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Johnny Bravo posted:I didn't know until today that Pujols only racked up 5.7 fWAR over his entire Angels career (1181 games) which seems insane to me. Like I knew he was really bad since 2017 or so, and not very good for the 5 years before that, but 5.7 fWAR in nearly 1200 games really hammered home how awful that contract was. Teams always eat poo poo on the back end of huge contracts. The Angels surely expected that. But they couldn't have known he was going to be poo poo the second he put on the uniform. edit: looked it up and he had an ops+ of 113 as late as 2016. Since then has been brutal, though. BigBallChunkyTime fucked around with this message at 00:52 on May 7, 2021 |
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There is only one enduring image I associate with Albert Pujols Still the most amazing thing I've witnessed live.
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May 7, 2021 00:47
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Super Jay Mann posted:There is only one enduring image I associate with Albert Pujols Cards youtube account put up a pretty cool video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuB3HgM9LMw Video of the home run that you've seen 100 times, but then loops through the entire sequence from what seems to be every camera angle. Cool to see other shots from the same moments. 
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May 7, 2021 00:54
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abelwingnut posted:i remember that day when he signed. i think it was at the winter talks, possibly shortly after. we knew something was about to happen, and almost everyone that morning thought he was going to re-sign with stl. and then anaheim came out of loving nowhere. I bet it feels nice to be able to escape from Pujols
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May 7, 2021 01:08
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Pujols declined because Trout is a talent vampire. He fed on Vernon Wells before Pujols got there. Hamilton is another of his victims. With Pujols gone Ohtani better watch out. 
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Super Jay Mann posted:There is only one enduring image I associate with Albert Pujols This is the moment where I first learned the agony of October baseball
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May 7, 2021 02:09
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Chamale posted:He's been playing in constant pain since 2013. He's said it hurts to walk or put on his shoes, but it especially hurts to step into a swing or run. I remember when I was a kid I did the math on his 40 home runs per season and figured he could break the home run record if he played for twenty years. Makes you think how lucky you have to be to be an all-time great. Yeah, plantar fasciitis is a degenerative disease: It does not get better over time, it gets worse, especially as you continue to put stress on the plantar fascia. I mean, that's the same condition that ultimately derailed Donovan McNabb and put a premature end to his career.
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Timby posted:Yeah, plantar fasciitis is a degenerative disease: It does not get better over time, it gets worse, especially as you continue to put stress on the plantar fascia. I mean, that's the same condition that ultimately derailed Donovan McNabb and put a premature end to his career. did a number on jo noah as well
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Big Mean Jerk posted:This is the moment where I first learned the agony of October baseball No one who isn't an Astros fan could probably tell you without having to stop and think about it for a bit that the Astros won this series Lidge's next appearance was giving up a walkoff dong to Scott freakin' Podsednick. He was a broken man
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May 7, 2021 02:33
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When Brandon Podsednik hits a home run, you know that was a good pitching play.
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Intruder posted:Lidge's next appearance was giving up a walkoff dong to Scott freakin' Podsednick. He was a broken man Scott Podsenik was such a strange player. I remember the year after his rookie year, he somehow ripped 12 dingers out of nowhere while stealing like 70 bases, and then in 2005 (the year he had that walk-off on Lidge) he didn't hit a single home run during the regular season.
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Timby posted:Yeah, plantar fasciitis is a degenerative disease: It does not get better over time, it gets worse, especially as you continue to put stress on the plantar fascia. I mean, that's the same condition that ultimately derailed Donovan McNabb and put a premature end to his career. For an embarrassingly long time I thought plantar fasciitis was the same thing as plantar warts. Except I always spelled and pronounced it "planter's warts" in my head.
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Holy poo poo former #1 overall pick Mark Appel is trying to make a comeback. https://www.readingeagle.com/sports...951a8a579a.html He's going to be starting Saturday in AA.
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Super Jay Mann posted:There is only one enduring image I associate with Albert Pujols That ball still hasn't de-orbited.
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Timby posted:Scott Podsenik was such a strange player. I remember the year after his rookie year, he somehow ripped 12 dingers out of nowhere while stealing like 70 bases, and then in 2005 (the year he had that walk-off on Lidge) he didn't hit a single home run during the regular season. 50% of his career homeruns came in 2003 and 2004
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seiferguy posted:Pujols has hit so poorly in his last few years his career average dropped below .300. He hasn't had an OPS over .800 since 2012. He's been cooked for awhile. Mickey Mantle and Pujols can hang out at .298 together.
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mentholmoose posted:Holy poo poo former #1 overall pick Mark Appel is trying to make a comeback. drat, he was a beast at Stanford and I was always disappointed his arm just kept on getting hurt in the minors, he could have been something. Obviously the chances of magically returning and putting it together at 29 and with three years out of baseball, but I'll be rooting for him. Intruder posted:50% of his career homeruns came in 2003 and 2004 Yeah, and I remember him always having an ability to stick a screwdriver up the Cubs' rear end. Edit: Lol, he stole nine bases against the Cubs alone in 2004. Which stands to reason, because Michael Barrett couldn't throw out a runner to save his life.
