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A's
mets looking real good boys
Harold Reynolds just said he thinks Ian Desmond will hit .300 with 30 homers.
>>67157448
hit well, slugger
>>67157387
Come visit SouthSideSox and you might be surprised.
Also everyone fucking relax. It's still April.
You guys may not be sox fans but we know what this team is and what it does
>pic related
So just fucking relax.
>>67157448
hit well slugger
>Trashinals
>>67157448
thank mr skeltal
Remember to vote early and often in the real all-star contest
http://www.milb.com/milb/fans/food_fight/y2016/list.jsp
>let x = current year
>x/2=y
>if y>1 goto WS()
post the best 3-4's in baseball
>blue jays
>>67157475
>Google SouthSideSox
>see link says beating the best
>rags
>gays
>best
Dropped
>over .500 at this point in the season for the first time since 2011
>5 wins in the last 6
>young players doin thangs
>stud closer
feelsgoodman
>>67157532
Minor league food is so much better than MLB food
reminder the braves still have three home runs as a team
>>67157590
>Trashinals have an ez schedule start
Knowing MLB, they'll make june and July hard, and pad late August and september with more Marlins/Braves games
>>67157624
4 now faggot flee in terror weaklings
>>67157590
thank you for beating walgreens
also fuck you i hate you stupid faggot
>>67157581
They played the Blue Jays not the Rays.
>>67157703
They played both actually. Rays came just before the Sox played the Rangers at home.
>>67157448
hit well, slugger
>>67157777
based quads
>>67157756
>>67157703
>>67157581
Tampon Gay Gags = Tampa Bay Rays
Toronto Blue Jays = Turdronto Blow Jobs
Come on people how hard can it be to meme right?
nigga celebrates a walk
Rags didn't rag
9-11 Yankees won't happen
Terrible shame
>>67157978
Tolleson has been tolerable since that one awful game
Who Sox vs Cubes World Series. Who do you root for?
What about Mest vs Memeners?
>be the White Sox
>don't wear white socks
wtf??????
>>67158193
Who's and memes
>>67158193
>rooting for any NL team not my own
Whos and Memes
>2016
>not rooting for the white sox
I mean come on people
>>67158236
?
>>67158311
SHORTS
H
O
R
T
S
version damn it
>>67158276
No go away. Leave the bandwagoners to the cubes. We're happy as is.
>>67158311
Damn these jerseys are /fa/ as fuck
>>67158311
Now they need to wear them 161 more times a year to not be called Black Sox
>>67158401
I bet none of them even thought about sliding that day
>>67157475
>Come visit SouthSideSox and you might be surprised.
Before or after the police shoot him?
>>67158236
I would really like to see them put on a white socks with black striped stirrups look. Kind of like this, but with grey instead of red (or red if you're into that)
>>67158450
It's a blog, you dolt.
>>67158519
Are you implying the question doesn't still apply?
![rob-manfred-mlb-owners-meeting[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/AMFaZ7J.jpg "rob-manfred-mlb-owners-meeting[1]")
If you were MLB commissioner, what autistic rules would you implement?
I'd make sock height a part of the uniform. I don't care if you decide to wear your pants hanging to your heels, but everyone has to wear it the same.
>>67158561
I think the best chance you have of getting shot is if you go upstairs to get your tendies and your step dad is home.
>sox fans reacting to their team having the best record so far but still having no expectations or optimism and having a fear of inevitable disappoint because its only april
>>67158393
>analslime
lmao
>they fell for the Harper meme
>>67158651
16-6 through april is better than the other way around.
i will love the white sox regardless
You can only post in this thread if you've won today
NOT SO FAST, NATIONALS
>>67158651
Winning is such a foreign concept to Q. Makes me smile seeing him like that.
>dbags starting pitching
can't wait to see how the barves fleece them at the deadline
How can >we fix >our offense?
Is jose quintana the most underrated pitcher in the MLB?
if not who would beat him out?
>>67158758
The guy on the right has a detachable face
>>67158776
Kershaw
>>67158758
me on the right
>>67158797
>Kershaw
>underrated
Uh
I know it's early, but baseball seems so..."even" this year. There aren't many standouts, and most teams are hovering around .500, especially in the Western divisions.
>>67158812
Not enough people are comparing him to Koufax.
Who /sweep/ here?
Help me out /sp/, I need that webm of Souza tipping his cap to Moore after making that catch.
Please.
>>67158839
Like 4 insane good teams and 3 insane bad teams and the other 23 all are 3-4 games above or below .500.
But it is April.
I need some Cardinals memes please
>>67158869
We're on a train heading for the Grand Canyon. No bridge, just a ramp, and the driver keeps speeding up.
>>67158869
Back to back /sweep/ here
I'm hearing reports that games in April actually count the same towards your record as games in September. Thought I'd let you guys in on the news.
>>67159015
>butthurt cubs fan detected
>>67158999
Trips confirm
Enjoy the ride
>>67158758
Firesale
Bring up Judge, Mateo, and Sanchez
???
Prifit
Who else is going to enjoy watching who fans dispair as they slowly watch their team implode?
>>67159006
Mrs. Met is a 10/10 desu
Is "its only April" a meme?
Since at the end of the year, two or even one game could be the difference between a wild card or no playoffs at all. We've seen it happen in 2011 with DAT NIGHT and not too long ago when teams like the royals and giants squeeked Intl the WC games by ONE game and went way deep even winning the World Series.
With that in mind, do April games really not matter at all?
>>67159098
>???
>10 more years of futility
reminder that john danks is a perfectly serviceable fifth starter
>>67159124
>slowly
>>67159124
Cubes fan detected.
The funny thing is, the Sox aren't taking any attention from the Ottomans at all. You're still buttfrustrated anyway.
>>67159124
Won't be as fun because they're already expecting it. Cubs fans on the other hand...
>>67159174
they matter just as much. A win in April, or any month can be the difference between life or death
>>67159098
*profit
>>67159200
>>67159174
Beautiful
LGTSS
>yankeks
>lastros
>>67159178
I thought I was the last person still giving Donks the benefit of the doubt. He's done, dude, he will never return to form after that surgery.
