MLB 2017
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Ameraves
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I would actually argue that Basketball could be cut in half too!
But yeah, totally get your point.
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Alex
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I really enjoy baseball, but I'll only watch a non-postseason game if it's the Reds or A's. I will watch non-Warriors and non-Bengals games all day. It's much more entertaining for a single game to me. Baseball is way too series-based to really enjoy a single game - which is why baseball postseason is so badass.
Sebudai
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The sport I play the most, by far, is basketball. So I don't want to have people think I hate the sport. I love the sport. But we are about to engage in this half-year fuckin' joke. The Warriors and the Cavs are the teams that are about to determine the championship. Maybe the Rockets will do something. Maybe. Beyond that, for the next few months we are about to watch a complete farce.
And I think people who consider baseball boring and then go watch a basketball game because, I dunno, someone dunks sometimes, are fucking retards.
And I think people who consider baseball boring and then go watch a basketball game because, I dunno, someone dunks sometimes, are fucking retards.
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Sterling
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Warriors, Cavs, Celtics, Spurs, Rockets can all win the title without it being some huge crazy thing. Anyone else would require some very strange happenings. The thing is in basketball you can have an upset in a series, but it's hard for a team to upset 2 or 3 teams in a row so you rarely get anything too crazy. Baseball has so many situational things, and you have different pitchers every game so it's much less predictable on the whole.
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DickTrickle
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Yeah, the nature of the sport and length of playoffs series means, out of all the major sports, it's the one where the teams more consistently perform as expected. Goalies in hockey and pitchers in baseball add a lot more variability since they're more important positions compared to others. In basketball, each position is much closer to equal so there's more consistency.
I guess I just don't see that a negative. It means upsets are less frequent but more meaningful. Plus, I actually like watching good teams play well.
I guess I just don't see that a negative. It means upsets are less frequent but more meaningful. Plus, I actually like watching good teams play well.
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"When did you realize you could actually make it to the MLB? Obviously that's a lot of kids' dream but was there a point you thought "wow this could happen"?
"When I was 13 and tried out for the national team and made it."
"when i was 13 i got detention for writing all over my arms with a sharpie" Haha
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Where will Stanton land? How scared is the fanbase for the team that pays Darvish all that money, going to be?! Are the Padres still a professional baseball team?!
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Muurloen
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Hmmm, I'll actually have to read that SI article when I get it in. The Reds have 5 prospects in the Top 100 (according to MLB.com), which is a really good amount. Only a couple of their prospects look like All-Star potential players (Senzel & Greene) though, which is obviously not set in stone. I am curious to see more in depth, as to why they think the Reds'.
Sterling
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I don't think it's necessarily a negative, it's just something different. There's something to be said for seeing the best team win most of the time, vs the excitement of the hot team winning. Don't think one is better, just different.
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Agenor
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Wow. Gone way too soon. RIP Doc Halladay.
Roy Halladay, 40, Dies After Plane Crash In Gulf Of Mexico
Roy Halladay, 40, Dies After Plane Crash In Gulf Of Mexico
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https://deadspin.com/roy-halladay-killed-in-plane-crash-1820229860
I was hoping there was some outside chance it wasn't him when his plane was found.
Man, Roy was an absolutely incredible pitcher who did most of his work in a stacked AL East. When he got to the Phillies, fans were really able to see how incredible he was. This sucks. I watched so much of Johan Santana and him up through high school & college etc. Rest in peace. He'll have his day in Cooperstown soon..
I was hoping there was some outside chance it wasn't him when his plane was found.
Man, Roy was an absolutely incredible pitcher who did most of his work in a stacked AL East. When he got to the Phillies, fans were really able to see how incredible he was. This sucks. I watched so much of Johan Santana and him up through high school & college etc. Rest in peace. He'll have his day in Cooperstown soon..
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Jive Turkey
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Muurloen
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Jive Turkey
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Not to jump to conclusions, but you gotta kinda suspect mechanical failure, right?
*jumps to conclusion*
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That's heartbreaking, this apparently the 2nd big crash in that A5. Apparently one of their main engineers or something died in one..