detectiveconan1
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Really fun game tonight. The umpire was absolute trash tonight though, probably the worst performance I've seen all season. At least he was consistently horrible for both teams.
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MLB 2017 Regular Season OT - 108 years in the making
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Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Ninja Scooter
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Don't worry. Things will get better when you guys trade Brandon Belt and then give Eric Hosmer $130 million to be a worse version of Brandon Belt.
17 Seconds
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they likely don't even need to split against the cardinals
Ninja Scooter
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I hate Jeter as much as the next guy, but the media trying to turn "He bought the team and immediately fired the dead weight who traded off their names to collect a check while doing nothing" into a story is something else.
The shady part is how they're making themselves seem eager to do it, given his company technically doesn't own the team yet, and that they're having the president do it errand boy style, AND that that president is also on the chopping block.
These sound like smart office moves but there's gotta be a PR aspect to this. If you wanna fire a guy literally called Mr Marlin you have to do it with finesse, even if it's a smart business move and will hypothetically give the fans a better team.
evil solrac v3.0
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Jeter the assasin.
I know! BennyhillWTF?.gif
chicagocubsfan
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Damn
chicagocubsfan
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Wade just looked out of gas. Oh well.
Velcro Fly
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Yuck at that entire outing for Wade, especially the 10th inning
Must win for them for the WC.
Lee Chaolan
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Thank God, thought the Mariners just killed Santana
It'll happen this week regardless. I just wanted a split but you always get greedy.
Hendricks is the hard luck pitcher on this team. Seems like he never gets run support.
Hickbilly Deluxe
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Was that a home run bunt I just witnessed? Holy hell that cant be very common.
This is always my favorite of those.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6wbVozp4qsQ
For some reason the tiger sound effect is just timed perfectly and I laugh each time
Except in Bases Loaded
Yup. let's hope the ride continues.
Lee Chaolan
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Holy 6 errors seattle.
Almost makes up for last night ;p
Almost makes up for last night ;p
huh, they took away the error, probably just felt bad. 5 still tho.
evil solrac v3.0
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Meredith Marakovits Is drenched right now.......
This is good, isn't it?
This is good, isn't it?
they are in the playins not the playoffs.
one and done wild card games should never be called the playoffs :/
Lee Chaolan
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Wild card game is such a farce.
162 games, and one dumb flukey game decides who goes to the actual playoffs. Pfft.
Yes, I'm still bitter about 2013.
And who's going to take on that contract?
There is a decent chance the white sox will pick up a big contract or two in the off season.
they are only going to have like a 40mil payroll so they could pick up a big contract eat some of it and trade him for nice prospects.
that being said his might be to much of an issue and the white sox are set at 2nd and short. someone like Jacoby Ellsbury might be a better target for them given they don't have a good CF right now and while he isn't worth the money he is making, he would still be a decent CF.
Don't know how much the yankees are hurting for salary relief though.
Jeter about to get the band back together. A-Rod is going to manage and Cone is going to be the GM.
I fully expect Ellsbury to get traded in the offseason. They're trying to get under the luxury tax and they have an abundance of OFs at the major league and minor league levels (Hicks, Frazier, Cave, McKinney, Florial). If they eat about half of what Ellsbury is owed, they should be able to move him.
then yeah i could see the white sox being a decent trade partner there for them if they can get him mostly for money.
if the rebuild comes together faster than expected he can be the outfield anchor.
if not the white sox could likely eat more of the salary to get a nice return if he has a decent season up to the allstar break next year.
and worst case they just spend some money on him, which they have plenty to spare the next few years budget wise.
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