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Ammat The Ankh posted:
This seems surprisingly reasonable compared to the Royals BS year? Wasn't Omar Infante threatening to be an all star at some point?
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YeahTubaMike posted:I am personally offended at the lack of Michael Conforto on this list. Conforto isn't on the ballot
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IcePhoenix posted:Conforto isn't on the ballot I wrote him in, and Mets Twitter has (maybe?) also been writing him in. edit: to clarify, I'm not saying that I expected him to get in with write-ins, I'm just saying that I'm mad
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Ammat The Ankh posted:
I'm legit curious if any Astros are going to be a starter on the AL one tomorrow. Correa got off to such a slow start, Altuve took a step back, Springer isn't playing all that well, but having a good record is usually a nice little boost
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May 30, 2017 19:47
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Intruder posted:Your post was literally "There were a lot of tweets saying he had it coming so there must be something to him being a shithead" No, my post was literally 'There were a lot of tweets saying he had it coming, and a lot of it was from players and not just analysts like SAS likes to claim' but sure keep on swinging at that strawman misunderstanding someone isn't a big deal but being a smug douche while doing so is kinda off-putting
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May 30, 2017 19:48
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Ammat The Ankh posted:
Cubs fans should be embarrassed to even compare this effort to Royals ASG ballot stuffing
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bewbies posted:Cubs fans should be embarrassed to even compare this effort to Royals ASG ballot stuffing this is legitimately a disappointing effort
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May 30, 2017 19:50
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Bryce Harper is awesome and fun, Hunter Strickland is a dumbass, and idiots on social media, etc, need to stop posting stupid poo poo like this about Buster cause it makes me mad: https://twitter.com/BarstoolNate/status/869328301764079616
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May 30, 2017 19:51
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May 30, 2017 19:51
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Buster Posey is a god damned saint and a hero, and I haven't forgotten that time he pushed that rear end in a top hat who came onto the field that one time.
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May 30, 2017 19:52
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NiceGuy posted:No, my post was literally 'There were a lot of tweets saying he had it coming, and a lot of it was from players and not just analysts like SAS likes to claim' but sure keep on swinging at that strawman Oh, sorry, I'll change "dumb ESPN assholes" to "dumb ESPN and Twitter assholes", that better for you? (since I can't find any player who went on record as saying Bryce deserved it)
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May 30, 2017 19:57
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The Pussy Boss posted:Bryce Harper is awesome and fun, Hunter Strickland is a dumbass, and idiots on social media, etc, need to stop posting stupid poo poo like this about Buster cause it makes me mad: Barstool Sports though
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May 30, 2017 19:58
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May 30, 2017 19:59
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Lmao at how insecure you must be to watch a professional athlete show too much emotion and think "Ergh that guy's acting too Alpha Male for me, I wish he'd tone it down".
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May 30, 2017 19:59
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Tender Bender posted:Lmao at how insecure you must be to watch a professional athlete show too much emotion and think "Ergh that guy's acting too Alpha Male for me, I wish he'd tone it down". There are literally always criticisms that people can and will make depending on whether or not they like the player. He's too alpha male. He's too passive. He needs to act like a professional. Ugh, he wants to be paid his worth for playing a GAME?! Look how easily he's separated from the scrum, what a wuss. Ah, what a thug trying to fight. etc etc
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May 30, 2017 20:05
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New Concept Hole posted:So you think the Nats will kill Buster today or in the final game? I dont think they'll go after Posey. He didn't want anything to do with it. I really hope that both teams come to the realization that this was 100% Hunter Strickland being a gigantic baby and leave it at that. Also I think the Harper hate has a lot to do with just how young he is. He's 24 and is already a veteran in the majors. We've literally watched this guy grow up, from a teenager to now. He's still got some growing up to do. He's cocky, he's confident, he's got some wild hair. Who cares? He's loving 24 and one of the best players on the planet (also just got married and received a massive pay raise) so yeah if I was Harper I'd feel pretty loving confident in whatever it is he I'm doing as well.
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May 30, 2017 20:05
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Inspector_666 posted:EDIT: But actually people say the same poo poo about Harper, Papi, and Bautista yet everybody seems to accept it at face value about Bryce. The saying I used to hear about Bonds was "you can be good, you can be arrogant, you can be black, but you can't be more than two at the same time." As in, Bonds being that good and an rear end in a top hat about it would have been acceptable if he was white, but because he's black he upsets white fans on some subconscious level that makes them say, "wow, what a DICK." This may also explain why some fools could simultaneously hold the opinion that Harper was awesome and Puig was a dick.
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May 30, 2017 20:06
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Santheb posted:I dont think they'll go after Posey. He didn't want anything to do with it. I really hope that both teams come to the realization that this was 100% Hunter Strickland being a gigantic baby and leave it at that. The Giants should offer Strickland up as a sacrifice by putting him in to pinch hit
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New Concept Hole posted:So you think the Nats will kill Buster today or in the final game? If they kill anyone, it's probably Crawford. I'd like to think that Dusty can tell that this was dumb poo poo between two guys that wasn't condoned by the other team, but when he managed the Reds he had a guy throw around Buster's legs for an honest accidental HBP.
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May 30, 2017 20:09
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Intruder posted:The Giants should offer Strickland up as a sacrifice by putting him in to pinch hit This would be magical. "Here you go guys. We don't care much for him either."
