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Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves

Mike_V posted:

for the first time in its history, the NHL is ahead of other sports leagues

Hockey jerseys were already the coolest of jerseys without having to make other sports jerseys poo poo

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Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair
A’s, city and county officials to meet Thursday to discuss Coliseum lease extension

quote:

The Oakland Athletics will meet with officials from the City of Oakland and County of Alameda on Thursday to discuss a lease extension at the Coliseum, the Chronicle has learned.

Industry sources told the Chronicle that Thursday’s meeting will involve Oakland chief of staff Leigh Hanson, city council member Rebecca Kaplan, county supervisor David Haubert and A’s team president Dave Kaval.

I hope the government reps just beat him with a pipe for 45 minutes before throwing him back out onto the street.

mdemone
Mar 14, 2001

Inspector_666 posted:

A’s, city and county officials to meet Thursday to discuss Coliseum lease extension

I hope the government reps just beat him with a pipe for 45 minutes before throwing him back out onto the street.

And I had people mad at me for wishing Anthony Rendon should get cancer

¿Por que no los dos?

bawfuls
Oct 28, 2009

Someone please rescue Jason Heyward from wherever he’s being held hostage to produce this defense of the Fanatics jerseys

https://twitter.com/dodgers/status/1757513806304227545

maffew buildings
Apr 29, 2009

too dumb to be probated; not too dumb to be autobanned
I figured that if anyone should wish cancer upon Anthony Rendon it is forums poster MD Emone (has doctor in name, subject matter expert)

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves

bawfuls posted:

Someone please rescue Jason Heyward from wherever he’s being held hostage to produce this defense of the Fanatics jerseys

https://twitter.com/dodgers/status/1757513806304227545

He's trying to use his speech powers to make the jersey better

FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



Inspector_666 posted:

A’s, city and county officials to meet Thursday to discuss Coliseum lease extension

I hope the government reps just beat him with a pipe for 45 minutes before throwing him back out onto the street.
Just make them wait outside your office for 2, 3 hours and then say you have another meeting

mdemone
Mar 14, 2001

maffew buildings posted:

I figured that if anyone should wish cancer upon Anthony Rendon it is forums poster MD Emone (has doctor in name, subject matter expert)

I'm the other kind of doctor :getin:

Also let's just be clear that I hope Anthony Rendon plays a full 65 game season this year

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
Rendon turning back into a real star right after Ohtani leaves and the Angels still finishing with 70 wins would be incredible

I think mdemone might explode on the spot

bees x1000
Jun 11, 2020

Rendon is going to cause the Some of These Guys Have a Bad Attitude, Skip clause to be adopted in the next CBA

mdemone
Mar 14, 2001

I had a co-worker just start laughing at me on sight, the day after Rendon was on the radio advocating for a shorter season

KICK BAMA KICK
Mar 2, 2009

Poque posted:

Can't forget about their Christmas roundup: https://defector.com/fanatics-ruined-christmas
I don't know anything about how clothes get made other than it's bad so how do these errors even happen? I remember seeing the first ones get posted on Christmas and thinking it was jokesters doing photoshops and then they just kept pouring in.

Squall
Mar 10, 2010

"...whatever."

Exodor posted:

I will never forget the Naked Bono Bootleg

It took him so long to make it to the end zone. :lol:


(although looking at the video it was not a naked bootleg even though we always called it that - there's a OL out there blocking for him (and nearly outrunning Bono))

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhxWVKasqdU

waffy
Oct 31, 2010

Poque posted:

Can't forget about their Christmas roundup: https://defector.com/fanatics-ruined-christmas

I hadn’t seen this before and lmao these are so much worse than I could have imagined. I would love to have them accidentally produce me a weird Phillies/Orioles combo jersey to celebrate my wife and I’s fandom across both leagues.

LonesomeCrowdedWest
May 8, 2008
https://x.com/BlueJays/status/1757494899773960655?s=20

Uh, ok I guess. 25 year old utility guy. Feels weird to not get at least something for him. Has a .600 average and 1236 ops in mlb! (10 at bats)

Wasn’t that long ago he was on the top prospect lists for the Jays. Just seems weird to move him for cash before ever really giving him a shot at the big league level. I can’t imagine he’d be worse than Biggio over a full season

AndrewP
Apr 21, 2010

Anyone gonna sign Jordan Montgomery?

maffew buildings
Apr 29, 2009

too dumb to be probated; not too dumb to be autobanned

mdemone posted:

I'm the other kind of doctor :getin:

Also let's just be clear that I hope Anthony Rendon plays a full 65 game season this year

oh wow if you're an osteopathic doctor why did you put MD in your name and why didn't you fix rendon's bones yet, some fan you are

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X

AndrewP posted:

Anyone gonna sign Jordan Montgomery?

Not until someone meets Boras' demand and not one penny nor one opt-out less.

See also: Bellinger, Cody; Snell, Blake

Eric the Mauve
May 8, 2012

Making you happy for a buck since 199X
I love how legendary Red Sox, Mets, and Cubs reliever Pat Mahomes hits b-ref's Trending Player Pages list every February. Weird right?

STAC Goat
Mar 12, 2008

Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

One day Boras will have so many free agents holding out into Spring Training that they'll form a barnstorming team.

Bregor
May 31, 2013

People are idiots, Leslie.

