MLB N/V Spring Training: Aroldis touching the upper 90s again.

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zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Sure but what about the

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zoux posted:

Sure but what about the

Christ that sucks.

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bawfuls: Oct 28, 2009

I need a cleaner/longer version of this Mookie Betts cheer song for my ringtone

https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/1770403206524543204

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rickiep00h: Aug 16, 2010; BATDANCE

zoux posted:

https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1770430285999481202

Same old padres

First basemen gotta quit fuckin with their gloves during downtime. This happens to Vladdy all the time, too.

# ? Mar 20, 2024 15:17

Luigi Thirty: Apr 30, 2006; Emergency confection port.

https://theathletic.com/5356273/2024/03/20/jazz-chisholm-marlins-miguel-rojas

quote:

The Miami Marlins� Jazz Chisholm Jr. described a toxic clubhouse culture in which he was hazed by established veterans, telling �The Pivot� podcast Tuesday that the start of his tenure in Miami was �the worst three years probably of my life.�

Without naming names, Chisholm railed against clubhouse veterans, though he saved his more pointed and thinly veiled comments for Miguel Rojas.

David Samson, former Miami exec says�

quote:

Samson questioned Chisholm�s durability as a player, labeled his accomplishments in the game as �nothing,� attributed Chisholm�s appearance on the cover of �The Show� as a favor from Derek Jeter, and lamented that Chisholm broke in when Marlins veterans such as Jeff Conine and Mike Lowell were already retired, �because they would have kicked your rear end and that would have been the end of you.�

Okay, I think Jazz Chisholm�s speaking the truth.

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zoux: Apr 28, 2006

quote:

�I was already a team leader without being called a team leader,� Chisholm told the podcast. �You can�t be a team leader when you�ve got guys that�s been in the clubhouse that�s been in there nine or 10 years even though they suck.

lol

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Poque: Sep 11, 2003; =^-^=

David Samson is such loving garbage

# ? Mar 20, 2024 16:32

bawfuls: Oct 28, 2009

Curious what he said about Rojas because that guy has a rep as a �great clubhouse guy� but of course that could be baseball speak for ornery veteran who shits on rookies

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zoux: Apr 28, 2006

bawfuls posted:

Curious what he said about Rojas because that guy has a rep as a �great clubhouse guy� but of course that could be baseball speak for ornery veteran who shits on rookies

Was Rojas known as the Marlins' captain during his tenure there?

quote:

Without naming names, Chisholm railed against clubhouse veterans, though he saved his more pointed and thinly veiled comments for Miguel Rojas.

�I was already a team leader without being called a team leader,� Chisholm told the podcast. �You can�t be a team leader when you�ve got guys that�s been in the clubhouse that�s been in there nine or 10 years even though they suck. They�ve been there for nine or 10 years and the team calls them the team captain. But they�re not a good captain, they�re not a good person, you�re not even a good athlete at this point. You�re just here and you�re bringing down the young guys that are supposed to be good.�

They way that's written sounds like those comments are directly about Rojas

# ? Mar 20, 2024 16:35

Sydin: Oct 29, 2011; Another spring commute

I mean Hosmer also had a rep as a great clubhouse guy and he infamously was a dogshit redass who chewed Tatis out for hurting the opposing pitcher's feelings in a blowout. Also the Eno Saris stuff but idk maybe players think that kind of thing is clubhouse leadership.

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IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

Poque posted:

David Samson is such loving garbage

Garbage Survivor player too

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Lord Of Texas: Dec 26, 2006

Sydin posted:

I mean Hosmer also had a rep as a great clubhouse guy and he infamously was a dogshit redass who chewed Tatis out for hurting the opposing pitcher's feelings in a blowout. Also the Eno Saris stuff but idk maybe players think that kind of thing is clubhouse leadership.

Regular reminder that baseball players are often morons who have no life experience or perspective outside grinding day-in-day-out at this one weird specific sport.

# ? Mar 20, 2024 17:23

Bismack Billabongo: Oct 9, 2012; New Love Glow

David Samson was a horrible GM and i have been baffled that lebatard has latched onto him the way he has

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Tatsuta Age: Apr 21, 2005; so good at being in trouble

bawfuls posted:

I need a cleaner/longer version of this Mookie Betts cheer song for my ringtone

https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/1770403206524543204

whats a ringtone grampa

# ? Mar 20, 2024 17:32

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Bismack Billabongo posted:

David Samson was a horrible GM and i have been baffled that lebatard has latched onto him the way he has

It is really funny in one way, because literally no one else at the LeBatard Show can stand that guy and they don't really try and hide it

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Lord Of Texas: Dec 26, 2006

Bismack Billabongo posted:

David Samson was a horrible GM and i have been baffled that lebatard has latched onto him the way he has

access

# ? Mar 20, 2024 17:42

Timby: Dec 23, 2006; Your mother!

