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oh my god the expression on that guy's face and then saying "my bad" https://twitter.com/MorganBagg/status/1699944175192416695?s=20 R.D. Mangles fucked around with this message at 05:32 on Sep 8, 2023 |
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rickiep00h posted:I think this should be mandatory reading for anyone who gives even a small poo poo about how the game is and has been run. For ending literally 30 years ago, it's still remarkably relevant, because rich people will always be stupid and petty. A great companion book to The Lords of the Realm is The Game, by Jon Pessah. It picks up during the 1994 strike (which is where Lords of the Realm leaves off, with the strike being called) and then chronicles the next 20 years of labor-management relations in MLB. Other recommendations are A Pitcher's Story, a biography of David Cone by the late, great Roger Angell, and Together We Were Eleven-Foot-Nine, Jim Palmer's memoir about his time with Earl Weaver and the Orioles. Jim Palmer posted:His language goes from colorful to off-color to only words that rhyme with duck. Timby fucked around with this message at 07:34 on Sep 8, 2023 |
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rickiep00h posted:I think this should be mandatory reading for anyone who gives even a small poo poo about how the game is and has been run. For ending literally 30 years ago, it's still remarkably relevant, because rich people will always be stupid and petty. To tie in with all three of those Veeck’s hidden gem of a book is The Hustlers Handbook. It gets into how you promote a minor league team, the various tax/financial tricks he used to buy teams (and how he ended up losing them) but also other behind the scenes stuff like files his dad found from the White Sox front office about not just the black Sox, how the Dodgers moving to to LA was actually a real estate deal, and a lots of making GBS threads on commissioners and his fellow owners.
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IcePhoenix posted:The Raptors won a title in 2019 Ah, okay. So just your recent championship for the city rule kicking in, got it. Just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed some sort of egregious Toronto / Minneapolis moment on the field or something. 
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R.D. Mangles posted:get his rear end, tony Players on the IL are specifically prohibited from taunting players and umps in the MLB rules. They also can't go onto the field for a bench clearing brawl.
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CCKeane posted:Players on the IL are specifically prohibited from taunting players and umps in the MLB rules. They also can't go onto the field for a bench clearing brawl. I think players on the IL should be encouraged to talk trash, especially in Rizzos case. Keep his mind strong.
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Dinosaurs! posted:I hope the Nats suggested the idea to Strasburg and he’d already been considering it himself given all the rehab struggles. It’d be so lovely if they’re strong-arming him into retirement, especially while the team is so dire these days and the fanbase on life support.
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Angels legend Luis Rengifo was pulled from last night's game with an unknown injury. He was the sole Angels regular position player to not miss considerable time this year. 
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Bought some tickets for Wednesday's mariners/angels matinee. Got them in fair territory too so maybe I'll get a dinger.
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Robert Coover’s Universal Baseball Association book is a really interesting novel.
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R.D. Mangles posted:anyone here going to read the forthcoming Posnanski book? Eventually, the Baseball 100 was a good read.
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Twin Cinema posted:Robert Coover’s Universal Baseball Association book is a really interesting novel. I keep meaning to read that. Putting it in my library queue. I'm also on the list for a book called The Tao of the Backup Catcher which is mostly about journeyman catcher Erik Kratz hopefully that will be interesting.
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Fast Luck posted:I;m pretty sure Strasberg is on board to retire. He already got a rib surgically removed. just like Marilyn Manson
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Intruder posted:It's not nothing. Especially with so little time left in the season. That could be it for him unless the Rangers make the playoffs Maybe not https://twitter.com/kennlandry/status/1699892891550994861
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Sab0921 posted:just like Marilyn Manson I mean the post after it already did this but better  Dinosaurs! posted:drat someone should have told him that was just an urban legend. Woof, that sucks I saw that and it was sad to see because it was such a blah play and he was genuinely pissed
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They called up their top prospect in Evan Carter to replace him. Carter's power hasn't quite developed yet, as he's more of a speedy OBP/contact guy and good defensive CF. He's probably not quite ready yet, but he can't be any worse than what Jankowski, Grossman, or Taveras have done recently.
