while i do follow those teams and care about their success, this is the league pass/MLB.TV era now -- i'm just as much a fan of the league as a whole and interesting players and/or teams and follow accordingly. and because players generally don't receive the recognition they deserve unless their teams are winning, sometimes i root for the team too. hence i often root for the clippers even tho as a fan of the game the team pisses me off
― k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:35 (six years ago) link
this is a much more common sentiment on ILH than ILB i've noticed, y'all are so sensitive and old fashioned! like when i posted that judge comment i wasn't rubbing it in or anything, just pointing it out as a fan of the game
― k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:36 (six years ago) link
judge is the current AL MVP front runner btw
Trout still the leader in all meaningful categories.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, June 2, 2017 10:27 PM (ten minutes ago)
yeah but realistically with him missing 2 months and the angels being a AA team without him his chances aren't great. judge is the best player on a first place team. obv he's gonna regress tho
― k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:39 (six years ago) link
a cosmopolitanism that is admirable in these troubled times
it's cool -- just as long as you never divorce joey votto, of course
― mookieproof, Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:40 (six years ago) link
the amish generally look down on that
― k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:43 (six years ago) link
you're right, although i think it's good? team sports fandom is about hatred at least as much as it is about support. i mean, i legitimately am interested in the yankees because i hate them (and i don't even have a particularly good reason to)
you're not *that* young but i feel like this is a result of fantasy sports? would you root (hypothetically) against judge if he was facing your fantasy pitcher?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 3 June 2017 02:55 (six years ago) link
yeah i think the combination of fantasy and easy access to any team's broadcast has led to an increase in what you call sports cosmopolitanism. twitter too -- i can follow any team's beat writer i want to and have a better idea of whats going on in the clubhouse than people could have decades ago. plus i imagine national columnists like zach lowe or jonah keri are just a lot more informed about aspects of the league, story lines that otherwise would not have gotten the same attention. i mean i read fangraphs every day, that site pretty much sums up how i consume baseball and i imagine the same is true of a lot of sports fans these days
people are always surprised that i don't do fantasy, but i don't. believe it or not from how often i post to ilx i do try to limit the distractions in my life, and i always worry fantasy will consume me. i have to study like 5-10 hours a day
― k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 03:02 (six years ago) link
<3
― mookieproof, Saturday, 3 June 2017 03:04 (six years ago) link
duke does suck tho
― k3vin k., Saturday, 3 June 2017 03:05 (six years ago) link
:p
it's far too often true : /
― mookieproof, Saturday, 3 June 2017 03:15 (six years ago) link
NYY games used to be on fucking Channel 11 for free
― calstars, Saturday, 3 June 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
Of course that was when Pinella was probably making high 5 figures for managing
― calstars, Saturday, 3 June 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
Piniella, sorry
who needs tv when john and suzyn can paint you a picture
― mookieproof, Saturday, 3 June 2017 19:16 (six years ago) link
basically everyone on this team is slugging .500+
― mookieproof, Sunday, 11 June 2017 02:25 (six years ago) link
@Buster_ESPNGary Sanchez clubs his 10th homer, in 130 at-bats, and the Yankees have six players with 10 or more HRs. Boston has none, so far.
― mookieproof, Sunday, 11 June 2017 19:00 (six years ago) link
Sanchez's HR today is his 30th in 90 career games. Found this piece from three years ago--that'd make him the fourth fastest ever, after Rudy York, McGwire, and Jose Abreu.
http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2014/07/26/jose-abreu-is-third-fastest-in-mlb-history-to-reach-30-career-home-runs/
― clemenza, Sunday, 11 June 2017 19:40 (six years ago) link
rudy york: one of the better players i'd never previously heard of. wonder how he avoided military service?
― mookieproof, Sunday, 11 June 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
I've known him for a while because of his big 18-HR month (think he held the record till Sosa hit 20). There's a really funny line from some sportswriter in his Wikipedia entry that I won't quote here because the language is a little dated.
