The 2023 MLB Season Thread - Page 3

RainMaker · 03-13-2023, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

Am I right in thinking that he was going to call the third pitch a strike regardless due to the batter's reaction to the second pitch? Or, was he just being terrible at calling strikes, because to me the second pitch also looked like a ball?

Serious question - I don't watch a lot of baseball.

That's my take on it. Ump was not happy with being shown up and took it out on the player.

Or he had a dinner date he had to get to.

BishopMVP · 03-13-2023, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Didn't Joe West retire?

And started his retirement in the most predictable way Joe West seemingly threatens to sue Wikipedia editors for not allowing his changes to page

PilotMan · 03-13-2023, 10:17 PM

I guess the US was ready to take out their aggressions on poor little Canada after that Mexico game yesterday. Goodness.

RainMaker · 03-13-2023, 10:27 PM

Have to feel a little bad for the 19-year old Canada started.

"Hey kid, first 3 hitters you'll face are Mookie Betts, Mike Trout, and Paul Goldshmidt. If you run into any trouble, you'll get Arenado and Tucker up next."

PilotMan · 03-13-2023, 10:46 PM

Anyone catch the PR v Israel game?

PilotMan · 03-13-2023, 10:59 PM

best thing about the WBC is the variety of pros that you get to see. I loved seeing these independent guys getting their shots here and there. There was a guy playing CF for Nicaragua who played in the Pecos League (IND) and the rookie of the year in Nicaragua was a relief pitcher, who came in and struck out 3 major leaguers to close out a game they weren't going to win against the Dominican. Shit like that is beautiful

Then you've got the whole Columbia/GB game. Great story lines all over.

RainMaker · 03-13-2023, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by PilotMan

Anyone catch the PR v Israel game?

I saw Javy make a really cool slide. He is the best.

PilotMan · 03-14-2023, 12:28 AM

First perfect game (8 inn) in WBC history.

Ghost Econ · 03-14-2023, 06:54 AM

One thing I've noticed is how much better the game is with a pitch clock. The difference between the flow of the wbc vs. spring training is night and day.

PilotMan · 03-14-2023, 01:46 PM

I agree, but I love the diversity of players that we have in the WBC. Some of these guys have never played outside their home countries, and some of them are going to get pro contracts with ML clubs as a result. NIC had a guy from the Frontier League on the mound. That's the league where our local club is in, and even though it's comparable to "A" ball, it's great to see them try and match up.

Nicaragua pitcher earns contract with Tigers after striking out Juan Soto, other stars in WBC outing - CBSSports.com

Funny, I was watching the DOM game yesterday, and Machado looked like he was taking BP with every, single swing. The poor NIC pitchers had nothing for him. He went 1-4 with a HR, but literally, was 8 feet short of a 4HR game.

JonInMiddleGA · 03-14-2023, 03:50 PM

Did ya happen to see what happened the day after the terrible college ump game?

Game 2 of the series? New Orleans 35-3 over Miss. Valley State .... 28 hits in just 6 innings of hitting. 11 walks and 4 hbp contributed

Game 3 was closer ... 16-3 UNO.

PilotMan · 03-15-2023, 09:26 PM

Well, the celebration after the PR v DR game went horribly, horribly wrong.

Took the wind out of the result for sure.

Great game though.

Edwin Diaz, Mets closer, shut down the Dominican Republic, but during the celebration he pretty seriously hurt his knee or ankle and had to be wheeled off in a wheel chair. The team just broke.

Lathum · 03-15-2023, 09:37 PM

Jesus Christ. Such a Mets thing...

PilotMan · 03-15-2023, 10:47 PM

It's a right knee injury. He didn't put any weight on it after he hurt it. The team confirmed the injury and said they would do more imaging tomorrow. Which to me is code for "it's bad, and we don't want to tell you how bad it is right now, because we need to know just how bad it is, and we don't want to talk about it right now."

The celebration wasn't even that big. Just a bunch of guys hugging and jumping up and down. Then they just stopped as Diaz fell on the ground.

RainMaker · 03-15-2023, 11:01 PM

That's horrible to see. Hoping he hyperextended it or it's a bad sprain and not something torn. But it didn't look good.

Atocep · 03-16-2023, 01:30 PM

And he's out for the season

miami_fan · 03-16-2023, 01:58 PM

Yep.

