aw, super Jays fans! should be an excellent season all the way to the end
― Karl Malone, Friday, 8 April 2022 00:35 (two years ago) link
my 2022 projection for the season is: it's going to be great all the way to the end, a real classic
― Karl Malone, Friday, 8 April 2022 00:37 (two years ago) link
sorry, not sure where a bunch of words went, but i meant
he sneaks in as one of the worst pitchers ever selected, etc. that would rule
― Karl Malone, Friday, 8 April 2022 00:38 (two years ago) link
you know KM when you were in Chicago I was gonna ask if you wanted to see a baseball game...baseball ILX is not as great as hoops ILX but it would be fun anyway
― frogbs, Friday, 8 April 2022 03:43 (two years ago) link
i still make trips up to chicago and milwaukee pretty often! or at least, i will at least a couple times a year, i bet. :) i'll let you know if i'me ever near when there's a game! gotta check off watching a game with all the ILBers
― Karl Malone, Friday, 8 April 2022 22:53 (two years ago) link
Anyone else trying to watch an MLB game through apple? I was watching earlier and then it suddenly stopped.
― Not the best golfer by any means . . . but a great, great entertainer (PBKR), Saturday, 9 April 2022 01:05 (two years ago) link
I am, it did stop for like 2-3 minutes but then came back.
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 9 April 2022 01:06 (two years ago) link
Mine hadn't come back and I keep getting an error message, but it must be on my end. Switched to the laptop.
― Not the best golfer by any means . . . but a great, great entertainer (PBKR), Saturday, 9 April 2022 01:23 (two years ago) link
i got MLB Extra Innings through DirecTV again this year for 139.99 and includes MLB.TV and i have never had an issue streaming
so i jinxed myself as i tried to listen to the radio while taking a shower and it kept fucking up and then the problems continued in my car as well
― Bee OK, Saturday, 9 April 2022 02:33 (two years ago) link
not sure what to do with my baseball fandom these days
grew up in pittsburgh, met willie stargell at spring training, but there's no point at all in supporting the pirates these days
worked for mlb for 13 years and, having been laid off last year, refuse to spend any money on them
honestly disappointed that the CBA showdown didn't result in the destruction of baseball because the way the pirates/orioles/a's/clevos operate is absurd
kinda rooting for the mets tho! FFS
― mookieproof, Saturday, 9 April 2022 05:03 (two years ago) link
One of us one of us It’s only been two (long) games but I’m really enjoying the addition of Starling Marte
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 9 April 2022 05:28 (two years ago) link
The Mets seem like they have a few more grinders than in years past/
― Not the best golfer by any means . . . but a great, great entertainer (PBKR), Saturday, 9 April 2022 16:33 (two years ago) link
"To have the....I'm trying to think of a clean way to say it....the NERVE to change."-Jim Edmonds#STLCards #stlcardinals #JimEdmonds #JimEdmondsisms— Jim-Edmondsisms (@jimedmondsisms) April 9, 2022
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 9 April 2022 21:09 (two years ago) link
mookieproof I didn't know you worked for the league!!!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 9 April 2022 21:13 (two years ago) link
2022 non-MLB update:
Roki Sasaki delivered arguably the greatest pitching performance in Japanese baseball history last night. The 20-year-old Lotte Marines phenom not only threw a perfect game — NPB’s first since 1994 — he tied an NPB record with 19 strikeouts. Sasaki also set a record. After retiring the first two hitters he faced on ground balls, the right-hander fanned 13 consecutive Orix Buffaloes batters. Pitch counts weren’t a problem. Sasaki reportedly completed his perfecto having thrown just 105 pitches.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 10 April 2022 16:15 (two years ago) link
(xpost) Also intrigued--tell us more.
