General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[Derwood]

Random Maris spot poll: is it cool or lame that the dude who broke Ruth's record was mostly Just Some Guy outside of, like, 2-3 seasons?

Who was likely all hopped up on something as well.

I don’t know when it happened but isn’t it widely considered just about every player was taking greenies on a somewhat daily basis. There are stories about how most teams just had a candy bowl of them for players to grab. Fairly sure Aaron and others took them (and I’m not saying it’s that “bad” or the same as HGH mind you)

 

Greenies with a cocaine chaser

[Banedon]

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[David]

 

this was fantastic

[Tryptamine]

So, explain to me why a player can be grandfathered in on a rule change where he gets a built in advantage the rest of his career.

[mul21]

So, explain to me why a player can be grandfathered in on a rule change where he gets a built in advantage the rest of his career.

 

I assume you're talking about Pujols and the bat? Based on what I read it was a player safety issue, not a competitive issue.

[javy knows my name]

So, explain to me why a player can be grandfathered in on a rule change where he gets a built in advantage the rest of his career.

 

I assume you're talking about Pujols and the bat? Based on what I read it was a player safety issue, not a competitive issue.

 

Please, no one ever write this children's book

[Bertz]

 

This is great to see. Teams were very aggressive in pushing top prospects to open the year in MLB, the Mariners got rewarded and the Orioles got burned for not joining in

[Cubswin11]

The Mets getting their dream owner and then his fund gets wiped out a year later would be so Mets.

 

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

 

[FloridaCubbie]

Blast from the past.

[CyHawk_Cub]

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[Bertz]

 

This is right in my Q Zone

[17 Seconds]

if jed hoyer said the truth out loud

 

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

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leaning towards israel

[WrigleyField 22]

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leaning towards israel

Lot of pretty decent ones, but the clear bottom two are Italy and Nicaragua. Looks like someone just ran up against a deadline and finished the last two in 5 minutes.

[Bertz]

 

Might be approaching time for a WBC thread. The DR team is as stacked as you'd imagine, except surprisingly sad at catcher.

[Proven Veteran]

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leaning towards israel

Lot of pretty decent ones, but the clear bottom two are Italy and Nicaragua. Looks like someone just ran up against a deadline and finished the last two in 5 minutes.

I think the flags make all of them look worse.

[Sammy Sofa]

Man, they should all just put some logo or symbol or whatever the horsefeathers on the front instead of a dumb letter. China's the only one that comes close to that besides Israel.

 

Edit: totally missed the Netherlands crown.

Edited February 10, 2023 by Sammy Sofa

[Sammy Sofa]

Like, make America's a big sloppy cheeseburger, you horsefeathering cowards.

[Derwood]

I'm super biased, but Netherlands all day

[imb]

that mexico hat is nice

[WrigleyField 22]

My ranking (if you disagree I don't give a hoot)

 

1. Netherlands

2. China

3. Israel

4. Australia

5. Puerto Rico

6. Mexico

7. Korea

8. Canada

9. Chinese Taipei

10. Venezuela

11. USA

12. Dominican Republic

13. Czech Republic

14. Panama

15. Colombia

16. Japan

17. Cuba

18. Great Britain

19. Nicaragua

20. Italy