Lord Of Texas posted:

access

I was going to say, same reason The Athletic gives Jim Bowden a microphone and a platform, despite him being a legendarily terrible GM: Access journalism.

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R.D. Mangles: Jan 10, 2004

https://x.com/MagicJohnson/status/1770500600008212651?s=20

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zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Miss once, king

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mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

FlamingLiberal posted:

It is really funny in one way, because literally no one else at the LeBatard Show can stand that guy and they don't really try and hide it

he's an acquired taste, much like one might develop a nicotine habit

# ? Mar 20, 2024 18:24

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R.D. Mangles posted:

https://x.com/MagicJohnson/status/1770500600008212651?s=20

We're gonna get this inane babble after every game this season?

# ? Mar 20, 2024 18:42

rickiep00h: Aug 16, 2010; BATDANCE

mcmagic posted:

We're gonna get this inane babble after every game this season?

Sorry the Yankees don't have any Cool Guys who Do Things so you can't flood chat with how good they are.

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Grem: Mar 29, 2004; Can't post for 30 days!

Walks should be errors

E: intentional walks, too.

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bawfuls: Oct 28, 2009

Tatsuta Age posted:

whats a ringtone grampa

sometimes my grandkids call me on my pocket square and i want a special mookie song to play when they do

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mp5: Jan 1, 2005; Stroke of luck!

just pick up your phone and talk to your grandkids gosh

# ? Mar 20, 2024 18:57

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rickiep00h posted:

Sorry the Yankees don't have any Cool Guys who Do Things so you can't flood chat with how good they are.

Have you seen Juan Soto hit? He's like the coolest guy who does the coolest things in baseball.

# ? Mar 20, 2024 18:59

bawfuls: Oct 28, 2009

mp5 posted:

just pick up your phone and talk to your grandkids gosh

it has to make a noise first otherwise how will i know they're calling?? :shrug:

# ? Mar 20, 2024 19:03

maffew buildings: Apr 29, 2009; too dumb to be probated; not too dumb to be autobanned

mcmagic posted:

Have you seen Juan Soto hit? He's like the coolest guy who does the coolest things in baseball.

idk man he's worth MAYBE a glyeber torres and like three prospects at best, really

# ? Mar 20, 2024 19:03

maffew buildings: Apr 29, 2009; too dumb to be probated; not too dumb to be autobanned

bawfuls posted:

it has to make a noise first otherwise how will i know they're calling??

this is on you for loving your grandkids smdh why can't more people have these kind of quality problems?

# ? Mar 20, 2024 19:04

Shine: Feb 26, 2007; No Muscles For The Majority

mcmagic posted:

We're gonna get this inane babble after every game this season?

Don't sign your posts.

# ? Mar 20, 2024 19:14

live with fruit: Aug 15, 2010

Sydin posted:

I mean Hosmer also had a rep as a great clubhouse guy and he infamously was a dogshit redass who chewed Tatis out for hurting the opposing pitcher's feelings in a blowout. Also the Eno Saris stuff but idk maybe players think that kind of thing is clubhouse leadership.

Hosmer's a fraud but "chewed out" Tatis is a bit much, especially when Machado actually chewed Tatis out the following season. Hosmer was so beloved in San Diego that Hedges was still complaining about the team's failed attempt to trade Hosmer in 2021, even though Hedges was in Cleveland that year.

# ? Mar 20, 2024 19:15

Popete: Oct 6, 2009; This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs; Grimey Drawer

It's true, I still talk about Hosmer and he was only a Cub for ~2 months

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Fast Luck: Feb 2, 1988

Suddenly Matt mcLain might be getting shoulder surgery

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Dameius: Apr 3, 2006

Reminder for T-Mobile people, next Tuesday is the start of the mlb.tv signups.

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Robert Facepalmer: Jan 10, 2019

zoux posted:

Sure but what about the

Who got the Dodres jersey?

# ? Mar 20, 2024 21:56

Inspector_666: Oct 7, 2003; _{benny with the good hair}

Robert Facepalmer posted:

Who got the Dodres jersey?

