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bawfuls
Oct 28, 2009

Spoeank posted:

https://twitter.com/AmyGGiants/status/1298804072850452480?s=19

Everything should be fine tomorrow afternoon right
Least surprising part of this.

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Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute
https://twitter.com/JenBSmith/status/1298802119412264960

UZR IS BULLSHIT
Jan 25, 2004
I sort of dread what happens if he doesn't play tomorrow. I doubt the team continues to stand with him :/

DC Murderverse
Nov 10, 2016

"Tell that to Zod's snapped neck!"

bawfuls posted:

yeah really looking like “Cubs situation but with better team cohesion”
https://twitter.com/jorgecastillo/status/1298797387477991425?s=21

the cubs are gonna read this and be like "wait is this what we were supposed to do?"

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:

I sort of dread what happens if he doesn't play tomorrow. I doubt the team continues to stand with him :/

https://twitter.com/molly_knight/status/1298798570611433482?s=20

Hopefully Kersh stands by it.

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
https://twitter.com/jorgecastillo/status/1298808658751418373

*Looks at every single motherfucking Cubs player.*

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

Dexo posted:

https://twitter.com/jorgecastillo/status/1298808658751418373

*Looks at every single motherfucking Cubs player.*

Well you see the team was fully supportive of Heyward sitting out. Same thing!

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair
I don't know what to make of the Cubs situation if this quote is accurate.

https://twitter.com/KristaCBS2/status/1298814238450999296

Poque
Sep 11, 2003

=^-^=
Not a loving leader among them

UZR IS BULLSHIT
Jan 25, 2004

Wow, I'm legit impressed*. I always assumed he was a secret chud, maybe I was too hard on the guy

*assuming they actually follow through for the long haul

bawfuls
Oct 28, 2009

UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:

Wow, I'm legit impressed*. I always assumed he was a secret chud, maybe I was too hard on the guy

*assuming they actually follow through for the long haul
He made a public statement this year in support of BLM which seemed to indicate he finally got it, to some extent.

Kersh seems to be really into Jesus in the more quiet empathetic way so maybe his faith has led him to listen a bit better than we'd otherwise expect from a player of his background.

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

bawfuls posted:

He made a public statement this year in support of BLM which seemed to indicate he finally got it, to some extent.

Kersh seems to be really into Jesus in the more quiet empathetic way so maybe his faith has led him to listen a bit better than we'd otherwise expect from a player of his background.

Yeah, he's been relatively outspoken about this stuff on social media this year, which is nice to see.

Salvor_Hardin
Sep 13, 2005

I want to go protest.
Nap Ghost

bawfuls posted:

yeah really looking like “Cubs situation but with better team cohesion”
https://twitter.com/jorgecastillo/status/1298797387477991425?s=21

lol the red sox played tonight and lost 9-1. Mookie is too good for them. gently caress this bullshit team

Poque
Sep 11, 2003

=^-^=
https://twitter.com/BrentRuswick/status/1298767931510263810

Tatsuta Age
Apr 21, 2005

so good at being in trouble


man I miss j hey. Come back to Atlanta :(

Craptacular!
Jul 9, 2001

Fuck the DH
Kershaw goes on missionary trips to Africa and has helped build at least one school there. If you can get around that he’s more religious than most of us, he’s done the right thing on racism for a while, just without publicity present or demanding thanks.


Tatsuta Age posted:

man I miss j hey. Come back to Atlanta :(

Maybe he would but there is no baseball team there anymore, racists who feel anxiety about being downtown took it away.

Craptacular! fucked around with this message at 04:24 on Aug 27, 2020

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

Tatsuta Age posted:

man I miss j hey. Come back to Atlanta :(

Atlanta played too :colbert:

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.
https://twitter.com/stephapstein/status/1298821239176343552

drat

Tatsuta Age
Apr 21, 2005

so good at being in trouble


Intruder posted:

Atlanta played too :colbert:

https://twitter.com/Ria_Martin/status/1298810859372843024

I mean... it's bad but maybe not the worst in the league?

Salvor_Hardin
Sep 13, 2005

I want to go protest.
Nap Ghost

Like, thats real, but is also sort of a cop out, right?

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES
MY shortstop of the future

https://twitter.com/cotuck/status/1298762983888375808?s=21

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute

Salvor_Hardin posted:

Like, thats real, but is also sort of a cop out, right?

Yes.

No Safe Word
Feb 26, 2005

Salvor_Hardin posted:

Like, thats real, but is also sort of a cop out, right?