>>67159177
>Implying a line up of Mateo, Castro, Harper, Judge, and Sanchez would be bad
Thinking of getting MLB The Show. Is it possible to play RTTS as a SP with a knuckleball, eephus, forkball, screwball combination for the ultimate meme pitcher?
>>67159178
i'm a sox fan, he's dunzo senpai
carson fulmer when
>>67159285
Why would the Phillies sign Mateo, Castro, Judge, and Sanchez?
>>67159178
Is literally because we have no one else for that 5th
>ejohnson uh nope
>jacob turner noope
>fulmer definitely not yet
>gonzales we already saw that was a nope
>scottyc never again
>GBTFO on kershaw's bobblehead night
>GBTFO by a native angeleno
>GBTFO by your former manager
get it together doyers
>>67159287
No eephus, but aside from that, yes. If I were you, I'd use a Running fastball as well.
>>67159287
AI gets stupid sometimes so go for it.
>>67159006
feels good man
>>67159287
I don't think the eephus is in the game anymore.
>>67159339
You can fudge up an eephus with the right settings on your pitch. Like a heavily modified curveball. I've seen people do it before.
how long until the whole nl west is sub .500?
>>67159243
nah, I'm still giving it to him
he was ok last season, especially in the second half, and I still believe he'll be fine this season, especially with the improved defense
of course he'll never be pre surgery danks again, but he's an ok fifth starter
>>67159200
>>67159174
A win matters just as much in April or September
Individual player performances dont matter as much in April. No one expects Mat Latos to run an era under 1 all season
>>67159314
It's also bad because when reality hits Latos, we're double screwed.
>>67159360
>>67159339
Why the fuck would they not include eephus?
>>67159378
Sure sure, I'd hope he'd tamper with everything first so he doesn't go in, spend tons of stubs he's earned through play, then realize he fucked up
>>67159407
as long as he stays healthy he'll be fine. his healthy reality is being a very good pitcher
>>67159409
Could be the same reason that Gyroball never got coded in aside from 08. It was a meme pitch.
>>67159314
we will literally give you dickey for 1 reliever that can get a strikeout
literally 1 strikeout in 1 inning
no im not exaggerating to the point of ridiculousness out of frustration
i literally mean 1 single reliever that can get 1 strikeout in 1 inning
Looking at the whos fans extreme pessimism about their first place team is a huge downer.
Did we bully them too much with the whos meme?
>>67159407
>.167 BABIP
>96.9% strand rate
Gonna crash really fucking hard desu
>>67159447
And Don Cooper is pretty good at keeping pitchers healthy.
Joe Blanton has done more in one World series at-bat than Clayton kershaw has done in his entire postseason career
>>67159465
2010, 2012 and the 3 year fallout bullied us more than you could ever imagine.
>>67159465
they're just a bunch of depressed faggots who can't handle a couple losing seasons
they're going all the way this season
JUST
Reminder that Harvey, Matz, Degrom, and Syndergaard are all going to blow out their arms very soon
Do the O's have even a hope in hell at beating the Who's?
Do we need an empty stadium again?
>>67159619
deGrom is fine. He'll lose it in his late 30s a la Cliff Lee
>>67159537
hopefully they give up on giles and sell low on him soon
>>67159619
stay obsessed
>April doesn't matter
Before the season, FG had the Yankees at a 26% chance for playoffs
After this cold April and them being 8-12 last place in the AL East, that projection is now at 14%
>April doesn't matter
>>67159537
BUT GUYS APRIL DOESNT MATTER
>lastros
Dat Ms jump tho
What hat do you wear in public /mlb/?
You do wear a hat, don't you?
>>67159490
Not to mention they were one of the most healthy overall
>one of the least total days of DL in the past 3 years
>still one of the worst teams in baseball during all 3 of those years
Truly truly the dark ages
>blowgays/who sox thread hits bump limit with 53 unique posters
>these teams dont have any fans
is /mlb/ ever right about anything ever?
>>67159706
>skankees
LEMAO
>>67159741
I have a tattoo tbqh
>>67159804
What was the split? Jays have a good amount even without the wagon; Who's are usually Rbo and a few other /a/nons.
>>67159741
I look stupid in hats tbqh, I strictly only wear them to ball games
>>67159537
I'm no stats nerd but why did the rangers start so low?
As a cardsfag I can't decide if I'm more thrilled by the fact that our hitting has been on point or more worried about how it appears Wainwright has truly hit the wall
>>67159537
>lastros early season collapse
>still better odds than the rags and angles
Kek
>>67159862
noticeably more sox fans in this thread compared to the first game of the series to be perfectly quite honest with you but the tripfag and a few other regulars were there
Royals
>>67159862
Go to the thread and count the flags to see
>>67151855
>>67159923
I'm saddened nobody here likes to talk about us. We have no memes, and our game threads are practically non existent,
>>67159852
I want to get my class-a advanced team that no longer exists tatooed, but don't know where.
live 3 blocks away from the ballpark
>>67159706
14% seems a bit harsh for 8-12. What did the Yankees do to make FG hate them so much?
>yfw the White Sox wake up and collectively remember who they really are
Is there any hope for them inside the next five years or so, or are they gonna get moved to puerto rico?
>>67159174
I think the "it's only April" thing means that you shouldn't get that hyped about a first place team in April, because they could have a terrible rest of the year.
But also, a first place team in August could have a shitty September and then not make the playoffs. So who knows really?
>>67158878
Fellas?
>>67160036
They look like the team they were at the end of last year.
Maybe having that dude's son in the clubhouse was the source of all their problems
>>67159965
cardinals are just boring as fuck because they're always good and their players are also boring and good
>>67160244
Nah, doesn't explain 2009-2014
>>67160247
this 2bh
>literally do nothing of note over the winter
>wainwright being wainwrong
>still going to win close to if not more than 90 games
>Pie Rats
>it was 7-1
>>67160135
The only team that may move is the Rays.
I hope the Rays move
>>67160410
Rays to Cuba
It was inevitable
man there is no marlels doyers game thread
where am i supposed to shitpost
>>67160354
TREVOR
STORY
>>67160514
Marlins have a negative number of fans.
