General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Oh cool. I have a new team to root against. The Cardinals/Giants of the AL:

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/twins-completely-overreact-orioles-bunting-beat-shift-one-hitter-225336945.html

 

So dumb. Shouldn’t you not be shifting in that situation then?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Oh cool. I have a new team to root against. The Cardinals/Giants of the AL:

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/twins-completely-overreact-orioles-bunting-beat-shift-one-hitter-225336945.html

 

So dumb. Shouldn’t you not be shifting in that situation then?

 

Dozier 'explained' that the Orioles didn't hold a runner on first and the Twins didn't try to steal, so the Orioles should have reciprocated when they shifted. To get upset over that situation(one hitter, you're up 7) trends pretty close to mental illness.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Rangers and Blue Jays, as a team, are making contact like Joey Gallo in the early going

[Sammy Sofa]

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[We Got The Whole 9]

Random but I always thought fouls would be included in swinging strikes (swstr%) rate. Is that not the case?

[Post Count Padder]

The Yankees announced on Friday that they’ve placed outfielder Aaron Hicks on the 10-day disabled list with a strained right intercostal muscle. He’ll join fellow outfielders Jacoby Ellsbury (right oblique strain) and Clint Frazier (concussion) on the disabled list. Outfield prospect Billy McKinney has been recalled from Triple-A in place of Hicks.

 

McKinney gonna make his big league debut

And just like that, he got hurt.

 

Is it just me or have there been a lot of injuries to start the season?

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yankees fans just booed stanton (after his 5th strikeout of the day) while the yankees were winning 9-4

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[Clem Fandango]

For anyone who hasn't been keeping up with the Gabe Kapler saga:

 

https://bit.ly/2Hbg0dC

 

https://deadspin.com/gabe-kaplers-cosmic-brain-is-putting-the-phillies-in-so-1824241350

 

It's genuine nightmare fuel for fans. One of my classmates is a Philly fan and she was asking me what I knew about their weird manager and why he was doing the things he was doing. I didn't know who it was our convo went like this:

 

"It's a former player, I think he played for the Red Sox and he's weird"

 

"Gabe Kapler?"

 

"Yeah that sounds right"

 

"Oh yeah, that dude made one of the greatest fail gifs of all time!"

 

And I proceeded to show her this:

 

http://cdn3.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1010059/kaplerftl.gif

 

Hers was a cautious laughter. He's seriously going to get fired REAL quickly for REALLY qualifiable purposes.

[Cubswin11]

Adrian Beltre set the record for hits by a Latin born player today and tied Rickey Henderson on the all time hit list. Might be one of the most underrated and under appreciated careers of all time.

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[SouthSideRyan]

Adrian Beltre set the record for hits by a Latin born player today and tied Rickey Henderson on the all time hit list. Might be one of the most underrated and under appreciated careers of all time.

 

TIL Beltre got his 3000th hit last year and that Rod Carew wasn’t born in the US

 

He’ll probably pass Ichiro this year to have the record for foreign born

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Have to actually click into Twitter for that to make any sense, fyi to anyone else who is confused.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

I have a good friend who is a copy editor for the Denver Post. Was considering emailing her right now to tease her, but horsefeathers is pretty brutal there right now.

[imb]

I have a good friend who is a copy editor for the Denver Post. Was considering emailing her right now to tease her, but horsefeathers is pretty brutal there right now.

 

yeah it's just dirt on the grave

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[JudasIscariotTheBird]

This is completely true. If I were heavily drugged in Citi I could be convinced I was in Denver as I walked around the consessions.

[Sammy Sofa]

I have a good friend who is a copy editor for the Denver Post. Was considering emailing her right now to tease her, but horsefeathers is pretty brutal there right now.

 

yeah it's just dirt on the grave

 

Jesus. You guys aren't horsefeathering kidding:

 

https://dfmworkers.org/video-watch-what-hedge-fund-alden-global-capital-has-done-to-the-pulitzer-prize-winning-denver-post-newsroom/

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Freddie Freeman is slashing 409/618/818 with a 4.0 BBK

[Sammy Sofa]

https://deadspin.com/shohei-ohtanis-third-dinger-was-a-mighty-bomb-1825072302

 

Not so fun early baseball stats: stupid dumb jerk Ohtani has already hit 3 dongs. The Cubs as a team have hit 6.

[CyHawk_Cub]

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[JudasIscariotTheBird]

I have a good friend who is a copy editor for the Denver Post. Was considering emailing her right now to tease her, but horsefeathers is pretty brutal there right now.

 

yeah it's just dirt on the grave

 

Jesus. You guys aren't horsefeathering kidding:

 

https://dfmworkers.org/video-watch-what-hedge-fund-alden-global-capital-has-done-to-the-pulitzer-prize-winning-denver-post-newsroom/

 

Yeah, that edited photo made the rounds on twitter a week ago or so. (My friend is alone in a sea of black, center left.) What is crazy is a newspaper publishing an op-ed like this about its OWNERSHIP (which, incidently, is completely true):

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/04/06/as-vultures-circle-the-denver-post-must-be-saved/

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[imb]

Ohtani has 3 bombs and a 1.300 OPS and a 2.08 ERA w/18 Ks in 13 innings. that's awesome

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