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Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

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Batflip of the year candidate.

https://twitter.com/NBCSGiants/status/871101051058835456

The fact that it was a flyout to center just adds to it IMO.

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Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

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https://twitter.com/SFGiants/status/872245808518668288

why?

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

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Scooter Gennett just hit four home runs in a game lmao

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

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euphronius posted:

1980 lakers could probably beat this warriors team

You'd have to extrapolate out 3 point shooting tho

This is so wrong it's not even the right sport.

Ammat The Ankh
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Sydin posted:

The closest I can think of is Colorado and Reyes. They didn't release him immediately, but they did very quickly start looking for trade partners and, when they couldn't find any, got rid of him even though they had to eat his $30m+ contract. I guess I should amend to say they should at least immediately start putting the wheels in motion to dump him.

Even then, a lot of it had to do with the fact that Trevor Story was playing better than Reyes had been, so the Rockies had no on-field reason to hold on to him.

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

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came here to post this

Ammat The Ankh
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Mike_V posted:

The coolest thing about Judge is that he wears #99

The Yankees retired the other 98

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

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White Sox snag the best name in the draft with Jake Burger. He looks like a Jake Burger too.

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

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Giants drafted Luis Gonzalez's kid.

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

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Eduardo Nunez injured himself running out an infield single. Then two batters later Buster Posey injured himself hitting a home run. gently caress this stupid season.

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

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iospace posted:

All that even year bullshit karma is finally being cashed in, methinks.

That's every odd year though. We didn't even win the World Series last year!

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

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I really hope no one's left on the current Giants roster after the trade deadline except for Buster Posey, Madison Bumgarner, and the rookies.

Ammat The Ankh
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Intruder posted:

Fangraphs tracks these and picks the worst of the season and IIRC there was a Kershaw pitch that was literally middle middle earlier this season that was called a ball, no clue who the ump was

seiferguy posted:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-worst-called-ball-on-record/

Cliffs: the catcher hosed up the framing so bad on a pitch down the middle the ump thought it was a ball.

That was last year with Kershaw, but same exact thing.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/we-might-already-have-the-seasons-worst-called-ball/

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

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Meanwhile, at Sun Trust stadium:

https://twitter.com/extrabaggs/status/877671399946682368

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

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Hey Astros fans how interested are you in trading for Hunter Strickland?

He has a 2.08 ERA and 26 SO in 26 IP but some Royals players homered off of him in 2014 so watch out

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

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bawfuls posted:

Congratulations San Francisco on being the first team to reach 50 losses this year!

Thanks, can't wait to congratulate you guys on 29 consecutive years without a Word Series appearance.

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

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The Giants are bad right now but no one sane in the Bay Area is too concerned because:

1. This is the core that won 3 World Series Championships, so you can't blame the Front Office for sticking with them as long as they possibly could.

2. The Giants will be good again, since this team is well run and has plenty of money. The farm system is underrated but lacks impact prospects since they haven't picked in the top half of the draft in some time. They've drafted excellently when they've had early picks (Lincecum, Bumgarner, Posey) and OK when they've had later ones (Panik, Arroyo).


3.

Ammat The Ankh
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Giants respond to report that their collapse this season was caused by Mark Melancon changing the bullpen's warmup time.

https://twitter.com/extrabaggs/status/879486074308804609

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

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Could be worse, the Cubs could have stretched at the wrong time.

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Ammat The Ankh
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Inspector_666 posted:

:siren: POSITION PLAYER PITCHING ALERT :siren:

Aoki pitching in the top of the 9th in the NYY v HOU game, he has issued two straight walks.

nooo I missed the most important event of my lifetime


Whooping Crabs posted:

Stephen Vogt hit 2 home runs, 3 RBI in his first game with the Brewers, a 3-2 win over Miami after being DFA'd by Oakland.

:unsmith: Hope he gets back to All-Star status with the Brewers or wherever he's at.

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