Getting Closer to "Play ball"

[JimR (Coach)]

Hey, Navin. Here is a tip. The TV has an OFF button, and if you never push ON, you will not have to watch a second of “news.” Like at my house.

[JimR (Coach)]

@MarkR

In a season where you could do LITERALLY ANYTHING to make it a unique one off, they slapped DH on everyone like they’re planning to do anyway, uncreatively squashed divisions together, and added an already widely disliked rule that doesn’t change anything at all aside from possibly trim an inning or two off of a few games. The good news is, they won’t lose any commercial revenue!

Fuck Manfred and fuck all the fucking toadies under him.

What a fucking embarrassment.

So this.

[MusicMan (Michael Shopoff)]

@Ty_in_Tampa

Really…what’s wrong with a tie?

“Oh, NOW they get it!” - Bud Selig

[austro (Mark)]

@MusicMan

“Oh, NOW they get it!” - Bud Selig

Classic.

[juliogotay (joe roddy)]

Man, I hate Manfred.

[austro (Mark)]

@juliogotay

Man, I hate Manfred.

It’s hard to believe that he could rival Selig, but he’s doing it.

I hope they’re buried close to each other so I only have to make one trip to piss on their graves.

[Bench]

@subnuclear

Really think infections are going to be a big problem. Otherwise, go Astros, will be watching.

Right. Even the best laid plans, etc. etc. and MLB is hardly laying the best plans.

[Bench]

Did you see that under the compensation terms McHugh is going to have to pay the Red Sox in order to play? When he signed he got an advance that exceeds what his compensation will be, so presumably he’ll have to return the overage. I get that the terms are the terms and he got the money in the first place, but that’s wild.

[NavinRJohnson]

@JimR

Hey, Navin. Here is a tip. The TV has an OFF button, and if you never push ON, you will not have to watch a second of “news.” Like at my house.

It’s more my wife’s doing than mine.

[das (david shive)]

@Bench

Did you see that under the compensation terms McHugh is going to have to pay the Red Sox in order to play? When he signed he got an advance that exceeds what his compensation will be, so presumably he’ll have to return the overage.

He needed an advance on his $600K salary for this year from the Sox? What, did the $5.8M from the Astros last year run out already? Odd

[juliogotay (joe roddy)]

$5M ain’t what it used to be.

[HudsonHawk]

I have no idea of McHugh’s personal situation, but a lot of players are not as liquid as you might think. Yeah, they have investments worth millions, but if they needed say $50,000, they wouldn’t necessarily have a roll of Benjamins in their boot at any given time.

[HudsonHawk]

A pitcher could conceivably throw a perfect game and get tagged with a loss.

[JimR (Coach)]

Cabrera was all over that also.

[OK_Boomer]

So, looking for a bright side, we will see a lot of bunting of that inherited runner over. I miss small ball (and, yes, I’m old). Teams may work on it more. A pitcher skilled at this might be a pinch batter to lead off the inning. The stakes are so much higher for that one run.

[HudsonHawk]

Yeah, he’s too quick for me sometimes.

[BUWebguy]

@das

Just to shut everyone up.

Far from shut everyone up, I think it would just add to the yelling. “Fraudulent Astros claim fraudulent title in fraudulent season.” Yay.

[MarkR (Buford T. Justice)]

@BUWebguy

Far from shut everyone up, I think it would just add to the yelling. “Fraudulent Astros claim fraudulent title in fraudulent season.” Yay.

Ah, but then you can say, “I can’t hear you, I’ve got a World Series Ring in BOTH EARS MOTHERFUCKER!”.

Check
and
Mate.

[das (david shive)]

@MarkR

Ah, but then you can say, “I can’t hear you, I’ve got a World Series Ring in BOTH EARS MOTHERFUCKER!”.

That convo didn’t go so well for Aubrey Huff recently.

[austro (Mark)]

@das

That convo didn’t go so well for Aubrey Huff recently.

I was shocked to learn that that turd had two rings.