ROCKIES ABOUT TO WALKOFF
>PIE RATS
>>67160538
yeah and i guess since the dodgers lost 2 their guys won't make a thread
>even fucking simmons hits a homerun
BARVES ON SUICIDE WATCH
>mfw the Dodgers are getting swept by the Marlins
>>67160817
Roylels getting swpt by the angles
so i bought the MLB At Bat app to listen to the radio streams.
i had no idea i could actually watch the streams on my phone. wtf this is pretty based.
>>67160916
>not calling it "@Bat"
Missed opportunity.
>>67160817
How
>>67159965
Yeah but redsfags on here get bootyblasted over us a lot, which is funny.
Man, do the Trashinals even have fans? Third best record in baseball, 3-4 great pitchers, best hitter in baseball, and alll I saw were Phillie fans in wasington
>>67161284
Overdosed on meth after Heyward and Lackey jumped ship
>>67161342
>>67161342
Trashinals, not Tardinals
>>67161342
Trashinals = Nationals
Arenadbro walkoff HR incoming...
>bases loaded, 1 out
>0 runs scored
>dodgers
>absolutely no clutch hitting anymore
meme magic is hard to come by in april
break out the brooms
It sucks to know the Dodgers cannot get a decent team together no matter who they sign while the Giants can do it on a 10th of a budget.
Angels babsel!
Vindication
>mfw a roylel bandwagoner called the angels free wins near me
>Raburn chance for walkoff HR to complete cycle
>DP
>>67160916
Chromecast and mlbtv premium is a choice combo f am
>>67161446
Seemed like they spent too much time out with friends and family in California. They're underperforming just as much as the White Sox are overperforming, so, I donno, we'll see
Let's go Royals clapclap
>>67161582
Roylels rekt
Angels gunning for that AL West now.
>>67161371
make it trashionals then
>>67161622
>12-9
>underperforming
12-9 is a playoff winning percentage, still the 3rd best record in the league. also most places again predicted the royals would be shit
>white sox have 4 more wins than anyone else in the AL
>>67161424
....I meant in his next at bat. Check back in the 14th.
>>67161684
No
Trashinals
Is it just me or has been there been a lot more sloppy defense so far this year?
Seems like whoever I'm watching I'm seeing more errors and balls not being fielded cleanly than usual
Whelp at least thanks for coming. On a side note, I noticed all the Dodger fans left and no longer start any gamethreads. Hey guys tough shit I told you this was going to happen and you all didn't believe me. Face it, the front office doesn't give a shit and they just sign whatever they think might put people in seats. It backfired and now there is no hope for the Dodgers.
>Dodgers
>>67160817
Scratch that. This is a four game series apparently. The Dodgers will get swept tomorrow
so I saw my first ever baseball game last week in toronto and I can honestly say I've never watched anything more boring in my life.
How these people can be called athletes and get paid as much as they do is beyond me. Awful, awful "sport". Just felt like saying this, carry on.
>>67161714
then I'll keep thinking that's the cardinals
the cardinals are also the hackinals and methinals, among other names, not just the tardinals
>>67161757
Thanks for the opinion justin
>>67161757
It's the greatest game ever created
why the fuck are fans squealing in the rockies game
>>67161782
pretty unnerving
>>67161782
It's the Pirates fans woo-ing
They do it everywhere
Don't ask me to explain I have no idea
>>67161728
It's fucking April. Bats and hands are literally cold. First season of baseball?
>>67161728
Because all batters do is fucking strike out. All the fielders are unfocused.
>>67161751
No need to scratch that.
Sweep is happening
>>67161827
Lol no, how could I see sloppier defense than usual if this is my first time watching baseball? Cold hands isn't an excuse to bobble ground balls every time I turn on the tv
What "good" team has the least existent fanbase?
>>67161888
mest
>>67161757
>>67161757
>How these people can be called athletes and get paid as much as they do is beyond me
extremely strong players union and no salary caps
>furpuck opinions
>>67161888
White Sox
Best team in the AL West here
>>67161888
Why did you put "good" in quotes?
>>67161888
on /sp/ it has to be the cardinals
>>67161925
He said good
>>67161888
Nationals by far.
Are there any good baseball animes on Hulu? I noticed big windup and the ace of the diamond were on there
>>67157426
pathetic crop
>>67161777
Canada getting rekt by these integers
>>67161943
because some teams look good despite not being really any good at all. Like, they spent the first month of baseball playing the Braves, Twins, and Phillies
>>67161925
Who?
I feel like some stadium designers just gave up when it came to center field. Like, Target Field is just a giant black rectangle, or Nationals Park is a hole and grass. But parks like PNC park, or Coors Field livened up the joint. Fuck, even the Marlins did... something
>>67161947
If I was a Cardinals fan I sure wouldn't post about it, not with one of the most dedicated autists of all time waiting for anyone to say anything at all about them
>>67162036
Is it me?
>>67162023
CF is supposed to be the batters eye. It's supposed to be a giant dark rectangle. I don't know what the fuck the marlins were thinking.
>>67161941
>AAA
looks about right
>>67162082
Yeah, but fucking compare the boring black hole that is Target Field's batter's eye to let's say...
>>67162094
>This is the second hottest woman in Oakland
>>67162094
los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
AAA
even their own name belongs in AAA
TREVOR STORY UP WITH 2 OUTS AND RUNNERS ON 2ND AND 3RD DOWN BY 1
>>67161941
ayy lmao
Story just got robbed. That pitch was clearly inside.
>>67162121
WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?
WHAT THE FUCK
FUCK YEAR SHARK
Umpires have been extra ass this year. It's like they're trying to get replaced with robots
>>67162139
Hit the paint. Good call.
>>67162139
>>67162121
Not even a Rockies fan and I'm livid. That is bullshit.
>>67162167
Check the pitch trax. The hell it was.
>>67162166
I'd the robots aren't coming, then teams are going to start looking for pitch framing catchers. Wow umps. Absolutely terrible.
>>67162185
Close enough for a final strike in extra innings. Zone widens in those situations. You have to defend the plate on 2-0. Better learn quickly Story.
>>67162207
I mean 0-2
>>67162207
That didn't even look close in the eye test and the pitch trax immediately showed it way inside. Utter bullshit. Story would have hit a walkoff.
>>67158878
Anyone please help
>>67162167
Kek, take off those yellow glasses. That wasn't even close to the paint.
