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If a team has fans that don't care about superstars performing poorly, I don't think you're talking about a professional team in America.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirshredalot
ETA: any team with recent success has fans that don't know shit about the sport. I bet their are a lot of fans in Houston that don't have a clue that their uniforms used to be the coolest or that the stadium had a different name.
furthermore, yankee fans booed the shit out of giuliani on his birthday. we can put that in the greatest fans on earth column.
Fair, that's a point in their favor.Quote:
Originally Posted by ml242
I'm looking forward to watching the Angels this week ...
Yankees fans booed Jeter in 2004. Started the season 0-25 and got booed. Derek Jeter! Booed!! Worst fans in sports! Sad!
YEA JETES
Probably not so much last week...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirshredalot
I always LOL at this.Quote:
Originally Posted by ml242
To be fair, that was probably about the roids.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brock Landers
The thing about irul and his mongoloid brethren is how fucking predictable they are. The team they root for signs a guy who ks 190 times per 162 gp over his lengthy career, and they boo him in his first home game because he strikes out. It's a goddamned miracle that they get out of bed in the morning and manage to dress themselves.
My 3 year old understands that her elderly dog sometimes shits in the house and that it is par for the course of elderly dog ownership. The child is 3 and the dog has never led the National League in house-shitting.
They selling out those club seats yet?
ok, i guess the sox should have thought twice about signing an older outfielder with eroding skills... that happened to be black. that was ugly as a pink sox hat!
i don’t know what team is pure enough to start grandstanding about yankee fans, but it sure as shit neither of the other old east coast teams.
Oh yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkiCougar
I didn't realize that Gleyber Torres is the youngest player to homer in 4 straight games in the AL. It's kind of meaningless, but at the same time the ceiling looks pretty high for that kid.
Max Scherzer came in to pinch hit in the 14th inning last night, on his off day, gets a single up the middle and scores the winning run for the Nats on a triple the next batter. He looked like a kid in tee ball rounding the bases. Pretty wild finish.
https://twitter.com/nationals/status...234381824?s=21
Mariners are on a tear, and now lead the AL West. During today's radio broadcast it was mentioned that this is the first time the Ms have been in sole possession of the division lead after June 1st since 2003. Wow. Odds are they'll choke, but it sure has been enjoyable so far!
m’s recipe for success is to get rid of their biggest name and hope for the best.
That and acquiring Ichiro might be staples.
Yeah, whatever works. Cano out for 80 games due to his drug suspension and Felix with an ERA over 5.00 even with a great performance yesterday.Quote:
Originally Posted by ml242
I could see the Ms cutting Ichiro just so they could re-sign him againQuote:
Originally Posted by jono
Apparently they liked that idea, too. He's scheduled to return to play next year when they play the A's in Japan.
21 over, took a little while with all these rain outs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supermoon
Severino is so dominant, goddamn.
Judge with 8 Ks yesterday in the doubleheader v. Detroit. First time that's been done since 1920.
I'm judgin'.
In other news...
1st inning tonight, Tigers P throws one high and tight to JD which knocks him down and he gets back up and launches his 20th. He has already earned his Sox stripes imo.
"Immaculate inning" for Scherzer tonight: nine pitches, nine strikes. Apparently that's the second times he's done it in his career. The others who have done it twice are Lefty Grove, Sandy Koufax, Randy Johnson and Nolan Ryan. Decent company.
He's a horse. Consistent and sometimes spectacular.
And Paxton had a nice evening in Houston. Another pitcher I had on my fantasy team a year or two too early. That's why I don't play anymore.
Can we get syrup from his nipples? I mean, if one were so inclined of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by flowing alpy
Kimbrel is as good as the O's offense is bad. complete mismatch. damn that guy is nasty, even when he gets squeezed.
3 walks in his last 25 appearances they said on the Orioles Broadcast tonight. That's pretty good.
After dropping tw to the ChiSox, getting the O's are just what the doctor ordered. Get back on track, rebuild some momentum, but don't take a lot of credit for it...they are just a AAAA team.
I'm reading a book right now that I highly recommend to any baseball fan: The Glory of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter. First published in the '60s Ritter traveled all over the country interviewing the early stars of the game and transcribing their stories directly. Truly fascinating and I'm not sure why I haven't read it until now.
The paperback is dirt cheap on Amazon, too:
https://www.amazon.com/Glory-Their-T...of+their+times
Man Xander had a day last night. Game winning HR, one of the best DPs you’ll ever see, and started the game ending DP with the tying run in scoring position.
https://www.mlb.com/video/c-2156638883
Boras may be slipping a lil something into his cereal ... 1.5 seasons til free agency and he’s rounding into form [emoji41]
Walk off!
This yankees team is pretty fun to watch, not too late for you guys to jump on the bandwagon........
No thanks I'm too busy over here rooting for JBJ to get up to .200.
This Red Sox - Mariners game is nuts- I missed half of it skating pickup, they’re only in the 7th. 9 runs in the first, tons of lead changes / clutch hitting from both sides
JD Martinez has shown up this season. Most HRs in all of baseball since last year’s all star break iirc
Damn. Left to go watch a single-A game tonight and it was 10-5. Holy shit. Can’t wait to rewatch it.
this can't be real, can it?
https://sports.yahoo.com/hanley-rami...230328660.html
Crazy, right? Recall he was designated for assignment, it felt sudden/somewhat shocking at the time, but also rooted in baseball decision making (he was hitting worse than Benintendi, jd Martinez and Moreland who are all better fielders). No teams picked him up. I wonder if management knew anything, if rumors were swirling, etc.
Still hanging out with old friends, or made some new friends? Either way, looks like he might be making some even newer friends.Quote:
Originally Posted by ml242
This could turn out to be a very sad ending of squandered talent. I don't think he ever reached his potential. Still a damn good career though I thought he could be an all-timer based on his early years.