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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 21, 2020 2:11:22 GMT -5
And maybe Fiers did try to get it stopped before going public about it. As we saw, Manfred seemed to be content to sit on his hands and not do anything when this was going around as a badly-kept secret within baseball's inner workings. That's a possibility. Fiers goes to MLB about it, and he gets brushed off. Knowing that he went to MLB, as did the Athletics, and apparently other teams, Fiers says "f*** it" and goes public to force Manfred's hand. Manfred came out of this whole thing taking a massive L
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Post by Cyno on Feb 21, 2020 13:56:09 GMT -5
Before this, I thought Manfred was the second best commissioner of the big four after Silver. Now? I think he's way worse than Bettman and even Goodell.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 21, 2020 14:26:44 GMT -5
Before this, I thought Manfred was the second best commissioner of the big four after Silver. Now? I think he's way worse than Bettman and even Goodell. Yea, this comes off as a giant hand wave from Manfred and he has to clean up his mess. Goodell f***s up but he at least does something
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Feb 21, 2020 19:17:29 GMT -5
Astros need to come out to a heel theme and randomly beat up announcers.
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Feb 22, 2020 9:24:21 GMT -5
Astros need to come out to a heel theme and randomly beat up announcers. Honestly if the Astros embraced this it’s be the best thing in baseball since McGwire and Sosa
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Post by prettynami on Feb 22, 2020 13:58:39 GMT -5
Mmm sweet sweet televised spring training games already.
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Feb 23, 2020 16:18:48 GMT -5
So the Phillies made alterations to the Phillie Phanatic because of an ongoing legal dispute. It's one of those things that most rational people will say "Those are pretty minor changes, it's not like he's blue now or something" but I'm sitting here like "Get that bullshit OUT OF HERE and bring back the real Phanatic!!"
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Post by Spider2024 on Feb 23, 2020 17:04:51 GMT -5
So the Phillies made alterations to the Phillie Phanatic because of an ongoing legal dispute. It's one of those things that most rational people will say "Those are pretty minor changes, it's not like he's blue now or something" but I'm sitting here like "Get that bullshit OUT OF HERE and bring back the real Phanatic!!" They pulled a reverse WWE. He's now called the Phillif Phanatic.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Feb 23, 2020 23:18:38 GMT -5
Madison Bumgarner has been competing undercover on the rodeo circuit for years under the alias “Mason Saunders.”
Lmao that is fantastic.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Feb 24, 2020 1:10:43 GMT -5
Madison Bumgarner has been competing undercover on the rodeo circuit for years under the alias “Mason Saunders.” Lmao that is fantastic. Riding dirt bikes, and competing in the rodeo circuit. The dude's really trying to get his contracts null and void, isn't he?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2020 9:57:15 GMT -5
So the Phillies made alterations to the Phillie Phanatic because of an ongoing legal dispute. It's one of those things that most rational people will say "Those are pretty minor changes, it's not like he's blue now or something" but I'm sitting here like "Get that bullshit OUT OF HERE and bring back the real Phanatic!!" They pulled a reverse WWE. He's now called the Phillif Phanatic. A reverse WWE would actually be lengthening his name, so he would be the Philadelphia Phanatical.
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Post by HMARK Center on Feb 24, 2020 21:20:55 GMT -5
So the Phillies made alterations to the Phillie Phanatic because of an ongoing legal dispute. It's one of those things that most rational people will say "Those are pretty minor changes, it's not like he's blue now or something" but I'm sitting here like "Get that bullshit OUT OF HERE and bring back the real Phanatic!!" It's one of those super annoying modern mega-corporation stories: the Phillies commission a mascot back in the 70s when they weren't as cash-flush as they are today, jump ahead to them being worth billions of dollars and now they're acting too cheap to just pay up a few more bucks to keep the Phanatic as he's always been.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Feb 25, 2020 1:43:42 GMT -5
So the Phillies made alterations to the Phillie Phanatic because of an ongoing legal dispute. It's one of those things that most rational people will say "Those are pretty minor changes, it's not like he's blue now or something" but I'm sitting here like "Get that bullshit OUT OF HERE and bring back the real Phanatic!!" It's one of those super annoying modern mega-corporation stories: the Phillies commission a mascot back in the 70s when they weren't as cash-flush as they are today, jump ahead to them being worth billions of dollars and now they're acting too cheap to just pay up a few more bucks to keep the Phanatic as he's always been. Won't somebody please think of the billion dollar cash strapped corporations?
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Post by The Foreigner™ in Playoff Mode on Feb 25, 2020 4:19:28 GMT -5
Whenever I read Houston's 2020 slogan, "For the H"
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Post by Cyno on Feb 25, 2020 15:06:42 GMT -5
Luis Severino is expected to get Tommy Johns surgery and is out for the season and likely a good chunk of next year.
f***. Good thing they signed Cole.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2020 15:06:53 GMT -5
Luis Severino is gonna get TJ surgery.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 25, 2020 16:00:12 GMT -5
Luis Severino is expected to get Tommy Johns surgery and is out for the season and likely a good chunk of next year. f***. Good thing they signed Cole. Homer Simpson F**** GIF Andujar or Frazier or both are getting moved for an arm at some point Rotation right now is Cole, Tanaka, Happ and got to figure out 4 and 5
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Post by Cyno on Feb 25, 2020 16:55:25 GMT -5
Luis Severino is expected to get Tommy Johns surgery and is out for the season and likely a good chunk of next year. f***. Good thing they signed Cole. Homer Simpson F**** GIF Andujar or Frazier or both are getting moved for an arm at some point Rotation right now is Cole, Tanaka, Happ and got to figure out 4 and 5 At least Paxton comes back in May, but it might be a rough April. I'm guessing maybe Montgomery will fill the 5-spot.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 25, 2020 17:08:52 GMT -5
Homer Simpson F**** GIF Andujar or Frazier or both are getting moved for an arm at some point Rotation right now is Cole, Tanaka, Happ and got to figure out 4 and 5 At least Paxton comes back in May, but it might be a rough April. I'm guessing maybe Montgomery will fill the 5-spot. Well Luckily don’t need a 5th starter in April. I’m guessing they can go to the Bullpen again with Chad Green but I rather they just use Montogomery as the 4th starter or Cessa until Paxton comes back assuming no set backs If they are desperate and want an arm to chew innings then you still have Cashner, Buchholz and Harvey out there. But they have people like Loaisiga, Garcia, etc as internal options
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Post by S-Chrome on Feb 26, 2020 16:06:57 GMT -5
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Giancarlo Stanton injured. www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/yankees-giancarlo-stanton-suffers-calf-strain-could-be-out-for-opening-day/So for those of us keeping score: Luis Severino (TJS, done for the season and most of 2021.) James Paxton (Back, out until May/June) Aaron Hicks (TJS, out until after the All Star break) Giancarlo Stanton (Calf, doubtful for Opening Day) Aaron Judge (Shoulder, status unknown. With the Yankees luck, he’ll be out until May.) The entire starting OF on the shelf along with 2/5 of the rotation. Team made of glass, I tel you.
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