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Phillies Win (Again) Edition
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First for Maikel Franco.
Second for first in the ALC
>>67057956
who?
>>67057991
The team holding former Phillies shortstop(and 2007 NL MVP) Jimmy Rollins
>>67057956
>being a dumb frogposter
A's
A's
![latest[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/4X8LVrA.jpg "latest[1].jpg")
>>67057991
>forcing a meme that was ironically started by the Royals of all teams
dodgers!
yankees
Who /mediocre/ here
Astros
GOD I FUCKING HATE BUTTHOLEZ SO MUCH
I HATE HIM BEYOND COMPREHENSION
I HATE HIM LITERALLY ALMOST AS MUCH AS I DID/DO MASTERSHIT AND AS MUCH AS I HATE 117 M GRAPES
HOW CAN YOU LITERALLY BE SO FUCKING SKILLED AS A PITCHER AND SUCK COMPLETE DONKEY DICKS?
I DON'T FUCKING GET IT.
I BARELY EVEN GOT TO WATCH TODAY'S GAME, I WATCHED ONLY LIKE 3 INNINGS AND IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE PERIOD WHERE HE LET UP A GRAND SLAM.
ALSO WONDERFUL TO FIND OUT LATER THAT ELIAS AND RAMIREZ BLEW DICK TOO.
GOD FUCKING FUCK THIS FUCKING TEAM.
Since when does Moustakas lead MLB in home runs?
I thought it was Harper
>>67058617
It's just Royals fans trying to force a meme.
>>67058379
five aces bro
Wake me up when this nightmare ends
>>67058570
still has a lower ERA than david price tho
Can the Phillies go full Longoria with him and pay him early?
>>67058701
Oh woo, a 6.33 ERA
That's just so fucking great.
Really, just fucking awesome.
So let me get this straight.
David Price: 7.06 ERA ($217,000,000 American Dollars)
Clay Buchholz: 6.33 ERA ($29,450,000 American Dollars)
Joe Kelly: 9.35 ERA ($2,600,000 American Dollars)
Rick Porcello: 4.66 ERA (117 Million freshly picked Grapes)
Steven Wright: 1.4 ERA (The God Knuckler Himself, literally a certified God, worth a total $514,000 American Dollars)
The combined staff has a 5.76 ERA.
AND THAT'S ONLY IN THE 5 RANGE BECAUSE OF A FUCKING KNUCLEBALLER
WITHOUT HIM ITS 6.85
THE NUMBERS 1-4 PITCHERS ON THIS FUCKING TEAM HAVE A 6.85 FUCKING ERA.
I CANNOT
FUCKING
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>67058870
>Steven Wright has a 1.4 ERA through 3 starts
literally he is NOT an ACE
>>67058101
I know the sloot on the right srs
>>67057956
>watermarked pepe
>>67058870
>Price has a 7 ERA
>The Red Sox are paying him a gazillion dollars
>>67058946
post bikini pics
Why are Canadian teams so mad that they literally have to "retaliate" every time a player is hit by a pitch?
>>67059119
Inferiority / America's hat complex.
>>67059119
Every team does that.
Plus Hendriks and Donaldson were teammates at one point.
Davis sucks AB anyway desu
>>67059119
Ask the Royos.
>>67059119
t. Jake Arrieta
>>67059119
Muh traditional baseball
why is dota on espn
>>67057985
Talk shit get hit
>>67059360
throw shitty pitch, throw shitty fit
>>67058870
>small sample size
:^)
>>67059660
Fuck that, we've had a big enough sample size on Buttholez, Grapes, and the Cy Young winner.
Obviously overreacting on Price but it's still doesn't help my misery when he sucks dick in his first month with the team.
THANK YOU BASED WRIGHT
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>>67059420
>rags
>>67059769
Fuck Elvis Andrus
are there actually people more pathetic than those that cry when they can't take the banter?
