MLB Thread

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Looks like Shohei Otani is gonna be the next majorly hyped Japanese pitcher. 20 years old, throws 100 MPH, said to already be better than Darvish and Tanaka were in their time in the Japanese leagues.

Stats on the year so far: 5-0, 0.80 ERA, 33.2 IP, 17 h, 9 BB, 38 K

Oh...and he's also a pretty good hitter and plays the outfield twice a week.</font>

[road doggy dogg]

Can't wait to see who overpays him

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>-Yankees
-Red Sox
-Dodgers
-Giants
-Mariners
-Rangers
-Cubs

Feel like those are the only teams that really ever seem to go in on the big-time Japanese players.</font>

[Nicky Fives]

They're the only ones that are willing to take the financial risk on signing them, despite none of them truly working out since Ichiro.....

[Emperor Smeat]

Matsui was another who ended up being good in MLB.

Pitchers have it tougher mostly because of how differnt the systems are here compared to Japan.

[Frank Drebin]

A bit different now since the max bid that goes to the Japanese team is 20 mil. Not like you have to pay 150 just to talk to them anymore.

Still not sure why the Japanese teams agreed to that. Teams like Orix have used their huge windfalls on large projects like to renovate stadiums and such.

[ClockShot]

Tanaka's team was fighting it. They wanted those "millions of dollars" bad. But, MLB and Nippon agreed, and that's how it is.

Old system still applies in South Korea. Which is cool.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Cardinals are 20-6 and have an 8 game lead in the NL Central. It's almost unfair how consistently good they are year in year out.

I've never seen another team that actually plays significantly better any time one of their star players gets injured.</font>

[Frank Drebin]

I know. Their top prospect fn died for crying out loud. Death itself can't even stop them.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Cardinals are gay

[Supreme Olajuwon]

love baseball tho

[Emperor Smeat]

Red Sox fired their pitching coach today. Nobody stood up for him in a recent meeting management had which made it a lot easier to scapegoat him for all the problems with pitching this season.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>lol what an unfortunate firing

"You couldn't make chicken salad out of chicken shit? YOU'RE FIRED!!!</font>

[DaveWadding]

<font color=goldenrod>lol what an unfortunate firing

"You couldn't make chicken salad out of chicken shit? YOU'RE FIRED!!!</font>

Totally read this in Vince McMahon's voice.

[road doggy dogg]

Hey whatever I love Ricky "Porkchop" Porcello don't be hatin'

[Nicky Fives]

Matsui was another who ended up being good in MLB.

Pitchers have it tougher mostly because of how differnt the systems are here compared to Japan.

I knew I was forgetting someone when I wrote that, but I couldn't figure out who it was....

[Ruien]

White Sox are so bad I am already over this season :(.

One thing that hurts the MLB is that a lot of people only care about 1 or 2 teams. There are not many superstars that people crave to watch or teams. Yankees use to be that way but that has passed. I don't think the MLB ratings suck because its not as popular but that people only care about their team and stop watching when they are eliminated/out of contention.

[road doggy dogg]

Eh White Sox... almost gave my Tigers their first sweep (losing end) of the season :fu:

[road doggy dogg]

re: 2nd paragraph

Yes fully... I love watching Tigers but could give two fucks less about the Cubs/Cardinals/Red Sox/FOTM team... baseball is very boring with no emotional/financial investment in a game tbh

[screech]

I'm watching more than I did last year thanks to MLB.TV.

I can get pumped about some teams other than PHI/BOS, but it usually becomes more about certain players and wanting them to do well.

[Evil Vito]

One thing that hurts the MLB is that a lot of people only care about 1 or 2 teams. There are not many superstars that people crave to watch or teams. Yankees use to be that way but that has passed. I don't think the MLB ratings suck because its not as popular but that people only care about their team and stop watching when they are eliminated/out of contention.

<font color=goldenrod>and ESPN Sunday Night Baseball does little to change that. Every Sunday Night game so far this year has featured either the Yankees, Red Sox, or Cardinals. The Dodgers I believe have a few scheduled games as well. Gets so damn repetitive.

At least Royals/Tigers is this week to get some different teams in the spotlight. Then again the ESPN announcers are woefully bad.</font>

[ClockShot]

Add Alex Cobb and Adam Ottavino to the Tommy John surgery list.

Count for 2015: 16

[ClockShot]

Business is about to pick up in Queens. Mets calling up Noah Syndergaard.

[Emperor Smeat]

<font color=goldenrod>and ESPN Sunday Night Baseball does little to change that. Every Sunday Night game so far this year has featured either the Yankees, Red Sox, or Cardinals. The Dodgers I believe have a few scheduled games as well. Gets so damn repetitive.

At least Royals/Tigers is this week to get some different teams in the spotlight. Then again the ESPN announcers are woefully bad.</font>

Fan bases probably play a huge role since those three plus the Dodgers and Cubs have around the highest in the entire league. Know the Yanks always get a ton of ESPN Sunday Night games every year but the Red Sox have had a year or two in recent times of barely getting any.

[screech]

Another reason I don't miss having ESPN. Who does the TV games now? Orel Herschiser and Dan Schulmann did radio games for a while. Love them.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Carl Willis tells reporters in Columbus that he's new Red Sox pitching coach</p>&mdash; Gordon Edes (@GordonEdes) <a href="https://twitter.com/GordonEdes/status/596898150272630784">May 9, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Was the pitching coach for the Indians minor league club in Columbus. Could have arrived for yesterday's game but won't till Sunday or Monday because of a condition in his deal. He wanted to wait until the Indians flew someone over to replace his spot in the minors before leaving.

[DaveWadding]

I miss Justin Upton in a Dbacks uniform. :-\

[Evil Vito]

http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?sid=milb&content_id=107767183

<font color=goldenrod>Is it bad that the horribly worded caption made me laugh? :(

Poor Parker though. Fractured bone in his elbow and on his way for a third major elbow surgery. Only 26 but seems like his career could very well be over.</font>

[Damian Rey]

That guy had all the talent in the world. Wish him the best and hope he recovers.

