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They put up with it because the prestige and accomplishment of making it through the October gauntlet is what they've all dedicated their lives to. Winning a ring is the one reward that can (at least some times) trump monetary compensation. It shouldn't have to, of course, but 
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Sydin posted:https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1356251278205181955 Gonna be a whole lotta angry  posts on baseball Twitter and I am here for it 
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bawfuls posted:They put up with it because the prestige and accomplishment of making it through the October gauntlet is what they've all dedicated their lives to. Winning a ring is the one reward that can (at least some times) trump monetary compensation. I'm being facetious because I think comparing a salaried pro baseball player playing an exra innings game to any normal hourly wage job "working double hours" is real loving stupid
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Dustin Pedroia officially retired. quote:Kelli and Dustin Pedroia and their cheeky two-year-old son, Dylan, live across the street from Fenway Park, and one reason why is clear from the view out their 13th-floor windows. Fenway in the quiet morn, before the sausages sizzle and the pilgrims parade in wearing the liturgical garments of Red Sox Nation, sits below them like an unopened Tiffany box, all neat, pristine corners and possibilities. The Pedroias can see the centerfield scoreboard and, through a crack in the asymmetrical grandstand, first base. They also can spy a large chain-link gate on wheels, which sometime in the middle of the day will be rolled open to Red Sox personnel for the symbolic start of the baseball business day.  Probably my third favorite player from this era of Red Sox history behind only Papi and Mookie. Laser Show forever.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Gonna be a whole lotta angry https://twitter.com/jasonmerims/status/1356266100183486469
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So after the whole Nolan Arenado fiasco, I have decided that the Rockies are officially Dead to Me till the Momforts sell, I am in the market for a new baseball team. Please sell me on yours. I like competitive teams with cool guys that make stuffy baseball writers mad. I am leaning Yankees because the 27 rings thing is so obnoxious it boomerangs all the way around to become endearing and Desus and Mero are awesome.
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Feb 1, 2021 20:26
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Hmm what's different about these two players.
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LionYeti posted:So after the whole Nolan Arenado fiasco, I have decided that the Rockies are officially Dead to Me till the Momforts sell, I am in the market for a new baseball team. Please sell me on yours. I like competitive teams with cool guys that make stuffy baseball writers mad. I am leaning Yankees because the 27 rings thing is so obnoxious it boomerangs all the way around to become endearing and Desus and Mero are awesome. Follow your heart, embrace the Toronto Blue Jays.
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LionYeti posted:So after the whole Nolan Arenado fiasco, I have decided that the Rockies are officially Dead to Me till the Momforts sell, I am in the market for a new baseball team. Please sell me on yours. I like competitive teams with cool guys that make stuffy baseball writers mad. I am leaning Yankees because the 27 rings thing is so obnoxious it boomerangs all the way around to become endearing and Desus and Mero are awesome. You can cheer for Dante Bichette's beautiful boy Bo Bichette as a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays. Dante even coached him up last year!
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Feb 1, 2021 20:38
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It is physically impossible for me to have fun watching baseball if the players are having fun.
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Feb 1, 2021 20:40
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Poque posted:It is physically impossible for me to have fun watching baseball if the players are having fun. Best part is if you go back and watch those old games guys are pimping every home run anyway lol
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Feb 1, 2021 20:42
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Dutchy posted:The thing I don't get about Manfred's poo poo is who it's supposed to win over.
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Feb 1, 2021 20:46
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Baseball always goes way over its timeslot.
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Gerblederp posted:Best part is if you go back and watch those old games guys are pimping every home run anyway lol "I don't believe what I just saw! Kirk Gibson with the audacity to pump his fist!"
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LionYeti posted:So after the whole Nolan Arenado fiasco, I have decided that the Rockies are officially Dead to Me till the Momforts sell, I am in the market for a new baseball team. Please sell me on yours. I like competitive teams with cool guys that make stuffy baseball writers mad. I am leaning Yankees because the 27 rings thing is so obnoxious it boomerangs all the way around to become endearing and Desus and Mero are awesome. 
