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First for
>kershit
>>67334183
First for Wigwams
>PAPELDOUCHE
>>67334183
AHHHHH SAVE ME IAN
YOU MAY ONLY REPLY IF YOU ARE IN 1st PLACE
>Steven Wright pitches another beauty (2ER, 3H)
>offense only scores 1 run and we lose
I want off this inconsistent shitty ride.
>>67334183
>>67334211
I can't decide which is the bigger choke
who here at least 10 games over and not eternally cursed by a common farm animal?
Reds bullpen sets a major league record for being shit.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15456293/cincinnati-reds-bullpen-sets-mlb-record-giving-run-21st-straight-game
>>67334237
We're technically tied for 1st, but I feel like I've been kicked in the balls tonight.
Repeatedly.
who /suicidal/ here?
JUST
>>67334244
jesus christ dude shut the hell up
good pitching always beats good hitting
>>67334292
STRANGLE
>7 homers
>all of them solo
>NASHITNALS
>PAPELSTRANGLE
>>67334291
almost there
>>67334244
Aw, too used to the Yuckees and barfs?
But yeah, your boy has had a bad run of luck. Same with Gausman on our end.
Meanwhile, Poocello gets to look good beating on anemic offenses
>>67334311
I'm allowed to complain you fucking triple bitch go fucking blast a bullet through the back of your skull.
>the city of america's capital city
>>67334292
WAKE ME UP INSIDE
19-8
How do you want your 3rd basemen?
>>67334183
See, this is exactly how the Royals won the World Series.
>>67334284
I will never not like this webm
>>67334343
C-congrats on tying for 1st.
This team is fucking too wildly inconsistent sometimes.
We can put up tremendous fights against you guys and then pad our stats against the Barves, but then choke against the White Sox. Q is great, but I expected more than 1 run with our Offense tonight.
Shame really. It just sucks because I know we're getting swept now. No fucking way in hell are Buttholez or Owens going to get us a win.
>4 game lead
Comedy Central making it easy.
>>67334171
Better than Omar is going to be hard. However, he's already had a ROTY and GG stolen from him, so he's well on his way to becoming Little O
>>67334395
>5 game led over a better team
>>67334395
Don't do this to yourself m8
>poppabuns
>papeldouche
>skittlebombs
>stranglebum
>>67334377
LOL crazy japs.
>>67334352
you made the same complaints multiple times in the last thread less than 5 minutes ago
you've warranted a good 'shut the fuck up'
so do that
>west divisions
why are they so shit?
>>67334237
>>67334244
>>67334290
>>67334340
>>67334390
>>67334432
>>>/tumblr.com/
>>67334472
You mad friend?
>>67334440
shouldn't you be out trying to pick up a cardinals fan to fuck your wife/gf?
Reply to this post if you're at least 10 games over and haven't ever ruthlessly blamed a century worth of sub par play on an innocent fan of your very own team
>>67334442
How about you go should a fucking knife up your ass and ignore my posts if you don't fucking like them you autistic retard.
I don't give a shit, go fucking die.
>>67334427
>Better than Omar is going to be hard.
I mean, I know, but this kid.
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/174103146/francisco-lindor-makes-two-fantastic-plays
Not saying it'll happen this season or next season, but if anyone has a chance it's him.
>>67334237
who /bestintheNLwest/ here?
>>67334501
Tardinals suck worse than we do.
>>67334472
thanks for all the (You)s fampai
>White Sox have the best record in the AL
>Cubs have the best record in the NL
>15,025 in attendance tonight at the Cell against a perennial team in baseball.
>Meanwhile the Cubs LOWEST attendance of the year was 34,437
Who's Chicago's team again?
>walgreens
i'm unironically more frightened by the lillies, at least their closer isn't a literal choker
>>67334534
suck at what, having a terrible franchise?
>>67334562
>against a perennial team in baseball
woah slow down there Joe
remember the last couple of years?
YOU CAN ONLY REPLY TO THIS POST IF YOUR TEAM HAS 4 (FOUR) MORE WINS THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE LEAGUE
NOT SO FAST EVERY OTHER TEAM
HAHAHAHAHA
>>67334534
>cards offense has returned
>only issues are fielding and pitching
mark my words, this season has the making for a deep cardinals playoff run. the cards NEVER win the series those seasons where they win like 100 games, its always the ones where they just scrape into the playoffs and then get really hot. If this team can get into the playoffs and wainwright and the rest of the pitching staff pitches half as good as last year, watch out, because we actually have offense now.
oh wait youre a reds fan, you don't care about what happens in the playoffs ;^)
>>67334603
Can you let us win tomorrow as thanks for not beating Q?
>>67334472
>2 (you)s
noice
>>67334562
that can't be right? it wasn't a day game, it wasn't cold
the only other Chicago team playing was their crosstown rivals
why was their attendance so low?
>>67334573
>losing to barfs
HOLY SHIT
>>67334562
LGTSS
>not being in the .700 club
fucking kek
>>67334562
thanks for sharing your photo for autism awareness m8
>>67334595
I assume the Red Sox still have fans.
>>67334654
Be happy, earlier estimates had it as low as 12k.
>>67334603
those are some oddly placed goalposts my friend
>Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats 2m2 minutes ago
>Young is 2-21 8 K in games he's started, 1-8 in his starts vs LHP and he's seen only 26 pitches. Red Sox have scored 4 runs in 3 LHP starts.
JUST
EMBARRASSING
And WHY is Young still on the team.
>>67334573
>2 games behind in their division
>shut out by braves
>shitposting in /mlb/
>>67334562
Who hasn't won a world series in 100 series?
who lost to the barves this weekend?
who tried to kill a fan for catching a foul ball?
who's stadium is piss filled dump?
who blames all their problems on an animal?
who plays in the babby league?
who will choke again when it matters?
who is an embarrassment to the sport of baseball?
where did all these whos fans come from
>>67334660
>>67334719
>samefagging this hard
>>67334617
You methheads snuck your way into the playoffs in 2011, instant replay is now available so none of the shit with the terrible call in Atlanta will happen anymore. Good luck not getting BTFO by the Cusb like last year btw.
Also, eat shit.
>YOU MAY ONLY RESPOND TO THIS POST IF YOU'RE AT LEAST 10 GAMES OVER AND HAVENT CONSISTENTLY LET YOUR FANBASE DOWN FOR OVER 100 YEARS
>>67334697
literally how? the tickets aren't that expensive are they? are the fans just that apathetic?
I'm honestly baffled, is it the stadium location?
>>67334722
>You will never be this mad
>>67334753
>cusb
nope
>whos
nope
>walgreens
lolno
expect this to be your only reply anon
>>67334702
it shows just how head and shoulders above the rest they are, the class of the superior league
>>67334697
Ok ya, we averaged high if not sellout every game last year. Weirdly.
>>67334735
>why do I see more posts from fans of a team who is doing well?
are you retarded?
>>67334735
They've always been in the game threads.
>nast
Can't believe these fags took Pooplebum off >our hands
>ETERNAL 5TH PLACERS THOUGHT THEY WERE HOT SHIT AFTER BEING IN 1ST PLACE FOR TWO DAYS
MY
FUCKING
SIDES
White Sox fans are never like this. It's odd. I know winning has a cancerous affect on fanbases, but this is odder than usual.
>>67334512
Someone needs to make a playlist of his highlights. MLB Network could already fill a tv block with them. I can't wait for the national reporters hear of him
>>67334766
>you will never choke this hard
feels good
>>67334831
>beating up on the Cuckees
H-hahaha real accomplishment there, m-memelord.
