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#2751
3 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Did you pop champagne afterwards too? Meaningless regular season wins seem to be pretty huge deals to you guys 

Coming from a yankees fan this is priceless. Meaningless? Split with a damn good team on the road to stay in the hunt? Sure, it is a long shot, but still have faith.

Must suck to be in the cellar. 

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#2753

As it should be. @Sbbruin 

"Now batting, number 50, Mookie Betts."For the first time since September 30, 2019, @MookieBetts returns to Fenway Park.

 

#2755

What a great year for this franchise: 

🚨#BREAKING: Three people have been shot during a White Sox game at Chicago’s Guaranteed Rate Field⁰⁰📌#Chicago | #Illinois ⁰Currently multiple authorities are on the scene as there was an shooting incident at the Chicago White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago,…

Chef's kiss:  The concert was Vanilla Ice.

 

#2756
7 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Reds are trying to out-circus Ari tonight. Just let a run score on a 150’ IF fly. 

You don't see this every day...but we'll take it. 😅

 

#2760

NSIAP, @Helobious


https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-survival-guide-for-sad-new-york-yankee-fans-509d61cd
 

Spoiler

A Survival Guide for Sad New York Yankee Fans
The Bronx Bombers face their first losing season in 30 years. Their noisy fans face an empty September.

The New York Yan­kees are not a good base­ball team this year. They have yet to be math­e­mat­i­cally elim­i­nated from the play­offs, but they cur­rently rest on the ocean floor of the Amer­i­can League East, like a wreck, full of eels. Wednes-day’s win over Wash­ing­ton snapped a streak of nine straight de­feats, their worst los­ing streak since Rea­gan’s first term. They went right back to los­ing on Thurs­day. De­pend-ing on how you feel about the Yan­kees, this news is ei­ther ter­ri­bly sad or quite funny.
 

As the most suc­cess­ful fran­chise in base­ball, and reg­u­larly lav­ish spenders, the Yan­kees pro­voke di­vided emo­tions. They have won 27 World Se­ries ti­tles, which is 27 more ti­tles than a team like the Seat­tle Ma­riners, or the Mil­wau­kee Brew­ers. Yan­kee fans are ro­bustly proud of this suc­cess—even if they are 19 years old, they will talk about the 1927 Yan­kees as if they were ac­tu­ally there, sit­ting in the bleach­ers, in a crisp hat, grip­ping a rolled copy of the Her­ald-Tri­bune as George Ruth wob­bled around the bases once more.

The Yan­kees have been frus­trat­ing, dis­ap­point­ing (they have not won a World Se­ries since 2009), but they are not used to stink­ing. The fran­chise hasn’t fin­ished with a los­ing record in 30 sea­sons. This 2023 team doesn’t even re­ally stink—they’re nowhere near as hor­rid as, say, the Oak­land A’s, a des­o­late team that would have its hands full at the Lit­tle League World Se­ries. But these Yan­kees look like they’ve al­ready given up, and so have their high-ex­pec­ta­tion fans, who now con­front a new phe­nomenon: An empty Sep­tember cal­en­dar.
 

Here are a few ideas, ad­dressed to Yan­kee fans, on how to pass away the re­main­ing weeks of a lost sea­son:
 

Talk to Your Fam­i­lies.

Not sure if you know this, but you have an en­tire fam­ily, who don’t care as much about the Yan­kees as you do, and are ea­ger to spend time with you, in­stead of lis­ten­ing to you groan about Gi­an­carlo Stan­ton’s in­vis­i­ble bat. For the first time in three decades, you can de­vote laser-like fo­cus to your loved ones. Take them on a long week­end ad­ven­ture! Re-learn their first names! Or, if you can’t break away, pile the clan into the car, in­stall a loud-speaker on the roof, and drive slowly around Yan­kee Sta­dium, read­ing a 70,000-word cri­tique of the team’s gen­eral man­ager, Brian Cash­man. Fam­ily bond­ing they’ll never for­get.

