2026 American League East Champions Edition
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>>153531482This ain't it chief
if you aint DODGERS u gay as fuck
>we’re a real coastal city, we even have homeless encampments and the smell of fish!
>>153531896As a coastalchad I could use some fresh centralbro cum in my hole...
Your team stayed silent.
It is dishonorable to leave the previous thread unfinished.
>>153531482Irrelevant team, irrelevant city, irrelevant division.
>>153531482I'm thinking O's this year.
Please fuck my coastie ass
dodgers
>>153532465>fake sports, the event
>>153532367Birdchads in great mood.
Hey
>>153532524You're a real asshole ya know that!!!
>>153532524hay is for horses too bad you're a cow!
>>153531973based
>his team's organist isn't an olympian
>>153532724Whats this from?
>>153532465vomitous creature pretending to be asian
>>153531973>>153532724
>>153531482Is it true that John Henry hasn't done a press conference in over 2,000 days? Lol.
>>153532998every time
>>153531999Fanatics is ass and this guy still keep throwing those all white Diddy parties with his revenue.
>>153531482Absolutely disgusting.
Stop posting about baseball. Olympic hockey is on.
>>153533682now you have my attention
>>153533682Link
>>153533682Intermission tho.
>>153533516What?
>>153533809>two half timeswtf?
Die ya bitxch
>>153533977Ice needs to be cleaned or something
>>153531973Let's go, boston red socks!
>>153532843We don't sign our posts here
>>153532465WHO
>>153533516based...BASED!!! YEAH YEAH!!!
>>153532905Based... Base-em!!
>>153533682>>153533809>>153533977>>153534078>bullshit in extra inningsOkay, now this feels more familiar
>>153533516
WE DID IT BROS
tuck 'em
jays
>>153535467Haha Yankees suck.
>MetropolitansOne year it's gonna happen. Sorry haters.
>>153536110
I miss Brendan Flyover I miss Cummy Gay I miss Willson Contreras and I even miss Nolan Errornado
This is the year Red Sox will save baseball from the Evil Empire Dodgers before the lockout. They beat them twice in the World Series, 1916, 2018. AL East should take notes.
mariners are going to the world series this timethey'll lose itbut they're getting there this time
>>153536371they had their chance and they blew it. A team that went 5 games against a team with no position players isn't making it again
>>153531482The Reds are going to the World Series this year, I feel it in my soul.
>Buehler and Marquez can immediately opt-out of their contract if they don't make the rotationNeat set up for them, but let's not act like if you can't make the Padres rotation in its current state that some other MLB team will be itching to put you on their rotation
>>153536398they almost took it home but dan wilson pooped his pants for some reason
Why is there such a strong push for instituting an International draft? Puerto Rican baseball was destroyed when their players were added to the Amateur draft, and you can argue they still haven't fully recovered all these decades later. Do these people just want LATAM out of baseball?
>>153536466blame woo
>>153536110>One year it's gonna happen. Sorry haters.
>>153536472it's more to put a balance on the obvious bias Japanese/Korean players have coming to MLB. Since many can already tell they have the same couple teams in their mind when they choose to come over, they want other teams to feel like they have a chance of courting them over.
>>153536503It wouldn't really solve that issue, since most of those guys (Ohtani, Lee, Yamamoto) come over as true blue free agents rather than as international free agents so the draft wouldn't apply to them. >The same couple teamsi.e. the teams in cities with notable Japanese-American populations
>>153536478why would i blame woo
>>153536529it was a bad choice when he got injured and sucked in relief
>>153536525i think most people are under the assumption that guys in those position would be subject to an international draft, even if it's not the case with some of those guys
>>153536478NTA but I wouldn't blame Woo, Kirby wasn't locating his fastball and paid for it. Same with Gilbert.
>>15353656925 year old npb veterans would be subject to a draft?
>>153536503we desperately need to sign the next José Ramirez when he is still 16 and then get him to agree to sign a team friendly 14-year deal in the next couple years so we can maintain the appearance of doing our best to try to stay competitive
>>153536590I'm just saying what people have been saying. Because I remember seeing people clamoring for an international draft when Roki and Murakami were posted because they were like "without it, they're obviously going to just go to the Dodgers" even though their cases wouldn't really work like that.
