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I am perfectly fine with the Cubs losing because their offense is garbage this year and they only have to starting pitchers worth a drat, but when it happens I'd like to happen to a team that is not the Cardinals, Reds, or Brewers. Also gently caress the Astros. Otherwise whatever. 
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Bauer has been salty about the pine tar rules for a while now, remember a year or two ago he decided to prove the Astros were cheating with it by suddenly having one start out of the blue where all his spin rates were way up. He's presumably trying to make a point that the ban on foreign substances for pitchers as it currently exists and is enforced is bad. Personally I think it should disqualify him from the 2020 Cy Young. 
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Sep 28, 2020 17:46
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Poque posted:Same reason why the Cubs are ahead of the Marlins. Not sure why the Cards didn't have to play a doubleheader to sort out the final seeding, but I guess it's because it wouldn't change the eight teams who are in on the NL side. Yeah the only thing that could happen is they could lose two which would put them behind the Reds, but both they and the Reds are in the postseason anyway so I guess MLB doesn't care. Also  the Phillies, just had to win one more game to squeak into the wild card, and they couldn't do it.
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Sep 28, 2020 18:50
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R.D. Mangles posted:i know it won't happen because of veteran presence and really because he's been pretty decent against non-White Sox teams but i'd be curious to see Alzolay start a Game 3 over Lester.  I get that Lester has ~postseason experience~ but he's also beyond washed up, he is at best 5th starter material at this point and I'm sick of the Cubs treating him like he's still a front of the rotation guy. Q is presumably going to be in the pen as well so set the rotation as Yu, Hendricks, Alzolay, and have an amorphous combo of Lester/Q/Mills piggyback as needed.
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Sep 28, 2020 19:04
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Red Sox fired their manager apparently, wonder if they're just going to rehire Cora once his suspension is served.
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Sep 28, 2020 19:21
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https://twitter.com/faridyu/status/1310646869710823428
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Sep 28, 2020 19:42
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Whatever happened to Puig? I know he caught the rona near the start of the season, but presumably he's long since over it? I'm surprised zero teams tried to roll the dice on him.
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Sep 28, 2020 22:02
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I can't even be all that mad about the Cardinals this year, they've had a ton of injuries and Flaherty turned into a pumpkin. The fact that despite these they still managed to navigate an incredibly brutal schedule as MLB tried to pack in all their COVID makeups and come in second for the division is impressive as hell. That said I would appreciate it if they lost in the first round.
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Sep 28, 2020 23:07
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Cubs confirm Kyle for Game 1, Yu for Game 2, Lester for a potential Game 3. Please dear god don't let it go to a Game 3.
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Sep 29, 2020 18:52
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The fact that there were still blackouts this year when in-market fans couldn't even attend the loving games was asinine. gently caress MLB, gently caress broadcasting companies.
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Sep 29, 2020 19:43
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Quick way to lose $20 imo
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Oct 1, 2020 06:18
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Let's go the motherfucking A's!
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Oct 2, 2020 00:32
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Shiroc posted:We started with 7 Central Division teams in the playoffs and we might end tomorrow with zero. Inshallah
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Oct 2, 2020 09:04
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more falafel please posted:It's not even that, they figured that out in 2017, and then he figured out that they're gonna hang them occasionally and he can just sit on those and put divots on Waveland. He's swinging through FBs now. He apparently really depended on looking at film on the ipad in the dugout, and they don't let you do that anymore. Basically gently caress the astros That smacks of a poor excuse, not convinced Javy watching footage of himself swinging through three straight up and in fastballs was going to help him next AB.
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Oct 3, 2020 17:54
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Imagine actually giving up a baserunner to throw at somebody in a loving postseason game over unwritten rules poo poo. Acuna barely even flipped the loving bat, get over yourself Alcantara. ...Oh who am I kidding that was entirely ordered by Don "No fun allowed, particularly if your skin is black or brown" Mattingly.
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Oct 6, 2020 23:43
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https://twitter.com/FoolishBB/status/1314309113988419584 https://twitter.com/mdthompFWFB/status/1314314097496817664 lmao we live in the dumbest possible timeline.
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Oct 8, 2020 23:30
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Popete posted:Trevor Bauer sucks more cause he's a weird internet creep who internet stalked a woman who said he wasn't as good as Alex Bregman and had his Twitter followers harass her. Wasn't he also the one who had the weird incel-vibes dating checklist or am I thinking about somebody else?
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Oct 9, 2020 17:30
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Brosseau hitting the go ahead HR to win the ALDS for the Rays off Chapman after Champman intentionally threw at his head is 
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N: https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1315749396970041344 V: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H47ow4_Cmk0
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Oct 12, 2020 22:24
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bawfuls posted:wtf Tommy Pham was stabbed in San Diego last night What the gently caress.
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Oct 13, 2020 01:15
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bawfuls posted:just pure clout chaser now I get the bit he's doing but man Bauer is not looking great in these "looks like [insert playoff team] needs some pitching eh  " tweets.
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boroda posted:O Kershaw, my Kershaw. Oh hey I forgot the Dodgers re-signed Wood, I wonder how he pitched this yea-... oh. Yeah maybe call up White.
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Oct 13, 2020 18:04
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bawfuls posted:https://twitter.com/THEREAL_DV/status/1316080095510003713 Kershaw is absolutely the guy who just shows up in the pen in full uniform to get his work in after being told in no uncertain terms to stay home and loving rest because he needs to rest his back.
