2022-23 MLB offseason thread

[Helobious 9,464]

2 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

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@wood and @henrygandorf go cry about it

[henrygandorf 29,194]

10 minutes ago, Helobious said:

@wood and @henrygandorf go cry about it

cool cool cool.  why am i getting singled out about it?

[Helobious 9,464]

8 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

cool cool cool.  why am i getting singled out about it?

I thought you had been pretty internet-vocally opposed to it. Unless I’m thinking of someone else. 

[henrygandorf 29,194]

16 minutes ago, Helobious said:

I thought you had been pretty internet-vocally opposed to it. Unless I’m thinking of someone else. 

i said the pitch clock visible on the padres game (literal first game of spring) was giving me anxiety and was curious to how the pitchers would react to it.  that was a few pages ago so maybe you're thinking of someone else.  i've been pretty indifferent on the rule changes.

i know all the astros fans live rent free in your head, but maybe get somebody up there to organize things.

[wood 11,234]

1 hour ago, Helobious said:

@wood and @henrygandorf go cry about it

As usual, go fuck yourself, dipshit. 

1 hour ago, henrygandorf said:

cool cool cool.  why am i getting singled out about it?

Yep, lol. It's not like we're the only ones, and ...

57 minutes ago, Helobious said:

I thought you had been pretty internet-vocally opposed to it. Unless I’m thinking of someone else. 

I think I've posted one short sentence ever about the pitch clock. Maybe 2. But whatever, Dumbass Helobious gonna Dumbass Helobious. Pretty sure there's no greater combination of stupidity + arrogance on the internet, and that's really saying something. Now you can go back to jerking it to Judge videos.

Edited March 10, 2023 by wood

[wood 11,234]

36 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

i know all the astros fans live rent free in your head, but maybe get somebody up there to organize things.

Been attempted. Impossible task. 

[Helobious 9,464]

10 minutes ago, wood said:

As usual, go fuck yourself, dipshit. 

Yep, lol. It's not like we're the only ones, and ...

I think I've posted one short sentence ever about the pitch clock. Maybe 2. But whatever, Dumbass Helobious gonna Dumbass Helobious. Pretty sure there's no greater combination of stupidity + arrogance on the internet, and that's really saying something. Now you can go back to jerking it to Judge videos.

That short sentence was “I hate this rule so fucking much”. I’m guessing you started following baseball around 2014/15? You wouldn’t know but games in the past weren’t regularly 3+ hr slogfests. The length of the games has increased dramatically in the past decade, while simultaneously creating even less actual baseball action. I just don’t see how a “fan” of the game could be opposed to to something that reverses that. Other than an opposition to all new or better ideas, which I believe describes you.

[wood 11,234]

1 minute ago, Helobious said:

That short sentence was “I hate this rule so fucking much”. I’m guessing you started following baseball around 2014/15? You wouldn’t know but games in the past weren’t regularly 3+ hr slogfests. The length of the games has increased dramatically in the past decade, while simultaneously creating even less actual baseball action. I just don’t see how a “fan” of the game could be opposed to to something that reverses that. Other than an opposition to all new or better ideas, which I believe describes you.

Jesus, you're such a fucking idiot. That one sentence doesn't equate to being "pretty internet-vocally opposed to it". Others have been far more vocal about it.

'T-shirt Yankees Fan in South Texas' loves to tell anyone who disagrees with him that they clearly haven't watched baseball for long. I started playing baseball in 1974 and started going to college & MLB games in 1977. I've probably been coaching for longer than you've been watching. 

[TonyTexas 10,521]

^^^

11 minutes ago, Helobious said:

You wouldn’t know but games in the past weren’t regularly 3+ hr slogfests

Except for Yankee/Red Sox games 

[Helobious 9,464]

With “fans” like you I’m glad I didn’t choose to be a part of the one of the most unknowledgable and ignorant fanbases in all of sports, even if they were the closest MLB team. God I hope judge walks you fucksticks off in the ALCS. Whatever.

[wood 11,234]

1 minute ago, Helobious said:

With “fans” like you I’m glad I didn’t choose to be a part of the one of the most unknowledgable and ignorant fanbases in all of sports, even if they were the closest MLB team. God I hope judge walks you fucksticks off in the ALCS. Whatever.

Take the loss(es), pussy.

[Beau Vine 54,342]

 

 

Edited March 11, 2023 by Beau Vine

[Gourmand 7,774]

 

[UTexasFight 9,519]

On 3/10/2023 at 1:20 PM, WBT said:

The Braves and Rays are on MLB Network, playing in the Trop.  I thought that was strange.  Somehow I missed this news:

 

I think I’d still take my chances with the Charlotte Sports Park

[Vic Mackey 47,107]

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[Gourmand 7,774]

 

[Fudge Nuggets 19,211]

4 hours ago, Gourmand said:

 

Because he was overmatched.

[TonyTexas 10,521]

Ha. The Dodgers infield, to start the season, is going to be pretty pathetic. 

