Watching ken burns’ Doc for the umpteenth time. Hope springs eternal and luckily so does baseball.


Rams win the super bowl btw

I’ll bet hank and Stam that the A’s will be better than the giants and mariners.

The Giants better spend some money. The outfield is abysmal, pitchin in disarray,and seems like the whole front office is getting a shakedown. Good. The bandwagon fans got spoiled thinking we would just keep winning every even year. May never see another championship in my lifetime. Just ask Mariner fan.

Guess I must be getting old. Enjoy the game, hope the M's win, but simply like a good game. In the sunshine, on real grass. Same with football and futbol. Love to see them win, but there is always next year.

Excellent post.

Honestly, I was so pissed at the M's annual late season let down that I had to step away from anything baseball related.

I'm sure the team has gone into another rebuilding mode after the Paxton trade. I have no idea what they've done or not done and I find it hard to care any longer.

Don't bet Hank.

My Dad interviews with the Dodgers next month, fingers crossed he gets the job!
Would be great to spend spring training in AZ!

when was the first one? Team way overachieved last year, no way it was sustainable for this season.

rumor is that sf is in the Bryce harper sweepstakes. They shouldn't because nobody in the SF line up can protect him. He might walk 200+ times per year.

No. But I know you’re being sarcastic

Bryce Harper, who cares?

SF is too cheap to pick up Harper #1,and #2 they have a lot more issues than just one guy coming in. I don't like Harper. It tickled me pink when Papelbon had him by the throat and shook him like a rag doll for being a disrespectful punk. I think he's a cancer. Giants need pitching in that ballpark ,and guys that can get on base. Our outfield needs a major overhauling. Bryce Harper isn't the guy.

sad day for the A's. their top draft, Kyler Murray, opted to try to be an NFL qb. I wish him the best.

lol thanks stam.

It's ok to play with the A's. You get a couple years and then go sign for millions with a real contender.

If you want to be RICH, machado to Yankees Harper to Phillies

Whatevs. Phils can have him. Padres are front runners for machado.

Machado isn’t going to the padres. Book it

Lmao my bad mr vapid. Machado did go to the padres. Good for San Diego!

I miss chuck s.

He brought us 3 championships and is a class act,hall of fame manager. His health hasn't been good the last couple of years. Saw it coming,the end of an era is near. Padres got Machado,but they will still lose. My feeling is frisco is gonna build up that farm system and I have a weird feeling we see Bumgarner in a Yankee uniform.

Where did he go? J F C I liked that guy.

I miss Chucky too. Alas, he was just a normal, regular, level headed dude and the DS just wore him down....or something like that.

10 years $300M for Machado. That's insane. He's never going to be able to afford living in SoCal on such a paltry salary.

So happy to see Cano gone!

Harper hasn't signed up yet. Scott Boras is trying to snake his way to a 400 mil deal I guess. I really doubt the Giants would pay that much for this dude. I can see them overpaying for some more over the hill utility outfielders a la Denard Span/Andrew McKutcheon.

Good it's perfect for him then when he gets in a big slump those scrub assed fans can throw batteries at him from the bleachers. Fkn scrub. I never wanted that bastard on the Giants the front office wouldn't pay that much anyway. Ok Frisco bring on the old utility players wooooootttttt!!!!

Also,the Giants were just posturing as usual.

Mike Trout will end up with Philly in two years.

Mike Trout is awesome.

This year’s baseball thread will be updated continuously. My goal , as curator of this baseball thread, is to be as topical and as annoying as the drumph threads.

Challenge accepted.

Phillies and Mariners?

That's a very high (er….low) bar to aspire too. Good luck with that.

baseball blog from dwatkins.

Machado was dumb according to the income tax issue with calif. but to be fair, San Diego isn't the worst place to live.

Bryce Harper will make his spring training debut on Saturday with the phillies in clearwater FL.

Cameron Maybin drank too much in Scottsdale on Friday and found himself a DUI. Nice offseason Giants. DUI, domestic abuse, and zero meaningful signings.