>>67059861
man, imagine if the blue jays had done something to prevent the bat-flip from being the most relevant part of their postseason
like, winning the world series or ALCS or something
>>67059861
canadians tbqh
>>67059861
Tell me that isn't the gayest most immature thing you can do lol
It's always a nignog or a spic too
>>67059930
at least the most relevant part of our post season wasn't getting shut out in a wild card game by the asstros
>>67059930
>>67059932
>>67059974
>getting this bootyblasted this fast
>>67060010
idk man, looks like bawwwtista is more bootyblasted than anyone on spuh
>>67059861
Last season I saw Jeff Samardzija hang one over the center of the plate
A royals player punished him by absolutely killing the ball for a home run
On the next pitch to the next batter, Samardzija aimed his throw inside and plunked the royals hitter.
Later in the inning that runner came around to score as the royals cruised to a 10-1 victory.
It continues to become one of the dumbest things I've ever seen in the history of baseball. I've seen bad erros and bad baserunning before but most of it was due to physical or mental lapses that can happen.
This was on an entirely different level wholely intentional and truly one of the dumbest things I've ever seen in baseball ever. To this day I still can't comprehend it.
>>67060114
truly the epitome of being butthurt and a sore loser, then being a douche and screwing your own team in the process because you can't accept your failure
you people realize canadians dont post anything significantly different in terms of content than americans in these threads and you are literally getting triggered simply by a different coloured flag on a post in a baseball thread on a chinese cartoon forums sports section right?
>>67060114
>muh traditional classic baseball
>Peavy outpitched Fernandez
I know Fernandez is coming off tommy john, but damn
Peavy is literally blind
Thank you for restoring our meme magic, Based Barry
>>67060114
so glad shitsharkman is the giants problem now
>>67060215
>tfw Peavy got a 2-RBI hit off of Fernandez
A legally blind pitcher knocked in two runs against your """"""""Ace""""""" Marlels.
>Broors
>>67060264
>problem
I would be more surprised if he didn't pitch well just to fuck with us who fans some more. Plus the fact that he's back in the babby league in a pitchers park with a great defense behind him
seems to be going pretty well so far
Could you imagine being a cardinals fan if the Cubs win the world series? Hell even when they win it, be it 50 years.
Or a fan of any team in the NL Central?
So glad im not in the same division as cubs. I imagine it'd feel as bad as say being a fan of the AL Central right now that isn't a royals fan.
>>67058870
>yfw Price is actually saving all of his wins for the Postseason
>he doesn't get to use them because the Sox avoid the playoffs like Sandoval avoids a salad
>>67058870
>Five Aces
http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/mp4/2016/04/24/617904283/1461463208521/asset_1800K.mp4
Is Don Mattingly literally retarded?
>>67060486
Yes, and so is the """professional""" baseball player who can't slide all the way to the base
>>67060457
>>67060373
stop
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>>67060519
>>67060314
>Cubs win the world series
There's that ottoman humor again
>>67060486
>Mattingly's face
>Bonds' face
>Based Kruk and Kuip calling out Donnie boy for being a dummy
>>67060563
>Confused and angry Bochy wondering wtf is going on and trying to figure out if there's some kind of next-level strategy happening when it's really Mattingly being a complete fucking idiot
>>67060486
>oh, he's coming off!
>>67060486
gonna be a long season fish
>>67060516
He's clearly trying to avoid a possible throw, you moron. Runners do that all the time.
>>67060789
>>67060745
Charge your phone nigga
>>67060486
He's a bad manager who's always a step behind what's happening. I can't see anyone wanting him after the Marlins tire of him.
Who is the Ultraman of baseball
Royals
>>67060486
Based Barry is always going to look good in black and orange.
D2X, not so much.
>tfw just discovered Brian wilson's walkout music was a blur song
>>67061151
WOO HOO
>>67061151
>brian wilson's walkout song isn't a beach boy song
What a waste
>blur is bad may may
I didn't know I was on /mu/
>>67061187
>I like blur
>>67060486
lol giants announcer with the sarcasm
feeling bad for donnie baseball dude got cucked hard by the dogs
>>67061187
Blur is awful my man
>>67061036
>>67061205
Kruk and Kuip are the biggest homers in broadcasting. It can be pretty blatant and hilarious sometimes
>>67061151
Wut.
