Dmncnby2k9
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Fuck Dilson hits into a DP. #bust
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MLB 2014 Season |OT2| - Derek Jeter Appreciation Thread
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DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
I feel like I could put together a 10 minute highlight reel of catches exactly like that for ROTY Billy. He's one of the lone bright spots in this otherwise mediocre season.
Devin Mesoraco too! Still surreal after all this time the area produced that high a draft choice and he hasnt busted out.
Edit; Sigh
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
Yea Devin is having a pretty good year. He started the season absolutely on fire. He's cooled down a bit since but he's still having an above average year and now that he's our #1 starting catcher he really has a chance to shine. I didn't realize he was from Punxsutawney.
edit: This game is full of impressive defensive play.
edit: This game is full of impressive defensive play.
Yeah it is so far.
Interesting Devin was only the 2nd player drafted from Punxy HS. Other being John Mizerock, who was also a 1st rounder it seems.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mizerjo01.shtml
Interesting Devin was only the 2nd player drafted from Punxy HS. Other being John Mizerock, who was also a 1st rounder it seems.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mizerjo01.shtml
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
So Votto came up lame again after taking a few ground balls before the game today. This will probably delay is rehab for another week or two. At this point is it even worth it to try to get him ready for the end of the season? Really?
The downturn on his career continues. I'm almost willing to bet he was juicing 09 - 11 dude just has no power anymore and he's a shell of his former self.
The downturn on his career continues. I'm almost willing to bet he was juicing 09 - 11 dude just has no power anymore and he's a shell of his former self.
evil solrac v3.0
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already posted there but I want to stop before the soccer brigade shows. i'm too old to get into petty arguments with our *ahem* European Allies.
I see the Tigers also have a hot blond sideline reporter.
huh. but remember now Baseball is on the decline and it sucks. don't forget that.
Dmncnby2k9
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D'Arnaud continues to play great after callup.
2012 and 2013 are also in the 2 million club, 2011 missed by 60k. All dat decline.
w/r/t that thread in OT, wouldn't you say that anecdotally a lot of the new wave of fans in places like Pittsburgh are from a younger cross-section of the population? It seems like the same is true in like Oakland, San Fran, maybe even LA in terms of people treating the ballpark experience like a night on the town.
St. Louis will always be a good old boy haven but it seems like many of the reinvented franchises are throwing that image away really quickly.
St. Louis will always be a good old boy haven but it seems like many of the reinvented franchises are throwing that image away really quickly.
evil solrac v3.0
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damn you Joey Bats.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
Que bomba!
Dominican Power
Member
I wish he was a Jankee.
I dont know if I'd say if just younger people going, I see a lot of old people going. I think for Pittsburgh at least people are realizing that the ownership is now at least trying a little and the product on the field is actually fun and our future isnt relegated(for at least the next 5 years anyways) to being out of the playoff hunt by June and trading away people at the deadline for prospects.
Duane Cunningham
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Woah... I didn't think that would actually happen!
matthewwhatever
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Forget anecdotally: that thread is full of nonsense. Outside of Florida, baseball is doing just fine (and those two teams have their own unique challenges -- an abysmal stadium in the middle on nowhere in Tampa Bay, and evil incarnate owning the team in Miami). I doubt there are any stadiums that are packed with nothing but old people. Individual game TV ratings may not be phenomenal, but 1) neither are TV ratings in general, and 2) overall, it's still doing pretty well. There wouldn't be massive money being poured into RSNs and TV rights if there wasn't some return on investment. (Admittedly, there's a bubble, but when it bursts, every sport will be hit, not just baseball.)
I wouldn't be shocked if he gets traded this offseason.
I wouldn't be shocked if he gets traded this offseason.
Yeah I feel you. I just remember that play-in game last year and the chants of "Cueto, Cueto..." It makes me feel like there is a lot more going on in terms of crowd investment than makes a bar graph.
Dominican Power
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Gardner hasn't done shit since he won player of the week; ridiculous.
Dmncnby2k9
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Only way to stop all the shifting. Surprised more teams dont.
It is pretty ridiculous. You can basically have someone on base and the possibility of screwing up the pitcher pitching from the stretch. Instead, this so called batter's integrity has cause nothing but dumb outs sometime.
Dominican Power
Member
It's not that easy.
You can say that, they didn't get paid millions to bunt the ball. Bunting is suppose to be an essential skill though. It's beyond frustrating when you have nothing to counter the shift. You should know this, you always complain about Yankees' offense.
Dominican Power
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Yankees did something clutch?
weekend_warrior
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Great inning!
Dominican Power
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Ellsbury with the power surge all of a sudden.
Dmncnby2k9
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Sizemore dropped the ball jajaja
CheezyMac88
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Lolphillies
matthewwhatever
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Or the Jays just continued sucking. They're especially prone to that under pressure.
Because of Charlie Morton