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[TripleCrown9]

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Ooh I like the Angels ones

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Yeah I'm definitely using those in DD once they're in the game.

[Blzer]

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Tommy Pham slapped Joc Person before their game yesterday because of fantasy football

https://twitter.com/NBCSGiants/status/1530410524692910080?t=Ug89Jpgga591abD6A5ecNQ&s=19

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Pederson probably didn't keep Pham's wife's name out of his ****ing mouth.

[reyes the roof]

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Pederson probably didn't keep Pham's wife's name out of his ****ing mouth.

Pham is suspended for three games, he said Pederson made disrespectful comments towards his former team, the Padres. In other words, keep my former teams name out of your ****ing mouth

[Jr.]

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Video of the Pham slap

https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1530612972481134594?t=-sAU6IxdlWKPUrFHt0VqOQ&s=19

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[BatsareBugs]

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Pham is suspended for three games, he said Pederson made disrespectful comments towards his former team, the Padres. In other words, keep my former teams name out of your ****ing mouth

Pham's got some problems.

[countryboy]

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Pham needs to book an UFC event or something if he’s this hard pressed to fight.

He wanted to fight people earlier now he’s bringing up old BS just to be confrontational.

One of these days he’s going to go knocking on that door and somebody’s going to open it. Hope he’s ready


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[fugazi]

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Kinda hoping he takes one in the ear.

[Majingir]

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Here's a random scenario I've been thinking of.

Jays didnt play Vladdy today because he has a sore wrist. But he later came in as a pinch hitter and didn't even need to swing the bat as he was intentionally walked.

Has anyone ever played a full game at DH, (or at least an at bat as a pinch hitter) without swinging the bat once for the entire time?

If you're injured but just dont want to say anything to your opponent, it would be funny if the "intimidation factor" was enough of a reason to throw a guy out there who wouldn't play if he had to swing the bat. You're guaranteed at least 3 pitches per AB to make the pitcher work for the out, or maybe he walks.

[Caulfield]

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Here's a random scenario I've been thinking of.

Jays didnt play Vladdy today because he has a sore wrist. But he later came in as a pinch hitter and didn't even need to swing the bat as he was intentionally walked.

Has anyone ever played a full game at DH, (or at least an at bat as a pinch hitter) without swinging the bat once for the entire time?

If you're injured but just dont want to say anything to your opponent, it would be funny if the "intimidation factor" was enough of a reason to throw a guy out there who wouldn't play if he had to swing the bat. You're guaranteed at least 3 pitches per AB to make the pitcher work for the out, or maybe he walks.

he didn't do it at dh but Barry Bonds was once walke intentionally 4 times in one game.
and this was back when pitchers even worked a little bit to IBB a batter

[dubcity]

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and this was back when pitchers even worked a little bit to IBB a batter

Had to actually throw 4 pitches, can you imagine? That's like an hour of game time.

[Caulfield]

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Had to actually throw 4 pitches, can you imagine? That's like an hour of game time.

lol
now Majingir has me wondering:
I wonder if a pitcher has attempted a pickoff throw in the middle of an IBB

[Blzer]

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lol
now Majingir has me wondering:
I wonder if a pitcher has attempted a pickoff throw in the middle of an IBB

Definitely yes, but even more so runners have tried to steal during them (and have successfully).

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And then there’s the not so common intentional walk that results in a hit

https://youtu.be/a6YzVvtxoaY

[Blzer]

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And then there’s the not so common intentional walk that results in a hit
https://youtu.be/a6YzVvtxoaY

Don't even get me started.

[Mentch]

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Which team is currently most likely to go on a mid season turnaround? The two teams I think of when it comes to turnarounds are the 2009 Rockies and of course the 2019 Nationals. Rockies were 18-29 before Clint Hurdle resigned and Jim Tracy took over but were quickly 47-41 by All Star break and finished with the wild card spot at 92-70, almost stealing division from the Dodgers

Nationals started 19-31 following a sweep by the Mets (the team that was SUPPOSED to be the dark horse competitor in the division), but led by 3 different pitchers to have 200 strikeouts, they went 28-11 after to get to 47-42. They were set up for a monster second half of the season and it became clear they had a stranglehold on the first wild card spot in the NL, but I don’t think anyone had any idea they’d run the table, myself included

My pick for a mid season turnaround is Philly. I know Harper and Castellanos are carrying their squad right now and that defense is still a cause for concern, but let’s look beyond surface level. Their rotation is more than acceptable with Wheeler / Nola / Gibson as their top 3 rotation arms, and despite the struggles to form any consistency the top half of the lineup has more than enough power while the bottom half has guys that can consistently put the ball in play (Segura, Gregorious)

I had them at 88-74 before the season and I still think they’re the 2nd best team in the NL East behind the Mets