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live with fruit posted:So the only source is a guy who openly hates Kapler? I like Francona, but he's usually better at Twitter than this. Granted, he's not a journalist, but still.
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Nov 22, 2022 02:06
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I recall that Kapler was the only registered Democrat on one of those chuddy Red Sox championship teams in the 00's so that seems a little suspect.
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Nov 22, 2022 02:50
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https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/1594868828525441024 Honestly the Giants getting Judge would be pretty loving cool. Get it done, Zaidi.
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Nov 22, 2022 03:55
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Get it done, Giants
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Nov 22, 2022 04:57
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He's taking his time and meeting with teams. Smart move and yes, sign him Giants. Perfect fit.
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Nov 22, 2022 05:17
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https://twitter.com/d_maydabeast/status/1594788750407639063 the replies are pure distilled baseball fans be normal about something challenge level impossible
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Nov 22, 2022 06:06
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Are people mad that he hunts? Cause there's a lot of players that hunt and it's deer season.
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Nov 22, 2022 06:07
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Popete posted:Are people mad that he hunts? Cause there's a lot of players that hunt and it's deer season. As long as they don't go all Clint Barmes with it or kill an endangered species, I guess they could do worse
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Nov 22, 2022 06:13
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Popete posted:Are people mad that he hunts? Cause there's a lot of players that hunt and it's deer season. Upset that he hunts and/or that he took a picture with the buck and/or that he's in Texas
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Nov 22, 2022 06:15
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If you're not walking through a frozen slough with an underpowered shotgun while your alcoholic father stands outside, high and dry, with one bad eye and a high-powered rifle, waiting for your tiny, drenched and tired body flushing out a white-tail, you're not really hunting. Look at that fuckin gun. You could hit a bird in another county with that thing.
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Nov 22, 2022 06:30
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use a bow coward
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Nov 22, 2022 06:39
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It's a deer, he's doing a huge service to nature since we killed off all the good predators in the US.
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Nov 22, 2022 07:22
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Legal licensed hunting with appropriate tags is fine. Using gigantic scoped sniper rifles and then posing with it is silly as hell though. Congratulations, you hit a shot on a likely stationary and completely unaware target with a literal point-and-shoot weapon.
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Nov 22, 2022 07:58
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Lmao look at that loving gun, big congrats guy.
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Nov 22, 2022 08:09
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I mean, yeah, good. Use a highly accurate effective weapon that gets the kill done quickly and efficiently with minimal chance of leaving the deer wounded  posting that sort of pic is the only thing weird there but it’s really just weird on a personal to me level. It’s pretty normal for hunting.
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Nov 22, 2022 09:23
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Is the Athletic worth it for the Cardinals and to a lesser extent the Rays? I got an offer for $1 a month for a year and that’s tempting even though I hate subscriptions.
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Nov 22, 2022 09:25
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For that price yes it's definitely worth it, there's plenty of good stuff to read. Make sure to cancel before it autorenews, you'll be offered a good deal. When I cancelled I was offered a year at $1.66 a month to stick around
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Nov 22, 2022 09:36
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Intruder posted:For that price yes it's definitely worth it, there's plenty of good stuff to read. Make sure to cancel before it autorenews, you'll be offered a good deal. When I cancelled I was offered a year at $1.66 a month to stick around Not sure how long ago you did this but FYI The Athletic sold itself to the NYT early this year because they weren't turning a profit prior, so they may no longer be as desperate to retain subscribers.
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Nov 22, 2022 09:57
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Kilometers Davis posted:posting that sort of pic is the only thing weird there but it’s really just weird on a personal to me level. No, you got it.
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Nov 22, 2022 11:11
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Oh no I can't believe someone would post a photo of their favorite hobby on social media!!! Good buck, cool gun, fun hat, haters vacate Kilometers Davis posted:Is the Athletic worth it for the Cardinals and to a lesser extent the Rays? I got an offer for $1 a month for a year and that’s tempting even though I hate subscriptions. If you like sports at all then the Athletic is a good buy imo
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Nov 22, 2022 14:37
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maybe it's his first time hunting and he didn't want to gently caress it up by missing the shot and wounding the deer instead of killing it?
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Nov 22, 2022 16:11
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No Safe Word posted:Legal licensed hunting with appropriate tags is fine. Using gigantic scoped sniper rifles and then posing with it is silly as hell though. Congratulations, you hit a shot on a likely stationary and completely unaware target with a literal point-and-shoot weapon. https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/american-sportsman-today/2860982
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Nov 22, 2022 16:33
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Dombrowski just got paid https://twitter.com/phillies/status/1595077263124480006?s=46&t=2J5IKQ85-9TiBunF-_TA-g
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Nov 22, 2022 16:34
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Sydin posted:Not sure how long ago you did this but FYI The Athletic sold itself to the NYT early this year because they weren't turning a profit prior, so they may no longer be as desperate to retain subscribers. This was a few weeks ago so definitely still doing it as of earlier this month
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Nov 22, 2022 17:14
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https://twitter.com/byalexcoffey/status/1594861310155657216 Why doesn't his beard connect? We should fix that.
