2019 Rolling "Hey Chatter Chatter" chatterthread

Not exactly the kind of comparison mlb will want to invite I’m certain.

the tampa bay barnstormers

They could be a big draw as an all-road team in a sort of Washington Generals role...they could have a whole roster at league minimum and split the gate with the home teams who get to hot-dog/humiliate them

Would O's fans turn out for a *guaranteed* win?

the tampa bay goof troop, 2020: the team that attempts the hidden ball trick every single game!!

exactly yes

tonight's starting pitcher the goof: Eddieeeeeeeee Eeeeeeeephus!

*slide whistle noise*

keuchel to start for the barves tonight

What happened after pic.twitter.com/0QGiGqT4ZO

— Gordo💫 (@MyATLiens) June 21, 2019

excellent video of jack flaherty after getting picked off at 2nd to end the game last night

a lonely guy just thinking baout things

albert pujols' return to STL tonight will be pretty special, i think

but by the time that the sunday evening game is on, all the standing ovations are going to be pretty cringey. the david freese ovation situation has gotten out of control over the years

it's cool -- some fanbases would still be booing him for leaving (maybe not with all the charity work he still does there tho)

STL fans should give a 10 minute ovation to the Cards management for letting him go.

(Pujols)

I just learned last night that the pujols/angels contract includes stuff that basically binds him to the angels for another decade after he retires - PR appearances, licensing stuff, etc. it’s a bummer because I’m sure St. Louis would love him to have him back as a de facto cardinal after his career is over

going to release some Angels imprinted toys for kids, like the remote control plane named after his Angels career OPS - The Pujols 767...er, 747....wait, 727....

Every team except SF and Miami are within 3.5 of second NL wild card.

god there are so many bad teams

the Pujols-as-Angels-ambassador is gonna be weird...like Paul McCartney getting inducted into the R&R HOF for his work with Wings

i mean i *knew* he had a ton of HRs but it's still a little jarring to look up his BR page and see that Edwin Encarnacion has hit 404 during his career.

maniel dengden

he's got a handlebar for days

if he were good i feel like he’d be a phenomenon

was rollie fingers ever a phenomenon? obviously very good and obviously a handlebar for days, but seems like that might have been less notable then

he was certainly celebrated and got a lotta magazine covers

but mostly after the World Series heroics w/ Oakland

https://deadspin.com/what-a-foul-ball-can-do-1835706809

Stanton's out through July, sheesh

it's kind of amazing that he already has 39 fWAR despite being 29 years old and only playing 125+ games in 4 seasons so far

looks like they don't need him!

pretty wild braves/cubs game going on right now

though not necessarily surprising given the starting pitchers

suddenly the rangers are only 4 1/2 back of the astros

We ‘re in the bottom of the 18th in Minnesota

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27070541/all-star-starters-revealed-astros-lead-three

not much to complain about tbh

The London games will feature a mascot race among Freddie Mercury, Churchill, Henry VIII and the Loch Ness Monster.

Beatles and Shakespeare lost out in the voting.

I think I read they're also bringing The Freeze over from ATL for other between-inning silliness.

lol Daniel Murphy still sucks at throwing!

Could not find the old baseball writing thread, but this is a good read.

https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/1977-phillies-world-series-team-larry-bowa-tug-mcgraw-steve-carlton-tim-mccarver-20190628.html?fbclid=IwAR0mqA__BbZG7zoPLxcMuGIG_wv2aR1_1B0mrPAw8JzLmgRZ6T5alTYd4-8

The collapse video is good to watch, it almost looks like a different game. Gene Garber in his third inning of relief rolls through the entire collapse. There would have been like 7 pitching changes now.

the ‘games at london stadium’ split on rick porcello’s b-ref page is gonna be grebt

lolcello

over/under, 5 hr game?

what the hell is this

this game may last longer than a cricket match

cashman and dombrowski frantically trying to get pitchers from scranton/pawtucket on transatlantic flights

This is a bit much.

They wanted MLB but with NFL scores.

sacrificial shawarma

three hours in and we’re in the top of the 5th

I was going to do the shopping after the game but hell.