Go A's!

god I wish evo knew baseball. maybe he can google it and I can argue with him with actual knowledge instead of google skills.

but he can throw 85 mph I forgot. That is a crock of sh!t btw.

You so mean.

I used to be able to throw fastballs. Probably not so fast any more.

Fish on...

Todd

i know more about baseball than you think...

still have a [Bleeeeep!] ton of cards from the 60s through 2000....

just havent been paying super close attention the last few years, doesnt bother me either...

oh, and i said i did that when i was like 19 or 20... not now... btw

I hooked him now what? Cut the line?

It's not that easy, we've been trying for years. He's like that 10" trout at the kiddie pond with 6 lures stuck in his mouth and all the bystanders point and laugh as people throw [Bleeeeep!] in the water and the little fuker still chases down and inhales everyone's offering.

Oh do regale us....

Can you fvckin' not?

evo could have just said lol good one! I don't know baseball very well nor do I particularly like it.

instead he knows baseball from the 60's to the 2000s. and threw 85 mph as a 19 to 20 year old. Here's the facts with that, if he actually threw that hard a scout would have looked at him or at least his horticulture degree would have been free, mowing down the geeks at seattle U.

Yeah, catch the mail thief, then pop off!

What Evo failed to mention was his 85 mph throw was at the '95 Puyallup Fair using state of the art radar guns. He won a big Giraffe and gave it to Katie, because that's what men do. The Carnie behind the counter was super impressed and offered him a job on the spot. Said he'd never seen anything like it. Called him Roy Hobbs. Evo promptly declined the job offer and then barfed up his double cheese dog riding the teacups. Got in a fight in the parking lot on the way out. Katie had to drive home because he had to stop the bleeding with his Big Johnson tshirt. He showed No Fear that night. True story.

The fair, the radar, and Roy Hobbs. Lmao

you guys are nuts...

You’re a good guy but can you just for once show some humility?

Nick made me lol no less than 3 times in one post.

Good schitt.

Solid work, Nicky.

Now this thread will be continually spammed with recently Googled expert opinion...book it.

I threw 85mph once.

It was my changeup.

Fish on...

Todd

i dont need to google sports...

ask any sports card shop owner in King and Pierce counties who i am, and they know...

Don and DJ's, Brian at the Baseball Card Shoppe, Knutsen was a fvckin prick and NW Sportcards, the West Coast owners are alright, but they will short you on prices.. Mill Creek is alright...

Don is actually one of if not the best around, and ive been going to him since he owned Warlords in the 80s....

like i said, i have enough sh!t around from the 60s through 2017 (football), that i could get any stat i want, without even a hiccup...

thats after selling the 1909 T206 cards, the 1912 T202 cards, and T207 cards, baseball and football cards from the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s... basketball cards including Wilt Chamberlain and Johnson, Jordan, Bird, ect second year cards, Mantle cards, Mays cards, Ruth cards (gave a 62 Fleer to my nephew)...

and i still have too much sh!t...



Google....

When I mentioned that there would be freshly Googled "expert" opinions spamming the thread, what in Heaven's name made you think I was speaking about you?



Just like using Google doesn't make someone an expert on anything other than searching Google, owning baseball cards doesn't make anyone an expert on anything other than owning baseball cards...and knowing stats doesn't mean anyone knows shitt about anything.

I hope this helps, but somehow I sincerely doubt it will.

Fish on...

Todd

I have hit 85mph at the batting cages a bunch. Its really really fast. No way can Evo throw that. That speed takes years and years of training and conditioning. The only reason so many guys are throwing so fast these days is a life time of work, something Evo isn’t doing. 85 isn’t fast by pro standards but its fast as fuk and would scare most people having that coming at them. I also hit 95 a bunch and that is a blip. Start swinging during the windup.