IDK about his time with the Dodgers, but when he was a Giant, he used "Jump Around" by House of Pain.
"Song 2" by Blur is the first victory song played after a Giants home win.
>Speed Demon
Vince Velasquez
>Shocker
Jerad Eickhoff
>Boomerang
Aaron Nola
Now, who will be the Beetle and Overdrive of the Future Phillies rotation and round out the Sinister Six?
>>67061256
What the hell are you talking about
>>67061286
okay, so I haven't slept in 3 days, I'm reading a comic book, and I'm also watching the Phillies game from last night. i'm combining all 3 so my brain doesn't fry
>>67061151
Jake McGee came out to Limp Bizkit when I was at Coors opening weekend.
yfw the angels win the ws
>player walks out to some shitty nu metal song like Disturbed or Slipknot.
Every starting lineup is guaranteed to have at least one of these players.
>>67061316
>he didnt listen to chocolate starfish and the hotdog flavoured water when he was a kid
>>67061573
>>67061655
that that one got cocked up
>>67061226
K&K are really comfy desu
>>67061779
I know, they're my favorite and the Giants are my team, it's just very obvious who they're rooting for and they barely try to hide it or fail badly at hiding it. I just find it funny is all
>>67061860
They are very complimentary to opposing teams and players as appropriate. You can be a homer announcer without being an asshole, and that's part of what I like so much about them.
>>67061151
>>67061187
>this not being Brian Wilson's walkout song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51zsxbB8WS8
>>67061948
Yeah, try to listen to Hawk Harrelson so understand how bad a homer announcer can be.
>>67062159
How hard is he going to take it when the Who's fall back down to Earth
>>67062369
How does he still have a job?
Mat.
Latos.
>>67062474
finally flourishing in the comedy central of the little league
>>67062474
Only two memes out of 5 players? This isn't the baseball I know
Any good place to find live and recorded games?
>dat face at 1:19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdAPQmGK1Vo
>>67062678
deserved it
>>67062748
is it even possible to miss that badly
>>67062618
>live
mlb.tv
>recorded
youtube (certain big games only), mlb.tv
>tfw no Jane Lee gf
>>67062678
>That rant
Maybe he should have learned to throw properly before getting on the mound tbqh
Anyone that uses mlb.tv know a way I can navigate to the game recordings without seeing results?
>>67058042
>Gloating about someone who was good 9 years ago
its gonna be a comfy day family
Am I being trolled or is there someone out there writing baseball news articles that actually thinks his nickname is crash?
>>67062874
Who is this and why do you always post the same pictures?
MLB.com loves their pitching faces.
>>67062474
yet another ex dodger reaching greatness after leaving that cancerous coaching staff
GUESS WHAT TIME IT IS LADS
:^)
![image[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Nhcmtcb.jpg "image[1].jpg")
What can we conclude about the 2016 Cubs if they end up splitting a series with the fucking resd?
>>67068563
OMAR
ALL STAR
INFANTE
>>67068563
I wish they kept the ballot offline so that only people that go to games can vote. All Star rosters have been noticeably shittier since.
What do you guys think of this pitchers hitting 8th meme?
I thought it was stupid at first, but in the Giants case, after looking at the lineup it kind of makes some sense because no matter how you arrange the lineup there will always be something a little off and someone batting in a spot they shouldn't. The back to back leadoff hitters at the 9 and 1 spots makes sense imo
>>67069144
Pitchers hitting just sounds like a dumb idea desu
>>67069180
Why I iz stupid?
>>67065068
Problemo?
>>67069194
But when you have the best hitting pitching staff in the league like the Giants you have an advantage over other teams, so it's all good
Also the DH is cancer and the American League doesn't even play actual baseball
>>67069368
>The American League doesn't even play actual baseball
>>67069459
>all star game uses DH
Lol, thanks for proving my point
what did she mean by this?
