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Is your body ready for the new Mariners CEO edition
SEA: Howard Lincoln retiring
All other teams news: Irrelevant in the face of this huge headline
>>67146747
InB4 they move to OKC
>>67146747
I'll allow this general because when was the last time you've seen a happy memeiner fan?
Party at LL
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2016/4/27/11520000/howard-lincoln-is-retiring
>>67146747
giants!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>67146820
Ownership hasn't changed. just a 90 year old man retiring
>>67146747
>AL waste is only news
Shit op
>>67146820
Dumb whos frogposters
This is the happiest I've felt as a Mariners fan since Felix's perfect game
LINK TO LIVESTREAM OF PRESS CONFERENCE WHERE?
>>67146895
mariners.com at 3pm PST
Mariners fans and their false hope...it's cute
Only real niggas make the playoffs though. This is Oakland's year
>>67146846
But it's the M's. Humor them for a general before the inevitable happens.
>>67146821
Yesterday. They first place now.
>lastros
>rags
>tfw sweeping the dads as the doyers get swept by the marlels
>>67146909
How, Billy boy is gonna trade your good players for mediocre prospects in July
>Mariners fans finally get good news and something to cheer for
>/mlb/ shits all over them
Why don't you all just admit that you're terrible people?
>>67146909
At least they don't have a disastrous second half meltdown like the A's did. Just stick to the gnats and let us angels rule this shit division.
happy for the M's
t. who's fan
>>67146994
As soon as Mariner fans admit they are casuals
>>67146994
Just ignore the butthurt
>rags
fans
>>67146965
>tfw closing in on first place quickly
>>67147066
>watching yearly disappointments since 2001
>watching King Felix rot since 2005
>casuals
>>67147090
>tfw have a 200 million dollar pitcher for 140 million
>tfw based Sabean comes through again
>>67146994
Why the fuck do only they deserve sympathy?
I hope them and the Cubs have their dreams shattered this year around playoff time. This is sports bruh. ITS REAL NIGGA HOURS UP IN THIS BITCH
>>67146747
Msbros here, I don't follow your FO stuff except your GM fired last year. Whats the actual significance of this news and who's that new CEO in the picture?
>>67147146
>cueto is worth 200 million
>>67147162
>Ass
>real nigga hours
>>67147212
>second-lowest ERA in baseball over the last 5 years despite playing in Great American Ballpark
Stay jelly
First place and playoffs here we come
Celebration time M's bros!
>>67147191
Howard Lincoln has been the owner of the M's since Nintendo bought them.
his decision making and leadership are responsible for many bad things, including Randy Johnson,A-Rod, and Griffey leaving as well as the M's 15 year playoff drought. every bad trade or hire was green lit by him.
>>67147454
To add on to that, he was never a baseball guy. He was given the post of CEO after he retired as CEO of Nintendo of America.
>it's a memeiner general
What the fug.
>>67147490
seriously, Lincoln should have never left his post at Nintendo. He did great things for the NoA.
if he was still in charge, as apposed to Reggie, Nintendo would be far more dominant.
>>67147490
>hiring video games to be your teams owner
Sounds cool on paper. In practice, as we've seen over the last decade and change, not as cool.
>>67146747
Its finally over Seattlebros. He's done!
>>67147454
>>67147490
Didn't Nintendo just announce the NX today?
Something's going on here...
>>67147553
I feel like this has a connection to Nintendo's bad earnings report
>>67147066
Ive been watching since the 80s. Get your casual talk out of here bitch.
>First place
>2 games over .500
>4 series wins in a row
>10 of last 12 games
>HOWARD FUCKING LINCOLN RETIRING
The hype is FUCKING REAL
>implying giants offence
>>67147713
>>67147713
>>67147713
>>67147713
Giants vs Padres. MLB.tv free game of the day.
>>67147720
>>67147720
Nice meme arrows :^)
>>67147720
The 2nd half of the dastardly duo is gone. I'm so happy. M's forever!
>>67147943
Angles btfo
>all these happy memeiner fans
Such a weird site to behold. The memeiners making their fans happy
>>67146909
Cant wait to see manaea get btfo on friday
le flip off the fans man sent to AAA
how can you be this dumb
>>67148115
By firing someone no less. Okay not fired but still.
http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2016/04/27/174879652/noah-syndergaard-walks-around-new-york-city-as-thor
>his team doesn't have the best young pitcher in baseball
Requesting webm of pitch going through catchers legs and bouncing square into the ump's crotch. I think it was an Angels game.
