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I greatly dislike Germán as previously mentioned but the details in the alcoholism story are wild and I’m like, is this really the best way to handle a drunk pitcher? Getting him to sweat out the alcohol in a sauna? In any case, it seems a dereliction of duty on their part, both to Germán and the other players. They deny that the strange “armpit” thing that prevented him starting the other night but coming into the game later was related but, come on.

Also, I had not read about the history of Clint Frazier with the Yankees and the multiple concussions he experienced there. What the actual fuck.

NYY are a dour franchise

heard a rumor that hank may be looking to sell

Could be the ultimate Saudi sportswashing project.

Cubs vs Braves (Hendricks v. Fried) was perfect on both ends through 3IP, until Acuna said that's enough.

xp lol mlb would never let that happen. they're already pissed that steve cohen is driving up salaries; the saudis would be exponentially worse

also maybe it's hal, not hank? whichever one is left

Those big Braves innings remind me of the Hulk bodyslamming Loki (sorry not sorry).

jinxed it

Puny Cubs.

looking back at what the a's got in that three-way deal that sent sean murphy to atlanta and william contreras to milwaukee and it is just horrendous

i was in D.C. the other night with relatives to watch the nats come back to beat milwaukee, great game. my kids goggled at the nats’ parade of identical be-mulleted relief pitchers with country walk-up music. it was also my initiation into the mysterious initialism “MVR”, displayed on the scoreboard in the place customarily occupied by LOB. not sure which is a more useless stat.

Noted .840-ops-in-his-2023-dodgers-era Kiké gets a base hit in the 8th, leading to a rally that leads to the Padres inevitably walking in the winning run after intentionally walking to load the bases. The Padres are very sad right now

Also of note is Adam Rosario’s 1.040 ops with the dodgers (and playing some good 2b!). Been a good first week for our dollar store pick-ups. This feeling additionally vindicated by watching Phil Bickford (who was traded away) giving up 4 runs in .1 innings today.

the angels not selling and then immediately losing 4 games in a row is about as angels as it gets

Sometimes (read “always if you are the angels”), you should not bet on yourself

Would any other mlb team do this? Legitimate question. I really think the Yankees culture is the most fertile to breed this sort of negligence. Poor Rizzo, I hope he can get back to his old self soon for his own sake

― hrep (H.P), Thursday, August 3, 2023 6:23 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

the mets

The Met’s incompetence feels more unintentional, though maybe that’s just a (baffling) PR move

~ royals seven-game winning streak ~

a real setback for jordan lyles losing 20 games

The Angels are baseball's equivalent of the Clippers.

The Astros-Yankees game is one of the worst broadcasts I’ve ever seen. First colour issues:

Not sure what was going on, but the color on the Astros/Yankees broadcast (thankfully) was adjusted between the 1st and 2nd innings. pic.twitter.com/6YX41PFMlP

— Tony Adams (@adams_at) August 5, 2023

It's fight night in Cleveland 😳 pic.twitter.com/3NEIpBEbSf

— White Sox Talk (@NBCSWhiteSox) August 6, 2023

Nasty, Anderson really took one there. Didn’t really see anything wrong with the play for it to lead to that?

https://i.postimg.cc/Zn9kLHJt/IMG-7011.jpg

1.2bwar, highlight-reel stud Ramón Laureano has been dfa’d by the A’s presumably for payroll reasons. Terrible

Angela vs Mariners

Dodgers vs Padres

Dodgers were just up 3-1

Soto comes through with a weak infield hit...now up 5-3

This 8th inning has not gone the way I hoped. Bases loaded yet again

Hadn’t checked the standings for a while; what a fall from grace for the dbacks. 7-21 since July 1st

Giants took three of four from the DBacks but should have won all four. The one lost happened in the 11th.

*this last week

The Giants (4th), Diamondbacks (11th) and Padres (12th) have a harder schedule than the Dodgers (15th) going into the end of the season. Going to be tough to dethrone us Dodgers; stranger things have happened though

Here's the clip of Kevin Brown's pregame comments on the Orioles' recent record against the Rays ahead of a series finale on July 23. Sources tell AA these comments led to Brown's current indefinite suspension from Orioles' broadcasts. pic.twitter.com/csURU04fJU

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) August 7, 2023

Terrible

I don't get it.

You and me both

The chatter seems to be that the notoriously thin-skinned Peter Angelos took exception to this rather straightforward recitation of facts.

Always great having 94 year old men running baseball teams, like wtf?

@Britt_Ghiroli
The Orioles suspended broadcaster Kevin Brown for a remark he made on the team's record against Tampa Bay the past two seasons, which was listed in the team's game notes and went with a graphic made by the team's network.

the article i read attributes it not to Peter but to his son Jason Angelos

Or John Angelos. I don't know, some Angelos was involved.

yeah i don't think peter is really in tune with such things anymore

john angelos is the guy who in january got upset that someone asked him about the orioles' payroll (on MLK day no less!), promised to open the team's books within a week, and then of course never did

Always had a soft spot for John when he insisted Camden Yards play "This Land Is Your Land" in the 7th instead of "God Bless America".. but he appears to have completely lost it

rip the angels

it’s sad; they ‘went for it’ and immediately shit the bed

amazing they lost 7 in a row since the deadline and Texas has won 7 in a row. Seattle also has a 5 game winning streak after selling, so it’s the worst possible scenario.

Angels have been really streaky this year who knows maybe they'll win 15 in a row. they kind of have to.

Forever a Tim Anderson apologist idc

Yasmani Grandal wanted to leave the day before the All-Star break (he wasn't in the lineup) and Tim Anderson said (paraphrased): "Fuck him. If he doesn't want to be here I'll pay for his flight."

Grandal walked over to Anderson and slapped him in the face

(via @shane_riordan) pic.twitter.com/usD74iMkiS

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) August 7, 2023

Follow up on this (beat reporter names Grandal separately)

.@JesseRogersESPN leaked on ESPN Chicago this morning that Yasmani Grandal, Yoan Moncada and Eloy Jimenez are the alleged main cancers of the 2023 White Sox clubhouse 😬 pic.twitter.com/IBYiX0xcpS

— Calico Joe (@CalicoJoeMLB) August 7, 2023

Excited for the various and sundry coded gradations of racism to come from this ongoing story (from the media and fans, not from anyone here…)

Yeah, the fight was pretty funny but I already got sick of the coverage five minutes later when I saw people gleefully saying Josh Donaldson must be enjoying this. Like, I’d sooner drink the collected piss of every single clubhouse in the league before I even thought about siding with a piece of shit like Donaldson, that’s how little I think of him. Yankees fans especially who’ve been howling for him to be DFAed (rightly!!!) all year can go to hell.

If I were managing the Braves I'd call Strider, Morton and Elder in and say "ok you're all going on the IL for a couple of weeks of rest, one at a time. Who wants to go first?"