last game of the season is played.

July 31st.

Some lucky hitter's going to end the season batting .500.

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# ? Apr 19, 2024 11:47

elentar: Aug 26, 2002; Every single year the Ivy League takes a break from fucking up the world through its various alumni to fuck up everyone's bracket instead.

The field is �2019�

# ? Jun 30, 2020 05:47

General Bullshit: Apr 20, 2020

Slimy Hog posted:

When people talk about Dunedin all I can think of is the Dúnedain from LOTR

gently caress I thought I was the only person.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 06:26

SilvergunSuperman: Aug 7, 2010

Slimy Hog posted:

Ian Desmond this time.

Oh drat what a loss, how will the Rockies cope without a dude that last had a positive WAR season in 2016.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 10:53

Casnorf: Jun 14, 2002; Never drive a car when you're a fish

Ian Desmond has always been a rad dude, and from what I gather was de facto team captain while he was with the Nationals. I have an autographed poster of him probably striking out I really need to find a place to hang up. I always liked the idea of a power-hitting shortstop who took the Matt Stairs approach ("Swing hard in case you hit you it") and as frustrating as the April errors were, in retrospect they were kind of endearing in that basically the whole first month of the season was filled with tension and excitement. I really wish he was still on the team when

the astros cheated in the world series and still lost

# ? Jun 30, 2020 12:07

Mustached Demon: Nov 12, 2016

Hmm gently caress the DH.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 15:31

bees x1000: Jun 11, 2020

thread needs a DH poll, rate 1-5

# ? Jun 30, 2020 15:56

Slimy Hog: Apr 22, 2008

bees x1000 posted:

thread needs a DH poll, rate 1-5

# ? Jun 30, 2020 16:06

Slimy Hog: Apr 22, 2008

But in all seriousness I'm not happy about the DH coming to the NL, but since it's inevitable I'm trying to view it as a good thing and about how it will help Alec Bohm find a place on the Phillies Major League roster.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 16:07

bawfuls: Oct 28, 2009

SilvergunSuperman posted:

Oh drat what a loss, how will the Rockies cope without a dude that last had a positive WAR season in 2016.

Don't worry they got Matt Kemp

# ? Jun 30, 2020 16:39

Casnorf: Jun 14, 2002; Never drive a car when you're a fish

bees x1000 posted:

thread needs a DH poll, rate 1-5

Yes every team needs 5 DHs. One for each starting pitcher.

...I was making a joke but dammit I actually think that would put me back in favor of the DH in the NL.

the astros cheated in the world series and still lost

# ? Jun 30, 2020 16:57

Kirios: Jan 26, 2010

bees x1000 posted:

thread needs a DH poll, rate 1-5

Easiest 5 rating I've ever given out.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 17:07

Lumpy: Apr 26, 2002; La! La! La! Laaaa!; College Slice

bees x1000 posted:

thread needs a DH poll, rate 1-5

6.9

# ? Jun 30, 2020 17:09

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

https://twitter.com/mlbtraderumors/status/1278014216520306691?s=21

# ? Jun 30, 2020 18:27

GalacticAcid: Apr 8, 2013; NEW YORK VALUES

Paging pancakes

https://twitter.com/playbill/status/1278006790819643393?s=21

# ? Jun 30, 2020 18:32

mcmagic: Jul 1, 2004; If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!

https://twitter.com/lindseyadler/status/1278038281297461248

lol

# ? Jun 30, 2020 19:53

Intruder: Mar 5, 2003

I guess it depends if the team is considered the player's medical provider

HIPAA might actually apply, who knows

I'm sure it's just smoke to cover for the bullshit of having a season at all though

# ? Jun 30, 2020 19:57

bees x1000: Jun 11, 2020

FlamingLiberal posted:

https://twitter.com/mlbtraderumors/status/1278014216520306691?s=21

Ugh I was so looking forward to seeing the local team play, but it's absolutely not worth it to make these guys risk themselves for dirt pay.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 20:04

Tony Phillips: Feb 9, 2006

Slimy Hog posted:

When people talk about Dunedin all I can think of is the Dúnedain from LOTR

My old dumb 80's music loving head goes to Dunedin, New Zealand and a long gone music scene.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunedin_sound
I then momentarily think "I know New Zealand has gotten Covid under control, but that's a Hell of a long trip to play games."

