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Who'd be the Homer at the Bat lineup today? Big stars who would stoop to doing guest work on a low rent animated show on an otherwise terrible new TV network? Posey (he might not actually do it...if not him then Salvy) Rizzo Altuve Crawford Donaldson Mookie Harper (does the Canseco thing and demands the episode be rewritten so he's more alpha) Bryant Kershaw ...I feel like that lineup beats the original
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The Royals from about 1995 through 2012 set a standard for terrible management that will likely never be surpassed.
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Jun 2, 2017 15:40
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Intruder posted:The Cubs Cubsed themselves out of a really good lineup and three aces At least they had potential aces, don't make me post the string of royals highly drafted pitchers from that era but I will if I have to god help me
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Jun 2, 2017 15:55
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I like the Tigers guy who sent his entire farm system away for aging broken Juan Gonzalez and then offered to pay him far and away the most of any player in the league, which Juan declined, which was as funny as the trade itself. In related news is there any other player who you thought was absolutely amazing when you were a kid but then turns out kind of sucked more than Juan Gonzalez? edit: This is a great read "The Tigers will move walls for Gonzalez, which is what they told him they will do with the one in leftfield at Comerica Park, where the power alley is 398 feet from home plate. "It's too big," Gonzalez says. "I've already hit a lot of balls that would be easy home runs in lots of other parks. They told me the fences are coming in next year." He must not be interested in a big-screen TV because another one has yet to appear in the clubhouse. But the Tigers are perfectly willing to make Gonzalez the highest-paid player in the game by a margin of more than 25% over what the Dodgers are paying righthander Kevin Brown, who is getting $15 million per year. Detroit offered Gonzalez $151.5 million over eight years shortly after the Nov. 2 trade with Texas, according to a source familiar with the proposal." bewbies fucked around with this message at 20:03 on Jun 2, 2017 |
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Jun 2, 2017 20:00
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I'm starting to get tentatively excited about the Royals. Also the Astros are really good.
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Jun 8, 2017 14:06
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we're looking at a decade of futility after this season, ride the horse while it is still (barely) alive
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Jun 8, 2017 14:28
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Why haven't there been more giant power hitters? It seems like being very big and strong are good things to have as a baseball player.
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Jun 12, 2017 14:32
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New Concept Hole posted:Basketball hoards all the tall, athletic people. This and football was what I was kind of assuming but I was curious if there were some mechanical thing about a baseball swing that put large men at a disadvantage.
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Jun 12, 2017 16:11
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I still don't get baseball scouting. On the one hand you've got a really talented 18 year old. On the other hand you've got a 23 year old who tore up a tough college league. I get the 18 year old probably has a higher ceiling but I do not get why you'd prefer that wide variation of possible outcomes over a guy who is probably ML ready right now.
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Jun 13, 2017 15:11
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More fun Jim Abbott facts! He was a star quarterback in high school. I have no idea how this even worked. He didn't spend a day in the minors. His entire playing career teams tried to bunt to him. It never worked. He had two career hits. Both were off John Lieber.
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Jun 14, 2017 18:59
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Some low rent local cable station did a "top 10 Royals hitters", which was kind of embarrassing, but it also showed 5-tool Beltran in his prime and that dude was goddamn something.
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Jun 19, 2017 16:14
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This is intense speculation but everything about Schwarber's numbers suggests that pitchers are giving him more high hard stuff and he's not been effectively catching up to it. Is there data to support this theory?
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Jun 22, 2017 19:27
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bawfuls posted:Also this probably seals the avatar bet win for bewbies, unless Danny Duffy can inflate his FIP above 4.68 by year's end. That sucks man, you never want to win like this. I saw Urias pitch a few times in OKC and he was super fun to watch. Also I am embarrassed to admit that the combination of bad self effacing humor and enthusiasm for baseball has led me to enjoy Rex Hudler as a commentator.
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Jun 26, 2017 14:50
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I'm pitching for a team in a tournament next weekend that apparently features former pro players. I'm going to get absolutely destroyed and then I'm going to plunk whoever is up next because that's how you play the game.
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Jun 27, 2017 19:17
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Why didn't Aaron Judge make it to the majors sooner? I feel like someone hitting that well at 25 could have been a meaningful contributor at 23 or 24.
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Jun 29, 2017 15:56
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So was Judge just kind of a late bloomer? Offhand it seems like most elite hitters nowadays were at least decent hitters at age 22-23 although that analysis is really unscientific.
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Jun 29, 2017 16:25
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