Baseball Thread

[Meat Target]

I was watching this video on Ronald Acuna Jr...I mean, he's extremely talented and all but God damn this motherfucker is every stereotype about lazy nigger athletes rolled up into one it seems.

Is it really that hard to just run to 1st Base every time ?

"LEt ThEm HavE FuN!"
"ThEy'rE JuSt PasSioNaTe!"

I've played with braggarts and fuckarounds in the more advanced echelons of baseball. They are NOT fun to play with. They're obnoxious. They'll full of themselves. They're shitty teammates.

Over the years, I have personally seen numerous high school and travel ball teams smurf in tournaments for lower-skilled teams. Congrats, fuckfaces, you beat up on a ragtag 17U rec league team. I guess all that "let them play" brouhaha only applies to the deserving prima donna squads, huh?

Every time I see some zoomer at the cages with broccoli hair and upside-down Oakleys on their perfectly flat-billed hat, I grit my teeth and glare at them when they're not looking. Not a good place to be holding a blunt object.

Just because you're good at baseball doesn't mean you're not also an insufferable cunt. Instead, let your playing performance be your bragging.

To the 2 of you, don’t get me started on these analytics faggots. They’ve pretty much ruined every sport

Moneyball and its consequences have been a disaster for sports.

 

[GloryHole Stalker]

And, perhaps I haven't made my intentions clear enough with my use of ((())), so just to clarify... this is yet another thing the jews are ruining. The greedy team owners, the greedy agents, and the analytic eggheads... lots and lots off sheenie last names and hook noses amongst those crews. I suppose they weren't happy that the tribe doesn't have the same over-representation on the field that they enjoy in say... banking, or Hollywood. So like maggots, they've infested the front offices of teams and have imposed their retrograde bullshit on baseball. Truly a God damned shame. Baseball used to be really fun to watch.

 

[Meat Target]

And, perhaps I haven't made my intentions clear enough with my use of ((())), so just to clarify... this is yet another thing the jews are ruining. The greedy team owners, the greedy agents, and the analytic eggheads... lots and lots off sheenie last names and hook noses amongst those crews. I suppose they weren't happy that the tribe doesn't have the same over-representation on the field that they enjoy in say... banking, or Hollywood. So like maggots, they've infested the front offices of teams and have imposed their retrograde bullshit on baseball. Truly a God damned shame. Baseball used to be really fun to watch.

For the longest time, I got Bud Selig and Bugsy Siegel mixed up, so don't feel bad. It's perfectly logical.

But I won't throw shade at talented Tribesmen like Hank Greenberg, Sandy Koufax, or Kevin Youkilis. They're better ballplayers than I'll ever be.

BTW, did you know that Babe Ruth's nickname at St. Mary's Industrial School was "Nigger Lips"?

 

[GloryHole Stalker]

For the longest time, I got Bud Selig and Bugsy Siegel mixed up, so don't feel bad. It's perfectly logical.

But I won't throw shade at talented Tribesmen like Hank Greenberg, Sandy Koufax, or Kevin Youkilis. They're better ballplayers than I'll ever be.

BTW, did you know that Babe Ruth's nickname at St. Mary's Industrial School was "Nigger Lips"?

Not talking about the players, those guys are fine. But surely you have to notice that the guys that have infested and taken over the sport (largely the agents and analytic guys) are these nebbishy lil goofs that once upon a time were the guys that got wedgies and shoved in the lockers by the athletes.

Anyway, regardless of how it happened, and who is responsible, they really ought to roll the sport back about 25- 30 years and it would be considerably better than what we have now.

 

[TheHarbinger]

Not talking about the players, those guys are fine. But surely you have to notice that the guys that have infested and taken over the sport (largely the agents and analytic guys) are these nebbishy lil goofs that once upon a time were the guys that got wedgies and shoved in the lockers by the athletes.

Loser jewish nerds have been dominating sports team ownership and announcing positions post WWII. This is nothing new. Practically every single sports league is run by jews. Most of the top ESPN employees and announcers in the 90s were jewish. They took over sports media in the 40s and 50s. You might have just noticed now but this has been happening for decades.

