July 17, 20187 yr 33 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said: Jesus--his comments in the Dallas Morning News yesterday that if MLB bans shifts, "I'm going to be nasty again." Well, fuck you--if MLB banned pitchers from throwing over 60 MPH, I'd be batting .800. I'm just really good too if you change the rules of the game. Or--and I'm just spitballing here--you could learn to bunt. A skill practiced by every little leaguer in America. They're giving you a fucking single every at bat, and you won't take it. Because you're lazy and selfish. And guess what else--as soon as you successfully bunted three or four times in a row, the shift would go away. No rule changes necessary. In short--fuck you, Joey. I agree with you in principle though your tone is a little aggressive. he’s still our guy.
July 17, 20187 yr Yeah, but no seriously--fuck him. He's a guy who is committed to doing his own thing rather than that which benefits the team. He's a selfish player. He's a bum. He's a baseball Carmelo Anthony. That's not "our guy" in my book.
July 17, 20187 yr Wait, the MLB is really thinking about banning shifts? That isn't satire? Good fucking lord. That would be like the NFL saying you can't play anything besides a base defense and limited blitzing. Players should love a shift. The defense is giving you a wide open space to slap a ball to. Take it. I keep hearing the excuses about how it isn't that easy to lay down bunts and whatever. Bullshit. If you are at the MLB level, you should know how to bunt any type of pitch. The shift Gallo gets is unreal especially when you see it in person. I can't fathom how he won't even attempt to bunt to get teams to stop the shift. He's just hurting himself and this team. He's fucking lazy and keeps hitting to where all the defenders are. Idiotic. Hell the shift is so massive, he could probably gently slap a double down the line with ease. But he won't. And people actually defend that shit by saying bunting is hard. That tells you where he is mentally if he feels he needs the shift to go away to be a good player again. Good lord.
July 17, 20187 yr I was actually at the game Sunday in Baltimore and watched him try to bunt one pitch. It was ridiculous. He doesn't bend his knees; he stabs at the ball. He damned near bunted the ball into the upper deck. Any middle schooler could see a half-dozen things he did wrong. But somehow he's in the Majors.
July 18, 20187 yr If the AL wins tonight will the Rangers have home field advantage in the world series after their upcoming incredible run?
July 18, 20187 yr 14 hours ago, DougO said: If the AL wins tonight will the Rangers have home field advantage in the world series after their upcoming incredible run? absolutely correct. it’ll be great to win one in the temple before it gets bulldozed.
July 19, 20187 yr The Padres just got an elite prospect for two (really good) controllable relief pitchers, which sets the market for guys like Kela, Claudio, Diekman, etc. i think we match up best with the Phillies who have some good prospects and need bullpen help and a LHP. Send Hamels back there with Kela and Diekman and I think we could get a good (but maybe not elite) prospect and then some other decent guys.
July 19, 20187 yr 45 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said: Isn’t philly where we got diekman (and dyson)? I think we got Dyson from the Marlins.
July 19, 20187 yr 52 minutes ago, Trey3216 said: So who's gonna go out to that 2:05 start sunday in 109* weather? Ill miss a lot of things about the Ballpark but def not this
July 19, 20187 yr I went to a game Labor Day weekend in 2016 against the Astros. When we were really good. My friend got some seats in LF lower level. Never again. It was miserable. We only lasted 6 innings until we gave up and went to the bar right behind us. It was about 100 and no breeze at all.
July 19, 20187 yr Very poor decision by ownership to cheap out when building the ballpark. Not sure if design has changed much in the past 25 years, either. So what they are building now could have been built then.
July 19, 20187 yr 55 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said: Very poor decision by ownership to cheap out when building the ballpark. Not sure if design has changed much in the past 25 years, either. So what they are building now could have been built then. I thought the roof tech was still a few years off (like less than 5) when they built the Ballpark, which was why they didn't look at closing it in then. Safeco broke ground in '97, opened in '99 and AFAIK was the first with a roof like they're building now.