Mets' Edwin Diaz expected to miss season with torn patellar tendon

flere-imsaho · 03-16-2023, 05:56 PM

Holy shit.

Mota · 03-16-2023, 08:06 PM

This would be a good time for teams to encourage players to get into stretching programs and to stay limber. There's no way that a light jump up and down should cause that kind of injury. They weren't going crazy at all.

larrymcg421 · 03-16-2023, 08:16 PM

Very interesting scenario almost played out last night. Colombia needed to win by 3 to advance. USA was up by 1 going into the 9th. If the winning run ever came up to hit, the USA could guarantee advancing by walking two runners in and losing by 1.

PilotMan · 03-16-2023, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by larrymcg421

Very interesting scenario almost played out last night. Colombia needed to win by 3 to advance. USA was up by 1 going into the 9th. If the winning run ever came up to hit, the USA could guarantee advancing by walking two runners in and losing by 1.

But the real story was that if the USA won the game, then Great Britain got an auto bid into the next WBC. If they lost, they didn't. So that was a great secondary storyline.

PilotMan · 03-16-2023, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mota

This would be a good time for teams to encourage players to get into stretching programs and to stay limber. There's no way that a light jump up and down should cause that kind of injury. They weren't going crazy at all.

exactly, it wasn't crazy at all. Just one of those freak accidents.

flere-imsaho · 03-17-2023, 08:15 AM

Injury prevention programs are a thing. By way of example, love them or hate them, soccer players like Ryan Giggs & Cristiano Ronaldo invested time heavily in this kind of work as a way to continue to play at a high level into their late 30s.

Yes, freak accidents occur (Kevin Durant slipping on water is a good example), but I'm increasingly of the opinion that we have so much medical and physiological information now, plus essentially unlimited training resources at the highest levels of sport, that durability is now very much a skill.

JonInMiddleGA · 03-19-2023, 02:21 AM

Looks like Nimmo's injury is going to just be week to week but if the suspected broken thumb for Altuve is as it appears then there goes another star down for a while.

stevew · 03-21-2023, 01:41 AM

https://twitter.com/beyond_konkatsu/...625333248?s=20

Jeez that dude(Shuto )has crazy speed.

PilotMan · 03-21-2023, 09:33 AM

Wished I'd have watched that game last night. Can't miss the final tonight.

BYU 14 · 03-21-2023, 10:25 AM

Japan's starter was nuts, 19 or first 20 pitches 100 or more, sheesh

PilotMan · 03-21-2023, 12:26 PM

Not major league, but imagine if it was!

https://twitter.com/USDbaseball/stat...-run-inning%2F

Ksyrup · 03-21-2023, 06:40 PM

Can't wait for tonight to be over so the focus can get back to the MLB season.

Speaking of which, I have always purchased Extra Innings through DirecTV but since we just went streaming, I am looking at an MLB.TV subscription. Searching around for deals so I don't have to pay the full $150, I ran across a decent deal (outside of having T-Mobile who gets it for free).

If you sign up for an MLB players alumni association "home run fan" membership for $25, you get a bunch of discounts, including 50% off MLB.TV. So even if you don't use the membership for anything else, you effectively get MLB.TV for $100.

Fan Membership | Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association | MLB.com

molson · 03-21-2023, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Can't wait for tonight to be over so the focus can get back to the MLB season.

Speaking of which, I have always purchased Extra Innings through DirecTV but since we just went streaming, I am looking at an MLB.TV subscription. Searching around for deals so I don't have to pay the full $150, I ran across a decent deal (outside of having T-Mobile who gets it for free).

If you sign up for an MLB players alumni association "home run fan" membership for $25, you get a bunch of discounts, including 50% off MLB.TV. So even if you don't use the membership for anything else, you effectively get MLB.TV for $100.

Fan Membership | Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association | MLB.com

I feel like walking around with the included MLBPAA tote bag would also be a great way to attract bored married women.

stevew · 03-21-2023, 08:47 PM

It’s going to be a long 3 years waiting for Murakami to come over.

Lathum · 03-21-2023, 09:03 PM

We get it. Ohtani is awesome.

stevew · 03-21-2023, 09:20 PM

I guess we’re saving Alonso for a rainy day?