>>67069368
a ninny league pitcher at the plate is the ONLY forced situation in ANY major sport where 99.9%+ of players in such situation are neither a specialist at that action or even remotely proficient at that action
this is 2016, not 1916. it is literally impossible to be proficient at both hitting and pitching in the modern era
>>67069368
>pitchers stick to what they do best
>hitters stick to what they do best
Sounds like baseball to me desu senpai
>>67069560
:^)
>>67069576
>every player in the league plays in the field and hits
>b-but n-not pitchers!! they're special and might get hurt!!
Sounds like some pussy faggot shit to be completely honest with ya
>>67069585
Why are you still doing nothing to refute the point that the American League plays a corrupted version of baseball?
>>67069754
Corrupted or not they still play better baseball
>>67069843
Except they're not playing baseball
>>67069900
>The lack of a free out = Not baseball
Okay, kid...
>>67068563
Cubs vs Royals All Star Game?
question
why don't TV broadcasts have the camera behind the plate? it would provide a better view of a ball leaving the bat on a good hit (instead of it just flying up out of the frame and switching cameras), and more players see the game from that perspective than from the pitcher's (simply because there's more different batters in a game than pitchers). You would also be able to see runners taking off and taking different leadoffs.
the only thing I can think of is that a camera behind home plate would have to be angled downward in order to see past the catcher and ump, and would thus skew your perspective of the strikezone
>>67069754
Pitchers are paid to pitch. Others are paid to field and hit.
No team wants to lose a multi million dollar pitcher to a leg injury running the bases
>>67069960
Cubs vs Reds
>>67069960
>>67069955
>the lack of any strategy or game management besides "walk to the plate and swing for the fences" = baseball
Okay kid
>>67070034
they have this camera but don't show it all the time. the ump blocks view of the plate
>>67070034
Cant see the McDonalds sign on the backstop if the camera is there.
>>67070084
Right because the AL still doesn't have steals and pinch hitters, using righty vs righty and lefty vs lefty.
No one likes a free out. DH actually makes opposing pitchers have to pitch to all nine spots.
Also would stop padding pitching stats for getting the easy strikeout vs the other pitcher
>AL vs NL shitposting on my sunday morning
jays vs. a's
>>67070137
>>67070263
AL baseball is bullshit but I believe it has its place.
NL baseball for me, thanks.
>>67070263
seriously it just doesn't matter
also everyone has seen every argument 1000 times already
>>67070263
I enjoy watching pitchers swing a bat
>>67070300
Literally barely a difference. Stop acting like people enjoy seeing a pitcher hit
I enjoy watching baseball. AL or NL it is great. Baseball is great. Baseball is love.
Also the only meme thing is DH is using some fat roid idiot in your DH spot like Ortiz/Arod/Pedro Alverez and not just using it to rest everyday players legs.
what if there was a rule that you could only use the same designated hitter once every 5 games
would this improve or worsen the game?
>>67070445
Not him, but watching pitchers hit is one of my favorite parts of baseball. I love watching Peavy knock in two runs with a base hit like he did yesterday and Bumgarner going deep off Kershaw
It's cool how pictures actually get to participate in the game of baseball and give themselves some runs in the NL
Just moved out of market and want to catch my team still. I have Comcast and I'm looking in to MLB Extra Innings. What's the deal with this lawsuit? Can I get a package for just my team instead of paying a million dollars to get every game?
Thanks senpai.
Im at the royals game ama
AL managing is easy mode.
Imagine an AL team running out of pitchers or position players. Just imagine how stupid a manager would have to be for that to happen.
>>67070716
How fat is the average Missouri resident?
>>67070722
He would have to be Don Mattingly level stupid
http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/mp4/2016/04/24/617904283/1461463208521/asset_1800K.mp4
mets braves
>>67070805
>>67070805
>>67070805
>>67070757
2/13 of the people im with are fat so I guess this is a proper measurement
>>67070809
This is my highlight of 2016 season so far.
