2021 MLB Thread

[Sbbruin 21697]

Edited May 26, 2021 by Sbbruin

[shadow_operative2.0 15820]

Look at this fucking cleanup hitter. 
 

0 HR, 6 RBI, .710 OPS (career .660) 

[Sbbruin 21697]

Kershaw dealing tonight. 2 h, 0 runs through 6

[huge 3788]

Yawn

How’s the pooholes experiment going?

[Sbbruin 21697]

Very well so far. And you can talk shot about a lot of players. Pujols isn't one of them. Put some respek on his name.

[huge 3788]

He has been a negative WAR player for a good while now.

But sure.

He was badass back when he was destroying us when we were still in the national league.

[Sbbruin 21697]

Astros walk in 3 straight runs. Lol.

[Beau Vine 53964]

Saw this about regional sports networks in a column about the NHL:

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There are reports that Sinclair, the largest RSN owner, is in negotiations with debt holders while NBC Sports may be considering a possible sale of their RSNs. Moreover, all RSNs are looking to offer themselves up on a DTC (direct-to-consumer) basis, but doing so may lead to difficult financial decisions regarding pricing, subscription revenues, rights fees and cash flows. Already, Sinclair and NBC Sports have reportedly floated a model where RSNs are offered directly to consumers at a monthly subscriber fee of between $25-$30. It’s a price that seemingly is intended to maintain the support and distribution of pay-TV outlets, but it’s difficult to see large numbers of subscribers attracted to a streaming service that would cost twice as much as Netflix and about five times as much as ESPN+.

There is no fucking way that I'm paying $25-30/month for FSSW.  For that price, I feel fine about using illegal streams, thank you.  

Edited May 26, 2021 by Beau Vine

[shadow_operative2.0 15820]

 Mickey Callaway kicked out of the sport until after the ‘22 season. 

[Beau Vine 53964]

 Mickey Callaway kicked out of the sport until after the ‘22 season. 

Dick Pic Mick!

[Beau Vine 53964]

Joe West just made a StL reliever change hats when he came in the game because of a smudge on the bill, then tossed the manager for getting upset about it.

[shadow_operative2.0 15820]

Was today his record-breaker? Maybe yesterday. 

[CowtownHorn 5126]

1 minute ago, Beau Vine said:

Joe West just made a StL reliever change hats when he came in the game because of a smudge on the bill, then tossed the manager for getting upset about it.

[InkaUtexas 25424]

28 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Joe West just made a StL reliever change hats when he came in the game because of a smudge on the bill, then tossed the manager for getting upset about it.

Fuck Joe West and his record. Alright Joe, time to hang up the mask and get a job marketing hot dogs or whatever retired umps do. 

[Scraps 13531]

Joe West just made a StL reliever change hats when he came in the game because of a smudge on the bill, then tossed the manager for getting upset about it.

The transcript of the questions about it after the game to West

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

The random enforcement of that rule is tiring.  

[shadow_operative2.0 15820]

Kluber out at least 8 weeks after the no-no, Voit IL’d again too. 

[clapclapclap 9000]

Great moments in Dodgers parenting:

 

[cmontexas 3242]

6 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

Joe West just made a StL reliever change hats when he came in the game because of a smudge on the bill, then tossed the manager for getting upset about it.

I am 100% percent behind Joe West leading the crusade against pitchers using foreign substances 

[clapclapclap 9000]

xenophobic

[WBT 20397]

15 hours ago, MC Fresh Breath said:

The random enforcement of that rule is tiring.  

The almost nonexistent enforcement is tiring.  Get rid of the falsely boosted spin rates and cut the strikeout rate, hopefully.

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

1 minute ago, WBT said:

The almost nonexistent enforcement is tiring.  Get rid of the falsely boosted spin rates and cut the strikeout rate, hopefully.

I think I feel the exact opposite of you on this, but I'm not saying I'm right.  

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

naked dude treats the rain tarp as a Giant Slip-N-Slide

 

 

[Vic Mackey 46919]

https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2178062

[shnsajax 3589]

Javy gonna Javy

[Scraps 13531]

https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2178062

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[shadow_operative 15931]

1 hour ago, shnsajax said:

Javy gonna Javy
 

that's both the best and worst play of the year to this point. wow. 

Edited May 27, 2021 by shadow_operative

[Huckleberry 32685]

1 hour ago, shnsajax said:

Javy gonna Javy
 

The only takeaway from that play is the complete and total idiocy of the first baseman. Well also his laziness.

1. Step on the bag and the inning's over you dumbass

2. Run toward Baez and he's eventually out and the run never scores

Sure Baez tried something, but that's just tee ball crap from the 1B.

[Huckleberry 32685]

Shit I forgot other parts of the idiocy. If he had never thrown the ball to the catcher the run wouldn't have counted even if he got to the plate before Baez was out. In fact, the run wouldn't have counted if the eventual throw to first had beaten Baez.

Total disaster by the Pittsburgh 1B. What's his name so I can hate him forever?

