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Yesterday Freddie Freeman hit his 51st double of the year. He’s on pace for 62-63. No one has hit 60+ in a season post-integration, the closest was Todd Helton in 2000 who hit 59 in pre-humidor Coors. Castellanos hit 58 in 2019. He would need 17 to beat the record of 67, set in 1931. He hit 17 this May and has 16 in August.
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It's crazy to look at Matt Olson's stats and be like "yeah he's worse than the guy he replaced"
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Sep 1, 2023 00:02
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It’s crazy that three out of Betts Acuña Freeman Olson are going to not get MVP It would be awesome if Betts and Acuña tied for the award, as difficult as that’d be.
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Sep 1, 2023 00:05
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The A's at one point had Matt Chapman, Matt Olson, Sean Murphey and Marcus Semien in their infield and then did what the A's do and traded or failed to extend any of them.
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Oh ok. I guess they can just pinky swear or whatever.
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maffew buildings posted:Well yeah that's what Padres historically have done Good god almighty this thread is afire
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bawfuls posted:Yesterday Freddie Freeman hit his 51st double of the year. He’s on pace for 62-63. No one has hit 60+ in a season post-integration, the closest was Todd Helton in 2000 who hit 59 in pre-humidor Coors. Castellanos hit 58 in 2019. This was one of those non-"record" things that I always hoped Pujols would pull off (don't even get me started on how pissed I am that Miguel Cabrera, and not Pujols, was the first Triple Crown since the 60s). His problem was he always missed like two weeks and hit too many homers.
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...how would breaking the doubles record be a non-"record" thing? Or did you just mean hitting 60
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GPTribefan posted:I mean, this is where it all came together for us last year…. LFG, one more run at the Central with a remade pitching staff!! It's going to be extremely funny if the Guardians manage to beat the odds, win AL Central, and enter the playoffs with a starting rotation that doesn't have a single person on it who played or was scheduled to play on Opening Day. In fact I hope this happens just for that.
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Eric the Mauve posted:...how would breaking the doubles record be a non-"record" thing? Or did you just mean hitting 60 Yeah, just the threshold. Likewise I obsessively tracked whether or not he would finish with more HR than K in a given year. Just secondary stuff I'd key in on as somebody who was such a huge dork that back before Baseball-Reference.com updated in-season, I made my own spreadsheets to ballpark Pujols' (et al) OPS+ from day-to-day. Can't stress enough that the man single-handedly made me a baseball fan and literally overnight. It was this game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emH-oxwFyHU
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https://twitter.com/AP_Sports/status/1697359724784574480 This loving dope is going to hire McKinsey to fix his baseball team.
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Sep 1, 2023 01:38
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Mayo Pete as Yankees GM- lock it in
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FlamingLiberal posted:Mayo Pete as Yankees GM- lock it in Welcome back, Josh Donaldson
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FlamingLiberal posted:Mayo Pete as Yankees GM- lock it in The Yankees will run just as smoothly as America’s air travel systems
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Another complaint filed against Wander over a minor, he's looking hosed.
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SilvergunSuperman posted:Another complaint filed against Wander over a minor, he's looking hosed. At least it will be all adults this time around.
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Is there any historical examples of something like this happening in pro sports to what appeared to be a superstar in the making? I guess in the past it would be more easily swept under the rug, like Doug Gilmour.
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SilvergunSuperman posted:Is there any historical examples of something like this happening in pro sports to what appeared to be a superstar in the making? Enzo Amore in WWE is the first one that comes to mind, depending on your definition of "pro sports"
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Felipe Vasquez is the answer
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Ah yeah I forgot about him. I actually just meant a crime bad enough to get a lifetime boot. Maybe Ray Rice, but he was a vet. Also kaepernick of course
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Addison Russell? Probably not superstar I suppose.
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Considering Roberto Osuna is only 28 and has been absolutely bulldozing Mexican and Japan ball for years now, maybe him
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Aaron Hernandez and I can't believe nobody else has said it yet E: Unless "something like this" means sexual assault related and not just "horrific crimes" in general
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Trevor Bauer was effectively thrown of MLB this very season!
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Dexo posted:Addison Russell? Probably not superstar I suppose. russell had "oh poo poo this kid might be really good once he figures it out" with a 95 wRC+ in 2016 and then that was his best year. even talking about strictly on-field performance he was a non-tender candidate before The Unpleasantness came out
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Russell was an incredible defender and the hope was if he could be a league average bat, he would be a really solid SS. He regressed a lot though which a lot of people attribute to his partying. He was a fixture at every late night Chicago club just about every night of the week.
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Who's ready for a Mike Tauchman highlight reel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA2BLtn-TDQ
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Niwrad posted:Russell was an incredible defender and the hope was if he could be a league average bat, he would be a really solid SS. He regressed a lot though which a lot of people attribute to his partying. He was a fixture at every late night Chicago club just about every night of the week. Heck, if it was good enough for Mark Grace...
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Who's ready for a Mike Tauchman highlight reel? The summer our Tauch boy became a Tauch man
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Acuna with a 30-60 season so far
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Yea but Betts hit two more out tonight. .317 and 38 dingers .455 for the month 
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Niwrad posted:Russell was an incredible defender and the hope was if he could be a league average bat, he would be a really solid SS. He regressed a lot though which a lot of people attribute to his partying. He was a fixture at every late night Chicago club just about every night of the week. And then the offense steadily declined, and the defense started to decline. By the time he came back from his suspension he was nearly unplayable at 2B, and Maddon kept moving Javy over to 2B to play Russell at short. It was not good.
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SilvergunSuperman posted:Is there any historical examples of something like this happening in pro sports to what appeared to be a superstar in the making? In a different way: John Rocker. Rocker had two excellent years in the bigs, then came the insanely racist interview with Sports Illustrated. He was good again in a partial season for Atlanta in 2000 after being suspended. But the lid was off the crazy at that point. The potential got him a few more gigs, but he never came close to those first years and of course he's been 100% toxic loonytunes for decades now. (Rocker also did some assault, too.) RC and Moon Pie fucked around with this message at 06:41 on Sep 1, 2023 |
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I always thought John Rocker was gay because one of my high school teammates used to sprint to the outfield and yell “I’m John rocker, the first openly gay mlb player!!” I was very shocked when I found out what he was actually like.
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MrMojok posted:Yea but Betts hit two more out tonight.
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Way to get your hopes up just so the Cubs can dash em
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Monathin posted:It's going to be extremely funny if the Guardians manage to beat the odds, win AL Central, and enter the playoffs with a starting rotation that doesn't have a single person on it who played or was scheduled to play on Opening Day. It would make me extremely sad, so I do have to request this doesn't happen.
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LonesomeCrowdedWest posted:I always thought John Rocker was gay because one of my high school teammates used to sprint to the outfield and yell “I’m John rocker, the first openly gay mlb player!!” He’s was certainly struggling with something at a personal level.
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