Lathum · 03-21-2023, 09:44 PM

One run game and the guy who has hit the most home runs in baseball the last 3 seasons never gets off the bench.

stevew · 03-21-2023, 09:48 PM

Pisspoor. I can’t believe they didn’t pinch hit him for Mullins. And then I was like oh at least they will use him for McNeil and nope.

PilotMan · 03-21-2023, 09:50 PM

Love that we get to see Ohtani and Trout h2h at the end. Baseball at its finest.

Not the ending we wanted, but baseball still wins. I love it.

stevew · 03-21-2023, 10:00 PM

I’m just glad that I didn’t have a gun to my head when I tried to figure out who “Adam” pitched for and what his first name was.

Serious create-a-player vibes.

Toddzilla · 03-21-2023, 10:01 PM

Seriously, cut another month off of the MLB season and give me more of that. Holy shit this last week of baseball was magical.

Toddzilla · 03-21-2023, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by PilotMan

Love that we get to see Ohtani and Trout h2h at the end. Baseball at its finest.

Not the ending we wanted, but baseball still wins. I love it.

Dude, if those guys were on the same team together....whooooah

sterlingice · 03-21-2023, 10:03 PM

I enjoyed the WBC.

Yes there were a couple of injuries. Though, arguably, those guys could just as easily have been hurt in Spring Training.

I was happy that, generally, the biggest stars came out. Without them, it's nothing. Though maybe this needs to be in November (?) or something. It's not like Messi can only play for a third of the game or Ronaldo is being load managed in the World Cup.

SI

sterlingice · 03-21-2023, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Toddzilla

Dude, if those guys were on the same team together....whooooah

That'd be crazy. There's no way they'd have 0 combined playoff wins!

(I was at Mike Trout's last playoff game!)

SI

Ksyrup · 03-21-2023, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by molson

I feel like walking around with the included MLBPAA tote bag would also be a great way to attract bored married women.

"Yeah, uh, I had a cup of coffee with the Brewers in 1998."

Ksyrup · 03-23-2023, 08:52 PM

Banner injury day for my teams. KJ Hamler is out 4-6 months, yet another serious Broncos WR injury, and then 30 minutes later, Rhys Hoskins tears his ACL.

Solecismic · 03-23-2023, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

"Yeah, uh, I had a cup of coffee with the Brewers in 1998."

Must have been the designated driver rather than the designated hitter.

Ksyrup · 03-24-2023, 02:29 PM

Not exactly MLB but close enough...

I saw this a few days ago but apparently it's blown up nationally now. It's so ridiculous it looks staged but it's not.

Carthage senior Jada Walton refused with every fiber of her being to be tagged out at home. pic.twitter.com/pusqLYNFno
— Ryan Silapan (@RyanSilapan) March 22, 2023

miami_fan · 03-24-2023, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Not exactly MLB but close enough...

I saw this a few days ago but apparently it's blown up nationally now. It's so ridiculous it looks staged but it's not.

Carthage senior Jada Walton refused with every fiber of her being to be tagged out at home. pic.twitter.com/pusqLYNFno
— Ryan Silapan (@RyanSilapan) March 22, 2023

I laughed so hard and I am fortunate enough to not see any evidence of people trying to identify the catcher to make fun of her.

Ksyrup · 03-24-2023, 05:01 PM

It's like a real life Bugs Bunny cartoon.

bob · 03-25-2023, 01:38 PM

For four games only, the Eugene Emeralds will re-brand and become the Eugene Exploding Whales.

Yes, you read that correctly.

During April and May, the minor league baseball team said it will take on an “alternate identity” and sell jerseys bearing a whale clutching a stick of dynamite for good measure.

This baseball team chose an exploding whale as its new identity | CNN

Ksyrup · 03-25-2023, 02:00 PM

That is definitely a classic local news bit. That's funny.

JonInMiddleGA · 03-25-2023, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Toddzilla

Seriously, cut another month off of the MLB season and give me more of that. Holy shit this last week of baseball was magical.

Tell me you're not a fan of meaningful baseball without saying it outright.

That useless horseshit is the baseball version of a one-off spot show in pro wrestling.

