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Chief McHeath posted:I think if you're talking about youth baseball, you can follow the money in other ways too. Within a city, which schools are getting public money for athletics, how much are they getting, and is there a disparity between schools? Are certain schools having to divert money away from athletics because other areas are underfunded? Are schools in certain areas getting favorable selection for grants over others? City parks the same, which parks have at least a backstop and bases, if not a full fence and dugouts, are secure and maintained? What neighborhoods are the parks that don't have those? I would love to see stats on American players and how big the communities they grew up in are. I'd be shocked if there were more than a handful that even lived in anything approaching a "city".
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DeepDickPizza posted:I would love to see stats on American players and how big the communities they grew up in are. I'd be shocked if there were more than a handful that even lived in anything approaching a "city". Tons of players come from the same areas and they play against each other in High School/travel ball. You hear it all the time on broadcast where it's like "Kris Bryant and Bryce Harper where teammates in travel ball!" and that's because all the best players get funneled into these programs.
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DeepDickPizza posted:I would love to see stats on American players and how big the communities they grew up in are. I'd be shocked if there were more than a handful that even lived in anything approaching a "city". prepare to be shocked https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-22/the-cities-that-produce-the-most-mlb-players
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maffew buildings posted:prepare to be shocked https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-22/the-cities-that-produce-the-most-mlb-players I want to be shocked, but I wonder what this "metro area" wrinkle is. I'm much more inclined to believe that pro ball players come from Naperville than Chicago proper.
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FlamingLiberal posted:If he misses that much time it’s essentially another wasted season I wonder if there are any high level front office folks really advocating for him at this point. I think this is his 3rd GM, likely 2nd or 3rd minor league coordinator, at least the 2nd manager, etc. He is a remnant of past front office regimes, so I wonder if he has any true "fans" left at an influential level.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:https://twitter.com/davehrus/status/1664660157324832771?s=46&t=MxSWLrHa8IyQxFDEl61IPw Man, make sure you don't flip over the fence if you try to rob a homerun at Profile
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No Safe Word posted:To be fair to Jim Joyce he absolutely admitted he hosed it up after the game Now he just needs to apologize for writing a lovely book they made me read in AP English.
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I'm going to be in St. Louis at the end of the month for a work trip so I'm going to catch a Cardinals/Astros game. If I've got a rental car and I'm staying at a hotel in St. Charles, should I try to drive and park or just get a cab?
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N: Milwaukee is calling up Jon Singleton V: The Obi-Wan Kenobi quote
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DeepDickPizza posted:I want to be shocked, but I wonder what this "metro area" wrinkle is. I'm much more inclined to believe that pro ball players come from Naperville than Chicago proper. Yea metro area is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. Like Jack Suwinski is the first player from the Chicago public school league to ever make the bigs (according to the pirates broadcast crew, at least).
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DeepDickPizza posted:I want to be shocked, but I wonder what this "metro area" wrinkle is. I'm much more inclined to believe that pro ball players come from Naperville than Chicago proper. Well I live in North Carolina and according to MLB.tv blackout rules I live in the Washington DC metro area
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:I'm going to be in St. Louis at the end of the month for a work trip so I'm going to catch a Cardinals/Astros game. Cab is probably gonna be pretty expensive roundtrip to the park from St. Charles. Parking isn't too bad (or maybe it is now, but there are some lots that are probably a 10 minute walk to the park that are less than $20).
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Not that it’s a huge surprise, but Stephen Strasburg seems permanently broken https://twitter.com/mlbtraderumors/status/1665017961625600002?s=46&t=BHs6Pl38GJXGN2Y4xeriNA An added note in the article is that the Nats don’t have disability insurance on that contract so they are hosed
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FlamingLiberal posted:Not that it’s a huge surprise, but Stephen Strasburg seems permanently broken Got his ring and body said "I'm good bro"
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R.D. Mangles posted:is jameson taillon... BACK?????  Signs point to YES
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Chief McHeath posted:poor baseball card collectors that spent tens of thousands on strasburg rookie autos only for him to die Druw Jones 1/1 Bowman auto is going for 250k. Some people are just insane
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R.D. Mangles posted:is jameson taillon... BACK????? after last night taillon has edged out wisdom as the betting favorite for world series mvp at the vegas sports books. can't say i'm surprised by this.
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:White Sox win on a walk off wild pitch that drilled the ump in the face https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1665099800377802753 96 mph dead center of the face mask
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Salvor_Hardin posted:Now he just needs to apologize for writing a lovely book they made me read in AP English. James Joyce owns but I can understand how AP English would strip out the most important thing about his work which is that it is supposed to be very funny and in fact is Like how they try to teach Shakespeare to high schoolers without the bawdy puns, why even bother elentar fucked around with this message at 00:11 on Jun 4, 2023 |
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Everyone!! Everyone, I carry massive news Luis Arraez has gone 5/5 and raised his average to .390. We’re back in it baseball fans
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Fast Luck posted:Everyone!! Everyone, I carry massive news I am legitimately waiting for the point that a single game is only relevant for maybe a thousandth. That's when the will-he-won't-he argument is gonna be rad. If we're a week out and he's sitting at .394 or something it's gonna be madness. If his eyeball falls out at the ASG then whatever. Basically right now I have anticipation anticipation. Will he "will he or won't he."
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STAC Goat posted:The punchline is that the umps decided that Judge had "gone out of play" so they rewarded the runner on an extra base. To be fair, he definitely did, even if it is one of the more badass ways to do so.
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Squall posted:To be fair, he definitely did, even if it is one of the more badass ways to do so. Its an incredibly silly "letter of the law" ruling. He did nothing but make the play and the stadium broke. Meanwhile the runner theoretically had an opportunity to advance while Judge was recovering to throw the ball in. He didn't. But he gets a base anyway. Its very dumb.
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STAC Goat posted:Its an incredibly silly "letter of the law" ruling. He did nothing but make the play and the stadium broke. Meanwhile the runner theoretically had an opportunity to advance while Judge was recovering to throw the ball in. He didn't. But he gets a base anyway. Its very dumb. It's the same thing as if you tumble into the stands or dugout or something when making a catch. I agree it is made all the more dumb that it happened because the stadium broke though.
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