2019 Rolling "Hey Chatter Chatter" chatterthread

I think it's a terrible idea, and one that I just can't see happening.

even if you solved the quarantine/testing part -- which is not to my knowledge actually solvable -- there are only 10 cactus league ballparks + chase field in arizona. to air live games in primetime on the east coast would mean starting games at 5-7 pm, when it's insanely fucking hot

the florida parks are more spread out, i don't think all of them are presently equipped for tv, and it rains every damn day

and despite the players very much wanting to play, i don't see that many of them wanting to either quarantine without their families for four and a half months or drag their families into a situation like that

agreed, I highly doubt anything at all is gonna happen

I think the drugs had been reported months ago; the stunt-flying is maybe new.

http://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/us/roy-halladay-ntsb-accident-report-spt/index.html

insane that the red sox won a world series on the back of this guy and steve pearce:

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=29045398

hey it's the 13th anniversary of "here comes the pizza"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufSQMXLO95w

gotta say, this is an okay turn of events for the Astros

thank you maura I had never seen that

scouting florida in 1982

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EV5f2WlVcAMqoGQ.jpg

Damn

“Ralph” = Raffy?

Lance McCullers! There’s a name to conjure with

that would appear to be raffy -- mets took him in the eighth round but he went to mississippi state instead

top five did all go in the first round -- monteleone had a journeyman career (2.6 war over 10 seasons), boderick didn't get out of a ball, ledbetter made it to double a

2010-19 leaders, counting stats edition:

Games
Adam Jones: 1499
Nick Markakis: 1491
Elvis Andrus: 1478

Stolen Bases
Dee Gordon: 330
Rajai Davis: 322
Billy Hamilton: 299

Home Runs
Nelson Cruz: 346
Edwin Encarnacion: 335
Giancarlo Stanton: 308

RBIs
Albert Pujols: 963
Nelson Cruz: 961
Edwin Encarnacion: 956

Runs
Mike Trout: 903
Ian Kinsler: 879
Andrew McCutchen: 868

they're playing ball in taiwan. weekday games start at 6:30am eastern and there are free streams: https://indyballisland.com/2020/04/19/live-baseball-the-cpbl-is-playing

one team (rakuten) even has english commentary