03-13-2023, 10:17 PM	#103
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	I guess the US was ready to take out their aggressions on poor little Canada after that Mexico game yesterday. Goodness. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

03-13-2023, 10:46 PM	#105
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Anyone catch the PR v Israel game? __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

03-13-2023, 10:59 PM	#106
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	best thing about the WBC is the variety of pros that you get to see. I loved seeing these independent guys getting their shots here and there. There was a guy playing CF for Nicaragua who played in the Pecos League (IND) and the rookie of the year in Nicaragua was a relief pitcher, who came in and struck out 3 major leaguers to close out a game they weren't going to win against the Dominican. Shit like that is beautiful Then you've got the whole Columbia/GB game. Great story lines all over. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

03-14-2023, 12:28 AM	#108
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	First perfect game (8 inn) in WBC history. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

03-14-2023, 01:46 PM	#110
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	I agree, but I love the diversity of players that we have in the WBC. Some of these guys have never played outside their home countries, and some of them are going to get pro contracts with ML clubs as a result. NIC had a guy from the Frontier League on the mound. That's the league where our local club is in, and even though it's comparable to "A" ball, it's great to see them try and match up. Nicaragua pitcher earns contract with Tigers after striking out Juan Soto, other stars in WBC outing - CBSSports.com Funny, I was watching the DOM game yesterday, and Machado looked like he was taking BP with every, single swing. The poor NIC pitchers had nothing for him. He went 1-4 with a HR, but literally, was 8 feet short of a 4HR game. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

03-13-2023, 10:27 PM	#104
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	Have to feel a little bad for the 19-year old Canada started. "Hey kid, first 3 hitters you'll face are Mookie Betts, Mike Trout, and Paul Goldshmidt. If you run into any trouble, you'll get Arenado and Tucker up next."

03-14-2023, 06:54 AM	#109
Ghost Econ College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2020	One thing I've noticed is how much better the game is with a pitch clock. The difference between the flow of the wbc vs. spring training is night and day.

03-14-2023, 03:50 PM	#111
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Did ya happen to see what happened the day after the terrible college ump game? Game 2 of the series? New Orleans 35-3 over Miss. Valley State .... 28 hits in just 6 innings of hitting. 11 walks and 4 hbp contributed Game 3 was closer ... 16-3 UNO. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

03-15-2023, 09:26 PM	#112
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Well, the celebration after the PR v DR game went horribly, horribly wrong. Took the wind out of the result for sure. Great game though. Edwin Diaz, Mets closer, shut down the Dominican Republic, but during the celebration he pretty seriously hurt his knee or ankle and had to be wheeled off in a wheel chair. The team just broke. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam Last edited by PilotMan : 03-15-2023 at 09:28 PM.

03-15-2023, 09:37 PM	#113
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Jesus Christ. Such a Mets thing...

03-15-2023, 10:47 PM	#114
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	It's a right knee injury. He didn't put any weight on it after he hurt it. The team confirmed the injury and said they would do more imaging tomorrow. Which to me is code for "it's bad, and we don't want to tell you how bad it is right now, because we need to know just how bad it is, and we don't want to talk about it right now." The celebration wasn't even that big. Just a bunch of guys hugging and jumping up and down. Then they just stopped as Diaz fell on the ground. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

03-15-2023, 11:01 PM	#115
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	That's horrible to see. Hoping he hyperextended it or it's a bad sprain and not something torn. But it didn't look good.

03-16-2023, 01:30 PM	#116
Atocep Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Puyallup, WA	And he's out for the season

03-16-2023, 01:58 PM	#117
miami_fan Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Land O Lakes FL	Yep. Mets' Edwin Diaz expected to miss season with torn patellar tendon __________________ "The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946

03-16-2023, 05:56 PM	#118
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	Holy shit.

03-16-2023, 08:06 PM	#119
Mota College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001	This would be a good time for teams to encourage players to get into stretching programs and to stay limber. There's no way that a light jump up and down should cause that kind of injury. They weren't going crazy at all.

