2021 MLB Regular Season Thread

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 5:59 pm

I wonder how he even came to that take. Vlad Guerrero Sr. used an interpreter his entire career, and is beloved. And Jr is doing the same.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 6:30 pm

In this day and age it would be irresponsible for a non native speaker to not use a translator for official communication.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 6:38 pm

Just at this country needs. More xenophobia.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:16 pm

Eduardo Perez sounds just like Doc Howard.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:51 pm

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:16 pm Eduardo Perez sounds just like Doc Howard.

lol, i gotta listen for that now.

soon to be Red Trevor Story showed well.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:55 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:51 pm
Gunpowder wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:16 pm Eduardo Perez sounds just like Doc Howard.
lol, i gotta listen for that now.

soon to be Red Trevor Story showed well.

From your mouth to the news wire.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:41 pm

The Rockies gave away Arenado, so why not Story, too?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:46 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:41 pm The Rockies gave away Arenado, so why not Story, too?

Well story is in last year of contract I think.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:46 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:41 pm The Rockies gave away Arenado, so why not Story, too?

What AB said. They will be lucky to get much of anything for him now for a two month rental.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:47 pm

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:49 pm

It was still pretty fun.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 9:01 pm

If Alonso beats Mancini in the final the post will be all “Alonso Stands up 2 cancer” on the back page.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 9:23 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 6:30 pm In this day and age it would be irresponsible for a non native speaker to not use a translator for official communication.

Ichiro ALWAYS used a translator, even though it was fairly well known that his english was pretty good.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 10:33 pm

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Mon Jul 12, 2021 10:56 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:41 pm The Rockies gave away Arenado, so why not Story, too?

Maybe the Reds can get 50mil plus the player like the Cardinals.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 9:41 am

Not holding my breath waiting for ESPN to punish Smith.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 9:54 am

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 9:41 am Not holding my breath waiting for ESPN to punish Smith.

If Max Kellerman said the same about Vladdy Jr. he'd be fired. Black guy talking about Asian guy is a minor offense.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:01 am

degenerasian wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 9:54 am
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 9:41 am Not holding my breath waiting for ESPN to punish Smith.
If Max Kellerman said the same about Vladdy Jr. he'd be fired. Black guy talking about Asian guy is a minor offense.

ESPN has already shown they have a sliding scale many times in the past.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:03 am

I will never understand who the audience for Smith is.

Post by **brian** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:45 am

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:03 am I will never understand who the audience for Smith is.

Ironically(?), a Venn diagram of Smith watchers and Trump supporters would be a lot closer to a single circle than most people would think. Some people just get off on chaos/being an asshole for the sake of being an asshole.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:53 am

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:08 pm

Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 9:42 pm

MLB draft wrapped up today, 20 rounds. Angels had 20 picks and selected 20 pitchers, no position players. Cleveland took 19 pitchers with its 21 picks.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:18 pm

If you’re not a high round and not a senior sign why would you just go back? Totally fucked situation.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 3:37 pm

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 4:53 pm

But it's Jarren Duran day 😟

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 5:13 pm

This isn't good

Do we need a famous person who refused to get vaccinated get really sick to convince the stupid?

Post by **brian** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 5:24 pm

I mean I’m not rooting for it but someone like Aaron Judge dying of COVID might save 10,000 lives or more in the long run.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 5:50 pm

The Yankees positives are all vaccinated. They did it as a team a couple weeks into the season. Petals came in a trade so I’m guess that’s why he’s not J&J like the others.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 6:17 pm

Well a vaccinated player dying definitely won’t help.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 7:17 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 5:50 pm The Yankees positives are all vaccinated. They did it as a team a couple weeks into the season. Petals came in a trade so I’m guess that’s why he’s not J&J like the others.

Thought I read there's a Yankee who is symptomatic who wasn't vaxxed, and all the positive vaxxed were asymptomatic.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 8:31 pm

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Jul 15, 2021 8:32 pm

Ah fuck, wonderful. I hope whoever it is (let’s just assume Chapman or German) has a nice rough go of it.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Jul 16, 2021 8:23 am

I'm sure this is Altuve's fault somehow.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:00 pm

Shooting (probably) outside the Nationals game.

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:34 pm

Guess we need to roboumps to determine rain delays too.

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Sat Jul 17, 2021 10:46 pm

EdRomero wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 9:34 pm Guess we need to roboumps to determine rain delays too.

This was after a one hour delay before the game when it wasn't raining followed by a few innings playing in a monsoon. This shouldn't be complicated.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Sat Jul 17, 2021 11:24 pm

Fans shouldn’t throw things at players. Absolute rule. But if you said “fans are going to throw things so pick 20 players who can have things thrown at them”, well …

Post by **brian** » Mon Jul 19, 2021 5:19 pm

It's PII farming so don't reply on Twitter anywhere, but in my case I think Joey Votto would definitely draw a walk on Jack Morris.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Mon Jul 19, 2021 5:28 pm

So cumulatively speaking Adam Jones has the highest WAR, though I believe the best single season would be 1993 Greg Jefferies..

I'd take the latter's chances vs Dave Stewart.