July 19, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, dark54555 said: I thought the roof tech was still a few years off (like less than 5) when they built the Ballpark, which was why they didn't look at closing it in then. Safeco broke ground in '97, opened in '99 and AFAIK was the first with a roof like they're building now. Well, that's not right, because SkyDome was built four years before the Ballpark. The real problem was a lack of imagination on the part of the Ballpark's architects in marrying a retractable roof with a vintage-style ballpark. You see it done very effectively at Safeco and other places, and HKS just did a really shitty job of figuring that out.
July 19, 20187 yr 5 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said: Well, that's not right, because SkyDome was built four years before the Ballpark. The real problem was a lack of imagination on the part of the Ballpark's architects in marrying a retractable roof with a vintage-style ballpark. You see it done very effectively at Safeco and other places, and HKS just did a really shitty job of figuring that out. But SkyDome is a turf field. Safeco is grass. SkyDome was (at that point) also a recent complete construction nightmare and financial nightmare.
July 19, 20187 yr Minute Maid Park (Enron field) plans were made in 1996. I’m sure a similar roof could have been worked into a stadium design 5-6 years earlier. And arizonas Park was probably drawn up around 1994. Edited July 19, 20187 yr by Pato del Muerto
July 19, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, Vic Mackey said: I went to a game Labor Day weekend in 2016 against the Astros. When we were really good. My friend got some seats in LF lower level. Never again. It was miserable. We only lasted 6 innings until we gave up and went to the bar right behind us. It was about 100 and no breeze at all. Went to the Beltre 3,000 Hit game and it was the same. We were on the first base side, but just outside of the shade. I had my bachelor party the night before and I came really close to passing out when we walked back to the car.
July 19, 20187 yr 6 hours ago, Trey3216 said: So who's gonna go out to that 2:05 start sunday in 109* weather?
July 19, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Jameslaw121 said: Went to the Beltre 3,000 Hit game and it was the same. We were on the first base side, but just outside of the shade. I had my bachelor party the night before and I came really close to passing out when we walked back to the car. I was at that game, too. We were in the home run porch in those all you can eat seats. Under the shade the whole time. Wasn't that in August? Edited July 19, 20187 yr by Vic Mackey
July 20, 20187 yr Jesse Chavez traded to the Cubs. Let the games begin!For a 22 year old LHP Tyler Thomas. He appears to be a starting pitcher.Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk
July 20, 20187 yr I'm a season ticket holder. My upper deck seats are terrible during hot weather. Even when it's a night game those seats are still recovering from being in an oven all day long. I don't go to day games at the temple because of that. It's tough reselling those tickets in the summer, doesn't matter if the team is winning or not.
July 20, 20187 yr 10 minutes ago, TheFlagship said: I think someone is going on the DL or being demoted. We’ll find out shortly Didn't there trade a guy on the 40 for a guy that won't be on the 40?
July 20, 20187 yr 22 hours ago, Vic Mackey said: I was at that game, too. We were in the home run porch in those all you can eat seats. Under the shade the whole time. Wasn't that in August? July 30th according to weather.com it was actually only 92 that day.
July 21, 20187 yr Caught my first game of the year tonight. Gallo bombed big twice but couldn't get a hit to win it with them loaded near the end. I assume Kela wasn't available to stay the extra inning cause Moore threw meatballs, it seemed to me. Better game than I expected. Tough loss to a nice Indians squad.
July 21, 20187 yr By the way, without another giant error by DeShields in the top of the ninth, we would have won that game.
July 21, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Irish Wrist Watch said: By the way, without another giant error by DeShields in the top of the ninth, we would have won that game. I love Deshields but we need to move on. He's just not good enough, field or bat.
July 21, 20187 yr I love Deshields but we need to move on. He's just not good enough, field or bat.Better options include who exactly?Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk
July 21, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Dr Fear said: Better options include who exactly? Sent from my SM-G920P using Tapatalk I'm talking about next year. this year is done. avg fielder, avg arm, below avg bat.
July 21, 20187 yr 6 hours ago, dcar00 said: I love Deshields but we need to move on. He's just not good enough, field or bat. Not so sure about that, but he sure as fuck could use some discipline out in Center Field. Wouldn't mind seeing Tocci get a little more playing time.
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