03-16-2023, 08:16 PM	#120
larrymcg421 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Georgia	Very interesting scenario almost played out last night. Colombia needed to win by 3 to advance. USA was up by 1 going into the 9th. If the winning run ever came up to hit, the USA could guarantee advancing by walking two runners in and losing by 1. __________________ Top 10 Songs of the Year 1955-Present (1976 Added) Franchise Portfolio Draft Winner Fictional Character Draft Winner Television Family Draft Winner Build Your Own Hollywood Studio Draft Winner

03-17-2023, 08:15 AM	#123
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	Injury prevention programs are a thing. By way of example, love them or hate them, soccer players like Ryan Giggs & Cristiano Ronaldo invested time heavily in this kind of work as a way to continue to play at a high level into their late 30s. Yes, freak accidents occur (Kevin Durant slipping on water is a good example), but I'm increasingly of the opinion that we have so much medical and physiological information now, plus essentially unlimited training resources at the highest levels of sport, that durability is now very much a skill.

03-19-2023, 02:21 AM	#124
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Looks like Nimmo's injury is going to just be week to week but if the suspected broken thumb for Altuve is as it appears then there goes another star down for a while. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

03-21-2023, 01:41 AM	#125
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	https://twitter.com/beyond_konkatsu/...625333248?s=20 Jeez that dude(Shuto )has crazy speed. Last edited by stevew : 03-21-2023 at 01:41 AM.

03-21-2023, 09:33 AM	#126
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Wished I'd have watched that game last night. Can't miss the final tonight. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

03-21-2023, 10:25 AM	#127
BYU 14 Coordinator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The scorched Desert	Japan's starter was nuts, 19 or first 20 pitches 100 or more, sheesh

03-21-2023, 12:26 PM	#128
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Not major league, but imagine if it was! https://twitter.com/USDbaseball/stat...-run-inning%2F __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

03-21-2023, 06:40 PM	#129
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Can't wait for tonight to be over so the focus can get back to the MLB season. Speaking of which, I have always purchased Extra Innings through DirecTV but since we just went streaming, I am looking at an MLB.TV subscription. Searching around for deals so I don't have to pay the full $150, I ran across a decent deal (outside of having T-Mobile who gets it for free). If you sign up for an MLB players alumni association "home run fan" membership for $25, you get a bunch of discounts, including 50% off MLB.TV. So even if you don't use the membership for anything else, you effectively get MLB.TV for $100. Fan Membership \| Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association \| MLB.com __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

03-21-2023, 08:47 PM	#131
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	It’s going to be a long 3 years waiting for Murakami to come over.

03-21-2023, 09:03 PM	#132
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	We get it. Ohtani is awesome.

03-21-2023, 09:20 PM	#133
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I guess we’re saving Alonso for a rainy day? Last edited by stevew : 03-21-2023 at 09:20 PM.

03-21-2023, 09:44 PM	#134
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	One run game and the guy who has hit the most home runs in baseball the last 3 seasons never gets off the bench.

03-21-2023, 09:48 PM	#135
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Pisspoor. I can’t believe they didn’t pinch hit him for Mullins. And then I was like oh at least they will use him for McNeil and nope.

03-21-2023, 09:50 PM	#136
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	Love that we get to see Ohtani and Trout h2h at the end. Baseball at its finest. Not the ending we wanted, but baseball still wins. I love it. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

03-21-2023, 10:00 PM	#137
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I’m just glad that I didn’t have a gun to my head when I tried to figure out who “Adam” pitched for and what his first name was. Serious create-a-player vibes. Last edited by stevew : 03-21-2023 at 10:00 PM.

03-21-2023, 10:01 PM	#138
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	Seriously, cut another month off of the MLB season and give me more of that. Holy shit this last week of baseball was magical.

03-21-2023, 10:03 PM	#140
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I enjoyed the WBC. Yes there were a couple of injuries. Though, arguably, those guys could just as easily have been hurt in Spring Training. I was happy that, generally, the biggest stars came out. Without them, it's nothing. Though maybe this needs to be in November (?) or something. It's not like Messi can only play for a third of the game or Ronaldo is being load managed in the World Cup. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

03-23-2023, 08:52 PM	#143
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Banner injury day for my teams. KJ Hamler is out 4-6 months, yet another serious Broncos WR injury, and then 30 minutes later, Rhys Hoskins tears his ACL. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

03-24-2023, 02:29 PM	#145
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Not exactly MLB but close enough... I saw this a few days ago but apparently it's blown up nationally now. It's so ridiculous it looks staged but it's not. Carthage senior Jada Walton refused with every fiber of her being to be tagged out at home. pic.twitter.com/pusqLYNFno — Ryan Silapan (@RyanSilapan) March 22, 2023 __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."