Very few sports leagues are not entirely run by people with israeli passports. Also baseball has a history of being messed with by jews that goes back over a century. The entire Black Sox betting scandal was organized by jewish crime groups and headed by Arnold Rothstein. Bud Selig was insanely corrupt and current ownership groups are just as bad. Also jews are heavily involved in sports betting and casino gaming which are the two biggest sponsors of practically every single sporting league now.

 

[GloryHole Stalker]

Loser jewish nerds have been dominating sports team ownership and announcing positions post WWII. This is nothing new. Practically every single sports league is run by jews. Most of the top ESPN employees and announcers in the 90s were jewish. They took over sports media in the 40s and 50s. You might have just noticed now but this has been happening for decades.

Very few sports leagues are not entirely run by people with israeli passports. Also baseball has a history of being messed with by jews that goes back over a century. The entire Black Sox betting scandal was organized by jewish crime groups and headed by Arnold Rothstein. Bud Selig was insanely corrupt and current ownership groups are just as bad. Also jews are heavily involved in sports betting and casino gaming which are the two biggest sponsors of practically every single sporting league now.

All of what you say is correct, but perhaps you missed the part where I mentioned the agents and analytic geeks. Yeah, most of the agents were already greasy, grubby jews that would pinch a nickel until the buffalo screams, and analytics were largely scoffed at, but "Jerry McGuire" and the advent of Money Ball gave both a cache they had not previously enjoyed. now the joint is lousy with 'em.

My overall point stands. The game would be relatively simple to fix, but now that the nerds have some power and sway in the sport, they aren't looking to give that up, and I think in general, the higher-ups can't seem to see the forest thru the trees.

Take the post season as an example. Although it's always been this way, to an extent, it's incredibly pronounced and obvious now. Whichever team has the hottest bats, wins. Now however, that means whichever team has the most players with a hot home run stroke wins.


Watching the Phillies flounder in the 2022 WS and the 2023 NLCS because they couldn't out homer the competition, then switch up and capitalize on openings by playing small ball (Which seems to be an almost completely lost art in baseball), was incredibly disheartening.

 

[Armor of God]

And, perhaps I haven't made my intentions clear enough with my use of ((())), so just to clarify... this is yet another thing the jews are ruining. The greedy team owners, the greedy agents, and the analytic eggheads... lots and lots off sheenie last names and hook noses amongst those crews. I suppose they weren't happy that the tribe doesn't have the same over-representation on the field that they enjoy in say... banking, or Hollywood. So like maggots, they've infested the front offices of teams and have imposed their retrograde bullshit on baseball. Truly a God damned shame. Baseball used to be really fun to watch.

Loser jewish nerds have been dominating sports team ownership and announcing positions post WWII. This is nothing new. Practically every single sports league is run by jews. Most of the top ESPN employees and announcers in the 90s were jewish. They took over sports media in the 40s and 50s. You might have just noticed now but this has been happening for decades.

Very few sports leagues are not entirely run by people with israeli passports. Also baseball has a history of being messed with by jews that goes back over a century. The entire Black Sox betting scandal was organized by jewish crime groups and headed by Arnold Rothstein. Bud Selig was insanely corrupt and current ownership groups are just as bad. Also jews are heavily involved in sports betting and casino gaming which are the two biggest sponsors of practically every single sporting league now.

The small hats truly are a sickness to whatever the infest. It's all about trying to extract the absolute last drop of value without any semblance of humanity (well, their empathy is only really reserved for their tribe. Everyone else is a "goy" and not even human).

They and their golems truly ruin everything that is beautiful.

In positive news, it's nice to see Mike Trout having a great start to the season. It's amazing as to how many people have written him off as washed up. I still consider him one of the very greatest to ever play this sport that I've come to love.

 

[Meat Target]

In positive news, it's nice to see Mike Trout having a great start to the season. It's amazing as to how many people have written him off as washed up. I still consider him one of the very greatest to ever play this sport that I've come to love.