>>67162220
There's nothing guaranteeing that if it's a ball. It could be 1-2, then he grounds out
>>67162207
Guarantee you wouldn't be saying that if that were McCutchen at the plate.
>marlins actually won 4 in a row
WTF
>>67162292
You're probably right but idgaftbh that game needed to end one way or another
>4th place is 1 game behind 1st
It's gonna be another one of those years
>>67162120
didn't recall that and I just watched it
so I rewatched and that's not even close to what happened
not even the right number of pitches, it was never 3-1, pitch 3 never happened, it was thrown but time was called before that
pitches 4 (actually pitch 3) was borderline but probably high, pitch 6 (actually pitch 5) was almost face level high
>>67162278
this pitch was inside though, not nearly that far
on the overhead it was perfectly between the plate and tthe batters box line, so maybe 2 inches outside at most
>>67162300
Gonna be 5
>doyers
>mariners lose
>literally zero fans on /sp/
that was quick
>>67162334
Again, would you say that if it was cutch? Again I'm no Rockies fan, just watching the game, if it were reversed in teams and players, I'd still call BS too. There is no bias, ump committed robbery.
Post the combined record of all the teams your team has faced
>Washington
>30-52
Can't blame us for beating up on bad teams :^)
>>67162111
Is there a more comfy bullpen than at Coor's Field?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OQ-0nhRD7A
>>67162393
Is there some stat website to do this cause I ain't counting that shit manually
>>67162431
baseball reference
>>67162431
I do not know. I just know that my Nationals are taking advantage of their schedule :)
>>67162431
It's only been like 20 games you lazy bum.
>>67162449
>Trashinals
>>67162366
Im saving my shitposting for the second half of this
>>67162393
>Cubs
>61-69
Means we aren't just beating up on shitters to have the best record in baseball.
>>67162483
Kek
tfw the dodgers will finish 3rd in the nl west this year
Nintendo owned the Mariners? What a wasted investment.
>>67162529
every single reaction in this is perfect
>>67162559
pay 100 mil
sell for 1.4 bil
seems ok
>>67162383
I'm not saying it was ok that it was called a strike, unless maybe the ump had been calling that pitch all day
quick look at brooksbaseball tells me the guy was wildly inconsistent, but I can't really trust brooksbaseball as seen by the farce that was gameday on that above at bat, a quick look at >>67162120 at bat on brooks shows me that they had their pitch locations far more accurately but not the actual pitch decisions. (pitches 5 and 7 were balls obviously, pitches 3 and 6 were fouls)
>>67162393
As: 11-11
Indians: 10-9
Twins: 7-15
Rays: 10-11
Angels: 11-11
Rangers: 12-10
Jays: 10-13
71-80
Yet more evidence that it's only April and yet more sign of impending inevitable crash.
>>67162493
>we
What position do you play? Left field stands?
>>67162636
Opposition Scout
>>67162631
*pitches 4 and 6 were fouls
anyway, robot umps fucking suck too apparently
Bryce "I wish I was in New York" Harper
>Douchey name
>Dumb hair
>Hipster
>Whiner
>Manchild
>Swag faggot
>Doesn't hustle
>Always gets injured
>Entitled Brat
>Adored by beta morons
>Liberal
>Supports Hillary
>Hated by teammates
>Attention whore
>Crybaby
>Runs into walls
>Bandwagons the most popular sports teams
>Doesn't drink beer
>Probably posts on Reddit
>Punchable face
>Future Yankee
>>67162658
jesus christ cardinals fans really are a bunch of trailer trash meth smoking rednecks.
>>67162529
Holy fucking meltdown batman. I know this phrase gets used all the time as an insult, but that literally looked worse than little league baseball. Not one thing was done right
>>67162694
>not one thing was done right
The outfielder did catch the ball.
Although does this only count as 1 error, or 3?
>>67162694
That's not true. The Padres had some very head's up baserunning
>>67162679
why would he wish he was on the yankees?
the nats are in first place and the yankees suck
>>67162634
>tfw you can't even enjoy a 16-6 start with triple sweeps because you know its all going to come crashing down eventually
>>67162726
>Nats are in first place
See
>>67162393
>>67162111
To let's say? Been waiting for a while now breh
>>67162393
79-68
And yet we're 10-9 and didn't have our best hitter for most of that. Looking good
>>67162431
Kinda obscure one that not a lot of /mlb/ knows about
http://mlb.mlb.com/home
>>67162721
This will never cease to make me kek
>>67162769
Angels Stadium
>>67162808
He looks so defeated when he lays on the ground. Like he just wanted to give up on playing baseball and take a nap instead
>>67162393
Angels
84-66
could be worse
>>67162634
well to be fair that's a bunch of .500 teams (who might be above .500 if they hadn't played the white sox)
and the twins
there are no real great teams in the AL, you could make the case that the indians are one of the best teams, as they were predicted by most to be, or that the blue jays and rangers are some of the better teams as they were in the playoffs last year, the angels and twins were close as well
you could definitely say that every team in the league is around the same level true talent wise
>>67162717
3 errors
>>67158869
Pls no bully
>>67162393
Mariners
59-68
Thanks Astros
>>67162393
>Phillies
11-10
>Combined opponents
51-53
We're 4 wins over our expected, and regression candidates haven't (yet) regressed. Only thing that worries me is that Franco doesn't hit a ton of flyballs still, but his infield flyballs have skyrocketed
>>67162888
Is that Steve Nash
>>67162726
Because he's a Yankees fan
You have been tasked with building the next stadium of the TBA Athletics! Does your park lean towards a launching pad where power reigns supreme, or a cavernous pitchers dream?
Post lesser brothers
>>67162658
best fans in baseball
>>67163017
>>67163009
He kind of looks like Curt Schilling
>>67163009
Corey Seager
>My Phillies are going to draft Puk, over Groome
>Because Puk is in College, and Groome is in High school
>all these people jealous of the Cardinal Way®
>>67163323
They're jealous of the rings. They're jealous that they don't have the absolute best, classiest and most knowledgeable fans in all of baseball.