― clemenza, Sunday, 10 April 2022 20:57 (two years ago) link
meant to make a joke yesterday about how the pirates were 0-2 but having been outscored 15-2 meant their pythagorean was like 0-5. then they ruined it by scoring runs today
so yeah i started working for m1bam in 2007. my group ran the m1nor league baseba11 website, so we were way (too much) into prospects. like it was a huge deal for us when matt wieters made his big league debut. and also when harper tore through the minors but seemed to do most of his damage in parks where there was no TV.
worked nights for a while, where you instantly developed a hatred for the california league (and the pacific coast league only slightly less). west coast games start at 10 eastern, where i live, except for bakersfield, where the field was built facing into the sun, so it started at 10:30 in high summer. also the entire cal league, apart from san jose, is a fucking launching pad, so those games would stretch into the late morning for us.
the main thing that's weird is that m1nor 1eague games mean absolutely nothing. (which is why the extra-inning ghost runner is awesome. unless you want to call it a tie, which is even better.) i mean it's more fun winning than losing, but the guys on each m1nor league team are competing *against each other* to be promoted.
when someone had a big day, we did a phone interview. these guys are so inculcated with 'just trying to help the team' that's it's always an exercise to get anything interesting -- you had to come out of nowhere with, like, 'you just got promoted from huntsville, alabama to rochester, ny in april -- do you even have any appropriate clothes to wear?'
i wasn't very good at interviewing, tbh. i hate phones.
brad e1dred was an enormous power-hitting quad-a guy who at one point played in colorado springs (which is in itself a joke). so one day he hit four homers or something, and i was the only person monitoring all the games, and i missed it, so i ended up calling his cell phone like two hours later. he was at home with his wife, and i could hear kids in the background, and he was so fucking nice. to this day i love him.
anyway the whole m1nor league structure was indeed half-assed. so it wasn't *entirely* unreasonable for MLB to just . . . subsume it. and if you look at it in portions -- attendance at appy league or pioneer league games was negligable -- it makes financial sense. but the finances required to support those teams is basically a rounding error for MLB teams, and now MLB has a significantly smaller footprint throughout north america. they are in the process of financially incentivizing themselves out of existence.
at one 'town hall' meeting (hate that term) years ago, manfred opened by saying what an 'honor' it was to represent 'these 30 owners'. and that's exactly what the commissioner's office is. they may have stopped literally awarding a title belt for teams who best stifle arbitration salaries, but that is absolutely who they are -- and it's a much more meaningful trophy to manfred than the 'piece of metal' world series trophy.
― mookieproof, Monday, 11 April 2022 02:43 (two years ago) link
Fwiw i watched g4ri bettm4n forge his wife’s signature on the back of a check
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 11 April 2022 04:11 (two years ago) link
Both these men are monsters
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 11 April 2022 04:22 (two years ago) link
i do appreciate that g4ri bettm4n gets booed at all his public appearances
― mookieproof, Monday, 11 April 2022 04:26 (two years ago) link
Ill see manfred in 6 months
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 11 April 2022 04:30 (two years ago) link
what are you going to do
― Karl Malone, Monday, 11 April 2022 04:32 (two years ago) link
Boo
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 11 April 2022 04:33 (two years ago) link
that sounds about right
― Karl Malone, Monday, 11 April 2022 04:38 (two years ago) link
The Orioles are so bad that the Rays sweeping them, but with two of the games close, worsened the Fangraphs projection for the Rays by 3 wins— Jordan Ellenberg (@JSEllenberg) April 11, 2022
― mookieproof, Monday, 11 April 2022 16:45 (two years ago) link
ha ha wow, that is amazing.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 11 April 2022 18:53 (two years ago) link
That just... didn't happen? The rays started the series with 83.5 and ended with 84.7.