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May 30, 2017 20:12
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Santheb posted:This would be magical. It'd never happen, but it'd be a good way to get a free base runner and also get the pitcher ejected.
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May 30, 2017 20:17
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Craptacular! posted:He's really super tryhard about being super-hyper-masculine that it sometimes borders on ridiculous, and it always amuses me. From the wild-rear end eyeblack, to the periodic outbursts on the field, to the time he broke a bat bashing it against a wall in a tunnel and a piece came back and hit his eye, to the ESPN body issue, to the time he was instigating arguments with a previous manager... Most of this stuff is small, some of it is not-so-small, and certainly not all of it is objectively bad, but all of it cumulatively is LOL. You're a dingus.
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May 30, 2017 20:20
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Intruder posted:There are literally always criticisms that people can and will make depending on whether or not they like the player. He's too alpha male. He's too passive. He needs to act like a professional. Ugh, he wants to be paid his worth for playing a GAME?! Look how easily he's separated from the scrum, what a wuss. Ah, what a thug trying to fight. etc etc Maybe my favorite example of this is when Arian Foster decided to go vegetarian for a while.
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May 30, 2017 20:24
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Good Dog posted:It'd never happen, but it'd be a good way to get a free base runner and also get the pitcher ejected. Makes me wish we still had Danny Espinosa and his bazooka arm.
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May 30, 2017 20:26
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Craptacular! posted:If they kill anyone, it's probably Crawford. I'd like to think that Dusty can tell that this was dumb poo poo between two guys that wasn't condoned by the other team, but when he managed the Reds he had a guy throw around Buster's legs for an honest accidental HBP. Dusty already gave his "We don't start trouble, but we certainly don't take trouble lying down" tough guy talk yesterday after the game. Hopefully if the Nats feel they have to bean somebody, it won't be the guy who's fresh off the concussion DL and spent the bulk of the brawl standing off to the side looking on disapprovingly.
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to interrupt this fun chat, john gibbons ate at my girlfriends restauraunt with his family last week and I can confirm a couple of pertinent details 1. good tipper 2. is 'an aunt jemima kinda guy'
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May 30, 2017 20:42
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Sydin posted:Dusty already gave his "We don't start trouble, but we certainly don't take trouble lying down" tough guy talk yesterday after the game. Hopefully if the Nats feel they have to bean somebody, it won't be the guy who's fresh off the concussion DL and spent the bulk of the brawl standing off to the side looking on disapprovingly. That's too nuanced to be unwritten
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If Posey gets hit there will be a large contingent of fans and players who look on and nod approvingly. They'll probably even demand his teammates turn their backs on him afterward because of how he stayed out of the brawl
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May 30, 2017 20:44
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:In the month of May, the Cubs have hit .141 with RISP and less than 2 outs. Wasn't Heyward's RBI double yesterday the first non-homer run they'd scored in like a week and a half? Timby fucked around with this message at 20:52 on May 30, 2017 |
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May 30, 2017 20:48
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Timby posted:Wasn't Heyward's RBI double yesterday the first non-homer run they'd scored in like a week and a half> Yeah they mentioned that on yesterday's broadcast. The Cubs lead the NL in walks, but despite this, they're still 10th in the NL in OPS. They're just flat-out not hitting and they're even worse with RISP.
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May 30, 2017 20:52
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Was yesterday the first AB between Strickland and Harper since the offending playoff game? It was. Talk about long-marinated beef. Kevlar v2.0 posted:Yeah they mentioned that on yesterday's broadcast. The Cubs lead the NL in walks, but despite this, they're still 10th in the NL in OPS. They're just flat-out not hitting and they're even worse with RISP. Quick, get Bill Mueller on the phone and beg him to come back.
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Timby posted:Wasn't Heyward's RBI double yesterday the first non-homer run they'd scored in like a week and a half> Yep, and then the Cubs immediately stranded a lead-off triple in the very next inning as if to drive the point home that Heyward's hit was an anomaly, not a turn around. New Concept Hole posted:That's too nuanced to be unwritten You're right of course, if anything Posey probably upgraded his standard butt tap beaning to a head beaning for being a bad teammate who didn't back up his pitcher.
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This isn't even the first time I've heard of someone holding a grudge for years over something like this-- I've heard broadcasters talk about players holding a grudge for years over something that happened in spring training. I guess to make it in the big leagues you have to have an obsession to keep you going from one game to the next.
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May 30, 2017 20:59
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i can't remember. did harper even embellish/showboat his hrs?
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Abel Wingnut posted:i can't remember. did harper even embellish/showboat his hrs? You don't understand, he wears too much eye black and hit something with a bat once. You can't do that kind of thing, it's just patently unacceptable. And as if that wasn't bad enough, he posed for Sports Illustrated!
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Abel Wingnut posted:i can't remember. did harper even embellish/showboat his hrs? a bit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USC-pqLqsgw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5DQvctE4m0 The second one was close to fair/foul though so it's hard to blame him for watching
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Abel Wingnut posted:i can't remember. did harper even embellish/showboat his hrs? If by embellish and showboat you mean "watched it to make sure it was a fair ball before going into his trot" or "celebrated in the dugout with his teammates without motioning to the mound a big playoff homerun" then yes he embellished and showboated
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Poque posted:a bit Oh man those were both so middle-middle, that's amazing.
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