2023 MLB Regular Season

[Steve of phpBB]

So basically the division is upside down. That’s fantastic.

[sancarlos]

Even though I have good friends who are big Yankees fans, I’m hard-wired from youth to root against them. Blame my father. (Funny thing - his mother, my grandmother, loved the Yankees, but he hates them - and he didn’t have much regard for her, either.)

[mister d]

Sounds like your grandmother was the nice person in your family.

[bfj]

I need a moment…and a Kleenex.

Kleenex joke too much for FB, huh?

I like to spread my humor around.

Understatement of the day. This is kind of a big series coming up in Tampa Bay.

[rass]

I wasn't calling you out for recycling content, just noting you saved the jizz for the Swamp.

[bfj]

I wasn't calling you out for recycling content, just noting you saved the jizz for the Swamp.

I was dabbing my tears you sick fuck.

[bfj]

I wasn't calling you out for recycling content, just noting you saved the jizz for the Swamp.

I was dabbing my tears you sick fuck.

That’s what I call it.

[rass]

Gotta keep the ducts clear and clean

[DSafetyGuy]

It's a bummer Ohtani has struggled in his three starts this month, as I would have enjoyed some chatter about him potentially winning the Cy Young and a Triple Crown in the same season.

[mister d]

A supp round pick from nine years ago just made his major league debut as a pinch runner and stole 2nd and 3rd on the first two pitches.

[bfj]

Gunnar goes DEEP

[sancarlos]

Watched the Rockies/Nationals game. What a shitshow by Colorado’s Daniel Bard in the bottom of the ninth, after he was brought in to close out a 4-1 lead. Four walks, one HBP, and one single later, it was 4-4 and the bases were still loaded. New pitcher promptly gives up a hit and Nationals win 5-4.

[degenerasian]

Watched the Rockies/Nationals game. What a shitshow by Colorado’s Daniel Bard in the bottom of the ninth, after he was brought in to close out a 4-1 lead. Four walks, one HBP, and one single later, it was 4-4 and the bases were still loaded. New pitcher promptly gives up a hit and Nationals win 5-4.

Happened last night too. Up 5-2 gave up 4 runs in the 8th.

Single
Steal 2B
Error
Double
Homer

17 pitches. From 5-2 to 5-6.

[mister d]

[brian]

Gonna be so deliciously hilarious when the Angels miss the playoffs.

[brian]

Some bitch ass shit from Houston here. Don’t be bringing this unwritten rules crap after Garbagecangate. I gave them mostly a pass on that because they weren’t the only ones doing it but I definitely don’t want to hear shit about sportsmanship from those fuckers either.

[Giff]

Why is that Houston's fault again?

[Giff]

I'm not sure I understand the unwritten rule part. Is Maldy supposed to not chirp back when there had been chirping all game just because the other team just hit a grand slam?

[EnochRoot]

Yeah, Maldonado was acting like a hurt bitch there. You could tell he was standing near the plate as soon as the first runners started to score. He was going to let his feelings be known.

Good in a therapist’s office to get it out, but not then and there, son.

[EnochRoot]

I just perused the crawfishboxes.com gamethread (sbnation/vox), and the ratio of people who want to see “Maldy” released is perhaps conservatively estimated at 4:1.

Also someone pointed out that Maldy got suckered into all of it rather than working to keep Valdez focused, which would appear to be what you’d want out of the C position.

[mister d]

I'm not sure I understand the unwritten rule part. Is Maldy supposed to not chirp back when there had been chirping all game just because the other team just hit a grand slam?

Yes? Did Van de Donk run up in Horan's face after the goal or did she accept what just happened?

[Giff]

Yes, because that is the same exact thing.

[Giff]

Did Roord talk shit to Horan after her goal?

[mister d]

Just pretend it was Yadier or Posada and you'll be able to snap out of the homer nonsense here.

[Giff]

Did I say Maldy was not guilty? Typically when benches clear like that it's because stuff has gone on all game long by both teams and it was the last straw. Like Maldy talking shit after the grand slam. Like Simien talking shit rounding the bases earlier in the game. Like stupid accusations of throwing at batters by both teams. The only people wrapped up in their dumbass biases on this are people who will take any opportunity to shit on the Astros.

[mister d]

I'm fine going against my team, against a rival, in a heated game when my team is wrong.

[sancarlos]

Do we have to separate you kids?

[mister d]

Giff just needs to BBQ and he'll calm down.

[Giff]

Do we have to separate you kids?

I empathize with mister d. It must really hurt to know your kids haven't seen a World Series championship.

