Poll of the Day > Sports Discussion Topic #175: A 500-Post At Bat (Resulting in a Fly-Ball Out)

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I like it when the position player pitcher throws like 88 MPH and the batter is like whoa

That knee-buckling curve he threw to Chris Taylor was nuts, too!
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His fastball was only 88 mph but it probably looked fast compared to his 69 mph curve

It looked like he could place his fastball... at least as well as a position player can locate pitches.
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Captain America: Civil War
The Avengers
Thor: Ragnarok
edit: Avengers: Infinity War
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
Iron Man
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Doctor Strange
Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
Ant-Man
Black Panther
Captain America: The First Avenger
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Thor
Iron Man 2
The Incredible Hulk
Thor: The Dark World
Iron Man 3
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Infinity War is in the upper half for me for sure, but I need to see it again

Baseball note: the Atlanta Braves are gonna be so fun for the next few years with Acuna and Albies.
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CaptainHammer posted...

Infinity War is in the upper half for me for sure, but I need to see it again

I want to see again before rating it, but yeah it would be in the top 4 for me.
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Zeeky_Bomb posted...

Baseball note: the Atlanta Braves are gonna be so fun for the next few years with Acuna and Albies.

I'm so excited too. Camargo can be thrown in also. Not quite on their level, but fun to watch
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Zeeky_Bomb posted...

Baseball note: the Atlanta Braves are gonna be so fun for the next few years with Acuna and Albies.

You'll think they're fun and then you'll watch them play a playoff game at home and the tomahawk chop will remind you that their fans are all going to hell. And not because of the racism (though that doesn't help) but because of how idiotic and obnoxious it is

The pirates rookie starter Kingham is perfect through 5 against the Cardinals

More like Goingham

The Rockies losed a series to the Derek Jeter Marlins

The Cardinals are going to be sweeped.

Oh, not only is he a rookie, but it looks like that was his debut. It would have been pretty cool to see him debut with a perfect game, has that ever happened? Wasn't the closest when Buchholz had a no-hitter in his second start?

They said a guy named Bumpus did it in like 1891.

Since you mentioned a funny baseball name, I was trying to find something about the baseball player Beer but I got a result about Wade Boggs drinking like 50 beers on flights. I've heard that before, but it's still insane to me and I don't know that I believe it. Even the sheer amount of liquid alone seems impossible. Allegedly he had 107 beers in one day. That's like some Andre the Giant shit, but he was 500 pounds so his stories are a little more believable

STLCards1991 posted...

The Cardinals are going to be sweeped.

Yeah, the Brewers were swept by the Cubs.
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The Cardinals still have the best record of teams in this topic (tied with the Blue Jays). All our teams are mediocre

Speaking of the Blue Jays, somebody dropped Marcus Stroman in my fantasy baseball league, which is pretty dumb. Okay, his ERA is butt (8.88), but his underlying skill stats say he's going to bounce back.
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Yeah, I was always willing to take up a bench spot for a good player having a bad year. You never know when they'll turn it around, and he could be invaluable during your playoff run.

Earlier today my brothers and I were discussing Mike Matheny's playing career. It gave me an idea for my latest time wasting work project... time to rank all MLB managers by how good they were as players!!!

30. Joe Maddon, Cubs - no MLB experience and the worst minors performance
29. Brian Snitker, Bravse - no MLB experience
28. Buck Showalter, O's - no MLB experience
27. Jim Riggleman, Reds - no MLB experience but the best all minors performance
26. Jeff Banister, Rangers - 1 MLB PA, but he got a hit, so he has a 1.000 lifetime average
25. John Gibbons, Blue Jays - very few MLB PA but he did hit a dinger
24. Kevin Cash, Rays - the worst player who had an actual MLB career, a 37 OPS+
23. Ned Yost, Royals - the lowest WAR of anyone who made MLB, I only rank him this high because he hit much better than Cash
22. Mickey Callaway, Mets - a rare pitcher on this list and a really bad one
21. Andy Green, Padres - one of those utility guys who hangs on for a while for no reason, had a career .200 BA
20. Rick Renteria, White Sox - a crappy utility guy who seems to have played decent defense at least
19. Terry Francona, Indians - a very bad player who gets points for somehow playing 10 MLB seasons
18. Torey Lovullo, Diamondbacks - another utility guy who couldn't hit, but less of an embarrassment than Andy Green with the bat
17. A.J. Hinch, Astros - bad, but not horrifyingly so because he was a catcher
16. Mike Matheny, Cardinals - also bad, but he had a long career as a starter and won gold gloves so he at least had a reputation for good defense
15. Ron Gardenhire, Tigers - finally someone with positive WAR! A decent utility guy for a few years
14. Clint Hurdle, Pirates - totally forgettable 4th OF, but again he was in the positive for WAR
13. Bob Melvin, A's - a no bat catcher who was still a fine part time player
12. Bruce Bochy, Giants - see Bob Melvin
11. Scott Servais, Mariners - see Bruce Bochy
10. Alex Cora, Red Sox - weirdly memorable for a guy who didn't do much, but good defense up the middle can get you a long career
9. Gabe Kapler, Phillies - only real skill ever was being able to hit lefty pitching, but it gave him a lengthy and largely successful career as a platoon OF
8. Dave Roberts, Dodgers - another guy with only one real marketable skill, his speed, but he was also a good 4th OF for it and of course used his speed to memorable effect in the 04 ALCS
7. Aaron Boone, Yankees - like Dave Roberts, his career is distilled into one memorable playoff moment, but he had a few good years with the Reds
6. Dave Martinez, Nationals - long career as an average OF
5. Bud Black, Rockies - long career as an average P
4. Craig Counsell, Brewers - overrated because of his goofy stance and scrappiness, but great defense up the middle made him a good player for a long time
3. Mike Scioscia, Angels - league average hitter behind the dish for over a decade made him a very valuable guy for a long time, plus he was on The Simpsons
2. Don Mattingly, Marlins - a HOF caliber hitter before a steep decline but still easily ahead of everyone except for...
1. Paul Molitor, Twins - an actual HOF player.

