MLB 2024 Off Season

igotid88

Wobbie said:

igotid88 said:

Looks like the Marlins playoff hopes are gone.

all 10 of their fans are pretty bummed.

Only interested for Mattingly. Losing Stanton even though he wasn't hitting has hurt the offense

Amongst the Ani

Wobbie said:

interesting look for Beltran....

That is called the Boozer.

markymark550

Amongst the Ani said:

Wobbie said:

interesting look for Beltran....

That is called the Boozer.

Wobbie

holy shit - cubs and giants fans - glenallen hill is the manager of the albuquerque isotopes. who knew?

as a Giant, glenallen could have the best and the worst ABs. I remembet seeing him strike out on 3 straight pitches in the dirt.

Wobbie

and then hitting a monster HR in his next AB.

Wobbie

not a rockies fan but we get all their games.....during tonight's rain delay, they are showing anything they can come up with....

Todd Helton? I would vote that fucker into the HOF. definitely before a DH in boston.

HesCalledDyer

Wobbie said:

holy shit - cubs and giants fans - glenallen hill is the manager of the albuquerque isotopes. who knew?

as a Giant, glenallen could have the best and the worst ABs. I remembet seeing him strike out on 3 straight pitches in the dirt.

I remember when he hit one ON to a rooftop across Waveland at Wrigley.

Degeneratefk

Glen Allen Hill was the typical mid level steroid user back in the day. Could hit the ball a mile every once in a while, but looked pretty silly most of the time.

Wobbie

HesCalledDyer said:

Wobbie said:

holy shit - cubs and giants fans - glenallen hill is the manager of the albuquerque isotopes. who knew?

as a Giant, glenallen could have the best and the worst ABs. I remembet seeing him strike out on 3 straight pitches in the dirt.

I remember when he hit one ON to a rooftop across Waveland at Wrigley.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wDrw76ieTs

F Me In The Brain

That is the exact homer I thought of when you brought up JuicerHill's name, Wob

gregkitefan

Wobbie said:

not a rockies fan but we get all their games.....during tonight's rain delay, they are showing anything they can come up with....

Todd Helton? I would vote that fucker into the HOF. definitely before a DH in boston.

Check out his home/road splits.
Pretty drastic.
I think his vote will be interesting since no Rockie has ever made it.
He also had his best years when everyone was having "career" years.
I know a lot of voters won't vote for him because of his ballpark.

Jason P

Helton started ahead of Peyton Manning his senior year at UT.

Jason P

tebow? TEBOW!

Wobbie

gregkitefan said:

Wobbie said:

not a rockies fan but we get all their games.....during tonight's rain delay, they are showing anything they can come up with....

Todd Helton? I would vote that fucker into the HOF. definitely before a DH in boston.

Check out his home/road splits.
Pretty drastic.
I think his vote will be interesting since no Rockie has ever made it.
He also had his best years when everyone was having "career" years.
I know a lot of voters won't vote for him because of his ballpark.

all good points but I was impressed by his 17 year, one team career and .316 BA. HR's apparently don't mean anything to the HOF anymore.

Wobbie

Jason P said:

tebow? TEBOW!

he's got an "all or nothing" swing if I've ever seen one.

HesCalledDyer

Wobbie said:

Jason P said:

tebow? TEBOW!

he's got an "all or nothing" swing if I've ever seen one.

Not very good field mechanics from what I saw, either.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

HesCalledDyer said:

Wobbie said:

Jason P said:

tebow? TEBOW!

he's got an "all or nothing" swing if I've ever seen one.

Not very good field mechanics from what I saw, either.

I laughed at the scout who said...

"Watching Tebow was just a big waste of time"

eeriepadave

Amongst the Ani said:

Wobbie said:

interesting look for Beltran....

That is called the Boozer.

smarchee

pretty sad showing in Baltimore attendance wise
First Place battle with the Jays in town and where was the support? Surprised to see the stadium practically empty
oh well
GO Jays

HesCalledDyer

smarchee said:

pretty sad showing in Baltimore attendance wise
First Place battle with the Jays in town and where was the support? Surprised to see the stadium practically empty
oh well
GO Jays

I noticed that the other night watching game 2 of the series on tv. I can only fathom it's one or more of three things:
Fans already giving up
Fans busy with their kids going back to school
Fans more concerned with the Ravens pre-season

pureoc

HesCalledDyer said:

smarchee said:

pretty sad showing in Baltimore attendance wise
First Place battle with the Jays in town and where was the support? Surprised to see the stadium practically empty
oh well
GO Jays

I noticed that the other night watching game 2 of the series on tv. I can only fathom it's one or more of three things:
Fans already giving up
Fans busy with their kids going back to school
Fans more concerned with the Ravens pre-season

Hopefully not the latter. While I enjoy football, baseball is light years better. Our national past time for a reason!