WELCOME BACK BABY TO THE DISCO FIRE
>select all images of roads
dOri dOri, indeed
>>67163323
I'm not jealous of shit
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h4MMfPXY3hQ
>better catcher
>better pitching
>better stadium
>better
FUCKIN DODGERS HOW THE FUCK DO YA GET SWEPT BY THE MARLELS? FUCKIN SHIT
>>67164077
Swept by Mattinglel
>>67163009
Whenever I think of lesser baseball brothers I think of Jeremy Giambi. I always think of him because I happened to be at his first game in Philadelphia after the Phillies traded for him. (I'd like to state for the record that I am not a Phillels fan I just happened to be there that day.) I remember because I had tickets right behind the dugout and some guy spent the whole game yelling "THAT'S THE WRONG GIAMBI". He did not stop. 9 fucking innings of "HEY! THAT'S THE WRONG GIAMBI! YOU FUCKED UP AND GOT THE WRONG GIAMBI! YOU MEANT TO GET THE OTHER GIAMBI! YOU WANTED JASON! THAT'S THE WRONG GIAMBI!" Even in between innings. I felt bad for Giambi by the end of the game. He could definitely hear that guy.
>>67164288
That's pretty fucking funny honestly, but I'm a sucker for guys making a jackass of themselves in front of a crowd of people and millionaire athletes being shamed publicly
>>67164337
>Jeremy Giambi
>a millionaire
check his baseball reference page he was pulling like 200k a season. I really felt bad for the guy. Granted I was like 10 at the time so maybe I'd feel different if I saw that go down today.
>Pelfrey has a better ERA than shitstainer
I am staring to accept that the Tigers are done for. Feels bad man.
>>67164428
That's not even the league minimum. If you have over 1 million dollars in the bank you're a millionaire. Fuck him, he was roided up just like his brother
>>67164451
Shit, I just looked up the league minimum for like 15 years ago and it wasn't shit, so you're probably right. That is a little sad I guess :/
>>67164288
Last Phillies game I went to was in 2012, not long after Mike Stanton became Giancarlo. Anyway, we're sitting in right, and every time the Marlins were on defense, the entire area would start chanting "MIIIIIIIIICHAEL!" Also, Joe Blanton outdueled Mark Buerhle that day.
>>67164470
Phillies fans are absolutely brutal. I had standing room tickets in 2010 or 2011 so I spent the game standing above the bullpen. The Giants were the visitors so their bullpen was the one closest to where all the standing room was. Anyway, Beian Wilson starts warming up in the 8th and immediately a guy in Phillies jersey is there to mockingly chant "Michael Wilson" as he warmed up. Michael Wilson is the name of Brian Wilson's dad who died of cancer when Brian was a kid. That guy did research to not really heckle Wilson so much as wage mental warfare against him.
>>67164543
That's amazing in a fucked up way. I mean, I'm far too lazy even for snowballs, or batteries, and this guy did fucking research.
Are we doing shitty Phillies fans stories?
>be teenager
>visiting relatives in Philadelphia area
>my favorite team, the Giants, are in town
>go to game in Bonds t-shirt
>spend game getting poked by a giant cardboard syringe a guy sitting behind me brought to the game
>ask security to stop him
>they find it funny and don't stop him
Fucking Philadelphia man
>>67164588
Ain't it grand?
>jeremy affeldt
So first, let me be clear. Philly is a great sports town, with passionate fans and a palpable energy. The problem, though, is that the city, more than any other I've played in, seems to condone and almost revel in its fans crossing the line. Nowhere else in this country—again, based on my experience as a 14-year major leaguer and the conversations I've had with other players—is the opposition treated in such a repeatedly vile and borderline threatening manner.
We are out here to play a game, and even though we are paid handsomely to do so, professional athletes should not be subject to vulgarity, personal attacks or epithets. Sadly, in Philadelphia, this kind of fan conduct is far too typical. The irony is, while Phillies fans succeed in making many players dread traveling there, they also (not surprisingly) impact the decision-making process of those same players in free agency.
Sure, it's great to play for a rabid fan base, but after experiencing firsthand how powerful that fervor can be when it is channeling extreme negativity, it really makes you think twice about where all that collective anger comes from, and whether you want to subject yourself and your family to that all the time.
>>67164607
>Philadelphia fans have literally dug their own sports grave with their shit behavior
>>67164607
We're harder on our own players. Unless you're Brian Dawkins. or Chase Utley. Or a various number of Flyers. If you're those, we love you unconditionally. Also, Ryan Howard is getting love again now that it's (basically) his last hoorah
Leave sucking to us.
Guys, is carlos gomez still any good?
I just picked him up off the waiver wire in my league, the fucking waiver wire.
If I wasted my 2nd priority position for a has-been ill be pissed
>>67165178
He's been a has-been for about a year and a half now. Boggles my mind why the Astros would want to trade for him.
>>67165184
>Boggles my mind why the Astros would want to trade for him.
Luhnow is starting to be revealed as one of the worst general managers in baseball, that's why.
>>67165216
Wasn't Gomez supposed to be traded to the mets but it fell through? They dodged a fucking gigantic bullet.
>>67165221
That whole situation is confusing. Then the Mets traded a surplus pitching prospect to the Tiggers for Cespedes. Great fucking trade that, la.
Gomez has been two things in his career. Shit, or amazing. He's been shit about 3 times as long as he was amazing
>>67165231
He's getting his first start tmrw :D
Did the Roylels really get swept?
>>67165391
Well, do you see any roylel faggots in this thread?
>>67165231
Fulmer is a legit prospect, might actually get something out of him in the future.
>>67165481
Fulmer is a legit *starter
>Rockies
What's the point in coming back if you'll lose anyway?
mfw cubs and that scrub Arrieta have to use their shitty weather as an excuse to avoid getting cut up by the Brewers buzzsaw
>Nats leading NL East
>Cubs leading NL Central
>Doyers leading NL West
>Oreos leading AL East
>White cucks leading AL Central
>Rangers leading AL West
The AL West is already close with everyone except for the lastros only 1 GB.
The Pirates only 3 GB the Cubs
The DBs and Gnats only .5 and 1.5 GB respectively
And the Red Sox only .5 game behind.
