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| Shohei Ohtani |
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50 | 59.52% |
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RC and Moon Pie posted:All you need to remember about Jerry Meals: lmao I remember watching that yelling pirates girl game, hell heah
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I will see Jerry Meals in Hell some day.
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Dec 29, 2022 20:16
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zoux posted:I read a thing a while ago that said that it wasn't that umpires are bad at calling balls and strikes, it's that old umpires are bad at calling balls and strikes and younger ones are very good at it. (Pat Hoberg, for example, is 36) The article was agnostic on if it was a decline in ability or an adherence to unwritten rules in which certain pitches aren't "earned" to the satisfaction of the umpire. Old dudes never call crossups, young dudes don't care where the catcher set up, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nX_ZphDNQM&t=679s
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Dec 29, 2022 20:47
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You think the Ump union would rather have robo umps or an age limit
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Dec 29, 2022 20:49
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Poque posted:this is masochism entire chapter listing joe maddon's cars.
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Dec 29, 2022 22:26
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zoux posted:You think the Ump union would rather have robo umps or an age limit Why? Only big league umps are in the union aren't they?
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Dec 29, 2022 22:39
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The Athletic's Top Remaining Twins Targetsquote:Carlos Correa, SS Dire.
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Dec 29, 2022 22:55
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Sydin posted:Ted Barrett, Greg Gibson, Tom Hallion, Sam Holbrook, Jerry Meals, Jim Reynolds, Bill Welke, Marty Foster, Paul Nauert and Tim Timmons. I've heard of these guys but that's about it. I won't be sated until Hernandez, Bucknor, and Cuzzi are done, though. Paracaidas posted:The Athletic's Top Remaining Twins Targets We're so hosed. God drat.
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Dec 29, 2022 23:11
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i remember jerry meals because his name is literally "jerry meals"
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Dec 29, 2022 23:13
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is tom hallion the guy who yells and does a frank drebin act every time he punches a guy out?
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Dec 29, 2022 23:14
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Mike_V posted:is tom hallion the guy who yells and does a frank drebin act every time he punches a guy out? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqUtfb0SIjU
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Dec 29, 2022 23:17
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looks like we lost a good one tbh
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Dec 30, 2022 00:04
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zoux posted:Well I don't recognize any of those names so no one really bad quit. Still pales in comparison to the classic Dennis Eckersley “WOW” after the Manny Ramirez walk off
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Dec 30, 2022 00:39
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rickiep00h posted:I've heard of these guys but that's about it. I won't be sated until Hernandez, Bucknor, and Cuzzi are done, though. For like 3 years I kept score of every cubs game and my book has fields for the umpires, so I would write them in. I definitely *remember* basically all of those guys but just in the "yeah I've written Sam Holbrook's name a bunch of times" way
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Dec 30, 2022 01:23
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zoux posted:Well I don't recognize any of those names so no one really bad quit. Varsho barrelled up 102 and the ball still barely cleared the pen, that's why I'm not too upset about the Astros missing out on trading for him  (well that and the price it cost to get him)
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Dec 30, 2022 01:39
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Intruder posted:Varsho barrelled up 102 and the ball still barely cleared the pen, that's why I'm not too upset about the Astros missing out on trading for him The ball went 408 feet, that's a legit homerun off of a 102 MPH pitch. I fail to see how this is a knock against Varsho. Also, Alex Bregman making a living off of the Crawford Boxes.
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Dec 30, 2022 01:43
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I didn't want him because of name theory
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R.D. Mangles posted:i remember jerry meals because his name is literally "jerry meals" Can't believe he's not a 500 pound man
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Dec 30, 2022 05:25
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Popete posted:The ball went 408 feet, that's a legit homerun off of a 102 MPH pitch. I fail to see how this is a knock against Varsho. What Bregman is doing is pretty cleary working so rock on 
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Dec 30, 2022 05:27
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https://twitter.com/BleacherNation/status/1608596194456133633 So long Higgins, you really were not very good at all but hey congrats on getting a prolonged cup of coffee because the 2021 Cubs were a joke.
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Dec 30, 2022 05:35
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Sydin posted:https://twitter.com/BleacherNation/status/1608596194456133633 Higgins is the worst major league catcher i have ever seen at catching foul tips.
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Dec 30, 2022 05:37
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Ben Cherington is licking his chops seeing a warm body with which he can impede the ascents of Henry Davis & Endy Rodriguez
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Dec 30, 2022 05:43
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R.D. Mangles posted:i remember jerry meals because his name is literally "jerry meals" It's like how bastards from the north are named Snow and bastards from the riverlands are named Waters, bastard umpires are named Meals.
