Baseball Thread

[Armor of God]

Good for them tbh. I dunno why but I like the guardians and at least unlike rest of places put thought into new name.

Cleveland is a cool town and should have something good aside LeBron.

They’ll forever be the Indians to me. I’ve watched “Major League” enough times for 10 lifetimes so there is that too.

 

[Mordecai "3 Finger" Brown]

Former Detroit Tigers outfielder & current broadcaster Craig Monroe has been accused by an internet rando on Instagram of sexually assaulting her starting at age 12 beginning somewhere between the years 1995 and 2002 while he was in Florida for Spring Training with the Texas Rangers & presumably boarding with her family

Spoiler: Instagram allegations

The woman claims
-he "regularly slept in her bed" during ST in Florida for subsequent years when she was between 12-15



Presumably these allegations start somewhere between 1995 & 2002 when Monroe was in the Texas system.

She alleges
- forced her to perform handjobs & oral sex on him as a minor
- complains Monroe's junk was huge for her small mouth
- eventually began formally fucking her
- started flying her across the country for sex parties with himself, his friends & teammates when he made the majors
- claims she moved in with him in Detroit in 2011 to continue their relationship
- he would compensate with shopping trips for her acts
- she specifically names former Tigers pitcher Joel Zumaya as participating, formerly infamous for going on the Disabled List with a Guitar Hero injury
- started prostituting her out, giving her 1k to service a "gross White guy in a wheelchair" at a Tigers Fantasy camp
- fucked her after he was married in his cinema room in Frisco with his wife in the house
- no mention of ever informing the police AFAICT
- had all these revelations during ongoing therapy

Spoiler: Car Barbie accuser's Instagram

Accuser appears to be a tatted up middle-aged Lexus sales agent from Florida now living in Detroit (don't have Instagram to investigate further)









This pic is from her profile. Possibly this is Monroe in the picture with her family? Unclear.

The allegations broke publicly this morning. His accuser claims to have informed both the Tigers & Fox Detroit/Bally Sports but claims they "did nothing".

Monroe has been off the Tigers broadcast since June 9th on indefinite personal leave

 

[BIG BILL HELL'S]

- complains Monroe's junk was huge for her small mouth
- eventually began formally fucking her

• Size queens sure do start early these days.
• As opposed to what? Informally fucking her? Was he wearing tails and a top hat at the time?

 

[Mordecai "3 Finger" Brown]

• Size queens sure do start early these days.
• As opposed to what? Informally fucking her? Was he wearing tails and a top hat at the time?

"Formally" was my verbiage, not the hoe's.

Reading the wall of text again, she claims started molesting her at 12 but didn't put p in v until 15.

The story is fucked up if true.

Red flags
- tats on Instagram bio
- doesn't give specific years - gives her age between 12-15, says he was on the Rangers (likely 96-01, drafted June 95, waived Feb 02, would've only been in Florida for ST 96-01)
- no clear indication of current age. 96-01 was forever ago. 12 in 96 would put her around 40, 12 in 01 around 35.
- no mention of police reports, only Instagram allegations on blast and trying to get the man fired by going directly to the team/TV network
- obviously getting molested as child can mess you up. But she reports going to live with him as an adult in 2011 10-15 years after the molestation happened to continue the sexual acts
- she accepted money and gifts while performing sexual acts well into adulthood
- mentions therapy helping her to find her truth decades later

The child/teen sexual assault stuff is unconscionable.

But the story gets sullied by her lumping together seemingly decades of continued association with him willingly as an adult with fuzzy timelines.

 

[Cpl. Long Dong Silver]

This pic is from her profile. Possibly this is Monroe in the picture with her family? Unclear.

Mud shark rent a hoe remorse, bitch is lying

 

[Cpl. Long Dong Silver]

Dog day at the Trop and a Rays win!

 

[Trombonista]

Happy Bobby Bonilla Day, everyone!

