i think someone should suggest the Saberseminar sell SuperNerd t shirts next year
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 August 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
unwritten front-office rules
Believe the Tigers were about to get big bites on Shane Greene -- until a non-contender blocked him on the waiver wire. That's legal, but front offices don't forget the obstruction. Among non-contenders, it's viewed as a low blow.— Lynn G. Henning (@Lynn_Henning) August 23, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 August 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
There's disrespectful batflips, and then there's this.....pic.twitter.com/mmnVrkVfOb— Cut4 (@Cut4) September 11, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
44 second home run trot
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 16:57 (five years ago) link
kinda like Burt Reynolds entering the Tonight Show set in 1978
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 16:59 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6lkdeJ3gPk
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
maybe goose gossage is the way he is because of how long it took george brett to get around the bases here:
October 10, 1980: George Brett hits a three-run home run in Game 3 of the ALCS. The Royals sweep the Yankees and win their first American League pennant. #RaisedRoyal pic.twitter.com/rbwFmeosi6— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) October 10, 2018
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
I think it was Ron Coomer the other night who was talking about how it used to be if your team was playing a meaningless game on the last day of the season, everyone just wanted to go home, so if a batter saw more than three pitches in an at-bat, they were fined by their teammates. Not even a kangaroo court situation since it was the end of the season, just immediately pay $50 or $100 if you see more than three pitches. It was a pretty funny anecdote.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 00:55 (three years ago) link
Here's my unwritten rule: There is literally no bad time to hit dingers. https://t.co/dkBVMWrAXP— Michael Baumann (@MichaelBaumann) May 18, 2021
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 03:58 (two years ago) link
wow i just caught up with this. fuck larussa. unbelievable.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
You’d think sticking up for your own players would be an important unwritten rule...
I honestly hope the Sox have a bad skid of losses and LaRussia’s gets ripped apart by fans and the team alike. I am so grossed out by him at this point that I want his own players to just ridicule him openly
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 19:03 (two years ago) link
i would prefer that the sox keep winning and larussa get another DUI and gets ripped apart by fans and the team alike
― na (NA), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 19:43 (two years ago) link
i dunno - if two DUIs wasn't enough to prevent him from getting the job, I'm not sure three will have any effect.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
It's good that everyone under the age of 65 who doesn't have a sports media job appealing to Boomers thinks LaRussa's full of shit.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Thursday, 20 May 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Hate can be very therapeutic, so a gift for everyone.
https://www.billjamesonline.com/r_e_s_p_e_c_t/
(I knew instantaneously where he'd come down.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 20 May 2021 16:48 (two years ago) link
"Yermin the Vermin"...fuck this guy.
― In my house are many Manchins (WmC), Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:14 (two years ago) link
bill the pill
― na (NA), Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:20 (two years ago) link
yermin the vermin doesn't even work unless you mispronounce his name
Has a reporter asked if the Minnesota Twins’ feewings were hurt? That seems to be the germane issue. And an important one in baseball, that famous respecter of players’ feewings.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 20 May 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
"Yermin the Vermin"--only skimmed, missed that; ugh.
― clemenza, Thursday, 20 May 2021 18:03 (two years ago) link
how about “bill the dipshit” it has a ring to it
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 20 May 2021 18:05 (two years ago) link
I love how swinging at a pitch is considered reprehensible but then throwing at a player in retribution is totally ok according to the "unwritten rules"
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 20 May 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
jeez, bill james, cut it out
In the great movie "Gran Torino", Clint Eastwood pats a young child on the head, only to learn that this is considered highly offensive in the Hmong culture. It’s an unwritten rule. We are, of course, in the middle of a controversy involving the unwritten rules. Yermin Mercedes, who is no relation to his cousin, Vermin Gran Torino . .
We are, of course, in the middle of a controversy involving the unwritten rules. Yermin Mercedes, who is no relation to his cousin, Vermin Gran Torino . .
Anyway, the thing that has just happened, between Yermin the Vermin and Tony LaRedneck, has very close parallels in my life, your life, and everybody else’s life.
Mercedes, of course. . . and I mean no disrespect by joking about his name. . .but
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 20 May 2021 18:15 (two years ago) link
i haven't seen gran torino, so maybe i'm missing some connection to it and "vernin"? james has clint eastwood on the brain
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 20 May 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link
If an established position player is pitching then swing all you want imo.
This is not a triple A pitcher trying to get a job in the majors and they are adding to his era in a blowout, the other team basically called in the L.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 21 May 2021 01:23 (two years ago) link
Astros broadcast just said that A's fans stand out to them because they seem to boo only players from the 2017 team, and not ALL of the current Astros like other fans do.— Gabe (@925mlbfan) May 20, 2021
:)
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Friday, 21 May 2021 17:07 (two years ago) link
i believe that the best fans in baseball will also boo the proper players
― Karl Malone, Friday, 21 May 2021 17:08 (two years ago) link
Wonder if Springer will get such a treatment.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 21 May 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link