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Please Obi Hahn give us more trades
I'm gonna put a Smyly on that face.
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>this panicked barebones OP to avoid the shining aura of Steve Pearce
kek
End your ridiculous fucking life and take that meme with you you imbecilic animal
>A player is eligible to participate on a World Baseball Classic team if any one of the following criteria is met:[9]
>The player is a citizen of the nation the team represents.
>The player is qualified for citizenship or to hold a passport under the laws of a nation represented by a team, but has not been granted citizenship or been issued a passport, then the player may be made eligible by WBCI upon petition by the player or team.
>The player is a permanent legal resident of the nation or territory the team represents.
>The player was born in the nation or territory the team represents.
>The player has one parent who is, or if deceased was, a citizen of the nation the team represents.
>The player has one parent who was born in the nation or territory the team represents.
reminder that your american grandmother could go to curacao, pop out your mom, who then pops you out in japan, and then you go live your life as an armenian citizen, and you would have the right to play for curacao, holland, japan, USA, and armenia in the WBC
so?
you have the right to play for Canada but you suck
I thought this was the Steve Pearce general?
w-what does that have to do with anything
I'd represent croatia anyway desu
fuck I just might make it considering the likely state of croatian baseball
>curacao
>holland
neither of these is a team
there's one Kingdom of the Netherlands team
This isn't exclusive to WBC it applies to most national teams in all of the major sports.
can you pitch and play all defensive positions at the same time?
no other national teams will let you play for them just because one of your parents happened to be born in the country
the eligibility requirements are extremely loose
>defense
nigga I only throw strikeouts
Maybe not that loose but still typically any country can use players that are naturalized citizens, which isn't that hard to do.
Check out Qatar's team in anything and it's probably half naturalized citizens
You'll find the odd Brazilian or two in many divegrass national teams
MORE TRADES PLEASE
yeah but that's usually because local politicians help expedite the process of naturalizing
pic related exhibit A
cmon just admit it, the rules are super loose to help the struggling event actually get players and spread them out
By any other name, it is
#tripsforsteve
Of course they are, but really only Italy and Israel are abusing the eligibility rules. though Italy can field a decent team without doing so
and if eligibility wasn't that loose the spots would just go to Panama, Nicaragua, Brazil who are all decent at baseball.
netherlands are copping aruban-born americans, cmon
aruba and curacao are part of the netherlands, retard
da fuk I thought they were like formally dutch overseas territories that were technically their own countries
nah it's like the United Kingdom I think, technically it's the same country even though they compete separately in a lot of things.
For the WBC they just compete as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which is them all together.
Haven't posted in this general since November. K bye.
>even though they compete separately in a lot of things.
so basically they set up their own eligibility system, in-taking players from the their old Caribbean territories where people play baseball
wait have I been rused into thinking they actually have any continental european players at all? always thought they were like italy, somehow decent without tapping into gooks or island negroes
it's all the same kingdom, aruba and curacao are not sovereign states n
and they do have some guys from the mainland, they and italy have the two decent european leagues. Guys like rick van den hurk, loek van mil and a few other guys are from europe
desu kind of excited to see these yurocucks play the babsel
I thought this shit was like now or in feb though, not in fucking march
>Chokeland pathetics paying actual money for Santiago Casilla
Would you rather build your team around Steve Pearce or Mike Trout?
steve pearce hands d-down
He'll have a sub 2 ERA because of some Billy Beane voodoo magic. Just watch
Pearce. I've actually heard of him. Who the fuck is this fish guy?
HE'S GONE
Does Mallex Smith have the shortest career in Mariners history?
If I'm not mistaken, I think he is related to that Tim Salmon guy.
Steve Pearce
>MIKE'S ON
>HE'S READY TO GO
>ON THE FAN
>NEW YORK SPORTS RADIO
>MIKE'S ON, MIKE'S ON
>HE'LL GET YOU THE SPORTS ANYWAY THAT HE CAN
>HE'S MIKE FRANCESA ON THE FAN
hi mike, happy new year
Will A-rod be retired as a yankee, or a ranger?
kek, that's just the perfect amount of stupid to make Mike angry
I just saw the tweet about which games we'll be able to watch. Feb 25th is when baseball returns
Listen, da spirit of footbawl is literally fillin duh aiuh, oghkay, and youah askin me A-Rod questions?
sorry mike, Im just missing baseball during this offseason
will you be cheering on the packers or the cowboys?
>Cowboys
Get lawst, oghkay?
Kershaw is the most-qualified active pitcher for the HoF through age 26
>Cuck logo
I had the logo saved to my external drive but the pasta was lost when my desktop crashed. Sniff.