Please lose the next game.
JUST
Are Cubs fans or Sox fans worse?
>>67334761
Yup, cheapest tickets for a game at Wrigley cost about $20
Meanwhile the Cell is holding a special where even non-nose bleed seat are $5
>>67334839
It's because the Cubs are doing better than them, It's the inferiority complex that they will always be considered Chicago's 2nd baseball team that's eating at them.
>>67334846
let's be fair here, the whos are plenty familiar with choking
>see 2012
>5 more days untill kershaw sets a new strikeout record against your team
>>67334735
Experiencing their first April and haven't realized yet that fluke months are unsustainable.
>>67334867
yes
>>67334839
>White Sox fans are never like this.
It's like this during the crosstown series threads. But since both teams are doing good this early, shitposting has taken a sharp increase
>>67334872
> cheapest tickets for a game at Wrigley cost about $20
lol, do you seriously buy at fucking retail prices?
>RESPOND TO THIS POST ONLY IF YOU'RE 10 GAMES OVER AND HAVE AN ACE THAT WASN'T BTFO OF A BETTER LEAUGE BEFORE BEING GOOD
>>67334867
>Sox fans
All 5 of them can't be too bad.
Cubs posters are all bandwagon faggot who barely even post in their own threads despite killing the whole league.
>>67334846
>you will never be this corrupt
Feels good.
>>67334886
tbqh with you Joe I don't think it's all that much of a fluke.
I like the White Sox bros (although these general ones seem to be...different than normal ones)
But they look like a different team, playing ball effectively and aggressively.
Obviously they won't sustain the like .800 ball that they're playing, but I could see them winning the division or contending for a WC at worst unless they utterly collapse. But the vibe is too strong for them for that to happen it looks to me.
>>67334860
>Beating up on the Barves and the Stankees
Oh hey I can do this too
>>67334861
KEK
LEL
TARDINALS FANS ARE ALL KEKS!!!
>IN 2 YEARS THE REDS WILL BE WORLD SERIES CONTENDERS WHILE THE METHINALS FIGHT FOR FOURTH WITH THE BREWERS
MY SIDES!!!
KEK AND LEL!!!
>>67334915
I'm using retail price as an unbiased medium.
>>67334937
P-please don't. I don't want to sink to 5th again.
You'll lose. I-i promise.
>>67334922
>you will never be so assmad, that you ban an entire group of players from beating your team
kek
>>67334881
I wonder how many Yankees he'll strike out
Respond to this post if you're 13 games over .500
no ands buts or ors attached, you just have to be 13 games above .500
>>67334804
This is the guy that gave up 8 runs in the 8th, right?
Or i he the manager/catcher that argued with the umps rather than talking to his pitcher?
Or is he the shortstop that muffed an easy double play to end the inning?
Or is he the outfielder that bitched and moaned about a fan messing him up, and then admitted he wouldn't have made the play, and then retracted the statement?
Or is he the entire MLB squad that choked on a fresh game 7?
He's not? He's a fan that reached slightly over the railing to catch a foul ball, which is something everyone around him did, and is also something Cubs fans STILL DO, and then got ran out of town with death threats over it?
Give me a fucking break. Wrigley Field is better off as a concentration camp. Yes I'm mad. I should be, as a decent human being, for that disgrace to the game of baseball.
Royals
>>67334959
>Lose
>vs Sabathia
Lol """maybe""" 3 years ago
>>67335015
I thought your post was going to be sadder than it is.
>>67335015
Pretty much all of Chicago are sympathetic towards Steve Bartman. There have even been fan petitions to have a Steve Bartman day at Wrigley which Steve politely declined.
I think this is a fine opportunity to remind the freshly minted Cubs fans for life that Steve Bartman did nothing wrong and the Cubs will not sniff a championship for another century. Better get to bandwagoning another team before Soler and Baez have career-ending injuries and Arrieta and Bryant get busted for PEDs :^)
>>67334922
South Side curse: one of the worst corruption cases in baseball history
North Side curse: furfag Cub fan wanted to bring his goat into the stadium so he could finger it while watching his team lose, the team didn't let him because they used it as a scapegoat for why their stadium smelled so bad (71 years and it still smells like a goat), so he sprinkled fairy dust on them and they haven't won since
At least ours is (was) cooler.
>>67335015
like you honestly give a shit about the humanist side of this
no one here gives a shit about bartman beyond his use as banter against cubs fand
this is the place where we laugh at Josh Hamilton's drug addiction and the fan that died reaching over the railing for a ball he threw
we are all deep down horrible people here, don't act like you're not one of us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezq74iVMi8w
>Your fanbase will never be so intolerable that when rival fans attack one of their own, your fans join in to attack him.
>>67335094
Go fucking choke on a dick you faggot I don't give a shit what you think, fucking step in front of an 18-wheeler you waste of fucking space.
>>67335066
Lol ok. Aside from all the people that wanted to legitimately murder him
>>67335094
It's not like you have to be so insensitive that it just might bring grandma back to life.
>>67335066
That was damage control, and it took until last year.
>getting one hit by the barfs
>mfw
Wow! Jake Arrieta comes out of nowhere to gain 10 mph on his fastball and become an absolute superstar! I'm impressed at this fellow's totally legitimate sudden success.
>>67335186
It's very obvious he's on roids. You can tell from how much strength and energy he has. If you watch guys who were known steroid users you can see something different in the way they move. It's like there's nothing holding them back and there's no resistance from outside forces. Does anybody know what I'm talking about?
>>67335226
Amazing! This guy is just amazing! I bet he eats his Wheaties.
>>67335249
>10mph
kys my man
When a team gets good two things happen:
1. lots of new shitposters for that team appear out of the woodwork
2. lots of salty people over that team's success appear out of the woodwork
The combination of the two cause a perfect shitstorm of shitposting, resulting in threads like these.
>>67335226
PILATES
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>that sweet sound off the bat
wew
>>67335186
>>67335249
I can tell you've never seen an Arrieta game when he was with the O's. His problem was lack of command not velocity.
>>67335106
At least Cubs fans don't have a tendency to punch out other Cubs fans. Can't say the same for the Who.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1unmL20tz60
>>67335226
>>67335186
>>67335243
PLANT-BASED PILATE REGIMEN
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>mfw Jeanmar Gomez is somehow a better closer than Giles and Papelbon
>>67335273
What's worse right now is that the two best teams are salty about each other being good.
>>67335186
>>67335249
>>67335275
>>67335322
If you actually look at the graph you can see his average fastball velocity has been the same since 2012
>>67335313
>I swear guys, I am scout that independently watched all of Arrieta's performances, especially when he was terrible with the Orioles
>I'm not just regurgitating a baseless point I heard in /mlb/ once by another poster because it fits my narrative
did you do your pilates today anon?
>>67335346
that doesnt reinforce my memes so im going to pretend it doesnt exist
>>67335346
>be awful pitcher
>take steroids
>contend for Cy Young next day
It doesn't work that way, champ.
>>67335343
>>67335273
That's the rare trifecta. When the fanbases of the two teams that are good hate each other and amplify the shitposting even more.
Although it's not shitpotsing when it's true, and the Cubs are the superior team.
>>67335377
Hello anon the conversation was about velocity so please hang yourself thank you
>>67335346
It's kind of funny how all of his pitches' speeds were down for about 3 years and then suddenly went up.
Curious.