[Simple Fan]

Micheal Pineda set down 16 batters in 7 innings.

[ClockShot]

Micheal Pineda set down 16 batters in 7 innings.

Sorry, Droford.

[Frank Drebin]

People always get three parts wrong in "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." Random cancer survivor ladies singing the stretch at Wrigley are the first in a looooong time to get it right. Everyone gets it wrong. Feel like a curse has been lifted and I can finally go to heaven.

1) It's not "take me out TO the crowd" it's "take me out WITH the crowd"
2) Its Cracker Jack (singular) not Cracker Jacks.
3) It's "I dont care if I NEVER get back" not "EVER"

[road doggy dogg]

hate Wrigley and how it makes ppl at other ballparks do the stupid "throw it back!" when catching an opposing player's home run

if I catch a home run ball from an opposing player I'm keeping that fucker get off me

[screech]

Ya I'm with you 100p. So dumb.

Ball girl will just give it to another fan anyway.

[Emperor Smeat]

Might toss back a Yankees home run ball depending on the situation but everything else I'd keep the ball or give it as a gift to whoever brought me to the game.

[road doggy dogg]

If it's a HEATED RIVAL, sure I could see... I wouldn't throw out an ARod home run ball though, even though he's a huge dickhole

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Take away the 11 game win streak and the Mets are a sub-.500 team. Nats have fully come alive and are just 2.5 games back. Sure does seem like they're going to take the division lead within a week and never look back.</font>

hate baseball

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Stoked for Syndergaard tonight, though.</font>

[screech]

I would prob give the ball to a kid tbh

[Frank Drebin]

The hilarious thing is how people get so mad if they don't throw it back. If you were to ask the mob why you should throw it back they'd say "ITS TRADITION!!"......because keeping tradition has brought so much luck to this franchise, right??

I would give a foul ball to a kid, but I'm keeping the HR ball. I don't care if it was hit by Pablo Ozuna, it's a fn home run ball.

Mad respect for the once in a blue moon guy who has a random ball (be it from home or batting practice) and does the flawless transfer to please the crowd and keep the ball.

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[road doggy dogg]

i like when baseball is fun

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[Damian Rey]

Lol at Rizzo's reaction. That was hilarious.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Yeah that was great</font>

[road doggy dogg]

RDD posts great baseball clips that bring joy to TPWWforums.com posters.

ONE FOR DA GOOD GUYS

[road doggy dogg]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/mlb-to-increase-ball-security-following-tom-brady-situation-215014008.html

jesus fucking christ

i'm done with sports for today

[Shisen Kopf]

Freezing the pucks in hockey will be the next scandal just watch.

[Frank Drebin]

30 new jobs created under the new commissioner!

[Emperor Smeat]

First thought: How does one deflate a baseball?

Second thought: :lol: at the mental image of someone throwing a deflated baseball.

At least MLB went public about how its a bad idea to let teams themselves control game balls. Don't think the NFL even bothered to say they were changing the ball rules.

[ClockShot]

Tulo "supposedly" wants out of Colorado, although no formal trade request is out there, yet.

Don't know what team would take him since he's got a crazy contract he's carrying with him. Unless it's gonna be one of those.........let's say........Josh Hamilton deals.

[screech]

He's wanted out for a while, right?

[ClockShot]

Didn't want out with the 10-year $157 mil. deal he signed back in 2011, did he?

Anyway. He's due $124 mil. from now up until 2020. Teams are gonna have to give up a lot or take a lot for this to work.

[Frank Drebin]

Ya'll can get on the Rizzo MVP bandwagon if you want.

[Droford]

The Didi Gregorious era in NY is on life support and Fuck th Rockies if they trade Tulo to them

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Terry Collins is the worst fucking manager in the league. Jesus.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>also fuck the Indians for pulling Corey Kluber with 18 K's after 8 innings. guys are allowed to go to an outrageously high pitch count for no-hitters/perfect games yet you pull the guy who had the chance to do something that might be even more impressive and certainly a hell of a lot rarer.</font>

[Frank Drebin]

113 pitches in a two run game for a team that, if they want to get back in it, needs every win they can scratch out? Pulling him was the right choice even if it would have been cool to see if he could have gotten to 20 or 21 ks.

A manager can't in good conscience take the reigning Cy young winner and have him throw 135 pitches in one game. You would want to skip his next start unless you wanted to risk long term injury which you're already doing. Anything past 115 in a non playoff game is not advisable.

[Damian Rey]

Where did punching all those guys out in one game get Kerry Wood? It's a nice little accomplishment but means little if not nothing in the long run. Not worth risking injury to your ace, who's been pretty bad up to this point.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Cody Allen to this point in the season has been one of the worst closers in baseball. You're damn right I would have thrown Kluber out there with a chance to do something that has literally only been done 4 times in 9 innings in the history of baseball.

It'd be one thing if he showed signs of laboring through the 8th inning, but no. He was fucking dealing. I'd give him a cap of 95-100 pitches the next start or something.</font>

[Frank Drebin]

Did they win?

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Of course they did. Doesn't mean I can't still disagree with the decision to not give the guy a chance to make history. If he hadn't given up that one measly hit they certainly wouldn't have pulled him, yet they're fine pulling him when he was on the verge of a far more impressive accomplishment?

I'd also argue that the Cardinals were probably ecstatic that Allen was brought in at that point. The Indians were fortunate it didn't blow up in their face.</font>

[DaveWadding]

Where did punching all those guys out in one game get Kerry Wood? It's a nice little accomplishment but means little if not nothing in the long run. Not worth risking injury to your ace, who's been pretty bad up to this point.

into the evil clutches of Dusty fucking Baker, who blew out both his AND Mark Prior's arms in 2003.