>>67070809
K&K mocking Mattingly
>yanquis
>>67068563
wew lad
>>67070809
>career AL player becomes retard-grade manager
you can't make this up
>>67070631
Yes seeing the one out of hundreds of at bats is worth the other 99% of awful hitting and easy outs
DH makes you actually plan more
Stop acting like you're 80 years old. You bitch about the forward pass in football too?
>>67070716
How many home runs has Mike Moustakas hit so far?
royals orioles
>>67071503
>>67071503
>>67071503
>>67071222
Irrefutable proof that Royals fans are absolute cancer
carrasco btfod himself
The game is 3 hours away and the dodgers are already down by 4
>tfw alex wood days
>>67071477
GOAT post
>>67071460
>DH makes you actually plan more
Not in the middle of the game it doesn't.
>uh oh, the same half-player who's been in the lineup this whole time is coming up next, what a fucking tweest
>>67071571
It always does because you HAVE to actually try to get the DH out. It isn't a sigh of relif when the DH comes out with two on and none out like it is with the pitcher
post >YFW
>>67071668
>Cubs-Royals All Star Game is a World Series preview
nice
>>67071754
Feels good man
>Cubs in the World Series
>>67071661
So AL managers never have to factor their pitchers hitting as a liability into their considerations of when to pull a substitution/double-switch.
Yep, easy mode confirmed.
>>67071754
>>67071668
There's that ottoman humor again
>>67071668
>>67072150
>not picking old man ross as catcher
baka
>mfw the Cubs are the best team for most of the season and still don't make it to the eries
>rizzo has tied moose for most HR in mlb
>>67071661
>when the DH comes out with two on and none out like it is with the pitcher
An NL manager can pinch-hit for the pitcher in that case, if it's enough of a critical moment and the pitcher has been leveraged enough on the mound already. That's just another decision point that exists in the flowchart of NL managing.
are royals and cubs "fans" actually the same people?
>>67071518
Greene too
>>67072421
https://twitter.com/Reflog_18/status/724304311233183745
https://twitter.com/MLB/status/724306229145694208
jays ""'"''''''''''''''fans""'"''''''''''''''
>>67071460
That's what makes it so exciting when it does happen though. Cueto knocked in a run with a base hit too this year already iirc
Also, pitchers get a hit about half as often as position players. It's not like they literally never get a hit
>>67072769
Throwing home run balls back is fuccboi casual behavior reserved only for Wrigley Field bleachertards.
But fuck, if you're gonna throw it back at least throw it like you mean it.
>>67072769
>chubby cuck who can't throw
>his gf with that "okay honey" look on her face obviously uncomfortable
Top kek get it together, Canada.
>>67072769
I've never seen a ball bounce so sadly
>being happy with a game ball from the other team
but you have to fucking throw it
>>67073502
this tbqh
ITALIAN
STALLION
>>67070208
>National league
>Free out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM9HBJ8TiTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DBm1wARasU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhlB1mqh1hE
>>67073502
This is why you bring a baseball to the game just in case so you can swap it out with the gameball
Matter of fact, just have a baseball on you at all times. You never know when you'll need one
>>67073616
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM9HBJ8TiTY
I remember those first two homers being from the same national broadcast. Piece of shit announcer crew called them differently as if it was a Phillies regional broadcast.
Was Michael Pineda a 1-year wonder?
>>67073866
You realize the fact that not one pitcher, but two pitchers homered off of each other when Hamels hit his, and that's why it was more exciting right?
>>67073952
I also realize that they said "oh no" when Cain hit his, and followed it with commentary about it being unfortunate when giving up a home run to the opposing pitcher.
You do too, right?
>he's "a pitcher who can hit"
>hits .200/.250/.300
>>67073998
You do realize that there has always been an east coast bias in MLB baseball and that most of the country doesn't care about the west coast unfortunately, and that this is nothing new right?