Can't wait to feel sorry for myself in October.
>>153536446Hi 2poo
>>153532843But she's half Chinese ya Mestgook poster.
check out my quads
>>153536110>mest
>>153536631I look like this and I do this.
>>153536631Hawks won another owl, I want the Ms to keep winning the AL West and then go from there.
>>153536712Is Rainier beer any good? I know it's a lager and I like lagers over ales any day of the week but how does it compare to Modelo?
>>153536753It's lousy but it's local.
>>153536801Yeah that tracks. Local beer drinkers only drink it to rep their locals - it all sucks. I'll stick to my mass produced slop.
>>153536631I think your organization is top notch, but it doesn't matter because your history is the poster child of disappointment and underachievement. To the abyss with you until you win a world series.
>>153536811I'd rather enjoy a bud heavy tbqh but I'm not big on lagers.
>>153536811Yeah, it's supposed to be a cheap beer. For me it's Mac & Jack's African Amber. It's been a while since I've drank Red Hook, but they had an ESB that was good.
>>153536894I think her shirt is melting.
>>153536858It's weird man. We had Ken Griffey Jr. and Ichiro Suzuki who are household names to people who have never watched a single minute of a baseball game and yet we always come up short.Destiny is against the M's.
>>153536865Bud is a Pilsner
High speed chase>>153536857>>153536857>>153536857
Tillamook
>>153536911Mets and Mariners have a lot in common. It's not just a meme.
>>153536972Why is it always LA?
>>153537026The liberalest city in the liberalest state of the liberalest coast.
>>153537026that's why they call them the dodgers
>>153532465Dodgers No. 1 desu
>>153537047I thought that was because of the people dodging trolleys in brooklyn.
>>153537067they had to find a reason to keep the name when they moved
>>153536972cheers
>>153536472>>153536503I remember during the last lockout MLB tried to slip in the international draft at the last minute. I think the idea was that teams were investing in academies or instructors abroad and I guess they would just pull out if there were a draft, saving money but getting less talent
im so glad this bitch is gone but now there's a real problem here in the phillysphere and it's mainline whores that make up the majority of the CIDF and theyre shitting up online PHI discussion along with the gay boys who want to s his d
>>153537222Checked
GARVERGANGCatcher Mitch Garver and the Seattle Mariners are in agreement on a minor league deal, sources tell ESPN. Garver, 35, spent the last two seasons with the Mariners and will compete for the backup catcher job to AL MVP runner-up Cal Raleigh.>t. Peff
>Harper still seething 4 months later about being called not elitecrybby
>>153536360Correct!
for me it's obscure 25-year-old math metal and bottom shelf bourbon
For me, it's Ireland, Catholicism, Fenway, and another World Series championship.
>>153532840The Simpsons
>say there is a runner at second with none out, and the batter is in a full count. The 3-2 pitch is thrown and called a ball, while the runner attempts to steal third. The runner beats the throw from the catcher and is called safe at third, but then the catcher challenges the ball call. Upon review, the pitch is revealed to be a strike. Rather than send the runner back to second base, the runner gets to remain at third, because the initial ball/strike call did not impact the catcher’s ability to try to throw him out.so its still going to let your team get buttfucked by bad callsgot it
>>153537463kinda makes sense tho
>>153537463I mean, either way if it's a ball or strike, if the guy was safe at third, then he was safe. This scenario suggests the guy stole 3rd either way
>>153537463Why should that runner have to go back to second? The strike out has nothing to do with an unforced runner on second going to third.
>>153537486>>153537491>>153537495but the catcher is almost certainly going to be the one requesting the review and they have to request it within 2 seconds of the call being madeso how is the fact they have to make the challenge with a physical movement not a detriment to their ability to throw to third?
>>153537561eh this seems like a 1% of 1% edge case
alright /mlb/ who is YOUR prediction for BREAKOUT PLAYER OF 2026?