>>67335355
I'm a Yankee fan who saw him pitch against >us back when he was shit
>>67335273
>a perfect shitstorm of shitposting
Nice shitisms 2bh.
>>67334735
They've always been here. Are you new?
The whos haven't played >us yet, their time will end soon.
Do the Walgreens natinls have any fans at all? Aside from tourists, interns and people who want to feel like their meaningless life as a cog in the Washington machine is worthwhile when the gnats are winning?
>>67335226
Wow, this guy really broke through. Really pounded past what seemed to be his threshold. Looks like he found the best exercise regimen for him! Maybe he went on a juice diet!
>>67335377
It kind of does actually. Are you aware of how big of a boost steroids are? People who have talked about taking them say it makes you feel almost superhuman. You can spend much more time working on mechanics because you have boundless energy and you recover quicker so you're always in peak physical shape. A good pitcher becomes a great pitcher every time unless he's literally retarded
>tfw sane white sox fan whos suffered with the team for so long now has to deal with bandwagoners and people shitting up threads making them no longer comfy
I can't even say this is the price to pay for being good because it's only May and we don't know for sure they're good yet.
Damn this sucks. Can't even enjoy being 19-8...
7335404
The only pitch thats really had a big change in velocity is his slider. from 90.5 to 95.5. everything else is steady
>>67335474
PILATES BRO
DO YOU FUCKING EVER EVEN JUST UGH
IT WAS PILATES YOU IDIOT
DOES HE NEED TO DEFEND HIMSELF ANY FURTHER
YOU FAT NECKBEARD VIRGIN
THAT OBVIOUS SPEED BOOST TO ALL (ALL) OF HIS PITCHES WAS VERY OBVIOUSLY A RESULT OF HIS PILATES
JUST FUCKING
UGH
I CANT EVEN
PILATES
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>>67335464
Was the Royals scoring runs today a fluke? Probably.
>>67335515
>SHORTENING THE TIME PERIOD SIZE
LOL
LOLMAO
>>67335460
Back to the cellar little man.
>>67335505
>Can't even enjoy being 19-8
Then you're not a real fan and you should kill yourself. This isn't your personal safe zone where we let you enjoy yourself
>>67335464
while I love taking shits all over the chubs, realtalk is that we can (and have been) pounding the best of the AL up the ass all we want, I'm not gonna be convinced of anything until I see how we do against the ALC
The white sox finally and actually doing well against their division is going to be proof to me that they're for real.
>>67335505
Someone has to be pessimistic to balance out the optimists but the same applies vice versa. For years dating back to at least 2011, there've been more pessimistic white sox fans so now the pendulum swings.
>>67335309
Franky getting ALL of that one
>>67335530
everything in 08/09 had like a 15 pitch sample size for the whole seasons
>>67335515
>well if you look at this data since he started doing pilates you'll notice that he's only maintained or improved his performance
Thanks Dr. Science.
you can only reply if your team has won 6 consecutive series
>literally mad because you dont have the GOAT pitcher on your team
stay mad faggots
>>67335562
>The fact that he's maintained or improved his performance is a clear indication he injects himself with steroids at least 16 times a day.
>>67335542
>not a real fan
>even though I've watched/followed every single game of the 2013 99 loss season
>even though I cried after the legendary 2012 collapse
>even though I sat through bullpen implosion after bullpen implosion of 2014
>even after 2011
This is not fucking fair.
Real talk.
Why don't we get Arrieta to just release his Pilates records?
When he started them?
How frequently he did them?
What pilates-enchancers he used?
Did he do his pilates on the black market?
Perhaps his instructor is afghany?
Or perhaps German?
This is all important.
>>67335379
they might win 100 games, but they'll get swept by a hot team in the playoffs or lose in comical fashion and blame some retard with a magnavox walkman
>>67335582
Arrieta is a goat pitcher? And you're happy about that?
Aren't goats what got you guys into this mess in the first place?
>>67335579
PLAYOFFS
>>67335589
Well yes, the fact he improved his performance across the board without doing anything to change it besides
>pilates
is kind of indicative of something more than natural there.
>>67335613
>He doesn't do pilates
>He doesn't think changing a pitching coach might have something to do with it.
>He doesn't do pilates
Pussy
>>67335391
>speed boost automatically makes you better
Have you ever played an inning of baseball?
>>67335503
The other guy was saying it would be immediate. Arrieta has been steadily improving since the spike on the graph as a result of the super-strength and endurance he has to do more Pilates.
if memeieta were on PEDs he would have been suspended a long time ago
>>67335594
Adding 5 MPH to each and every single one of his pitches is really quite normal when you think about it. I started doing Tae-Bo back in the 90s and Billy Blanks motivated me to a Cy Young season
Put this man on the Wheaties box immediately
>>67335637
I can assure you, Pilates does not make that much of a difference.
If you think so, you are d-e-l-u-s-i-o-n-a-l.
>>67335613
Go fucking look at his mechanics when he was in Baltimore and now.
I know you guys are memeing but on the off chance you're not, stop being so casual.
>White Sox win again
>shit posting commences
Just admit it you guys were all wrong.
Keep bitching and making excuses it just proves what fucking idiots you really are.
The more you bitch, the more they win.
>>67335610
26 games buddy, lets take it slow
>>67335648
Highly disagree. The Cubes being in contention with a hot-streak pitcher is huge for marketing in baseball.
That would jeopardize a shitload of income.
>>67335637
>Chris Bosio L I T E R A L L Y made the man's arm swing faster, harder and stronger
He's a wizard is what he is. The man's pure magic!
>>67335593
Okay I take it back ;-;
I was a little harsh. You should just be happy your team is doing well and forget what everybody says about you or your team. That's what I do :D
>>67335673
Are you the pilate expert of /sp/?
I assume you have one and can post evidence of this.
>>67335683
>go look at his mechanics
>guys I'm a scout that knows the "mechanics" of his pitching
Lol calm down Jake. Don't you have some pilates to be doing?
>>67335686
Please. For the love of god. Stop.
>>67335707
>have one
>having a "pilates"
have one
having a "pilates"
>have one
>having a "pilates"
have one
having a "pilates"
>have one
>having a "pilates"
have one
having a "pilates"
>have one
>having a "pilates"
have one
having a "pilates"
>have one
>having a "pilates"
have one
having a "pilates"
What a post
>I rate the Walgreens bullpen
>>67335536
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/cubs-fan-explains-why-he-rushed-field-after-arrieta-s-no-hitter-042616
At least the fan got off with a slap from the wrist. Even if he embellished the fuck out of his story.
>>67335708
I can tell you're a Royals """""fan"""""
>>67335708
Mechanics aren't hard to analyze
Not everyone is as stupid as you, dumbo
not even a cubs fag but its not like arrieta is blowing guys away with a 99mph heater 7 innings deep all of a sudden, i dont see how roids would have made the difference for him apart from maybe recovery or injury prevention
the fangraphs autists even did multiple writeups about it
>>67335648
Guarantee you there's players that have been juicing for as long as a decade. Drug testing is surprisingly weak and there's certain types and dosages that are easy to hide from today's technology. An ESPN article last week talked about the recent advancements in testing that exposed the list of players that is supposedly coming out.
>>67335707
Pilates is an exercise likened to Yoga.
>>67335734
>I rate a bunch of faggot overthrowers with shitty memechanics whose arms will blow out
>>67335686
>Implying the sux are not winning because they stole the Blackhawks Meme Magic. Once Hockey Playoffs are over, that magic will be gone and the collapse will begin.
>>67335734
i literally do though
>>67335648
Why's that?