What is baseball anymore
>yfw the white cucks win the WS again and everyone forgets the following year
>>67165543
Your beer drinking ass should be glad you got spared an assraping for even a day
>>67165550
>Nats leading NL East
>Oreos leading AL East
>White cucks leading AL Central
>Rangers leading AL West
Yeah none of these will last
>https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/725516631619735552/video/1
>melky stahp
Don't bully the dio
>>67165550
Aw shit I fucked up
>*Gnats and DB are .5 and 1.5 GB respectively.
I had the wrong order
>>67165554
You have something against beer friendo?
I'd challenge you to a fight but you'd call in crying "Can't fight today it's 50 degrees out :("
You may only reply to this post if your team has a 6-game winning streak.
>not so fast pierats
>>67165550
>yfw the white cucks win the WS again and everyone forgets the following year
I'll take that in a heartbeat over the past more than few depressing seasons and 8 year postseason drought.
>>67165575
He was making fun of the broors. Even their mascot is a literal kegman.
This season just seems silly to me so far
>can't take it seriously since I'm a Braves fan
>>67165617
Yeah is there something wrong here? Go ahead and make fun of the brewers we are a joke franchise but making fun of beer itself...?
What is his mascot? Some retarded baseball?
I would not feel comfortable alone in a room with someone that said they don't like beer. Definite psychological issues
>>67165628
The feel you are feeling right now is the feel Cubs fans have been feeling for several years. And look where we are now.
>>67165702
Yeah, but you can look at the Astros as well. Or the Pirates for nearly 20 years
>>67165702
On your way to another disappointing season
>>67165702
1st place in April?
Quite an impressive feat. I'll get to work on making a banner for your uh "charming" and uh "historic" (LOL) shithol-err ballpark
>Phillies fans don't care about the Nationals ever
>After Tuesday's game, the MASN "play of the game" was Franco's injury scare
>Suddenly, the Natinals are more hateable than the Mets
I like Baseball.
>>67165765
You ever been to wrigley?
Pre or post renovations?
Greatest place one earth.
>>67165787
I've always hated the Nationals. The only teams I hate more is the cadnials, and he'll even the Yankees are more likeable to me now. But I also think it's just part that everyone I know likes the nationals since I live in that region. We don't have a team here so people mostly route for Washington or Baltimore here.
>>67165823
I have been to 8 parks, not a ton, but Wrigley is the worst so far. No shit talk there. I do like it in terms of gameplay though. The Ivy and ridiculous randomness of the wind. I enjoy those added wrinkles when most parks are boring as fuck.
From a fan standpoint I'd go almost anywhere else
>>67165787
Also, it's fucking pathetic that Washington, a team thought to be a World Series contender, and has the most recognizable name in baseball is 18th in attendance, while Philadelphia, a team that was expected to be a bottom feeder at best is 20th, at slightly under 1000 fans less per game
18) Washington 26,511
20) Philadelphia 25,637
>>67165825
For most of their history, they were the baby brother of the NL East. never good enough to notice anything trashy. Fuck man, for a good 5 years they made a lot of money of Phillies fans going down and filling up their ballpark. Then when they got good, they tried that bush league shit where anyone buying tickets out of Philadelphia were blocked
>>67165787
the nationals are more hateable than most teams in the league because of bitch harper, stephen strasbitch, and jayson werthless
>>67158393
>-22 run differential but still above 500
Wew lad
>>67165823
I bet you take 4 bathroom breaks because you love how packed the restrooms are.
>>67165823
>pre
>a ringless dump
>post
>a piss filled ringless dump
Wrigley is shit
>>67163120
Please no
>>67165875
They simply don't have a sustainable offense. The team usually scores 0-3 runs a game, and when good pitching doesn't keep the other team down, it gets ugly. when Darin Ruf, Ryan Howard, Peter Bourjos, David Lough/Tyler Goeddel, Freddy Galvis, and Cameron Rupp/Carlos Ruiz get regular playing time, It's a horror. It's impressive how the only two hitters to look forward to are an undrafted free agent in Franco, and a Rule 5 in Herrera
>>67165918
To be fair, I'd be ticked, but not nearly as much as if they took Pint
>>67165882
But it's my piss filled ringless dump
And to you fellow Phillies fans here, keep an eye on Scott Kingery. He's got a good chance to be our everyday second baseman for at least a couple years
>>67165978
You know, sometimes I enjoy a rebuild better than a team that's "projected" to contend. It's exciting to watch young prospects surpass expectations and give you hope for the future.
>>67165787
The Nationals are more hateable than any team because Bryce Harper is the biggest douche in the game.
I'm tired of hearing about arrieta. Not just PED shit but the constant dick riding by the media.
I've been a cubs fan my whole life but i gotta say it bugs the shit out of me how whenever we get a good team together the media starts up the bandwagon all year. Its bad for the fan base.
And then you get shit like the arrieta accusations from people who don't know shit about baseball. Whoever is claiming that he just got this good overnight clearly does not follow baseball. Ever since he came to chicago he has steadily improved each year. He flirted with no hitters before 2015 but did anyone talk about him then? No cuz the cubs sucked then. Now you have espn overhyping the everyone on the cubs if they do anything
Kyle schwarber was the most overrated player in the league last season cuz he could hit a long homerun and he was on the cubs. His defense sucks and he would have probably been a league leader in Ks.
I'm just saying, I'm a die hard cubs fan and always will be, but the media just makes me cringe with how they cover the team when we get good.
>>67166054
Go Bryce. Fuck it is refreshing to not have a pussy wet towel succeed.
I wish the Nationals weren't a shitty franchise so he would have some rings on display throughout his incoming years of dominance
>>67166054
I still remember when 4chan was dead for like, 12 hours, and the first thread on page 1 was this picture with "What a Douche"
>>67166081
Well, I don't know why Bryce Harper is the player you chose, because the personality of sandpaper isn't much better than the personality of a wet towel
>>67166076
Bandwagon media for a bandwagon fan base.
As a Brewers fan I feel bad for the true Cubs faithful. Between going to Wrigley for Brewers games and real cubs fans going to Miller Park during some of the awful Cubs seasons I have talked with tons of good cubs fans.
The second you guys put a team together your fan base turns into a heaping pile of garbage
>>67166108
That's literally any fanbase though.
