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Crion posted:It's never really in everyone's best interests if a player is that good Any particular reason it would not be in my interests to watch a dude murder baseballs and become a star? Or do you just mean that it wouldn't be in everybody's best interests because the teams he plays against would not like it?
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Crazy Ted posted:Antonin Scalia writes a scathing dissent to the Nationals detailing his opposition to the contract. Presumably because he thinks it should be signed with the Expos instead.
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May 30, 2014 18:43
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Slick Willy knows how to catch the trim
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May 30, 2014 18:46
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Everblight posted:
Maddux would have gotten that pitch called a strike.
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May 30, 2014 18:49
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uggy posted:Any particular reason it would not be in my interests to watch a dude murder baseballs and become a star? Yes, that is why I specifically mentioned Texas's division rivals in the part of that sentence you chopped off
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May 30, 2014 18:52
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Everblight posted:
Bush is even a better pitcher than Barry O. Also alright Snoop.
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May 30, 2014 19:01
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Reminder that "T-Rex" is on that list: Also, "Cat": 
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May 30, 2014 19:03
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Everblight posted:Reminder that "T-Rex" is on that list: I feel like that pitch was way closer than the chart gives him credit for, too.
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May 30, 2014 19:04
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IcePhoenix posted:I feel like that pitch was way closer than the chart gives him credit for, too. Clearly Gargamel Molina is an expert framer.
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May 30, 2014 19:05
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Everblight posted:Clearly Gargamel Molina is an expert framer. Well I mean, if you project that pitch out to the plate then it's mostly accurate but he threw it right to where the catcher set up, thoguh it was in the dirt. So it's really Gargamel's fault that he looks so bad.
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May 30, 2014 19:10
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gleep gloop posted:Bush is even a better pitcher than Barry O. And also Matthew McConaughey is better a pitcher than Randy Johnson and Nolan Ryan. Laderhan fucked around with this message at 19:17 on May 30, 2014 |
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May 30, 2014 19:15
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Bush's pitch would get hit about 500 feet. Snoop's has too much of the plate too. McConaughey, Clinton, and Randy have the best pitch locations on that graphic, and Stone Cold's probably would have been better except that it looks suspiciously like Jason Varitek stood up behind the plate.
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May 30, 2014 19:19
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Don't take the only good part of Dub's presidency away from him. He walked out after 9/11 and threw a strike, it was inspiring. He was wearing a bulletproof vest, that probably makes it harder to paint the corners. Although I suppose not as hard as "being a dinosaur" does.
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May 30, 2014 19:23
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The best part about that image making the rounds are all the people surprised that Nolan Ryan threw a pitch that far off the plate
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May 30, 2014 19:23
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Sotomayor would definitely give someone some chin music
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May 30, 2014 19:28
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Is there a video of Verne Troyer throwing out the first pitch? Because I need to see that right now.
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May 30, 2014 19:29
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Avril Lavinge would have struck out Adam Jones, so at least she has that
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May 30, 2014 19:31
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Laderhan posted:And also Matthew McConaughey is better a pitcher than Randy Johnson and Nolan Ryan. Is there anything this man can't do right?
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May 30, 2014 19:46
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I would wear a J.K. Livin Jersey. The degree to which he has embraced being Wooderson is great.
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May 30, 2014 19:55
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Everblight posted:
Yankees fan  Who was that dude who threw a first pitch after doing a couple mad flips? Is he on that graphic?
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May 30, 2014 19:57
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Everblight posted:
Maddux with a called strike three
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May 30, 2014 20:00
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DOOP posted:Yankees fan Cirque du Soleil
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May 30, 2014 20:03
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Of course someone else made the joke
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May 30, 2014 20:13
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Crion posted:Bush's pitch would get hit about 500 feet. Snoop's has too much of the plate too. McConaughey, Clinton, and Randy have the best pitch locations on that graphic, and Stone Cold's probably would have been better except that it looks suspiciously like Jason Varitek stood up behind the plate. Bush promised to quickly throw a strike and he did, what happened afterwards couldn't be forseen.
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MourningView posted:I would wear a J.K. Livin Jersey. The degree to which he has embraced being Wooderson is great. I want to hate him pretty badly. Then I remind myself that if my upper body was that awesome, I'd never wear a shirt either. And that Wooderson is one of the greatest characters in cinema history. And I just  a little.
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MourningView posted:Don't take the only good part of Dub's presidency away from him. He walked out after 9/11 and threw a strike, it was inspiring. He was wearing a bulletproof vest, that probably makes it harder to paint the corners. Although I suppose not as hard as "being a dinosaur" does. It's worth noting that Dubya's was from the mound (Jeter told him he'd get booed otherwise) while most of the others stood closer to home plate.