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The collapse of the Twins is truly frustrating. The runner-on really fucks with inconsistent bullpens. And like, yeah, having an inconsistent bullpen is going to bite you in the rear end regardless, it just seems that much worse when your team specifically seems to be on the losing end of a pointless rule change. It doesn't help that half our lineup is hitting like dogshit or worse, our absolute stars can't stay healthy, and the defensive upgrade SS we got seems to be underwhelming on top of being a covidiot. It just seems like some kind of universal fuckery that is like some kind of karmic reverse of Even Year Bullshit. It's like watching the Cubs implode without the glee.
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rickiep00h posted:the defensive upgrade SS we got seems to be underwhelming on top of being a covidiot. oh no Simba, why you do this 
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Johnny Bravo posted:I didn't know until today that Pujols only racked up 5.7 fWAR over his entire Angels career (1181 games) which seems insane to me. Like I knew he was really bad since 2017 or so, and not very good for the 5 years before that, but 5.7 fWAR in nearly 1200 games really hammered home how awful that contract was. Compare that to the 81.2 fWAR he racked up in 1700 games with the Cardinals. Super Jay Mann posted:There is only one enduring image I associate with Albert Pujols Brad Lidge was never the same after this moment. It completely broke him.
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As great a narrative as that is, didn't he go like 46 for 46 on saves just a couple years later when the Phillies won?
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Brad Lidge was never the same after this moment. It completely broke him. 2008 worked out ok for him
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N: The Astros have  'd to MLB about opposing fans being too mean to themhttps://twitter.com/JimmyTraina/status/1389933182741532687 V: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H47ow4_Cmk0
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Ah yes letting everyone know the taunting is getting to them will surely put a stop to it
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https://youtu.be/V0rIco_X6kw Baseball Bits did a good rundown of Lidge being broken and picking himself back up.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:This is the moment where I first learned the agony of October baseball I mean, the Astros ended up winning that series...
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seiferguy posted:I mean, the Astros ended up winning that series... The Astros got outscored by 6 in the world series and got swept That's kind of insane to think about e: to this day I will argue that Dye faked getting hit by that pitch 
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N: The Yankees seem to be bringing up Andujar today. V: He can't possibly be worse than what they have now in LF.
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mcmagic posted:N: The Yankees seem to be bringing up Andujar today. Based upon how he's been since 2018...you sure about that?
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Big Mean Jerk posted:This is the moment where I first learned the agony of October baseball I still can't watch highlights of games 6 and 7 in the 1991 World Series. I also try not to mention 1992 to Pirates fans because I understand.
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I mean, why would you throw Andujar into LF right now instead of just replacing Mike Ford with him at 1B or 3B? Also Gio just got hurt. I know Voit's coming down the line soon as well but deal with that when it comes. By then Andujar might have played himself out of a starting spot or gotten hurt again. Sydin posted:N: The Astros have The Astros are such shitheads and it brings me a lot of joy that Jose Altuve will be hearing those chants the rest of his career. Those assholes denied us Oscar the Grouch because they cried to the principle. Man, gently caress the Astros and gently caress MLB.
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Can you imagine any other sport where a team's FO complains that opposing fans are being too mean? Lmao come on.
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if u bang the cans, you take the booing like a mans
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mcmagic posted:N: The Yankees seem to be bringing up Andujar today. I’m sure you won’t make it more than a few days without making GBS threads on him.
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I wonder if "banging cans" will one day transform into a phrase to mean "he's in the zone" for a hitter. Like he's gotta be cheating he's hitting so well.
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STAC Goat posted:I mean, why would you throw Andujar into LF right now instead of just replacing Mike Ford with him at 1B or 3B? Also Gio just got hurt. I know Voit's coming down the line soon as well but deal with that when it comes. By then Andujar might have played himself out of a starting spot or gotten hurt again. RCarr posted:I’m sure you won’t make it more than a few days without making GBS threads on him. Is it making GBS threads on players that are playing bad to say they are playing bad? I mean there is a reason the Yankees are like 22nd or something in OPS in the majors. mcmagic fucked around with this message at 19:17 on May 7, 2021 |
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Can Andujar even still hit? Last time he was playing he never saw a pitch he wouldn't swing at
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poo poo POST MALONE posted:I wonder if "banging cans" will one day transform into a phrase to mean "he's in the zone" for a hitter. I feel like the Astros are really doing everything they can to make sure that kind of terminology stays forever linked to them and no one else. Imagine if the Astros and Yankees played 19 times a year? Nodoze posted:Can Andujar even still hit? Last time he was playing he never saw a pitch he wouldn't swing at Eh, he's had like 100 combined ABs the last 2 years. I dunno if he's ever gonna figure out the league figuring him out but I'm not gonna write him off over that. Especially when the Yankees lineup isn't exactly without holes and a guys like Ford and Odor in it. Maybe Andujar will be relief, maybe he won't but burying him prematurely seems silly and defeatist. STAC Goat fucked around with this message at 19:23 on May 7, 2021 |
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Nodoze posted:Can Andujar even still hit? Last time he was playing he never saw a pitch he wouldn't swing at I'm fine throwing him against the wall and seeing if he sticks. Especially in the context of them signing awful players like Odor and playing him every day.
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