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iospace posted:The problem with Tebow is if you cut him because he's trash, him and his fanbase will claim because he's too religious. Legit curious - has Tebow ever claimed from his own mouth that his religious beliefs have been held against him? I mean, you're totally right about the 2nd part because his fan base would go nuts, but I've never heard Tebow complain about it himself.
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Ice Fist posted:Legit curious - has Tebow ever claimed from his own mouth that his religious beliefs have been held against him? I believe the whole baseball thing is a cynical ploy to keep his name around and make more money, but no I don't think he's ever said that. This might be because he or someone in his inner circle is savvy enough to let him know that he has an army of people willing to do it for him.
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Tim Tebow is legit doing way, way, way better than I ever thought he'd do in A-Ball, and even then he is a dude who can barely play LF who OPSs .700. His upside is not Willie Bloomquist. It's nowhere near Willie Bloomquist. Willie Bloomquist was a dude who could literally play every single position not named Catcher or Center Field at near league average standards. That's insane. He was never great offensively but his career OPS is less than 50 points lower than what Tim Tebow is doing at Age 29, where is he 7 and a half years older than the average player in Single A ball Tim Tebows upside is a dude who flames out at AA, he should flame out in Single-A but the Mets are a garbage organization who are poor and need the money.
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I honestly think that if Tebow really, really dedicated himself to baseball for the next 2-3 years to try and close some of the skill gap that comes from his lack of prior experience in the sport, that he has the physical tools to be a major league 4th outfielder. The problem is more that even in that best case scenario he's not going to be MLB ready until he's in his 30's, and the sport is in the middle of a youth revolution. There are dozens upon dozens of dudes in the draft each year with a similar ceiling, and they're much cheaper/younger. It's not impossible to break into the majors at his age, but you need to be flashing some serious upside for it to happen.
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# ? May 12, 2017 22:20 |
Tim Tebows upside is selling merch and putting butts in seats. He'll have a spot on a roster somewhere as long as the merch moves
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Tony Phillips posted:WHAT IN THE HELL SINCE WHEN HAS BO BEEN WINKING? The whole time, Ichiro winked too.
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Something called an Eddie Butler is starting for the Cubs tonight ... ?
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elentar posted:The one good thing about this Braves season is at least I won't have to deal with Jeff Franc-- Something tells me it will be a home run or a swing and a miss
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Familia had surgery to remove a blood clot from his shoulder and will be out for "several months"
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I legitimately have not been this excited about Astros baseball than the World Series year.
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# ? May 13, 2017 00:21 |
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I think Tebow's a fine athlete and if he were, say, doing baseball out of college he might have a shot as a 4th OF.
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The Pussy Boss posted:Familia had surgery to remove a blood clot from his shoulder and will be out for "several months" The insane thing is he reported tingling in his hand to the trainers and they still said he was clear to pitch. Do the Mets trainers have diplomas written in crayon?
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# ? May 13, 2017 01:34 |
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Timby posted:Something called an Eddie Butler is starting for the Cubs tonight ... ?
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# ? May 13, 2017 01:46 |
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Long time baseball men will tell you that Tebow runs hard out of the box every time, his work ethic is off the charts, has got major league character, a projectable baseball body, a good face, and is a team player that makes everyone around him better. Francoeur is a good comp for him. What is Tebow anyway, is that some kind of French name?
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the popes toes posted:Long time baseball men will tell you that Tebow runs hard out of the box every time, his work ethic is off the charts, has got major league character, a projectable baseball body, a good face, and is a team player that makes everyone around him better. Francoeur is a good comp for him. What is Tebow anyway, is that some kind of French name? So to sum that all up: "hi butt."
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# ? May 13, 2017 01:53 |
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Inspector_666 posted:So to sum that all up: "hi butt." Hi butt goes a long way for real baseball men. See the physical description for Jeter's scouting report
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the popes toes posted:Hi butt goes a long way for real baseball men. See the physical description for Jeter's scouting report If there's one thing I've learned about professional scouts for pretty much every sport, it's that they absolutely love talking about butts. I'd imagine Jaromir Jagr's scouting reports had pink hearts drawn around them.