[Frank Drebin]

Kerry Wood's 20 k game may be the best pitched game in the history of MLB

[ClockShot]

Tulowitski ain't gonna ask for a trade.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

The fire in the smokestacks at Great American Ballpark last night totally looked like the World Trade Center on 9-11.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/e0adcdc206e8a700187bda063aec5f44791568f4/r=880&c=880x495/http/bcdownload.gannett.edgesuite.net/cinci/35546123001/201505/2910/35546123001_4239521491001_4239445259001-vs.jpg

[Supreme Olajuwon]

hate baseball (and 9-11)

[road doggy dogg]

Jet fuel can't melt baseball parks

[road doggy dogg]

#meme

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>The first no-hitter of the season will have to wait another day. Justin Bour lines a first pitch single up the middle to spoil Shelby Miller's no-hit bid with 2 outs in the 9th.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I laughed at the 8 Marlins fans in the stands that were shown cheering and celebrating the no-hitter ending. Feel like if I happened to get the 1 in 485493543589435 chance to be there live for a no-hitter I'd rather just see it closed out, unless the game was still in reach for my team. In this case it was 6-0 with 2 runs in the 9th.</font>

[DaveWadding]

Great day for some Pennsylvania baseball teams to lose.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>And now Mike Redmond fired after the game.</font>

[screech]

Hell yeah, Phillies! 5 in a row!

[ClockShot]

Yankees going into the same tailspin the Mets did after getting off to a hot start.


None too pleased.

[ClockShot]

Dan Jennings, the Marlins GM, is the new Marlins Manager.

A GM being a manager in the same season. Is there precedent for this?

[Droford]

Ted Turner back in 1979 sent the Braves manger on a scouting trip and took over as interim manager for one game

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>With Dan Jennings becoming the manager, Assistant GM Mike Berger was promoted to GM.

Shame really. Would have been funny to see Jennings hold both jobs simultaneously.</font>

[ClockShot]

Come into the dugout wearing a suit & tie, nerdy glasses, holding a briefcase. :lol:

[road doggy dogg]

take 2 out of 3 from the Cards

get blown out by the Brewers

cool

[Evil Vito]

http://www.mlb.com/r/video?content_id=123478083

<font color=goldenrod>Bryce Harper becomes the first player (that I can remember, at least) to get ejected for not staying in the batter's box.</font>

[ClockShot]

Hate Yankees baseball right now.

[screech]

Ryan Howard had 3 hits and is batting over .250. These are the things I get excited about now.

[road doggy dogg]

Meanwhile, the Tigers avoided getting swept by the BREWERS and now sit comfortably a half-game ahead of the TWINS

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Boy I sure do miss when the Nats were 8 games out of first place. They completely erased that deficit in record time and are now alone in first place in the NL East.

Mets are 10-15 since their 11 game win streak and are just 5-11 against teams with a record over .500.

Can it be April again?</font> :(

[screech]

I like what I'm seeing from the Astros so far. And Jose Altuve is really fun to watch.

[ClockShot]

Girardi cooked the bullpen today so Garrett Jones is on the bump for the 9th inning right now.

Sabathia is all but done and I'm betting Esmil Rogers gets sent down for this bullshit today.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>McCutchen with a 2-run HR off of Harvey in the first.

Welp, that'll be a loss for Harvey. I don't think the Mets are capable of scoring 2 runs most days.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>And the road to recovery for David Wright just got a lot worse. Suffered another setback and now has spinal stenosis.

Could range from something that will clear up with rest to something that will actually end his career. Hold me.</font> :(

[Droford]

Lol Reds manager got tossed while exchanging lineup cards before the game. Earl Weaver once did that for the Orioles.

[Emperor Smeat]

What was the reason?

Ump didn't like the lineup or something the manager hated about the previous game?

[Droford]

He was arguing with the 2nd base ump/crew chief Jim Reynolds probably over something from last night game.

[Droford]

Os and Marlins scoreless through 12 and os just had Matusz get tossed for a foreign substance on his arm

[ClockShot]

This just in:

The Yankees suck.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled holiday programming.

[ClockShot]

Hey look, Yanks are winning.

[road doggy dogg]

'ell yeah

clobber those Royals

[ClockShot]

Braves and Dodgers pull off a 6-player trade with Alberto Callaspo as the centerpiece.

Dodgers get: Alberto Callaspo, Juan Jaime, Ian Thomas, and Eric Stults.

Braves get: Juan Uribe, Chris Withrow.

Now, Callaspo vetoed an earlier trade yesterday which would have been a 1 for 1 swap with him and Juan Uribe. But I guess he got a "stipend" to approve the trade. Oh and Eric Stults promptly got DFA'd.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Noah Syndergaard hit a 430 foot bomb today. Holy mother of christ. Mets are going to a full on 6-man rotation and a 4-man bench through August so I imagine Syndergaard will wind up as their top PH off the bench ala Carlos Zambrano/Micah Owings.</font>

[road doggy dogg]

What is going on with the twins right now

[ClockShot]

Mike Pelfrey seems to have reinvented himself up there. That's all I know about the Twinkies thus far.

[Emperor Smeat]

:y: Eduardo Rodriguez amazing debut for the Red Sox tonight. Came from last year's trade with the Os for Andrew Miller but he's been great at Pawtucket this season.

Could even get called up sooner than expected because of how great the start was and the current starters being way too unreliable so far.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>One of my favorite obscure slash lines throughout baseball history is Kevin Youkilis' on 3-0 counts: .000/1.000/.000

So he literally never swung on a 3-0 count in his career. He'd either walk or take strike 1. Guess that's why he was the Greek God of Walks.</font>

[ClockShot]

Yankees are gonna activate Tanaka on Wednesday for his start. Here's hoping it's all systems go for a 2nd time.


But if something comes up again this season, just get the Tommy John surgery over with and spend the offseason grabbing some pitching.

[Damian Rey]

I have a tough time believing he'd be able to pitch in top form and stay healthy at the same time. Getting the surgery is probably a given at some point.

[Evil Vito]

http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/2015/05/31/mlbtv_mianyn_138948683_1200K.mp4

<font color=goldenrod>Bartolo Colon strikes again</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Example of how bad the Mets bench is: Colon is 2 for his last 3. Bench players Darrell Ceciliani, Eric Campbell, and Danny Muno are a combined 1 for their last 54.</font>

[Damian Rey]

Yikes. Only a matter of time before he evolves to his final form; BOMBtolo Colon.