>>67148364
Justice
>>67148280
>>67148304
They do have exploding elbows like the Mets do in Syndergaard, Harvey, deGrom, and Matz though
>>67148364
Seconding I wanna see this
Mets fan reportin
>>67148810
>voting for based jd
>>67148810
good votes
>>67148810
>trevor story
should be in AAA
>>67148810
>story
>>67148810
>Story over Diaz or Crawford
Dude
surely the minor leagues have scouting reports, why did no one know to just pitch story outside until a week later?
>>67148810
>Jewroid Braun
'no'
>>67146747
Anything is better than the current dude.
>>67148810
>Braun instead of Confroto
>Wright instead of Arenado
>Story
6/10
>>67148810
This is objectively correct
>Cody Anderson optioned to Colombus
>Bauer back in rotation
>Carrasco ded
>can't score when Kluber pitches
>Josh "Jamie Moyer" Tomlin
>Danny "where's the strikezone" Salazar
>Bryan "let me blow the lead in the 8th until I get back into rhythm in September" Shaw
>Cody "swing at my meme knuckle curve in the dirt or let me walk you and give up a home run" Allen
pls send help
If your favorite sports team is on this list, you have confirmed patrician taste in sports.
>Arizona Dbags
>Atlanta Barves
>Baltimore Oriolels
>Boston Red Sux
>Shitcongo Cusb
>The Whos of Shitcongo
>Cincinnati Resd
>Cleveland Injuns
>Colorado Rookies
>Detroit Tiggers
>Houston Asstros
>Kansas Shitty Roylels
>Analslime Anglels
>Los Angeles Doyers
>Miami Marlels
>Milwaukee Broors
>Minnesota T___s
>New York Mest
>New York Bankees
>Chokeland Pathetics
>Shittsburgh Pierats
>Philadelphia Phillels
>San Diego Madres
>Shitattle Memeiners
>San Francisco Jints
>St. Louis Methinals
>Tampa Bay Rasy
>Texass Rags
>Toronto Blow Gays
>Walgreen's
>>67149203
I thought Brantly being back was your help
>>67149230
Walgreen's? Whatever happened to Natinals? Or Nation-lels?
>>67149266
He needs to get back into rhythm still and he can't score every run to make up for shoddy pitching
>>67148432
Harvey's already exploded. Who do you think is next?
Whenever I watch Andrew Cashner pitch it just reminds me that every year faggraphs writers insist that this is the year that he will become ace and then I laugh because faggraph writers are retards who actually don't know shit other than how to look up stats.
>>67148810
This is actually good. I disagree heavily with Andrus though. There's at least 3 other SS who are magnitudes better.
>be pierats
>be "dangerous in teh playoffs"
>"this team will go a run"
>"they can get hot"
>get eliminated in one game
Reminder that if you're from SHITTBURGH you should harbor no hope for the future because your baseball team is shit.
Daily reminder the Pittsburgh Pirates currently have the Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) outfield. I can't even be modest about it. Consider it a blessing to witness such greatest as it's happening. Truly a special time to be a fan of baseball.
>>67149354
Speaking of Fangraphs, did DG die? haven't seen his shitposts in awhile.
>>67149500
He's laying low like Kershaw did after Stanton obliterated that pitch from him.
mets fan, but justified
Just remember that The Nationals haven't played a winning team yet this season, and the Phillies could be the first matchup that is
Daily reminder that the Pirates willingly placed their entire 2014 season in the hands of Edinson Volquez by starting him in the 2014 NL Wild Card game.
Why are there no good catchers in baseball right now? That position has become a fucking dumpster fire.
>>67149616
Reminder that Edison Volquez started game 1 of the 2010 NLDS for the Cincinnati Reds
>>67149595
>picking based Castillo
>People who overrated Kerry Wood's 20k game
he faced the lowly Astros, a team that only won 102 games
Daily reminder this happened, which ultimately led to MORE Pirates playoff wins than the Reds have had in 20 years.
>>67149660
Idk about you but when I was a kid playing baseball the last place I wanted to play was catcher. Fuck that shit.
>>67149713
P H I L L I E S
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>>67149660
Hardest position in the game that destroys your knees and makes it impossible to be healthy.