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Dec 30, 2022 06:28
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Someone on reddit did the legwork for us and the short version is that all of the umps that retired sucked rear end https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/zyfx70/of_the_10_umpires_that_are_retiring_this_year/ the slightly longer version: of the ten retiring, seven called balls and strikes at least five times. All were in the bottom third of the league in consistency and accuracy, five of them were in the bottom ten (of 92) in consistency, and six were in the bottom 15 of accuracy. Foster and Gibson were both bottom four in both (2/1 and 1/4, respectively)
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Dec 30, 2022 07:07
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IcePhoenix posted:Someone on reddit did the legwork for us and the short version is that all of the umps that retired sucked rear end Yes, on the whole. But have you considered Greg Gibson, the home plate umpire, is forever motioning to both players... and the Dodgers are still celebrating in their dugout? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHJKTGwMmbw
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Dec 30, 2022 12:14
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Does baseball have the oldest average officials? Less physically demanding than basketball, hockey, or football, probably. Ol Joe West certainly wasn't going to be running up and down a basketball court.
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Dec 30, 2022 14:07
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Does baseball have the oldest average officials? Less physically demanding than basketball, hockey, or football, probably. the tennis guys just sit in a chair all day
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Dec 30, 2022 14:43
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/emmabaccellieri/status/1608522755078770690 Good compilation. Verlander’s wow is great, but I gotta go with John Lackey screaming gently caress. Although I can’t remember if that was from a home run.
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Dec 30, 2022 16:42
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Dinosaurs! posted:Good compilation. Verlander’s wow is great, but I gotta go with John Lackey screaming gently caress. Although I can’t remember if that was from a home run. he's pretty much always screaming gently caress 
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Dec 30, 2022 16:48
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R.D. Mangles posted:he's pretty much always screaming gently caress May need to call upon that gif soon. I'm sorry to report we may have to block Matt Mervis in order to fix the offense. https://twitter.com/mlbtraderumors/status/1608853434073075715?s=20
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Dec 30, 2022 17:59
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sadly, hosmer's OPS is literally 90 points better than the cubs' cumulative 1b OPS in 2022 (.716 for Hosmer vs .626 for all cubs 1bs based on https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/team_compare.cgi?request=1&year=2022&lg=MLB&stat=OPS)
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Dec 30, 2022 18:07
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Hosmer would bring much needed Championship Experience to the Cubbies. On both sides of the infield now 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roU1BiO2r30 Mid-tier baseball youtuber makes the case for 2023 AL Cy Young Award Winner Cristian Javier. I'm a little more worried about regression, walk rate, and other negatives than he is but it also includes the best explanation of Javy's magic fastball I've seen yet. He's a really good kid who's done whatever the club asked of him with no complaints and I'd love to see him win a Cy and I don't think the ASG is unrealistic going into the season. But I do wonder how much of his success last year can be attributed to dudes just having never seen him before, since the potency of his 4-seamer is in its deception rather than velocity. The Phils were baffled by it but those were the only six innings they saw against him all year. And even with the Yankee stadium no-hitter* earlier in the year, I think nobody really thought about Javier before game four and I think everyone is thinking about him now.
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Dec 30, 2022 18:39
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GoatSeeGuy posted:May need to call upon that gif soon. I'm sorry to report we may have to block Matt Mervis in order to fix the offense. Hosmer could be had for the league minimum since SD's still on the hook for three more years of him (lmao) and he's a lefty. I think a good manager could reasonably use him to mentor and ease Mervis into the bigs. Ross is enamored with old players who can't hit for poo poo though so if the Cubs pick him up look forward to 500 AB's for Hosmer and like, maybe 60 for Mervis if he's lucky.
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Dec 30, 2022 19:24
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Sydin posted:Hosmer could be had for the league minimum since SD's still on the hook for three more years of him (lmao) and he's a lefty. I think a good manager could reasonably use him to mentor and ease Mervis into the bigs. Ross is enamored with old players who can't hit for poo poo though so if the Cubs pick him up look forward to 500 AB's for Hosmer and like, maybe 60 for Mervis if he's lucky. Hosmer as a platoon DH would work but he's a big baby so he's not taking a part-time job.
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Dec 30, 2022 19:34
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Has Correa died on the way back to his home planet or what?
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Dec 30, 2022 20:59
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rickiep00h posted:Has Correa died on the way back to his home planet or what? His home planet is asking to renegotiate their contract after his physical.
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Dec 30, 2022 21:07
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Considering it's two teams now the issue presumably has to be that they've found some kind of degenerative or similar issue with Correa's surgically reconstructed leg that is making people flinch at offering him significant years.
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Dec 30, 2022 21:21
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Sydin posted:Considering it's two teams now the issue presumably has to be that they've found some kind of degenerative or similar issue with Correa's surgically reconstructed leg that is making people flinch at offering him significant years. One possible explanation that came up on Effectively Wild is that there could have been warning signs of arthritis or something. Not based on anything, mind.
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If this all ends up with Correa coming home I'm here for it, bum ankle or no
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