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Oct 13, 2020 19:38
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https://twitter.com/Alden_Gonzalez/status/1316418249316335616 Jerry is actually going to hire this loving boob because they're friends even though he's a poo poo manager who's been out of the gig for a decade. They kicked out Renteria for this.
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Oct 14, 2020 19:43
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R.D. Mangles posted:lmao how are the sox interviewing la russa how is this real Jerry is a hack who's more interested in getting his old friend on payroll than he is actually letting the FO do it's job and find somebody who will actually nurture and take advantage of the Sox young and fun core. I'm still in shock he let the new Bulls FO fire Boylen. Jerry seems to be a sucker for the cantankerous tough guy coach routine.
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Oct 15, 2020 18:57
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The Pussy Boss posted:So Manfred hasn't decided yet if the NL will use the DH next year? Would be nice to know that before free agency starts... If he wants it then he'll get it, outside of a couple pitchers who think they can hit the DH seems to be popular with players, and of course the union would love for there to be more slots for big beefy guys who can't field. I'd be very surprised if the universal DH was a one and done.
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Oct 15, 2020 19:13
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MrMidnight posted:I heard Jomboy say the Yanks won't spend any money at all this off-season. Probably will be the case for a lot of teams. Yeah I think a lot of teams are going to cry poor this offseason.
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Oct 17, 2020 21:22
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HOTLANTA MAN posted:Lmao why are people glad my cheating team got owned on national television? Pwease wike the astwos, we wewen't banging twash cans this yeaw 🥺👉👈 quote:(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) 
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Oct 18, 2020 19:36
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Vernacular posted:I think it will depend on how well things go in the first few innings. If we can get a lead together early then yes I'd guess Gonsolin will do the heavy lifting, but if not I'd imagine it's Julio. Roberts is gonna put Kershaw in on short rest to get the save and you know it.
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more falafel please posted:If the dodgers win, we can put the Kershaw playoff narrative to bed probably Only if Kershaw himself pitches well in the WS. Otherwise the narrative will be that the Dodgers finally won a WS "in spite" of Kershaw.
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I hope the Dodgers win because my LA sports fan roommate is going through the worst loving family medical bullshit on the planet in addition to 2020 being 2020, so him getting to see both the Lakers and Dodgers win it all this year would hopefully be a much needed source of joy for him. Also while the Rays are young and fun I'm annoyed at their team philosophy of "never spend money on players, ever." Meanwhile the Dodgers handed Mookie a gigantic extension in the middle of a pandemic despite basically every other team crying poor.
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https://twitter.com/CBSSportsMLB/status/1318579296823332864quote:“I didn’t know we were cheating. I had no idea. I wasn’t involved. Major League Baseball’s report stated that I didn’t know anything about the trash can banging scheme. They stated I might have known something about the video decoding scheme and not paid it much attention. But there was really no credible evidence of that claim. I didn’t know. I didn’t know about either of them. And it felt like, on that day, that I was getting punished for something that I didn’t do. And it didn’t feel right.” Emphasis mine. lol at "MLB literally told me twice they knew our team cheated, but I didn't think we did so I just didn't do anything about it." Even if you believe that crock of poo poo doesn't exactly paint him as an incredible organizational leader. Also gotta love "IT WAS A DODGERS-LEAD WITCH HUNT! I'M INNOCENT, I EVEN OFFERED TO TAKE A POLYGRAPH TEST AND THEY SAID NO!!!!" 
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Intruder posted:I can't believe you didn't highlight this part lol completely missed that, yeah buddy they passed over the players to punish you in order to be severe.
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Oct 20, 2020 21:35
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https://twitter.com/sdutKevinAcee/status/1318625546809479168 He had about 3 or so ounces of weed on him, cops pulled him over late at night and found it in his car. No details on why he was pulled over but considering Campusano is a person of color I'm going to default to "gently caress the police" until I hear otherwise.
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Oct 20, 2020 22:12
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Yeah there's zero incentive to win your division in the current expanded format. You get zero edge besides better seeding, but the thing is this isn't basketball and seeding isn't the be all end all because better teams do not consistently beat worse teams: the playoffs are just as much of a crapshot about who is hot. So if anything winning your division could actually gently caress you over because it puts you against a team that has suddenly gotten hot in the last week and roared into third place in their division for a playoff spot. And then you get steamrolled. I get that Manfred can only see dollar signs but this format is garbage.
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Oct 21, 2020 18:16
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I don't mind the idea of expanded playoffs period, I just dislike this current format which offers functionally zero incentive to winning your division. The best team in baseball and the worst-record playoff team both get dumped into a best of three series in the first round, so why sweat winning the division if you can comfortably grab one of the five billion WC spots? If the format was tweaked so that, for example, division winners got a bye in the first round and the wild cards had to weed themselves down a bit before playing the division winners, then fine whatever have fun expanding the playoffs.
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Oct 21, 2020 18:48
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FlamingLiberal posted:The only rule change that I am a hard no on is the stupid extra-innings runner on second rule. Where did they even come up with that? My guess is that MLB was getting poo poo from networks about how it's annoying to program around MLB games, which is why you have Manfred crusading about game length and trying to artificially limit the amount of extra innings.
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Bregor posted:https://twitter.com/LaVelleNeal/status/1319334510580944901 Now that the players have gotten a taste Manfred is gonna dangle it as a bargaining chip during the CBA negotiations. Universal DH is like, one of the few rule changes the union actually likes, so of course they're not getting it for free.
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