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Post by Pale Hose on May 12, 2020 18:11:06 GMT -6
Did you know people are paying money to have an image of themselves turned into a cardboard cutout and placed in the stadium? 2020 is wild.
Edit: Fantastic TOTP
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Post by Tweet on May 12, 2020 18:31:27 GMT -6
I'd probably pony up to do that at Wrigley because it'll be the only way I'll ever get to sit that close to home plate
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Post by krentist on May 13, 2020 8:44:00 GMT -6
Giving serious consideration to watching the KBO re-broadcast at 2. Has anyone here been tuning in?
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Post by facts on May 13, 2020 9:05:28 GMT -6
Giving serious consideration to watching the KBO re-broadcast at 2. Has anyone here been tuning in? Yes - please see my earlier write-up. Happy to answer any other questions. Biggest factor for success is who the studio commentary team is and who the home KBO cheerleader squad is. |
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Post by facts on May 13, 2020 15:49:50 GMT -6
“I want to apologize for leaving the impression that players shouldn’t be allowed to bargain to protect their health and safety,” the governor said. “They absolutely have that right, and I should have made that more clear.”
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Post by dij22 on May 14, 2020 12:56:05 GMT -6
That picture of jacked CC Sabathia sparked an argument in a group chat: Is CC Sabathia a no-doubt hall of famer?
I said yes and I was surprised at the level of opposition.
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Post by krentist on May 14, 2020 13:02:28 GMT -6
Quick trips to Fangraphs and Baseball Reference tell me there's no reason he shouldn't be
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Post by facts on May 14, 2020 13:04:30 GMT -6
I dont think hes a no doubt HOFer but he will get in eventually. Starting pitcher HOF standards need to normalize to the new reality of workloads and counting stats and all that. Right now it's kind of inconsistent on who gets in but CC's profile is not really the type that gets in easily these days.
There has never been a day that Trevor Hoffman was better than CC.
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Post by facts on May 14, 2020 13:10:42 GMT -6
The best thing CC did for the Yankees wasn't winning a title where he pitched on 3 days rest throughout the entire playoffs, it was when he intentionally drilled a Tampa Bay guy and cost himself a 500,000 bonus and then shouted "that was for you bitch" at the opposing pitcher just to back up his boys. And the Yankees paid the bonus anyway just on principle.
You could be in the HOF and not be a legend. Cc is legendary.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2020 13:11:40 GMT -6
Trevor Hoffman is a weird example to reference.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2020 13:12:28 GMT -6
CC will get in, but it'll take a few years.
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Post by facts on May 14, 2020 13:16:27 GMT -6
I use Hoffman as an example of a contemporary who is in the HOF and wasn't half as valuable a pitcher as CC was.
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Post by goodson on May 14, 2020 13:24:23 GMT -6
hall of fame should be based on who is the coolest
cc first ballot
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Post by Pale Hose on May 14, 2020 13:29:48 GMT -6
CC will get in, by the time he's eligible standards may have even changed enough for him to get in first ballot.