Yeah, but did you win a giraffe?

its called paying attention Todd, especially when you are interested in something...

you gain knowledge about players, histories, ect...

with what you just said, basically, reading something, is worthless and pointless and doesnt mean you are an expert, or know anything... (i never said i was an expert at anything BTW)...

so i guess college degrees are basically worthless, because people just read sh!t to get a piece of paper that says they did it...

and im 100 percent certain you were talking about me, only an idiot would see otherwise...

but go ahead and tell me im wrong.... i sincerely dont doubt you will...

If you want to know what I "basically" said, go read it. You have zero chance of understanding most of what I say, and adding your interpretation has a 100% chance of you being even more wrong.

Good luck.

Fish on...

Todd

jesus christ, now you know what ive done in my childhood through teens?

heads up, all i did was played baseball with the other kids from the neighborhood...

a couple of them went on to do some higher level stuff...

the only reason i never played in school, is because my family couldnt afford it... my dad wanted a nice house for his family, and it was expensive back in the early 80s...

oh well, i got good at other things like shooting and fishing...

oh yeah, Griffey used to come and watch us play at Kiwanis Park in Renton, he would be playing football with my friends Mike and Sam and the other monsters from the Highlands...

thats how i got 2 1989 Upper Deck RC cards autographed by him, along with 4 1989 Fleer and 4 1989 Donruss...

all of which were sold to Don and DJ's in Renton...

you fvckin moron, you responded to Nicks post, which was about ME...

god damn, you really need to try to shyster people better, cuz it doesnt work with me....

The most I was ever gunned at was 88mph, though I probably would waiver between about 85 and 90 at my best.

Unfortunately I never was able to learn another pitch well enough, and even 90mph fastballs start looking pretty fat when it's all you can throw.

Got to hit against several guys who could really bring it in college, and not surprisingly the hardest guys to hit against were the proverbial "crafty left handers"...

Fish on...

Todd

impressive! I believe you have thrown 88.

I ran a 4.7 40 in high school and they wanted me to play football. I liked baseball better.

lol

nah, ive said i have met Griffey on multiple occasions multiple times on this board over the last 8 or 9 years... you just have the attention span of a tater tot....

i mean the fvckin guy lived a quarter mile away from me

and i have the right to do whatever i want... i mean sh!t, you do it...

oh wait, thats right... you can, i cant... you met people, i didnt... you can throw 88-90, i cant throw 85...

same sh!t, different day...

guess what?

still dont care stuffer...

baseball cards....the new 401K for the unemployed.
SF

todd is tall. So that's why I can believe 88. leverage.

wasn't 88 mph in back to the future as well?

actually they really arent...

cards from the 90s back never gain any value really... even Mantle RC cards, they stay the same unless someone comes along with a super high graded one like a PSA 9 or 10...

Jordan cards have gone up a bit but they even stalled... during Griffeys time, his cards shot up in price, especially the 89 Upper Deck, but then tanked as they all do... and have remained around 30 dollars (as i said, high grade ones can fetch a higher price, depending on population) for quite some time now....

newer cards on the other hand, can have some decent value to them, but they are mainly relic cards, auto cards, plate cards, numbered cards, ect... regular set cards arent worth much unless they are RC cards, and even then, arent all that valuable...

and they can lose value very quickly depending on the player...

i once bought a pack of Basketball cards and got a Darius Miles RC jersey card, beckett at the time listed it at 600 dollars, Don put it up on Ebay for me and i got 450 for it....

2 years later, it was worth 6 bucks....

you know why I would go fishing with evo? I don't want to fight him anymore I feel bad. but he knows a ton about nothing and it would be a fun 2 hours of just shooting the sh!t. Im sure I will feel differently tomorrow.

I think the Delorean needed to be going 88mph when it received the 1.21 Gigawatts.

Also no Google.



Fish on...

Todd

its DeLorean...

also no Google...

speaking of WPM, Katie can type 200... im not anywhere near that...

The fastest typist in the world in 2018 did 212 max. speed.

The all-time world record is 216.



Google.

No but between you and Hank it's 200 posts a day. That's impressive.

