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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #175 on: September 16, 2023, 03:25:47 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on September 16, 2023, 03:01:08 pm
Shohei Ohtani's locker emptied out; Angels to explain Saturday

He was definitely going to be gone at the end of the season in any case. 
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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #176 on: September 16, 2023, 09:05:17 pm »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on September 16, 2023, 03:25:47 pm
He was definitely going to be gone at the end of the season in any case.

Still very bizarre.  Ohtani is a class guy, so I am guessing that his recent injuries are more severe than originally thought.  I just don't see it could be a falling out. 
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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #177 on: September 16, 2023, 09:27:47 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on September 16, 2023, 09:05:17 pm
Still very bizarre.  Ohtani is a class guy, so I am guessing that his recent injuries are more severe than originally thought.  I just don't see it could be a falling out.

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Nope...have to disagree!  LOL!

His agent got involved.  He's potentially, the first BILLION $$$ player in professional sports.

If you're guaranteed to be playing somewhere else next season, why risk any injury to your hitting ability for a team that just publicly threw in the towel on the season.

...then look at Mike Trout.  He put himself back on the IL too!

Too much $$$ involved.  That's why I teased here a couple years ago that for the money these kids get, I'd 'OWN' their asses for the entire contract period.

No backyard pickup games of hoops...no jet skiing...no skiing of any kind...no loose women...green veggies every meal, etc.. :laugh:
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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #178 on: September 16, 2023, 09:32:27 pm »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on September 16, 2023, 03:25:47 pm
He was definitely going to be gone at the end of the season in any case.

@Polly Ticks

Yep!  IMO, he said, "As a legitimate 2-way player, why risk the remaining value I have, in a free-agent contract year?  I've already proven myself as the greatest since Babe Ruth...and Scott Boras said I should "SHUT IT DOWN NOW!!" (like the guy telling the electrical grid guy in "DIE HARD")   :laugh:


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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #179 on: September 16, 2023, 09:51:32 pm »
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@Polly Ticks

Yep!  IMO, he said, "As a legitimate 2-way player, why risk the remaining value I have, in a free-agent contract year?  I've already proven myself as the greatest since Babe Ruth...and Scott Boras said I should "SHUT IT DOWN NOW!!" (like the guy telling the electrical grid guy in "DIE HARD")   :laugh:


My exact thoughts.  Dizzy Dean is an ancient example of what can happen to a player, just playing through the pain, to the detriment of ruining a career..
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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #180 on: September 17, 2023, 01:46:07 am »
Quote from: DCPatriot on September 16, 2023, 09:32:27 pm
@Polly Ticks

Yep!  IMO, he said, "As a legitimate 2-way player, why risk the remaining value I have, in a free-agent contract year?  I've already proven myself as the greatest since Babe Ruth...and Scott Boras said I should "SHUT IT DOWN NOW!!" (like the guy telling the electrical grid guy in "DIE HARD")   :laugh:

Absolutely right.

But you can't start talking about Die Hard ... it's too early in the year for Christmas movies.   wink777 
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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #181 on: September 17, 2023, 09:01:21 pm »
In this strange year in MLB, looking the standings,  89 or 90, or so wins might buy you the no.2 seed and a bye this year in the AL.
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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #182 on: September 17, 2023, 09:23:06 pm »
Orioles win in extra innings to even series with Tampa.
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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #183 on: September 17, 2023, 09:25:27 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on September 17, 2023, 09:01:21 pm
In this strange year in MLB, looking the standings,  89 or 90, or so wins might buy you the no.2 seed and a bye this year in the AL.

Luckily, the O's split their four game series with the RAYS...now 2 games up in the AL East (4 in the lost column)

Tomorrow they start a 3 game series vs the ASTROS.  In Houston.
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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #184 on: September 17, 2023, 09:25:49 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on September 17, 2023, 09:23:06 pm
Orioles win in extra innings to even series with Tampa.

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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #185 on: September 19, 2023, 04:18:10 am »
Congratulations to the Card's Wainright on his 200th W tonight.

This feat has and will become more rare in the modern baseball era.
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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #186 on: September 19, 2023, 10:05:48 am »
Quote from: catfish1957 on September 19, 2023, 04:18:10 am
Congratulations to the Card's Wainright on his 200th W tonight.

This feat has and will become more rare in the modern baseball era.

What?

WHAT??

No "Congratulations" for the Orioles spanking the Astros last nite?  :bolt:
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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #187 on: September 19, 2023, 01:04:21 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on September 19, 2023, 10:05:48 am
What?

WHAT??

No "Congratulations" for the Orioles spanking the Astros last nite?  :bolt:

Wasn't surprised.  If you didn't notice earlier, I was pretty much stating that this Astros team was not going to go deep in the post season. 
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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #188 on: September 19, 2023, 01:30:17 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on September 19, 2023, 01:04:21 pm
Wasn't surprised.  If you didn't notice earlier, I was pretty much stating that this Astros team was not going to go deep in the post season.

