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Intruder posted:https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1360786752605216769 Yay
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 04:56 |
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# ? May 30, 2024 11:24 |
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I'm really happy about this Paxton move. Too bad we couldn't also get Felix.
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 05:13 |
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Why would the cubs not offer Lester anything abd watch him aign for $5 million in DC and then bring back a possibly worse arrieta at $6 million? Why get rid of Schwarb for 8 million then bring in joc who is almost exactly the same for 7 mill? Why get rid of almora then bring in another all glove no bat guy in marisnick? If they're going to tank, then why not let me watch the World Series guys who i love suck for a combined total of like 2 million more?
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 05:45 |
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Intruder posted:https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/1360786752605216769 Feel-good signing of the season until Jerry trades him at the deadline
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 05:50 |
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R.D. Mangles posted:Why would the cubs not offer Lester anything abd watch him aign for $5 million in DC and then bring back a possibly worse arrieta at $6 million? Why get rid of Schwarb for 8 million then bring in joc who is almost exactly the same for 7 mill? Why get rid of almora then bring in another all glove no bat guy in marisnick? If they're going to tank, then why not let me watch the World Series guys who i love suck for a combined total of like 2 million more? Too lazy to go hunt down all the tweets but from comments Hoyer and Crane Kelly made it sounds like they very recently got a bump to the team budget because of more favorable COVID projections, which let them go out and pick up Joc and Jake.
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 05:52 |
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The Pussy Boss posted:Feel-good signing of the season until Jerry trades him at the deadline I hear the Yankees are short on starting pitching
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Sydin posted:Too lazy to go hunt down all the tweets but from comments Hoyer and Crane Kelly made it sounds like they very recently got a bump to the team budget because of more favorable COVID projections, which let them go out and pick up Joc and Jake. Tom realized he didn't have to bank roll Trumps impeachment defense anymore?
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 06:41 |
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Popete posted:Tom realized he didn't have to bank roll Trumps impeachment defense anymore? Trump 2024 fund has plenty of cash now apparently.
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 09:35 |
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Mustached Demon posted:Trump 2024 fund has plenty of cash now apparently. His campaign raised more than $200 million in the first 30 days after the election, yes.
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 13:53 |
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So JP Arencibia and Tomi Lahren are apparently "a thing."
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 16:29 |
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Hand Knit posted:So JP Arencibia and Tomi Lahren are apparently "a thing."
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 17:16 |
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Can’t believe a gusano has a right wing gf wow
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 17:32 |
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So is MLB Opening Day confirmed or is that still being negotiated?
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 17:56 |
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Extremely owns that Paxton is back and hopefully is almost all of 2020 off did wonders for his body to recover. I think he would do a lot better in a 6 man rotation. Right now Mariners have: Gonzalez Kikuchi Sheffield Flexen Paxton Dunn / Margevicius That's... okay. But I know Logan Gilbert is probably coming up, with George Kirby and Emerson Hancock not far behind.
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 18:00 |
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https://twitter.com/aaronfitt/status/1360995363541446658?s=20 Gearing up for what will probably be the weirdest season in college baseball history, between the covid cancellations and the lingering effects from last season—very short draft, fifth-year eligibility, etc.—which mean that a lot of players who would have signed pro contracts last year will be on college rosters instead.
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 18:50 |
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elentar posted:https://twitter.com/aaronfitt/status/1360995363541446658?s=20
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 19:01 |
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:So is MLB Opening Day confirmed or is that still being negotiated? All 30 teams are scheduled to have games on April 1. But God only knows if that'll actually happen; pitchers and catchers start reporting over the next few days, so get ready for a wave of positive COVID tests.
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 19:15 |
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The Mariners were trying to get me to buy season tickets yesterday. Everything is going to race to the dumbest possible outcomes.
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 21:24 |
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Shiroc posted:The Mariners were trying to get me to buy season tickets yesterday. Everything is going to race to the dumbest possible outcomes. I'd be super surprised if Inslee let's games with crowds happen in April
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 22:01 |
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elentar posted:https://twitter.com/aaronfitt/status/1360995363541446658?s=20 If covid takes TWO likely Omaha-bound gator teams
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# ? Feb 14, 2021 22:53 |
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Hand Knit posted:So JP Arencibia and Tomi Lahren are apparently "a thing." Weird that he didn't strikeout against a righty
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 00:27 |
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Just because I really like Foolish Baseball (and fantasy-booking a whole league), I want to bring this back up. His ideas:
-Pitch clocks are dumb and time between pitches isn't the problem. -It is too radical to change the mound distance -The shift is good. Learn2hit scrub -12-team playoff bad. Win your division, scrub. I could see a case for adding 2 teams and splitting AL/NL play again, and creating 4 divisions in each league, so you only have 3 other teams you're playing against for a playoff spot, but this would necessitate the elimination of the (very dumb) WC slot and (dumber) WC play-in game. --- -I'd do away with the salary cap, but peg the salary floor at 1/3 the average salary of the 5 highest payrolls, and also have it set to never lower (so there's no collusion incentive). -BONUS: If you finish last in your division 4 years in a row, it triggers an automatic sale of your team. --- -Quadruple RBI's budget and incentivize tons more youth play -Instead of free tickets, make it like it was in the '20s: tickets after the 2nd inning are 50¢ if you bring a child under 12. Get kids to the ballpark any way you can Shrecknet fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Feb 15, 2021 |
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shirts and skins posted:Having trouble imagining this guy in a Mariners uniform, just doesn't seem to track This happened no more than like 200 feet from where I was sitting it was crazy lol. Best we could tell the bird just got incredibly confused from all the noise and just found the closest/tallest person to land on since it couldn't find its trainer
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 00:36 |
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Shrecknet posted:Just because I really like Foolish Baseball (and fantasy-booking a whole league), I want to bring this back up. Those are about where my quibbles are too!
