Running 2017 MLB regular season thread

[MTM]

Athletics say they will announce a new ballpark site in Oakland later this year

 

[Spartan Squad]

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forking Bum is a dipshirt and gets hurt. Then forking Cueto gives up a granny and an inside the park homer in the same gosh darn inning and the Giants lose yet another one run game. I know it's only the 17th game but damn if this team is not going to regress hard this year.

 

[Chef2]

Every mlb team is scrambling together a "Don't be forking stupid"clause in each players contract.

 

[FileNotFound]

forking Bum is a dipshirt and gets hurt. Then forking Cueto gives up a granny and an inside the park homer in the same gosh darn inning and the Giants lose yet another one run game. I know it's only the 17th game but damn if this team is not going to regress hard this year.

Odd-numbered year. Bound to happen

 

[Steak Snabler]

This is great:

 

[Huggy]

This is great:

Same thing could apply to the legion of Blackhawk bandwagon fans who have cropped up in the Toronto area since they started winning.

 

[Songbird]

Dear deck Whitman,

30 PC, INN, 3 HA, 2 K, 3 ER, 27.000 ERA, 3.000 WHIP

LOL, he ain't going 5 today.

Best,
Songbird

P.S. When the heck is your 3 months up?

 

[three_bags_full]

Contreras paid back the Reds for that trolling with a grand slam.

 

[Songbird]

Dear deck Whitman,

Mr. 3 Innings!

65 PC, 3 INN, 7 HA, 3 K, 4 ER, 12.000 ERA, 2.333 WHIP

Best,
Songbird

 

[Songbird]

Oh jeez, he was still in and just completed his 4th inning. 75 pitches.

 

[Batman]

I know it's Deadspin, but a fun read on why Phillie fans hate Danny Taratabull

http://deadspin.com/why-phillies-fa...ource=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Tartabull was just one of many in that era. The Phillies had a bad habit of acquiring players who were once good but were well on the down side of their careers like Tartabull, Lance Parrish, Dale Murphy, Wally Backman, Sid Fernandez and Ron Gant, to name a few, or guys who had one good year and immediately got hurt like Steve Ontiveros (was part of the A's staff during their late 80s run, signed with the Phillies in 1989 to be a big piece of their rotation, hurt his arm and pitched a total of 40 innings in two seasons).
It wasn't until Jim Thome signed with them in 2003 that things started to turn around.

As an aside, I remembered Ontiveros being a bust with the Phillies but didn't know much else about him until I looked at his Baseball Reference page. Holy crap did that guy had a bizarre career.
Broke in with the A's in 1985 and had a few decent years; signed with the Phillies, got hurt and spent two years (1991-92) out of baseball; made a comeback with the A's, led the league in ERA in 1994 and was an all-star in '95; spent the next four seasons dealing with injuries and bouncing around the minors while signing and being released by five different teams; made another comeback and got to the majors in 2000 with the Red Sox at age 39; and then retired after signing with the Mets and pitching a few games for Norfolk in 2001.
So, the final totals: 19 years skipping around professional baseball, 10 actual seasons played in the majors across three decades, was released or traded by 13 different teams, made one all-star appearance (and was credited with the loss), led the American League in ERA once, and finished with a totally obscure 34-31 record and 19 saves.
Now that is a career.

 

[Batman]

Stay classy, Royals fans.

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