Do you honestly think sports drug testing is serious?
>>67335774
That only describes Harvey who is a faggot
>>67335751
>>67335749
>guys
>honestly
>he is literally,legitimately mechanically a machine
>just literally, his mechanical structure was oiled, he tightened the bolts in his shoulder
>and thus he improved his mechanics
>trust me guys
>i am an expert on this kind of stuff
>>67335706
It's hard to have fun when all I know is pain and misery and a hot start leading to collapse would just add onto it. 2012 rings fresh in my mind when we held onto first for like the whole season then massively choked at the end.
How can I be happy when I so vividly remember being at some of those 2012 games watching the collapse with tears in my eyes?
These new bandwagon shitposters don't know this. It just makes me sad.
>>67335694
you actually believe the league would protect anyone after everyone that has been popped in the past?
>>67335712
I'm shitposting in anticipation of the collapse. When it happens, I will drink heavily and enjoy my own doom.
>>67335819
Hmm, when you think about, that's very white soxian of you. Alrighty then.
>>67335806
Okay, here's your last (you)
Last time I try talking baseball in /mlb/ generals. I'll just meme with everyone else.
PILATES
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>>67335818
Yes, because the MLB is trying to push the Cubs into the spotlight with a playoff spot, if not a World Series win.
The revenue they are making off the bandwagoners for that team alone is astounding. For the Jews that run the MLB to allow any kind of drop off to happen, well, that would not be kosher.
It all makes perfect sense 2bh
>>67335806
>im too stupid to look at things
I can tell!
Pilates? Really? It's obviously some sort of PED.
>>67335844
>2011 was FIVE (5) YEARS AGO
What am I doing with my life?
>>67335774
This is the /mlb/ equivalent to >>67335777
your eternal butthurt suggests you are a doyer fan, probably daddy pissboi posting without a trip
>>67335593
it's a piece of shit stadium in a shitty location. i love the team, but even when i only lived an hour away i only went to about 10-15 games a year.
from indiana experience:
drive through creepy mexican neighborhoods with buildings that look like a scooby doo ghost town
the dan-ryan is an annoying shitty freeway, if you try to avoid it you deal with tolls
the after game parking lot outlets back onto the freeway are a fucking mess even if there are only 12k people there
30$ minimum parking for >2 blocks from the cell. <2 blocks and you have a nice car = crackhead breaks into it
violent niggers occupy anything 4> blocks from the stadium
if you miss the exit off the freeway(usually because you're surrounded by niggers driving 400$ cars and they don't care) you end up in mogadishu
>>67335812
Speaking of 2012...
dating myself here
http://archive.4plebs.org/sp/thread/23264091/#23270264
Yes that was me, in the bleak bleak season that was 2012. I'm as far from bandwagoner as can possibly be. I'm depressed as fuck.
>>67335895
>calling a spade a spade is a bad thing
Lose my number once Syndermeme and deMeme's arms combust alongside Meme Harvey's
The Phillies are going to have a dominate pitching rotation in the next 2-3 years . If they dont get any power hitters though , the will end up like the 2011 Phillis.
Guys, Jake here.
Just got my latest shipment of Pilates™ in the mail. Came in a small package, express ordered from Germany.
The Pilates Injector™ I had recently just broke, so I'm going to skip a rotation day this week so I don't mess up my fung-schway (it's a little term we in the pilates community like to say, it basically means balance, just an fyi)
I can't WAIT to try these Pilate™ out. The Manufacturer has been pretty famous for a while now. Since like the Olympics if I remember correctly, with some Track Runners.
Anyways, peace bros. Gotta go meet up with my bros Chris and Dee, we're having a joint Pilates session together.
XOXO -Jake
>>67335812
Just be cautiously optimistic. I do understand how bandwagoners are annoying. I've gone through it all recently with the Warriors, Giants, and 49ers a few years back to an extent after watching all of those teams be terrible for varying time periods.
Just try to enjoy what you can, when you can. Hope for the best but expect nothing
>>67335937
stay butthurt pissboi
why does /mlb/ hate good players? hell, why does /sp/ hate good players?
>>67335881
wasting it on 4chan
>>67335966
Some people just don't like Pilates. They're unnatural.
>>67335966
>Arrieta
>good
okay buddy
>>67335966
Pure jealousy is probably the most common reason
>>67335966
I like Chris Sale desu senpai
>>67335966
Le "gain 10% velocity from doing yoga" man
>>67335990
>>67335991
>>67336021
Not just Arrieta. It seems like /mlb/ hates all the top pitchers and some of the top hitters in the league.
SIX STRAIGHT SERIES WINS
>>67336029
I think everyone likes Cutch
>>67336026
They could still get Chapman before the trade deadline at the rate the Yankees are going
>>67336026
>>67335964
Ryu and Maeda have shitty memechanics too
Why do you think Ryu's shoulder went to shit last year? Why do you think the Maeda deal was almost off due to his elbow?
Dork Knight, Fagboy Thor, and Fagboy #2 are next
Throw in Matz too, he'll be a bit later though
So, if we want to talk about a guy who's ACTUALLY on steroids...
>Jane Lee @JaneMLB 3m3 minutes ago
>Khris Davis with his third homer in two days, yet another to dead center.
This dude is so fucking obvious. He does "pilates" like no other.
>>67336029
Doesn't seem like anyone hates Syndergaard especially but the Cult Of The Meme that follows him around is really fucking goofy and ridiculous
Grown men dressing up like comic book heroes to go see a kid who's going to have, at best, a three-year career is the dopiest shit on Earth
>>67336053
>k-kershaw won't shit the bed again in the playoffs this time I swear guys
>>67335932
Memory lane makes me cry
http://archive.4plebs.org/sp/thread/26230704/#26230704
All this shitposting and hatred for Arrieta on this board. How butthurt do you think he'd get if he discovered /mlb/?
>>67336075
Pisserchoker has memechanics too, he saves it at the last second though
Your pitchers arms will still blow out, and not because the fans are chanting for their names to return in the 9th inning either :)
Reminder again that there were exactly and literally ZERO Mets "fans" before the year 2015. All of the Mets """fans""" will pull their dusty Yankees caps back out in a couple of years when the meme is truly dead.
>>67336113
Given his track record on Twitter, he would start posting.
>>67336116
>Pisserchoker has memechanics too, he saves it at the last second though
what did dg mean by this /mlb/?
>>67336113
Discovered for what? DISCOVERED FOR WHAT?
ALL HE'S DOING IS PILATES YOU FUCKING JERKOFF, THERE'S LITERALLY NOTHING UNNATURAL OR WRONG ABOUT DOING PILATES OMFG
>>67336132
Pilates rage
You may only reply to this post if your team is 1st in their division.
>>67336132
holy shit he is such a faggot
With pitchers BTFOing their arms seemingly every other day, can MLB do anything about it, and if so, what?
>>67336132
Must be the Pilates making him aggressive
>>67336150
>sonny gray
LMAO
>>67336132
I had a buddy that did this when he got on Pilates.
>>67336158
Stop treating them like they're made of glass so they can actually develop strong arms that won't break down.
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/cyyoung139750.html
Robot pitchers. They'll fit right in with the robot umpires casuals are always begging for.
Who /white sox oldfag/ here?
>>67336158
Legalize Pilates
>>67334705
B-but muh >lefty killer!
>>67336116
>every good pitcher will blow their arm out
i know this is bait but out of curiosity what pitchers do you think have good mechanics and wont blow their arms out
>>67336202
Don't even get me started.
