You mean I got my tinfoil hat out for nothing?
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It looks very snazzy. A New Years Eve accoutrement?
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All i was getting at is you know more about MLB umps than anyone else i know
I will do a little poking around, but I havenât see anything about it so far.
Now donât go and crash the Amazon website getting your pre-orders inâŠ
Baseballâs most outspoken fireballer brings the high heatâcalling out the hacks, cheats, and ridiculous rules that have tarnished the gameâand pitches a-plus stuff on how to make baseball pure, fun, and damn near perfect.
Baseball has an image problem. The chorus of nonbelievers gets louder every year, and the Major Leagues have made an art of tuning them out. Enter Joe Kelly: a walking, talking, fast-ball-throwing embodiment of why baseball matters. He and his All-Star team of athletes and celebrities have some things to say about whatâs gone wrong with our once great game and how to fix it.
A Damn Near Perfect Game is the loudest insiderâs exposĂ© of the laws and culture of Major League Baseball since Jim Boutonâs classic Ball Four. From Kellyâs perspective as a two-time World Series champion and baseballâs most memeable player according to ESPN, he takes readers on a house-cleaning tour of the clubhouse, the field of play, the bullpen, the front office, the commissionerâs office, and a ballplayerâs restricted life off the field. Kelly has something to say about baseballâs rule changes (pitch clocks, limiting defensive shifts, the designated hitter); hacks (overused analytics, sign-stealing); stale promotion to new fans; and encouraging playersâ emotions (let them fight, bat-flip, and talk sh*t!). Plus, he details how he aired his complaints in an illuminating meeting with commissioner Rob Manfred.
And to show what happens when baseball has some piss and vinegar, Kelly gives the inside scoop on his legendary exploitsâstarting a bench-clearing brawl with the Yankeesâ Tyler Austin, his famous âpouty faceâ scene when calling out the notorious sign-stealing Houston Astros, and wearing a mariachi jacket to visit the White House with his World Series champion LA Dodgers.
You know what they say: those who can, pitch; those who canât, bitch.
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No thanks.
Ugh. Burn âem all.
Let me try this: âmy daughterâs finger painting of the family is the finest portrait since the Mona Lisaâ
Fuck Joe Kelly.
I just wrote and half-erased and re-wrote and re-erased a minor paragraph about how great it would be if he actually proved himself an interesting person. But then you throw at a playerâs head and mock him.
Fuck Joe Kelly.
Also fuck the Dodgers for not releasing him the moment he did that. Fuck the Astros too, and any other team, for not releasing someone who did that shit the moment they did it.
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Unless itâs cheaper than a 6 pack of two-ply, no thanks.
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Joe Kelly toilet paper: canât take shit and collapses under the slightest pressure
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Damn, i just spent my Christmas money on pruning shears!!
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Heretic!
You can borrow my lighter.
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Iâm not sure Koufax isnât the best I ever saw.
And, seemingly, an absolute gentleman.
Just posting this to say how grateful I am for the quality of discussion on this forum compared to other Astros fan sites.
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People already think Iâm a bad driver, should I just start running over pedestrians?
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People think Iâm dumb, should I start sniffing glue?
What - and I canât stress this enough - the fuck
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