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FairGame posted:The Nationals are a good team that would probably be leading the NLEast if not for the untimely demise of 3 of their 4 best offensive players. And Doug Fister.
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brainguy posted:he is coming off the flu or whatever everyone else has been having Has he been coming off the flu for an entire month?
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FlamingLiberal posted:Jeez Braves, how the hell did you manage to get swept by my awful Marlins Baseball is hosed up
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Der Meister posted:the dodgers-twins second game of the day took 5 goddamn hours. is there a single person on earth who sat through the whole thing? also kenley jansen is broken. There were 19 combined walks in the game and none of them scored 
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There's some scuttlebutt the Marlins are stealing signs at home, massive OPS splits and the best home record. Apparently the Braves were throwing up multiple signs with the bases empty. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/02/braves-suspected-marlins-were-stealing-signs-during-three-game-sweep-in-miami/
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Carlos Gomez robbed Joey Votto of a homerun. Again. Same reaction and everything. http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/11493214/v32527953/must-c-catch-gomez-robs-votto-of-a-home-run
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SilvergunSuperman posted:There's some scuttlebutt the Marlins are stealing signs at home, massive OPS splits and the best home record. It's just the Braves being the Braves.
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Oakland is 6-6 at home and 12-4 on the road. They're broadcasting a pirate radio network to make up the signs the other team is using
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FlamingLiberal posted:Jeez Braves, how the hell did you manage to get swept by my awful Marlins Well one game was Jose Fernandez so that's a start.
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Pumpkin McPastry posted:Well one game was Jose Fernandez so that's a start. The starting lineup for that game was funny, they just completely accepted their fate.
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Badfinger posted:The Nats have a bunch of good, young players. They're closer to 2012 For Real than they are to 2013, with standard health disclaimer. Losing Harper for half a season because he got benched for not legging out an obvious out and then to make up for it he HUSTLES into 3rd and breaks his thumb is not a good start. poo poo that was a terribly confusing sentence. Basically, gently caress Matt Williams. As a Phillies fan living in DC I've basically adopted the Nats as my #2 team because the Phillies aren't making the playoffs again until 2018. Also because Jayson Werth owns. Glad both teams I support have terrible managers! 
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So in reply to Brave's manager Fredi Gonzalez who pretty much said the Fish were stealing signs, maybe with a camera hidden in the dinger machine, Marlin's Casey McGehee disavowed the claim by saying,quote:I’m not going to say it’s never happened in the history of the game before, but we’re not splitting any atoms, let’s put it that way. The Marlins are not splitting atoms y'all. Alright?
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the popes toes posted:So in reply to Brave's manager Fredi Gonzalez who pretty much said the Fish were stealing signs, maybe with a camera hidden in the dinger machine, Marlin's Casey McGehee disavowed the claim by saying, Wait, did they really hide the camera in the dinger machine?  That thing just keeps getting better and better.
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axeil posted:Losing Harper for half a season because he got benched for not legging out an obvious out and then to make up for it he HUSTLES into 3rd and breaks his thumb is not a good start. What...no. You cannot adopt a division rival as your second team, what is wrong with people! Kevin Gausman is not being called up as expected and will miss a start because he strained a muscle in a coughing fit. I think he has pneumonia and is going to die because Orioles pitching prospect.
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Regnevelc posted:It's just the Braves being the Braves. Good thing they didn't start their best players against Fernandez that one game. Good idea.
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Sitting players against Jose Fernandez is a violation. The Braves lack hustle and are mentally soft like that cake eater Bryce Harper.
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http://deadspin.com/watch-rare-footage-of-the-black-sox-throwing-the-1919-w-1570843031/ I love watching old sped-up baseball footage.
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Deathlove posted:http://deadspin.com/watch-rare-footage-of-the-black-sox-throwing-the-1919-w-1570843031/ Wow, that's actually really cool
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 http://www.theonion.com/articles/re...n=Pic:1:Default  quote:According to a report released by the MLB league office Friday, injuries have significantly risen this season as a direct result of more players opting to slide headfirst into the dugout.
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SilvergunSuperman posted:There's some scuttlebutt the Marlins are stealing signs at home, massive OPS splits and the best home record. This is the best: quote:...the Braves went so far as to look at the sculpture in left center field, wondering if there was somebody hiding in there with a camera. Dinger machine, or secret spy base?