Bruce Meyer has been unanimously elected as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, sources tell ESPN. Meyer, who was previously the No. 2 at the union, becomes the sixth executive director in the union’s history.>t. peff
>>153537587Sonny Gray
>>153537561the way it's written suggests he challenged AFTER the throw was made. So he made the throw to try and get the runner, then tried to check the call on the pitch
>>153537561>don't throw ball, challenge call, walk confirmed, runner on 3rd>don't throw ball, challenge call, strike confirmed, runner on 3rd>throw ball, challenge call, walk confirmed, runner on 3rd>throw ball, challenge call, strike confirmed, runner on 3rdi think ur retarded mate every scenario is the same end result. stick to cricket with ur jeet frends.
>>153537587
>>153537570it feels as likely as a catcher missing the window to challenge because they have to throw to 2nd/3rd, which is unlikely but could happenI understand theyre trying to prevent another trashtros situation but 2 seconds feels sooooooooo short
>>153537622don't be nasty, ball is almost here
>>153537622>go to throw ball and challenge at the same time, but accidentally knock your mask down your face due to the combined movements>miss your throw and it goes into the outfield>runner scorescatcherbros?!?
>>153537663pitcher can challenge too
challenge this bussy
>>153537689true but pitchers will be way worse at judging it than catchers
>>153537785honestly i think it's gonna be about 50/50
if you can't trust the umpies, you have to live with your mistakes. simple as
>>153536446? Marquez is an MLB contract and I doubt Buehler has anything in his contract about position, just a roster spot (which is standard for an MLB vet)
>>153536472Same reason owners wanted draft pools, it's primarily a cost-saving exercise.>>153536569MLB would be shooting a talent pipeline in the foot. No way most native NPB/KBO players are going to spend 2-3 years making less than what they could make in their own leagues barring insane levels of endorsements.
>>153537587Carter Jensen is the obvious choice.
>>153537633>>153537663I feel like there will be a grace period if the catcher needs to make a throw, no? Surely the brain trust at Major League Baseball didn’t overlook this?
>MLBPA's Bruce Meyer spoke after meeting with Cubs players. On MLB/owners push for salary cap in CBA: "This is something they've always wanted. It's not new. ...Our union historically has been against it because we believe it's quite simply not good for players. That position is not going to change.">"A lockout is all but guaranteed at the end of the (CBA), the league has pretty much said that. Their strategy in bargaining has always been to put as much pressure on players as they can to try & create division & cracks in our membership."time to pick up NPB, i guess
>>153537954i wouldn't start panicking until the all star break
200 walk season incoming
why don't they sell banana pudding at baseball gamesimagine catching a home run in a cup of banana pudding and having banana pudding splash all over people, coating them in banana pudding and having a game ball that forever smells like banana pudding
>>153538106alright, i'm imagining it. now what?
>>153538097Who was he pointing at in the bullpen
>>153538121jo mama
>>153538097Yea but him and Naylor won't steal 50 bases again. Pitchers should be adjusting to the pickoff rules by then.
>>153538116stroke your raging hard cock to it babe
>>153538149i can't get hard during the offseason
>>153538106>why don't they sell banana pudding at baseball gamesthey do?
>>153538241oh hell yeahpost more daddy
>>153538097200 walks to McDonalds
>>153538260kek
>>153538260kek...KEK!!!
i learned this week that red sux fans are trans nazis
>>153538260KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!
>>153538260heh
>>153538260he's just like me
>>153538241i would enjoy eating that
>>153538398source?
>>153538260got em
I'm really hoping players crash out and hold out for the entire year. Can you imagine how ass blasted owners would be? It would take years for the sport to recover financially lmao.
>>153538553That would be a strike, its going to be a lockout where the owners are the one shutting everything down. Dont let the billionaires crying poor convince you they're the good guys.
>>153538260This was only mildly funny
>>153538260ZOMG
>>153538553it would be way worse for the players than the ownies
The owners are billionairesThe players are millionairesThe true victims are the umpies who just want to call balls and strikes for the love of the game.
>>153538647depends on if they could get meaningful guarantees owners won't constantly try to chip away at in every future renegotiation
>>153538666Satan is an Umpie confirmed
>>153538666Devilish
>>153538666Checked
Honestly, I don't even blame them for reacting like this testing ABS when umpball is what ended the wild card for themhttps://x.com/973TheFanSD/status/2024210213977596004
>>153538682well i meant the players as individuals but yes
>>153537463this was great b8 fuel but you fumbled the deliveryregarding the post, I think I agree with that decision? I'm glad that somebody upstairs is talking about these edge cases and sharing that with the public, at least
FAGGets kek!!!