He's getting another start tomorrow because it's a lefty.
Fucking book it.
>>67336158
Stop teaching shit mechanics
Based O'Leary is literally baseball's reckoning and savior
Jeff Passan = WGAF
12 HITS THIS SEASON
2947 MLB HITS
53 HITS UNTIL 3000 MLB
>>67336193
I started posting when Soxbro got cancer.
Where did all these die hard White Sox fans come from?
>>67336205
David Price
Verlander once had perfect mechanics but this season it's been a bit different, he's a bit off, nothing horrible though
Tanner Roark and Jeff Locke also have good mechanics
Aroldis Chapman and Trevor Rosenthal a rare example of a reliever with good mechanics
>>67336275
They're lifelongs la'
Just like the cubs fans la'
And Leicester la'
>>67336275
They were the Royals fans just a few months ago
>>67336275
Been here since 2009 and never missed a beat
>>67336290
fuck off
>>67336306
lifelonger myself la
since the days of the Qman and Sale and Rodon
when our pitching was lights out, omg just thinking about it brings back all these nostalgic feelings
>>67336228
>Ichiro gets his 3000th hit in a Marlins uniform
You can't make this shit up
>>67336303
>2009
>>67336353
/sp/ was only founded in 2007, problem?
>>67336344
ya la this one's me
http://archive.4plebs.org/sp/thread/23264091/#q23269658
Quintana had such bad luck that day la hahaha
hey guys what place are the Astros in???
>>67336330
>mfw the M's trade for Ichiro at during the Allstar break and he gets #3000 as a Mariner
>>67336375
But deleted and wasn't brought back up till 2011
>>67334183
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
>Cares more about a clothing contract than his team
>Most laughable "star" in MLB history
>>67336403
>But deleted and wasn't brought back up till 2011
>2011
>>67336404
and yet he is still more entertaining than Trout
>>67336281
I imagine Chapman perfectly pulling his pistol out of the front of his pants in perfect motion and firing at his wife, then sticking the gun in the bitch's face while maintaining perfect trigger discipline.
>>67336403
Can't be, I know for sure I was posting way back then.
>>67336386
You literally pointed to my post. I'm the only one I know who actually watched that anime.
So who wants to take Fatt Harvey off our hands?
>>67336455
no la that was me, i told you Quintana had bad luck that day la hahaha lifelonger
>>67336441
"More entertaining" is an interesting way of saying "not as good"
>>67336480
quit saying la YOU FUCKING CUNT
>>67336480
Follow the trail bro
http://archive.4plebs.org/sp/thread/23264091/#23269438
>>67336526
>>67336519
la ive been a lifelonger as long as i can remember 2bh
back when Quintana just had those unlucky days la hahahaha
or when I was so into anime la i tell ya i was posting it in gamethreads
hahaha la's the good ol' days
>>67336526
Why are you so intent on proving you wasted 6 years of your life on 4chan?
>>67336235
RIP in piece.
>>67336553
I see it more as proving I've been suffering with this team for many many many years.
Who /rememberswhenozziewasthemanager/ here?
>>67336553
>not wasting 6 years of your life on 4chan
Fucking newfags I swear
>>67336657
are
>we
back or did we just rape a shit team tonight?
>>67336617
I loved Ozzie, he should have been given the key to the city after he called jay mariotti a faggot
>>67336669
We raped a rapist if that's what you mean.
>>67336670
To bad he didn't have the balls to stand up to Cubans in Miami.
>>67336617
If there are sox fans on here that don't remember ozzie, I don't even anymore.
>>67336617
I remember that but I'm not a white sox or Chicago fan. Would that stuff still fly today?
Anyone know what kind of pilates are best for getting an all-around pitch velocity increase of 7 miles per hour? Asking for a friend.
>>67336180
>>67336225
>>67336227
But the league can't really "force" lower leagues, even up to little league, to stop that, can they?
Personally, I think it's the other way around re: "strength" of someone's arm or getting too much rest; if you're an ace pitcher with aspirations of making the MLB, coaches are going to overwork the shit out of you as a teenager in normal and travel leagues when your body is still growing and you're constantly "working" it in unnatural motions and exercises. Not to mention you become the final option, regardless of condition, in tight or overlong games.
Look at Pedro Martinez. He had the two GOAT pitching seasons as the only competent guy on staff, and was even called on to pitch six relief innings in game 5 in 1999. He was arguably even better the next year despite the rest of the team, then in 2001, BAM, his shoulder gets fucked up. Our idiot manager Jimy Williams and GM Dan Duquette couldn't decide whether to put him on the DL or not, and so he spent about two thirds of a season worsening an injury and showing it on the mound before he finally gets shut down in August when the season's lost. His shoulder was never the same despite a few more good years with the sox and mets. Being injured in the 2006 postseason is probably a big factor in the mets losing to the cardinals too.
>>67336696
Only a few guys can pull it off
>>67336303
I didn't start posting on this bitch until the 2014 mlb season.
I pretty much posted on /tg/ since 2010 though, while using this name, but everyone probably just though it was some obscure Warhammer40k character and not the best catcher to run on a dropped third strike.
>>67336711
It'd have to be more of a recommendation and education thing more than anything
Lobbying for pitch count limits at lower levels is a start
It's an entire institutional thing though
>>67336730
Or the best to be caught stealing by Bartolo Colon
>>67336742
colon could run down hamilton, so there's no shame in that.
>there are white sox fans here that don't remember Mark Kotsay and the DHydra
>>67336774
>>67336617
Man the Onion used to be really funny
>>67336755
As in Billy Hamilton or Josh? I don't pay much attention to the >al west or the baby league
>>67336774
>>67336798
this one's harsh
Kershaw is fucken God.
Already the 3rd greatest LHP to ever live and he just turned 28.
Surrender and praise the true MVP cy young cock.
Fuck all you hating ass mf's
>>67336816
> complete with a patch mourning the death of Yogi Berra.
>>67336770
>there are white sox fans here that don't remember Jim Abbott
the fucker had one hand and pitched at the mlb level, all you slob pigs have 2 and what's your excuse ?
>>67336835
why'd they have to make it Guti ;-;
>>67336837
Also threw a no hitter for the Yankees
>>67336833
Why does he tend to forget how to pitch at MLB level once the playoffs begin, then?
>>67334377
They got away from trying for small ball. Moose cared too much about dingers and Esky still can't stop swinging at every pitch
>>67336860
top kek
Does it still count as an out?
>>67336880
>getting no-hit by a one-handed pitcher
>Cleveland injuns
>>67336833
Is Kershaw elite?
>>67334284
This is amazing seeing how I remember the 2014 White Sox bullpen. I did not think it was possible anything could possibly top that in awfulness.
>>67336866
kiss my ass pendejo, ozzie was amazing
>>67336880
one handed no hitter, absolutely based. abbott is not as legendary as he should be. probably because he makes all people with MUH CUHNDISHUNS feel like garbage.
>also makes me feel even more anger for danks for some reason
>>67336927
post your fave onion articles about your team brahs
>>67336932
Why do you hate Danks?
>>67336927
I'm dying
>>67336947
already done
>>67336617
Nothing can top that one.