It's 100% a cop out. "It probably won't do anything so why try?"

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute
Cubs in full PR damage control mode, and everybody saying the right things but... it's really hard to square it with everybody still playing. Even if Heyward was legit telling guys he wanted them to play, in light of what the Dodgers did I just don't see how they actually listen to him and consider themselves in support of him:

https://twitter.com/GDubCub/status/1298825015488634882

https://twitter.com/MLBastian/status/1298815914335514625

https://twitter.com/MDGonzales/status/1298817415535616003

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

I really don't get what this has to do with taking a stand against police brutality.

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

Salvor_Hardin posted:

Like, thats real, but is also sort of a cop out, right?

If by "copping out" you mean screaming at something because it doesn't do what you want and escalating matters then yes he copped out

Craptacular!
Jul 9, 2001

Fuck the DH
https://twitter.com/extrabaggs/status/1298834570800844800

GalacticAcid
Apr 8, 2013

NEW YORK VALUES
https://twitter.com/mets/status/1298839857415032832?s=21

Salvor_Hardin
Sep 13, 2005

I want to go protest.
Nap Ghost
gently caress

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!
The Yankees should be loving ashamed of themselves.

Mustached Demon
Nov 12, 2016

Sydin posted:

Cubs in full PR damage control mode, and everybody saying the right things but... it's really hard to square it with everybody still playing. Even if Heyward was legit telling guys he wanted them to play, in light of what the Dodgers did I just don't see how they actually listen to him and consider themselves in support of him:

https://twitter.com/GDubCub/status/1298825015488634882

https://twitter.com/MLBastian/status/1298815914335514625

https://twitter.com/MDGonzales/status/1298817415535616003

Yeah something just doesn't fit in here.

Dexo
Aug 15, 2009

A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

Mustached Demon posted:

Yeah something just doesn't fit in here.

Nah, All of it makes perfect sense. Everyone is probably telling the truth here.

I bet the players did come to Heyward and volunteer to sit with him, I bet he did say go ahead and play.

Most people have been in a situation where they have told friends, SO's or acquaintances, or had a friend tell them

"nah It's cool go on ahead"
"I'm fine, go have fun with your friends"
"Nah, yall go into the bar, I'll just head back"

etc etc

And either had people make the decision to sit and stay with you or make the decision to go on ahead like you said.


It's just The Dodgers players had an extra give a gently caress to say "nah gently caress that, you sit, we sit" in them that the Cubs players didn't have.

It is what it is...

Strelok604
Apr 26, 2020

I used to be a fan of the Cubs too (family) but I gave it up after the Addison Russell fiasco, I jsut couldn't do it anymore. Eternally dissapointed to be proven right over and over

more falafel please
Feb 26, 2005

forums poster

how can I buy a Jason heyward jersey without giving money to the cubs

Troxartas
Jan 13, 2007

The Old Warhorse

more falafel please posted:

how can I buy a Jason heyward jersey without giving money to the cubs

chinese bootlegs from dhgate probably

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

more falafel please posted:

how can I buy a Jason heyward jersey without giving money to the cubs

Buy it used

howe_sam
Mar 7, 2013

Creepy little garbage eaters

Tatsuta Age posted:

https://twitter.com/Ria_Martin/status/1298810859372843024

I mean... it's bad but maybe not the worst in the league?

This was basically Boston and Toronto's excuse as well.

Declan MacManus
Sep 1, 2011

damn i'm really in this bitch

Spoeank posted:

https://twitter.com/AmyGGiants/status/1298804072850452480?s=19

Everything should be fine tomorrow afternoon right

mlb just plowing ahead instead of having a conversation (A Dialogue, if you will) with its players about what they want to do in light of a pandemic and continued police brutality

howe_sam posted:

This was basically Boston and Toronto's excuse as well.

it’s kind of a lot to ask of them but surely someone in management was at least vaguely aware of what was going on and decided to keep it to themselves on each of these teams using this excuse

it seems like mlb’s stance is “hope it goes away” which at least is on brand with their coronavirus response

Poque
Sep 11, 2003

=^-^=

more falafel please posted:

how can I buy a Jason heyward jersey without giving money to the cubs

Go dumpster diving in Buffalo Grove

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Julio Cruz
May 19, 2006
deGrom's line from last night: 7 IP 2 H 1 ER 2 BB 14 K

and a no-decision because some things in baseball never, ever change

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