[ClockShot]

Thought the Yankees pulled the ripcord at home with their sweep of the Royals. Instead, it didn't work and lost 3 of 4 to the lowly Athletics.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Astros mascot Orbit goes streaking across Minute Maid Park for his birthday, gets speared <a href="http://t.co/q2VwkZ28S0">http://t.co/q2VwkZ28S0</a> <a href="http://t.co/o9h1DvZ1E2">pic.twitter.com/o9h1DvZ1E2</a></p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/605138765535956993">May 31, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/2015/05/31/mlbtv_mianyn_138948683_1200K.mp4

<font color=goldenrod>Bartolo Colon strikes again</font>

Should have a mandatory piss test at home plate.

[Droford]

The Orioles are 3 games under .500 but only 2 games out of first place

[screech]

I wish Bartolo Colon was on a not rival team. Love him

[road doggy dogg]

Tigers have been frustrating lately.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

like baseball

[Supreme Olajuwon]

not ready to love again

[Cooler Tom Schuler]

I got to go to Target Field last month. It was cool and our seats got upgraded and the Twins won and we all got hats.

[ClockShot]

Phillies release Grady Sizemore.

How the mighty have fallen. :nono:

[screech]

This is horseshit

[Damian Rey]

God the fucking Padres are unbearably frustrating. They have games like last night against the Pirates where the score a heap of runs and pitch effectively, then come out and get fucking waxed 7 to nothing.

Mets have ridiculous good pitching. I understand not putting up much of a fight on offense with DeGrom on the bump. But 7 to fucking nothing? Christ it's not even competitive.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>June 1 AL All Star Balloting update...Royals bandwagoners are out in full force.

CATCHER

1. Salvador Perez, Royals: 2,681,063
2. Stephen Vogt, A's: 1,401,747
3. Russell Martin, Blue Jays: 607,610
4. Brian McCann, Yankees: 529,364
5. Caleb Joseph, Orioles: 309,609

FIRST BASE

1. Miguel Cabrera, Tigers: 2,123,752
2. Eric Hosmer, Royals: 2,053,237
3. Prince Fielder, Rangers: 580,739
4. Mark Teixeira, Yankees: 525,935
5. Albert Pujols, Angels: 351,945

SECOND BASE

1. Jose Altuve, Astros: 2,020,143
2. Omar Infante, Royals: 1,442,990
3. Ian Kinsler, Tigers: 537,849
4. Jason Kipnis, Indians: 504,909
5. Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox: 503,821

THIRD BASE

1. Mike Moustakas, Royals: 2,385,024
2. Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays: 1,496,065
3. Pablo Sandoval, Red Sox: 483,807
4. Manny Machado, Orioles: 419,979
5. Adrian Beltre, Rangers: 412,404

SHORTSTOP

1. Alcides Escobar, Royals: 2,269,046
2. Jose Iglesias, Tigers: 1,277,655
3. Marcus Semien, A's: 630,167
4. Jed Lowrie, Astros: 511,714
5. Xander Bogaerts, Red Sox: 327,682

OUTFIELD

1. Lorenzo Cain, Royals: 2,506,859
2. Mike Trout, Angels: 2,371,435
3. Alex Gordon, Royals: 1,917,834
4. Adam Jones, Orioles: 1,514,836
5. Alex Rios, Royals: 1,249,073
6. Yoenis Cespedes, Tigers: 1,024,346
7. Michael Brantley, Indians: 906,788
8. Jacoby Ellsbury, Yankees: 888,192
9. Jose Bautista, Blue Jays: 792,897
10. Josh Reddick, A's: 650,756
11. Hanley Ramirez, Red Sox: 644,212
12. Carlos Beltran, Yankees: 471,929
13. Brett Gardner, Yankees: 458,849
14. Torii Hunter, Twins: 386,847
15. J.D. Martinez, Tigers: 378,075

DESIGNATED HITTER

1. Nelson Cruz, Mariners: 2,108,584
2. Kendrys Morales, Royals: 1,827,730
3. Alex Rodriguez, Yankees: 563,288
4. David Ortiz, Red Sox: 507,712
5. Victor Martinez, Tigers: 391,538</font>

[road doggy dogg]

Love how dumb people are for voting, going off last year's success etc... no way VMart should even be sniffing ASG this year

[Shisen Kopf]

Tigers have been frustrating lately.

They've fucking sucked lately

[Frank Drebin]

Joey Gallo coming up with the bases loaded. Hes already 3 for 3 with a Double and Homer in his debut.

[screech]

Holy shit the Phillies won!

[Droford]

Orioles keep losing..

[Frank Drebin]

haters gon hate

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">KitKat does not like the way Giancarlo Stanton eats KitKats: <a href="http://t.co/mdO1VfzJxt">http://t.co/mdO1VfzJxt</a> <a href="http://t.co/s783VMuy2Z">pic.twitter.com/s783VMuy2Z</a></p>&mdash; SB Nation (@SBNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/SBNation/status/605947787713183744">June 3, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Apparently Giancarlo Stanton doesn't follow etiquette rules when it comes to eating KitKats. Only supposed to eat one at a time in a respectful manner and instead Stanton devours a huge chunk of the bar per bite.

http://www.sbnation.com/2015/6/1/8701099/giancarlo-stanton-kit-kat-probably-peels-his-junior-mints-too

[Droford]

Give me a bite, give me a bite, bite me off a piece of that kit Kat bar

[screech]

He would probably still hit homeruns with a racket

[road doggy dogg]

Even though I know it's just a fun playful thing, just hearing the words "KitKat etiquette", coupled with last night's discussion on ketchup on hot dogs, and it makes me really wonder what kind of fucked up priorities people have with eating such shit foods that they need to take such things to heart.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>On Monday, Andrew Cashner became the first player to collect double digit strikeouts while giving up at least 10 hits in fewer than 5 innings.

Then yesterday, Noah Syndergaard did the exact same thing. So something that had never happened before in the history of baseball happened on consecutive days and in the same series.

