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