>>67068563
oh fug its time again
>>67074125
You realize that it is not beyond the scope of this board to call out bullshit as bullshit, right?
You realize that you can quielt y go back to posting frogs and other maymays as you wish without further ado, right?
You do realize that this is an annoying way to hold a conversation, right?
>>67074220
You do realize you don't have to respond right?
Angels Mariners
>>67074176
>>67074176
>>67074176
>>67074254
As do you, right?
You realize I was the first to be asked a stupid question, right?
You realize that I was only being polite in replying, right?
>my pitcher sucks and cant hit
>therefor nobody else should be allowed to have their Pitcher's bat
>>67074413
oh look everybody, it's this guy again
>>67074408
>like 3 pitcher dingers per year
>evidence that all pitchers are worthwhile batters
>>67074476
everyday until june 30th
Don't fuck with Javy, white boi
>>67074517
influencing absolutely nobody to vote the same way
nice work
https://twitter.com/talkhoops/status/724320697661562881
>>67074512
>Dingers are the only way for a team to score
>>67074512
>My second baseman is garbage with a bat in his hands, but he's a god tier defender
>Why can't I have a permanent pinch hitter for my second baseman?
>>67074669
pitching is so much more important than any other position that they would all get paid the same if none of them could hit and there were no DH's.
they will never have to hit well to be stars that win games, DH or not
>>67074639
tell this to your ninny league friends who literally use this argument
>>67074767
That doesn't really defeat my argument. If you're gonna have a permanent pinch hitter for one poor hitter, why not pinch hit for all poor hitters? Babe Ruth was an elite pitcher and he was still the GOAT hitter. When he wasn't pitching he played the outfield. Why can't pitchers do that too?
>inb4 pitching is too specialized to focus on anything else.
>asian position players not named Ichiro
>>67074767
I dont give a shit what they use as an argument, it doesnt change the fact that pitchers can hit RBI's
>>67074872
>why not pinch hit for all poor hitters?
The AL has been trying that since 1973...
>MUH ANOMALY GOAT PLAYER WHO PLAYED IN AN ANCIENT ERA
great fucking argument
Nats
Brad Ausmus objects to Bryan Shaw's marriage.
>>67075056
angels
>Fish vs Jints
>>67075101
>>67075101
>>67075101
>>67074980
>Ancient era
And...?
>>67075333
DODGERS V ROCKIES
miggy's gonna strike out and break my heart :(
>>67075330
>le quality of play was as good as it is now meme
stop right there mr. memer
>>67075216
lol
This is getting exciting though.
>Miggy popout with bases loaded
wew lad
kek
http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/174249824/john-danks-skipped-chris-sales-start-tuesday
>the end of Donks is Nye
Someone kill Robbie Ray.
>Angels give up 4 runs in the first inning
>M's immediately give them 3 back
>>67075404
You're right. The quality of play was much better back then than it is now.
Are Blue Jays fans the biggest meme in all of sports?
I miss Rajai
>>67076019
I don't miss Aviles.
detoilet btfo
>>67075818
>the chemo is finally starting
Yes, it's almost over
is pineda really this bad? i mean i might wait like 3 more starts but shit...
this Nats-Twins game is actually making me angry
>tfw if our pitchers actually pitched like they did last season we would easily be sitting comfortable on top of the AL West already
>>67067369
Brad Ausmus is a bitch. Just like Detoilet fans :^)
>Phillies lost today
On one hand, I'm sad
On the other hand, this team is supposed to be bad, and the fact that Franco broke out o his slump makes me happy
Harper just hit a monster homer to tie the game in the bottom of the 9th off a full count.
Bow down and worship, Troutfags
Harper does it again
>No one killed Robbie Ray yet
Fuck
>>67077136
I'm this guy >>67076478 and it's the first smile I've had on my face this game
>>67076591
Why does this Astros fan's face share the same hue as an exhumed corpse?
