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Mediocre Man

Mediocre Man

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I know most of you think baseball is boring, but Giancarlo Stanton is destroying the baseball. Several shots just under 500 feet.
 
It's not my favorite but I like baseball. It's a great sport to have on TV while your barbecuing, eating playing pool with the guys ext...
 
Baseball hasn't been interesting since the early 2000s.
 
I will say that the MLB games this season has moved along a bit faster this season though. So the MLB has made some progress on that!
 
riverman said:
good baseball is always interesting..they play a lot of games so you're going to get a clunker here and there
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The best part is that it's not ruled by a timer.

Yogi Berra was right: "It's not over until it's over".
 
I hate watching baseball sometimes. You can literally not turn on the sport without being reminded about what's wrong with it. I was watching a Nationals game the other day and there were signs around the ballpark that said, "Make Baseball Fun Again." I honestly couldn't remember the last time a heard a bunch of people about it in a positive fashion.

Players like Mike Trout and Bryce Harper show up in magazines and almost apologize for their talent. As if their ashamed of the way they make a living.

It's too long. It's too boring. It's too old. It's dying. It's out of touch. It's too white. If it caused general malnutrition and bad breath I wouldnt be surprised.

I used to look forward to the unique personalities. To Bob Uecker. To Harold Reynolds. To Don Zimmer. To Joe Torre. To the great scribe of the game, Peter Gammons......

There's that great line from Moneyball....

"How can you not love baseball?"

Well Brad..... ask most Americans. They'll sure as hell tell you.

Maybe I can watch the All Star game tomorrow and not have Rob Manfred apologize for all "he has left to change."
 
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ripcityboy said:
I hate watching baseball sometimes. You can literally not turn on the sport without being reminded about what's wrong with it. I was watching a Nationals game the other day and there were signs around the ballpark that said, "Make Baseball Fun Again." I honestly couldn't remember the last time a heard a bunch of people about it in a poaitive fashion.

Players like Mike Trout and Bryce Harper show up in magazines and almost apologize for their talent. As if their ashamed of the way they make a living.

It's too long. It's too boring. It's too old. It's dying. It's out of touch. It's too white. If it caused general malnutrition and bad breath I wouldnt be surprised.

I used to look forward to the unique personalities. To Bob Uecker. To Don Zimmer. To Joe Torre. To the great scribe of the game, Peter Gammons......

There's that great line from Moneyball....

"How can you not love baseball?"

Well Brad..... ask most Americans. They'll sure as hell tell you.

Maybe I can watch the All Star game tomorrow and not have Rob Manfred apologize for all "he has left to change."
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Besides Hockey and Golf this is all we got man...
 
BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 said:
Besides Hockey and Golf this is all we got man...
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You forgot lacrosse. And honestly, I'm so deaf to that discussion it's not worth going in to. But if it more fun to gang tackle the shit out of a sport's identity.... then why the f-ck are we playing it in the first place. At least build some cricket grounds over a bulldozed Fenway Park. We can drink iced and be more Euro-centric. Americans cream in their jeans for anything European anyway.
 
ripcityboy said:
You forgot lacrosse. And honestly, I'm so deaf to that discussion it's not worth going in to. But if it more fun to gang tackle the shit out of a sport's identity.... then why the f-ck are we playing it in the first place. At least build some cricket grounds over a bulldozed Fenway Park. We can drink iced and be more Euro-centric. Americans cream in their jeans for anything European anyway.
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Ah yes lacrosse, who could forget.
 
ripcityboy said:
You forgot lacrosse. And honestly, I'm so deaf to that discussion it's not worth going in to. But if it more fun to gang tackle the shit out of a sport's identity.... then why the f-ck are we playing it in the first place. At least build some cricket grounds over a bulldozed Fenway Park. We can drink iced and be more Euro-centric. Americans cream in their jeans for anything European anyway.
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#LacrosseGamesMatter
 
Sorry, I didn't quite understand--what's changing about baseball that you fellas object to?

I mean, I've heard people complain about two wild card spots and the DH and pitch counts, but some of the previous posts seemed to be getting something more ephemeral, more ineffable, but I couldn't figure out what that was.
 
Minstrel said:
Sorry, I didn't quite understand--what's changing about baseball that you fellas object to?

I mean, I've heard people complain about two wild card spots and the DH and pitch counts, but some of the previous posts seemed to be getting something more ephemeral, more ineffable, but I couldn't figure out what that was.
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I object to the lack of boobz
 
Minstrel said:
Sorry, I didn't quite understand--what's changing about baseball that you fellas object to?

I mean, I've heard people complain about two wild card spots and the DH and pitch counts, but some of the previous posts seemed to be getting something more ephemeral, more ineffable, but I couldn't figure out what that was.
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I don't object to any of the changes. I agree with pretty much every change Manfred has sanctioned. The game needs to be brought back in the inner cities. It needs to be governed by a more conventional time clock. The pitcher needs to be disallowed from stepping off the mound to control the pace of the game. There needs to be more done to modernize it.

But this notion on TV and sports radio that baseball is some antiquated old past time, has no good qualities and deserves no lead coverage or discussion (those extra three hours now provided to "Hey! Let's count the 100 days to NFL TRAINING CAMP or Is LEBRON in Las Vegas?!) While generating our scorn and unconstructive criticism...... Yeah. I DO have a problem with that.
 
I miss the BB Jose Canseco days. Drugs should be legal.


Crap. forgot the green.
 
Orion Bailey said:
I miss the BB Jose Canseco days. Drugs should be legal.


Crap. forgot the green.
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Reminds me of an old SNL skit when they had the all drugs Olympics and Phil Hartman pulled his arms out of his body attempting to lift like a zillion pounds
 
Mediocre Man said:
Reminds me of an old SNL skit when they had the all drugs Olympics and Phil Hartman pulled his arms out of his body attempting to lift like a zillion pounds
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I remember that!!! but I thought it was a play on that old Disney move "the greatest american athlete".
 
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