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  1. gunnarthor
    Let's see what is happening in sports today. Oh, a tennis player being celebrated for bringing some smack talk to the "staid world" of tennis. http://deadspin.com/finally-some-more-****-talking-in-tennis-1794953811 And, oh, apparently someone shoved someone in a basketball game or something. https://www.si.com/nba/2017/05/05/kelly-oubre-fight-celtics-wizards-kelly-olynyk-nba-playoffs And Machado (God, I love this guy) taking 30 seconds to round the bases as a big FU to the Red Sox http://m.mlb.com/news/article/228394100/manny-machado-hits-466-foot-home-run-at-fenway/. The lack of maturity and ability be grown ups by these guys is astonishing. Don't they know that would never fly in an office setting? It's almost like it's completely different.
  2. gunnarthor
    I hope he does well. I really think the shoulder injury that tweaked his mechanics are the problem. A shame.
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  4. gunnarthor
    No word yet on who is going to be called up. Mejia, maybe?
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    Nah, I just like it when players care and show emotion. I don't think baseball brawls and brush back pitches are remotely dangerous because in the very long history of them, basically no one gets hurt and the hand wringing over it strikes me as sad and somewhat judgmental in a class based way. It's sorta like the "Oh, what about the children" but on a stupider level.
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    God, I hope so. My wife had cancer a while back right when I quit my job and we were forced to stay in our state b/c cancer is a hell of a pre-existing condition. We racked up a lot of debt although everything is ok now. But if people aren't as well off as we were, I don't know how they could survive that. And, according to Vox, Congress kept ACA benefits for themselves. The commercials basically write themselves.
  8. gunnarthor
    Not really. Pretty much every single sporting event has tools trying to out-piss each other. Usually violently but certainly quite loudly. I'm honestly surprised you haven't noticed outside of baseball.
  9. gunnarthor
    Sure, and one can hit someone without intent to injure and even throw at without intent to injure. That wasn't the point. The point is that sports has never been and never will be like your office. You've complained about Bumgarner staring at opponents. Players will never "act like grown ups" in any way that you want them to.
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    Yeah, I'm not letting my son play football either.
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    http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/politics/trump-health-care-latest/index.html Obviously, still has to go to the Senate where it'll get modified a bit and then the House would have to agree with those modifications but still, this might suck.
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    I very much don't believe this. HS coaches instructed us to, and I'm quoting, "****ing kill" the other guys. Our coach gave out a "hit of the week" award to the kid who had the best tackle. That tackle was usually one where the opponent stayed down. Sure, maybe we didn't actively hit people in the knees but we sure as hell wanted to make them cry. And there was **** after the whistle in every game. I went to a small HS. There is no way my coach was the only coach in the state - let alone the country - pushing this. And we saw with the Saint bounty thing that pros were commonly doing the same thing. Sport environments aren't anything like a regular work office and the idea that they should act like you or I is ridiculous.
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    I tried to read the dark tower when I was a kid - maybe 14 or so - and didn't like it. Maybe I should try again. Movie looks good.
  14. gunnarthor
    Yeah, I don't think that play works because the pitcher seems to go to the rubber.
  15. gunnarthor
    That was the Tiger's view of Haley.
  16. gunnarthor
    I think you're underestimating how hard it is. Every single major sporting event - football, basketball, baseball, hockey, golf, tennis - has athletes not acting like adults under your meaning. Even Roger Federer, the poster boy for niceness, curses loudly. Hell, you've just spent several hundred words arguing that players actions on the field make FANS act immaturely. So this idea that players should act in a superficial grown up way is, again, absurd. Players do act like grown ups. They just act like grown ups in a much more competitive and important job than yours. Swearing, barking, staring down opponents - all things you've associated with immature acts - are normal and correct behaviors.
  17. gunnarthor
    I believe that's what you're advocating for in the first place though. Throw a pitcher if you think he threw at the batter. That's always subjective.
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    Sickels, Klaw and Callis have all said that they (and fans) get caught up too much on age and you have to accept that some players will come along later. Kevin Youklis and Corey Koskie jump to mind.
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    Yeah, I have no idea but I'm not remotely surprised on his triple being the fastest. When the ball sneaked past Davis I was honestly thinking inside the park HR.
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    Nice work. I don't think Romero goes that high and I don't think the Twins would take two HS pitchers with their first two picks but nice read. I'd be thrilled with Crouse at 35/37.
  21. gunnarthor
    And it sounds like Jones was ejected for arguing balls and strikes.
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    Yes, no, maybe. If he's had 35 starts and the coaching staff down there hasn't had him fix it, I want new AAA coaches.
  23. gunnarthor
    http://www.startribune.com/twins-plan-to-keep-jose-berrios-in-minors-for-now/421102063/ Ugh. "“Command the fastball, yes,” manager Paul Molitor said, “but he needs the other pitches, too. It’s one of those things where we’re not trying to jump the gun. He needs to continue to polish. We have all been anxious to see young talent get up here in the past. Right now, I think continued patience is what everyone has a consensus on, for the most part.”" 35 starts already at AAA. Over 200 innings at AAA.
  24. gunnarthor
    I agree but I'm pretty sure mlb instructed the umps to throw out any pitcher who hits a batter. Just surprised there weren't warnings issued before the game started.
  25. gunnarthor
    I'm just thrilled we have a pitcher in the discussion.
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