Baseball is such a fucked up sport.</font>

[road doggy dogg]

I liked when a couple years ago Aaron Hill hit two cycles in the same week and that wasn't even the fastest two cycles a player has hit before

[Frank Drebin]

That Cashner line was pretty much par for the course for him when he was a prospect. That's why I was so surprised when they gave up Rizzo for him.

[ClockShot]

Mariners and D-Backs just pulled off a 6-player deal.

Mariners get: Mark Trumbo and Vidal Nuno.

D-Backs get: Wellington Castillo, Dominic Leone, Gabby Gurrero, and Jack Reinheimer.

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol Alex Rios

[Shisen Kopf]

How many games in a row can the Tigers lose? 37? In a row??

[RoXer]

The Astros are demolishing the hill in centerfield which is the dumbest fucking thing I've heard. That stadium is so cool and unique, one of the most under rated stadiums in the league and they're going to take away its features to add more empty seats. (http://deadspin.com/houston-astros-plan-to-raze-centerfield-hill-1709050521?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow)

[road doggy dogg]

I went to a game in Houston last summer and thought that was the stupidest fucking thing I've ever seen. Good riddance.

[screech]

Good. That hill is so dumb.

[Droford]

They aren't going to raze it they're going to raise it

[Nicky Fives]

to be honest, you only ever see like one ball a year even hit the hill anyways.....

[RoXer]

God forbid stadiums be unique and interesting

[screech]

It is interesting that someone would think it was a good idea to put a fucking hill in the middle of the outfield.

[Droford]

It is interesting that someone would think it was a good idea to put a fucking hill in the middle of the outfield.

The hill is one thing.

http://mtimages.cstv.com/touchingthebases/HillinCF.jpg

The random flagpole in play was always dumber to me

[Droford]

Also Matt Wieters is back..woo

[RoXer]

#LGS are most assuredly looking for a new home for the 2016 season.

[Droford]

http://i.imgur.com/OZz4qTS.jpg

Chris Archer doesn't swing that way

[Frank Drebin]

Cubs really wish Hendry hadn't traded him. They'll be looking for that #2 starter type this off season .

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Jon Niese is so goddamn infuriating to watch. The second he gives up one hard-hit ball he just completely melts down.

#WeWantMatz</font>

[DaveWadding]

Pat Venditte made it to the major leagues finally. Dude is a switch pitcher. The 1st in MLB in probably 100 years. Crazy stuff.


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[ClockShot]

Why is Esmil Rogers still with the team, Joe Girardi?

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Venditte turns 30 by month's end. Can't believe it took that long for him to make it to the bigs. He had some really good seasons in the minors.</font>

[Droford]

He should throw 2 pitches as the same time and if you can hit both you get a multiplier

[Damian Rey]

Padres come back to beat the Reds 9 to 7. Former Reds prospect Yonder Alonso hit a slam to tie it, while Matt Kemp seemed to have traveled back to April 2015 and brought back his bat.

Nice to see the Padres actually face some mediocre teams. Thought I read they had the second toughest strength of schedule in the league.

[road doggy dogg]

David Price doing David Price thing

Tigers end their 8 game skid :|

[Nicky Fives]

Jays walkoff to sweep Astros!!!!

[Bad News Gertner]

Colabello is on fire! 16 game hit streak

[ClockShot]

Yankees with their 2nd straight sweep today. Turned it back around nicely after a horrible mid/late May.

[Frank Drebin]

Didn't realize that Nats mascot is named Screech

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>lollllllllllllllllllllllll now Infante is less than 150,000 votes away from Altuve, Morales has passed Cruz at DH, and Rios has passed Adam Jones for the 4th OF spot. The 4 highest vote totals in all of baseball are Royals. Looking very possible that the AL starting lineup will be 8 Royals and Mike Trout.

At this point I almost want it to happen because it might make Manfred realize that fan voting is a farce. Or at the least, limit votes to 1 per IP address. Some of the leads are crazy enough though that I'm willing to bet there is some sort of hacking algorithm going on.

---

CATCHER

1. Salvador Perez, Royals: 4,419,620
2. Stephen Vogt, A's: 2,198,780
3. Russell Martin, Blue Jays: 855,798
4. Brian McCann, Yankees: 750,605
5. Caleb Joseph, Orioles: 400,802

FIRST BASE

1. Eric Hosmer, Royals: 3,551,005
2. Miguel Cabrera, Tigers: 2,933,108
3. Prince Fielder, Rangers: 1,088,428
4. Mark Teixeira, Yankees: 705,886
5. Albert Pujols, Angels: 587,805

SECOND BASE

1. Jose Altuve, Astros: 2,809,731
2. Omar Infante, Royals: 2,650,416
3. Jason Kipnis, Indians: 1,104,667
4. Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox: 726,006
5. Ian Kinsler, Tigers: 702,907

THIRD BASE

1. Mike Moustakas, Royals: 4,046,726
2. Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays: 2,329,742
3. Pablo Sandoval, Red Sox: 620,193
4. Adrian Beltre, Rangers: 619,494
5. Manny Machado, Orioles: 562,311

SHORTSTOP

1. Alcides Escobar, Royals: 3,928,985
2. Jose Iglesias, Tigers: 1,819,764
3. Marcus Semien, A's: 910,707
4. Jed Lowrie, Astros: 713,703
5. Jose Reyes, Blue Jays: 464,104

OUTFIELD

1. Lorenzo Cain, Royals: 4,211,472
2. Mike Trout, Angels: 3,668,577
3. Alex Gordon, Royals: 3,393,134
4. Alex Rios, Royals: 2,311,122
5. Adam Jones, Orioles: 1,995,897
6. Michael Brantley, Indians: 1,466,472
7. Yoenis Cespedes, Tigers: 1,431,447
8. Jacoby Ellsbury, Yankees: 1,256,232
9. Jose Bautista, Blue Jays: 1,175,483
10. Josh Reddick, A's: 1,010,239
11. Hanley Ramirez, Red Sox: 857,182
12. Carlos Beltran, Yankees: 707,986
13. Torii Hunter, Twins: 672,479
14. Brett Gardner, Yankees: 602,804
15. J.D. Martinez, Tigers: 489,645

DESIGNATED HITTER

1. Kendrys Morales, Royals: 3,269,634
1. Nelson Cruz, Mariners: 3,128,121
3. Alex Rodriguez, Yankees: 788,538
4. David Ortiz, Red Sox: 690,977
5. Victor Martinez, Tigers: 504,983</font>

[road doggy dogg]

I don't know, don't they like beg and plead you to vote "35 times a day!" or whatever it is? Seems like this is almost by design.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>While they want fans to vote the maximum number of times per day, I don't think they anticipated one team stuffing the ballot box to this degree. And if 8 Royals start the ASG it'll be the lowest rated ASG ever. This isn't what the average fan wants - it's what one city wants.

