2024 MLB Thread - Hot Dads and Streaking Cheaters

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  1. theregionsitter

    theregionsitter Well-Known Member
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    Feels like Sox are throwing shit against the wall entirely hoping to create tradeable assets by the deadline- they do not care how many games they lose getting to that point
     
  2. fucktx

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    I wish they would free Luis but then they would have absolutely nothing to sell and even less people would go to the games
     
  3. fucktx

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    that’s terrible I didn’t know their kids were that young still. growing up as a teenager without both of your parents has to be devastating

    :tebow:
     
  4. zeberdee

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    damn Realmuto just took a ball to the throat.
     
  5. steamengine

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    Damn. This is hardcore fandom.
     
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  6. fucktx

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    Trout finally hit a hr with someone on base
     
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  7. Truman

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    Idk why guys still wear the old school masks instead of the goalie helmets.

    even tho the old school masks look way cooler
     
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  8. Gunners

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    sports are stressful
     
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  9. bro

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    3 homer night. All 4 RBIs
     
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  10. texasraider

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    To be fair the last one was against Leclerc
     
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  11. DirtBall

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    Salvy walks off the Stros
     
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  12. ashy larry

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    u answered ur own question trumy
     
  13. ashy larry

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    baseball is 90% mental. the other half is looking cool
     
  14. Gunners

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    Totally forgot about Wakefield stuff and had channel on but wasn’t paying attention

    I don’t cry in public, would have definitely cried during that at home
     
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  15. Charles DeMar

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    :awshucks:

    Nice to see what it’s like for someone to get a hit with RISP, though
     
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  16. steamengine

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    I can’t believe he’s only 33
     
  17. steamengine

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    My three year olds swing is way more pure, guaranteed 1:1
     
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  18. pianoman

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    Morel with the grand slam in San Diego
     
  19. COVIDiskilingme79

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    I've been watching a lot of KBO during the overnight and I've been really impressed with their umps. I was thinking last night that I can't remember the last time I saw a bad ball/strike call.

    Turns out they're using robo umps this year :laugh:
     
  20. PeterGriffin

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    Was an incredible collapse from Musgrove who'd only given up 3 hits through 4 IP. Solo homer to the 9 hitter, walk, single, HBP, pulled by Shildt. Then the grand slam.
     
  21. fucktx

    fucktx ruthkanda forever
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    All teams in the AL West lose except for the A’s who beat the defending WS champs. I love baseball
     
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  22. slhorn

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    Agreeing with dump huh? Maybe rethink this opinion. In n out is delicious. Taco case on the other hand is trash..
     
  23. Boo MFer!

    Boo MFer! No longer a cog in some powerhouse machine
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  24. MG2

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  25. MG2

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    I didn't post that to suggest all is well or anything. Just thought the data was interesting. The massive jump starting 2014 is pretty stunning and not that coincidental considering the change that was clearly happening around that time in terms of velo.
     
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  26. Charles DeMar

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  27. Irush

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    That kid is jacked what the hell
     
  28. bwi2

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    Good for Holliday but I found that one to be annoying.
     
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  29. bro

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  30. zeberdee

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    he knew exactly what was happening.
     
  31. i am a bammer

    i am a bammer Ben Eblen>Jamychal Green
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    Heartwarming: The Number 1 Prospect Gets Called Up And Is Totally Shocked!
     
  32. bro

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    Can’t believe they couldn’t surprise the top prospect in baseball that he was getting called up
     
  33. bwi2

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    Im sure he also appreciated all the advice about how to handle his family
     
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  34. Charles DeMar

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    Interesting, i didn't get that feeling, but to each their own sir!! Think i was just happy for our boy Gunners. But yeah, he probably had to have an idea of what was happening, really could've opened the season with the big league club

     
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  35. i am a bammer

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    Maybe he didn't make the OD roster because Fanatics couldn't get his jersey made in time
     
  36. teel

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    The manager that talks too much is Zack Britton's brother :themoreyouknow:
     
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  37. fucktx

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    I feel for Mariners fans. It’s like a replay of the same season over and over for them every single year.
     
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  38. Charles DeMar

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    Speaking of his jersey (or his number at least)



     
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  39. WillySaliba

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    At the time there was also the suspicion of breaking pitches being one of the huge causes. This was because by that time they really decreased pitch count across the board but TJ didn’t slow down. So essentially the increased emphasis on velo was put into place as a TJ mitigation method.

    Velocity certainly doesn’t help, not going to pretend it does, but it’s not the issue. The arm just flat out is not meant to sling a ball like that. It never has been, there is just more emphasis on the injury because science can repair it.

    For me, worst part about TJ is the lack of just one insane knuckler.
     
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  40. Owsley

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    And they don’t even get Andie MacDowell
     
  41. Bert Handsome

    Bert Handsome I'm sorry, the card says Moops
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    Every year baseball industry finds a new way to tell the rest of the world how much they hate their sport.
     
  42. ashy larry

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  43. i am a bammer

    i am a bammer Ben Eblen>Jamychal Green
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    I hope he has better taste than this
     
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  44. MG2

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    Agreed. People started simultaneously trying to throw harder AND throwing fewer fastballs. When you have all these guys putting the stress of throwing more than 50%+ sliders, it's not an accident that many of elbow injuries start off as "forearm strains" or whatever that comes from the torque and the grip needed to throw those pitches.

    And when it comes to that kind of thing, I'm really not sure there is an answer. Because "let's just throw these hitters more fastballs while trying not to throw them as hard" would lead to a bigger scoring/power boom than PEDs created.
     
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  45. MG2

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  46. ashy larry

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    speaking of troubling trends in baseball

     
  47. bwi2

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    Jackson Jobe: too old