I know...was just giving you a raspberry.  happy77

Saw the betting line before the game...couldn't understand why they had the ASTROS at -185

...until I saw the name "Justin Verlander"   :laugh:
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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #189 on: September 19, 2023, 02:35:35 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on September 19, 2023, 01:30:17 pm
I know...was just giving you a raspberry.  happy77

Saw the betting line before the game...couldn't understand why they had the ASTROS at -185

...until I saw the name "Justin Verlander"   :laugh:

Wouldn't have mattered even  if it was Greg Maddux, when your closer blows a 2 run lead 9th inning lead, when it matters most.  If we make it to the LCS, we better hope the ALDS matchup s against Minnesota.  I don't think we get by any of the other 5.
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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #190 on: September 19, 2023, 03:02:27 pm »
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Wouldn't have mattered even  if it was Greg Maddux, when your closer blows a 2 run lead 9th inning lead, when it matters most.  If we make it to the LCS, we better hope the ALDS matchup s against Minnesota.  I don't think we get by any of the other 5.

How can anyone expect anything from a pitching staff composed mostly of washed-up old has beens?
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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #191 on: September 19, 2023, 03:11:15 pm »
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How can anyone expect anything from a pitching staff composed mostly of washed-up old has beens?

Biggest difference is in the drop off in production of our Latin Contingent. If someway in the beginning of the season had told me that these would be the W's by mid September, I'd figure we'd be in 4th place.

Valdez- 12
Javier- 9
Uriquidy- 2
Garcia- 2

Last year these same 4, won 56, and if wasn't for Hunter Brown, we'd be in 4th.
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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #192 on: September 20, 2023, 02:40:25 am »
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Biggest difference is in the drop off in production of our Latin Contingent. If someway in the beginning of the season had told me that these would be the W's by mid September, I'd figure we'd be in 4th place.

Valdez- 12
Javier- 9
Uriquidy- 2
Garcia- 2

Last year these same 4, won 56, and if wasn't for Hunter Brown, we'd be in 4th.

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O's up 9-5 in the 7th tonight.



And once more, please note the juiced ball.  End-of-the-bat ...opposite field HRs...by 190lb hitters.

Can somebody pulleeze saw a ball in half and expose this sham?   LOL!   :beer:
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Re: Baseball 2023
« Reply #193 on: September 26, 2023, 10:09:55 pm »
Just saw that Brooks Robinson passed away.  IMO, maybe the greatest defensive player who ever played the game at any position.

RIP....

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38498947/hall-fame-3b-orioles-legend-brooks-robinson-dies-86
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« Reply #194 on: September 26, 2023, 10:42:02 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on September 26, 2023, 10:09:55 pm
Just saw that Brooks Robinson passed away.  IMO, maybe the greatest defensive player who ever played the game at any position.

RIP....

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38498947/hall-fame-3b-orioles-legend-brooks-robinson-dies-86

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« Reply #195 on: September 27, 2023, 04:37:17 pm »
Terry Francona is hanging up the managerial hat.

LOL!  I remember him as a player...he was notorious for going thru a routine after each and every pitch...gloves, helmet, digging up dirt in the box, etc..

One game Rick Dempsey, the Orioles catcher got so frustrated that when he threw the ball back to the mound after a pitch, he purposefully hit Francona SMACK on the side of this helmet.   happy77
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« Reply #196 on: September 29, 2023, 06:31:45 pm »
One thing about missing out on the Wildcard slot by just ONE win...

It's too easy to go back in your mind and find a game that was given away by an error or managerial mistake.

 :yowsa:

Congratulations on the Orioles clinching a BYE and home field advantage with the best LEAGUE record.

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« Reply #197 on: September 29, 2023, 08:48:36 pm »
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38514750/astros-hector-neris-apologizes-julio-rodriguez-mariners

Hector Neris apology does little to warm over Julio Rodriguez

Hector Neris apologized to Julio Rodriguez in a statement Thursday, a day after the Houston Astros reliever shouted at the Mariners star during an at-bat that caused both benches to empty in Seattle.

In a battle of two teams fighting for the final American League wild-card spot, Neris yelled at Rodriguez after striking him out during the sixth inning of what was ultimately an 8-3 Houston win. Rodriguez was visibly angered by the pitcher's actions, as were other members of the Mariners.

"First, I want to apologize to Julio, his family, and the Mariners organization," Neris said in the statement. "I have a tremendous amount of respect for Julio as a person and a player. He means so much to baseball and the communities in the United States and back home in the Dominican Republic. He is a great player and a better person and deserves to be recognized that way........

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« Reply #198 on: September 29, 2023, 08:49:49 pm »
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« Reply #199 on: September 29, 2023, 09:57:10 pm »
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Pffffffff!!!!!!   Every team has an ass hole, and if I remember right one of your teams in your own bandgwaggonig ways was Bryce Harper. 

Not many more of a jerk in MLB than that SOB.

Don't let your Astros hate get to you.
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