Pretty sure he keeps the money because it’s an injury retirement. Saw a sad tweet about him not being able to hold his kids or even open doors with the injury. Wish him all the best
― H.P, Friday, 25 August 2023 00:57 (eight months ago) link
I used Bob Veale in Immaculate Grid yesterday--benefitted from his era, but really good forgotten pitcher.
― clemenza, Friday, 25 August 2023 01:41 (eight months ago) link
Adam Jones
― brimstead, Friday, 25 August 2023 19:20 (eight months ago) link
https://x.com/sixers/status/1695435045291401653?s=46&t=56pvpJvqL5GRtMdLh4N49g
― frogbs, Saturday, 26 August 2023 16:37 (eight months ago) link
Lol whoops
― frogbs, Saturday, 26 August 2023 16:38 (eight months ago) link
It the Orioles were to get to the WS, they should bring back Jones and Markakis and any other stalwarts from the '00 teams for a pre-game ceremony, when they never reached .500 even once. Jones was a very good, consistent player.
― clemenza, Saturday, 26 August 2023 17:13 (eight months ago) link
Bartolo Colon is officially retiring as a Met.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 17 September 2023 18:08 (seven months ago) link
Sean Doolittle
pic.twitter.com/De0lzs0TQs— Sean Doolittle (@whatwouldDOOdo) September 22, 2023
― ydkb (gyac), Friday, 22 September 2023 16:26 (seven months ago) link
Nelson Cruz. Announced on Adam Jones podcast.
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Thursday, 2 November 2023 18:17 (six months ago) link
Perfect (ironic) timing: one day after the Rangers win. He was central to 2011, mostly for his phenomenal hitting, a little bit to a ball he probably should have caught. (Again, NoTime--I was wrong!)
― clemenza, Thursday, 2 November 2023 22:12 (six months ago) link
didn’t the 09 ws end with him striking out looking?
― brimstead, Thursday, 2 November 2023 22:17 (six months ago) link
sorry, 2010
Swinging I would have said? He did however score the only Rangers run in that game, a bottom of the 7th homer off Timmyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk5pGUEOMn8
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Thursday, 2 November 2023 22:42 (six months ago) link
Here's the non-catch from 2011 (scored a triple for Freese). Hard to say--a lot of guys would have caught it, but not everyone by any means. I don't feel like going back into the thread, but the joke is that I said it would be remembered for a long time, something that would stay with Cruz for his career. At the time, Nelson Cruz was 31 years old and had hit 106 career home runs.
He went on to hit 358 more. And no one talks about the play anymore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEEOZpdp9bo
― clemenza, Friday, 3 November 2023 01:21 (six months ago) link
Fantasy mainstay Michael Brantley.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 5 January 2024 18:13 (four months ago) link
Two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber announces his retirement. Klubot had an exceptional career.— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) February 9, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Friday, 9 February 2024 15:38 (two months ago) link
Definitely a great pitcher, for half a decade he was arguably the best in the American League (Verlander was his main competition.) He got a pretty late start, had his breakthrough first full season / Cy Young award-winning year at age 28. He started three games in the world series against the Cubs, he was great in the first two and the Cubs were lucky to beat him up a bit in game 7. Definitely a Hall of Fame talent, if not a Hall of Fame career.
― omar little, Friday, 9 February 2024 16:46 (two months ago) link
If he'd won a third Cy, would have been very interesting re the HOF.
― clemenza, Friday, 9 February 2024 17:16 (two months ago) link
During Corey Kluber's peak of 2013-2018:He threw his Kluberball (or whatever we're calling his breaker) 3,690 times, including playoffs..120/.134/.193 against44% swing-and-miss rate49 XBH, or one every 75 times he threw it+113 run valuejust a legendary pitch pic.twitter.com/p4knrk4z8c— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) February 9, 2024
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 February 2024 00:18 (two months ago) link
One of the first pitchers I actually watched/registered the name of when getting into baseball as an adult. Was very confused as I got back into the sport why everyone didn't just throw the weird sinking ball that he did, looked so effective you know? What a stretch he had
― H.P, Saturday, 10 February 2024 02:37 (two months ago) link
Rob Manfred (in 2029).
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 17 February 2024 06:10 (two months ago) link
Manfred bristles whenever people suggest he doesn't like baseball and that he's hostile to fans but then he drops shit like "hey, Oakland fans aren't losing baseball; the Giants are still in the Bay Area" and it's clear that the criticisms of him are vastly understated.— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) February 16, 2024
tbf manfred's job is, and always has been, explicitly to make more money for the owners. (as are the jobs of roger goodell, adam silver and gary bettman.) none of them 'care about the game' beyond weighing short-term profits for the owners vs long-term profits for the owners
north american pro sports are awfully lucrative so it's hard to imagine such a scenario, but these commissioners/owners would absolutely pull a coyote vs. acme deal if it made them money tomorrow
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 February 2024 07:09 (two months ago) link
Hosmer out
Eric Hosmer has announced his retirement from baseball pic.twitter.com/xAt5nSkgnr— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) February 21, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 15:55 (two months ago) link
The rain has stopped
Josh Donaldson announced his retirement from Major League Baseball. pic.twitter.com/oRPtkz8si1— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) March 4, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:11 (two months ago) link
I forget and can not be assed to look up if he had a dead cat bounce at the end of last year
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:16 (two months ago) link
he was cooked all season
― omar little, Monday, 4 March 2024 20:20 (two months ago) link
You ask I answerhttps://i.postimg.cc/MGgkBPHM/IMG-6381.jpg
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:23 (two months ago) link
Don’t forget the Yankees putting him on the phantom 60-day IL in July only for him to be working out as normal in front of reporters and then he ended up playing in the playoffs for the Brewers?
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:26 (two months ago) link
Definition of the guy you love when he's on your team and playing well, then realize how really unlikeable he is the minute he goes somewhere else.
― clemenza, Monday, 4 March 2024 20:32 (two months ago) link
Objectively, he's 18th for third basemen in WAR/162 games (5.5)--tied with Chipper Jones, ahead of Brett, Beltre, and Santo, and well ahead of Brooks Robinson. (Also, Edgar and Molitor, if you want to count them as third basemen.) Which means only so much--he missed a lot of time because he couldn't stay healthy, and because he wore out his welcome everywhere he went.
― clemenza, Monday, 4 March 2024 20:45 (two months ago) link
also got a late start -- wasn't full-time unti he was 27
― mookieproof, Monday, 4 March 2024 20:58 (two months ago) link
Glovework just posted a video of his time as a catcher, which is objectively the funniest thing they could do
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:39 (two months ago) link
Will never forgive JDon's calf which in my estimation was responsible for >50% of his total IL duration...
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 4 March 2024 22:40 (two months ago) link
my first memories of him are as a catcher, when the A’s called him up to cover for Kurt Suzuki. He raked iirc
― brimstead, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 01:27 (two months ago) link
Hosmer retired with two years left on his contract? I think that means he gives up the salary owed to him in 2024-25?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 09:53 (two months ago) link
Yeah, $26m over the two years
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 10:30 (two months ago) link
mike zunino
― mookieproof, Thursday, 7 March 2024 20:08 (two months ago) link
i guess we all knew this, but
MLB officially lists pitcher Stephen Strasburg as retired
― mookieproof, Sunday, 7 April 2024 00:56 (one month ago) link
Get paid young man
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 7 April 2024 04:13 (one month ago) link
- won his team a title- apparently lacks full use of his right arm?
he earned it
― mookieproof, Sunday, 7 April 2024 04:26 (one month ago) link