Real MLB Thread

[wadesworld]

The one in the ninth was pretty brutal. The pitch was at the level of his elbow pad.

[buckchuckler]

All time douche

And yet, no drunk driving, spousal abuse, drug trafficking, drug use, steroid allegations, fraudulent business dealings, or attempted murder.

Cool story though. 

[Dr. Blackheart]

Athletics are 20 games over .500 yet sit outside of the Wildcard. Mike Fiers is 13-3.

[Cheeks]

And yet, no drunk driving, spousal abuse, drug trafficking, drug use, steroid allegations, fraudulent business dealings, or attempted murder.

Cool story though.

One can be a criminal and a douche, one can also be a douche of a player between the lines.  AJ is that personified.  It is why so many classified him that way as a player.

https://popculturehasaids.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/the-20-biggest-douchebags-in-baseball/

https://flavadave10mlb.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/mlb-all-douchebag-team/

https://www.thesportster.com/entertainment/top-20-douchiest-people-in-sports/


Voted in 2012 by his fellow players as the most hated in the league....he won with handily from his peers.

[buckchuckler]

One can be a criminal and a douche, one can also be a douche of a player between the lines.  AJ is that personified.  It is why so many classified him that way as a player.

https://popculturehasaids.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/the-20-biggest-douchebags-in-baseball/

https://flavadave10mlb.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/mlb-all-douchebag-team/

https://www.thesportster.com/entertainment/top-20-douchiest-people-in-sports/


Voted in 2012 by his fellow players as the most hated in the league....he won with handily from his peers.

I wonder where you would fall is a scoop poll.

Really though,  who cares.  I hated him as a Twin and loved him on the Sox.  His Sox teammates didn't seem to have any real problems with him.

[Cheeks]

I wonder where you would fall is a scoop poll.

Really though,  who cares.  I hated him as a Twin and loved him on the Sox.  His Sox teammates didn't seem to have any real problems with him.

Oh I am guessing I would come out pretty hated by some, but that’s ok.  Feel free to start the poll.  I  don’t give two chits and those on the board that really know me, really know me...met me...broke bread with me...etc, those are the peeps I care about much more. 

Now, AJ’s peers voted him that way, they worked with him daily, far different than people on a message board that few have met.  AJ also got called out for lying to umps, essentially being an agitator and taking advantage of situations when he clearly knew he was in the wrong, but sometime he could get a gullible u p to go for it.  If you ain’t cheating you ain’t trying.  Nothing noble about AJ.  I am not surprised by your response, reminds me of Bulls fans with Rodman and others.  He’s a douche, but when he plays for us he is our beloved douche....right?

[buckchuckler]

Oh I am guessing I would come out pretty hated by some, but that’s ok.  Feel free to start the poll.  I  don’t give two chits and those on the board that really know me, really know me...met me...broke bread with me...etc, those are the peeps I care about much more. 

Now, AJ’s peers voted him that way, they worked with him daily, far different than people on a message board that few have met.  AJ also got called out for lying to umps, essentially being an agitator and taking advantage of situations when he clearly knew he was in the wrong, but sometime he could get a gullible u p to go for it.  If you ain’t cheating you ain’t trying.  Nothing noble about AJ.  I am not surprised by your response, reminds me of Bulls fans with Rodman and others.  He’s a douche, but when he plays for us he is our beloved douche....right?

I smell ALCS tears.  That's all this is about right?

[Cheeks]

Trout 200 stolen bases and 250 HRs before age 28.  Fastest ever to do it by nearly a year.  Need some pitching badly.

[Cheeks]

I smell ALCS tears.  That's all this is about right?

Uhm, did I vote him a douche like his fellow players?  Did that have anything to do with the ALCS?  He earned those honors all by his big boy self for many years.

Fans were asking if AJ was the biggest cheater in baseball for a long time.  Years before the ALCS or the NLCS for which he was accused in both. He is what he is, a douche.

https://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/3212/pierzynski-cheats-romero-loses-no-no


https://landofdavecorzine.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/is-aj-pierzynski-the-greatest-cheater-in-mlb-history/

[Plaque Lives Matter!]

Uhm, did I vote him a douche like his fellow players?  Did that have anything to do with the ALCS?  He earned those honors all by his big boy self for many years.

Fans were asking if AJ was the biggest cheater in baseball for a long time.  Years before the ALCS or the NLCS for which he was accused in both. He is what he is, a douche.

https://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/3212/pierzynski-cheats-romero-loses-no-no


https://landofdavecorzine.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/is-aj-pierzynski-the-greatest-cheater-in-mlb-history/

 

[buckchuckler]

Yeah.  Not clicking on any of your links.  His competitors don't like him.  Big deal.  Would Gibson or Feller have been widely liked? 

You shouldn't believe everything you read in the media.

