MLB Off-Topic

[countryboy]

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It's going to be real entertaining if Nick Markakis is traded to the Astros.

And he'll get 5 chances to deliver that beating:

March 10th
March 20th
September 25th
September 26th
September 27th

[dubcity]

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They don't have to throw at anyone. Just take out the fielder covering 2nd on a double play, barrel into the catcher at home if the opportunity is there, run over the pitcher when he's covering 1st, accidentally clip the catcher with your bat on a backswing, etc etc.

[KSUowls]

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Can't wait for some of these players getting on their high horse to be exposed later. All you have to do is look at Justin Verlander's past comments about cheating and see how he kept his mouth shut when he knew his teammates were cheating.

When we're in the midst of a scandal like this, it's important to remember that baseball has always been filled with hypocrites who are only sorry when they're caught.

They can spare me with the pearl clutching.

I'm jaded enough to think that you are right, but we havent seen this level separation within the entire baseball fraternity before. During the steroid era you would get sound bites from guys occasionally, and there have been instances since then of random things popping up. We are hearing universally from players condemning this though and even from guys who never say anything.

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[Caulfield]

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They don't have to throw at anyone. Just take out the fielder covering 2nd on a double play, barrel into the catcher at home if the opportunity is there, run over the pitcher when he's covering 1st, accidentally clip the pitcher with your bat on a backswing, etc etc.

I'd rather every team spend that much energy beating these guys, when Houston comes up on your schedule, always bring your A game. in a perfect world the 2020 Asstros would have Detroit's 2019 record or Baltimore's 2018 record. too bad Houston didn't rehire Brad Mills or Bo Porter instead of Dusty lol

[Jeffrey Smith]

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What I think every team that plays the Astros should do is play the first game of every series under protest. It won’t change anything but would send a unified message to MLB head office that they are not happy with the league’s handling of the scandal.


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[kehlis]

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What I think every team that plays the Astros should do is play the first game of every series under protest. It won’t change anything but would send a unified message to MLB head office that they are not happy with the league’s handling of the scandal.


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You can only protest a game for an on field ruling and you are disputing the interpretation of the rules.

[dubcity]

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I'd rather every team spend that much energy beating these guys, when Houston comes up on your schedule, always bring your A game. in a perfect world the 2020 Asstros would have Detroit's 2019 record or Baltimore's 2018 record. too bad Houston didn't rehire Brad Mills or Bo Porter instead of Dusty lol

They should have hired someone who is universally beloved and above criticism, to use that sympathy card as a shield. Like Cal Ripken or Oprah.

[slickdtc]

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They don't have to throw at anyone. Just take out the fielder covering 2nd on a double play, barrel into the catcher at home if the opportunity is there, run over the pitcher when he's covering 1st, accidentally clip the catcher with your bat on a backswing, etc etc.

Minimum of 10 rotations for every HR bat flip

[Caulfield]

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They should have hired someone who is universally beloved and above criticism, to use that sympathy card as a shield. Like Cal Ripken or Oprah.

not a fan of how much Oprah shifts, or uses her bullpen. but at least she's better than Ellen.

[DamnYanks2]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

Even "The King" weighs in...

LeBron James (@KingJames) Tweeted:
Listen I know I don’t play baseball but I am in Sports and I know if someone cheated me out of winning the title and I found out about it I would be F*^king irate! I mean like uncontrollable about what I would/could do! Listen here baseball commissioner listen to your..... https://twitter.com/KingJames/status...234321920?s=20

LeBron James (@KingJames) Tweeted:
players speaking today about how disgusted, mad, hurt, broken, etc etc about this. Literally the ball([emoji461]️) is in your court(or should I say field) and you need to fix this for the sake of Sports! #JustMyThoughtsComingFromASportsJunkieRegardlessMy OwnSportIPlay https://twitter.com/KingJames/status...426118144?s=20

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[Jeffrey Smith]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

You can only protest a game for an on field ruling and you are disputing the interpretation of the rules.

Really? Well so much for that idea.


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[TheMatrix31]

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Nice to see LeBron James take a break from sympathizing with communist dictatorships to chime in too.

[slickdtc]

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That’s the worst hashtag I’ve ever seen

[TheMatrix31]

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That’s the worst hashtag I’ve ever seen

Thought we as a society were over the whole "put a whole sentence as a hashtag to seem cool and hip with it and witty" thing.

[Sportsforever]

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I'm jaded enough to think that you are right, but we havent seen this level separation within the entire baseball fraternity before. During the steroid era you would get sound bites from guys occasionally, and there have been instances since then of random things popping up. We are hearing universally from players condemning this though and even from guys who never say anything.

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On the steroids thing, I don't know that I agree with that; plenty of players who weren't using were quite loud/adamant that those who were using were cheating/impacting players careers. A lot of the same arguments about steroids are being made here, which I find ironic because I think that the majority of people on this board are against any type of punishment for steroid users.