2023 MLB Thread

[The Sultan]

Nope, I've watched 40/44 games.

On purpose?

[PGsHeroes32]

On purpose?

Yup, love baseball.

and the faster games make it easier. Admittingly its usually on a laptop while the tvs have the NHL and NBA playoffs on

And been to 5 games

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Not MLB related, but my 14 year old son hit his first over the fence on a full sized diamond home run tonight.  Probably a 340' shot on a 300' fence.  Left center.  Absolutely crushed.  Proud papa moment.

[MU82]

Not MLB related, but my 14 year old son hit his first over the fence on a full sized diamond home run tonight.  Probably a 340' shot on a 300' fence.  Left center.  Absolutely crushed.  Proud papa moment.

Seriously, Zig, that's really awesome. A memory both of you will always have.

[Spotcheck Billy]

Not MLB related, but my 14 year old son hit his first over the fence on a full sized diamond home run tonight.  Probably a 340' shot on a 300' fence.  Left center.  Absolutely crushed.  Proud papa moment.

So he's using PEDs now eh?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Not MLB related, but my 14 year old son hit his first over the fence on a full sized diamond home run tonight.  Probably a 340' shot on a 300' fence.  Left center.  Absolutely crushed.  Proud papa moment.

That's awesome. Congrats Zig

[drewm88]

Not MLB related, but my 14 year old son hit his first over the fence on a full sized diamond home run tonight.  Probably a 340' shot on a 300' fence.  Left center.  Absolutely crushed.  Proud papa moment.

Not MLB related...yet. Kneecapping ZFBJR's career before it even gets going.

[PGsHeroes32]

https://twitter.com/mlbrums/status/1659562958119206915


Ill buy withoutbias 1 grand worth of Jimmy Butler gear. And donate another 1 to MU NIL if the Twins get Ohtani.

Ohtani for Correa straight up, who says no?

[tower912]

Everyone

[withoutbias]

https://twitter.com/mlbrums/status/1659562958119206915


Ill buy withoutbias 1 grand worth of Jimmy Butler gear. And donate another 1 to MU NIL if the Twins get Ohtani.

Ohtani for Correa straight up, who says no?

And I'll buy you 1 grand worth of Timberwolves gear if you don't get him.

Wait, nevermind.  You're not a fan so you don't want it anyway.

[MU82]

Jayson Stark in The Athletic about the A's:

They're making the '62 Mets look like the '86 Mets! Oakland is 10-37. It has the worst run differential (minus-166) after 47 games of any team in the history of the American League. Those '62 Mets, the modern standard for the worst team ever, were 12-35 after 47 games and had only a minus-99 run differential.

The A's still haven't had a one-game losing streak.

There's so, so much more. Their rotation has a 7.37 ERA! They've given up at least 10 runs 15 times already (in 47 games)! It took them just 37 games to fall 10-plus games out of next-to-last place! The list goes on.
Need more?

"They're the worst team I've ever scouted," one longtime scout said.

"I honestly think," said an executive from a team who saw them in April, "that that's the worst team I've ever watched in my career."

[MU82]

The A's suck-i-tude isn't limited to their play on the field.

Oakland TV broadcaster Glen Kuiper was sh!tcanned after saying this during a May 5 broadcast in KC:

"We had a phenomenal day today. (N-word) League Museum. And Arthur Bryant's Barbeque."

He apologized later in the broadcast. Like what? I meant to say, "F%cking N-word League Museum"?

That it took nearly 3 weeks for NBC Sports California to conduct an "internal review" before firing him is pretty pathetic, too. Did they have to wind it back and listen to it 500 times, or was the 499th the clincher?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

The A's suck-i-tude isn't limited to their play on the field.

Oakland TV broadcaster Glen Kuiper was sh!tcanned after saying this during a May 5 broadcast in KC:

"We had a phenomenal day today. (N-word) League Museum. And Arthur Bryant's Barbeque."

He apologized later in the broadcast. Like what? I meant to say, "F%cking N-word League Museum"?

That it took nearly 3 weeks for NBC Sports California to conduct an "internal review" before firing him is pretty pathetic, too. Did they have to wind it back and listen to it 500 times, or was the 499th the clincher?

Many companies have internal policies for handling instances of derogatory comments based on protected class (and other civil rights issues). These processes often have various forms of due process baked in that can make investigations take time. If you don't follow your policy and just terminate someone, you could be liable for a lawsuit. Not sure if this is the case here but could be a reason why it took a few weeks

[MU82]

Many companies have internal policies for handling instances of derogatory comments based on protected class (and other civil rights issues). These processes often have various forms of due process baked in that can make investigations take time. If you don't follow your policy and just terminate someone, you could be liable for a lawsuit. Not sure if this is the case here but could be a reason why it took a few weeks

Thanks for the explanation. Makes sense.

[JWags85]

The A's suck-i-tude isn't limited to their play on the field.

Oakland TV broadcaster Glen Kuiper was sh!tcanned after saying this during a May 5 broadcast in KC:

"We had a phenomenal day today. (N-word) League Museum. And Arthur Bryant's Barbeque."

He apologized later in the broadcast. Like what? I meant to say, "F%cking N-word League Museum"?

That it took nearly 3 weeks for NBC Sports California to conduct an "internal review" before firing him is pretty pathetic, too. Did they have to wind it back and listen to it 500 times, or was the 499th the clincher?

That was a weird one.  Everyone within the A's world defended Kuiper's character and the head of the Negro League museum even said he was genuinely thrilled to be there and enthusiastic with his participation at the museum...but you just can't say that, even if it was truly the most accidental innocent slip.  So I don't see how there was any other outcome than his termination.

[MU82]

He accidentally slipped and said the N-word?

I know you're not saying that's what happened, Wags, but even the suggestion of it as a possibility seems weird.

[withoutbias]

He accidentally slipped and said the N-word?

I know you're not saying that's what happened, Wags, but even the suggestion of it as a possibility seems weird.

It obviously shouldn't happen, but when you're trying to use the word Negro it's not that far off from the word he said.

[The Sultan]

He accidentally slipped and said the N-word?

I know you're not saying that's what happened, Wags, but even the suggestion of it as a possibility seems weird.

I mean, he spent a bunch of time at the Negro League Museum just that afternoon. I think slipping and saying the wrong word is a pretty plausible explanation.

[MU82]

Hmm.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

A or r?

[ATL MU Warrior]

I mean, he spent a bunch of time at the Negro League Museum just that afternoon. I think slipping and saying the wrong word is a pretty plausible explanation.

Nobody "accidentally" says that word. That's absurd

[The Sultan]

Nobody "accidentally" says that word. That's absurd

So you thing he purposely said it?

[WhiteTrash]

Nobody "accidentally" says that word. That's absurd

Kyrie 'accidently' says stuff like that and gets paid more. 

[MUBurrow]

Nobody "accidentally" says that word. That's absurd

I don't think that's a tenable position.

[Dish]

The Nashville Brewers is going to end up sounding like the Utah Jazz/LA Lakers/Memphis Grizzlies.