>>67166108
That's because it's Chicago bandwagon/fairweather city. There is a good amount of longtime diehards, a lot of then I even see on this board, but in a metro area of 12 million, the casuals and glorychasers will always far outnumber us. It's a conflicting feeling because it's good for teams to get that popularity, attendance, and media spike but at the same time the fanbase takes a nosedive and even friends you once thought were diehard with you also turn casual.
>>67166133
It gets magnified 10 fold in a big city like Chicago
>>67166165
Yep that's why I said I feel sorry for them.
Brewers fans don't really get a bandwagon. We had some douchebags jump on board in 2011 but for the most part the team is entertainment after getting shitfaced.
Bucks are perennial garbage
The Packers are a religion so even in our shitty years ever one loves them (tons of dumbass packers fans though...)
I'd hate to be a Cubs fan that sat through the shitty teams just to have a bunch of retards come out of the woodwork
>>67166165
>>67166108
As a Sox fan, I'm already starting to get scared of the encroaching bandwagon. I would have never thought it was possible to get a bandwagon but now we're seeing more and more asshole "anti-cubs as opposed to actual Sox" fans and the meatballs oh the meatballs.
Not just on /sp/ but I see them seeping into other communities. Guys who I've cried with (at least over the Internet) back in nightmare seasons like 2011, 2012, and especially 2013 I see them now trying to fend off the new hoard of never before seen fans who come in spewing shit probably never even been to the games when only 7,000 showed. I love the hot start we got, super wary of it knowing it won't last and savoring but seeing these people from out of nowhere makes me real uneasy especially given how low quality they are.
It's probably the price to pay for success but we don't even know yet if it's actual for real sustained success which it most likely isn't. Just so conflicted I can't even actually feel good about a 16-6 record.
Trevor Story is such a fucking meme.
>>67166238
That just makes it worse if you guys stay strong for a few more months, get a bandwagon following, and then fall apart.
You'll have a bunch of whiny non fans with no knowledge of baseball not to mention "their" team crying about how awful their team is
Did any of you think that in 2016, you would say the Phillies would have a good crop of pitchers?
Also, WHY CALL UP MORGAN? I'd rather see Appel or Eflin get the call
>>67166306
We can only hope that they fuck off to the Cubs or just fuck off in general.
It's happened before even here
Some random tripfag never before seen joins the 4-5 regulars watching in like 2013 or something in a rare game that they actually do well saying stupid shit then the moment the team starts white soxing it up, they leave and are never seen again.
I observed this phenomenon at least 10 times over my past 6 or so years of really actively posting about the White Sox on /sp/. Wouldn't be surprised if it happened again more this year.
>>67166353
Casuals will always flock to a successful team. It's like that in every city for every sport.
>>67166420
But again, magnified tenfold in such a large region like the Chicago Metropolitan Area with 12 million people third largest in the US. I see your flag though, you had to deal with a whole country bandwagoning, that's gotta be way worse.
>>67166420
It really is different. For instance Milwaukee. When we got out of the Selig Cellar TM in 2007-2008 we certainly had a lot more cocky retards than normal. Same with 2011. But it cannot even come close in comparison.
I would bet during a successful Chicago season the bandwagoners may double the entire Milwaukee fanbase.
>>67166453
I personally think we have it the worst because of how easy it is to identify us. And if you account for the entire country which is roughly 35 million people, there's likely going to be large amounts of shit heads who bandwagon the fuck out of the team and shit up this thread.
>>67165594
To bad it won't happen because this year is the Cubs year.
>>67166538
Wow Canada only has 35? Thought it was way more. Hell, last I checked US is 350.
>>67163226
Basketball is piss easy though
Trayce would probably better than Curry
>>67166570
>>67166538
>yfw California has a bigger population than all of Canada
>>67166570
Yeah California has a larger population than Canada. But if you're willing to take the entire country as a fan base, that is gigantic. You'll obviously see the odd Yankee or St Louis bandwagoner here and there, but for the most part it's blue jays fans.
>>67165787
The nationals are more hateable than most because of their commentators
What happened to all the Seattle fans celebrating here yesterday?
why is houston so bad?
>>67166835
the actually meaningful changes happened last fall. yesterday was just guys in suits shaking hands
http://www.theonion.com/article/cubs-fans-cautiously-optimistic-after-jake-arrieta-52829
>>67166743
Their announcer is literal shit-tier bias trash.
FP is terrible too.
>>67162529
>>67162694
>still won the game and division that year
>>67163078
http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=seager000jus
>not knowing about Cory and Kyles bust brother who is currently hitting .000 in AA ball
i dont blame you desu
Why is Stephen Smith allowed to be on television?
What's autistboy thinking here?
>>67167002
>he isn’t getting ahead of himself after the Cubs’ five-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals by a combined score of 168-0, which included seven different batters hitting for the cycle.
Imagine the shitstorm if this really happened.
>>67157448
hit well, slugger
>>67167154
>odd numbered year
does not count
>Danks on the mound today
>>67167192
"Lefties trigger my autism"
>>67167192
>"I topped out at 92 MPH in high school
This fucker should have stayed a Blue Jays holy shit he wasn't even asking for much. Fuck you jew shapiro and rogers
>>67167437
Maybe he didn't want to get hit in the head with flying urinal debris
JUST
>>67167437
>Shapiro
I warned you.
Jeff Sullivan @based_ball
Braves currently on pace to be worth -17 WAR
>>67167557
I'm surprised to see Miami so low. You'd think with al the money Stanton makes, he'd be around 15+ HRs on his own already this season.
>>67167437
Shapiro had nothing to do with this one. It was all rogers. But if you look at the moves he's made thus far, holy shit are they bad with the exception of JA Happ (for now at least).
>>67166901
Houston, if you really wanna get over the hump the rebuilding brewers have a few more players to trade
>>67167600
Trust me, he is pulling the strings by the light of the menorah.
>yfw the pitcher comes from the baseball border to go tk the baseball mountain and after throwing some baseballs, has to go sit in the baseball dungeon
>>67167557
On pace for 30 some homers on the year...
God damn
>yfw Aledmys Diaz's success is all because he learned The Cardinal Way®
has anyone ever bunted for the cycle? getting a HR, triple, double, and then bunted to get the single?
>>67167780
I remember Ben Davis bunted in the 8th inning of Schilling's perfect game. Anybody have video of that?
