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Thom P. Tiers posted:Also, STL is doing a pride night this year, the team announced. Of course, there is controversy and horrible things being said about this. Announced it this year, I thought the actual game was tentatively scheduled for next year. Inspector_666 posted:The best reaction to Pride Night is the very angry "WHEN IS CHRISTIAN DAY?!" People from that area get super defensive about people who don't agree with their religion. When I was detasseling corn the idea that fossils were more than 6,000 years old was offensive heresy. Don't even get me started how well my sister's marriage to a Muslim of Pakistani descent went over... That being said, I still love my offensive, terrible baseball team.
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Pancakes posted:People from that area get super defensive about people who don't agree with their religion. When I was detasseling corn the idea that fossils were more than 6,000 years old was offensive heresy. Don't even get me started how well my sister's marriage to a Muslim of Pakistani descent went over... poo poo, that's nothing. I used to live in eastern Iowa. There are still several cross burnings a year in the north end of the city where I lived, after a guy was stabbed a former city council member said "That boy's family can thank the former mayor for inviting those people from Chicago," and a group calling themselves "The Concerned and Proud" or something like that picketed the construction site of the city's first mosque a few years ago. The night after the mosque opened? You guessed it, two dozen crosses in the front, burning. Basically, if you weren't a fourth-generation German or Irish Catholic in that city, you weren't poo poo.
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Inspector_666 posted:I mean, it's Miller so maybe it wasn't? Andrew Miller should be a starting pitcher but the Detroit Tigers are so loving terrible at developing talent that he had to drift around the league for half a decade to be fixed.
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Rand alPaul posted:Andrew Miller should be a starting pitcher but the Detroit Tigers are so loving terrible at developing talent that he had to drift around the league for half a decade to be fixed. Is there a reason why he hasn't been converted back to a starter? Just too late in his career?
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 00:00 |
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He may not want to.
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Niwrad posted:Is there a reason why he hasn't been converted back to a starter? Just too late in his career? If it ain't broke... Also he still has bouts of wildness, it's not like the reason he was converted isn't still present.
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Niwrad posted:Is there a reason why he hasn't been converted back to a starter? Just too late in his career? He's good enough out of the pen that there's zero advantage to trying to convert him back into a starter. e. Also between his age and the inevitable downtick in velocity that comes from starting it would almost certainly hamper his pitches. There's a world of difference between a mid-90's FB and a low-90's slider vs a low-90's FB and a mid-80's slider. Just ask Arrieta/Lackey/Lester to a lesser extent.
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 00:12 |
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N: Baltimore is now tied with Toronto in the AL East basement at 32-33. V:
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 00:56 |
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Niwrad posted:Is there a reason why he hasn't been converted back to a starter? Just too late in his career? afaik he just throws a fastball and slider, usually only featuring two pitches -> relief pitcher
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Salvor_Hardin posted:Load Bearingcross Not getting enough love
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 02:27 |
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Braves rookie Sean Newcomb is pitching again tomorrow. His last outing was stellar (that completely fell apart once the bullpen came in). Looking forward to seeing him pitch again.
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shadok posted:N: Baltimore is now tied with Toronto in the AL East basement at 32-33. It turns out that missing the best closer in baseball *and* relying on a shaky at best rotation means you get blown out all the time! At least we tanked pretty early, it's important to crush hopes before they lead to poo poo like last year's Wild Card game.
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 02:37 |
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Artix posted:It turns out that missing the best closer in baseball Wait, what?
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 02:47 |
Every night of STL baseball is Christian night
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 02:55 |
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The most disappointing part about the St. Louis Christian night is that Lance Berkman is doing something for the Cardinals post-hacking.
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 03:20 |
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Heh https://twitter.com/keithlaw/status/875518150619656192
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 03:22 |
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it won't count until he wins a ring.
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https://twitter.com/HigginsFOS/status/875518396116353024
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 03:29 |
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Cardinals bullpen: remains terrible
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 04:22 |
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https://twitter.com/keithlaw/status/875554404870574080 And only the second best prospect on that team. Who's the last player to hit .400 in the minors over not like 25 games? Edit: Its gonna be cool when the Jays infield is Guerrero/Bichette/Biggio/Some Guy (lets say Delgado has a kid) and we can all wear 30 year old jerseys to the game. Darude - Adam Sandstorm fucked around with this message at 04:30 on Jun 16, 2017 |
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Can he play LF? Can he play LF tomorrow?
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Mike_V posted:Cardinals bullpen: remains terrible We appreciate your efforts to be worse than our bullpen, as well as the three wins
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Edit: Its gonna be cool when the Jays infield is Guerrero/Bichette/Biggio/Some Guy (lets say Delgado has a kid) and we can all wear 30 year old jerseys to the game. Kacy Clemens
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 04:31 |
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gently caress YA Can't wait to bring my dad to the ballpark and he'll thing he has dementia.
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 04:33 |
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Also drafted Roger Clemens kid this year
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shadok posted:Can he play LF? But Steve Pearce comes back tomorrow !
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 04:36 |
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Lol this kid went to my high school.
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 04:49 |
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You should feel honoured.
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 04:51 |
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I'm pretty on the fence about it
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 05:10 |
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Eduardo Nunez injured himself running out an infield single. Then two batters later Buster Posey injured himself hitting a home run. gently caress this stupid season.
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Ammat The Ankh posted:Eduardo Nunez injured himself running out an infield single. Then two batters later Buster Posey injured himself hitting a home run. gently caress this stupid season. All that even year bullshit karma is finally being cashed in, methinks.
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 05:22 |
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iospace posted:All that even year bullshit karma is finally being cashed in, methinks. That's every odd year though. We didn't even win the World Series last year!
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Ammat The Ankh posted:That's every odd year though. We didn't even win the World Series last year! Doesn't matter, this is an odd year
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 05:31 |
West coast trip has been brutal for the Yankees. Not just because they're losing to bad teams, but the injuries. Sanchez and Hicks each pulled from the game tonight with injuries.
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Ammat The Ankh posted:That's every odd year though. We didn't even win the World Series last year!
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Rand alPaul posted:Andrew Miller should be a starting pitcher but the Detroit Tigers are so loving terrible at developing talent that he had to drift around the league for half a decade to be fixed. I'ts even more depressing when you look back and know the biggest thing the Tigers missed during their run was a dominant closer.
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# ? Jun 16, 2017 07:37 |
I hope Girardi is fired (he won't be). His managing of a bullpen is atrocious. Warren, Shreve and Holder all in the bullpen and he chooses to go with the guy with a 7.0 ERA (and has also looked terrible all year) to close the game. Edit: Apparently Warren has been having issues with his trapezius muscle, so he has been unavailable. My point still stands because Gallegos is not a good pitcher. ihatepants fucked around with this message at 08:06 on Jun 16, 2017 |
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chilihead posted:I'ts even more depressing when you look back and know the biggest thing the Tigers missed during their run was a dominant closer. Their inability to produce even a league average bullpen in one of their playoff runs was their undoing. I mean it's something teams do all the time, yet there has been a decade of bad bullpens in Detroit. It's baffling.
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Ghost of Joel Zumaya.
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