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Nov 22, 2022 17:57
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FlamingLiberal posted:I feel like I’ve been hearing the ‘people are impressed with Jasson Dominguez’s skills’ while he’s putting up pretty pedestrian numbers in A ball for years now His OPS was 7th in the league in High A before being called up to AA at the very end of the season despite being nearly 4 years younger than the average player at that level. He has a long way to go before hitting the majors, but his numbers were anything but pedestrian this season. His struggles in the AZFL were probably because he ramped up from 0 games in 2020 to 57 last year to 120 games in 2022. It is actually more surprising that a lot of publications took him off their top 100 prospects lists just because he didn't immediately live up to the hype prior to signing - Baseball America for example removed him despite (at the time) having the 3rd best OPS in the FSL as its youngest player. Keith Law gave a pretty good writeup on him at the end of the season. quote:When the Yankees gave Jasson Dominguez $5 million back in 2019, when he was a 16-year-old free agent in the Dominican Republic, the hype was well ahead of the player – it would have been difficult for anyone that young to live up to the lofty praise and expectations laid on his shoulders. Then the pandemic hit, delaying his pro debut until 2021, and the Yankees chose (sensibly) to start him in extended spring training, so he didn’t appear in an official game until that June and had a solid but unspectacular showing over the rest of the summer, mostly in Low A, where he was among the youngest players at 18. After a rough April this year, however, he’s taken off and has improved so much as the season has progressed that the Yankees challenged him with a final-week promotion to Double-A Somerset, where he debuted on Tuesday night.
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Nov 22, 2022 18:04
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Huh, Rob Thomson was initially set to retire after 2022. The he got the interim gig and yeah
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Nov 22, 2022 19:20
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:Huh, Rob Thomson was initially set to retire after 2022. The he got the interim gig and yeah Totally get why Middleton would tap him for interim manager - no expectations, no hurt feelings. Except...
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Nov 22, 2022 19:56
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Salvor_Hardin posted:I recall that Kapler was the only registered Democrat on one of those chuddy Red Sox championship teams in the 00's so that seems a little suspect. The dude he brought in used to be much more of a weird hippy than the recent posts indicate, which may make it less confusing on that front.
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Nov 22, 2022 20:25
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Love the prospects posts. Post more please. Luis Matos, who is a top-5 in the Giants system, won Defensive Player of the Year in the AFL. Scouts love his hit tool but KLaw wasn't impressed: https://theathletic.com/3703139/2022/10/18/mlb-prospects-arizona-fall-league/ quote:I was looking forward to seeing more of Giants outfielder Luis Matos, who had a very rough year in High A at age 20, hitting .211/.275/.344 for Eugene, although in the end, I think I saw what he was all year. Matos is a hell of a center fielder, with speed and good jumps, but he’s so undersized that he isn’t able to do much at the plate right now, drawing some walks while I saw him but otherwise striking out or making weak contact. He could still be playing CF in San Francisco by next fall, or more realistically 2024.
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Nov 22, 2022 21:33
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Minor league gold gloves were announced today: https://www.mlb.com/news/2022-minor-league-gold-glove-award-winners https://twitter.com/PavlovicNBCS/status/1595122178478854144 Giants have the next Nolan Arenado coming, you heard it here first 
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Nov 22, 2022 22:18
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Red posted:Totally get why Middleton would tap him for interim manager - no expectations, no hurt feelings. Rob Thomson seems like a hell of a manger. Even in the World Series there was...nothing there that I could identify as being clearly his fault. He did a great job managing that team. It's astounding he didn't get a chance until now.
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Well, Alvarado was pretty cooked and Wheeler was dealing.... Not to take anything away from the man, I remember a bunch of commentary about "Firing Joe Girardi Won't Fix What Ails the Phillies" and I guess it loving did. I'm very much "a manager adds or subtracts 5-10 wins on the margin every year" guy but man, what was Girardi doing
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Nov 22, 2022 22:41
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Eh that's kind of revisionist history. There were people here calling for him to pull Wheeler immediately in that situation. Whether it should have been Alvarado or not...
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Nov 22, 2022 22:42
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Of course a coupla days earlier I was about to have a heart attack because Dusty was letting JV get through the fifth when he had absolutely nothing working.
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Nov 22, 2022 22:44
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Kirios posted:Rob Thomson seems like a hell of a manger. Even in the World Series there was...nothing there that I could identify as being clearly his fault. He did a great job managing that team. There were definitely things he did that I or other fans didn't agree with, but it almost always worked out for him. I guess it turned out he knew those players/situations better than us fans.  With the previous job openings, it's possible he just doesn't interview well, or perhaps he just looked like a career assistant coach. It may also just be that he only ever interviewed for jobs like the Yankees, where he was up against what the owners thought were superior candidates. The link below says he interviewed with Toronto, who went with John Farrell, so... I dunno. I get the sense that he's really good about communicating individually with players on expectations and roles. In post-game interviews, he's on each detail, and able to explain his rationale, and is able to quote his players regarding specific roles/events/etc. I think he also benefits from having been an assistant coach, and having already developed a supporting relationship with the players. Link: https://www.nj.com/yankees/2017/11/yankees_rob_thomson.html quote:The No. 1 reason Girardi isn't returning as Yankees manager is because Cashman thought his ability to connect to players had deteriorated.
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Nov 22, 2022 23:00
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Kilometers Davis posted:Is the Athletic worth it for the Cardinals and to a lesser extent the Rays? I got an offer for $1 a month for a year and that’s tempting even though I hate subscriptions. Yeah, and you get the added bonus of weirdos in the comments of Cards articles praising the beat writer (Katie Woo) every time. Very strange
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Nov 22, 2022 23:17
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The Astros beat guy quit in May and they just never replaced him. I don't follow them for their baseball coverage. e: I'm not saying there's any kind of shenanigans, it's just weird because the Athletic isn't a fun sports journo start up anymore, it's run by the NYT zoux fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Nov 22, 2022 |
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Super Mega Baseball 3 is currently on deep discount for the Steam sale. I just picked it up myself not having played since the first game. It's a fun arcade baseball game that also allows for multiplayer leagues with team/roster management. https://store.steampowered.com/app/988910/Super_Mega_Baseball_3/ Anyone interested in doing a Goon franchise league? I could put together a thread if there is enough interest. Not sure how the format would work just yet as I need to dive into the game a bit more myself.
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