I found the old one in the archive though.
elbow/bone spurs/Tommy John/shoulder
elbow/arm fatigue
elbow/shoulder/bone spurs
elbow/Tommy John/forearm soreness
knee
>tfw no old/fat
>my face when "people" actually think the team with the best pitching depth in the NL and a top 10 offense in the MLB will miss the playoffs this season
>Justin Turner (objectively and statistically a top 5 third baseman, it isn't even debatable)
>Hyun-jin Ryu (best Pitcher in the game who will be 100% healthy, unlike the entirety of last year, he will put up 1.98 ERA, 280 SOs, and a sub 1.000 WHIP)
>Cory Seager (a top 3 shortstop already and going into this season will be fully recovered from causing all those errors in the NLDS (2.9+ dWAR, .290 BA )
>((((Joc Pederson))))(literally a top defensive outfielder that is way better than just a platoon guy .700 OBP)
>Josh Reddick (top 10 hitter in the NL 35 HRs, .700+ slg,)
>Kike Hernandez (a white guy trapped in a black's body, one of the smartest players in baseball, elite measurables, incredible upside)
>Adrean Gonalez(one of the fastest and most explosive players in baseball)
>Clayton Kershaw(one of the best post season pitchers)
>Best Bullpen depth in the NL
>Best pitching staff in the MLB
>Best infield in the MLB
>Top 5 total
Barring major injuries to key players, there is literally no way the Dodgers are losing the NL west this season
The Dodgers WS win drought ends in 2017
You can't prove me wrong
Cap it
>The Berlin Wall was still up
>East Timor was not a country yet
>The Aral Sea was still a body of water
>The Space shuttle program was still state-of-the-art
>The Hubble Telescope was still under development
>Mars rovers were still only on paper
>Digital cameras weren't household items yet
>Nelson Mandela was in prison
>China was still the sick man of Asia
>Google was a decade away from being found
>the Middle East was at peace, hard to believe but true
>the majority of current major league players had not yet been born
>the Cubs title drought was at 70 year and pennant drought at 43 years, 28 years later they would break them both, the latter coming against the Dodgers
mike, Ive got a little pool going on down at the office
how many empty beer cans do you think CC's got piled up in his garage?
>Google was a decade away from being found
Didn't even know it was missing
Listen lose duh numbah please
theplayerstribune.com
>according to Beltran, Altuve still isn't happy with his hitting and feels like he needs to get better
Kinda makes me feel like a useless husk if a human being in comparison Tbh
mike cmon, Ive got money riding on this
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>man, with the Chargers moving, now there will be nothing to do in San Diego
What did he mean by this?
You could jack it in San Diego
This is the year boys
audibly chuckled, please call him and say this
I'm telling you man. Francesa retires December 15th of this year. He needs to experience an Sup Forums day.
does he only accept calls from the new york area? I will be in NY circa march
i just have this shitty feeling that they are going to make the wc game and Felix will get BTFO
No. He took a "cawl" from someone in Jacksonville today. I have a google voice number that uses a Brooklyn area code I'd use.
he probably filters out leaf calls though
>Hey Mike, you want to take a call from Canada?
>Canaduh... uhhh. is that duh country wit duh leaf on dug flag?
>Yeah
>**Mike waves his hand and frowns**
I had that same feeling last year too. The goal has to be to win the division. We all know that if it looks like we're playing in the WC, Servais will juggle the rotation so Felix pitches and he hasn't been good in big games lately.
>meyble surrup?
>jus tayge yer tree joos an lose da numbah oghkay
Felix will pitch a great game, 8 ip, 0 er
the lineup will be shutout and the bullpen will give up a walkoff hr
>Oh, you guys put milk in BAGS?!?!?
jesus mike, you cant say that on the air!
I would die
>2 years, 11 million
What did Billy Beane mean by this?
How you feeling Braves, Ms and Rays fans?
Cubs bois where we at?
must be on the verge of suicide after letting toronto sign the most coveted free agent on the market
M's fan here. Feeling great! I've loved all of the trades today and only feel like we've lost one really good player (Gohara) and for what we got for Walker, I certainly can't complain.
Even though it cost three players to get Smyly, they weren't anything special. The back end of the rotation, Gallardo and Smyly should be motivated to play well and turn their careers around.
The defense has improved immensely. There were times last year when I cringed knowing a ball was going towards Smith, Aoki and to a lesser extent Marte. If the pitchers can get ground balls and the typical Safeco Field flyball, they will be gobbled up all over the place.
holy shit Canada
can you calm down for one fucking day?
well, I used to hate boreball but now that the Chargers are about to leave, I'm becoming a Padres superfan
what should I expect? Are their home games also home games for the road team?
Safeco and The Ms outfield should help out Smyly a lot
The rotation looks decent now if they can stay healthy. They probably wont
hey guys cubs fan here today Aroldis Chapman is a gold digger and a wife beater. Fuck the Stankees
The Padres have 0 home games a year if we're being honest
>I'm becoming a Padres superfan
>what should I expect?
how do you feel about never ending mediocrity and crippling depression?
No different than the Chargers then!
no
Angel Miranda also has major league experience, however, I worry about that too.
Please, you just jinxed the weebteam.
They have a few decent options behind the rotation.
I wouldnt want to see Miranda or any others as a starting #5, but they can fill in for a few weeks
Jerry was pretty high on Whalen, so that's hopeful.
>wake up
>Q still on the white sox
>Waking up right before midnight
Fucked up sleep schedule, or odd work hours?
shitposting hours
Hi thailor~
Not so fast, bub
Astros Ms ALDS would be fun
Probably get a noise complaint form my neighbors with how often i would yell FUCKING ALTUVE!
>yfw stros get 117 wins and the ms don't even get into the WC
Q to Stros when?
Would be the best playoff series, my man