Basically, almost every manager in MLB was a bad player. But on the plus side, that took like an hour to research so it really killed some time.

I had no idea that Bud Black was a pitcher. Incredible

That's a pretty good list.

Molitor is one of my favorite Brewers of all time. I was sad when he left the Brewers but was happy for him when he finally was on a team that won the world series.
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That's some good research right there

Good list but you forgot to mention that Mattingly was also on The Simpsons

You bitch

I thought I told you to shave those sideburns! YOU'RE OFF THE TEAM!
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Tune into ESPN for the Rockies' one national game this year if you want to see Blackmon and Arenado lead their gang of worthless scrubs

I regret to inform you that Trevor Bauer is at it again. This time he's tweeting that the Astros are doctoring pitches to increase spin rate. Anyway, I only brought it up because it reminded me of that time he pitched in the playoffs after nearly cutting off his finger with his stupid drone and was leaking like a sieve on the mound. That was gross.

Today I finally found some Super Mario cereal at the grocery store and I bought it for some reason even though I probably won't keep the box or even use the amiibo

rOyAlS cAn TuRn It ArOuNd
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I don't like when I have to log out to see who posted in the sports topic

SteamedHams posted...

I don't like when I have to log out to see who posted in the sports topic

Or you could grow some thicker skin and not use an ignore list
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I don't even know who this guy is. Should I block him too?

Wow, what a clever and original response. Or you could not be such an awful shitposter.

The ignore feature here does suck though. I wish they had a toggle where you could hide/show ignored posts in each topic. Or just make it so that you only ignore topics from people, not all their posts

STLCards1991 posted...

I don't even know who this guy is. Should I block him too?

Well, for one thing, he thought that Jen and RC were the same person (and continued to think that through mounting evidence and testimonies countering it)... or pretended to think that, or something. You know, the old "Joke's on them, I'm only pretending to be an idiot!" method of trolling

STLCards1991 posted...

I don't even know who this guy is. Should I block him too?

Nah, I'm a decent poster. But it's up to you. Don't let someone else's opinion sway you one way or the other. Just tag me as "watching" or "potential ignore" and see if you think you want to ignore me.

SteamedHams posted...

Wow, what a clever and original response. Or you could not be such an awful shitposter.

I mean, is it wrong?

SteamedHams posted...

You know, the old "Joke's on them, I'm only pretending to be an idiot!" method of trolling

Lol where tf did I say I was joking all along
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With 7 minutes to go in my work day, I have done literally no work for my department today. I filled in somewhere else for an hour and answered some questions. That's it. This life of mine is completely absurd

SteamedHams posted...

The ignore feature here does suck though. I wish they had a toggle where you could hide/show ignored posts in each topic. Or just make it so that you only ignore topics from people, not all their posts

tbh if I block someone, I'm fine with them not existing here.
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jesus NBA refs are fucking terrible
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The Cardinals were losing 2-1 in the 9th. But, they won.

The twins have lost 10 of their last 11
Supportive fan: "it's a long season. It's a marathon not a sprint"

Me: "baseball sucks balls"

I still haven't been spoiled for infinity war. This is amazing. Halfway to the weekend when I can see it.

Zeeky_Bomb posted...

SteamedHams posted...

The ignore feature here does suck though. I wish they had a toggle where you could hide/show ignored posts in each topic. Or just make it so that you only ignore topics from people, not all their posts

tbh if I block someone, I'm fine with them not existing here.

I can't help but laugh at people that ignore users and then log out every time to see what they post. I wouldn't even want to admit to doing that

Royals eeked out a victory in the most exciting game of the year last night in 13 innings against Boston
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MNTwins1991 posted...

The twins have lost 10 of their last 11
Supportive fan: "it's a long season. It's a marathon not a sprint"

Me: "baseball sucks balls"

Do you really know a fan who said that? The only reason they're not toast already after that is that Cleveland hasn't been that amazing so far

Arenado is pretty good

The Cubs are still good and are going to win the division, but Darvish has been enjoyably shitty so far this year.

I thought you were pro-Yu? Or did that change when he joined the Cubs?

I like him but any big money Cubs acquisition being bad is funny and good.