Lean into the Beauty of the Nat­ural World.
There’s a whole wide planet of oceans, rivers, pas­tures and even trees that do other things be­sides make the lum­ber Yan­kees hit­ters use to whiff with run­ners in scor­ing po­si­tion. Go for a hike and feel the sun on your face. Find a per­fect au­tumn evening and count the stars. Visit a moun­tain, canyon or wa­ter­fall, and take in its gor­geous majesty, as you qui­etly won­der what the Yan­kees were think­ing, trad­ing for Josh Don­ald­son.

Dis­cover North Amer­i­can Foot­ball.
I’m go­ing to let you in on a lit­tle se­cret, but there’s a ri­val sport that be­gins its sea­son in early Sep­tember. New York has two clubs, nei­ther of which plays in New York, but don’t let that de­rail you. If you like blue, and hav­ing a chance to win, I’d go with the Gi­ants. If you like green, and scream­ing to the neigh­bor­hood pets that you’re never watch­ing foot­ball again, I’d go with the Jets. The Jets have a new quar­ter­back, Aaron Rodgers. He’s usu­ally ex­cel­lent but pos­si­bly ob­tained past his prime – in a way, he’s just like a Yan­kee.

Stare at a Blank Wall Un­til Spring Train­ing.
This is probably the easiest option. There is always next season, a fresh opportunity for the Yankees to reset to greatness. It’s probably best to pull up a chair, grab some snacks, find a barren wall, and stare at it, ceaselessly, until pitchers and catchers report in February 2024. Your family won’t mind. They’re off hiking in the natural world. They’re watching North American Football. Or it turns out they really love you, so they’ve agreed to drive around Yankee Stadium with a loudspeaker on the roof, reading your 70,000 word critique.  

 

 

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#2761

-1.7 bWAR is impressive 

It’s official. #Rockies are calling up Hunter Goodman. Club is releasing OF Jurickson Profar.

More fun: 

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Profar’s tenure in the Mile High City ends after 111 games, 472 plate appearances, and a disappointing .236/.316/.364 slash line.  Only three qualified hitters have a lower wRC+ in 2023 than Profar’s 72 wRC+, and his -1.9 fWAR is the lowest of any qualified hitter in baseball. 

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#2763

Freddie hit his 49th and 50th doubles today.  10 more in his last 33 games would be the 7th ever 60 double season and the first since 1936.  Probably won't happen but possible.  The six 60 double seasons all happened between 1926 and 1936.

#2765

yes it was

Fearless Nathaniel! #StraightUpTX

 

 

#2770
Corbin Carroll vs Elly De La Cruz.De La Cruz: 99.7mph missile to get him. 🚀

 

That guy is fun to watch.

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#2772
1 hour ago, Dnaguy said:
Corbin Carroll vs Elly De La Cruz.De La Cruz: 99.7mph missile to get him. 🚀

 

That guy is fun to watch.

Yep, he and Oneil Cruz are going to be must-see TV in the NL Central for a few years at least.

#2773
3 hours ago, WBT said:

yes it was

Fearless Nathaniel! #StraightUpTX

 

 

Love that. Gutless pussy and a shitty ball player to boot.

#2774
37 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Love that. Gutless pussy and a shitty ball player to boot.

He might be shitty but his .738 OPS this year would be the third highest on the even more shitty Yankees. 

#2775
13 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

Cleveland DFAs Thor. 

He fell off the cliff like a used up RB in the NFL.

#2776
1 hour ago, slorch said:

He fell off the cliff like a used up RB in the NFL.

But he had one final decent start against the Dodgers last week that fucked up my 4 game parlay that would have paid $1024

 

Fuck that guy

#2777

Acuna attacked by fans at Coors Field
 

Holy smokes. Two fans just ran and attacked Acuña in right field. They knocked him down, but he seems ok.

 

Ronald Acuna in the Coors Field outfield. #Rockies #ForTheA https://t.co/ymMhn4ONg8

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#2778

Looks like the guy was just looking for a hug.

He is at a Rockies game after all.

#2780

Altuve hitting for the cycle last night got me wondering why the feat is not nearly as celebrated as a no-hitter. It almost as rare. Has happened 344 times vs 322 no-hitters. 