Matt Kemp

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bawfuls: Oct 28, 2009

what the fuuuuuuuck? bff Ippei has been stealing millions from Ohtani to fuel a gambling habit??

https://twitter.com/BillShaikin/status/1770563305842913372

LATimes posted:

Representatives of Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani on Wednesday accused his interpreter of engaging in a �massive theft� of the ballplayer�s funds to place bets with an allegedly illegal bookmaker who is the target of a federal investigation.

Lawyers for Ohtani made that claim after The Times learned that Ohtani�s name had surfaced in the investigation of Mathew Bowyer, an Orange County resident. Ohtani�s representatives looked into the actions of the interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, in response to The Times� queries, a source close to the matter said. Two sources told the newspaper that the money involved was in the millions of dollars.

In a statement, the West Hollywood law firm Berk Brettler, said, �In the course of responding to recent media inquiries, we discovered that Shohei has been the victim of a massive theft and we are turning the matter over to the authorities.�

Attempts to reach Mizuhara were unsuccessful. Mizuhara placed bets with Bowyer, according to the sources, who requested anonymity to share sensitive information.

The Dodgers on Wednesday fired Mizuhara, a team spokesman said.

Ohtani, a global sensation who signed a record 10-year, $700 million contract with the Dodgers in December after playing six years with the Angels, could not be reached for comment. He is with the Dodgers in Seoul for a season-opening series against the San Diego Padres.

Major League Baseball has not been contacted by prosecutors, a spokesman said.

Bowyer has not been charged with a crime, his attorney, Irvine-based Diane Bass said. Federal agents raided Bowyer�s San Juan Capistrano home last year as part of the investigation.

Bass told The Times that Bowyer never had contact with Ohtani. �Mathew Bowyer never met, spoke with, or texted, or had contact in any way with Shohei Ohtani,� she said.

The U.S. attorney�s office in L.A., which is overseeing the investigation, did not respond to requests for comment.

MLB gambling policy prohibits �any player, umpire, or Club or League official or employee� from betting on the game or making illegal bets on other sports. The punishment for gambling with an illegal bookmaker or their agent isn�t specified in MLB rules, but is left up to �such penalty as the Commissioner deems appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances of the conduct.�

The investigation into Bowyer involves the same prosecution team that has targeted a multi-million-dollar illegal sports gambling scheme anchored in Orange County, according to the Times sources and court records. At least a dozen people have been charged in that wider probe � including ex-Dodger Yasiel Puig, who has pleaded not guilty � that centered on a bookmaking operation led by former minor league baseball player Wayne Nix of Newport Beach, the records show.

Mizuhara was born in Japan but grew up in Southern California. He graduated from Diamond Bar High School in 2003, where he played on the soccer team, then attended UC-Riverside.

Mizuhara first crossed paths with Ohtani while working as an English language interpreter for American players on the Nippon-Ham Fighters, Ohtani�s Japanese team in the Nippon Professional Baseball league.

When Ohtani signed with the Angels in late 2017, Mizuahara became his personal interpreter. Mizuhara followed Ohtani to the Dodgers during the offseason.

Mizuhara has been a constant companion of the extremely private Ohtani throughout the player�s MLB career. The two typically drive to the ballpark together. Mizuhara performed grocery runs when Ohtani was injured. They are rarely seen apart around team facilities. Their wives even appeared to have struck up a relationship recently, spending time together during the team�s current trip to South Korea.

In recent years, Ohtani has become the face of Major League Baseball and one of the most celebrated athletes in the world. Before he signed with the Dodgers, Ohtani was the most sought-after free agent in baseball history, and his gargantuan contract is similarly unprecedented.

Bowyer has appeared in numerous court filings over the years. That includes a $1.75 million judgment against him for defaulting on a line of credit � a �marker,� in gambling parlance � issued to him by Foxwoods Resort Casino, a tribal gaming hall in Connecticut. A tribal court imposed the judgment in April 2019; an attorney for the casino filed an application to enter the judgment in Orange County Superior Court in May 2023. The casino attorney said the judgment has not been satisfied.

The Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas alleged in a lawsuit filed in July 2011 that Bowyer bounced a $250,000 check to the establishment. The case was dismissed six months later..

bawfuls fucked around with this message at 22:46 on Mar 20, 2024

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Popete: Oct 6, 2009; This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs; Grimey Drawer

Imagine having a cush job being Ohtanis interpreter and getting to spend your summers travelling and hanging out in MLB dugouts getting paid probably a very comfortable salary and you throw it all away on dumb gambling poo poo.

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zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Degenerate gamblers man

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live with fruit: Aug 15, 2010

Should've used Draft Kings.

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