>>67167557
The team with the second fewest home runs has more than 3 times as many home runs as them kek
>>67167557
At least they're out hitting the rags
>>67157540
Giants fan here.
Are you retarded, or what?
>>67167772
mfw cardinal way is eating babies
>>67168207
Lol!
>>67166835
Still here. You want me to shitpost everyday?
>tfw Sanshit is pitching
wew
>only 8 games today and my team's not playing
What is this shit?
>>67169266
Those are dubs my friend.
>have wisdom surgery this morning
>have rest of week off from work
>get to stay home and eat mashed potatoes and watch baseball noon to midnight
>on painkillers so no pain when my team loses
Comfy as fuck.
chase utley has been surprisingly good this year
>>67169122
What are you trying to say here friendo
>>67158603
BAN THE SHIFT
>>67169526
Not him, but Quintana is very underrated.
>>67158603
no wearing necklace chains
it looks so stupid especially when someone has like 6 of them on at a time, im looking at you cespedes
>>67169583
Is that rob ford umping?
>>67158603
Any player under 6' tall would have to wear a helicopter hat
Jose Altuve would have to wear suspenders over his uniform
Cardinals and any one who cheers for them would be thrown into a pit of fire ants
If you swing with the holdin end of the bat it only counts as half an out
The Sanchoke begins
Miggy about to RIP the Gay's
Will Jake Arrieta throw another no-hitter tonight?
>>67170235
Today*
>>67170235
He isn't going to pitch tonight you retard
mfw Braun continues his dominance over Arrieta and clobbers two dingers
>>67170235
most likely
>>67170263
he is though
>>67170300
Not possible. Arch Rival Braun (very one sided rivalry) will charge the mound and INJECT his dick into Arrieta's virgin bum
>>67170235
no, fuck cubs fans and their dumb ass hysteria
wake up jokeland your team is in suicide mode already
>>67170323
>Game starting now
>Tonight
>>67170323
He's pitching toDAY, but yeah the guy you're responding to is autistic.
>>67170359
You're autistic.
Watch out outfield wrigley fans. Arrieta given up dingers may endanger your livelihood
>yfw mike memestakas not leading the league in home runs anymore
>Number 1 prospect in all of baseball Corey Seager is currently slashing .247/.301/.400
Why do people take prospect rankings seriously? Guessing which ones will adjust to MLB is impossible.
>>67170461
wasn't kris bryant highly ranked
idk i cant remember
>Joey Votto will never be a Yankee.
Just fucking kill me now senpai i cant deal with this feel anymore
I can't believe Wayne Messmer still sings. He got shot in the throat 20 years ago.
>>67170446
>NL has at least 2 guys with 9 homers
where did it all go wrong AL bros?
mfw when no hitter extinguished first batter. ball absolutely CRUSHED for a single
Arrieta visibly shaken on the mound, may be lifted early
>first batter hits off Arrieta
>inb4 all the fans leave
>>67170501
Yeah he was somewhere from #3 to #1
>>67170501
He was, but Duffy was a literally who utility guy and ended up worth 5 wins. Impossible to say which hyped super prospects will actually fulfill their potential and which nobodies will break out.
>>67170539
We all knew he was a fluke anyways
>arrietshit
what a waste
braun hr incoming
Braun 4/10 against Arrieta with a homer coming during Arrieta's dominant streak last season to deep center
Braun hitting as good as anyone not named whatshisface diaz
mfw Arrieta retires on the mound
>>67157394
LITERALLY
HOW ARE WE NOT IN FIRST
GOD THESE FUCKING PITCHERS (aside from the God Cuckler Himself, based Steven "3rd best ERA in AL" Wright)
Lol arrieta too chicken shit to pitch to Braun in the 1st inning
Gotta know when you're bested
>>67170539
>Arrieta visibly saken
That's just the roids.
arrieta shook as fuck
>>67170627
>5 aces
someone make a gamethread
Arrieta went off the juice for this game
>>67170627
you got to beat up on the braves for 4 games and pad your stats
>>67170651
Now a double steal
Arrieta on suicide watch
>LETTING ANTHONY GOSE BLOW YOU THE FUCK OUT
>JOKELAND
>Arrieta in charge of throwing a strike
Jake Arrietta is literally the best pitcher to ever have graced the game of baseball. They should just rename the Cy Young award to the Jake Arrietta award, because that's how fucking good he is. Imagine digging in to the batters box and having to look at the human specimen, imagine the terror coursing through your body as you see his beard covering his Adonis like jaw line.
>>67170704
>>67170704
brewers vs. cubs gamethread
>Bases loaded in the first
ARRIETA EXPOSED CUBES ON SUICIDE WATCH
>>67170650
>>67170651
>>67170539
That's how you beat Arrieta. He's one of the easiest players in baseball to frustrate. If you get an early start on him and break the high expectations he sets for himself, he starts falling apart.
>>67170747
Cubes fans what would you do if Nkienehwnhuis hits a salami off of golden god Arrieta in the first inning
>>67170683
While although true, we already lead the league in runs scored before facing them. Our offense is tremendous.
We also had the worst starting pitching before facing them, literally.
So our run differential was fucking 0. Weve lost more than 3-4 games having scored 3+ runs.
>tfw Brewers too shit to capitalize on bases loaded
>>67170726
>you
>>67170808
tfw brewers trying to tank this season but willing to demonstrate the could buttplow arrieta if they didn't want good draft picks
>>67170938
See what i mean
Oh darn! i dropped the pop up!
>>67171041
"i was only pretending to be retarded" manifest
>>67171083
Surely the brewers would never try to limit their success intentionally this year
>yfw Braun benched in game 1 and gets a bases clearing double in a pinch hit appearance
>>67170627
desu, your teams shit pitching will probably shut >us down this weekend series
>dopeland
>>67170839
RARE FLAG
A
R
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F
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A
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mfw chicago's corrupt political scene has to bribe the media to give a shit about their garbage tier teams
rotation firesale when?
including sonny
>>67171471
how many firesales does it to take for the pathetics to win a pennant?
>>67171497
until the jew owners die or sell, or beane dies
>>67158758
they look like cancer became a human being
NEW THREAD WHERE
>>67161446
It's only April, brother. We shall crash this leauge with no survivors come October.
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