There's a reason the games greatest catchers give kids the following advice on being catchers:
"Don't be a catcher."
>>67149660
they are all being converted to 3rd and 1st basemen in the minors
>>67149882
94th for kershit
Catchers today get converted because their bat advanced much faster than their glove/arm/framing. Or they get hurt in the minors and convert for their potential longevity(Tommy Joseph)
Might as well make the All-Star team starters be the players that will be in the World Series
>>67150090
Could work.
>>67150090
>Asche in Center
>Bourjos anywhere
>lillie fans still exist
Made a pitcher in RTTS
Have a fastball, change up, and slider
Need one more pitcher before i get set up what should it be?
>rags
>>67150147
you can't choose where the outfielders are shown on the selection, otherwise there's no way Kris "Noodlearm" Davis would be anywhere but left field
>>67150186
Knuckleball. Even with low stats computer players can't lay off it for shit. Great strikeout pitch in RTTS.
>>67150186
Screwball
>>67150201
Also, Asche isnt even playing. It's been a cluster of Hunter/Lough/Goeddel
>>67150209
Just, obviously, always try to keep it low.
>>67150187
>INF era
>x9
>>67150209
This. It's quite fun.
>>67150186
Split finger
Literally unhittable
>>67150186
>implying you need another pitch
>>67149660
Salvador Perez?
Buster Posey?
>>67150186
knuckleball for the bantz
>>67149660
Wait until Based Zunino comes back up with his new bat
Is 2011 Gardner the most OP player in Diamond Dynasty?
>batting .450 after like 20 games
>bunt singles every at bat
>>67150209
>>67150296
>>67150468
I guess I'm gonna be a knucklememer
>>67150495
Don't use it as your primary pitch. Just use it as a strikeout pitch.
Did you remember to vote today, Anon?
>>67150522
Yes
It is generally accepted that the all time triples record (Sam Crawford's 309) is untouchable, right? Do you think it could hypothetically be broken if a guy who, under normal circumstances, would hit roughly 150 career triples spent his whole career in San Francisco and abused the shit out of triples ally?
>>67150514
Nah of course not, I like painting the courners and changing speeds to get batters out.
>>67150522
yes
>>67150569
So you would call your pitcher a Rembrandt?
>>67150187
>i'm in the screencap
!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>67150187
>rags
I think anyone ho references a fastball and Jered Weaver should be banned
>>67150187
>ever fails
>>67150736
you just referenced a fastball and jered weaver
>>67150763
A sacrifice I'm willing to make in the name of his ball
To everyone arguing about the sox, cubs, and chicago, relax. The White Sox have always been a team you root for because it's a blue collar city and the Cubs are trust fund babbys and tourists.
And to all calling chicago a shit city it's because of jealousy. Don't go anywhere near the projects and you'll be fine, just like everywhere else in the world. And no, the cell isn't in the projects. It starts about 30 streets east.
>>67150801
>muh blue collar pride
is it possible to start a campaign and get the entire country to vote goins to the all star game
would be fucking amazing
>>67150855
Be the change you want to see
>>67150928
>anything I disagree with is automatically /pol/ shit
>>>/r/eddit
M's bros, the Howard Lincoln press conference is about to start.
>>67151012
Would it be viewable on a phone? I'm away from my house.
>>67151035
not sure, go to Mariners.com and try it
>>67151044
It is. Awesome.
Mariners presser:
http://m.mariners.mlb.com/sea/video/v632946983/mariners-press-conference
>>67151035
why arent you at home
>>67151070
>>67151012
HAAAAAAPENING
>yfw he mentions the NX or Wii U failing
>>67151073
Work related stuff.
oh shit, Nintendo is selling most of it's stock in the Mariners to Stanton
finally
fuck off nintendo
$1.4 billion sale value on top of nintendo retaining 10% stake
new owner was 2nd largest stakeholder in the sonics and voted against move to okc but got shot down
>>67151117
based giancarlo
>>67151117
Owns Kershaw and the Mariners. How based can one man be?
>>67151128
>Being unappreciative of the group that saved the team from moving in 1992
>>67151195
and we've had about 3-4 good years since then
>>67151205
3-4 is better than 0 years you ungrateful Sonygger
>>67151195
I think everyone appreciated that, but it was 24 years ago and the Ms have been a slight dissapoinment for the last 14 years
>>67151195
I'm grateful for Nintendo, I always will be.
but they have mismanaged this team for decades
it's time for a change.
