MLB Chatter Thread

[Cotton]

I drove my wife crazy with that. She said something about being tired of it but I reminded her it would be worse if the Cowboys ever win another one in my lifetime.

I probably watched the Seager HR at least 100 times. The wife got really tired of hearing it coming from my laptop.

 

[bbgun]

Ugh. Notorious race baiter.

 

[Rev]

Ugh. Notorious race baiter.

Couldn't go to a better team.

 

[bbgun]

Couldn't go to a better team.

 

[Rev]

 

[Rev]

Liking what Im reading about Santana. May have a crowded outfield in a few years.

 

[Rev]

 

[Rev]

 

[Cotton]

At least I have Prime. Unlike that Ballyhoo nonsense.

 

[bbgun]

 

[Cotton]

Beltre got inducted!

 

[1bigfan13]

Joe Mauer getting in shocked me. I don't remember him being an elite defensive catcher.

There are a lot of players with much better resumes who haven't got in.

I assume this is just the committee grading on a curve for catchers given the high level of wear and tear they endure compared to other positions.

 

[Rev]

 

[armadillooutlaw]

So your defending World Series Champion Texas Rangers have made a handful of moves this offseason to revamp the bullpen, signing quality vet Kirby Yates, former Mariner reliever Diego Castillo (who was really good before last year), and most notably signing very talented vet David Robertson, who by the way has closer experience and will compete with LeClerc for the closer job. A much-improved bullpen paired with an offense that could be even better with Wyatt Langford essentially replacing Tevares in the lineup should help carry the team until deGrom, Scherzer and Mahle hopefully make their way back around midseason. There is just cause to think this year's team could actually be far better than last year's team come playoff time.

 

[Rev]

Corey Seager with sports hernia surgery today. Guessing he will only hit 300 to start the year off.

 

[Rev]

Just a happy reminder...

Oh and he did this with a sports hernia.

 

[1bigfan13]

Here's a bit of interesting information for the anti-pitch clock crowd.

It turns out MLB has had a 20-seconds pitch clock rule in the books since the 1950s. Umps just stopped enforcing it somewhere along the line. Treating it like a guideline instead of an actual rule.

So this makes us on the pro-pitch clock side of the aisle, the true traditionalists.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Here's a bit of interesting information for the anti-pitch clock crowd.

It turns out MLB has had a 20-seconds pitch clock rule in the books since the 1950s. Umps just stopped enforcing it somewhere along the line. Treating it like a guideline instead of an actual rule.

So this makes us on the pro-pitch clock side of the aisle, the true traditionalists.

MLB formed in 1876. You think it's tradition to favor a rule that was made 75 years after the league formed?

That's like saying true traditionalists favor the DH because it's been around since the 70s. You are ignoring all the years that came before that.

True traditionalists party like it's 1876.

Nap Lajoie is turning in his grave.

 

[NoDak]

MLB formed in 1876. You think it's tradition to favor a rule that was made 75 years after the league formed?

That's like saying true traditionalists favor the DH because it's been around since the 70s. You are ignoring all the years that came before that.

True traditionalists party like it's 1876.

Nap Lajoie is turning in his grave.

Way back...! Way back...! It could be... IT IS!! HOMERUN!!

 

[1bigfan13]

That was a soft dribbler to the first baseman at best.