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R.D. Mangles posted:bye bye cardinals 
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Pouring one out for Shohei
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Sep 16, 2023 19:28
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I am also reserving a spot for the Mariners.
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Sep 17, 2023 06:11
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The bell tolls for another teamMiz Kriss posted:
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Sep 17, 2023 14:58
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the Tigers eliminated the Angels and yet remain in with a chance? loving lol
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:the Tigers eliminated the Angels and yet remain in with a chance? loving lol Welcome to the AL Central, home of the Best Worst Team year after year.
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R.D. Mangles posted:cubs are here When they finally get the E i am going to write a massive effortpost on what a fuckin waste this season was. Also, Bregor posted:If the Cubs gently caress up the rest of September I will remember this as the Nick Madrigal Starting Third Baseman Season
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I remain constantly amazed at the Monfort's just like doing poo poo approach to baseball management. We have league average payroll but we're so awful, its not just Coors Field but we cannot get any pitching, its not hard, the ball doesn't move much up here so get guys who can throw hard and don't rely on motion but thats apparently too advanced.
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Sep 18, 2023 17:01
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Bregor posted:When they finally get the E i am going to write a massive effortpost on what a fuckin waste this season was. Is it selfish to ask for “what went wrong” effortposts for the eliminated teams like the “Meet the Teams” thread?
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Sep 18, 2023 18:50
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Miz Kriss posted:Is it selfish to ask for “what went wrong” effortposts for the eliminated teams like the “Meet the Teams” thread? I'd greatly enjoy and appreciate it, myself.
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Sep 18, 2023 18:55
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The Top Seven Things That Went Wrong for the Los Angeles Angels, in no particular order Young star player falls over first base and breaks his pelvis Young star player swings too hard and tears his labrum Young star player gets hit in the face by a fastball Young star player throws too hard and tears his oblique Superstar player breaks his hamate bone Legendary player tears his UCL Shithead player fouls a ball off his shin, misses three months, then forgets how to speak English
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Sep 18, 2023 19:23
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Miz Kriss posted:Is it selfish to ask for “what went wrong” effortposts for the eliminated teams like the “Meet the Teams” thread? Not at all, I think it will be a fun way or further tormenting ourselves well after the baseball season is over. Also, mdemone, you're gonna have to do better than that!
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Sep 18, 2023 19:34
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Bregor posted:Not at all, I think it will be a fun way or further tormenting ourselves well after the baseball season is over. I had thirty seconds and I'm salty as gently caress
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Bregor posted:Not at all, I think it will be a fun way or further tormenting ourselves well after the baseball season is over. That’s what I was thinking. I have a few ideas on what went wrong with the Cubs, but I’d like to see other teams’ fans pov on their teams.
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Sep 18, 2023 19:38
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mdemone posted:I had thirty seconds and I'm salty as gently caress how is that different than the other 86,370 seconds of your day
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IcePhoenix posted:how is that different than the other 86,370 seconds of your day Droll, Wilma, very droll. Fine, since you desire my pain, I will craft an essay describing chronologically how this season has been the worst season by a major league club since at least the turn of this century.
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mdemone posted:Droll, Wilma, very droll. I promise to read the entire thing
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IcePhoenix posted:I promise to read the entire thing I've already begun. It's actually quite cathartic. I have many things to say.
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Rendon was the highest paid player on the Angels this year Over Trout, over Ohtani
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And with that, I present the first installment: The Season From Hell Or, How the Los Angeles Angels are the Worst Team in Pro Sports: a 2023 Retrospective It begins, as it will end, with Anthony Rendon. March had been relatively mild after all, with only two starting position players lost to injury, and a starting pitcher lost with a torn UCL. You expect these things. In fact you come to cherish them, as one cherishes loved ones who have passed away, through this earthly organization and into a promised land where they can be injured no more. On the 37th day of Lent by the Christian calendar of the year of our Lord 2023, a fan cursed at a baseball player on the opposing team. This would have passed for normality on any other day, but this was not just any other day, and it was not just any season -- it was the day upon which a man, and a franchise, discovered their true path, indeed their very destiny. Part 1: Whomsoever Striketh Thee Upon the Cheek Listen, I don't care whether you have a lot of guaranteed money coming your way. If you're a professional baseball player, you have been heckled and even verbally assaulted by opposing fans. That's part of the game. You want to show them up, then go get a couple bases and maybe an RBI. Flip them the bird when you're dusting off your uniform. Literally do almost anything but that. You can't touch the audience, you moron. Also, not for nothing, but it's batting practice, yeah? We're talking about practice. If Bart Giamatti were alive he would have had your rear end for breakfast. Meanwhile, Hunter Renfroe can't hit the broad side of a barn, and the bullpen is godawful. Anthony Rendon is suspended for five games and then rises again on Easter weekend 2023 like the Antichrist, and then poo poo really goes sideways for the Angels. Coming soon: Part 2: His Disciples