 

[Mordecai "3 Finger" Brown]

Click on Detroit archive

In follow-up of the Craig Monroe Detroit broadcaster Instagram allegations

Police in Florida confirm they've opened an investigation

WDIV reached out to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, which confirmed that there is an active investigation into Monroe.

"I can confirm that we have an ongoing investigation involving Craig Monroe,” a spokesperson said. “The only statement I can make at this time is that, ‘This is an active investigation and anyone with information is asked to come forward.’”

The team the network confirm he's off work due to allegations

The Tigers and Bally Sports Detroit sent a joint statement on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, confirming that Monroe’s absence is linked to accusations made against him on social media.

“Bally Sports Detroit and the Tigers are aware of the social media allegations and take them seriously,” the statement said. “As previously stated, Mr. Monroe has not been on the broadcast schedule and that will continue on an indefinite basis. We will have no further comment and any questions should be directed to Mr. Monroe.”

In correction from my previous post, the Rangers currently play Spring Training in Arizona, not Florida (and presumably also did back in the late 90s).

The alleged 12 y/o victim that Monroe was likely boarding at her family home was from Port Charlotte. Placing the beginning of the molestation accusations between 96 and 98.

She said Monroe was playing for the Port Charlotte Rangers at the time. Monroe played 92 games in Port Charlotte in 1997, a full season in 1998, and 130 games in 1999.

 

[Looseleaf Paper]

Damn, went from 5 All-star starters, to winning the world series, to hosting the All-star game without a single starter. A bit bummed but that's what happens when everybody plays like garbage except Josh Smith. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Lean In Ban]

God damn Dodgers lose big after a solid first inning of scoring! Prelude to the inevitable collapse in October

 

[Fleetwood]

Heads up to avoid. I made the mistake of tuning into a similar gimmick NBA Celtics game and it was awful. Sports have been getting more aggressive about this women crap lately. Just in case anyone here is a cubs fan, I would recommend the angels broadcast.

 

[Bassomatic]

Great another publicity stunt, well if you're the cubs I guess it's one way to bring people into paying attention to them. People are more watching the sox getting stomped like American History X and no one's ever really followed them as a team.

You just know they picked some dumb holes who are gonna suck to be able to suck up outrage media. Scummy to throw those girls under the bus because I def know a few women who really know their baseball.

 

[SirCliveSinclairdabbing]

Why are there furries in the crowds? I just want to watch a game of baseball, I come here to be disgusted by the dregs of humanity, can't they leave sport alone?

 

[Mordecai "3 Finger" Brown]

Sports have been getting more aggressive about this women crap lately.

The Jays have 3 women on their broadcast this year.



This is Madison Shipman. She's been part-time studio analyst for the last year replacing a former MLB player.

She's 31-32, played NCAA softball at the Tennessee. Still lives in Knoxville. Has two young children. Has been doing softball on ESPN since 2018.

She doesn't do play-by-play. Mostly does quick studio hits pre&postgame and during commercial breaks.

There's nothing particularly wrong with her personally. I'm mostly annoyed that it's quite obvious that the Rogers corp that owns both the team & the network said "this old white guy broadcast needs more diversity". She has zero connections with the team and is imported from the US. She also sounds very manly and tries to girl boss it hard.

The Jays' other in-studio analysts are both former players: Joe Siddall and Caleb Joseph. Siddall played briefly as backup catcher for the Expos in the 90s and is from Windsor, ON. Caleb Joseph was a long-time Oriole but finished his career playing for the Jays during the pandemic year. Joseph seems to have been hired because he's affable.



This is Emily Agard. She seems new to the broadcast this year.

She also seems like an ethnically ambiguous diversity hire that some dumb executive thinks will court the Zoomer audience.

Her main function seems to be to do cringy stadium hits during innings to showcase new areas that the team installed last season with their major renovations.

They don't actually seem to let her near the players.



This is Hazel Mae. She's the Jays longtime field reporter.

She's a million years old. She was originally a sportsdesk anchor when the competing Rogers cable TV sports network launched decades ago.