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Mugwump posted:What...no. You cannot adopt a division rival as your second team, what is wrong with people! I tried to pick an AL team but none of them interested me and the Nats are right here. If it ever comes to it I'll pick the Phils over the Nats but I doubt that's going to be an issue for a while. edit: That Black Sox footage is awesome. I like the obviously temporary bleachers they threw up in foul ground. It's a bit hard to tell exactly what is going on at the 3:20 mark that shows the players intentionally playing like crap though. axeil fucked around with this message at 18:17 on May 2, 2014 |
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I know he's a liability in the outfield and doesn't have great durability, but damnit I wish the Nationals had found a way to keep goofy rear end Mike Morse and his big bat around. Every time I see him crush a 425 foot bomb I die a little on the inside  Edit: Its kind of a moot point but I really believe trading him away really altered the makeup and chemistry of this team from 2012 to now. I get it that he wasn't very productive last year but everybody in D.C. loved the guy and he really seemed to like playing here. Even if he couldn't play every day I'd rather have his bat in the lineup or off the bench than Scott Hairston or Tyler Moore. Santheb fucked around with this message at 18:40 on May 2, 2014 |
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Yeah he's certainly looked like the vintage version so far. I don't put a massive amount of stock in batted ball distance, but he's currently 3rd. http://www.baseballheatmaps.com/graph/distanceleader.php
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Well, the appraisal is in. Angels Stadium is worth 100 million dollars more if it didn't exist. http://www.goo.gl/z3qKfL I still think the best option is building a new stadium in the same parking lot.
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Lumpy posted:This is the best:
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The Cards' radio pregame had some cool calls from old Cubs / Cards games. First was Harry Caray calling a Mike Shannon grand slam, then Shannon calling a Pujols dinger after Wood knocked Pujols down earlier in the AB and finally Caray calling Stan the Man's 3000th hit. Caray / Jack Buck must have been ssuch a great booth to listen to.
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Santheb posted:I know he's a liability in the outfield and doesn't have great durability, but damnit I wish the Nationals had found a way to keep goofy rear end Mike Morse and his big bat around. Every time I see him crush a 425 foot bomb I die a little on the inside Singing "Take On Me" with Mike Morse at bats was awesome in 2012. Now they just do it during the 7th inning stretch and it's not as cool. (actually it was probably really annoying for anyone but the home team like the Victorino thing last year, but gently caress it.)
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PotatoJudge posted:The Cards' radio pregame had some cool calls from old Cubs / Cards games. First was Harry Caray calling a Mike Shannon grand slam, then Shannon calling a Pujols dinger after Wood knocked Pujols down earlier in the AB and finally Caray calling Stan the Man's 3000th hit. Not to mention it was back when Caray knew where he was and what was happening as he watched the games.
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I'm more shocked that the Marlins are 2nd in the NL for runs scored. Frank Menechino, our new hitting coach, is a mother loving wizard.
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FairGame posted:(actually it was probably really annoying for anyone but the home team like the Victorino thing last year, but gently caress it.) Victorino's Three Little Birds sing-a-long rules because it's the perfect message for hyperventilating sports fans. Plus when he then hits a dinger, like in Game 6 of the ALCS, it seems like fate.
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FairGame posted:Singing "Take On Me" with Mike Morse at bats was awesome in 2012. Now they just do it during the 7th inning stretch and it's not as cool. What was great about the Victorino thing is that it wasn't manufactured. He just switched his music from a Bob Marley song to another Bob Marley song and then people started singing.
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Bumming Your Scene posted:Well, the appraisal is in. Angels Stadium is worth 100 million dollars more if it didn't exist. Not to mention serious emotional ties since I grew up going to Angel Stadium since I was a youngin
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Inspector_666 posted:I thought the Morse singalong thing was pretty great, as somebody who would just see footage of it. In 2012 when it first became a "thing", it was because Morse was coming up to bat. It had a different feel to it, like it wasn't just our version of "Sweet Caroline" or whatever. What made it cool was this guy would walk up to this song, the fans would sing past when the song stops and then caveman Mike Morse would smash a ball so far that it looked like it would never stop. It was just a really cool thing that got the whole stadium into the game and it all started because this guy liked the song. Then we traded him but made it the 7th inning stretch song and while the fans still sing to it, off key and all, it just doesn't feel the same and really it doesn't even feel right. The best 7th inning stretch song, for sure, takes place at Camden Yards. Edit: best Morse moment http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2j2alxH8VPQ Santheb fucked around with this message at 20:26 on May 2, 2014 |
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Once a week or so, the Cubs look like a profe80ssional baseball team and it owns. Let us have this day in May. e: This was supposed to be in the GDT, but let's leave it right here as a monument for the 70 minutes where the Cubs weren't completely depressing.
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That's a rather dated reference. Does anyone have a link to that awesome review of Mr. Go? You know, the Korean movie about the gorilla who plays baseball?
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