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Part 2: His Disciples We have not yet named him, nor is there any need to. In any case, he is not the subject of our story. He is the context itself. He is the world in which this sad drama plays out. Shortly after Easter 2023, his first disciple is called forth from the first round: shortstop Zach Neto, he of the dripping eyeblack. A gamer of the highest order, he immediately goes 0 for his first 20 at-bats. His second disciple, a catcher named Logan O'Hoppe and called forth from the Philadelphia Phillies, had already shown himself to be a favorite of all pitchers, prized among the men of the battery. Upon the arrival of the first disciple, he immediately swings at a ball so hard that his own shoulder does tear itself apart. His third disciple, a first among firsts, centerfielder Mickey Moniak, who did bring to mind a similar name from ancient times. Brought forth as a shining hero, his ascension presages a blow to the Adversary, who was relegated to the injured list on May 15 in the year 2023. Mickey begins to distinguish himself on base and in the field, rather ominously. His fourth disciple, a flamethrower from the Volunteer State, called forth from the third round, appears in five games before being ruled out for the season because Ben hath thrown the ball Too Hard and his arm hath Come Off. (The Adversary is re-activated on June 6 and placed on the injured list again less than two weeks later, for unclear reasons. Which does happen, I guess.) His fifth disciple, bearing the highest batting average on the team while being a prized defender and a five-tool threat, falls awkwardly over first base and breaks his pelvis. As a 31-year-old man in his prime. Just falls loving weird and well, that's it. (The Adversary fouls a ball off his shin and leaves the game. Let's take a moment here to consider the carnage thus far. This document does not even include the plights of men like Brandon Drury, or Jake Lamb, or Jared Walsh, or Jo Adell, or Jose Suarez, or Jose Quijada. All gone, lost like dust in the Santa Ana wind.) The first disciple throws a ball and does tear his oblique. This presages events to come. It is not yet July. Coming Soon: Part 3 - The Superstar mdemone fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Sep 19, 2023 |
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Sep 19, 2023 01:12
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what went wrong with the 2023 Oakland Athletics, a team I have NOT been a fan of for 34 years 1 - owned by nepotism baby John Fisher, who had a temper tantrum the city of Oakland wouldn't give him a blank check for keeping the A's in Oakland nor would they meet his demand for orphans to be buried alive in the foundation of the new stadium 2- Rob Manfred is commissioner and believes Fisher to be a model owner 3 - See 1
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This doesn’t help the Cubs any, but it does put a smile on my face.Miz Kriss posted:
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Sep 20, 2023 04:19
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Reserving room for Stro Posting
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Kirios posted:Reserving room for Stro Posting this is cubsposting 
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Add the Nationals to the list.
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RC and Moon Pie posted:Add the Nationals to the list. Miz Kriss posted:
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Miz Kriss posted:Is it selfish to ask for “what went wrong” effortposts for the eliminated teams like the “Meet the Teams” thread? What went wrong for the Red Sox is that management didn't accurately assess the team's true talent level. Five years ago, sure, that was a good team that was a missing piece or two away from being a contender. For the past four years or so (coincidentally the time in which the Red Sox had the same GM), the Red Sox were mediocre to bad compared to other teams in their division. The AL East has five very good teams that cannibalize wins from one another, and the Red Sox have been below average in the division. Now, more aggressive management would have realized that the team wasn't in contention and gotten aggressive about dealing star players for prospects. The Red Sox did not, they kept Nathan Eovaldi, JD Martinez, and Xander Bogaerts around and wasted a year of their lives. These players all left in free agency getting the Red Sox nothing in return. The Red Sox also traded Mookie Betts and what was left of David Price to the Dodgers for prospects. Now the GM wasn't 100% to blame as I believe he had pressure from ownership to cut payroll and get below luxury tax threshold. However, the way they did it gave fans hope that some of the star players might have actually been retained. This led to a fair amount of ill will from fans as some of the players they lost were quite popular. The Red Sox wanted to get younger, cheaper, and try to carve out a new core. Unfortunately they did so in a way that hurt their farm system while not improving the big league club at present time. PS. The one guy that they did spend money on, Chris Sale, has managed to injure himself in almost every manner possible. He has lately not looked like his old self. TLDR: The Boston Red Sox tried a Ship of Theseus rebuild and it failed. Anderson Koopa fucked around with this message at 23:53 on Sep 20, 2023 |
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Speaking of Boston…Miz Kriss posted:
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Miz Kriss posted:Speaking of Boston…  I was wondering when we'd wind up here.
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To be honest I keep looking at the standings and being real confused on how some are technically still alive.
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well retracting this
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Intruder posted:The Houston Astros Stop
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TRIPLE KILLMiz Kriss posted:
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Bregor posted:Stop i mean you did post the same thing about the cubs on this very page 
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The Cleveland Guardians are dogshit garbage. The Detroit Tigers are dogshit garbage.
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The Pussy Boss posted:i mean you did post the same thing about the cubs on this very page I just said I'd make an effortpost when they got the E A little bit different than already penning a "what went wrong" when they're still 88% to make the playoffs according to fangraphs 
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I keep wanting to type the Detroit Lions, which to be fair, they’re not playing in the MLB playoffs either
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