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bawfuls posted:Koufax had a hosed up early career development because he was a "bonus baby." In that era, if a guy got a large enough signing bonus he had to be on the major league roster not stashed in the minors, so Koufax was forced to develop in the majors starting at 19. It took him until age 25 before he figured out how to not walk everyone. He literally never threw a single minor league pitch. Tell that to urias and your repeatedly dying pitching staff
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Inspector_666 posted:Isn't part of the point of DWTS that fan popularity can buoy a celeb who can't really dance so good? I've never watched it but it seems if it was just about technical dance ability that show would be boring as hell. Yeah probably, but it made me really cranky to see like 3 capable women get bumped in a row in favor of him. Especially when Simone Biles got bumped instead of him. Probably just my tendency to see racism in fan votes, but it left a bad taste in my mouth. None of that's David's fault (and he's why I initially tuned into the show) but I will probably never watch again.
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ZenVulgarity posted:Tell that to urias and your repeatedly dying pitching staff
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Intruder posted:I would have bought the poo poo out of a Pizza Rats hat If it had actually gotten picked, there is a tattoo artist I kind of know thought some friends who I would have bombarded the SI office about doing their logo. Imagine this with a rat:  Intruder posted:This belongs to the Astros you sonuva... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... 
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Joey Freshwater posted:Best minor league affiliate is Montgomery Biscuits. It's my favorite hat Hillsboro Hops, even though I hate IPAs. 
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https://twitter.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/867397784076402689 <<<<<<<< When the backup to the backup to the backup gets injured.
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Inspector_666 posted:hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... I'm talking about in the baseball sense. You're the guy who works at Monster cables who attempts to sue anyone else who uses the word Monster in their brand  Also the River Bandits have a top notch logo 
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Chexoid posted:https://twitter.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/867397784076402689 Jesus christ. Hamate too. That loving sucks 
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bawfuls posted:All time career WHIP leaderboard: And he's second career for his H/9 sandwiched between "I hate giving up hits" Nolan Ryan (1st) and Sandy Koufax (3rd). He's so good and I am mad I don't live on the west coast to watch more Clayton Kershaw and Mike Trout. Those guys rule at baseball.
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Chexoid posted:https://twitter.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/867397784076402689 Jesus Christ. When did that even happen?
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Jesus Christ. When did that even happen? If you trust the axe-handle bat makers, every time a pro swings the bat, he's at risk of breaking his hamate. cis autodrag posted:Yeah probably, but it made me really cranky to see like 3 capable women get bumped in a row in favor of him. Especially when Simone Biles got bumped instead of him. Probably just my tendency to see racism in fan votes, but it left a bad taste in my mouth. None of that's David's fault (and he's why I initially tuned into the show) but I will probably never watch again. For what ever it's worth, David Ross had by far the biggest built-in fanbase going into the show. I didn't even know Simone was on it until 2 weeks ago, but MLB/the Cubs been promoting David like he was still on the 25-man.
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Inspector_666 posted:For what ever it's worth, David Ross had by far the biggest built-in fanbase going into the show. I didn't even know Simone was on it until 2 weeks ago, but MLB/the Cubs been promoting David like he was still on the 25-man. Also, he is still employed by the organization, so it's not like he's fully independent of the Cubs these days or anything, either.
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May 24, 2017 17:43
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Meanwhile nobody knows who Mike Trout is.
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I don't have any wearable gear, but do have some merchandise from seeing a young Vlad Guerrero mash a baseball.
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Lester's feat last night of throwing a complete game while getting 10+ strikeouts and 0 walks in under 100 pitches was only the 6th time since 2000 that's occurred. The last time it happened was by James Shields in 2012.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Jesus Christ. When did that even happen? His last at-bat during last night's game - they just showed a clip during today's game of him probably busting it on the follow-through of a swing and then flexing his hand around in the field afterwards. loving sucks that they keep getting hurt 
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:Who is the best player to never win a World Series? Mike Trout Barry Bonds
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N: Michael Conforto leads all NL outfielders in wRC+. He isn't on the All-Star Game ballot. V: the ASG voting process is awful and needs to be updated ASAP.
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:Who is the best player to never win a World Series? Bonds, Junior, Ted Williams, Tony Gwynn, Ernie Banks, Ty Cobb
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Julio Cruz posted:N: Michael Conforto leads all NL outfielders in wRC+. He isn't on the All-Star Game ballot. The whole #WriteInConforto thing makes me wonder, how many write-ins have won a spot on an MLB All-Star roster?
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Julio Cruz posted:N: Michael Conforto leads all NL outfielders in wRC+. He isn't on the All-Star Game ballot. I hope you're ready for Kyle "80 wRC+" Schwarber, starting NL left fielder.  In looking up his stats, I saw that Schwarber's wRC+ in low-A ball was 397 
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:In looking up his stats, I saw that Schwarber's wRC+ in low-A ball was 397 He had 24 PA's lol
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Thom P. Tiers posted:He had 24 PA's lol 1.975 OPS tends to advance you to the next level pretty quickly.
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Thom P. Tiers posted:He had 24 PA's lol that's 20% more than he had in the world series, it must be significant
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:1.975 OPS tends to advance you to the next level pretty quickly. Seems to me they advanced him to MLB too quickly 
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:Who is the best player to never win a World Series? Like with most baseball facts, the answer is Barry Bonds.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:1.975 OPS tends to advance you to the next level pretty quickly. It was the last 5 games of the season. I'm gonna say they were going to move him up to AA the next year however well he hit.
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Mike Trout has a wRC of 217, the rest of the Angels combine for a wRC of 81. That difference of 136 is 5th all time, behind 02, 04, 01 Bonds and 57 Williams. Good poo poo Arte.
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Twins sweep Baltimore, gently caress all bird teams.  Too bad Milwaukee didn't get the memo.
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Comptroll The Forums posted:Now imagine this only its for Kyle Schwarber and it's 2037 
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Paul Zuvella posted:Like with most baseball facts, the answer is Barry Bonds. Yeah, since Bonds was the greatest player of all time and never won a series the answer is pretty academic
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