#2781
7 hours ago, Don Johnson said:

Acuna attacked by fans at Coors Field
 

Holy smokes. Two fans just ran and attacked Acuña in right field. They knocked him down, but he seems ok.

 

Ronald Acuna in the Coors Field outfield. #Rockies #ForTheA https://t.co/ymMhn4ONg8

It was all in the name of love

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#2782
3 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

Altuve hitting for the cycle last night got me wondering why the feat is not nearly as celebrated as a no-hitter. It almost as rare. Has happened 344 times vs 322 no-hitters. 

Because it’s one of the most overrated accomplishments in baseball and means nothing. Hitting 2 homers and 2 doubles in one game is better, or even 2 homers and a triple, or 2 triples a double and two singles, etc. 

#2784
10 hours ago, Don Johnson said:

Acuna attacked by fans at Coors Field
 

Holy smokes. Two fans just ran and attacked Acuña in right field. They knocked him down, but he seems ok.

 

Ronald Acuna in the Coors Field outfield. #Rockies #ForTheA https://t.co/ymMhn4ONg8

Sorry for trying to tell my boy I love him and get a selfie 

#2785
15 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Hitting 2 homers and 2 doubles in one game is better, or even 2 homers and a triple, or 2 triples a double and two singles, etc.

 

14 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Actually even just 2 homers and a double would get you the same total bases. Cycles are pointless

I bet you could get a job at the Change Bank

 

#2786

I think it’s because cycles are more of a novelty than skill compared to no-hitters.

Sure, there are plenty of no-hitters where a guy has a ton of luck and no business getting a no-hitter but I still feel like that’s an accomplishment that based less on randomness than a cycle.  Or maybe it’s because a guy has to perform every half inning / ~27-30 times in a No-hitter vs once every 2-3 innings / 4-5 times.

Sure there is usually at least one freak play to keep a No-hitter alive, but when you have to get 27 outs, I’m more likely to let that slide compared to a cycle when 1 lucky bounce helps you get 25% of the way towards the accomplishment. (Like Altuve’s triple. If the Boston center fielder doesn’t look like a complete rookie/first time ever playing out there and realizes he can’t catch the ball hit to left center and gets ready for the carom, he holds him to a double instead of chasing the ball back towards right field looking like a kid trying to grab a dollar tied to a string 

 

#2787
4 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

I think it’s because cycles are more of a novelty than skill compared to no-hitters.

Sure, there are plenty of no-hitters where a guy has a ton of luck and no business getting a no-hitter but I still feel like that’s an accomplishment that based less on randomness than a cycle.  Or maybe it’s because a guy has to perform every half inning / ~27-30 times in a No-hitter vs once every 2-3 innings / 4-5 times.

Sure there is usually at least one freak play to keep a No-hitter alive, but when you have to get 27 outs, I’m more likely to let that slide compared to a cycle when 1 lucky bounce helps you get 25% of the way towards the accomplishment. (Like Altuve’s triple. If the Boston center fielder doesn’t look like a complete rookie/first time ever playing out there and realizes he can’t catch the ball hit to left center and gets ready for the carom, he holds him to a double instead of chasing the ball back towards right field looking like a kid trying to grab a dollar tied to a string 

 

Altuve also wasnt running hard out of the box and it was still an easy triple.

#2790
10 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Did that Sox CF think he was Spiderman? Holy shit that’s terrible. 

He woefully misplayed altuve’s double too.  (But that was going to be a double no matter what)


 

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#2797

Only the Angels, again. 

BREAKING: The Los Angeles Angels have placed starter Lucas Giolito, relievers Matt Moore and Reynaldo López, and outfielders Hunter Renfroe and Randal Grichuk on waivers, sources tell ESPN. Huge potential playoff implications: All can be claimed by teams for free on Thursday.

 

#2798
8 hours ago, Helobious said:

Actually even just 2 homers and a double would get you the same total bases. Cycles are pointless

So are 18 inch chains from Amazon 

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