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Post by dij22 on May 14, 2020 13:33:03 GMT -6
hall of fame should be based on who is the coolest cc first ballot Our travel ball coach used to inspect our hats before games to make sure they weren't tilted to the side "like that CC prick" |
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Post by facts on May 14, 2020 14:06:24 GMT -6
hall of fame should be based on who is the coolest cc first ballot Our travel ball coach used to inspect our hats before games to make sure they weren't tilted to the side "like that CC prick" Want to add some context to why I liked this post. I like the idea of travel ball kids wearing their hat like CC and I like the reference to travel ball which I badly miss in these isolated times. I DISlike the casual racism by the coach but I dont want to punish the messenger. Overall a like or even a like +. |
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Post by regionrat6337 on May 14, 2020 14:12:52 GMT -6
His stretch with the Brewers after he got traded right before the trade deadline in 2008 is still amazing to me
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Post by dij22 on May 14, 2020 14:17:04 GMT -6
Our travel ball coach used to inspect our hats before games to make sure they weren't tilted to the side "like that CC prick" Want to add some context to why I liked this post. I like the idea of travel ball kids wearing their hat like CC and I like the reference to travel ball which I badly miss in these isolated times. I DISlike the casual racism by the coach but I dont want to punish the messenger. Overall a like or even a like +. I feel like this post is a good model for a post-like button future for the board. As long as everyone comments "like" or "like +" with a short paragraph explanation, we should be good to go |
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Post by Pale Hose on May 14, 2020 14:22:03 GMT -6
His stretch with the Brewers after he got traded right before the trade deadline in 2008 is still amazing to me This and Randy Johnson with the Astros in 98 are probably the two best examples of a deadline acquisition carrying his new team into the playoffs. |
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Post by dij22 on May 14, 2020 14:27:14 GMT -6
His stretch with the Brewers after he got traded right before the trade deadline in 2008 is still amazing to me This and Randy Johnson with the Astros in 98 are probably the two best examples of a deadline acquisition carrying his new team into the playoffs. Beltran to the Astros was really fun too. If my memory serves me correctly, he hit 80 home runs in the 2nd half and then 20 more in the playoffs. |
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Post by Tweet on May 14, 2020 14:34:19 GMT -6
And he built cool buzzers too
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Post by monasterymonochrome on May 14, 2020 14:45:43 GMT -6
This and Randy Johnson with the Astros in 98 are probably the two best examples of a deadline acquisition carrying his new team into the playoffs. Beltran to the Astros was really fun too. If my memory serves me correctly, he hit 80 home runs in the 2nd half and then 20 more in the playoffs. I'd like to append Andrew Miller with Cleveland in 2016 to this list. CC was maybe my first real favorite player, an honestly inspiring dude, and I look forward to his eventual, deserved HOF induction. |
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Post by facts on May 14, 2020 14:47:07 GMT -6
Cespedes in 2015 for the Mets is a shout too
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Post by dij22 on May 14, 2020 14:53:06 GMT -6
Beltran to the Astros was really fun too. If my memory serves me correctly, he hit 80 home runs in the 2nd half and then 20 more in the playoffs. I'd like to append Andrew Miller with Cleveland in 2016 to this list. CC was maybe my first real favorite player, an honestly inspiring dude, and I look forward to his eventual, deserved HOF induction. Miller was absolutely unreal that year. Seeing him get lit up in the world series was like seeing Prime Mariano Rivera get shelled |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on May 14, 2020 14:59:10 GMT -6
I'd like to append Andrew Miller with Cleveland in 2016 to this list. CC was maybe my first real favorite player, an honestly inspiring dude, and I look forward to his eventual, deserved HOF induction. Miller was absolutely unreal that year. Seeing him get lit up in the world series was like seeing Prime Mariano Rivera get shelled In hindsight, that was the beginning of the end for him. He was good in 2017 but more human. By 2018 he'd fully regressed. But before that... dude was the best pitcher I've ever seen in person. Just electric. Copped his jersey with the WS patch that offseason and it's my go-to whenever (if-ever) baseball happens again. |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2020 15:36:24 GMT -6
Dodgers trading for Manny was fun as hell.
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Post by Tweet on May 14, 2020 15:56:36 GMT -6
I dunno if its hindsight or whatever but I remember losing my goddamn mind about the Lofton/Ramirez/Simon acquisition the Cubs made near the deadline in 2003. They lost 95 games the season before and almost did the damn thing
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2020 16:00:44 GMT -6
Shout out to Charles Johnson putting up 2 WAR in just 44 games for the 2000 White Sox.
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Post by dij22 on May 14, 2020 16:20:07 GMT -6
Shout out to Charles Johnson putting up 2 WAR in just 44 games for the 2000 White Sox. Loved Charles Johnson. Can't believe it's been 15 years since the last African-American catcher |
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Post by clouddead on May 14, 2020 16:23:04 GMT -6
Big ups to Fred McGriff on the Braves and Rickey going back to Oakland.
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