 

[Fudge Nuggets 19,211]

Hate to see it because next time around we’ll be back to scrubs filling out the lineups.

[tx 3 putt 77,275]

Bring back 1971 prices …

 

[Fudge Nuggets 19,211]

Smokes on the menu is definitely old school.

[Guest]

On 3/10/2023 at 2:01 PM, henrygandorf said:

i said the pitch clock visible on the padres game (literal first game of spring) was giving me anxiety and was curious to how the pitchers would react to it.  that was a few pages ago so maybe you're thinking of someone else.  i've been pretty indifferent on the rule changes.

i know all the astros fans live rent free in your head, but maybe get somebody up there to organize things.

Sounds like a job for the Trew Organization Team.

[Beau Vine 54,342]

1 hour ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Smokes on the menu is definitely old school.

So is beef on a menu in San Francisco.

[UTexasFight 9,519]

I see egg prices were high even in the early 70s

[tx 3 putt 77,275]

2 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Smokes on the menu is definitely old school.

I would love to smoke a cigar at a game 

[tx 3 putt 77,275]

Also, culture is a huge in a 162 game season …..

 

[kevwun 15,838]

Do they have to upgrade to first class to get anything other than pretzels on the plane too?  What about checked bags?

Edited March 15, 2023 by kevwun

[Beau Vine 54,342]

I would assume that the Rangers are being advised/guided/used by MLB here:

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The Texas Rangers notified Diamond Sports last week it would terminate its media rights deal with the parent of the Bally Sports Regional Networks in the event of its insolvency, which the company’s bankruptcy filing may trigger.

The disclosure was made in a court filing Wednesday in the Chapter 11 case Diamond filed Tuesday. Diamond in the filing said it would fight any attempt by the Rangers to end their agreement. Here’s what you need to know:

The Rangers become the first team since Tuesday’s anticipated Chapter 11 filing to try to break ties with Diamond Sports.
MLB wants to create a local media platform and views the Diamond bankruptcy as a way to strip away some, if not all, the 14 teams under the Bally banner.
Diamond is objecting to the Rangers’ move, and disclosed it had not missed a payment to the team.

 

[Beau Vine 54,342]

National treasure:

 

Edited March 16, 2023 by Beau Vine

[TheStoicPaisano 9,923]

Romo is signing with SF and will retire after the spring finale vs OAK.

 

[The Dog 44,074]

 

[Horny Bull 2,766]

Edwin Diaz out for season. 

[Guadaloopy 11,010]

1 hour ago, The Dog said:

 

They're going to stick with horns as the entrance music for their new closer:

 

[gsoda3 3,279]

15 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

National treasure:

 

that can't be real.  i heard the song, those weren't the lyrics.  

 

[Beau Vine 54,342]

[gsoda3 3,279]

hah i guess i'm slow on the uptake

[Post Oak 20,256]

Willie Mays at 50 could still go get it.

 

Edited March 17, 2023 by Post Oak

[tx 3 putt 77,275]

Hopefully nothing serious ….

 

[TonyTexas 10,521]

Thought I would put this here for shits and giggles 

1 hour ago, Helobious said:

Have people not watched March madness before? Purdue is going to ass fuck them in the 2nd half. The cinderellas always run out of gas

 

[shadow_operative 15,932]

helo's powers span all sports and leagues:

he's truly amazing. 

Edited March 18, 2023 by shadow_operative

[shadow_operative 15,932]

1 minute ago, TonyTexas said:

Thought I would put this here for shits and giggles 

 

lol jinx. 😂 

[Helobious 9,464]

Yep, I’m definitely the only person that picked a #1 seed to beat a #16 seed. I’m such a moron

[kevwun 15,838]

If you predicted the sun was going to rise tomorrow, I would get nervous we were never going to see it again.

[WBT 20,649]

13 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Hopefully nothing serious ….

 

Cancel spring training games!

Also lolmets

[Guadaloopy 11,010]

14 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Hopefully nothing serious ….

 

STFU coat-tailer.  (Not you Putt)

[Scraps 13,570]

Learn how to slide dumbass

[shadow_operative 15,932]

[tx 3 putt 77,275]

 

[Fudge Nuggets 19,211]

On 3/17/2023 at 8:30 PM, Helobious said:

Yep, I’m definitely the only person that picked a #1 seed to beat a #16 seed. I’m such a moron

Oh for sure everyone else had the same thought, but you're the only one that can publicly state it and jinx it so bad it comes back to blow your dick off.

It's like a superpower you have there.

Edited March 20, 2023 by Fudge Nuggets

[Shoxthemonkey 1,982]

I'm glad Greinke came home. Royals will stink again this year but he will give us something to look forward to every 5th day.

“I wanted to pitch from the windup now,” Greinke told the Royals’ website. “So I’ll just do another pickoff and let him take third and pitch from the windup. … So mainly, I was thinking about way too many things instead of getting guys out.”

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article273352095.html#storylink=mainstage_lead