Still firmly thinking there's no way in Hell any games are played this year though. New Zealand or otherwise.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 20:05

bawfuls: Oct 28, 2009

mcmagic posted:

https://twitter.com/lindseyadler/status/1278038281297461248

lol

Truly insane. Oh look this player isn't in the lineup or in the dugout or even at the stadium today. He was also not added to the 10-day nor 45-day IL. Welp, better not speculate as to what's going on!

# ? Jun 30, 2020 20:06

Sydin: Oct 29, 2011; Another spring commute

Even if its mandated by HIPPA MLB will absolutely abuse that technicality to claim cases are lower than they really end up being.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 20:13

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

bees x1000 posted:

Ugh I was so looking forward to seeing the local team play, but it's absolutely not worth it to make these guys risk themselves for dirt pay.

I think a lot of this has to do with the fact that they can�t play without fans in the stands

# ? Jun 30, 2020 20:17

GalacticAcid: Apr 8, 2013; NEW YORK VALUES

https://twitter.com/jonheyman/status/1278055332221259783?s=21

# ? Jun 30, 2020 21:02

Popete: Oct 6, 2009; This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs; Grimey Drawer

Holy poo poo Tork

# ? Jun 30, 2020 21:17

LonesomeCrowdedWest: May 8, 2008

How long do you have to play to keep the signing bonus? Not that anyone would but I assume you can�t just sign and then retire

# ? Jun 30, 2020 21:30

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

LonesomeCrowdedWest posted:

How long do you have to play to keep the signing bonus? Not that anyone would but I assume you can�t just sign and then retire

Ask Kyler Murray I guess

# ? Jun 30, 2020 21:31

duz: Jul 11, 2005; Come on Ilhan, lets go bag us a shitpost

FlamingLiberal posted:

https://twitter.com/mlbtraderumors/status/1278014216520306691?s=21

Guess that's why the local team emailed me about http://www.texascollegiateleague.com/ this morning
and also that they'd be selling tickets but gently caress that

# ? Jun 30, 2020 22:00

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

All summer I thought Youtube TV was in a rights dispute with the owner of Fox Sports Southwest (who carries the Rangers games), but it turns out they came to an agreement back on March 5 to keep carrying it, but the new agreement specifically cut Midland/Odessa from the area where it would be carried going forward. What in the gently caress? They pull this poo poo and they're bumping the subscription by $15/month?

# ? Jun 30, 2020 22:06

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

It only took the streamers three years to become as lovely and expensive as cable, quite impressive. I�M BIG MAD ABOUT TEEVEE!

# ? Jun 30, 2020 22:16

bawfuls: Oct 28, 2009

'He really needs help': Family seeks help for Dodgers outfielder Andrew Toles, who is homeless and hospitalized

Bob Nightengale posted:

It was a disturbing picture, a police mug shot, spattered across the internet last weekend, revealing a troubled man with a vacant, soulless look.

He looked disheveled, with hair that looked like it hadn�t been combed in weeks, if not months. His thick beard was scraggly, covering most of his face, flowing right into his hair.

The article accompanying the picture was a homeless man found asleep behind the Federal Express building located at the Key West International Airport in Florida. He had only a black book bag in his possession. The police report listed his address simply as �the streets of Key West.��

The name of the arrested man: Andrew Toles.

Yes, the same man who just two years ago was the popular starting outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

�When the news came out, the response from the public was very different from the response from my family,�� Morgan Toles, Andrew�s sister, told USA TODAY Sports. �When people saw my brother�s mug shot, it was like, 'Oh, my God! He�s been arrested.�

�You know what my family felt? Relief.

�It�s really crazy to say, but the mug shot, really, was the best thing ever.

�We didn�t know whether he was dead or alive.��

Morgan Toles, an assistant women�s basketball coach at Kent State, paused, her voice cracking, trying to gather her thoughts on describing the utter helpless feeling her entire family has been enduring the past 1 � years.

