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seiferguy
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iospace posted:

As baseball returns, let us all join in unity in proclaiming:

gently caress THE DH

Nah

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Not only did the DH give us Edgar and Ortiz, and now Nelson Cruz hitting dingers, I'll get to see Ohtani flail at major league pitches and struggle to maintain the Mendoza line every day instead of every 5th day.

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At this point I just figure people who cling to the idea of pitchers hitting are convincing themselves it's baseball heritage, not hatred of the DH.

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Pancakes posted:

If St. Louis had a DH we’d be paying Albert $30M a year right now.

That's a problem of the St. Louis Cardinals, not baseball itself.

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Well poo poo. Looks like I'll need to go elsewhere to watch the game. So much for my big plans!

Edit: submitted a ticket to u-u, and saw on Twitter that someone else reported the same thing and they had acknowledged it was an issue.

seiferguy fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Mar 30, 2018

seiferguy
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Popete posted:

Encarnacion probably just broke Mariners catchers hand on the swing.

Edit: Nevermind he stayed in the game, idk how.

That was Marjama, the backup catcher, not Zunino.

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Our DH hit a dinger that provided the difference between a win a loss.

Feeling pretty good about the DH now.

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FYI to anyone using unblock us, I put in a support ticket and they are aware that MLB.TV is having issues. The support person gave me a new DNS address to try, so I will try that either later tonight or tomorrow.

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the popes toes posted:

Since yesterday was the start of Passover, I thought to check on News and stats on Jews with bats



...and the unfortunate



http://www.jewishbaseballnews.com/

Braden Bishop is a cool dude, and founded a charity to fight Alzheimer's: https://www.4momalz.com

The Mariners co-opted it and a lot of players are donating money to it based on how many hits / dingers / Ks they get in the season.

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Ichiro owned the NPB, then came over here and owned the MLB. Why can't Ohtani do that??

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JoeCL posted:

Most Japanese players that come over are successful right away but most of them are also older and in their primes by the time they come over. Ohtani has played at a high level already for his age but he's still just 23. Not a lot of of guys that age have really hit their stride yet.

I was being (mostly) sarcastic. In reality I want Ohtani to fail hard!

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https://mobile.twitter.com/ryan_s_c...-143246621.html

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Popete posted:

How soon until someone on Fox is calling these children cowards?

Open up the tweet, and read the replies, friend~

(No one from Fox, but there are hot takes)

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Griffey's swing just looks so natural and balanced compared to Dee's. That said I'm still super happy Dee Gordon is on my team.

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I heckled the poo poo out of Randy Winn once when he was on the Giants. Dude never batted an eye.

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gently caress the DR.

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Safeco Field tailgating status:

lol

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The Mariner offense looks as potent as advertised. The starting pitching looks better than I originally thought as well.

seiferguy
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Mariners gonna slide into that 2nd wild card on the account of every other team dying.

seiferguy
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I still think Ohtani is going to be exposed as a fraud.

Not bitter, no. Not at all.

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Comptroll The Forums posted:

N: Detroit has yet another postponed game

V: Just start the drat season in June and every other game is a double header.

Funny, teams with retractable roofs don't seem to have this problem!

seiferguy
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Large Canadian pitcher gets attacked by bald eagle:

https://mobile.twitter.com/fsnorth/...%26autosize%3D1

seiferguy
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Gabe Kapler is already on the hot seat lol

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GayKDkIcL9A

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

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Milton Bradley got charged with spousal battery yet again 😧

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The worst thing is that this is the second woman he's done it to. He went to prison for 32 months for the first time (his first wife tragically passed away shortly after his sentence), so he got out of jail and did it again.

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

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Can someone explain to me how Drew Butera keeps getting a job?

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I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Can we get some boxing training for baseball players? These bench clearing brawls are just a whole bunch of guys sort of pushing each other. Also don't drop the bat when you're charging the mound it's very useful in a fight you see.

I'd rather not have enforcers in baseball because post-baseball they'd probably all end up with CTE.

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Just based on their past playing performance against them, I expected the worst and that the Mariners would be swept by the Astros. It's only up from here!

seiferguy
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Breathe and say it with me:

gently caress The Angels

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-angels-have-asked-shohei-ohtani-fans-to-quiet-down-during-his-at-bats/

seiferguy
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I'd love to have the San JosA's.

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Timby posted:

For reference, here's where each area sits in terms of the teams that have territorial rights:



What the hell is going on in that little patch right in the middle of Nevada?

Slightly related: convert the Las Vegas 51s into a major league team. I'm pretty sure they have the highest rate of dingers in the PCL.

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Retractable roofs own

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Ken "Trey" Griffey the Third got signed by the Mariners and is playing for their single A affiliate :)

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Bunting is fine in two situations:

- Squeezes
- Beating the shift, especially if you're a fat dude

seiferguy
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I'm going to Chicago in August for an extended weekend. Was thinking of getting Cubs tickets. Anything special I should know? The Padres are in town then.

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Kevlar v2.0 posted:

Best bang for your buck seats are in the 400s.

Unfortunately, Poque and I are out of town that weekend for a wedding, otherwise it'd be cool to get a drink somewhere, like we did when Inspector_666 was in town. :cheers:

Thanks! My girlfriend is originally from Chicago, so the rest of my trip will be filled up. I'm assuming that because the cubs are a bit more... popular than I'm used to, second hand markets are a bad idea?

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Mariners just got Roenis Elias (back) from the Red Sox for cash.

Uh, ok.

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https://streamable.com/7vyx

That pitch went right down the middle. Horrific framing though.

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