Some of the leads are unfathomable though. They still do paper ballots on top of everything else. Maybe Kaufman Stadium is handing out pre-marked ballots. That's what happened in 1957 with the Reds when their entire lineup got voted in.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>No rational person believes that Hosmer, Moustakas, Infante, or Morales should be starting over Cabrera, Donaldson, Altuve, or Cruz. Its understood that there will be one or two "snubs" in the lineup every year but those all seem pretty egregious.

Interested in seeing if MLB launches an investigation of some sort. Or if there's a mysterious swing in the votes at the last minute kinda like how David Wright wound up getting like a million votes in an hour to save MLB the embarassment of having Eric Sogard win that stupid "Face of MLB" contest a couple years ago.</font>

[ClockShot]

Brandon Moss hit his 100th home run in Kansas City in the Indians bullpen. Cleveland's relievers held the ball for "ransom" and they wanted a ton of Apple stuff.

Apple CEO Tim Cook is paying the "ransom".


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGjA8nWUgAEmaPd.jpg

[road doggy dogg]

50 gallon drum of lube

lmao

[Frank Drebin]

<font color=goldenrod>No rational person believes that Hosmer, Moustakas, Infante, or Morales should be starting over Cabrera, Donaldson, Altuve, or Cruz. Its understood that there will be one or two "snubs" in the lineup every year but those all seem pretty egregious.
</font>

The separation between all those comparisons isn't as far as you'd think. Hosmer and Moose are probably the 2nd best options behind Cabrera and Donandson at first and third. Infante I'll give you compared to Altuve, but it's not like Altuve is having a great year. Cruz is having a great year and Morales is having a really good year.

Catcher is probably the position I would take as the worst voting since Perez has been basically all defense and thats about it. Mccann and Martin have been comparable defensively and have had much better offensive years.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>While Hosmer, Moustakas, and even Morales (mainly because there are always 2 DHs) certainly have cases for bench spots, I'd be hard pressed to say they should be starting over the guys who are 1st, 2nd, and 5th in the league in slugging. I'd also say Prince Fielder may have a better case than Hosmer although Hosmer is still good.

I'm actually okay with Perez going. His offensive numbers are respectable for a catcher, but defense is clearly the #1 priority at that spot. Definitely hope Vogt makes the bench though.</font>

[DaveWadding]

Draft is today. Terrified the D'Backs are going to get cute with the #1 overall.

[Bad News Gertner]

The Jays offence is ridiculous

[Shisen Kopf]

Lol Blow Jays. Longest playoff drought in baseball.

[Droford]

Lol Blow Jays. Longest playoff drought in baseball.

At least the last time they made it, they won the world series.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Lol Blow Jays. Longest playoff drought in baseball.

True, and the Royals would have made it into the playoffs with the old Wild Card rules along with the Pirates the year before. They were both the top Wild Card team of 2014 and 2013.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>lol the Mets are 3 outs away from getting no-hit by Chris Heston. in their own ballpark. with more Giants than Mets fans in the building.

this lineup might be the worst they've sent out there on a regular basis since the early 90s.</font>

[Bad News Gertner]

Encarnacion with a walk off home run!

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol Blow Jays. Longest playoff drought in baseball.

How's 1984 sittin with ya

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>lol Heston finishes off the no-hitter, 3 punchouts looking in the 9th. jesus christ the Mets offense is terribad.</font>

[Droford]

Free pizza..

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>The Mets swung at the first pitch in like 80% of their ABs through the first 8 innings. But hey, let's get selective in the 9th when the ump is clearly going to give anything close to the pitcher.</font>

[Bad News Gertner]

Bam, Jays sweep the Marlins

[Droford]

Os can sweep the red Sox tomorrow which will be good

[Evil Vito]

http://m.twins.mlb.com/news/article/129900956/twins-torii-hunter-paul-molitor-ejected-against-royals

<font color=goldenrod>Torii Hunter had a fucking meltdown tonight</font>

[road doggy dogg]

George Springer went 5-5 in a game where Houston had 7 hits total and lost 4-1... baseball is quirky

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Matt Harvey has allowed 8 HR in his last 20 innings. He's still hitting high 90s with his fastball but his command has been all kinds of off these last few starts. Hopefully it's just a bad stretch. Going to see him pitch against the Jays on Monday.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>For comparison, this recent stretch has ballooned Harvey to 12 HR allowed in 12 starts this year.

He allowed 12 HR total in his first 36 starts between 2012-13.</font>

[road doggy dogg]

:roll: @ morons angry w/ Torii Hunter

he is the best

let him strip wherever he wants

hot fudge

[Emperor Smeat]

Phillies trying to trade away Jonathan Papelbon but have a big problem of nobody being interested unless Phillies were to sweeten the deal a lot more than they want to.

Came close to getting a deal done with the Blue Jays but would have required Phillies to eat almost the whole salary to get done.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/13058854/philadelphia-phillies-ramp-efforts-deal-closer-jonathan-papelbon

[road doggy dogg]

MLB network available fully online as a stream now I guess

Would probably be a bigger deal if MLB TV wasn't already the best thing on the planet

But cool anyway

[Droford]

Swèeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

[Emperor Smeat]

:-\ Cherrington struck out big so far this season. Pitching is worse than expected while the big hope of the bats bailing them out a lot barely happens.