>>67336466
Come to Kansas City, Matt
My all time favorite
http://www.theonion.com/article/seeing-ken-griffey-jr-in-backwards-hat-now-just-de-17191
>>67336949
he got paid 16 million this year to go 0-4 @7.25 era(DESPITE HAVING TWO HANDS, UNLIKE BASED JIM ABBOTT) then got released by the team
i gave him a pass for the longest time because he shutout the twins in the blackout game in 2008. but when this team is looking for a mercenary in july because WE WILL COMPETE, fuck Rbo's nigativity, having wasted that 16 on him will be bad
fucking lol
http://www.theonion.com/article/with-163-average-adam-dunn-no-longer-considered-a--21121
>>67336395
Not even the Marlins are that trade-happy and dumb. Maybe you can get him back for hit #3001 though
>>67337006
this ones too long to screencap but
>Nation To Ken Griffey Jr.: 'We Wish It Were You Hitting 756 Home Runs'
http://www.theonion.com/article/nation-to-ken-griffey-jr-we-wish-it-were-you-hitti-2212
What are your playoff predictions now, bros?
>>67336617
When I started watching baseball he was an Atlanta Brave, does that count?
>>67337018
that salary was a bit high, but maybe 8-10 mil when prior to the sox that he was pretty much a guaranteed 100 rbis
his implosion from going NL to AL has to be something special
brb, going to see if the bar at my hotel is open. currently in STL watching them either score 10 runs or 0 vs Philly.
>sweep a's
>swept by twinks
>split whos
>lose series to memeiners
>sweep roylels
>lose series to rags
>about to get swept by the broors
this fuckin team man
Heidi Watney on MLBs' Quick Pitch with that KC Royal blue miniskirt
>hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng
>>67336915
You now remember Andy Hawkins and Matt Young
>>67336600
>peavy and rios actually went on to win world series ring(s)
A sobering thought
>>67337162
ahahaha. could have sworn i'd seen that post before
>>67337162
Lots of like minded sports fans on here
He has won 0 playoff games since leaving STL for money. Angels division title and 98 wins was a crock of shit because of weak their competition. No wonder the royals swept them.
The cards play in a much more difficult division and they remained very relevant without him.
>>67336947
>http://www.theonion.com/article/everything-on-tv-reminds-david-wright-of-monumenta-6324
I also enjoy their annual Puppy Bowl coverage
http://www.theonion.com/article/cubs-fans-cautiously-optimistic-after-jake-arrieta-52829
Meanwhile this is probably how Cubs fans outside of /sp/ feel about what's happening now.
WHO THE FUCK IS GOING TO WIN THE WILD WILD AL WEST
Is Jake Arrieta Elite???
>>67337239
>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.
How big of a shitstorm would this be?
>>67337056
OFFICIAL UPDATED PRESEASON PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS
AL East:
Red Sox
Orioles (WC1)
Rays
Jays
Yankees
AL Central:
Tigers
Indians (WC2)
Royals
White Sox
Twins
AL West:
Mariners
Rangers
Athletics
Angels
Astros
NL East:
Nationals
Mets (WC1)
Marlins
Phillies
Braves
NL Central:
Cubs
Pirates
Cardinals
Reds
Brewers
NL West
Dodgers
Giants (WC2)
Rockies
Diamondbacks
Padres
>>67337302
why do you think the chisox will collapse
>>67337302
This is bait.
>>67337302
im okay with this although the phils should top miami and the indians 3rd not second also rockies should be in last the familiar place of the cellar
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/baseball-with-kyle/82799678/
>>67337302
falling for the early jays meme
>>67337302
Wrong
AL East
Jasy
Bankees (WC1)
Rasy
Orilels
Eternal 5th Placers
AL Central
Royals
Tiggers
Injuns
Whos
Twinks
AL West
A's
Stros (WC2)
Rags
Memeiners
Anglels
NL East
Mest
Walgreens
Marlels
Barfs
AHAHAHAHAHAHA FAGGOTS
NL Central
Cubs
Pierats (WC1)
Ratbirds (WC2)
Broors
Resd
NL West
Doyers
D-Bags
Jints
Rookies
Dads
Astros over Yankees
Cardinals over Pirates
Royals over Astros, A's over Blue Jays
Cubs over Cardinals, Dodgers over Mets
Royals over A's
Cubs over Dodgers
Cubs over Royals
you cant prove me wrong desu famalampai
>>67337495
>A's winning the west
here's your (you) i guess.
>>67337495
>Yancucks/Asstros in the playoffs
LOL
WELCOME BACK BABY TO THE DISCO FIRE
>>67337495
the doydoys jsut got swept by the marlins, their bullpen is shit, and they literally have just kershaw to rely on for pitching
The Mariners are making the playoffs and there is nothing you can do about it
>>67337639
Yo that's because Ryu ain't back yet.
>>67337302
I just looked at today's standings, the post
I'M LOVING THIS MAN
>>67337689
>inb4 ryu sucks after a year and a half off
>>67337722
>Top 10 LHP in the NL
>Pitched with shoulder injuries at the tail end and still managed to pitch solid enough
Kershaw, Maeda, Ryu, Kazmir, and Stripling ain't that far off from other NL teams. Pretty soon Montas and Urias are gonna join that shit.
You may only reply to this post if you've absolutely destroyed your division rival so far
>>67337710
He's a meme pitcher who's fucking ass in the postseason. Not to mention he's been in the AL so that probably fucked up his hitting for good.
Stripling might be better atm
>>67337822
>Dodger delusion
Happy
Felix
Day
Mariners and White Sox both share an AL leading +28 run differential.
>tfw coming for the division in a wapanese style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOUSYImpZ6Y
>>67337966
>le never made the playoffs man
>>67338156
Le mad he was never on your team man.
>>67337954
It's not delusion because everyone knows a year in the American League fucks up your mechanics.
Why do you think Cueto crashed and burned in Kansas City? The Giants overpaying him is already a fucking joke, LMAO
Jake Arrieta is a better pitcher than Clayton Kershaw.
>>67337639
>Kershaw literally putting the Los Angeles Dodgers on his back for 7 months
I wonder why his indurance takes a dive in October?
>>67338382
Kershaw is objectively and statistically the best pitcher in baseball. Arietta's only "good" because of some helpful "supplements" that he took upon arriving to Chicago.
Because seriously fuck him, he's a meme and will be a bigger meme when caught.
>>67338431
>indurance
>>67338431
Dodgers don't deserve Kershaw. The guys posts back to back sub 1.8 ERA and they can't win all 30 starts???
Strikes out 301 and posts the FIP in baseball with a 0.85 WHIP, 2.01 ERA and you can't win all his starts??
How can you justify this?
>>67338576
It's an incomplete team, family. Everyone knew this going into the season, but people held out hope.
Turns it out really is just the Los Angeles Kershaws.
>>67338431
Why don't you
>indure
this dick.
>>67338588
>spend $250 million dollars on a team
>don't have a complete team
Nice team """management""" you've got there
Yo fuck Manfred
>>67338588
>>67338609
Just wait when our farm system kicks the living crap out of your meme teams in the near future.
Besides, our rotation when healthy is the best in baseball. And our offense is the best in the NL West this year. Grandal is an All Star catcher guaranteed, Joc's in full rebound mode, Utley is playing much younger than his age, A-Gon is still A-Gon, Kike is still the best utilityman in baseball, Turner is still proving all you memelords wrong, Thompson and Seager are looking like future stars. Now if Puig can get his shit up, the Dodgers are by and large the best team in the National League.
You can't prove me wrong, your team is probably too meme to surpass us in the future.
>>67338639
Pro-tip, flaxseed oil along with Pilates will also do wonders for your game
>>67338651
you dig ese?
>>67338651
>le cant beat the rookie mest in the nlds team with greinke and kershaw starting 4/5 games
who CAN you beat?