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bawfuls posted:if you want to go full heel turn as a former Rockies fan, the choice is obvious.... I'm tempted but unfortunately my family had a really bad experience in Dodger Stadium wearing Rockies purple. Beyond good natured other team in the stadium ribbing.
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Feb 1, 2021 21:10
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Banning the shift would be amazing and I hope it happens
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Inspector_666 posted:Since he made it official, enjoy this ad featuring him that made me chuckle aloud. This one, which I've been referencing as a joke here for years and nobody ever picks up on it, is the original and is also great https://twitter.com/Cut4/status/1356290480556933125
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Feb 1, 2021 21:13
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I remember seeing Pedrioa in the on deck circle in Philadelphia his rookie and thinking he was way to small to ever be a good player That was dumb
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LionYeti posted:I'm tempted but unfortunately my family had a really bad experience in Dodger Stadium wearing Rockies purple. Beyond good natured other team in the stadium ribbing.
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LionYeti posted:I'm tempted but unfortunately my family had a really bad experience in Dodger Stadium wearing Rockies purple. Beyond good natured other team in the stadium ribbing. Be a Padres fan.
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There is good news on the internet, today: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/hello-there/ I hope he eventually does get to start a new podcast because I want to know what Hawk Trap Guy is up to.
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Feb 1, 2021 21:22
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the Mets acquired Jordan Yamamato from the Marlins no I don't know why
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Julio Cruz posted:the Mets acquired Jordan Yamamato from the Marlins The other main piece was loving Lewis Brinson who can't hit oh and Monte Harrison who also can't hit
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euphronius posted:Banning the shift would be amazing and I hope it happens This is dumb
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tadashi posted:There is good news on the internet, today: https://sports.yahoo.com/astros-executive-asked-scouts-cameras-123908118.html Yahoo posted:The Athletic reports that an Astros executive asked scouts to spy on opponents’ dugouts in August of 2017, suggesting in an email that they use cameras or binoculars to do so. I guess he was suggesting a different sign stealing scheme, so it's all good then and he is still someone we're happy is working in baseball?
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his argument is that he did definitely send that letter, but quote:Let’s back up a bit. First off, the email is real, no “fake news” argument here. I sent it, and completely forgot about it until it was released by the media. It was sent as part of a plan to do advance scouting, a plan that never came to fruition, as the organization decided to all but eliminate in-person pro scouting shortly thereafter. The plan proposed was one of using cameras to be able to better see signals coming from coaches on the bases and in the dugout. Theoretically, this was to be done by scouts in the stands at non-Astros games. Once those signals were later decoded (unlikely, but if they were), that information was to be passed on to A.J. Hinch and his staff, who would presumably use their naked eyes to pick up said signals during games. There was nothing concerning catcher signals (which scouts couldn’t see anyway), live relays or anything like that. It was just an idea, sent by someone new to the advance world who was a bit green in that area, and who didn’t think that trying to better pick up signals was even a problem. I later found out that, at the time, it was a gray area, which in and of itself is a bit embarrassing. Which can basically be summarized as "yeah, I tried to cheat, but in a completely different way and also didn't realize it was cheating at the time". Absolutely poo poo argument, but I guess I'm more willing to accept "cheater has to go write about baseball" than "cheater goes off to run another team.
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It is especially dogshit that he's been hired at Fangraphs, when Meg Rowley has had repeated and lengthy discussions on the podcast she co-hosts regarding the importance of diversity in baseball, not giving the same old white guys endless second chances, and the simple things organizations should do to avoid the appearance of impropriety. In that context Rowley looks extremely hypocritical right now.
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I honestly don't care about teams decoding poo poo after games or whatever. I assume everyone is doing that to pass along to players/managers for the next game.