Whole division right now is almost opposite of what experts predicted for the season. Yanks and TB were expected to struggle the most and be at the bottom while Red Sox and Os or Jays were supposed to do decent and be at the top.

[DaveWadding]

MLB network available fully online as a stream now I guess

Would probably be a bigger deal if MLB TV wasn't already the best thing on the planet

But cool anyway

Gr8 news. Fuck cable.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Streaming like that usually needs a cable ID and password to link to watch. Fuck cable.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Cano has sucked a fat dick so far this season. .238/2/19 and riding the pine on my fantasy team. Kolten Wong has gotten me through the early part of the season but I still need Cano to get his shit together.</font>

[road doggy dogg]

Streaming like that usually needs a cable ID and password to link to watch. Fuck cable.

Yup.

For a "larf" I tried signing into the MLB Network from my At Bat app and it asked me to input my cable company credentials.

Oh well. We'll always have MLB.tv (which is a far superior product anyway)

[Shisen Kopf]

Mlb.tv is awesome. In fact if mlb.tv was a pair of tits it would be 70s tits

[road doggy dogg]

Speaking of tits, can't wait to see JV stop sucking on those huge titties and get his ass on the mound tomorrow. Woo!

[Bad News Gertner]

Shits is more like it for JV.

[Shisen Kopf]

JV will be the reason the Tigers will win the division again this year. Hopefully he dumps that hose bag. He should just pick up prostitutes in Detroit. I hear Pickles on McNichols is a good one.

[Droford]

I can just feel that Mason Williams is going to be a thorn in the Os side for a long time

[DaveWadding]

Felix Hernandez looked like a fucking tire fire out there tonight. 1 out recorded, 8 runs given up. ERA for the game 216.00 WHIP 21.00

[Emperor Smeat]

:| Red Sox blew an 8-1 lead tonight against the Jays.

11-8 Jays in the 7th right now. Pitching has been comically bad this season.

Nevermind its now 13-8.

[Bad News Gertner]

The Jays offence is insane.

They currently lead the league with 325 runs scored. The second place team has 275.

[Droford]

The Orioles are .500, 30-30 only 3 gb of the yankees, feels like last year.

Thru 60 last year they were 31-29 but 5.5 gb

[Droford]

The Jays offence is insane.

They currently lead the league with 325 runs scored. The second place team has 275.

Too bad they have the 2nd worst pitching in the AL, only ahead of the Red Sox which was evidenced in their 13-10 game. They've allowed 276 runs which is 2nd to Boston 289 in the AL

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Fucking Castillo. Why try to turn that into a double when there are two outs. Your run meant nothing.

[Bad News Gertner]

Another cool stat about the Jays offence: if you don't count the entire month of April's run total, they still have more runs scored than Seattle and Philly

[screech]

Dammit, Phillies

[Droford]

Phillies are in the way of the Orioles buzz saw next week

[DaveWadding]

Going to see D'Backs vs. the Angels on Thursday. Praying to God that the Halos don't rest Trout.

[RoXer]

I'm going Wednesday

[DaveWadding]

:fu:

[Bad News Gertner]

RUSSELL MARTIN!!!!

[Bad News Gertner]

Woooo 10 in a row for the Jays!

[Droford]

The Os win tonight and it's 6 in a row which matches their longest winning streak last year.

[screech]

Phillies recall Domonic Brown from AAA. NOOOOOOOOOO

[ClockShot]

Honestly don't understand this Yankees team. Either stay hot, or stay cold. Not both.

[ClockShot]

Twins call up the #1 prospect in baseball, Byron Buxton.

Remember when Joe Mauer was gonna be the savior of the Twins?

[Droford]

Orioles have won 6 in a row, longest winning streak since they won 8 in 2005.

[Bad News Gertner]

Ryan Goins of all people with a 3 run homer and the Jays are up 6-0 in the 4th. Here comes 11 wins in a row!

[Bad News Gertner]

13-5 in the 7th now. This offence is fun.

[Nicky Fives]

franchise record 11 straight wins for the Jays.... they need pitching, but I don't want them to fuck with this offense at all.....maybe try and finagle Lawrie & Clippard from Oakland for a shit ton of prospects....

[ClockShot]

Hooray! Yankees avoid the sweep.

[Bad News Gertner]

franchise record 11 straight wins for the Jays.... they need pitching, but I don't want them to fuck with this offense at all.....maybe try and finagle Lawrie & Clippard from Oakland for a shit ton of prospects....

Clippard would be nice and wouldn't cost an arm and a leg. The bullpen has been better lately.

[DaveWadding]

Really weird road trip schedule for the Dbacks the past week or so. Played 3 in LA vs the Dodgers, had an off day, played 3 in San Fran, now are headed BACK to LA/Anaheim for 2 at Angel Stadium, then come home to play 2 against the Angels at Chase Field.

[road doggy dogg]

Stupid rain delay yesterday. Got to watch 5 innings of baseball and see a 450+ foot bomb from Miggy but had to hit the road so bailed after about an hour of the delay. Hot win though

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Padres fire Bud Black</font>

[poopfromweiner dude]

aaron nola

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Another big <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Phillies?src=hash">#Phillies</a> prospect move... Mark Leiter to <a href="https://twitter.com/ReadingFightins">@ReadingFightins</a> to replace <a href="https://twitter.com/AaronNola10">@AaronNola10</a>.</p>&mdash; Chuck Hixson (@PHLBaseballNsdr) <a href="https://twitter.com/PHLBaseballNsdr/status/610245563733397504">June 15, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[ClockShot]

All that money they spent on free agency. The trades and moves they made. And you mean to tell me that the Padres couldn't wait a year to see how it pans out?

Welp, A.J. Preller better pray this team turns it around. Cause I don't think he comes out this alive in the end if San Diego already axed Bud Black.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Your weekly Royals All Star Game update. Omar Infante and his .204/0/17 stat line has now replaced Altuve as starting 2B, giving the Royals 8 projected starters.

At this point the best thing that could come from this would be Bochy starting Bumgarner for the AL for the LOLz.


