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IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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I just wanted to make that pun one more time

:siren: :woop: :slick: WE MADE IT BOYS, BASEBALL IS BACK :slick: :woop: :siren:


Traveling somewhere for a game? Check this poo poo out! (also contribute to it please because as of this posting only three posts have been made and two of them are about Ohio :barf:)

Carlosologist posted:

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3855083

Speaking of travel plans, my thread is up! Please fill it up with good posts about places I've never been to so that I might go to them one day


GO MAKE DUMB PREDICTIONS AND TOXXES!

MEET THE loving TEAMS





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWKA9Zi5-_Y

IcePhoenix fucked around with this message at 14:52 on Apr 26, 2018

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IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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ZenVulgarity posted:

Why was the nats game postponed

https://youtu.be/4Nvm_rq2fMg

Carlosologist posted:

thread title isn't "I ain't getting this one, boys", 0/10

we made it through the longest winter ever!!

I didn't want a negative thread title for such a positive day.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Your Taint posted:

Someone make a GDT. If I do it it's going to be extremely low effort.

Much like your posting!

:stat::wal: Ohohoho!

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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A based ball quiz from the Washington Post

I got 25

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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I don't know who George Will is

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Cpt. Mahatma Gandhi posted:

All kidding aside, I would love to know how many of those are actually Marlins fans. I would bet it's <10k

updated for accuracy

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Mage_Boy posted:

This is the incorrect opinion.

:hai:

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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https://twitter.com/Michael_Cerami/status/979396403024756736

https://twitter.com/Michael_Cerami/status/979414250069340160

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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scuz posted:

I am an instant Odorizzi fan and no I won't double-check the spelling of his name GO BASEBALL

:yeah:

I just call him Eggs

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Pancakes posted:

First, a moment of unifying and peace: gently caress Ryan Braun.

Second: I will straight-up fight you if you try to tell me the DH isn’t hot garbage. gently caress the DH. Come at me, you wimp-rear end AL fans. :colbert:

I’m only a little sorry about that. My team just got thrashed by the Mets. :negative:

If Stl. had a DH Jose Martinez could play every day without any weird lineup shuffling

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Pancakes posted:

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

I'm still not seeing the argument against it

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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R.D. Mangles posted:

is there a funnier player in baseball than james shields

My instant response was going to be Mune but then I remembered and now I'm sad

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Hako posted:

They are not worried about the Brewers 2 weeks into the season. Assuming no external issues Lester will absolutely start game 1 of the first playoff series and will be treated like an ace in the playoffs and be plugged in at any opportunity Maddon gets.

Games in April and March count the same in the standings as games in September :)

The Twins staggered their rotation in a similar way, Berrios didn't start yesterday because the Twins are playing in Puerto Rico in April and Molitor wanted to make sure he was lined up to pitch there.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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bradzilla posted:

I've had Tiny Dancer stuck in my head since yesterday, thanks OP.

No problem, at least it's a good song stuck in your head :)

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Tom Gorman posted:

full of idiots.

Can confirm

Pancakes posted:

Hate on the DH like any good person should.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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nmfree posted:

N: Austin Hedges uses Careless Whisper as his walkup music

V: :swoon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwWBVm5wmL0

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/mp4/2018/03/31/1900873083/1522530178714/asset_2500K.mp4

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:

Top prospects. For Ryan Braun. In 2018

And to shed Matt Kemp's contract I assume

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:

I mean even based on salary considerations...Braun has an additional year and $20 million compared to Mattie.

He's also not a negative value player though

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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rickiep00h posted:

Bringing this thing of beauty to a new page.

Also, IcePhoenix, are you doing Sano homeruns again this year? Or are we going to have a slight reprieve given his off-field poo poo? I mean... that ball is no longer with us.

Probably not going to seek them out like I was before but by all means feel free to post them. He jumped that fastball like it was a photographer.

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Sometimes...people can be cool and good



:3:

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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https://twitter.com/fsnorth/status/980532164591628288

That loving curveball :eyepop:

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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ComposerGuy posted:

The Twins are whiny babies, apparently:

https://twitter.com/RhettBollinger/status/980545491862806529

Use the shift on Chance Cisco while up 6 runs in the ninth, then get pissed when Cisco bunts for a hit to beat it.

7 runs

They are indeed being dumb idiot babies about it

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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El Gallinero Gros posted:

He did...but he won again in '92 AND '93

He won in 93 and his next was 2001 but that's the same gap as Ripken

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Sydin posted:

What did I miss that makes Cueto not cool and worthy of heckling?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcLUw3_oN1g

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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bawfuls posted:

Also wtf is wrong with you Milwaukee, building your baseball stadium facing southeast??

Tailgating before they built it

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Kevlar v2.0 posted:

And while building it, since the whole thing collapsed and killed 3 construction workers in the process. :smith:

Wasn't the roof stuck for the first year or two as well?

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Popete posted:

Ohtani goes 3-4 with a HR tonight, dude is looking legit at the plate.

I'm really glad we get to see him hit more than once every five days

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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https://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/mp4/2018/04/04/1905543283/1522809239581/asset_2500K.mp4

This being a dinger feels so wrong

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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https://twitter.com/TwinsPrez/status/981565635103731712

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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TheChirurgeon posted:

major shout-out whoever came up with the thread title btw I laugh every time I read it

Thanks!

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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https://giant.gfycat.com/HotFloweryFirefly.webm

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Not sponsored by the team, Rangers still in the lead

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Ammat The Ankh posted:

Glad they used the best possible picture for Cueto

https://twitter.com/JohnnyCueto/status/981927896112480256

I wonder what Sale's ERA in that timeframe is if you take away his starts against the Twins

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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seiferguy posted:

Large Canadian pitcher gets attacked by bald eagle:

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

Watching the whole thing unfold was great. The bird took off from the area above the batter's eye and was supposed to go towards his handler on the pitcher's mound, but somewhere along the way it got confused and I guess just immediately found the biggest thing on the field to land on. But it kept circling Paxton like it was expecting him to give it an arm to land on and he was just doing his best to ignore it. All the while we can hear the handler yelling and whistling to try and get the bird's attention while he increases his speed towards it because he sees what's inevitably going to happen.

Anyway here were my opening day seats hooray



ICHIROOOOOOOO (he got a louder ovation than all but like three or four Twins)

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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more eagle

https://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/mp4/2018/04/05/1907594283/1522960289510/asset_2500K.mp4

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Poque posted:

we don't claim the troll

which one

Grittybeard posted:

Also Hako isn't a gimmick, he just has the posting yips.

you could say that he doesn't have the :airquote: Poster's Mentality :airquote:

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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thank god for the DH

IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Grittybeard posted:

What was the plan if he went to an NL team, just gently caress it and pitcher only?

Seems like he's plenty athletic enough to man a corner outfield spot or something, although I guess they might worry about him screwing up his form or whatever.

I guess teams were ready to let him play in the field sometimes but I think that's part of why he got hurt last year in the first place so I don't think that was ever a realistic option.

There's also the worry about how playing in the field messes with his arm endurance I guess.

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IcePhoenix
Sep 18, 2005

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Ammat The Ankh posted:

Belt's one weakness is that he has a better sense of the strikezone than any umpire.

Also his bones and ligaments

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