>>67338651
>he thinks he can combat meme magic with money
>he doesn't know the Dodgers are the most underperforming team in professional sports because they lack heart
>>67338658
But what if I have to pee before the game?
Like...an actual MLB chakra test
>>67336132
>your beyond miniscule
>your
>>67336193
>dunn
>>67338692
Don't mind Pissboi, he's a known troll here.
If you remove the first 3 games of the season, The Phillies have a run differential of +4. In the first 3 games, they have -25
Jake "The Pharma Phenom" Arrieta
>Your team is playing way better than expected
>And this is with your best offensive weapon as cold as ice
Most WAR by Decade:
>'97-'06: BONDS
>'98-'07, '99-'08, '00-'09: AROD
>'01-'10, '02-'11, '03-'12, '04-'13: PUJOLS
>'05-'14: UTLEY
>'06-'15: CABRERA
Currently, Miguel Cabrera leads the '07-'16 run as well, over Utley by about 3 WAR
> *on phone* Pilates can do that for me? You mean it?
/mlb/: Who is that?
> ...Jake, from Natty Arms.
/mlb/: Jake from Natty Arms at 30 years old? *takes phone*
_________________________
/mlb/: Who is this?
-- It's Jake, from Natty Arms.
/mlb/: What are you taking, "Jake from Natty Arms"?
-- Uh.. Plants?
__________________________
/mlb/: He sounds Suspicious!
>Well he does pilates, so...
>The Phillies are 9-9 when they score 0-3 runs. Matching their win total in such games for all of last season. The Phillies are also .500 when scoring at least 6 runs.
When the luck runs out, I'm gonna be awfully sad
>>67339317
god damn
>>67339317
9/10
>>67339284
A lot of people, especially Sox fans, don't realize what cutting all the cancer, adding Todd Frazier, and moving Eaton to right did to this ball club.
>>67334237
Go Ms!
Phillies
WHERE THE FUCK IS REVERE??????
>>67334472
>mad
>at a frog
>>67339753
You can have Storen back if you want
>>67339720
This is basically the 2018 Phillies
>"It's tougher than it is in Little League, for example," the Blue Jays' Rule 5 draft pick joked. "But yeah, I'd say it's kind of a challenge because you want to be able to compete and be consistent. But it helps you develop a routine. I do my pre-game finger-painting exercises, just kidding."
Is Joe Biagini more autistic than Greinke?
Happy felix day /mlb/
>>67337313
Because they're the White Sox.
>>67340108
Sick of you and others like you. Fuck your negativity.
>>67339977
Arrieta's better
>>67340121
>being realistic
>Go fuck yourself
k
>>67340121
spotted the picked on nerd
>>67340121
Bandwagoner detected. The sox will probably collapse in august, like always. Come back if they still have a shot in September
The entire and complete shitty of Shitcongo has a bandwagon full of apehoop runoff and it's fucking disgusting. Not one single person in that whole ghetto had ever watched a baseball game before 2016.
The Phillies can't keep striking out opposing teams like this!
>>67340125
Arrieta is not better than kershaw. He hasn't had the sustained success the kershaw has had
>>67340516
Ive been watching the white sox for as long as i can remember senpai.
But then again im a white guy who played baseball
>>67340533
Since the beginning of 2015, Jake Arrieta has been the better pitcher. Is this true?
We, as fans tend to look at a more recent history, than a longer one. It is why a Phillies, or White Sox fan has much enthusiasm, while a Dodgers, or Nationals fan has less, despite the latter two being better for longer
>>67340533
>sustained success
>getting BTFO'd in the post season
>every
>single
>time
Tell me again about how he's good? Not saying Arrieta is better because he also got BTFO'd in the postseason, but Kershaw is probably the biggest choker of all time.
>>67340558
Yeah there have been some actual and genuine White Sox fans around here. Unfortunately you're still going to be publicly embarrassed by the obnoxious bandwagon.
Unless, of course, the inevitable inevitably happens and the White Sox get shitty again.
>>67340587
The mets beat up arrieta too in the postseason....
>>67340587
Fun fact. Mike Schmidt was considered a postseason choker until 1980. Now he's considered the single greatest player to man the hot corner.
>>67340612
>Not saying Arrieta is better because he also got BTFO'd in the postseason
>Not saying Arrieta is better because he also got BTFO'd in the postseason
>Not saying Arrieta is better because he also got BTFO'd in the postseason
>>67340612
>Not reading the full post
>>67340619
I genuinely hope the man gets a ring or two because he does deserve it. But he's the chokejob king for real.
>>67340310
>like always
Sounds like you're the bandwagoner.
>>67340637
To be fair, your sentence structure lends zero help. It sounded like you said Arrieta was better, but not because he was also BTFO in the postseason, rather than you saying you weren't saying Arrieta is better, since he also was BTFO
>>67340640
I hope he wises up and leaves when he hits FA for a team that is actually well put together. Greinke at least tried
>>67340726
>Kershaw goes to the Padres
>>67340655
Let's look at recent examples shall we?
2015
>1 game under 500 before July 31
>mid August the dream off 500 has been dashed and will never happen
2014
>bullpen shits the bed even further, with dnnn becoming our best bullpen pitcher
Or let's go back to 2005
>15 game lead going into August
>under 3 game lead by September
End yourself my man
>Every year, we're looking at Baseball's next biggest star
I have to ask. Were people saying this about Chris Coghlan in 2009?
>>67340726
Isn't Kershaw signed through 2027 or something outrageous like that?
>>67340767
We've seen a world series in our lifetime which many people can't say. Lighten up. There will be bad years, that's no reason to wallow in despair when the team is doing well.
The fact that you didn't explain what else happened in 2005 proves you aren't willing to have an honest conversation.
>>67340908
He has an out clause in 2018
It must be nice to be a die hard fan of all four major sports. Chicago fans get to be a diehard fan when the teams are doing well, and completely forget about them when they're doing poorly. Sounds like a pretty good position to be in if you're a sports fan.
2014
>bullpen shits the bed even further, with dnnn becoming our best bullpen pitcher
Dark dark times.
Also if you're talking collapses, how could you not mention 2012?
>>67335932
>>67336081
>>67340664
I think you're just stupid my man
>>67340908
http://www.spotrac.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/
>>67340972
You're lazy in your typing, and assume that because you know what you mean, that everyone else will as well.
>>67340606
It's funny. I would have never put "White Sox" and "bandwagon" together. Hell couple of years ago, this team could hardly count as an actual major league team.
I can still rattle off the lineup from my head
De Aza
Alexei
Abreu (the only MLB player)
Dunn
Beckham
Flowers
Morel
Garcia
Viciedo
Even just listing it makes me shudder
>>67341016
Jesus christ that list gave me hives
>>67340992
nah dude you're just freakin goober
>>67341016
>yfw everyone from that lineup is gone except for Jose.... and Avi...
>>67340937
Collapses are collapses regardless of the end result that come of them. Only reason 2005 did not end up like 2012 was because of Venezuelan Black Magic and because there was no Youk and Dnnn.
>>67341065
Can you just stop being a Sox fan? I'm embarrassed to be affiliated with you in any way.
And people wonder why only 12,000 people show up to games. Too many of my fellow Sox fans are exactly like you. Pathetic.
>>67341078
Except that there is a difference that we realistic/pessimists still do go to the games and support the team no matter how doom and gloom we are.
Hell I was at the park when THIS happened. Had a perfect view of it from my left field seats and I can still feel how hard I had my head buried in my hands as a result.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/ian-kinsler-gets-inside-park-home-run-ball-084811968.html
It sucked hard cause it was also a Sale game and he had already given up 2 2 run homers.