[shadow_operative 15931]

12 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Shit I forgot other parts of the idiocy. If he had never thrown the ball to the catcher the run wouldn't have counted even if he got to the plate before Baez was out. In fact, the run wouldn't have counted if the eventual throw to first had beaten Baez.

Total disaster by the Pittsburgh 1B. What's his name so I can hate him forever?

 

 

[shnsajax 3589]

26 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

The only takeaway from that play is the complete and total idiocy of the first baseman. Well also his laziness.

1. Step on the bag and the inning's over you dumbass

2. Run toward Baez and he's eventually out and the run never scores

Sure Baez tried something, but that's just tee ball crap from the 1B.

Agreed, but I am also willing to bet this happens more than we ever notice simply because the runners just stop and don't pay attention themselves. 

[Scraps 13531]

Will Craig is mentally retarded

[Huckleberry 32685]

Okay, so he's been only been in the majors for two weeks. I guess we can forgive him for...wait no that rule applies at every level of the gotdamn game. Is Wake Forest a worse school than I thought?

[UTexasFight 9369]

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

Will Craig is mentally retarded

Never trust a guy with 2 first names 

[Vic Mackey 46919]

 

[UTexasFight 9369]

4 hours ago, shnsajax said:

Javy gonna Javy
 

Not shown is that immediately before that pitch, the guy that scored was picked off first...and Will Craig didn’t even attempt a throw to 2nd to complete the CS (it would have been tough to complete, but still).

just a complete debacle of an inning 

 

[Beau Vine 53964]

5 hours ago, shnsajax said:

Javy gonna Javy
 

1.  What Huck said.  1B fucked that up as badly as anything I've ever seen. 

2.  I think the ump should have called Baez out for heading back towards the plate.  

Edited May 27, 2021 by Beau Vine

[TonyTexas 10478]

28 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

2.  I think the ump should have called Baez out for heading back towards the plate. 

Do you know some rule that no one else does?

[Underdog 28437]

The Bad News Buccos... 

 

[shadow_operative2.0 15820]

Shohei scratched from his start due to a traffic jam caused by a wreck. That’s a new one. 

[Hmmm 155]

7 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

Shit I forgot other parts of the idiocy. If he had never thrown the ball to the catcher the run wouldn't have counted even if he got to the plate before Baez was out. In fact, the run wouldn't have counted if the eventual throw to first had beaten Baez.

Total disaster by the Pittsburgh 1B. What's his name so I can hate him forever?

Wild thing is he had two times outs.

[conVINCEd 21468]

Just wanted to pile on and say the Pirates/Cubs thing tonight might be the worst play I’ve ever seen in an MLB game.

[ztejas 43244]

Yeah that was one of the nuttiest things I've ever seen. It made the crawl on ESPN during the Texas game and I thought "hmm that must have been pretty zany for them to put a single play like that on the crawl" and I just watched it because it's at the very top of reddit. Everyone in there commenting is just in disbelief. 

[Shoxthemonkey 1976]

20 hours ago, shnsajax said:

Javy gonna Javy
 

Complete opposite of TOOTBLAN.

[Beau Vine 53964]

14 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

Do you know some rule that no one else does?

I thought you're it out if you give up trying to advance, but that apparently only applies to dropped third strikes.

[TonyTexas 10478]

2 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

I thought you're it out if you give up trying to advance, but that apparently only applies to dropped third strikes.

It was no different than a rundown where the base that the runner can retreat to is already occupied. Which happens a lot. 

[Huckleberry 32685]

Upon further reflection I am going to lay off of Will Craig moving forward. Maybe because I'm getting soft in my old age and the little league team I coach lost the championship game last night, but somewhere in that now somewhat highly paid man is still the little kid who dreamed of making the major leagues. And less than two weeks after realizing that dream he will now forever be associated with one of the worst plays in baseball history. That's gotta fucking sting.

I shall now spread the hate toward the rest of his team, absolutely none of whom yelled at him to just step on first base as confirmed by his teammates after the game. I mean for fuck's sake it would have just taken anyone on the Pirates to pull their head out of their ass. At least his manager and teammates tried to shield him by owning up that fact in postgame.

Edited May 28, 2021 by Huckleberry

[MC Fresh Breath 4074]

17 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

 

 

[Scraps 13531]

17 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Upon further reflection I am going to lay off of Will Craig moving forward. Maybe because I'm getting soft in my old age and the little league team I coach lost the championship game last night, but somewhere in that now somewhat highly paid man is still the little kid who dreamed of making the major leagues. And less than two weeks after realizing that dream he will now forever be associated with one of the worst plays in baseball history. That's gotta fucking sting.

I shall now spread the hate toward the rest of his team, absolutely none of whom yelled at him to just step on first base as confirmed by his teammates after the game. I mean for fuck's sake it would have just taken anyone on the Pirates to pull their head out of their ass. At least his manager and teammates tried to shield him by owning up that fact in postgame.

Will is the biggest moron of them, but yes there are numerous dumbasses on the Pirates.  The 2nd baseman Frazier should have been standing on 1st the whole time and just been yelling at the dumbass to turn around and throw him the ball....or at least be standing there for when the catcher had to throw to first.  

[Scraps 13531]