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mcmagic posted:LoLstros I love this Royals team already. 7 straight wins. Two sweeps. Best run differential in baseball. Bring on the Mets
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Furnaceface posted:He isnt wrong Ohtani is a criminal and his sentence should be playing the rest of his contract out in Houston. A burden we will carry for the good of the sport.
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zoux posted:I didn’t watch but you dont give up…uh that many runs in one IP unless you’re tipping  https://x.com/talkinbaseball_/status/1778497386689470554?s=46&t=lRl8HNC2dXvuRHcXaz1cXw https://x.com/jayhaykid/status/1778495035522138197?s=46&t=lRl8HNC2dXvuRHcXaz1cXw
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Exodor posted:I love this Royals team already. Okay so the Royals actually are good, they certainly seemed good in Baltimore
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Are we sure Ohtani is capable of adulting by himself? Sounds like Ippei did literally everything for him
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Potential biggest winner and biggest loser is Ohtani's wife. She avoids the spotlight because of massive gambling scandal. But her new billionaire husband is also potentially the worst person at managing finances in the world. Well, except for the guy who he was apparently letting manage his finances.
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Apr 12, 2024 00:26
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I really despise that there are no late night games on Thursday anymore, I don't get it.
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Apr 12, 2024 00:33
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One of the bookies texting Mizuhara this is pretty nuts: "Hey Ippie, it’s 2 o’clock on Friday. I don’t know why you’re not returning my calls. I’m here in Newport Beach and I see [Shohei Ohtani] walking his dog. I’m just gonna go up and talk to him and ask how I can get in touch with you since you’re not responding?”
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Apr 12, 2024 00:48
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Huh, apparently Jared Jones just equalled Strasburg for swing and misses in his first 3 starts at 50
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pars posted:Potential biggest winner and biggest loser is Ohtani's wife. She straight up wins. Her husband now has a new opening for person that handles his money.
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pseudodragon posted:She straight up wins. Her husband now has a new opening for person that handles his money. And she loves same game parlays
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I assume the answer is yes, but is there a rule that prevents the catcher from hitting with his gear on?
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Apr 12, 2024 01:46
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Ohtani is no Angel
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Furnaceface posted:He isnt wrong Ohtani is a criminal and his sentence should be playing the rest of his contract out in
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Furnaceface posted:He isnt wrong Ohtani is a criminal and his sentence should be playing the rest of his contract out in Houston. they should deport him back to japan tbh
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Apr 12, 2024 02:18
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:I assume the answer is yes, but is there a rule that prevents the catcher from hitting with his gear on? I don't think there's explicitly a rule against it, but the idea of trying to hit or run with catching gear on sounds like a massive loving pain
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Folks, Jose Cuas has been banished to Iowa. 
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Ohtani is a sweet innocent himbo, he did nothing wrong
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Sydin posted:Folks, Jose Cuas has been banished to Iowa. now do the rest of the bullpen!!!!!!
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TheFlyingLlama posted:I don't think there's explicitly a rule against it, but the idea of trying to hit or run with catching gear on sounds like a massive loving pain I dunno, late in a game, up big, catcher due up 1st - I want to see a catcher go gently caress it because he's too lazy to take off his gear
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Apr 12, 2024 02:36
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let's take a quick look at the guy jed hoyer traded for cuas
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Apr 12, 2024 02:39
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Look there was just absolutely no place in the lineup for David to play Nelly V when you had insane impact bats like Tauchman, Mastrobuoni, and Madrigal in front of him.
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if you're going to trade him for a reliever at least trade him for a good reliever!!!!! we got a good year out of wade davis at least for soler.