>>67151187
prefer benchmade
>Nintendo will no longer own the Mariners
For years and years I thought that was one of the coolest parts about your team. Shame.
I never thought this day would come
this is like Christmas in April
So are the M's losing a touch of their meme status with Nintendo bailing out?
>>67151326
We'll never get back the lolcats mistake though
>>67151313
it's not a shame, because Nintendo let Randy and Griffey walk, because Nintendo hired Bavasi and Jackie Z, because Nintendo green lit terrible trades and Manager hires.
lincoln just said that iwata dying and his own impending retirement brought this along
>>67151326
Nintendo is still a 10% owner and the board is remaining the same
>>67151354
TY BASED IWATA
TY BASED STANTON
>Cardinals tied for first in dinger
>first in RBI's and Runs
This is bizzaro /mlb/
>>67151367
Pls undastand ;_;
> Reddick
>>67151367
;_;7
>>67151367
For Iwata.
http://thebiglead.com/2016/04/27/raul-ibanez-to-replace-curt-schilling-on-espn/
>>67149595
>Trumbo
>Andrus
>Castillo
Horrid choices, everything else is decent
>>67151367
I might have not liked Nintendo owning the M's all that much but they kept baseball in Seattle and I thank them for that ;_;7
>>67151435
I will forever be appreciative of what Nintendo did in 1992 by stepping in to buy the team and preventing the move to Tampa Bay.
I look forward to seeing how the new group continues the early hot start to this season. This fan base is a sleeping giant and the playoffs, world series in Seattle would see this city going absolutely insane, more so than a Super Bowl because the games would actually take place in our city.. This is the 39th Season of the Seattle Mariners existence, it is time.
DAILY REMINDER THAT IT IS AN EVEN YEAR
>>67151458
>This fan base is a sleeping giant
so just bandwagoners?
>>67151519
No you idiot.
>>67151538
then why the fuck arent they rooting for the memeiners right fucking now?
cuz theyre fucking bandwagoners you dumb cunt
Will Jake Arrieta throw another no hitter tonight?
>>67151568
But they are?
Is dowgrading your chink owners like winning the WS for shitattle fans?
>>67151519
I think he's talking about their energy. If you look at Seahawk fans in their stadium, they're a loud energetic bunch. Probably due to the fact that ever since they got realigned in the early 2000s, they've been high energy. Partly due to the seahawks being decent but if you look at the memeiners, they've been shit for what, 15 years now? Fans now have something to look forwards to instead of the usual depressing M's.
>>67151435
RAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLL!!!!!!!!
wew
>>67151581
then why the fuck arent they at the park? because theyre bandwagoning shitfucks?
wait until (if ever) """"""""fans""""""""""" start showing up at the park and they interview the blondes after the games
>ive been a memeiners fan my whole life
>woooo, look at my vintage Griffey/Johnson jersey
>lol who was Griffey
>Cano is cool
>ive had 6 beers *pukes*
>GO MEMEINERS *gets gang raped*
>>67151624
Is that run differential or...?
Rape? You mean strangers with benefits?
>>67151581
wew lad
>the barfs have 3 (THREE) total home runs
literally what
>>67151651
Its the betting line. For baseball, thats insane.
>you need to bet $363 on Cubbies to win $100
>you need to bet $100 against Cubbies to win $363
>>67151577
probably not as that is very statistically unlikely
>>67151682
>gets creamed during their first home stand
>second just barely started
>wow howcome they're not watching their team get shit on such casual bandwagoners
>>67151668
>>67151650
>boo hoo don't make fun of my shitty team
>>>/reddit/
>>67151721
>i will only go watch my team if theyre on a hot streak
IF THIS IS NOT BANDWAGONING, THEN I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT BREATHING IS
>>67151711
Jesus Christ
>>67151735
Okay so you admit people like to go when their team is winning. I agree. It is human nature anyways.
>>67151721
thats exactly what a bandwagoner is you dumb fuck. not going to games until the team is winning
>>67151754
That's fairweather.
>>67151738
you rarely ever see that for straight win bets, its usually 2.5 at the highest
>>67151754
I don't go to games even they are winning because my team is out of state.
>inb4 rooting for a team not in your state hahaha
My state doesn't have a team to begin with.