Just one of the many many soul crushing games I've been to over the years adding to the pessimism.
>>67341146
If you go to games you are an exception to the rule. Pessimists tend to be the ones who don't go to games. I've heard way too many Sox fans say things like "im not showing up until they put a quality product on the field."
How many games do you go to per year? I average about 10.
>>67341146
That was also the 99 loss season. I went to game after horrible game and for those I didn't go to I listened to and watched when they were on TV.
Having these kind of memories still so vividly with me makes it hard to have any sort of hope or optimism. When you fall that deep into the darkness, it's too hard to climb back up.
>>67341016
>he thinks we're impressed he can name a lineup from two years ago
Ray Durham
Jose Valentin
Frank Thomas
Magglio Ordonez
Paul Konerko
Carlos Lee
Joe Crede
Aaron Rowand
Sandy Alomar
I don't even know what year this was because I was so young.
>>67341190
Its around 10-15 for me. It sucks that I don't have any friends into baseball though back then. In fact,
[blog]
On my 20th birthday I decided to have a bday celebration at the cell. I invited my friends many of which didn't really know about baseball to begin with but I wanted to try to get some in. Sox vs Angels Danks starting. We had to wait for some friends and ended up a little bit late. We were on the gate 3 escalator up when I saw it was already 5-0 Angels in the first. Thanks danks. Afterwards we sat through more runs and a pretty crappy offense who tried to fight back but couldn't. Ultimately they lost 9-5, (woulda been 9-4 if not for a random meaningless Wise HR in the 9th) and my friends never cared for baseball ever again after that which is a shame since clearly since then, I've continued to be a diehard to the best of my ability. That is to say, I don't have season tickets but still live breathe and die with the team.
>>67341294
It's not about the duration or recency. It's that that lineup lost 99 games being one of the worst team's in the MLB but I still watched them and remembered each of them. That's the actual point.
>>67341311
Sorry dude I was just being a showoff.
You youngsters and your recent teams. I remember a Phillies team with Kevin Sefcik in Center and Rico Brogna at first
What went right?
>>67341190
>"im not showing up until they put a quality product on the field."
Sounds like they really couldn't be fucked.
I try to catch a couple games in person when I am able to myself. I hope to attend more games now that I'm in a slightly better financial situation. Last game I went to was Eaton's walkoff HR in extras. However, I watch/listen every Sox game on TV/radio.
>>67341347
>Named Adam
>from the NL
Some sort of divine miracle or devil's deal
>"im not showing up until they put a quality product on the field."
A more than valid reason. Why would I pay to watch a team that isn't good, has no real bright spots, and no visible future? Give me a reason to watch the 2016 Braves
>>67341347
He was their only consistently above average hitter last year. Putting him in right gives him more opportunities to throw guys out. Of his league leading 2.0 WAR, 0.7 is from fielding (that's really good) because he has a staggering 13 defensive runs prevented.
>>67341383
So you can brag about being with the team in tough times after they get good in 5 years like the whos fans are doing
>>67341383
To see Turner one last time? I don't know, do what you want.
>>67341417
>ask why there are suddenly so many White Sox fans
>they give evidence that they've been here the whole time
>call them braggarts
Listen to yourself.
>>67341347
Everything
He is a god
>>67341459
Welcome to /sp/: You just can't win
>>67341383
Bandwagoning faggots like you should be shot.
You can do whatever you want, but dont call yourself a Braves fan.
>>67341459
Two guys can't stave off a bandwagon. It's already starting. When it arrives in full, both of you will become ""fans"" who just started watching in May, 2016.
See: Blue Jays """""fans""""" (although there really -were- none of them)
>>67341495
You would actually pay money to go watch your team get btfo on a daily basis? Why not just watch it on TV? There has to be some incentive for ownership to produce a better team.
>>67341065
So Chavez Socialism saved the White Sox in 2005.
>>67341511
Funny because I still remember being surrounded by them in my early days posting in gamethreads here back in like 2009-2010. I remembered when they always lamenting the forever 81-81 thing. If /sp/ had flags back then, I'm sure I would have been the only American one in Jays/White Sox threads.
Hell I even remember times when it was just me and GMT in Royals threads back when both our teams were disappointments.
>>67341511
>See: Blue Jays """""fans""""" (although there really -were- none of them)
truly great times
luckily they'll be gone when they realize you can't just have a good offense with meme pitching
>>67341570
But that's not why they're losing. If you actually watched a single game you would realize this.
>>67341520
TV still gives them ad revenue. Watching on an illegal stream is the way to go still root for a team but protest the team. Note the difference between "a" and "the".
>>67341520
I don't like to judge why people don't go to games, but I mostly go for the atmosphere. I don't really have an issue seeing a bad team.
Reminder that bragging about how good of a """fan""" you are because your team is shittier than another team is just as bad as SJWs bragging about how oppressed they are as if it makes them worth more than a straight white male.
>>67341627
>you can't root for shitty/mediocre teams
>you can't root for good/great teams
>>67341603
There's a difference between being 5 to 10 games under 500 and barely winning 60 games. If I were a braves fan I might go to a game or 2, but I would much rather just watch it in the comfort of my own home.
>>67341627
It seems like they're just trying to hold back the bandwagon by trying to prove how long they've been around (this is completely futile)
If not, what you said 100%
>>67341648
you can root for either. just don't flaunt your superiority every ten seconds because your favorite team hasn't won in your lifetime
>>67341654
Actually in my case, I know the bandwagon will come, I'm scared of it yes but nothing I can do. The real reason I'm proving so hard that I was a fan during those bleak years was simply to justify why I'm so dour even when my team is 19-8.
>>67341520
>daily basis
1. You dont go to every game
2. They dont lose every game
3. You should still go and show support if you claim to be a fan
>>67341682
>I'm scared of it
Embrace it
It's L I T E R A L L Y the only time a girl is going to be interested in baseball. You get an easy in with some women while the local team is hot
>>67341706
>2. They dont lose every game
>IMPLYING
>>67341383
Holy shit kill yourself immediately
>>67341495
>The only way you can be a fan of a team is to give them your money on a semi-regular basis
Retarded logic that allows futile teams to remain futile forever. If a team could sell out every night while being an awful team for years, why would they even bother trying to make a good team?
>>67341706
Going to games is not the only way to show support. I get what you're saying but in the braves situation I can totally empathize why they would be reluctant to go to many games.
>>67341755
Bad media and PR
>>67341774
Which doesn't stop "true fans" from going to games.
>>67341588
when the bats undoubtedly get hot, stroman and the memes will fall apart.
>>67341755
>what are the Cubs
>>67341805
a team that has failed to win a world series in over a century
>>67341795
Am I foolish enough to expect the rotation to stay at 4th in the AL? Fuck no. But I also don't expect them to drop to 15th either.
>>67341303
Could be worse. Count yourself lucky you and your friends didn't get shot
>it's called the cell because the stadium is like a prison with ton of dindus shooting around it
Is WARP an arbitrary and meaningless statistic?
>>67341813
Point is that the guy i responded to said teams wont bother to pursue talent if they sell out games even when they suck. The Cubs prove that wrong.
Im not a cubs fan so your comments dont bother me. Pay attention to the conversation or leave faggot.
>>67341867
>watch your team get btfo
>get shot as you walk out
Life must be hard for whos fans.
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>>67339715
u guys just disapear till felix day yea?
