Baez impresses Baez

[Janelle-Alexis]

figuratively too. at least there is a defined boundary as opposed to say figure skating. ie I can see if a pitch is a strike or not.

 

80% of figure skating is the equivalent of calling balls and strikes. Except with 9 judges smoothing the results instead of a single sociopath who can ruin a baseball game because he ate a bad breakfast burrito or something.

[JennieGarthAlgar]

He’s a natural lefty, why not?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because he has no experience doing it, that’s why

 

Well now he has experience I guess

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Is Rizzo Tony, Toni, or Toné?

 

No? Ok.

[Stu]

“Javy” is a pretty common nickname in Spanish-speaking places — I knew a lot of Javys when I lived in PR

 

It’s not one of those typical meatball things where you add a y at the end of a guy’s name

[Brian]

On Bended Knee - The Lefty Baez Thread

 

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[Sammy Sofa]

“Javy” is a pretty common nickname in Spanish-speaking places — I knew a lot of Javys when I lived in PR

 

It’s not one of those typical meatball things where you add a y at the end of a guy’s name

 

Right; I just can't help but feel like it is when some dopey baseball manager does it.

[Bull]

Is it just me or does Addi drive others nuts too. I want it to be Addy if it's shortened. Ideally he's rocketed into the sun so we never have to post his name but in the meantime...

Regardless of the person I cannot stand either variation of the shortened name.

 

"Javi" is the only one of those types of nicknames that I don't mind, and even that bugs me a bit (though at least it's an actual damn name) because of the context when a dunce like Maddon (or any of the other managers who have done it) says it. It sounds like someone talking about a 5-year-old. Like, get out of here with that "Stropy" horsefeathers.

I generally agree, but I’m pro “Rizzy”

[TMan92]

“Javy” is a pretty common nickname in Spanish-speaking places — I knew a lot of Javys when I lived in PR

 

It’s not one of those typical meatball things where you add a y at the end of a guy’s name

 

Right; I just can't help but feel like it is when some dopey baseball manager does it.

 

Nothing is worse than hockey with this.

[Sammy Sofa]

“Javy” is a pretty common nickname in Spanish-speaking places — I knew a lot of Javys when I lived in PR

 

It’s not one of those typical meatball things where you add a y at the end of a guy’s name

 

Right; I just can't help but feel like it is when some dopey baseball manager does it.

 

Nothing is worse than hockey

[jersey cubs fan]

 

Right; I just can't help but feel like it is when some dopey baseball manager does it.

 

Nothing is worse than hockey

football?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Soccer

[Sammy Sofa]

 

Nothing is worse than hockey

football?

 

Damn, that's a tricky one.

[David]

Soccer

 

i'd honestly rather go to the dentist than watch either of the sports where they quickly go back and forth 8000 times and score once every two hours

[Derwood]

Soccer

 

i'd honestly rather go to the dentist than watch either of the sports where they quickly go back and forth 8000 times and score once every two hours

 

Soccer and ??????

 

 

Surely you're not suggesting that ice hockey has the same pace of play as soccer. SURELY

[David]

Soccer

 

i'd honestly rather go to the dentist than watch either of the sports where they quickly go back and forth 8000 times and score once every two hours

 

Soccer and ??????

 

 

Surely you're not suggesting that ice hockey has the same pace of play as soccer. SURELY

 

it's even more irritatingly fast paced and low scoring

[Derwood]

 

i'd honestly rather go to the dentist than watch either of the sports where they quickly go back and forth 8000 times and score once every two hours

 

Soccer and ??????

 

 

Surely you're not suggesting that ice hockey has the same pace of play as soccer. SURELY

 

it's even more irritatingly fast paced and low scoring

 

Nah. I'll take 30 shots on goal in a 60 minute game over 5 shots on goal in a 90 minute game (on a playing field 4x the size)

[mul21]

 

i'd honestly rather go to the dentist than watch either of the sports where they quickly go back and forth 8000 times and score once every two hours

 

Soccer and ??????

 

 

Surely you're not suggesting that ice hockey has the same pace of play as soccer. SURELY

 

it's even more irritatingly fast paced and low scoring

 

Shouldn't you be trying to figure how to not give up over a run per inning when you're on the mound for the Reds?

[David]

 

Soccer and ??????

 

 

Surely you're not suggesting that ice hockey has the same pace of play as soccer. SURELY

 

it's even more irritatingly fast paced and low scoring

 

Shouldn't you be trying to figure how to not give up over a run per inning when you're on the mound for the Reds?

 

nah i'm just cashin checks

[ConstableRabbit]

 

i'd honestly rather go to the dentist than watch either of the sports where they quickly go back and forth 8000 times and score once every two hours

 

Soccer and ??????

 

 

Surely you're not suggesting that ice hockey has the same pace of play as soccer. SURELY

 

it's even more irritatingly fast paced and low scoring

This is a really weird take from a baseball fan of all people — the sport everyone who doesn’t understand the intricacies calls “boring”. Do you also hate pitchers duels? The beauty is in the nuance.

[David]

 

Soccer and ??????

 

 

Surely you're not suggesting that ice hockey has the same pace of play as soccer. SURELY

 

it's even more irritatingly fast paced and low scoring

This is a really weird take from a baseball fan of all people — the sport everyone who doesn’t understand the intricacies calls “boring”. Do you also hate pitchers duels? The beauty is in the nuance.

 

hockey is trash. soccer is too. horsefeathers nuance.

[Sammy Sofa]

Until hilariously wearing gigantic shorts on top of pants is lamer than hilariously wearing a belt with a baseball uniform, then the winner will always be obvious. Hockey makes every player look like Kevin Smith.

[stitchface]

 

Nothing is worse than hockey

football?

 

 

football is really fun to play - because no one plays with idiotic things like the offensive linemen can't twitch . . . watching football on tv is akin to watching 3.5 hours of commercials with about 10 minutes of action.

[Bull]

In summary: baseball is awesome. Everything else ranged from not awesome to not tolerable.

[minnesotacubsfan]

football?

 

 

football is really fun to play - because no one plays with idiotic things like the offensive linemen can't twitch . . . watching football on tv is akin to watching 3.5 hours of commercials with about 10 minutes of action.

 

says someone who's never put on the pads and spent time in the trenches. Football is hell to play. Getting rapped by a white cross sniffing 240 lb monster on a guard pull/blitz special is akin to being hit by a 1969 Chrysler Imperial when you are 6 years old. Don't challenge me on that one, I've done both.

 

but I love watching it.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

football?

 

 

football is really fun to play - because no one plays with idiotic things like the offensive linemen can't twitch . . . watching football on tv is akin to watching 3.5 hours of commercials with about 10 minutes of action.

 

says someone who's never put on the pads and spent time in the trenches. Football is hell to play. Getting rapped by a white cross sniffing 240 lb monster on a guard pull/blitz special is akin to being hit by a 1969 Chrysler Imperial when you are 6 years old. Don't challenge me on that one, I've done both.

 

but I love watching it.