On one online typing platform, Brazilian Guilherme Sandrini reached a whopping typing speed of 241.82 wpm.

Sean Wrona set another record at the Ultimate Typing Championship with a speed of 256 wpm. Wrona has also unofficially beaten Blackburn’s endurance typing record by maintaining a speed of 174 wpm over a 50-minute duration. Though this record is not recognized by Guinness because it wasn’t monitored by their team.

Both of these incredible speed typers used the standard QWERTY to achieve these top speeds.

Google...

https://blog.typing.com/fastest-typists/


also Dan, it was 2005, not 2018...

So it was.

A decent typist can do 80 words per minute. Mark Kislingbury can hit more than four times that speed. He’s the fastest in the world, and getting faster. The 53-year-old Texan holds the world record for the “fastest real-time court reporter,” a standard he set in 2004 when he transcribed a staggering 360 words in one minute, with 97 percent accuracy.

http://nymag.com/speed/2016/12/how-to-type-360-words-a-minute.html

Lmao

yes, doesnt count, but in a way it does... because if you are typing on a Steno, and you still have to make 4-10 strokes, that the same as typing on a keyboard for the most part...

i can only do about 70 i think.... im sure if i wanted to i could get over 100....

Oh yeah, at least. I did 45 wpm in H.S with about 50% accuracy.

Mail thief........

hasnt been caught...

neighbors are being evicted for the sh!t they are doing however, which may also include stealing peoples mail...

Nate, your left arm looks like a chicken wing in that avatar. Just an illusion I assume.

no, my left arm is about half the length of my right...

what i actually notice in the pic, is my dick bulge

funny story...

we were jumping on the bus to Seattle a few years back, and these 2 little hotties come pulling up in a POS Cougar... asked me for a cigg, sure no problem... had this weird look on their faces, and one of them said "i like your pants", which were a sweater type material Mark Ecko suit... they were all blinking shy like and whatnot...

was like um ok...

told Katie about it, and shes like well your dick is poking out so i can see why...



to this day, she still gives me [Bleeeeep!] about it when i wear shorts or jogging pants....

Tall and lanky = speed. Todd played a bit of college ball and I played a year in rookie ball after HS. I never pitched, but I could crow hop to the plate from left without hitting the cutoff. I've thrown out my arm so many times it makes me puke just thinking about it. Now at 43, I can barely throw across the yard. Shoulder is pure junk. The one thing I can still do is run like the damned wind. Todd's seen it a time or two.

Christ on a cracker...now we're onto typing speed. For fvcks sake.

This thread explains so much about this degenerate infested sweat lodge. We have a bunch of middle aged guys who have failed at pretty much everything they attempted athletically. Fortunately, a few of us have jobs to pay our interwebz, others live in their mom's childcare center. Since Evo has lost his 85mph heater, he is turning conversation to dick measuring.......Calling Frank.......


Not bad for a baseball thread

That's an accurate assessment. Next thing you know, we'll hear about licking eyebrows and elbows.

Did you know that back in the 70's, during his Haight Ashbury hippie yoga days, Frank could self fellate? Limber like a wet dishrag. That's another true story.

Odd since the century link bill comes in my name....

how do you get the cheeto and semen fingerprints off of your computer screen after you masturbate?

99 percent isopropyl...

I'm really good at eating pussy. I have references. Made an ex from oregon city black out. She still calls me

TMI.

Yeah, but what's your Licks Per Minute (LPM) average? Win any stuffed animals?

She was probably blacked out, ahead of time. Oh well, I still commend you.

That made me LOL

It's only TMI because you probably stab at a pussy with one finger and lap at it like a dog drinking from a water bowl.



It is more what is happening during the licks. It's called market research. I know what works. Most chicks couldn't suck a d!ck if they had to do it to survive. I have only been with a couple women who could,who enjoyed it,and made it worthwhile. Otherwise it's just an amusing 5 minutes of peace and quiet until I roll her over and ground and pound lol. The only stuffed animals is that beaver stuffed lol.

