Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby stevelxa476 » Mon Jan 27, 2020 19:01:04

Amen.
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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby Uncle Milty » Mon Jan 27, 2020 22:48:53

Ace Rothstein wrote:Mendoza not doing Sunday night baseball this year

Questioning my agnosticism now.
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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby swishnicholson » Mon Jan 27, 2020 22:52:00

Uncle Milty wrote:
Ace Rothstein wrote:Mendoza not doing Sunday night baseball this year

Questioning my agnosticism now.


Sometimes you have to draw a line.


I didn't actually mind her, but sometimes you have to sacrifice truth for the joke

Her Fiers comments were appalling though
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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby philliesphhan » Tue Jan 28, 2020 02:37:51

SixerLed3 wrote:
@JimBowdenGM
There is a growing belief amongst NL GM’s that the DH will be instituted for NL as early as 2021. FWIW.


https://twitter.com/JimBowdenGM/status/ ... 3496084481


Feel like this is a pretty big deal and shouldn't get bottom paged
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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby Uncle Milty » Tue Jan 28, 2020 10:39:16

Best thing for baseball in years
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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby heyeaglefn » Tue Jan 28, 2020 10:51:19

Boomers may not like it but it should be good for the game and for the Phillies.

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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby MoBettle » Tue Jan 28, 2020 11:50:07

Astros agree to terms with Dusty Baker to be their human shield I mean Manager.
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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby ReadingPhilly » Tue Jan 28, 2020 13:00:14

lol at aubrey huff being a snowflake.

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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby td11 » Tue Jan 28, 2020 13:09:41

ReadingPhilly wrote:lol at aubrey huff being a snowflake.

What's this now
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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby BigEd76 » Tue Jan 28, 2020 13:36:10

MoBettle wrote:Astros agree to terms with Dusty Baker to be their human shield I mean Manager.


Not official yet. Everyone's source is Nightengale, who said it was a done deal in an article labelled "Opinion"

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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby ReadingPhilly » Tue Jan 28, 2020 13:49:15

td11 wrote:
ReadingPhilly wrote:lol at aubrey huff being a snowflake.

What's this now

some guy dm'd him about hoping his house burns down and huff got all worked up. claims to have gotten his buddy from the fbi to track down his address. got him fired from his job, has been @ing his wife about the message, has been @ing other followers. total bitch move for the self-proclaimed tough guy.

the best was when jeff pearlman tweeted that he can confirm huff has as small a penis as his tweets would suggest.

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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby momadance » Tue Jan 28, 2020 13:56:43

ReadingPhilly wrote:
td11 wrote:
ReadingPhilly wrote:lol at aubrey huff being a snowflake.

What's this now

some guy dm'd him about hoping his house burns down and huff got all worked up. claims to have gotten his buddy from the fbi to track down his address. got him fired from his job, has been @ing his wife about the message, has been @ing other followers. total bitch move for the self-proclaimed tough guy.

the best was when jeff pearlman tweeted that he can confirm huff has as small a penis as his tweets would suggest.


Pearlman is the best.

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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby td11 » Tue Jan 28, 2020 14:11:16

ReadingPhilly wrote:
td11 wrote:
ReadingPhilly wrote:lol at aubrey huff being a snowflake.

What's this now

some guy dm'd him about hoping his house burns down and huff got all worked up. claims to have gotten his buddy from the fbi to track down his address. got him fired from his job, has been @ing his wife about the message, has been @ing other followers. total bitch move for the self-proclaimed tough guy.

the best was when jeff pearlman tweeted that he can confirm huff has as small a penis as his tweets would suggest.

Lmao. I had seen the pearlman tweet and knew of huff's whole deal on twitter, but didn't know this specific backstory

Pat Burrell should've bullied him more in college
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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby Wolfgang622 » Tue Jan 28, 2020 15:03:59

philliesphhan wrote:
SixerLed3 wrote:
@JimBowdenGM
There is a growing belief amongst NL GM’s that the DH will be instituted for NL as early as 2021. FWIW.


https://twitter.com/JimBowdenGM/status/ ... 3496084481


Feel like this is a pretty big deal and shouldn't get bottom paged


I'd like to say Boooooooooo but honestly the Phillies have had such terrible hitting pitchers for so long and it seems like, aside from the exceptional pitcher who hits well (there are always those), the over all average hitting performace of pitchers seems worse than it used to be. I may finally be coming around on this, since I've given up on the restoration of no interleague play.





Relax, I never thought they'd really end interleague play. It's dumb though.
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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby philliesphhan » Tue Jan 28, 2020 15:31:35

heyeaglefn wrote:Boomers may not like it but it should be good for the game and for the Phillies.


Pretty sure it's an NL vs AL thing, not boomers vs younger people.

Older Yankees fans I'm sure love the DH, particularly since their dumb pitcher couldn't run the bases without hurting himself a few years ago
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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby Shore » Tue Jan 28, 2020 17:15:50

Seems weird the Astros are hiring a manager before hiring a GM.

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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby Stripes » Tue Jan 28, 2020 17:46:34

Wolfgang622 wrote:
philliesphhan wrote:
SixerLed3 wrote:
@JimBowdenGM
There is a growing belief amongst NL GM’s that the DH will be instituted for NL as early as 2021. FWIW.


https://twitter.com/JimBowdenGM/status/ ... 3496084481


Feel like this is a pretty big deal and shouldn't get bottom paged


I'd like to say Boooooooooo but honestly the Phillies have had such terrible hitting pitchers for so long and it seems like, aside from the exceptional pitcher who hits well (there are always those), the over all average hitting performace of pitchers seems worse than it used to be. I may finally be coming around on this, since I've given up on the restoration of no interleague play.





Relax, I never thought they'd really end interleague play. It's dumb though.


Yeah, I much prefer the old-school NL-style of ball, but with inter-league here to stay, they really need to get everyone playing by the same rules.
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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby thephan » Tue Jan 28, 2020 19:04:52

Hitting pitcher is so rare the position is almost an automatic out. The arguments about the beauty and the strategy are a thing for dinosaurs. There's never been a t-shirt that says chicks dig the strategy.
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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby heyeaglefn » Tue Jan 28, 2020 19:16:53

Why don't people like interleague play, only because of the DH? It is weird baseball is the only sport where you don't play every team every year, but I can't imagine never playing an AL team outside of the WS. Doesn't seem like a smart move for viewership or fans if you play 162 games against the same 14 teams.

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Re: Random Baseball News/Discussion: Heading into the 2020s

Postby Bucky » Tue Jan 28, 2020 19:20:47

football?

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