He isn't washed up. Rather, his career has been squandered by a mediocre franchise that has him in the golden handcuffs. The only Postseason he's been to was a bust.

Blame the Angels' front office. Their owner only cares about selling merch and accumulating more shekels, not having a competitive team.

 

[Neighborhood Janny]

Taking a look at the standings so far, I'm thinking the NL Central is going to be the division to beat. I think the Reds, Cubs, and Brewers all have a genuine shot at making the playoffs. The Pirates and Cardinals, while they may not be contenders now, have got a good young core of players that are hungry for some respect. I know it's still early in the season to really be caring that much about standings, but keep an eye on these teams.

NL East being dominated by ATL as usual, but the Mets are starting to look like a baseball team. Not a particularly good team, but a team nonetheless. Marlins are severely underperforming and that has been disappointing with the talent they have. Phillies are doing Phillies things, which means they'll be a middling second place finish and either exit in the DS or CS. Nationals seem to have made some improvements, but only incremental.

NL West has had a great rivalry brewing between the Padres and Dodgers. I watched their series this past weekend and was highly invested. After Will Smith calling Jurickson Profar irrelevant, you could see a fire in the eyes of the Padres. Not sure why you'd call a dude with 10 years in the big leagues irrelevant, but this is what happens when you open your mouth, Will. D-Backs haven't gotten into a good groove yet, but I'm hopeful they will be a playoff contender for many more years. Giants, congratulations on being a baseball team. Rockies, please clean your bongs because the resin is starting to turn black.

AL East looks like another dead heat like last year, except the Yankees are actually playing competitive ball. Juan Soto was a great acquisition and he appears to be much more invested in NY than he was in San Diego. Baltimore is doing Baltimore things and I fully expect them to have a deep playoff run. They also haven't lost a regular season series since calling up Adley Rutschman in 2022. Not gonna bother with Toronto or Tampa Bay right now. I feel terrible for the Red Sox losing Trevor Story for the season, but he's also approaching the tail end of his career.

AL Central has been the AL Central. I can't get too hyped about it, but I'm glad to see Cleveland have a winning record. The Royals have come out of the gate white hot, hopefully they keep it up. Tigers are slow burning right now, but I'm confident we will see them in second place for the majority of the season by the end of May. Twins are the Twins, I really don't pay that much attention to them. White Sox are, as always, a dumpster fire franchise.

AL West has been a mixed bag. Houston and the Rangers getting off to shaky starts was not what I expected, just like seeing an Angels team that seems to be playing with something to prove after the loss of Ohtani. The A's have won their last 2 out of 3 series, but I'm not going to put any stock in it until they can string together a competent team. Seattle, what is you doin' baby???? You've got a great pitching rotation and some serious contact hitters that can lay wood. You've got no excuse to be losing.

 

[Local Fed]

Legendary manager Whitey Herzog passed away yesterday at the age of 92.

The Rangers are calling up pitching prospect Jack Leiter, the #2 overall pick from the 2021 draft.

@Armor of God, I've never heard anyone call Trout washed; at worst he's an excellent player, at his best he's still an MVP calibre player. As @Meat Target said he's a victim (I use the word loosely since I don't pity his station in life and he did choose to re-sign there) of terrible team ownership. The other thing is the injury woes. As far as I'm concerned though he's one of the greatest ever and I actually think he really should be way more of a name than he is not just in baseball but across the sports landscape.

 

[Meat Target]

Legendary manager Whitey Ford passed away yesterday at the age of 92.

You mean Whitey Herzog? Whitey Ford died in 2020.

 

[Armor of God]

"LEt ThEm HavE FuN!"
"ThEy'rE JuSt PasSioNaTe!"

I've played with braggarts and fuckarounds in the more advanced echelons of baseball. They are NOT fun to play with. They're obnoxious. They'll full of themselves. They're shitty teammates.

Over the years, I have personally seen numerous high school and travel ball teams smurf in tournaments for lower-skilled teams. Congrats, fuckfaces, you beat up on a ragtag 17U rec league team. I guess all that "let them play" brouhaha only applies to the deserving prima donna squads, huh?