Harper went 0 for 0 with two walks and a run scored in his Grapefruit League debut. Walks are good just ax Barry Bonds.

I’m more of a middle finger guy.

Happy opening day!

Baseball is live and well despite you football fags. And basketball lol? The cream always rises to the top if you have the money, Esp the nc double a.

Walks can lead to runs when you are like this guy...

Joe Posnanski of the Kansas City Star and Sports Illustrated wrote:

" I'm about to give you one of my all-time favorite statistics: Rickey Henderson walked 796 times in his career LEADING OFF AN INNING. Think about this again. There would be nothing, absolutely nothing, a pitcher would want to avoid more than walking Rickey Henderson to lead off an inning. And yet he walked SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY SIX times to lead off an inning.

He walked more times just leading off in an inning than Lou Brock, Roberto Clemente, Luis Aparicio, Ernie Banks, Kirby Puckett, Ryne Sandberg and more than 50 other Hall of Famers walked in their entire careers ... I simply cannot imagine a baseball statistic more staggering."

Other than the big money contracts that I believe have gotten a bit out of hand,Baseball is alive and well and is the best game there is. IMO.

Mariners seem to be doing pretty decent with this new team... its the Mariners tho, so they will probably fvck everything up in the last part of the season...

we shall see...

My wife and a friend went to the opening game and ended up on the jumbotron dancing. They got a couple of text messages from others that were at the game.

Could have used Diaz in the 9th on Saturday night. I like this Mariners team.

Yes Mariners are actually pretty talented. I’d bet Stam a’s vs mariners winning the AL west if he is so inclined.

I won that bet if you recall (but apparently you don’t). And I always pay my bets, I’m no savage.

I'm not a betting man but I bet the Giants continue to ignore the elephant in the room and don't try and get us hitting.

Nope we are good

Hank?

Hank?

Zack greinke 10 strikeouts 2 home runs. He’s my all time favorite player

Giants just acquired Pillar from the blue jays. At least they are doing something.

Hank?

Don't look now. The M's are 11 and 2. My prediction is that the Padres are gonna be a team to watch out for in the NL West.

11-2 Are you serious ?

Stop talking about the M's. Just stop it. The first rule of M's baseball, is we DO NOT talk about M's baseball. Second rule of M's baseball, is WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT M'S BASEBALL!!!!

This is Baseball 101. Follow the code!

I know. I miss his pictures of pinks on the Snohomish the most.

That only counts to people who give a fk about the Mariners. You guys can say you had Ichiro the Big Unit and of course the Griff. Sweetest swing in baseball. Too bad. But hey. The cubs finally beat the curse. So it's anyone's game anymore.

Ok speaking of Baseball 101 the last few years I notice these announcers talking about the no no in like the 6th inning ,which is a huge no no. You never talk about it. Ever. It's the worst jinx in the game. Mike Krukow was pulling that [Bleeeeep!] with Bumgarner one night I couldn't believe it. Next inning,he gives up a single. Killed it. At least Cain got his perfect game. Loved that guy.

Those announcers should have been thrown outta the booth via the window into the crowd below. How you gonna be a professional announcer and talk about a no no like that? That's grounds for immediate termination by firing squad.

Last night's game was a perfect warning from the Baseball Gods to not test the code. Only up by 1 on the road, bottom of the 9th, bases loaded, 2 outs, shallow pop up for the butt clenching win. That was the God's warning people to STFU or else. If the Gods were in any less of a charitable mood and they had lost that game, I was already planning to drive to wherever Sol Duc is and rip out his throat with a spoon.

Robinson Cano gone, Mariners 13-2. Coincidence or cause and effect?

Worst signing in baseball? I dunno. But it was fkn stupid.

Lots of other personnel moves on both sides.

This was supposed to another one of the M's patented "rebuilding" years (when hasn't it been?). Tonight's game and this next series will tell us a lot. The Indians series looked great on paper at the time it was played, but they've since chit down their legs, so who knows. We shall see.