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May 30, 2014 20:58
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gleep gloop posted:Bush promised to quickly throw a strike and he did, what happened afterwards couldn't be forseen. Extremely underrated post, imo
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May 30, 2014 21:14
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Francis Underwood couldn't even reach home plate when he threw out the first pitch.
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May 30, 2014 21:22
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Crion posted:Extremely underrated post, imo Second that motion.
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May 30, 2014 21:55
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Crion posted:I do think it's going to be impossible to satisfy the hype that's building around Gallo, but that's just because baseball fans steadfastly refuse to learn their lessons about prospects and do things like use Russell Branyon as a worst case outcome for a dude who's had success in Rookie and A Ball and who started the season in the bottom half or not on a bunch of Top 100 lists. He got updated to 25 on Keith Law's mideseason list after not being in top 100  . He may bust but at this point its either routinely looking at the DL of the major league club and shaking my head or watching Gallo hit some dingers. I will take the dingers.
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Hey while we're talking about prospects again anyone want to weigh in with some like, actual prospect knowledge about this post I made 6 pages ago?toadee posted:So there's no Minor League thread anymore and absent anywhere else to post this I was hoping some of the more hardcore prospect crew could chip in on a question I have. How legit is Mookie Betts? I will be just fine if someone who knows the mystic black arts of looking at prospects tells me it's all smoke and mirrors and he will not amount to anything, but I keep looking at his numbers and they look pretty insane to me for a guy at his position and age at the level he is at. Should I be excited?
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toadee posted:Hey while we're talking about prospects again anyone want to weigh in with some like, actual prospect knowledge about this post I made 6 pages ago? Mookie Betts has had 200 or so really good PAs at AA and is probably worth some of the hype he has around him right now (though not worth the insane mea culpa he got from BP's head prospect guy, which read like it was written after Betts was selected to the MLB All-Star Game) but probably doesn't have a future in Boston due to his natural position (2B) being blocked for the foreseeable future and not being a really good fit anywhere else on the field (they're currently trying him in CF, but he probably can't credibly lock that down long term with his toolset). If I had to guess, I'd guess he'll be the centerpiece of a trade for some great MLB player who fits a current roster need either this coming offseason or some time next year.
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The Sox aren't shopping Betts(*). For as good as their farm system is, they don't have much by way of OF depth. So if Betts is even remotely adequate at shagging fly balls they'll do it to get that bat in the lineup. (*) well, maybe in a package to get Stanton out of Miami.
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Gallo will probably bust because baseball but he's beautiful now. He needs to get promoted to AA though because A)I want to see him live, and B) apparently none of the pitchers in A+ are willing to throw him strikes anymore. His slash line over the last two weeks is .172/.467/.379.
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howe_sam posted:The Sox aren't shopping Betts(*). For as good as their farm system is, they don't have much by way of OF depth. So if Betts is even remotely adequate at shagging fly balls they'll do it to get that bat in the lineup. They are not shopping Betts at the moment, correct. Betts is also not a credible outfielder at the moment and likely will not magically become a credible outfielder just because it suits the Red Sox current needs. If he does end up in the OF, he'll likely end up in left, and while left field has been a halfway house for all kinds of wayward players over the last decade -- mainly blocked centerfielders or DHs -- there's no real reason to believe his bat will be anything super-special there, yet. Again, he hit well in A Ball last year and has had 230 good PA at AA. Lots of guys have done that and just been league average bats at best in the majors. A not-insignificant number of guys have done that and busted out of baseball entirely, for injury reasons or otherwise. If the Red Sox can get a good to great major league player for a package centering around him -- and Stanton would be in the very upper range of those kinds of players -- then he should be on the first flight out. The insane Red Sox prospect hype machine is only worth maintaining if you use it, after all. Crion fucked around with this message at 23:39 on May 30, 2014 |
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howe_sam posted:The Sox aren't shopping Betts(*). For as good as their farm system is, they don't have much by way of OF depth. So if Betts is even remotely adequate at shagging fly balls they'll do it to get that bat in the lineup. Well, he's officially a Red Sox prospect.
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I think any package for Stanton would have to start with Bogaerts... so no thank you.
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Is Miami actually shopping Stanton or is this all wishful thinking on the part of Red Sox fans?
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They have actively said they will not trade him, but most people are going with the extensive evidence to the contrary and assume that Loria is lying through his teeth.
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