Andrew Toles has been in at least 20 mental health facilities since 2019, his sister says, but he never stays long enough to get the help he needs. He usually stays a week, and then vanishes, moving onto the next city.

The family was hoping with the latest arrest he would be kept in jail, perhaps as long as six weeks, providing enough time to get help. The family seeks legal guardianship, but are powerless to obtain it without his consent. Instead, an anonymous person posted the $500 bail, believing they were helping, but let him loose on the streets again.

�This has been going on for the last year and a half,�� Morgan said, �it�s just that this is the first time it has become public.��

Just two weeks ago, a similar incident occurred in Kentucky. Toles even spent a month in prison in Hong Kong during the holidays. He was wandering the streets after losing his passport, and was arrested for stealing food at a gas station. He was released after Morgan Toles obtained help from the U.S. Embassy. Yet, when he returned to states, he disappeared again.

�The last time I saw my brother, I don�t even know,�� Morgan says. �I haven�t heard his voice in, Lord knows how long. The only difference in my brother and the homeless walking the streets in LA is that he made money. That�s it. We want to help him so badly. We are doing everything we can.

�But the loved ones are the ones he runs from.

�How do you help somebody that doesn�t want to be helped?"

In the case of Alvin Andrew Toles, the real question is:

How do you help someone who doesn�t realize they need help?

�You cry every day, you pray every day,�� says Alvin Toles, Andrew�s father, a former linebacker for the New Orleans Saints. �It�s a relief that you know he�s alive. And now there�s no need to hide anything. Everyone now knows he has a mental illness.

�Maybe this is how God meant for this to end. Now people know. People are reaching out and asking how to help.

�We just need to find him. We need to bring him home. But he keeps running. He�s in this state of paranoia. He�s running from people. He just keeps running like someone is after him.

�He really needs help before it�s too late.��

....

Long piece from Bob on Toles, worth the read. I just copied the beginning here.

bawfuls fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Jun 30, 2020

# ? Jun 30, 2020 22:17

Inspector_666: Oct 7, 2003; _{benny with the good hair}

quote:

Instead, an anonymous person posted the $500 bail, believing they were helping, but let him loose on the streets again.

My first thought when the story first broke was that we (baseball fans) could raise the bail instantly, but then I thought maybe he intentionally got arrested so he could spend a few nights indoors so I dunno if that would make the situation worse, and somehow it's almost worse than that?

Man, this story sucks so much :smith:

# ? Jun 30, 2020 22:27

Sydin: Oct 29, 2011; Another spring commute

Absolutely heartbreaking. :smith:

# ? Jun 30, 2020 22:50

IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

General Dog posted:

It only took the streamers three years to become as lovely and expensive as cable, quite impressive. I�M BIG MAD ABOUT TEEVEE!

still cheaper and better than big cable tbqh

# ? Jun 30, 2020 23:09

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

bawfuls posted:

'He really needs help': Family seeks help for Dodgers outfielder Andrew Toles, who is homeless and hospitalized
Long piece from Bob on Toles, worth the read. I just copied the beginning here.

Sounds like schizophrenia. I hope they can get him help.

# ? Jun 30, 2020 23:22

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Trade Alert :siren:

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1278095289866498048

# ? Jul 1, 2020 00:01

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

Who is the greatest �player to be named later� of all time?

# ? Jul 1, 2020 00:13

Spoeank: Jul 16, 2003; That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it

General Dog posted:

Who is the greatest �player to be named later� of all time?

Big Papi

# ? Jul 1, 2020 00:14

General Dog: Apr 26, 2008; Everybody's working for the weekend

Spoeank posted:

Big Papi

Is this true or is this a joke about him changing his name irl?

# ? Jul 1, 2020 00:16

Spoeank: Jul 16, 2003; That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it

General Dog posted:

Is this true or is this a joke about him changing his name irl?

I remember seeing it in some sort of random MLB Network or ESPN show. I think maybe trade deadline a couple years ago?

Anyway I found an article

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/best-players-to-be-named-later-in-mlb-history-c288046920

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GalacticAcid: Apr 8, 2013; NEW YORK VALUES

https://twitter.com/thecutch22/status/1278107953401401353?s=21

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