August 17, 20223 yr Quote ATLANTA -- Less than three full months into his Major League career, Michael Harris II has been given a lucrative deal that positions him to remain with his hometown Braves throughout this decade. Harris and the Braves agreed to an eight-year, $72 million contract late Tuesday night. The deal comes just two weeks after Atlanta and Austin Riley agreed on a 10-year, $212 million deal. The Braves announced the deal, which includes a $15 million club option for 2031 with a $5 million buyout and a $20 million club option for 2032 with a $5 million buyout. Harris will draw an annual salary of $5 million the next two seasons, an annual salary of $8 million from 2025-26, a $9 million salary in 2027, a $10 million annual salary from 2028-29 and $12 million in 2030. Also, the A's released Elvis.
August 17, 20223 yr The Braves are really aggressive with their young players, not requiring years of track record before locking them in. Of course, it’s not always going to work out but just the Acuna contract puts them ahead of the game.
August 17, 20223 yr Maybe Gallo really could beat me in a hitting contest.Now don't lose your head here. I still got you 9 times out of 10.
August 17, 20223 yr 3 homers with you guys is insane. He’s still striking out over half the time though. He’ll come back to earth in an ugly way. So long as he’s not getting postseason AB’s though you’ll be fine.
August 17, 20223 yr 19 hours ago, shadow_operative said: i'm trying to remember a story here, and hopefully one of you regulars (or anyone else) will know what i'm talking about. the long and short of it is that a guy held a grudge for like ten years before getting a chance to get revenge on another player who had wronged him in some way- maybe the guy pimped a HR, or he the guy had plunked him, can't remember. i just remember that they didn't play each other again for like a decade, but the one guy was still out for revenge and went after the other guy. any of y'all know what i'm talking about? @Huckleberry @Beau Vine @shadow_operative2.0 ?? I doubt this will help but I remember a story about a pitcher and a batter that had a spat and then became teammates before the retaliation took place. They stayed on the same team for several years and became friends before one of them was traded away. The next time they faced each other, the batter got drilled. When asked why, the pitcher said that he owed it to him. I'm pretty sure it was back in the 70s or maybe earlier.
August 17, 20223 yr Author Top 1 slam by Cronenworth, that typically makes the next 8.5 innings rather boring.
August 17, 20223 yr 20 hours ago, shadow_operative said: i'm trying to remember a story here, and hopefully one of you regulars (or anyone else) will know what i'm talking about. the long and short of it is that a guy held a grudge for like ten years before getting a chance to get revenge on another player who had wronged him in some way- maybe the guy pimped a HR, or he the guy had plunked him, can't remember. i just remember that they didn't play each other again for like a decade, but the one guy was still out for revenge and went after the other guy. any of y'all know what i'm talking about? @Huckleberry @Beau Vine @shadow_operative2.0 ?? Bob Gibson / Pete La Cock? PLC homered off Gibson in his last game and years later Gibson plunked him at an old timers game.
August 17, 20223 yr 21 hours ago, shadow_operative said: i'm trying to remember a story here, and hopefully one of you regulars (or anyone else) will know what i'm talking about. the long and short of it is that a guy held a grudge for like ten years before getting a chance to get revenge on another player who had wronged him in some way- maybe the guy pimped a HR, or he the guy had plunked him, can't remember. i just remember that they didn't play each other again for like a decade, but the one guy was still out for revenge and went after the other guy. any of y'all know what i'm talking about? @Huckleberry @Beau Vine @shadow_operative2.0 ?? I am pretty positive this is not even close to what you are referring to obviously, but here is an old one for a pitcher: Mike Cuellar first game in the majors he gave up a grand slam to Gene Freese in two innings of work and then pitched in one more game 3 days later and was back to the minors for 5 years after that. In 1964 he came back up with the Cardinals and one of his few starts that season was a complete game victory over PIttsburgh with Gene Freese made the last out of the game.
August 17, 20223 yr ^^^^^^^ I seriously think seeing guys getting their first big league hit is just about my favorite thing in all of sports.
August 18, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Scraps said: 1 hour ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: Easy game. Off Odorizzi....not shocked Even Helobious could hit a homer of Odorizzi?
August 18, 20223 yr 35 minutes ago, Beau Vine said: Ha, David Vassegh has been doing Dodger correspondence for local radio for years. He’s gonna get crucified by local sports radio guys. Haha.
August 18, 20223 yr Fucking ROBERTS! WTF man? Bringing in Kimbrel again? Even Helobious could get a hit off him! If he fucking blows this, Kimbrel AND Robert’s should get DFA’d.
