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MLB Off-season Thread 2015-2016 IOTI Back to the Future was a lie
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The Elite
BOSS
What!?
sf2fanatic
Member
That or have him home school while the games are on.
But anyways GL to Adam on retirement. He'll probably end up coaching his son's high school team now
Like... he wasn't actually playing. But both MLB.com and the Astros broadcast said he was in Right Field. lol
it was actually Domonic Brown, I think
He wasn't actually playing either.
bonesmccoy
Banned
LaRoche sucks now and the org wanted to save 12m?
MultiJhonny
Banned
Makes sense lol
you sure? I don't remember if he was in RF but I definitely saw him take an AB
It was a joke, cause he sucks. Lol
Cutch says he's finally feeling healthy and getting power from his legs again (and it's showing in spring)
Hurdle is considering batting Cutch second based on analytics. Cutch has apparently come up with 2 out and no one on a ridiculous number of times.
Last year fangraphs had an interesting article showing that almost all the guys who were giving up the highest exit velocities gave up the most runs. the one exception was Burnett. but by the end of the year that caught up with him.
Hurdle is considering batting Cutch second based on analytics. Cutch has apparently come up with 2 out and no one on a ridiculous number of times.
Last year fangraphs had an interesting article showing that almost all the guys who were giving up the highest exit velocities gave up the most runs. the one exception was Burnett. but by the end of the year that caught up with him.
oh, okay lol. Yes he does
"I'm sure a lot of kids growing up now, down the road, when they look back and see that they were in the clubhouse with their dad, it's going to mean a lot to them down the road," Shaw said. "I definitely do think it kind of molded me into who I am today, and I'm thankful for it."
I definitely knew lots of kids raised in an MLB clubhouse...shit is tragic.
I definitely knew lots of kids raised in an MLB clubhouse...shit is tragic.
Tragicomedy
Member
The kid stuff is confusing. He should be in damn school! Then I see a three year old article where LaRoche says he and his wife don't value traditional school for their boy and he learns well in the clubhouse.
WTF parenting, right there. Good thing the boy will grow up rich, I suppose.
WTF parenting, right there. Good thing the boy will grow up rich, I suppose.
Reed confirmed opening day starter.
Jonny gonna get traded for a bag of weed.
Wait, what?
I thought he was just going in the clubhouse during home games after school or something.
That shit is bizarre.
The only thing he'll learn in that clubhouse is how to swear in multiple languages.
And that 'the gays' should be killed, apparently.
Frozenprince
Banned
The Cardinal Way.
Rather have a bag of baseballs and some executive's passwords.
Astros 25 man doesn't include Reed?
TheBryanJZX90
Member
It's gross that it happened anywhere, and I hope the Cards will back up what they said and actually take steps to stop it, but I reeeeeeealy doubt that kind of language is only present in clubhouses associated with the Cardinals.
I assume this is actually more prevalent in baseball than any other sport, given that more and more of the player base is geographically concentrated in origin from areas like Georgia and Texas.
Frozenprince
Banned
Let me make my joke at the expense of The Great Satan.
And yes, speaking first hand it's widely more prevalent in baseball than it is in most other sports, especially with the influx of LA players. I never talked about my sexuality while playing, it's a landmine waiting to go off.
You didn't even mention giant sausage with hat at the tip of them running around for all to see.
from what I have read the kid doesn't go to school at all, though he might be home schooled from time to time, but he has been traveling with his dad basically being the 26th player for the last 5 years.
Mr. Enigma
Member
Rafael Soriano is retiring. He was signed to a minor league deal by the Blue Jays, but never showed up to camp due to work visa issues.
So are the rest of you Dodgers fans signing up MLB.TV Premium - Yearly or MLB.TV Single Team?
I was going to go for single team, but Premium comes wit At Bat Premium and 60 frames per second (Just bought a Apple TV 4)
Also with Netflix cracking down on people using DNS services, is that affecting U.S. residents as well?
I was going to go for single team, but Premium comes wit At Bat Premium and 60 frames per second (Just bought a Apple TV 4)
Also with Netflix cracking down on people using DNS services, is that affecting U.S. residents as well?
No!!!!
I would like to know this as well.
MultiJhonny
Banned
What if Chris Sale was the one to complain and he is just trying to cover it up...
I just don't understand. If one of my employees brought their kid to work every day, I'd say no. What's the difference here? Some players / coaches / etc. probably don't feel 100% comfortable saying things or expressing themselves the way they normally would around a kid.
It's fine to be there once in a while, if no one has a problem...but it should not be the expectation.
It's fine to be there once in a while, if no one has a problem...but it should not be the expectation.
man this is crazy :lol
yankeehater
Member
I wondering about this. The local sports talk radio station that I listen to said that he doesnt go to school and isnt being home schooled but I dont see how that is legal.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
I think LaRoche said something about he doesnt really believe in school and will learn more being on the road with the team.
I know I would have been fine with this as a kid. I was bored in school so damn much.
yankeehater
Member
See that sounds better to me then people saying that he just isnt getting an education.
MultiJhonny
Banned
Does his kid have some sort of mental handicap? If that is the case then this whole thing makes a whole hell of a lot of sense.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
from what i heard on the radio, the kid is fine.
MultiJhonny
Banned
This now goes back to making no sense lol
HarryDemeanor
Member
No. I have Charter so I get SportsNet LA. They still give you blackouts on MLB.tv so I'm passing until they get rid of them completely.
except that it was in laroach's contract to be able to bring his kid there as often as he wanted and thus should be expected?
he has apparently been doing this for 5 years and was one of the conditions to sign with the white sox, thus why sale is so mad. It doesn't look good when you try to change the terms of the contract after it's been made legally binding.
I am actually surprised the players association hasn't chimed in yet.
actually I thought that it wasn't in his contract "but they said they would do it"
it's a good lesson for the kid that he can learn from being in the clubhouse: get it in writing.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Probably because it wasn't in his contract, and just an understanding he had. These things could change. If Williams thought things needed to change I don't see why this verbal agreement was suddenly untouchable.
it's not in the written part as far as I have heard but a verbal contract of that nature is just as legally binding if the parties involved all confirm it (aka burden of proof), which they have. It wasn't in the best interest of laroach not to have it included in writing, but that doesn't change the fact that the verbal contract should be enforced.
Saying they would allow it and putting it in writing are very different things though.
I'll go back to my work example. I verbally allowed my employees half days every Friday IF they still managed to complete their work, which some abused. I held a meeting telling them I had to take them away. It wasn't in any type of contract, just an agreement that I had with my department. The LaRoche thing seems no different to me.