[Lennys Tap]

Yeah.  Not clicking on any of your links.  His competitors don't like him.  Big deal.  Would Gibson or Feller have been widely liked? 

You shouldn't believe everything you read in the media.

+1. As you previously stated, lots of hate due to the pounding the Sox gave the Halos in 2005. Cheeks can't hate him just because he's a douche. After all, he acknowledges that Crean is the quintessential douche, a douche among men, the Douche for All Seasons,  - and yet he worships at his altar.

Douche or not, I'd want him on my side. Smart, got under opponents skin, kept his cool while others lost theirs. And (in a bar in Detroit out drinking with all those teammates Chico claims hated him, LOL) he picked Journey's "Don't Stop Believin" as the soon to be World Champion's anthem. And now he's as good as it gets in the booth. Love that guy!!!

[Cheeks]

Yeah.  Not clicking on any of your links.  His competitors don't like him.  Big deal.  Would Gibson or Feller have been widely liked? 

You shouldn't believe everything you read in the media.

His Red Sox teammates asked the club to get rid of him, widely known.  Not the only club he played for in which that happened.

[Cheeks]

+1. As you previously stated, lots of hate due to the pounding the Sox gave the Halos in 2005. Cheeks can't hate him just because he's a douche. After all, he acknowledges that Crean is the quintessential douche, a douche among men, the Douche for All Seasons,  - and yet he worships at his altar.

Douche or not, I'd want him on my side. Smart, got under opponents skin, kept his cool while others lost theirs. And (in a bar in Detroit out drinking with all those teammates Chico claims hated him, LOL) he picked Journey's "Don't Stop Believin" as the soon to be World Champion's anthem. And now he's as good as it gets in the booth. Love that guy!!!

It’s funny how much space I occupy in your brain.

[wadesworld]

It’s funny how much space I occupy in your brain.

You’re going to have 5,000 posts in the first year if having this username. That’s a lot of reading for any scoop poster. You take up a lot of space in all our brains.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

+1. As you previously stated, lots of hate due to the pounding the Sox gave the Halos in 2005. Cheeks can't hate him just because he's a douche. After all, he acknowledges that Crean is the quintessential douche, a douche among men, the Douche for All Seasons,  - and yet he worships at his altar.

Douche or not, I'd want him on my side. Smart, got under opponents skin, kept his cool while others lost theirs. And (in a bar in Detroit out drinking with all those teammates Chico claims hated him, LOL) he picked Journey's "Don't Stop Believin" as the soon to be World Champion's anthem. And now he's as good as it gets in the booth. Love that guy!!!

https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=58988.msg1151472#msg1151472

[dgies9156]

Were they always this insufferable or is this a residual effect from the Tony LaRussa era?

Naah, it goes back to the 1920s. We have been the best fans in baseball since the advent of the radio.

Don’t believe we are the best fans in baseball? Just ask us!

[Lennys Tap]

https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=58988.msg1151472#msg1151472

Where did I say I was buckchuckler free? Cheeks has had literally scores of posts I could have ripped in the last week but I refrained. Because I won't talk to him. But he's omnipresent here - in the middle of almost everything. So he will likely come up in conversations with others. Sorry, Mom.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Where did I say I was buckchuckler free? Cheeks has had literally scores of posts I could have ripped in the last week but I refrained. Because I won't talk to him. But he's omnipresent here - in the middle of almost everything. So he will likely come up in conversations with others. Sorry, Mom.

LOL.  OK.  You took a topic about AJ and made it about Cheeks and Crean. 

He's right when he says "It’s funny how much space I occupy in your brain."

[#UnleashSean]

His Red Sox teammates asked the club to get rid of him, widely known.  Not the only club he played for in which that happened.

Could we do a similar vote?

[MUBurrow]

You’re going to have 5,000 posts in the first year if having this username. That’s a lot of reading for any scoop poster. You take up a lot of space in all our brains.

[WarriorDad]

If one is put in the unenviable position to defend A.J.’s antics, he has the losing hand.

[Pakuni]

He’s a douche, but when he plays for us he is our beloved douche....right?

Sports fandom is new to you, I see.

[TallTitan34]

As a former little league umpire (impressive I know), I'd actually blame the umpires for the AJ controversy against the Angels.

Before this play even happened, they were teaching us that the home plate umpire can't always tell if the catcher catches the ball in the dirt from his viewpoint.  As a result the first base umpire (for a righty batter) or the third base umpire (for a lefty batter) should signal either a closed fist (if caught) or a open palm (if not caught) to help the home plate umpire make the call.

[TallTitan34]

He’s a douche, but when he plays for us he is our beloved douche....right?

This is how I felt when Jim Edmonds became a Cub.

God, I hated that guy... until he got a few big hits as a Cub.