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Shaboid said:
After wasting half my day yesterday at work reading BS draft rumors, now this?! If I tell you next week that I got fired, it's because of my lack of productivity the last two days.
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I have a couch in my basement, if you need it....

EDIT: WIFI too....

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BoBoBREWSKI said:
LSU up 2-1 after 5 innings.
Beavs got robbed on a foul ball call that was fair that would of brought in at least 1 run, probably 2.
Pat Casey took the blame, said he should of demanded a review, but he also thought it was foul and so did the 3rd base coach.
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^^^ THIS ^^^

Is there no sport immune to horrible calls/refs/umps??? Sure, Casey missed it, and that's great he owns up to it. However, the home plate ump could have, and SHOULD HAVE asked for the replay himself. That game would have ended way differently. Still maybe not a win. But maybe so.
 
Game.

Blouses.

That's why you pay attention at all times. The Beavs' lack of attention on one play very possibly cost them a trip to the Finals.
 
Beavs now join the same category as the 1996 Red Wings, 2001 Mariners, 2007 Patriots, 2015 Wildcats, and 2016 Warriors as having the best regular season in their sports' history, but failing to win the title.
 
Ducks in MBBALL Final Four!
Beavers in BB WS!

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PtldPlatypus said:
Beavs now join the same category as the 1996 Red Wings, 2001 Mariners, 2007 Patriots, 2015 Wildcats, and 2016 Warriors as having the best regular season in their sports' history, but failing to win the title.
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Seattle should have won 4 or 5 WS with players like Arod, Grifftey, Edgar, Randy, Tino, Vizquel.... Nintendo used the 95 team to extort a new stadium and then cut payroll like Gordon Gecko in a Hostile Take Over. I don't consider the 2001 Mariners an "almost team" they were a "never was." Ichiro should have been the final piece of a dynasty. Man Seattle has gotten screwed in the sports entertainment department. I still hate their teams but I understand their sorrow.
 
ripcityboy said:
Seattle should have won 4 or 5 WS with players like Arod, Grifftey, Edgar, Randy, Tino, Vizquel.... Nintendo used the 95 team to extort a new stadium and then cut payroll like Gordon Gecko in a Hostile Take Over. I don't consider the 2001 Mariners an "almost team" they were a "never was." Ichiro should have been the final piece of a dynasty. Man Seattle has gotten screwed in the sports entertainment department. I still hate their teams but I understand their sorrow.
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As the biggest Mariners fan I know (that fandom was gifted to me at birth, as was the tradition for my parents to give each of my brothers a team at birth), I would honestly be satisfied with just a single AL Championship at this point. I hate your Yankees nearly much as I hate the ducks. Doesn't mean I don't respect them or their history. I appreciate your take, too. Griffey, Edgar and Buhner are the ball players that I respect the most from the M's. And besides maybe Nolan Ryan or Walter Johnson, Randy Johnson is the last pitcher I would EVER want to face. Ichiro can go eff himself, as well as the questionable ownership you mentioned. I was glad when he decided to go get his 200 hits a year on a different team.
 
Shaboid said:
Ichiro can go eff himself, as well as the questionable ownership you mentioned. I was glad when he decided to go get his 200 hits a year on a different team.
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Why do you dislike Ichiro! out of curiosity?
 
Ichiro should be universally praised just for what he said about Cleveland.
 
Shaboid said:
He was as much a team player as Russel Westbrook.
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Baseball isn't a team sport (and I say that as someone who likes baseball). It's mostly a series of one-on-one competitions. The closest you really get to teamwork is the double-play combination and pitchers working with their catcher. Ichiro didn't play any of those positions.
 
Minstrel said:
Baseball isn't a team sport (and I say that as someone who likes baseball). It's mostly a series of one-on-one competitions. The closest you really get to teamwork is the double-play combination and pitchers working with their catcher. Ichiro didn't play any of those positions.
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Tennis, wrestling, and fencing aren't team sports. I can respect your reasoning, but come on. Every team in the MLB is exactly that, a team. We will just have to disagree on that one I guess. In regards to Ichiro, I respect can him for what he does on the field. As @ripcityboy alluded to above, I may have more of a disagreement with the ownership at that time, than Suzuki himself. To me, there isn't really a difference between the two though.
 
Shaboid said:
Tennis, wrestling, and fencing aren't team sports. I can respect your reasoning, but come on. Every team in the MLB is exactly that, a team.
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My point is, no one can "hog the ball" in baseball by its very design, unlike with your Russell Westbrook comparison. What did you feel he did that was selfish and hurt the team? I didn't quite follow your "there isn't a difference between" ownership and Ichiro. You felt he did something financially to damage the team?
 
Minstrel said:
My point is, no one can "hog the ball" in baseball by its very design, unlike with your Russell Westbrook comparison. What did you feel he did that was selfish and hurt the team? I didn't quite follow your "there isn't a difference between" ownership and Ichiro. You felt he did something financially to damage the team?
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I have a hard time with it, because I know that Seattle wouldn't even have a team if it wasn't for Yamauchi. Would I have a signed Ichiro to the massive contract he got? No. Mainly because of the reasons you mentioned above about the nature of the game of baseball. Should I hate the player or hate the game, I guess that's the question here. I guess I just don't like the signing. Hell I don't know, you caught me on a bad night. Beavs lose, M's lose after starting a former Beaver.
 
Minstrel said:
My point is, no one can "hog the ball" in baseball by its very design, unlike with your Russell Westbrook comparison. What did you feel he did that was selfish and hurt the team? I didn't quite follow your "there isn't a difference between" ownership and Ichiro. You felt he did something financially to damage the team?
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Many argued throughout his career that he sacrificed having a better OBP by solely attempting to use his speed to beat out slapped infield singles rather than extending at bats and working for walks. Looking at his career, he only broke 50 walks twice in 17 years, and was only top10 in the league in OBP 3 times, despite constantly being near the top in average.

The comparison to Westbrook isn't completely outlandish if one contends that he was pursuing hits at the expense of working pitchers and reaching base more often, as an elite leadoff hitter is supposed to.
 
Minstrel said:
My point is, no one can "hog the ball" in baseball by its very design, unlike with your Russell Westbrook comparison. What did you feel he did that was selfish and hurt the team? I didn't quite follow your "there isn't a difference between" ownership and Ichiro. You felt he did something financially to damage the team?
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Pitchers hog the ball when they pitch a shutout...Hitters put away games with huge leads and hold em...baseball is a team sport...bunting is about as unselfish as a guy could get in a sport
 
riverman said:
Pitchers hog the ball when they pitch a shutout...Hitters put away games with huge leads and hold em...baseball is a team sport...bunting is about as unselfish as a guy could get in a sport
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Very true, unless you don't know how to bunt and you pop it up like a couple of LSU players had. Wish that would have come back to haunt them.

Alas, we couldn't get the hits when we needed them. Or pretty much any of the hits for that matter. Tip of my cap to LSU's Gilbert, with a middle finger towards the ump. Still a great season for Beaver Baseball!

There's always next year
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