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Speaking of dudes with leg injuries who punched the dirt in frustration, Ryne Stanek apparently only suffered a sprained ankle which is great news for him. Dunno if we'll see him again this season but at least it won't be surgery or a long recovery At the time it looked REAL nasty
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Twin Cinema posted:Robert Coover’s Universal Baseball Association book is a really interesting novel. While Coover and DeLillo and Malamud etc. are deserving go-tos, two recent novels I’d say to check out are Emily Nemens’ The Cactus League (like A Visit from the Goon Squad but for baseball rather than music, if that makes sense) and Gish Jen’s absolutely wild The Resisters, if you like your fictions dystopian
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Fast Luck posted:I;m pretty sure Strasberg is on board to retire. He already got a rib surgically removed. Wait, he's getting a divorce too?!
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Gorman Thomas posted:Angels legend Luis Rengifo was pulled from last night's game with an unknown injury. He was the sole Angels regular position player to not miss considerable time this year. Moniak is also hurt. https://twitter.com/JeffFletcherOCR/status/1700012691048562839?s=20 Hard to understate how bad an outfield consisting of Trey Cabbage, Brett Phillips, and Randal Grichuk is.
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LongTimeFirstTime posted:Ah, okay. So just your recent championship for the city rule kicking in, got it. Just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed some sort of egregious Toronto / Minneapolis moment on the field or something. I feel like you're implying that there should be one with that wink but no I can't remember any Minnesota/Toronto beef. Seattle and Baltimore are more getting passes for their baseball franchises specifically just being down bad for basically forever than because their recent titles are a decade ago. Toronto has at least had a fair amount of ups.
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IcePhoenix posted:I feel like you're implying that there should be one with that wink but no I can't remember any Minnesota/Toronto beef. *scans the record books for mariners World Series appearances*
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elentar posted:While Coover and DeLillo and Malamud etc. are deserving go-tos, two recent novels I’d say to check out are Emily Nemens’ The Cactus League (like A Visit from the Goon Squad but for baseball rather than music, if that makes sense) and Gish Jen’s absolutely wild The Resisters, if you like your fictions dystopian These look like good recommendations. Thanks!
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bees x1000 posted:put Adell back out there He is eligible off of the 60 day IL as of today but I thought his injury was season ending. I wouldn't bother bringing him back up at this point. Not familiar with the money side of things but I suppose they could bring him off the IL (where he makes major league salary) and then send him back down to the minors so that they can shave off more payroll. That would be an Angels thing to do. Good Dog fucked around with this message at 18:09 on Sep 8, 2023 |
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Walker Buehler is done for the season https://twitter.com/mlbtraderumors/status/1700193737995862323?s=46&t=BHs6Pl38GJXGN2Y4xeriNA
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FlamingLiberal posted:Walker Buehler is done for the season 
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:*scans the record books for mariners World Series appearances* that is my point yes thank you
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R.D. Mangles posted:oh my god the expression on that guy's face and then saying "my bad" Actively capping your spitter and shrugging my bad has made the initial GIF so much better.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Walker Buehler is done for the season We shall all miss his tight pants
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Intruder posted:Hunter Brown vs Snell tonight? Better hope the Rays can get to Kirby I guess And we're at home...
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zoux posted:I will oppose the Twins until they bring back the Hefty bag As much as I miss the Metrodome for pure nostalgia, the baggie was without a doubt one of the worst parts of it. Just absolutely bush league poo poo. Dinosaurs! posted:drat someone should have told him that was just an urban legend. I mean, the one he got might as well be. I don't think anyone's ever come back from thoracic outlet syndrome and been anywhere near effective. GoatSeeGuy posted:To tie in with all three of those Veeck’s hidden gem of a book is The Hustlers Handbook. It gets into how you promote a minor league team, the various tax/financial tricks he used to buy teams (and how he ended up losing them) but also other behind the scenes stuff like files his dad found from the White Sox front office about not just the black Sox, how the Dodgers moving to to LA was actually a real estate deal, and a lots of making GBS threads on commissioners and his fellow owners. Oooooh I think I read The Hustler's Handbook, too. We had that baseball reading thread a long while back, and I think both Veeck books were in there and I read them. I think. Timby posted:A great companion book to The Lords of the Realm is The Game, by Jon Pessah. It picks up during the 1994 strike (which is where Lords of the Realm leaves off, with the strike being called) and then chronicles the next 20 years of labor-management relations in MLB. *adds to list*
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Intruder posted:Hunter Brown vs Snell tonight? Better hope the Rays can get to Kirby I guess Kirby has been fairly mortal recently and it's not like you guys have a terrible track record against good pitching. But yes, if Kirby and Snell are both on, that'd be pretty great.
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