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# ? May 13, 2017 02:30 |
Now I really wanna see Tebows scouting report. Every MLB Team but the Mets: "He's 29 and hasn't played in a decade. No." Mets: "Will sell minor league tickets"
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the popes toes posted:Hi butt goes a long way for real baseball men. See the physical description for Jeter's scouting report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWgyy_rlmag&t=190s
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# ? May 13, 2017 02:39 |
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Twins Alone In First Place!
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# ? May 13, 2017 02:42 |
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No game is safe from Krol
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Infidel Castro posted:Twins Alone In First Place! Twins, bitch
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Thom P. Tiers posted:His upside is nothing. He's going to be 30 and he's hitting .250 against 20 year olds drafted out of high school. I agree he probably will either never play a MLB game or never be a positive on a MLB team. My point was he can't make his way up as a super utility guy. There is no way in hell he could play ss or 2b or even 3b. Something that it's required by a MLB team to be carried as 6th infielder as a weak hitter. He doesn't have the experience, baseball iq, agility, accuracy, etc to ever play middle infield. His only chance is passable defence as a LF with some pop. But that ain't gonna happen.
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Marcade posted:The insane thing is he reported tingling in his hand to the trainers and they still said he was clear to pitch. This is both egregious and also 100% believable.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Former Rockies top prospect who the Cubs got in the offseason. He has talent but has not shown it yet at the MLB level. Tonight's line for Butler in St. Louis: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 5 K, 3 BB, 0 ER, W Later, Brett Anderson!
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# ? May 13, 2017 04:29 |
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So the skinny on Headley's ejection: After he fouled the bunt (it hit his hand), McCann said something to him then he said "I never said anything to you" in response and he was tossed because the ump thought he was talking to him What
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https://twitter.com/darenw/status/863238126990499840
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Tonight's line for Butler in St. Louis: Give us your tired, your poor, your former pitching prospects that haven't gotten too hurt yearning to be free.... A couple weeks with Chris Bosio, a couple of weeks in Des Moines and there you go! I wonder what Todd Van Poppel is up to these days.
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Cautiously optimistic about Butler. Bosio has worked wonders and hopefully one of these reclamation projects like Montgomery or Butler will pay off.
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Intruder posted:So the skinny on Headley's ejection: After he fouled the bunt (it hit his hand), McCann said something to him then he said "I never said anything to you" in response and he was tossed because the ump thought he was talking to him I read that McCann asked him if he was OK, and if it hit him, and Headley replied "yes," and, "yeah it loving hit me," respectively, glaring at the ump Johnson who didn't call it a HBP.
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It kinda felt to me like one of those ejections where the ump provokes the confrontation, or at least escalated it needlessly. Shouldn't have come to that point.
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Astros/Yankees just got officially postponed for today and will be a day/night doubleheader on Sunday e: https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/863325135557857280/photo/1 fast cars loose anus fucked around with this message at 11:36 on May 13, 2017 |
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Hopefully the Yankees lose twice on Jeter Day.
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# ? May 13, 2017 12:21 |
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I'm not sure who's hitting in the home run derby this year, but Anibal Sanchez should definitely be the pitcher. ...and catapulted into the sun shortly thereafter
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# ? May 13, 2017 12:52 |
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impressive outing for new cubs superstar Eddie Butler R.D. Mangles fucked around with this message at 14:10 on May 13, 2017 |
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what the christ ian happ up
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Abel Wingnut posted:what the christ ian happ up Aren't Bryant, Russell, Heyward and Jay all hurting? They need some short-term utility help. R.D. Mangles posted:impressive outing for new cubs superstar Eddie Butler
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# ? May 13, 2017 19:05 |
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He won't be in the lineup today, will he? Edit: apparently he's batting 2nd and playing rf
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Well Harper is a Nat for at least one more year. https://twitter.com/Holdenradio/status/863463085780193280
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