The best part of this is Angel staring him down like Mongo wouldn't snap him like a twig.
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Why is baseball the best sport on the planet? Discuss. (5 Viewers)
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SixSpeedFury
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The MLB equivalent of betting the Don't Pass line, with max odds.
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The suspense didn't last long ..
This is worth taking a couple minutes to watch.
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Gonna see the major league debut of Jace Jung tonight. The local paper says:
"Jung, a 23-year-old prospect, has spent the entire 2024 season in Triple-A Toledo, hitting .257 with 14 home runs, 67 walks (16.1% walk rate) and 93 strikeouts (22.4% strikeout rate) across 91 games. He is a below-average defender at third base"
"He hit .179 with a 34.8% whiff rate on fastballs that registered at least 95 mph."
This is the #5 prospect in the Tigers farm system.
"Jung, a 23-year-old prospect, has spent the entire 2024 season in Triple-A Toledo, hitting .257 with 14 home runs, 67 walks (16.1% walk rate) and 93 strikeouts (22.4% strikeout rate) across 91 games. He is a below-average defender at third base"
"He hit .179 with a 34.8% whiff rate on fastballs that registered at least 95 mph."
This is the #5 prospect in the Tigers farm system.
Since 1968 when the A's moved to Oakland from Kansas City, the Bay Area had a legitimate "crosstown rivalry" between the A's and the San Francisco Giants that comes to an end today. Prior to interleague play which began in 1997, the two teams faced off in the infamous 1989 "Earthquake" World Series. Oakland prevailed then and their record against each other since is 75 - 71 in favor of Oakland. Until their new park in Vegas is built, the A's will call home in Sacramento at the Triple A park of The Rivercats.
Side Note: My eldest son's 1st Championship team was called the Rivercats because Major Leaguer & MLB Analyst Anthony Recker was a former player of the Head Coach's previous Lower Macungie team and was drafted by Oakland and was at the AAA Rivercats at that time.
While the A's and Giants will continue to play against each other, the passion of these games will obviously subside. The A's began their existence as the Philadelphia Athletics in 1901 and had a crosstown rivalry in the Philadelphia Phillies until the A's moved to Kansas City in 1954. There's no rivalry when the A's and Phillies play now and the same will be said between the Giants and eventual Las Vegas A's in the future. Maybe one day baseball will expand back into Oakland or a team will move giving the area another rivalry.
Side Note: My eldest son's 1st Championship team was called the Rivercats because Major Leaguer & MLB Analyst Anthony Recker was a former player of the Head Coach's previous Lower Macungie team and was drafted by Oakland and was at the AAA Rivercats at that time.
While the A's and Giants will continue to play against each other, the passion of these games will obviously subside. The A's began their existence as the Philadelphia Athletics in 1901 and had a crosstown rivalry in the Philadelphia Phillies until the A's moved to Kansas City in 1954. There's no rivalry when the A's and Phillies play now and the same will be said between the Giants and eventual Las Vegas A's in the future. Maybe one day baseball will expand back into Oakland or a team will move giving the area another rivalry.
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Not until Oakland replaces the Costco Coliseum.
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Anthony Bourdain did less traveling then the Athletics franchise.
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Rain delay in Lansing. 
We may not get to see the first pitch, but these are our seats.
Gotta pass the time somehow.
We may not get to see the first pitch, but these are our seats.
Gotta pass the time somehow.
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This is why
And right before that pitch, Keith & Ron were talking manager's strategy and said they'd have him taking on 3-0 and then BOOYAH!
*sorry Krafti
*sorry Krafti
Not sure that this belongs in "Why Baseball Is The Best Sport" but it's interesting.
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And then they shit the bed tonight. José Quintana is ass.
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The fact that the A's have the priciest glizzy in a stadium that no one goes to is crazy.
So, there’s a “410” stand at Camden yards where everything is $4.10 (it’s the area code in Baltimore). Everything is also smaller in that stand. Normal hotdogs are closer to $8 there.
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Every day player. The Yankees leadership is so terrifically bad that is shocking they’re actually winning games.
Sure, Chuck Knoblach would throw from 2nd into the 312 section of the stadium, but at least he mashed at the plate.
Sure, Chuck Knoblach would throw from 2nd into the 312 section of the stadium, but at least he mashed at the plate.
The guy is 36 and is definitely playing through pain. He's only played in 61 games because of the foot injury which I'm sure still isn't right. Why the comparison to Knoblach?
Bergs finally has that aha moment and realizes what everyone else in the
Learn it, live it, love it
Forgot to add that talking shit is part of what makes it great. And the fact that the Angelos clan is gone and I'm allowed to enjoy the O's again.
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But he won a batting title……
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Oof. Two walkoffs in two games? Same scores too. Sorry, @krafticus.
Ya know, if baseball was such a great game, they'd have figured out decades ago how to eliminate the catcher being behind the plate, getting the crap beat out of him every now and then by foul balls. The home plate umpires, too, for that matter.
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I’ve been wanting Cashman fired for a decade and Boone for at least 4 years.
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If the Yankees do their usual song and dance of winning the division, then getting bounced in the first or second round of the postseason, Hal will be content with that.
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I just popped in to share this! It's like running a $50 bluff in July to get your $500 jam called in October.
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