should we keep using this thread for general 2022 MLB discussion or start a new one?
― na (NA), Monday, 4 April 2022 15:55 (two years ago) link
new one might be fun
― Karl Malone, Monday, 4 April 2022 15:57 (two years ago) link
i don't have any clever names in mind so unless we're ok with "general 2022 MLB regular season thread" someone else can start it
― na (NA), Monday, 4 April 2022 16:23 (two years ago) link
Yes new one would be good. General 2022 MLB Season Chatter including additional designated hitters and ghost runners.
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 4 April 2022 16:27 (two years ago) link
Also bonus wild cards
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 4 April 2022 16:52 (two years ago) link
Ghost Run the WHIP
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Monday, 4 April 2022 17:20 (two years ago) link
i don't really care what it's called as long as 2022 MLB is in the title somewhere for search purposes
― na (NA), Monday, 4 April 2022 17:34 (two years ago) link
^ new thread name. Right there.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 4 April 2022 19:05 (two years ago) link
ok I made the new thread!
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 16:06 (two years ago) link
Worth it for the headline:
https://www.theonion.com/rob-manfred-open-to-any-ideas-to-make-mlb-all-star-game-1849179763
Also: "there were no bad ideas...(including) letting teams start with a runner on third base during the fifth inning for no reason."
― clemenza, Monday, 18 July 2022 22:32 (one year ago) link
is it a widespread thing to call the extra-innings runner on second the 'manfred man' y/n
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 September 2023 03:56 (seven months ago) link
Before BWittJr, before Adalberto Mondesi (yet after BJackson), there was...
"The Mighty" Mark Quinn "The Eskimo"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EvZstgxmJs
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 29 September 2023 04:20 (seven months ago) link
re: mookie
yes
― H.P, Friday, 29 September 2023 04:22 (seven months ago) link
yeah i think it's too cute for how stupid the zombie runner is
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 29 September 2023 16:49 (seven months ago) link
I call it the manfred man mainly cos you can do it to the tune of macho man
― I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Friday, 29 September 2023 17:51 (seven months ago) link
i don't know about widespread, but i wouldn't think of using anything other than Manfred Mann. too perfect
― francisF, Friday, 29 September 2023 19:29 (seven months ago) link
ghost runner is a terrible thing to use, because anyone who ever played during recess knows the rules of a ghost runner don't apply here
― francisF, Friday, 29 September 2023 19:32 (seven months ago) link
lol otm
― mookieproof, Friday, 29 September 2023 19:36 (seven months ago) link
that's one of ben lindberg's hobbyhorses - the ghost runner already exists and this isn't it.
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 29 September 2023 19:51 (seven months ago) link
Also the runners aren’t deceased.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 29 September 2023 20:43 (seven months ago) link
zombie runner is my preferred
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 29 September 2023 20:46 (seven months ago) link
yeah, zombie runner is what makes the most sense if you need a supernatural term
― silverfish, Friday, 29 September 2023 20:47 (seven months ago) link
the runner that time forgot
― WmC, Friday, 29 September 2023 20:51 (seven months ago) link
Frankenstein’s baserunner
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 29 September 2023 20:58 (seven months ago) link
the Rob Zombie runner
― felicity, Friday, 29 September 2023 21:40 (seven months ago) link