[Giff]

I just perused the crawfishboxes.com gamethread (sbnation/vox), and the ratio of people who want to see “Maldy” released is perhaps conservatively estimated at 4:1.

I can guarantee you that opinion was not affected by last night. Fans have been clamoring for less Maldy and more Yanier Diaz.

[mister d]

I empathize with mister d. It must really hurt to know your kids haven't seen a World Series championship.

My kids both just said "I'd rather not have seen a championship than have won one through blatant cheating while living a state that ranks 49th in the country only because Florida is somehow worse". In unison.

[EnochRoot]

I just perused the crawfishboxes.com gamethread (sbnation/vox), and the ratio of people who want to see “Maldy” released is perhaps conservatively estimated at 4:1.

I can guarantee you that opinion was not affected by last night. Fans have been clamoring for less Maldy and more Yanier Diaz.

Of course not. He’s a 36 year old with a 51 OPS+ who has a penchant for getting distracted from his responsibilities. Last night was just another reminder of that.

Apparently Maldonado made it personal with Semien by responding to his quip, “We’re going to win” (after Semien was drilled by a pitch), by telling him, “No. You’ll lose just like you did in Oakland.”

What’s interesting is a 36 year old man takes this shit way too personally. Garcia hit a GS, and when Semien stomped on home plate, that’s Semien tying the (personal) score with Maldonado. But Maldy, despite being a catcher (and de facto leader of a pitching staff) was incapable of seeing it that way.

[Giff]

I empathize with mister d. It must really hurt to know your kids haven't seen a World Series championship.

My kids both just said "I'd rather not have seen a championship than have won one through blatant cheating while living a state that ranks 49th in the country only because Florida is somehow worse". In unison.

At least they only lie half the time!

[Giff]

I just perused the crawfishboxes.com gamethread (sbnation/vox), and the ratio of people who want to see “Maldy” released is perhaps conservatively estimated at 4:1.

I can guarantee you that opinion was not affected by last night. Fans have been clamoring for less Maldy and more Yanier Diaz.

Of course not. He’s a 36 year old with a 51 OPS+ who has a penchant for getting distracted from his responsibilities. Last night was just another reminder of that.

Apparently Maldonado made it personal with Semien by responding to his quip, “We’re going to win” (after Semien was drilled by a pitch), by telling him, “No. You’ll lose just like you did in Oakland.”

What’s interesting is a 36 year old man takes this shit way too personally. Garcia hit a GS, and when Semien stomped on home plate, that’s Semien tying the (personal) score with Maldonado. But Maldy, despite being a catcher (and de facto leader of a pitching staff) was incapable of seeing it that way.

Yes, Maldy is the only baseball player in the history of the sport who has responded to trash talk with trash talk of his own. What a deranged individual.

[mister d]

Should have just said "go to first, Marcus Semen" and left it at that.

[EnochRoot]

I just perused the crawfishboxes.com gamethread (sbnation/vox), and the ratio of people who want to see “Maldy” released is perhaps conservatively estimated at 4:1.

I can guarantee you that opinion was not affected by last night. Fans have been clamoring for less Maldy and more Yanier Diaz.

Of course not. He’s a 36 year old with a 51 OPS+ who has a penchant for getting distracted from his responsibilities. Last night was just another reminder of that.

Apparently Maldonado made it personal with Semien by responding to his quip, “We’re going to win” (after Semien was drilled by a pitch), by telling him, “No. You’ll lose just like you did in Oakland.”

What’s interesting is a 36 year old man takes this shit way too personally. Garcia hit a GS, and when Semien stomped on home plate, that’s Semien tying the (personal) score with Maldonado. But Maldy, despite being a catcher (and de facto leader of a pitching staff) was incapable of seeing it that way.

Yes, Maldy is the only baseball player in the history of the sport who has responded to trash talk with trash talk of his own. What a deranged individual.

That's not what I said at all. I was simply pointing out why Astros fans were clamoring for Brown to rid them of Maldanado. He acted like a punk last night rather than be a leader of men. In fact, he not only reacted poorly, he instigated most of it. You claiming there have been other examples of players in the past earning their outright release changes none of that.

[Giff]

Astros fans wanting him to sit more has nothing to do with last night.

[Giff]

I think it's funny we're discussing this when literally the two most popular plays among their fanbase in Rangers history are two acts of actual violence (there are murals and everything!).

[mister d]

I'm with Giff on just that one part. This isn't some new sentiment, Astros fans have been against Maldonado for as long as they knew he was puerto rican.

[Ryan]

I just went 10 seconds without thinking of Shohei. New record. Probably dozed off or something.

Never again