CATCHER

1. Salvador Perez, Royals: 7,202,292
2. Stephen Vogt, A's: 3,260,864
3. Russell Martin, Blue Jays: 2,225,889
4. Brian McCann, Yankees: 1,154,530
5. Alex Avila, Tigers: 868,321

FIRST BASE

1. Eric Hosmer, Royals: 5,777,363
2. Miguel Cabrera, Tigers: 5,301,216
3. Prince Fielder, Rangers: 1,794,589
4. Mark Teixeira, Yankees: 1,032,924
5. Albert Pujols, Angels: 931,585

SECOND BASE

1. Omar Infante, Royals: 4,518,765
2. Jose Altuve, Astros: 4,209,702
3. Jason Kipnis, Indians: 1,859,756
4. Ian Kinsler, Tigers: 1,632,770
5. Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox: 1,210,882

THIRD BASE

1. Mike Moustakas, Royals: 6,505,258
2. Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays: 4,880,315
3. Nick Castellanos, Tigers: 923,589
4. Adrian Beltre, Rangers: 908,343
5. Manny Machado, Orioles: 881,635

SHORTSTOP

1. Alcides Escobar, Royals: 6,332,981
2. Jose Iglesias, Tigers: 3,491,530
3. Jose Reyes, Blue Jays: 1,649,076
4. Marcus Semien, A's: 1,132,210
5. Jed Lowrie, Astros: 978,177

OUTFIELD

1. Lorenzo Cain, Royals: 6,611,781
2. Mike Trout, Angels: 5,944,068
3. Alex Gordon, Royals: 5,581,096
4. Alex Rios, Royals: 3,952,551
5. Adam Jones, Orioles: 3,248,559
6. Yoenis Cespedes, Tigers: 3,165,784
7. Jose Bautista, Blue Jays: 2,794,526
8. Michael Brantley, Indians: 2,101,577
9. Jacoby Ellsbury, Yankees: 1,788,449
10. Josh Reddick, A's: 1,517,538
11. Hanley Ramirez, Red Sox: 1,188,662
12. J.D. Martinez, Tigers: 1,172,305
13. Rajai Davis, Tigers: 1,073,790
14. Torii Hunter, Twins: 1,041,097
15. Carlos Beltran, Yankees: 1,012,302

DESIGNATED HITTER

1. Kendrys Morales, Royals: 5,422,250
2. Nelson Cruz, Mariners: 4,873,273
3. Edwin Encarnacion, Blue Jays: 1,430,262
4. Victor Martinez, Tigers: 1,188,737
5. Alex Rodriguez, Yankees: 1,176,506</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Do they have like voting booths at the seats of the royals games so they can just press a button and vote during every pitch?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

The Kansas City Royals Vs. the National League.

[Droford]

They'll lose again

[Simple Fan]

Was watching Reds and Cubs last night and Chapman beamed the first base umpire from the bullpen. All that renovation at Wriggly they need to build a proper bullpen.

[Damian Rey]

Preller was the one who axed Black. And while I certainly don't blame him for the current record,he's part of the problem and the move is a long-term in Preller building his team.

Black was an awfulin game strategist who bunted far too often and had questionable lineup usage. I doubt a new voice makes a difference,as I don't buy into that bs, but clearly Preller and the ownership want their own guy.

[ClockShot]

Totally screwed myself by dropping Mark Teixeira after my draft. Guy's having an unbelievable year.

[Nicky Fives]

Totally screwed myself by dropping Mark Teixeira after my draft. Guy's having an unbelievable year.

I picked him up early after he went undrafted and I got saddled with Garrett Jones.... Gotta love auto draft....

[Frank Drebin]

Was watching Reds and Cubs last night and Chapman beamed the first base umpire from the bullpen. All that renovation at Wriggly they need to build a proper bullpen.

They'll be under the bleachers next year as part of the renovation.

Also.....lol Alex Rios at #4

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol Jose Bautista!!!!

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>lol holy shit what a game. and I was supposed to go but decided not to because the forecast was calling for a heavy chance of rain. god dammit.</font>

[Droford]

Blue Jays lose
Red Sox lose
theeeeee Yankees lose

Fucking Rays won though

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>The FBI is investigating the Cardinals for hacking the Astros for information on player personnel.</font>

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/sports/baseball/st-louis-cardinals-hack-astros-fbi.html?smid=tw-bna

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I'm sure this will end up being something one or two idiots did. But if somehow it turns out the entire front office was in on it...damn, just imagine the potential sanctions.

-Massive fines
-Forfeiture of draft picks
-Loss of draft pool money
-Loss of international free agent pool money
-Forced to bat Pete Kozma leadoff for the next 10 years</font>

[ClockShot]

Paying off someone to get dirt is one thing (Steinbrenner). But hacking? In a world these days where it's all over the news? China, Anonymous, ISIS Hacking Unit, Home Depot, Target.

IF this is true, I think this is a whole new low for sports altogether. It'll be Manfred's first big test as Commissioner.

[Bad News Gertner]

Fuck the Jays need to deal for a closer. Cecil just isn't one.

[Emperor Smeat]

Some of that info the Cards supposedly got by hacking like scouting and player reports can easily have been gotten from regular places since everyone reports about those. Wonder why just the Astros though.

Figured the Astros being good this year is more of the AL West being a bit weak and their young/cheap guys finally developed well. Past several years the jokes have been about them being a "minor league" quality team because of how cheap the new owner was.

[Damian Rey]

Every team evaluates differently. Lunhow was also a vital member of their organization so they likely value both his and his staff's opinion.

[Droford]

Poor Jerome Williams, did a split and probably tore something after 6 runs in .2 of an inning

That's how it goes for the PHILLIES

[Droford]

9-0 orioles in the 2nd

[Droford]

12-0 in the 3rd

[Droford]

13-1 6 Homers for the o's through 3+ innings

[ClockShot]

Marlins welcomed back Nate Eovaldi back in the best way possible. Lit him up for 8 runs in the first inning and sent him packing.

[Droford]

15-2 in the 6th

Phillies pitcher just gave up 7th homer, threw next pitch right at JJ hardy, got tossed and walked off the mound with a big fuck this demeanor