Why the fuck do players tape their wrists/forearms?
>>67151754
Fairweather you mean and yeah, Seattle has a ton of them.
Fuck voting for all-stars vote for something that really matters.
http://www.milb.com/milb/fans/food_fight/y2016/list.jsp
Shoutouts to Kannapolis for embracing poverty.
>>67151790
because it looks cool
>>67151746
its being completely unsupportive of your fucking team; people should support their team through thick and thin, all the fucking time, never stop
thats devotion and being a real fan; your bullshit is pure bandwagon
Most recent teams with higher OBP than SLG.
>>67151735
That's fairweather fans. It's slightly different.
Bandwagoners come out of nowhere to watch their first-ever game (see: Canada)
Fairweather fans only go to games if their team is doing well (see: St. Louis)
>>67151826
>mfw the Urban Legends
>>67151850
based smallball
>>67151872
>see canada
why dont you see actual historical attendance numbers cletus
>>67151872
>St Louis
>second in attendance
>third in NL central
do you think before you type?
>>67151889
Not just smallball. Deadball.
>>67151831
There has to be more to it. For an example keeping their wrists tight when they swing the bat to get better extension.
>>67151841
They've been plenty supportive of a franchise/ownership of a team that has done exactly nothing for a long time while having some great names. Johnson, Griffey, A-rod, Ichiro and now Felix. And even after all that shit, they're still making a profit. You can only expect so much from your fans when you haven't done much.
>>67151826
breh
Half of that looks good desu
>>67151367
>a shit game is dedicated to the one man that nearly single handily kept nintendo alive
lel
>>67151910
>Jays """fans""" are NOT a bandwagon.
There has never been a more blatant lie ever written.
>>67150747
sauce for pic?
>>67151945
fug
>>67151970
if youre implying the entire fanbase is bandwagon then you are retarded, how were they middle of the pack in attendance and had higher than average tv numbers despite being a shit .500 team for years before last season
no doubt there were tons of casuals last season and that happens with literally every team
>>67151970
Well no shit there's Canadian bandwagoners but not all of us are. You can make this argument with any team that has had recent success.
REDS @ METS
>>67152041
REDS @ METS
>>67152041
REDS @ METS
Sox and Jays
>>67151855
>>67149354
lmao i haven't seen anything positive posted about cashner in about two years, but fangraphs' blogs are also not sorted in any sort of chronological fashion
pls make a's tigers
>>67148810
>>67149595
where is fowler ya fucking turds
Red Sox at Braves, Cuckler edition
>>67152158
>>67152158
>>67152158
>>67152126
no
Today we shit up /mlb/
Go A's btw
now the dodgers just have to lose
>>67152085
they finally moved on this year but in their little daily chats even last year until a few months in they would say things like "he's just one adjustment from being great! I think it'll happen this year". thank god they also moved on from joe kelly instead of going "muh fip muh fastball muh brilliant red sox fo and scouting department" like they were early last year
>>67151826
Dog bless Ameriga
>>67150563
i really doubt it with the relative size of current stadiums and how cognizant front offices are of defense
inb4 Verlander pitches 6 innings shutout and lets in 4 in the 7th
>>67152178
>Go A's
nice tigers girl
These Tigers announcers are pretty comfy.
>>67152254
Yeah no shit.
Cubes got rained out :c
>>67152348
Kirk Gibson is my dude
Make a gamethread, lazy Detoilet niggers
>>67152450
nah xd
Gray taking out toes
trips and verlander gets another no hitter
dis nigga Gray..
>>67152577
>dubs
Means he allows 7 runs over 7 innings
>>67152577
so close
>JUSTin Upton
>>67152228
huh. even as a padres fan, i couldn't see what all the fuss is about when it came to cashner's trade rumors. a 2-war pitcher ain't nothing, but for a year of control at $7 million? i guess you're likely to recoup a draft pick.
>mfw offday yesterday and rain out today
>two days in a row with no baseball
>RESD
>letting Dudu score from second
wew lad
greatest ally
>>67152687
iktfb
>2016
>dropping popups
>teh month of april
>2, 016
Why are the shitsinatti resd so bad senpaitachi?
>>67152687
All MLB stadiums should require a retractable roof
>>67152577
>shitstain verlander
>ever good again
He is eternally cucked now that his wife's son is his teammate