No question, but Cano was the highest paid at the time which put him in a position of leadership. His non-hustling and very relaxed attitude was something I saw other players adopt, most notably Kyle Seager. Unfortunately, in the field, Seager is not as good as Cano, and it bit him badly.

The ghost of Cano still lives on in our current 2019 outfield. Lack of hustle, lolly gaggin', grab ass play. Simple routine stuff is a complete adventure. Couple that with a mediocre bullpen and we WILL blow late inning leads later in the season. Chit, that'll probably start coming to fruition in about 1.5 hours from now. The Asstros don't mess around.

See...here I am talking M's baseball after I swear I wouldn't. Blame it on me.

At least you will have late inning leads to blow. Giants will blow them early and often if our front office doesn't start spending some of that championship $$ .

Seems that so far the M's have the hitting, but are somewhat suspect with the arm and glove. If those two come around there will be lots of wins. If not, there will be lots of scoring.....

Well, one unique way of avoiding OF errors is to hit a couple of Grand Salamis. At least they looked up and over with a high degree of effort!

Yeah...I'm inclined to believe our hot start was an anomaly that will fade out in typical M's fashion. We are not a disciplined team; lack another stud or two in the rotation and have sub-par defense (and that's being really nice to our D).

Verlander must get his juice from his Wife's massive milkers.

I couldn't believe they gave Cano at 31 years old a 1/4 of a billion dollar contract.

it's hilarious. Those long term contracts are a lose lose for everyone involved other than the player getting paid all that money obviously. Stanton was ridiculous.

My preferred manner for playing/watching baseball is for great defense, great pitching, and contact hitting. See 63-66 Dodgers. I agree with Nick that the inability to catch the ball and pitch very well will be the Ms undoing. Still, if that hitting can reasonably continue they will be entertaining. Their pitchers can hold no lead and their hitters can overcome any deficit.

Kinda like Coug football over the years. "We'll outscore you". Generally.

Well it is the American League,you bunch of cheating DH having scrubs.

DUMP THE DH!

10-4 keeps the Pitcher's honest....it will cause more of rushing the mound.

That's strange the two leagues have such a HUGE rule difference. I can't think of any other sport where the rules aren't the same.

AGREE !

Damn right. The DH is ridiculous. Look at big Papi . Fkn guy was juiced to the gills and batting like .800 in the postseason at age 41. What a laugh.

Bump. Been a good start for mlb. America’s pastime!

If I was invited to see the president of the United States I’d go and be honered for the privilege. But I can respect people’s (some Red Sox) choice not to. We really do have it good here.

Steelhat69 thanks for your two cents. Mega!

Horrible for the Giants. WTF. When your best hitter is batting 259 and you are giving up 15 runs a game ,ticket prices better start dropping. It costs 40 bucks to park. I have been waiting for this. Buh bye bandwagoners! Now we will see who the true fans are. Go Giants! Time to rebuild. And I don't care if Fat Panda can pitch I'm tired of seeing his fat ass.

Notice nobody is talking about the M's anymore? Me neither.

i dnt lyce baceball.just sport centr play on epsn. manures sux lots.

Big bump! Best baseball season ever!

One month ago, the M's were in first place in the West with a top 3 MLB record and a +45 run differential. One month later & they are in last place in the West, 11.5 games back and have a -38 run diff.

I'm not even mad. I'm fvckin' impressed!

Bump all day er day

I think the Giants can do big things this year. By that I mean get out of last place .

And to think I’d bet Stam the marreners were going to be good lol. They have done an historic about face towards the basement

Looking like Madison Bumgarner is going bye bye.

He’s a hothead. But like the guy. Thinking him or greinke to the yanks.

Midwest69 can’t catch fish.

Did the strap-on she used on you give you diaper rash?
Boom Roasted..

Bump! Go baseball! Midwife69 is obese! Probably has a vpn and pisses in bottles. You probably vape too even though you’re 45.