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 01:28 |
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Shrecknet posted:Just because I really like Foolish Baseball (and fantasy-booking a whole league), I want to bring this back up. His ideas: I'd do the pitch clock but otherwise I'm just about where you are. Also incentivize free and deeply discounted tickets to get asses in seats. And no blackouts. Ever.
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 01:43 |
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Shrecknet posted:-Pitch clocks are dumb and time between pitches isn't the problem. -longer commercial breaks (never getting rid of this under capitalism) -time between pitches Time between pitches is also what makes a game *feel* sluggish and slow. They should work on reducing it, but they could do so without an explicit pitch clock. NPB has incentives for this on the hitting and pitching side, where teams and players get fined/rewarded for being habitually above/below the benchmark.
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 01:55 |
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bawfuls posted:Research shows there are essentially two reasons why games are longer now than 50 years ago: Just go back to rules-as-written: batters can request time to step out at go on a Nomar-level fiddle with their gear, but umps are under no compunction to grant it.
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 02:27 |
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Shrecknet posted:Just go back to rules-as-written: batters can request time to step out at go on a Nomar-level fiddle with their gear, but umps are under no compunction to grant it. This is the thing. A pitch clock isn't needed, the problem is hitters who take time to adjust their gloves, tap dust off the cleats, adjust their grip and scratch their nuts after every goddamn pitch. It's already in the Official Rules that a batter needs permission to step out of the box, the umpires just refuse to actually enforce it.
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 02:57 |
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I don't like the pitch clock, but I feel like it's inevitable. Salary cap no thanks, never not once. Banning the shift is dumb, there is a clear and obvious way to beat it. Service time manipulation needs to go, no more gaming the system by calling someone up at a certain date to get an extra year. Not a fan of moving the mount either back or up/down
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 02:57 |
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Its Rinaldo posted:I'd be super surprised if Inslee let's games with crowds happen in April With restaurants and bars are already open, I see no way that the sports teams don't push some dumbass 'we'll be at limited capacity, social distancing etc etc' thing and he caves on that too.
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 03:07 |
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If you thought Joe West's completely arbitrary calling of balks are bad, wait til you see how sassy he would get allowing only certain batters to step out.
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 03:07 |
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Shrecknet posted:-Pitch clocks are dumb and time between pitches isn't the problem. LOL.
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 03:12 |
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Was Arencibia the guy who supposedly said "Trade me, human being" to the Jays GM?
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 03:23 |
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Timby posted:This is the thing. A pitch clock isn't needed, the problem is hitters who take time to adjust their gloves, tap dust off the cleats, adjust their grip and scratch their nuts after every goddamn pitch. It's already in the Official Rules that a batter needs permission to step out of the box, the umpires just refuse to actually enforce it.
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 03:30 |
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Do you people watch baseball? When batters step in, pitchers hold the ball for 10+ seconds on a regular basis... then the batter steps out and they repeat.
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 03:35 |
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Was Arencibia the guy who supposedly said "Trade me, human being" to the Jays GM? I don’t remember anything like this story at all.
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 03:53 |
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Was Arencibia the guy who supposedly said "Trade me, human being" to the Jays GM? Not sure, but I think he was the guy whose Instagram followed accounts were a long list of JUICY ASSES and BIG BUTTS DAILY and the like.
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 03:54 |
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Keone Kela to Padres apparently, god drat Best free agent pitcher signing a California team has made all winter
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 04:48 |
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Shrecknet posted:Just go back to rules-as-written: batters can request time to step out at go on a Nomar-level fiddle with their gear, but umps are under no compunction to grant it. Relying on the umpires to always enforce it is a fool’s errand imo. bawfuls fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Feb 15, 2021 |
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ProperCoochie posted:Not sure, but I think he was the guy whose Instagram followed accounts were a long list of JUICY ASSES and BIG BUTTS DAILY and the like. Think that was probably Brett Lawrie
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# ? Feb 15, 2021 05:12 |