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ONE STRIKE AWAY EDITION

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STL:Piscotty (knee) out of Cards' lineup again
WAS:Trea Turner (hamstring) sitting out Sunday
BOS:Jackie Bradley to undergo MRI on right knee
BOS:Mookie Betts (flu) back in action on Sunday
BOS:Hanley (flu) likely out until at least Tues.
LAA:Escobar scores three times as Angels edge M's
ARZ:Drury, Diamondbacks hang 11 runs on Indians
PHI:Kendrick goes 3-for-5 with four RBI, two runs

1st for yanks

S P R I N G E R
D I N G E R

Are you for or against the term "Baby Bombers"?

It doesn't matter they've all been busts, fuck this shit team, Steinbrenner needs to liquidate the brand and just honor the past

>be in fantasy league
>get notification
>"J. Lucroy is not starting for the Rangers today
>well that's okay, I have Grandal as a backup
>get another notification
>Y. Grandal is not starting for the Dodgers today
>fuck

Baby X has always been a bust term. I remember the Phillies "Baby Aces"

Quick, sign Andrew knapp!

>game is on ESPN tonight

Does faggot fuck Manfred not realize that you can't simultaneously shorten game times and add more offense? Seriously, fuck this guy.

Royals

Does anyone even want the NL West to unironically come down to the Rockies and DBacks?

Seems boring

The IBB rule actually disgusts me

Rockies.

If you're reading this, it's too late.

...

yes because fuck the doyers and jints and their autistic fans

salvador perez has 4 consecutive games with a HR

But there's no real rivalry or banter between Arizona and Colorado

Your mom had four consecutive days with my dick in her ass.

>implying the Dodgers see the Giants as their rivals

The Yankees, Cardinals, and Red Sox are our rivals

MARINERS!

nice

i guarantee the banter would continue even if they're both shit

wat

I'm sorry.

its been a bad week
Cano-Cruz-Seager cant be this shit forever though right?

Yes, fuck los doyers, jints, and podraces.

>and podraces.

What did they do?

well that's kind of impressive

The only one I think will bounce back is Seager. Cano and Cruz are old farts now.

Nothing. Their irrelevance is funny. At least now they're the only outlet for San Diego sports fans.That, and they have some cool throwbacks.

it wouldnt surprise me if Cruz was done but Cano was great last year and i think he will have a slow decline, not drop off completely in one year

>mfw someone likes the new IBB rule near me

It's not that big of a deal, honestly. You Redditors love your histrionics. Literally shaking right now I can't even

Ass Rags thread

Rays need to move to Montreal RIGHT NOW

It does absolutely nothing for pace of play though. IBB were dropping rapidly, and were the lowest they've been since like 1962 when there weren't even 30 teams. Even if IBBs weren't dropping, they take like 20 seconds at most to do. No one is going to watch a game because you cut 20 seconds off of it. The rule is extremely impractical.

Those are the histrionics I was talking about, yeah

>Completely valid criticism
>Histrionics
I don't think you know what that word means

Did TY date your sister or something? Why are you so angry?

not that guy, but are you two the same person?

No, I live in the (arguably) good part of Texas

I am that guy and it's really not a big deal

Before:
>one the more tense parts of the game, build-up of tension as the next batter prepares for a big at-bat, pitcher has to keep the pitches in-line or risk runners on base scoring in a dramatic fashion

Now:
>the announcers don't even realize it's happening until the manager has alread given the signal

Yes yes and it kicked your dog and called you short
I literally can't

nobody even moves kek

>I literally can't

...go back to /reddit/? I know. We all know.

It's a bad rule, everyone hates it.

>asstros

also watching guys get hits during what was supposed to be an intentional walk is hilarious

This happened like 3 times ever. The rule is retarded, but citing this as the rationale for why is pretty misguided.

I miss Jeremy Guthrie already.

And now it will never happen a 4th time. That could change the outcome of an important game.

>you're not allowed to like fun things

The Cleveland Indians desu

Are losers and will never win a World Series ever again. GO REDS!

Nowhere in my post did I say anything that could be miscontrued as that. Why are you so defensive?

>That's 20 straight starts allowing 3 runs or less for Norris. Longest among active MLB pitchers

this astros tripfaggot is pretty excitable

Welcome to Commercialball, lad

Go Tribe! Going to Monsters game with the senpai and won't be able to shitpost with you all. Avoid the fucking sweep, please.

You flat-out stated taking away the possibility of a fun thing happening is not a good reason to be against the change.

>Houston
>arguably good part of Texas

The only good part of Texas is the Panhandle.

he's a faggot in game threads literally red dit

I hope you find genuine happiness in your life one day, false-flagger-kun. I don't want you committing suicide when >we raise the commish's trophy.

>implying I've reached my full potential yet
buckle up friendo

Let's just agree that the hill country is the only REALLY good part

It's not, but not because "you're not allowed to like fun things", but because the rarity of that happening is infinitesimal.
That's like saying that a (hypothetical) rule where a batted ball is declared to be an out if it hits a fielder on the fly is bad because one time Jose Canseco got hit on the head for a home run. It's clearly a shitty rule, but that specific circumstance is not the reason why.

since when does the marlin gets a sunday night game?

>Austin is a leftist hell-hole
>Houston is shit with residents that have a false sense of grandeur
>DFW has the rags
>The Panhandle is vast emptiness
>South Texas is on the border
>Galveston
There's literally no good part of Texas.

'no'

this and the Big Bend are the acceptable answers

Strasburg is overrated

you're not the reason why we're on ESPN

Rings from the eighties don't count lol even the Yankees have rings from this century

Why don't the Carolinas have a team.

do muh big market. I forget that espn only cares about la, nyc, and boston

Actually all of Texas is pretty awful, please stop talking about it and just succeed back to Mexico.

If the reason for the hypothetical rule change was an effort to shorten game length in an effort to attract more fans to the game, I would completely agree with you that such a change is asinine.

A Carolinas team would be super comfy

chicago too, now that the lifelongs won the eries. it's mainly that syndergaard is pitching though, he's a big draw

Because the Marlins haven't moved to Montreal and the Rays haven't moved to Raleigh yet

probably because the major league teams alreay have minor league affliates there.

Jeremy Hellickson ded

Not true

ffs some of these Griffey missions are impossible because people keep quitting before a full game can be played REEEEEEEEEEEEE

He is though

Pilates man BTFO by a better steroid user

Pay no attention to him.

Crossing the Sonoran Desert and climbing the wall. Then traveling west to settle near Chavez Ravine --- has fried and his brain. He's starting to compare Los Chokers to double-digit ring wielders.

Genuinely curious, based on which criteria that you deem fair?

Jeremy Hellickson done for season with a lacerated lung

Am I being rused?

He has a hand injury, done after 5.

Yeah, he hurt his finger

I hope I never see the Yankees win ever again. Fuck this team I'll go cheer for a winner like the Cardinals, Red Sox, and Dodgers.

Washington's helmet logo looks like it's a chunk glued on rather than a decal

>and Dodgers
false-flagger detected.

deploying counter measures:
KISS THE RINGS AND POCKET WATCH F**KER!

>Trump will never live down that he started WW3 and refused to throw the first pitch

Wow what a keck

Yeah and when will the Yankees win another? The Dodgers are going to win one in the next five years and the Yankees are only going to get worse.
t. Loyal Yankee fan telling it like it is.

inb4 50 texas yankees posts whining about "leftists"

I'd rather make out with 3 guys for free beer than see my team go to the World Series and lose.