The guy in the picture is Kevin Barker, who she is fucking. He's an old Jays farmhand from decades ago that didn't make it out of AAA. He co-hosts the Jays radio call-in because he's fucking Hazel Mae.

Mae left to cover the Red Sox for NESN a longtime ago, then came back.

I don't really have much against Mae, though I don't find she adds much. I respect her for looking great and surviving in a young woman's world despite being old as fuck.

In today's Clown World, this Filipino grandma has between inning ads showcasing her selling Voltaren for her aching joints.

 

[Fleetwood]

women on their broadcast

Yeah the clubhouse reporter being female has become common. I think Suzyn Waldman started it and they replaced her with younger women twice so far. I had a morbid fascination with the Yankees radio broadcasts with John Sterling and Suzyn but sadly John retired this year kind of abruptly. Sterling was often so bad that having an old bag with a heavy Boston accent go on about nonsense wasn't the worst thing. Usually bad sportscasting is just bad but they were something special, so bad it was funny.

 

[Akashic Retard]

You don’t hate the dodgers enough. You think you do but you don’t.

Edit: I just remembered I heard about this from the MATI cast and you’ve probably all already seen it.

 

[Fleetwood]

You don’t hate the dodgers enough. You think you do but you don’t.

Edit: I just remembered I heard about this from the MATI cast and you’ve probably all already seen it.

The worst part about this promotion? You weren't there to flip merch and the giveaway cards.

 

[Mordecai "3 Finger" Brown]

Usually bad sportscasting is just bad but they were something special, so bad it was funny.

Lol.

"But why are they all just standing there?"

"Because Stanton caught the ball."

Nostalgic for clips showing the SkyDome in the old padded blue.

The new renos are hideous and they swapped out the 90s electric blue color palette for more of a Yankees navy.

Also Matt Chapman was in the clip. Glad the Jays didn't overpay him to stick around. Chapman actually played against the Jays in SF last night.

Despite 3B being a complete shitshow between Cavan Biggio (now a Dodger), IKF (career year but is now out for two months injuring his knee during stretching warmups), rookie Addison Barger (went 0-for-a million twice, now in AAA), Ernie Clement (swings at everything, gets Chuck Knoblauch disease, good contact hitter but coaches don't trust him), I'm glad he isn't another aging vet signed to a millstone of a deal.

 

[Train Operator]

Despite 3B being a complete shitshow between Cavan Biggio (now a Dodger), IKF (career year but is now out for two months injuring his knee during stretching warmups), rookie Addison Barger (went 0-for-a million twice, now in AAA), Ernie Clement (swings at everything, gets Chuck Knoblauch disease, good contact hitter but coaches don't trust him), I'm glad he isn't another aging vet signed to a millstone of a deal.

i'm a little surprised they haven't reached out to someone like longoria for a cheep 1 year deal. i know he's not what he once was but he wasn't awful awful when he was healthy last year. (then again i might just be biased since he was my favorite player growing up)

 

[Mordecai "3 Finger" Brown]

i'm a little surprised they haven't reached out to someone like longoria for a cheep 1 year deal. i know he's not what he once was but he wasn't awful awful when he was healthy last year. (then again i might just be biased since he was my favorite player growing up)

IKF was mostly holding down the job with a career year offensively and defensively until he had a mysterious Maicer Izturis-type "I hurt my knee on the dugout steps" type injury a few weeks ago and is apparently gone until well into August.

Ernie Clement, an A's/Indians castoff, is actually one of the best contact hitters in the league. He doesn't walk but doesn't strike out.

The problem is that he's a 28 y/o minor leaguer who doesn't fit into the upcoming rebuild. He'll start against a LHP and get two hits, then immediately get benched against a righty the next night. The coaches and the analytics guys seem to hate him.

He'll also make some great plays at 3B, then completely airmail Vlad at first way too frequently.

The only reason he's playing now is because the other 3 guys ahead of him on the depth chart are no longer on the roster.