― clemenza, Sunday, 11 June 2017 21:27 (six years ago) link
That was an impressive blast from Judge today.
― earlnash, Sunday, 11 June 2017 22:11 (six years ago) link
yankees 38, orioles 8
― mookieproof, Sunday, 11 June 2017 22:39 (six years ago) link
seems like judge is good
― k3vin k., Monday, 12 June 2017 03:30 (six years ago) link
He's 25, and his minor-league record is fairly ordinary...Still not sure if he's Kevin Maas or not--where is this coming from?
― clemenza, Monday, 12 June 2017 13:01 (six years ago) link
he's grown into his body. he never had this level of game power in the minors
― k3vin k., Monday, 12 June 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
saw judge @ +3300 to win the triple crown rn
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 14 June 2017 17:11 (six years ago) link
Yankee in the outfield. 😉 https://t.co/Jj4GYblsxf pic.twitter.com/2PWp6iKHT3— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 15, 2017
― black covfefe in bed (voodoo chili), Thursday, 15 June 2017 03:09 (six years ago) link
This team is absurdly fun
oh stifle, it's the goddamn Yankees
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 June 2017 03:10 (six years ago) link
judge really struggling with breaking balls
― k3vin k., Friday, 16 June 2017 03:47 (six years ago) link
those "fun" Stanks have dropped 6 in a row.
Mark Simon of ESPN analyzed how the A's have pitched Judge
http://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/132482/unpredictability-helped-athletics-thwart-aaron-judge?ex_cid=espnapi_public
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 18 June 2017 23:44 (six years ago) link
tyler clippard is straight trash
― black covfefe in bed (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 14:29 (six years ago) link
welcome clint frazier
― mookieproof, Sunday, 2 July 2017 02:08 (six years ago) link
His hair is so brilliantly red, such a bummer about that policy...would be fun to have an east coast Justin Turner
― black covfefe in bed (voodoo chili), Sunday, 2 July 2017 02:10 (six years ago) link
Love the Judge wigs
― calstars, Sunday, 2 July 2017 02:38 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DD6XXqAW0AANXBP.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
judge judgin' again today
― nomar, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link
The full John Sterling home run call: "Ji-Man is a He-Man! Oh boy, oh Choi!"— Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) July 5, 2017
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
randy levine strikes again
http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2017/07/07/yankees-brass-criticizes-greg-bird-for-being-injured
― mookieproof, Friday, 7 July 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link
god he is really the worst
― voodoo chili, Friday, 7 July 2017 17:30 (six years ago) link
http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2017/07/getting_to_know_ji-man_choi_yankees_new_korean_1st.html
This dude doing splits at 1st base today
― calstars, Sunday, 9 July 2017 17:53 (six years ago) link
Carrot Top tearing it up!
― calstars, Sunday, 9 July 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
Fucking Gardner man. Dude is the hardest working man in baseball.
― calstars, Sunday, 9 July 2017 20:16 (six years ago) link
haven't won a series since june 9-11 vs balt
― johnny crunch, Monday, 10 July 2017 11:49 (six years ago) link
Join us tomorrow all day for #JudgeCon in NYC to celebrate @TheJudge44 & prepare for the @mlb #hrderby! Stay tuned for live updates. pic.twitter.com/Lxi8taR96t— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) July 9, 2017
― calstars, Monday, 10 July 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
lol Aroldis
Stanks' 18 blown saves lead the majors
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 July 2017 02:48 (six years ago) link
12-23 since June 12
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 23 July 2017 04:50 (six years ago) link
they are being unusually jobbed by pythagoras
― mookieproof, Sunday, 23 July 2017 05:44 (six years ago) link
the great stanton tied judge tonite with 32 HR. could the 2 team up? (yanks checked, but marlins say team sale 1st). https://t.co/bRJtjn82Rs— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 25, 2017
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 25 July 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
"He is the Toodfather. In Todd we trust." -- The John Sterling call for Todd Frazier's HR— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) July 26, 2017
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 19:23 (six years ago) link