HesCalledDyer

pureoc said:

HesCalledDyer said:

smarchee said:

pretty sad showing in Baltimore attendance wise
First Place battle with the Jays in town and where was the support? Surprised to see the stadium practically empty
oh well
GO Jays

I noticed that the other night watching game 2 of the series on tv. I can only fathom it's one or more of three things:
Fans already giving up
Fans busy with their kids going back to school
Fans more concerned with the Ravens pre-season

Hopefully not the latter. While I enjoy football, baseball is light years better. Our national past time for a reason!

I agree. Leaps and bounds better! Unfortunately most people don't think like we do.

Amongst the Ani

HesCalledDyer said:

pureoc said:

HesCalledDyer said:

smarchee said:

pretty sad showing in Baltimore attendance wise
First Place battle with the Jays in town and where was the support? Surprised to see the stadium practically empty
oh well
GO Jays

I noticed that the other night watching game 2 of the series on tv. I can only fathom it's one or more of three things:
Fans already giving up
Fans busy with their kids going back to school
Fans more concerned with the Ravens pre-season

Hopefully not the latter. While I enjoy football, baseball is light years better. Our national past time for a reason!

I agree. Leaps and bounds better! Unfortunately most people don't think like we do.

Most people are dumb.

pureoc

HesCalledDyer said:

pureoc said:

HesCalledDyer said:

smarchee said:

pretty sad showing in Baltimore attendance wise
First Place battle with the Jays in town and where was the support? Surprised to see the stadium practically empty
oh well
GO Jays

I noticed that the other night watching game 2 of the series on tv. I can only fathom it's one or more of three things:
Fans already giving up
Fans busy with their kids going back to school
Fans more concerned with the Ravens pre-season

Hopefully not the latter. While I enjoy football, baseball is light years better. Our national past time for a reason!

I agree. Leaps and bounds better! Unfortunately most people don't think like we do.

Because they are too simple to be able to understand the wonderful chess match that is a baseball game (especially NL style) and sll the strategy that goes into the game.

HesCalledDyer

^Absolutely correct on both points! The biggest complaint I always here from the casual baseball fan, or the non-fan, is that "baseball is boring." Really?! Every single pitch is a completely different situation. Every player is preparing to be in the right spot to make the right play.. The mental preparation that goes into each play - before, during, and after each pitch - is obviously beyond your dimwitted brain if you find baseball to be boring!

Cliffy6745

Football sucks

pureoc

HesCalledDyer said:

^Absolutely correct on both points! The biggest complaint I always here from the casual baseball fan, or the non-fan, is that "baseball is boring." Really?! Every single pitch is a completely different situation. Every player is preparing to be in the right spot to make the right play.. The mental preparation that goes into each play - before, during, and after each pitch - is obviously beyond your dimwitted brain if you find baseball to be boring!

Im a point where I don't even enjoy discussing baseball with casual fans. I greatly enjoy conversations with other fans who have a knowledgeable understanding of the game, the greatest game on earth!

HesCalledDyer

pureoc said:

HesCalledDyer said:

^Absolutely correct on both points! The biggest complaint I always here from the casual baseball fan, or the non-fan, is that "baseball is boring." Really?! Every single pitch is a completely different situation. Every player is preparing to be in the right spot to make the right play.. The mental preparation that goes into each play - before, during, and after each pitch - is obviously beyond your dimwitted brain if you find baseball to be boring!

Im a point where I don't even enjoy discussing baseball with casual fans. I greatly enjoy conversations with other fans who have a knowledgeable understanding of the game, the greatest game on earth!

The worst are the "I don't mind going to a game, but I don't like to watch it on tv" people. Yeah, so you can go to the game and play on your phone the whole time. Just admit you only go to be outdoors and drink beer.

Amongst the Ani

I also don't like the fans who insist the NL needs to adopt the DH. If you believe that you are not the kind of fan I want to discuss the game with. The DH strips the fun and a lot of the strategy out of the game. The AL needs to dump the DH rather than the other way around.

pureoc

Amongst the Ani said:

I also don't like the fans who insist the NL needs to adopt the DH. If you believe that you are not the kind of fan I want to discuss the game with. The DH strips the fun and a lot of the strategy out of the game. The AL needs to dump the DH rather than the other way around.

YES!!!! This times a billion!