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Speaking of The Show, I bought 20 last year, the first time I'd bought a sports video game since the 2K era on Dreamcast. Will last years version keep up with this years roster moves? I'm assuming no
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:I honestly don't care about teams decoding poo poo after games or whatever. I assume everyone is doing that to pass along to players/managers for the next game. He was a spreadsheet blog guy, got a baseball job, went "hey we should do this, can we do this" and they said "no we can't" and then it went nowhere. I don't really care.
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The thing with the Astros cheating scandal is that like everything seemed to clearly be saying "The Astros tried to cheat in a bunch of different ways and we found evidence of this one way and hey were 'punished' for that and now we're gonna pretend nothing else happened." Which like, fine. You can't punish people for "they probably cheated" anymore than those dumb Astro "everyone else is cheating too" defenses mattered. But also its no surprise to find out that yeah, they were throwing around a bunch of ideas.Nodoze posted:This is dumb "Ban the shift" feels to me not entirely unlike if a bunch of players wanted to ban offspeed pitches because they couldn't hit them.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:I honestly don't care about teams decoding poo poo after games or whatever. I assume everyone is doing that to pass along to players/managers for the next game. It just so happens that the only sign-stealing-with-cameras scheme on the Astros he was connected to was the bit mentioned in a leaked email? Maybe, but also that guy doesn't need a second chance in baseball. Elevate someone else who provides unique perspective. This is exactly the kind of argument Meg has made on EW many times in recent years, and here she is failing to heed her own plea.
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UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:Speaking of The Show, I bought 20 last year, the first time I'd bought a sports video game since the 2K era on Dreamcast. Will last years version keep up with this years roster moves? I'm assuming no You should be able to download either an official update or a fan mod from the online vault.
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bawfuls posted:It is especially dogshit that he's been hired at Fangraphs, when Meg Rowley has had repeated and lengthy discussions on the podcast she co-hosts regarding the importance of diversity in baseball, not giving the same old white guys endless second chances, and the simple things organizations should do to avoid the appearance of impropriety. Presumedly, they hired him to serve a role that no writer in Fangraphs' history could have served and for which only one woman in baseball and very few men who are not white qualify for (because MLB is poo poo at recruiting.) Goldstein didn't go to college and is adamantly pro-human and animal rights to the point of hating on Vick any chance he can get on Up and In. Among unique hires they could have made with this level of experience, he definitely doesn't fit the mold of a front office employee. They're not really taking away an opportunity from an up-and-comer here. It's a unique opportunity. If anything, it just means they might not be able to hire Sam Miller if they wanted to (but I suspect he'll end up at The Athletic, anyway). The good reason to hate Goldstein is for wearing socks with sandals but he's a cultural ally to marginalized groups. tadashi fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Feb 1, 2021 |
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bawfuls posted:It is especially dogshit that he's been hired at Fangraphs, when Meg Rowley has had repeated and lengthy discussions on the podcast she co-hosts regarding the importance of diversity in baseball, not giving the same old white guys endless second chances, and the simple things organizations should do to avoid the appearance of impropriety. Up and In was one of the finest sports podcasts of all time, so honestly I don't care if he murdered someone. His real mistake in that introductory post is feeling the need to address the matter at all. Whether he was into sign stealing or any other kind of cheating with the Astros doesn't really have anything to do with his credibility as a writer.
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Counterpoint: Not cheating, not trying More teams should cheat imo
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LionYeti posted:So after the whole Nolan Arenado fiasco, I have decided that the Rockies are officially Dead to Me till the Momforts sell, I am in the market for a new baseball team. Please sell me on yours. I like competitive teams with cool guys that make stuffy baseball writers mad. I am leaning Yankees because the 27 rings thing is so obnoxious it boomerangs all the way around to become endearing and Desus and Mero are awesome. I can't in all honesty recommend the Braves because of all the racist baggage but they are a competitive team with lots of cool young talent, some of which (Ronald Acuńa) regularly makes stuffy columnist types indignantly beshit themselves.
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