MLB 2016

Alex_sl said:

People who hate bat-flipping are pussies.

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I don't hate bat flipping, but I still agree that Bautista is a bitch.

joeboo_sl said:

This makes me happy

Bautista is a little bitch. Got plunked earlier in the game as retaliation for his bat-flip shenanigans, and then to retaliate he almost tackles the 2nd baseman on a slide into the bag while the 2nd basemen is trying to turn a double-play. Thats a good way to break a guys leg and put him out for the season.

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I was at this game, I've been erect since this happened.

All you need is Harper on on the BJs and you'd have the biggest bunch of pussies ever assembled.

Alex_sl said:

People who hate bat-flipping are pussies.

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Odor clearly isn't a fan of it and he seemed to handle himself alright.

That punch is really quite the work of art. Glasses fly one way, hat spins and flies the other way, all while Bautista starts to drop like a sack of potatoes. Just a thing of beauty.

Man, it sure looks like Odor tries to peg Bautista right in the face rather than actually making the throw to first. That probably would have ended up fucking up his face way more than a punch.Blue Jays-Rangers brawl and baseball's unwritten rules - Business Insider

What I don't get is why are pitchers after a big strikeout allowed to scream, pound their glove in celebration, shoot imaginary arrows, pump a fist in the air, etc. without being accused of showing up the opponent, yet a bat flip after a HR is suddenly a valid reason to plunk a guy. Unwritten baseball rules are so stupid. Don't these curmudgeons realize the game needs more fun antics like that?

Saw this comment on Deadspin and had a good laugh

Well this puts a dent in the attempt at 3-peating the AL

Mike Moustakas Placed On Disabled List With Torn ACL - MLB Trade Rumors

done for the year

Royals have had some pretty epic comebacks the last few games. What's cool about it is they are almost all capped off by people called up this season due to injuries. They are getting rocked pretty hard with injuries, usually don't see this many position players get hurt in such a short period.

Moose out for the season, Gordon out for a few more weeks at least, Perez probably out for a couple of weeks, and Medlen out as well (though he is a pitcher). It's amazing that they are playing so well with a third of their startering lineup injured.

The moose injury sucks too, it looked like he was going to have a breakout power year

I didn't want to say anything just because it's still only June. It's hard not to be impressed with what they've done so far though.

I kind of feel bad for Gallo (though he still needs AAA seasoning) since it looks like Beltre is going to play until he's 50. Hopefully he can make the transition to 1st.

Lifelong Braves fan checking in.

Kreugen_sl said:

Lifelong Braves fan checking in.

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Agree except for the timing, Braves just swept the Mets. Julio Teheran throws one hit shutout. How long before he's traded to Boston?

.9 WHIP, 3-7 record. SUM TING WONG.

Oh hey we passed the Twins!

But jokes aside, the local teams that get all the airplay are the Nats and Orioles. So I'm not exactly stuck in a desert of bad baseball here, heh.

Kreugen_sl said:

.9 WHIP, 3-7 record. SUM TING WONG.

Oh hey we passed the Twins!

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Basically Zach Greinke when he was with the Royals when we sucked. I think the year he won the Cy Young he still had like 9 or 10 losses because we were a craptacular team. But then we traded him for the players that became the core of a WS winner, so that was alright.

When it was all said and done, we more or less got Lorenzo Cain(all-star CF), Alcides Escobar(all-star SS), Wade Davis(all-star closer), and James Shields(for 1 season) for Greinke. Pretty good haul.