August 18, 20223 yr 19 minutes ago, Sbbruin said: Bringing in Kimbrel again? Even Helobious could get a hit off him! 0.0% chance
August 18, 20223 yr ^^^^^^^ I seriously think seeing guys getting their first big league hit is just about my favorite thing in all of sports.was in the park to watch one of my best friends hit the first pitch he ever saw in MLB for a homer. was really incredible. his parents were right in front of me.
August 18, 20223 yr Donaldson, walk-off grand slam in the 10th with the Yankees down 3. If that doesn’t turnaround our season nothing will. Holy god.
August 18, 20223 yr Author Goddamn, don't see that often. And on the complete opposite end of the spectrum.
August 18, 20223 yr 12 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: Goddamn, don't see that often. And on the complete opposite end of the spectrum. gopher hole?
August 18, 20223 yr Author Elvis to White Sox. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34419351/source-chicago-white-sox-add-ss-help-veteran-elvis-andrus
August 18, 20223 yr 2 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: Elvis to White Sox. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34419351/source-chicago-white-sox-add-ss-help-veteran-elvis-andrus Lulz, I can see TLR batting him leadoff.
August 18, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Beau Vine said: Lulz, I can see TLR batting him leadoff. Or, because it’s TLR, batting him 9th…. behind the pitcher.
August 18, 20223 yr 54 minutes ago, UTexasFight said: Or, because it’s TLR, batting him 9th…. behind the pitcher. When my buddy's brother Brendan Ryan played for TLR in StL, he often batted 9th behind the pitcher. Dodgers lose and split with the Brewers. This may be the beginning of a collapse. At least we're guaranteed a non-losing season... on August 18th.
August 18, 20223 yr Just now, Sbbruin said: When my buddy's brother Brendan Ryan played for TLR in StL, he often batted 9th behind the pitcher. Right. thats the joke.
August 19, 20223 yr 22 hours ago, Helobious said: Donaldson, walk-off grand slam in the 10th with the Yankees down 3. If That doesn’t turnaround our season. Nothing will. Holy god. Edited August 19, 20223 yr by Seasick Sailor
August 19, 20223 yr Every single one of our acquisitions except Effross has been purely horrible. That grand slam was fools gold. Once gigantic division lead has completely evaporated. Cashman has to go after this year, he’s fucking awful. Hal & co had such a great core since 2017 and they never fucking went all in. Embarrassing
August 19, 20223 yr 9 minutes ago, Helobious said: Cashman has to go after this year, he’s fucking awful. Maybe the coaching staff isn't too great either:
August 19, 20223 yr No one tinkered with gallo’s swing, it was built for that stadium that’s why they got him. He was just a giant mentally weak pussy. Benintendi is just pressing, in addition to being a shitty hitter.
August 19, 20223 yr Sure miss AJ. And he knows what a bitch Gurriel is https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChZy55_j3CC/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
August 19, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Sbbruin said: Sure miss AJ. And he knows what a bitch Gurriel is https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChZy55_j3CC/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= seems like an appropriate game to quietly talk shit to yourself.
August 19, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, Helobious said: Every single one of our acquisitions except Effross has been purely horrible. That grand slam was fools gold. Once gigantic division lead has completely evaporated. Cashman has to go after this year, he’s fucking awful. Hal & co had such a great core since 2017 and they never fucking went all in. Embarrassing they don’t have the talent dude. it’s obvious to (almost) everyone.
August 19, 20223 yr Sure miss AJ. And he knows what a bitch Gurriel ishttps://www.instagram.com/reel/ChZy55_j3CC/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=Lol, cursing out another player after catching a routine fly ball while down two touchdowns.I bet he scissored with Joe Kelly after the game to celebrate.
August 19, 20223 yr that wasn't from yesterday's game people. White Sox wore the Southside uni's for games 1-3 and their black "sox" top with white pants yesterday just pointing out the details
August 19, 20223 yr On 8/17/2022 at 6:52 PM, Beau Vine said: ^^^^^^^ I seriously think seeing guys getting their first big league hit is just about my favorite thing in all of sports. My favorite part is when the camera finds the parents right afterwards.
August 19, 20223 yr 11 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said: My favorite part is when the camera finds the parents right afterwards.
August 19, 20223 yr 2 minutes ago, Beau Vine said: I hope I have a moment that cool with my kids someday. It won’t be in a Major League Baseball park but yeah- pretty special.
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