LonesomeCrowdedWest posted:

https://x.com/BlueJays/status/1757494899773960655?s=20

Uh, ok I guess. 25 year old utility guy. Feels weird to not get at least something for him. Has a .600 average and 1236 ops in mlb! (10 at bats)

Wasn’t that long ago he was on the top prospect lists for the Jays. Just seems weird to move him for cash before ever really giving him a shot at the big league level. I can’t imagine he’d be worse than Biggio over a full season

My favorite player!

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair
So, the kid who was the consensus #1 overall in the NPB draft is gonna play in the US instead...

https://twitter.com/StanfordBSB/status/1757585450443886637?s=20

mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

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Inspector_666 posted:

So, the kid who was the consensus #1 overall in the NPB draft is gonna play in the US instead...

https://twitter.com/StanfordBSB/status/1757585450443886637?s=20

NIL baby

got some chores tonight
Feb 18, 2012

honk honk whats for lunch...
First baseman, huh?

.413/.514/.808 with a "Japanese high school record" 140 HR.

Ah, got it.

mcmagic posted:

NIL baby

Apparently international kids can't receive NIL deals

Bregor
May 31, 2013

People are idiots, Leslie.

mcmagic posted:

NIL baby

quote:

The NCAA's rules prohibit international athletes from receiving money through NIL endeavors. In other words, this move was not outright motivated by short-term financial gains.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/rintaro-sasaki-japanese-home-run-phenom-commits-to-play-college-baseball-at-stanford/

I think more importantly this speeds up his timeline to MLB to just three years:

quote:

The decision will have a big impact on Sasaki's future MLB prospects. Now, he'll not only attend a U.S. university -- there are rumors that Vanderbilt is interested -- but will also be eligible for the MLB Draft in three seasons. Were he to enter the NPB draft, he would need to wait for his Nippon Professional Baseball team to either post him, as Ohtani's Nippon Ham Fighters did in 2017, or wait until he became a free agent after nine years of service time.

https://www.mlb.com/news/top-japanese-prospect-rintaro-sasaki-foregoes-npb-draft

mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

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got some chores tonight posted:

First baseman, huh?

.413/.514/.808 with a "Japanese high school record" 140 HR.

Ah, got it.

Apparently international kids can't receive NIL deals

They play a few international "exhibition" games so they can pay them.

uggy
Aug 6, 2006

Posting is SERIOUS BUSINESS
and I am completely joyless

Don't make me judge you

mcmagic posted:

They play a few international "exhibition" games so they can pay them.

ah so not NIL at all

Robert Facepalmer
Jan 10, 2019


bawfuls posted:

Btw here’s a good image of how Fanatics hosed up the Dodgers jersey:



The split at the buttons used to fall between the o and the second d, now it splits the d itself which looks terrible.

'Ladies and gentlemen, your Los Angeles Doodgers!'

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


los dooderinos if you're not into the whole brevity thing

mp5
Jan 1, 2005

Stroke of luck!

Doddgers Dadds doddering daily

Mr. Fix It
Oct 26, 2000

💀ayyy💀


I think Rintaro Sasaki saw Roki Sasaki's (no relation) issues with getting posted by the Marines and decided he didn't want to deal with the NPB. I bet that something changes on the free agent or posting timeline after this. Or I guess they could bring back the rule that barred players skipping the draft from the league for 2-3 years.

bawfuls
Oct 28, 2009

If NPB starts missing out on a significant chunk of their top high school talent this way, they’ll definitely change the rules to try to encourage them to stay for at least a few years.

Blind Pineapple
Oct 27, 2010

For The Perfect Fruit 'n' Kaman

1 part gin
1 part pomegranate syrup
Fill with pineapple juice
Serve over crushed ice

College Slice
Royals are going for a new downtown stadium. I'm sure they'll get it because American sports fans love paying billionaires to build things so that they can continue to pay the billionaires each time they use it.

It's been transparently obvious getting the votes for stadium funding is the sole reason they've been signing decent FAs and gave BWJ his big deal, and once the check clears, they'll go back to being the same cheap-rear end Royals.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/1757790201148002753

Not terribly surprising. I like Press but there's a reason his nickname is Stressley and he was a lights out set up/fireman whenever we had that, uh, other guy closing. I know his postseason record is sterling, but he seems to allow a lot of traffic and frankly I don't need that kind of anxiety.

AlbertFlasher
Feb 14, 2006

Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band
I'm not as excited for spring training as I was last year. Hopefully once it starts up and the weather gets better I will be feeling more basebally.

Squall
Mar 10, 2010

"...whatever."
Spring training is boring but we're a month and a half out from the season starting, minus a week for degenerates to watch a few games in Korea that count.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

There's always NCAA baseball, if you can stand the clinking.

mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

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zoux posted:

https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/1757790201148002753

Not terribly surprising. I like Press but there's a reason his nickname is Stressley and he was a lights out set up/fireman whenever we had that, uh, other guy closing. I know his postseason record is sterling, but he seems to allow a lot of traffic and frankly I don't need that kind of anxiety.

KKKloser

bawfuls
Oct 28, 2009

The Dodgers have caved to jersey sponsorship money with a patch advertising.... the financial services firm their ownership group runs.

https://twitter.com/FabianArdaya/status/1757819955066909185

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Traxis
Jul 2, 2006

Welp looks Iike I'm never buying a Dodgers jersey again

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