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Well it’s not like a few extra runs here and there may have made the difference in winning another game or two and gotten the Cubs into the playoffs or anything
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(david byrne voice) lovely pitcher. cuas you say? fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
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Furnaceface posted:He isnt wrong Ohtani is a criminal and his sentence should be playing the rest of his contract out in Houston. But for the Rockets
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:I assume the answer is yes, but is there a rule that prevents the catcher from hitting with his gear on? There used to be rules on how much protective 'armor' you could wear, but you got an exception for previous injuries: http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/2002/0318/1353635.html I believe that would extend to catchers' gear, but wearing that poo poo would be extremely cumbersome and a hindrance overall.
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R.D. Mangles posted:(david byrne voice) lovely pitcher. cuas you say? fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa Runs runs runs, runs runs todayyyyy
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Eric the Mauve posted:Just even more proof (as though we needed any) that Dusty Baker was the greatest manager that ever lived Espada paid attention to how to leave a pitcher in way too long, but not much else it seems.
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AndrewP posted:Okay so the Royals actually are good, they certainly seemed good in Baltimore IF the starting pitchers stay healthy and Melendez, Pasqantino and Garcia take steps forward this year and Bobby Witt Jr. keeps playing like a MVP they're probably a .500 team. Once one or two of the starting pitchers inevitably gets hurt they will fall back to earth They're definitely a lot more fun to watch this year, not just because they're winning (although that helps) but because they're doing that 2014-2015 Royals thing where they believe they're never out of a game.
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Popete posted:I'm going to guess that Ippei acted as interpreter over the phone and spoke in Japanese to imitate Ohtani and then in English as himself. It's unlikely some random bank person is going to be able to tell it's the same guy speaking in Japanese/English. picturing him holding the phone out away from his head to speak japanese then put it up to his ear to speak english
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If you search for MLB body armor on Google you dig up angry columns from 20 years ago about how elbow guards make a mockery of the sport. https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple/offbase/060531 Here’s Jim Caple whining that now pitchers can’t intimidate batters and people should start calling batters whiny pussies. https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/1408/the-body-armor-ban-safety-takes-a-back-seat/ And here’s BP comparing banning body armor to banning batting helmets.
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In a way I'm kind of relieved the Astros immediately suck this year. It makes it really easy to not care about this season. I've watched maybe two games this year and I'm pretty okay with that. I'll check back in a week or two.
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Kirios posted:In a way I'm kind of relieved the Astros immediately suck this year. It makes it really easy to not care about this season. lol, if you think american league west baseball will release you from its clutches so easily. a minimum of four teams in the division will be within 2 games of the division lead and 1 of a wildcard spot on September 25th.
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I tried watching the O’s game when it was the mlb.tv free game of the day a few days back, thinking I could use vpn to get around the blackout (I live in Baltimore) but the page wouldn’t load. Turned off the vpn and it loaded and said it was blacked out. Should I conclude from this that mlb.tv defeats the vpn workaround and therefore I shouldn’t shell out the $150 or whatever for the season? I was thinking about it since I just switched from regular cable to YouTube TV without investigating first if I’d be able to watch MASN.
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AndrewP posted:Okay so the Royals actually are good, they certainly seemed good in Baltimore That plus sweeping the Sox makes me feel better about the O's brief struggles that I'm just going to assume are behind them. It's a shame Adley and Holliday are busts.
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Racing Stripe posted:I tried watching the O’s game when it was the mlb.tv free game of the day a few days back, thinking I could use vpn to get around the blackout (I live in Baltimore) but the page wouldn’t load. Turned off the vpn and it loaded and said it was blacked out. When I used Nord, MLB.tv wouldn't work. Truth be told, I think Nord is the benchmark a lot of places use as what they need to beat. I stopped using Nord, because way too many websites could detect it.
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R.D. Mangles posted:let's take a quick look at the guy jed hoyer traded for cuas The offense ain't the problem with the Cubs.
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Luigi Thirty posted:If you search for MLB body armor on Google you dig up angry columns from 20 years ago about how elbow guards make a mockery of the sport. quote:5.05(b)(2) - When the Batter Becomes a Runner
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