― ✖, Monday, 11 April 2022 20:44 (two years ago) link
Facts don’t matter when you are making a witty tweet
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 11 April 2022 21:43 (two years ago) link
aw. that's much less hilarious.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 11 April 2022 21:51 (two years ago) link
the rays were projected to win ~84 games? Pretty sure they'll outpace that
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 11 April 2022 21:53 (two years ago) link
I thought they were projected to be in a 4-way tie with every other non-BAL team in the AL East
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 11 April 2022 22:25 (two years ago) link
wait a second, are we talkin more than one projection here
― Karl Malone, Monday, 11 April 2022 22:33 (two years ago) link
their projected win total went down 0.3 games, not 3.0 games
even so
― mookieproof, Monday, 11 April 2022 22:36 (two years ago) link
wait a second, are we talkin more than one projection here― Karl Malone, Monday, April 11, 2022 6:33 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Karl Malone, Monday, April 11, 2022 6:33 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
is ratemyprofessor.com still a thing? i'm going to leave a terrible review and then not give him the "hot" pepper
― ✖, Monday, 11 April 2022 22:49 (two years ago) link
Anyway, I knew the Brewers couldn't hit, but I didn't know they can't-hit-the-Orioles-staff couldn't hit
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 11 April 2022 23:09 (two years ago) link
they're getting all the bad luck with RISP out of the way in the first week
― frogbs, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 02:22 (two years ago) link
Alec Bohm on @NBCSPhilly Phillies postgame on saying “I f***** hate this place” during game“I said it. Emotions got the best of me. Do I mean it? No. It’s a frustrating night for me. These fans, they just want to win. They’re great. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean that” pic.twitter.com/YxjO2gqTIJ— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) April 12, 2022
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 02:48 (two years ago) link
Huge chorus of boos as Machado comes to the plate in San Francisco. Is he hated particularly by Giants fans or has he just become the heel of the league or what?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 05:02 (two years ago) link
I didn't realize Robinson Cano was back playing.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 18:22 (two years ago) link
"Well, where are you going to go?" Cincinnati Reds president Phil Castellini told Scott Sloan and Mo Egger on 700-WLW when asked why fans should remain loyal. "Sell the team to who? That's the other thing: You want to have this debate? .... What would you do with this team to have it more profitable, make more money, compete more in the current economic system that this game exist? It would be to pick it up and move it somewhere else."Be careful what you ask for."
"Be careful what you ask for."
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 19:23 (two years ago) link
unexpectedly, i will be attending the cardinals/royals game tonight! ah yes, the stories "I-70" rivalry! those hated royals! /sarcasm voicePujols is starting tonight, and i am very excited about seeing him. also, he's totally due for a hit
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 21:30 (two years ago) link
hope he crushes one for ya
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 22:17 (two years ago) link
It really is kind of nuts that there are two major league baseball teams in the state of Missouri
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 22:19 (two years ago) link
Looks like he crushed one for ya!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 13 April 2022 00:48 (two years ago) link
i was within 500 feet and heard it! from outside the stadium. :(
i can't complain, i didn't expect to go the game and got free tickets at the last moment. but we were in a large group and were standing outside in line during the first inning, so i heard the PA announce his appearance, heard the crowd roar and the fireworks and all that (and same for Arenado just before him), but didn't see it! still, i was there, sorta
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 03:33 (two years ago) link
he had a great game overall, too, 3 hits!
Maybe he’ll get one of those “last season” summer-long adrenaline boost and ends on a high note.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 13 April 2022 03:41 (two years ago) link
maybe. i hope so. i want to believe. but it did strike me, earlier today, that pujols pretty much can't be released or cut or whatever from the team. no matter how bad it gets, we're all going down in flames together. :-o
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 03:45 (two years ago) link
#STLCardenales: El retorno de "La Máquina". 🤖 pic.twitter.com/wEhxnEdqey— Cardenales (@cardenales) April 13, 2022
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 03:57 (two years ago) link
Guys
Chloe Grimes, an 8-year-old @raysbaseball fan who is currently battling cancer, was on the call when her favorite player, Brett Phillips, hit a homer. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/5HGc8lfqSs— Cut4 (@Cut4) April 13, 2022
"𝘾𝙝𝙡𝙤𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣!"Brett Phillips finds out about the magical moment that happened when Chloe was being interviewed while he hit a home run! @RaysBaseball #RaysUp pic.twitter.com/qyVy2ccumb— Bally Sports Sun: Rays (@BallyRays) April 13, 2022
― Andy K, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 12:22 (two years ago) link