I miss old lineup construction:
1. Fastest player
2. Random mediocre hitter
3. Best all-around hitter
4. Best power hitter
5. Lumbering power or bust hitter
6. High-OBP guy who leads off now
7. Bad switch hitter
8. Catcher
9. Gold Glove defender (-5 DRS, can't hit)
BREAKING: NY Mets Pete Alonso and Daniel Vogelbach have set a new MLB Modern Era (since 1901) record for the fattest back to back HR duo (575 lbs)
via Elias Sports Bureau
It seriously isn’t a big deal but I hate that the org talks nonstop about tradition - no beards or long hair, etc. - but they’re allowed to break tradition for the right price
My final points on why the WBC is irrelevant & then I’ll rest my case & take my W:
1) If you asked Diaz was it worth it, his HONEST answer would be absolutely not
2) the most the WBC has *EVER* been talked about is this injury. Its the only thing ppl will remember from 2023 WBC
Aaron Hicks 10.8 WAR with the Yankees: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤬
Domingo German 4.2 WAR with the Yankees (and 81 game suspension for domestic violence): 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
After the 2006 season, Dontrelle Willis had 16.9 fWAR and Rich Hill had 1.4 fWAR.
D Train’s last MLB game was in 2011, retiring with 16.8 fWAR.
Dick Mountain has 20.2 and is a starting pitcher for a first place team in 2023.
Dontrelle Willis was born 2 years AFTER Rich Hill.
Foolish Baseball subscribers waiting 8 weeks for a video on Lemon Pepper Callahan of the 1902 Chicago Orphans
vs
WesleyAPEX enjoyers watching “MLB Roid Rage” for the twelfth time
This is what every Youtube video about MLB looked like until 2015. From 2015-18 it was 16:9, 360p @ 15fps highlights with weird colors. And from 2019 onwards it's been "What Happened To Brandon Morrow?" essay with great thumbnail, graphics, 20-minute run time, and VPN sponsor.
"It's the most important signing in Dodgers history."
@BenVerlander
breaks down the impact that the Shohei Ohtani-Dodgers deal will have on this season and beyond.
For LESS????? He was GAMBLING ON GAMES HE WAS MANAGING.
Rose AGREED to be banned so that the league wouldn't formally announce their findings on the situation.
I might have to make a video on this because people actually don't know how serious this was.
Pete Rose was banned for life for less. If Ohtani made a direct payment to any bookmaker he should be subjected to the same punishment as well, but we all know Rob Manfred has no balls.
@nyporchsport
Sources overheard Voit calling Rizzo “a fake Italian who couldn’t tell the difference between sauce and gravy”
Rizzo snapped back: “it doesn’t matter to you, fat boy, you’ll eat it either way”
WHAT IN THE HELL… an MLB Game is being currently played in Korea:
No one knew about this because the MLB is godawful about promoting their sport and players.
It is also currently 4 in the morning where the Dodgers & Padres are from, how are their fans meant to watch?
Isiah Kiner-Falefa has a two-year, $15 million deal with the Blue Jays, per source. Deal is pending physical and includes $1 million in performance bonuses.
@ByRobertMurray
was on it.
There is an assumption on the Jays' side that their pitchers/catcher were betraying the identity of the forthcoming pitches last night, and that this was being conveyed to Aaron Judge -- and this is why he was glancing to his right, for info.
To all the idiots on Papelbon’s side still:
Papelbon blew a 2 run lead in the top half of the inning (his fourth BS or loss of the month)
Harper had an 1.125 OPS and carried this team all year
The Nats had just been eliminated despite Harper’s best efforts
In 2015, Bryce Harper decided not to hustle on this fly-out in the 8th inning. So Jonathan Papelbon decided to teach him a lesson in the Nationals dugout.
I'm not saying Brett Gardner is better than Ichiro,
BUT
take a look at their numbers spanning each of their final 14 MLB seasons 🤔🤔🤔 really makes you think
Boone and Jake got in a heated debate over a decision that led to a game-tying run
“When you manage the team you can bring them in in that situation” -Boone
Can a rich Yankees twitter member please pay for a Rudy Giuliani cameo where he says “your poverty franchise just got out managed by Aaron Boone” or something like that
Esteury Ruiz on a 99% catch probability line drive (per Statcast)
In just 5 attempts this year, Ruiz has a -36% success rate added, misplaying two easy outs. Maybe that, paired with his 86 wRC+ last year, is why the As feel like he needs to work things out in AAA.
@barger421
@RileysRakes
I’m a Catholic, yet somehow I understand that the mockery has to do with the church as an institution and the power they’ve wielded and atrocities they’ve committed, not about my personal beliefs.
Pablo Sandoval, PABLO SANDOVAL, 37 years of age, found a team before Matt Chapman, Cody Bellinger, and the reigning NL Cy Young
It’s time to hang ‘em up big guy
@borascorp
here are the rosters for the 3-game exhibition series at Citi Field between LIDOM rivals Águilas & Licey
Mets legends Juan Lagares and Hansel Robles will be back in Queens, among many other familiar faces
we will be at all 3 games and we are SO excited
Dude Perfect has set a new World Record for the highest basketball shot.
They spent three days on top of The Strat Tower in Las Vegas — and finally made it on their last hour of the trip.
It ended up being 856 feet (or nearly three football fields).