MLB 2023

[Grand Potentate]

Here we go

 

[Thruth]

Here we go

Defund MLB

 

[Fwiffo]

Blue jays reported an infection and closed camp. Phillies reported a number of infections amongst staff and closed camp. Maybe Florida wasn't the best place.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Blue jays reported an infection and closed camp. Phillies reported a number of infections amongst staff and closed camp. Maybe Florida wasn't the best place.

Mets and yankees already returning to ny. Teams abandoning arizona as well

 

[ter1413]

Nationals’ Ryan Zimmerman opts out of 2020 MLB season

Washington Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman officially opted out of the 2020 MLB season on Monday, a few days after expressing apprehension about the idea of playing during the coronavirus pa…

nypost.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

I admit i loled when i saw steamers

 

[Fwiffo]

Blue Jays are doing "spring training" up here in Toronto but how is anyone going to play them if there is a mandatory 14 day quarantine?

 

[Grand Potentate]

was watching tony gwynn highlights on youtube. man was such a fantastic hitter.

i miss baseball. old baseball where everyone wasn't trying to hit a homerun or strikeout every time they were at bat.

 

[Fwiffo]

The Blue Jays are playing intra squad games with the dome open. They sound the home run horn. Bit of life on my block.

How they expect to resume playing the season is another question.

 

[Fwiffo]

Blue Jays aren't allowed to play in Toronto. No exemptions for the one and only Canadian team.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Blue Jays aren't allowed to play in Toronto. No exemptions for the one and only Canadian team.

trust me you don't want us there anyway. you're better off.

 

[Grand Potentate]

so more than half of the marlins team has corona. they've cancelled the game and now everyone is freaking the fuck out. latest is they might have gotten it in atlanta even and i guess they just haven't told anyone?

the best part was rather than informing the phillies they decided to hold a team meeting among the players to decide whether or not to play.

really have their shit together at mlb

 

[Fwiffo]

Red Sox pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez confirms he's dealing with heart issue stemming from COVID-19 infection

Rodriguez will be shut down for at least a week with the hope that his heart inflammation goes away

www.cbssports.com

What about this guy?

 

[Grand Potentate]

from tonight's Nats/O's game. in all my 20+ years of watching baseball I have never seen something like this

 

[Grand Potentate]

i was watching a video of don mattingly getting tossed and the empty stadium picking up his profanity laced tirade and, miraculously, i ended up back with good ole' earl weaver. the single best manager's corner of all time

 

[Grand Potentate]

anyone watching the world series? that game 4 was incredible with just a ridiculous ending.

 

[Fwiffo]

Don't you usually root against Floridian teams?

 

[Grand Potentate]

Don't you usually root against Floridian teams?

yes. im rooting for the dodgers here. mostly because they got fucked over by the astros the hardest.

 

[Fwiffo]

Two championships for the Dodgers but on the radio it was LA dodgers win but there was that covid guy who celebrated too.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Two championships for the Dodgers but on the radio it was LA dodgers win but there was that covid guy who celebrated too.

This whole justin turner situation is unfathomably insane.

 

[Grand Potentate]

kevin cash and the rays front office should be locked into a port-o-potty and set on fire for pulling blake snell

 

[Grand Potentate]

cleveland indians changing their name. finally.

wonder when the braves are going to follow suit?

 

[Fwiffo]

cleveland indians changing their name. finally.

wonder when the braves are going to follow suit?

Then they won't have the tomahawk anymore.

 

[Grand Potentate]

RIP Tommy Lasorda

this might bring a tear to your eye

 

[Fwiffo]

Baseball Hall of Fame will have no new members in 2021 after no player gets enough votes

Curt Schilling, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were the closest in voting by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, but all fell short.

www.nbcnews.com

“Curt Schilling, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were the closest in voting by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America released Tuesday, and the trio will have one more chance at election next year. It's the first time the BBWAA didn't choose anyone since 2013.

Schilling, a right-handed ace who won three World Series titles, finished 16 votes short of the 75% threshold necessary for enshrinement. He got 71.1% percent this time after coming up 20 votes shy at 70% last year.

Schilling's on-field accomplishments face little dispute, but he has ostracized himself in retirement by directing hateful remarks toward Muslims, transgender people, journalists and others.

Bonds (61.8%) and Clemens (61.6%) joined Schilling in falling short on their ninth tries. Both face strong PED suspicions, but Bonds has also been accused of domestic violence and Clemens of maintaining a decade-long relationship with a singer who was 15 when they met.”

And those were the top 3? I shudder to think of who is at the bottom.

 

[Grand Potentate]

its criminal that bonds isn't already in

 

[Fwiffo]

On the basis of he is the least or most tainted?

 

[Grand Potentate]

On the basis of he is the least or most tainted?

the man is the best player ever, steroids or otherwise. even before his head grew to the size of a watermelon he was on track for the hall. should have had 2 more MVP's at that point.

 

[Grand Potentate]

MLB encouraged Arizona mayors to ask for spring-training delay, to pressure players to take pay cut

The story of how a bunch of Arizona elected officials asked for MLB to delay the start of spring training because Covid and then took it back after the players' union rejected the idea isn't over yet, as it turns out that MLB apparently asked the cities to make the demand, as part of a...

www.fieldofschemes.com

fuck mlb

 

[Fwiffo]

the man is the best player ever, steroids or otherwise. even before his head grew to the size of a watermelon he was on track for the hall. should have had 2 more MVP's at that point.

MVP with asterisks?

 

[Grand Potentate]

MVP with asterisks?

sure put an asterisk on his plaque.

 

[Fwiffo]

Jays beat the Rangers in front of 20K people in Texas.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Jays beat the Rangers in front of 20K people in Texas.

Superspreader event

 

[Fwiffo]

Superspreader event

15 percent attendance for Jays home opener in Florida. Better than zero here.

 

[Grand Potentate]

Interesting takes from Theo Epstein in Bob Nightengale’s new column

Redirect Notice

 

[Grand Potentate]

Good piece

'This Should Be the Biggest Scandal in Sports'

The inside story of how rampant pitch-doctoring in MLB is pumping pitchers up and deflating offenses.

www.si.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

Another good read

The not so glamorous life of the Minor League Baseball player | FOX Sports

From the travel to the housing to the food, Minor League Baseball is a grind. Ben Verlander shares some of his experiences.

www.foxsports.com

 

[Grand Potentate]

 

[Thruth]

This is The Natural territory

 

[Grand Potentate]

The is The Natural territory

i watched that highlight 5 times before i came here and just watched it again. just doesn't get old.