Every time I see some zoomer at the cages with broccoli hair and upside-down Oakleys on their perfectly flat-billed hat, I grit my teeth and glare at them when they're not looking. Not a good place to be holding a blunt object.

Just because you're good at baseball doesn't mean you're not also an insufferable cunt. Instead, let your playing performance be your bragging.

I noticed that Acuna is not considered a World Champion even though the Braves won the 2021 World Series. Is this due to the fact that he wasn't on the postseason roster due to his injury ? If so, then that's a bit of divine justice right there for all of his antics. God is good.

Legendary manager Whitey Herzog passed away yesterday at the age of 92.

The Rangers are calling up pitching prospect Jack Leiter, the #2 overall pick from the 2021 draft.

@Armor of God, I've never heard anyone call Trout washed; at worst he's an excellent player, at his best he's still an MVP calibre player. As @Meat Target said he's a victim (I use the word loosely since I don't pity his station in life and he did choose to re-sign there) of terrible team ownership. The other thing is the injury woes. As far as I'm concerned though he's one of the greatest ever and I actually think he really should be way more of a name than he is not just in baseball but across the sports landscape.

Yeah I think that I've been giving too much credence to random retards in YouTube comments, when it comes to the concept of Trout being "washed". Hope that he can keep this trend going to the full season and stays healthy.

In other news, the Dodgers don't look so great. The bottom of their order can't get on base to save their lives and the pitching, even with all of these big names has been wildly inconsistent. Finding good pitchers seems to be one of the true crap shoots in all of sports. Once Kershaw returns and if he's able to shake the rust off, then things might change but as it stands, I don't think that they can challenge for a World Series.

 

[Fleetwood]

Yeah I think that I've been giving too much credence to random retards in YouTube comments, when it comes to the concept of Trout being "washed". Hope that he can keep this trend going to the full season and stays healthy.

Yeah I wouldn't give that credence, he's going to the HOF unless he takes steroids while beating women in a Nazi uniform and betting on baseball. He's also currently leading the league in HR with 8 in 19 games. He's got some durability issues but nothing so far like the unfortunate cases of Dustin Pedroia and David Wright. If you're into JAWS:

 

[Armor of God]

The Dodgers have strung together a couple of wins after looking quite scrub-tier for a while.

Shohei Ohtani currently leads the league in Batting Average, Slugging Percentage, OPS, Doubles and Hard Hit Balls. He also has the hardest hit ball this season.

That homer he hit the other night sounded like a motherfucking howitzer.

You have to wonder as to whether or not he would be even better if he wasn’t also rehabbing his elbow. He of course can’t keep this shit up forever and will drop back down to Earth, but God damn this is fun to watch.

 

[Meat Target]

Guaranteed Rate, more like Guaranteed Fate, amirite?

 

[Neighborhood Janny]

Guaranteed Rate, more like Guaranteed Fate, amirite?

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The White Sox are the Oakland Athletics of the AL Central. I don't understand why more people aren't upset about their performance but want to rag on the As instead. Compared to the White Sox, Oakland has been on a relative roll and are actually showing some life.

Also, Cleveland supremacy this early in the season makes my dick hard.

 

[Fleetwood]

Wholesome story- MLB's oldest living ex-player turns 100 today Happy Birthday to Art Schallock a WW2 Navy vet and pitcher with champions 1951 and 1953 Yankees.


Rizzuto, Dimaggio, Schallock, and Stengel

 

[Cpl. Long Dong Silver]

Moneyball and its consequences have been a disaster for sports.

Eventually the bill comes due. The Rays are about to drop to the 3-22 White Sox because they literally cannot hit with RISP and their bargain relievers suck donkey dick.

Fuck my life this is going to be a long season for me. I'll still be at the Trop but I'll be fucking miserable.

 

[Preferred Penne]

Cleveland is doing some things.

 

[Bassomatic]

Cleveland is doing some things.

I'm really amped, because I'll be out there this summer and I always had a soft spot for them. Part of going is to catch a game. Them doing well is even better.

Phillies still playing really well.