i think my OF was Harper, Cain, Yelich when i voted last week
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 June 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
a NL all-star starting lineup with markakis and kemp in the year 2018 would be something to behold
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Monday, 11 June 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
i anticipate a fade of some degree
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 June 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
the yankees are on pace to win 112 games btw
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 03:11 (five years ago) link
https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/6/12/17431794/mlb-owns-everything-rawlings-statcast-youth-baseball-pro-players
Major League Baseball and private investors recently joined together to buy Rawlings for close to $400 million. You know Rawlings, probably quite well. MLB is now a key investor in the ownership group of the company that makes the gloves you grew up working into malleability, running over with your car to get them into game shape, smelling when they’re new and trying to keep tied together when they’re old.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
I think the Mariners being on pace to win 103 games is astonishing.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link
There’s a decent chance we end up with five 100 wins team.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
mariners look like a mirage with that run differential
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 12 June 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
no there isn't
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
you can be a mirage for 60 games, or 100
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
this is too good to limit to either the mets or good mlb tweets threads. this shit is all-time
Dear @MLB, give us every mic’d up ejection for the rest of eternity.Sincerely, Everyone. pic.twitter.com/l0rttuYHb2— Steve Perrault (@Steve_Perrault) June 13, 2018
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
terry collins is very mad about cocksuckers, among other things
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
i watched that this morning and i'm still wondering why the ump said "our ass is in the jackpot if we don't call that"
― na (NA), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 17:14 (five years ago) link
twice!
― na (NA), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 17:15 (five years ago) link
Acting classes should recreate this scene until it's nailed down, this is straight out of Cassavettes or early-Scorcese or something.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
i've never heard "ass in the jackpot" but i guess he's saying the ump crew will be in trouble if they don't eject thor?
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 17:33 (five years ago) link
iirc 'cocksucker' is one word (there may be others) that will get you instantly tossed with no questions asked, so i guess terry was enjoying his freedom
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
(xp) Not only that but if they let that pitch slide without ejection, it just sets the stage for a real bloodbath. The Mets players are taking issue with the fact that there was no warning prior to the game. IIRC this all stems from Utley (who's AB vs. Thor there) hard slide into the Mets' SS who broke his leg on the play, which happened earlier in the season.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 17:46 (five years ago) link
i was at that game
we did not get audio
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 18:38 (five years ago) link
This is like a Cassavetes movie https://t.co/OXMvz3iwKt— nuanced opinion guy (@charles_kinbote) June 13, 2018
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
what does that mean, "our ass is in the jackpot" ???
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
is it that hard? what "our ass is grass" meant 40 years ago.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
yeah i understood what it meant via context clues, it's just ... not a real expression. the first time i said it i assumed he was stumbling around a real phrase, but then he said it again.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
need a search of uRBAN Dictionary
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
I mean I gathered that's probably what it meant just wondering if that was some incredible inside baseball terminology
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:26 (five years ago) link
from the EW FB group
In No Country for Old Men when Llewelyn is in the taxi returning to his motel and finds what he believes to be his pursuers in an adjacent room:“I don’t want to get in some kind of a jackpot here, buddy...”“Look, you’re already in the jackpot. I’m trying to get you out of it. Take me to another motel.”
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
is the umpire a Texan?
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
In any case, I'm glad umpires can invent expressions should the need arises.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
Cop slang? http://www.policemag.com/blog/editors-notes/story/2012/08/cop-slang-our-favorite-user-terms.aspx(in the comments)
To be in the "jackpot" or "jackpotted," meant you were in deep doodoo.
― a shomin-geki poster with some horror elements (WilliamC), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link
tom hallion is from upstate new york
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:47 (five years ago) link
close enough!
see definition 3
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jackpot
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
also see definition 4
― na (NA), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
Watching Cubs-Brewers right now, and what is all that stuff floating around Miller Park? It looks like cottonwood seeds.
― a shomin-geki poster with some horror elements (WilliamC), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
cubs are doing the reliever-to-left-fielder shuffle with cishek and duensing
genius managing iirc
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:52 (five years ago) link
My favorite Maddon moment was a few years ago when he made a pitching change, int. walk a batter, made another pitching change.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 22:31 (five years ago) link
Ah damn it! MLB took the The Ass is in the Jackpot video down!
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 14 June 2018 04:25 (five years ago) link
guess what I didn't get to see/hear
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 June 2018 05:16 (five years ago) link
oh, there is still a YouTube upload
i am kinda underwhelmed, much less entertaining than existing footage of Earl Weaver
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 June 2018 05:29 (five years ago) link
Rob Manfred said that the Terry Collins/umpire viral video has been scrubbed from the internet because a collectively bargained agreement with the umpires that said those interactions involving microphoned umpires wouldn’t be made public. MLB is trying to figure out how it leaked— Jared Diamond (@jareddiamond) June 14, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 June 2018 18:06 (five years ago) link
looks like Manfred's ass is gonna be in the jackpot now
― frogbs, Thursday, 14 June 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
omg what a bunch of babies
― k3vin k., Thursday, 14 June 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
that video was so great rip
― Spottie, Thursday, 14 June 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
Giants-Marlins entering the 16th and i'm disappointed to see no one is 0-for-7 yet
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 June 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
The 9-1-2 hitters of the Giants order went 0-17.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 14 June 2018 22:05 (five years ago) link
15!
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23806676/los-angeles-angels-place-4-more-dl-bringing-total-club-record-15
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 16 June 2018 13:25 (five years ago) link
fun manny machado trade idea: baltimore gives him to another team, with nothing in return - except the other team also has to take on chris davis. pretty sad that zero teams in baseball would even consider that one
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Saturday, 16 June 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
there's barf on the field in pittsburgh, i repeat, there is barf on the field in pittsburgh
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 00:25 (five years ago) link
my money was on Baltimore
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 00:42 (five years ago) link
there's blood on field in philadelphia, i repeat, there is now barf and blood in the fields of pennsylvania
(a ball bounced off of the outfield wall and hit nick williams' nose pretty hard and made it bleed, but as a doctor i can tell that he's probably fine)
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 19 June 2018 01:33 (five years ago) link
I think we should all just accept that the yankees are young and fun and good
― k3vin k., Thursday, 21 June 2018 03:04 (five years ago) link