>>153538823god he looks divorced
>>153538823you could make up any white guy name and I'd believe that's who this is
>>153538788baseball sounds without crowd noise are comfy as fuck
>>153538823Why is he crying?
>>153538827Tyrone Taylor
>>153538823DELET THIS
>>153538827Bros never even heard of Brandt Brinklethwait before
>>15353882329 homers
did figure skating happen already what happened to that chink raccoon all over the catalog
>>153532118
>>153532465rancid skank
>>153538823Pete's doing it his way.
>>153538921>all those things (bushido, kimono, Kanji, etc...)Originated in China.
>>153538921kek
What are your favorite announcer catchphrases?My pick"You can put it on the board...yes!"
>>153538957God I wish this was me
>>153538963It's got ointment *disgusted face*
BayBaul?
>>153538963>Put it in the books!
My wife 2hu is forcing me to participate in Lent. But I hate fish. So I’m ordering a pizza with just cheese, no meat.Comes with th territory of being married to a tradcath latina
>>153538997Nice magic eraser job you fucking idiot
>>153538963>you can kiss that baby GOODBYE
>>153538957Japs invented the fortune cookie check and mate
>>153538997soon
>>153538997Good image baybawfren
>>153538813sorry sir
you can put it in my aaaaaasss YES!
>>153538963That one's okay but most of them get old really quick
>>153538823Timmy KEK
>>153539047
would ya look at the time it’s two fifths to nu
>>153539083source?
>>153538553>>153538595I hope the owners lock down the game for years until the MLBPA completely breaks and entirely redesigned MLB emerges, one where divisions are aligned according to market size. I don't feel sorry for billionaire owners nor multi-millionaire players arguing over how they are going to carve up my money and ask for more. I spend over $1000 to take my wife and two boys to one game, and that is upper deck seats at Yankee Stadium. I feel sorry for us, the fans, who have to spend a fortune to see one game.You two juvenile dingbats don't understand how business operates, and you are just jealous of other people's money. The billionaire doesn't spend his money to run the team. No successful businessman does. Businesses do not operate like that. Businesses spend what the business makes, just like you do. Small market teams have small revenues. Big market teams have big revenues, but they also have big expenses. Never forget about the expenses, which are enormous for all teams.If you think players should get paid more money, then you need to spend more of your money on the team. Buy more tickets, buy more merch, buy more food at the concession stands, etc, and you also need to get more friends and family to do the same. That's how you increase revenue for your team. It is irrelevant whether the owner of your team is a billionaire or penniless, because he isn't spending his own money on the team anyway. If you are willing to give more of your money to increase the wealth of the multi-millionaire baseball players, fine, but understand that your expense to enjoy baseball entertainment is going to weigh heavy on your wallet. And no, billionaires do not get wealthy from the profits. In fact, billionaires don't care whether the team profits or loses. They get their wealth from using the value of the team to acquire tax-free loans which they use to buy more revenue-bearing assets.Adulthood is knowing that the MLBPA is the fan's true enemy.
>>153539047I think I miss him more than any of the others because of the weird factor
>>153539096He was great
blog copy pasta from redditors isn't funny and needs to be a bannable offense
>>153538957Fuck off, Chang. China is assho
>>153539110this but unironically
>>153539113Cope Hak gwei.
>>153539093Yeah I can’t wait for the ticket prices to go down once players are paid less. It’s gonna be so kino Long winded wanna be big time boomer faggot, there are a couple people here that come from actual wealth and you embarrass yourself
He will bring justice to the Chinese people, he will bring gold.Baseball players for this feel?
New Yorkers, don't forget to pay the Ramadan tax.
>>153539161Li Fangwei
Moglet strivers itt KEK
>>153539161Pleefuh Miass
>>153539154who said ticket prices are going to go down, fagit? What will happen is that prices will stabilize for years, like they were pre-2000, rather than double and triple in price within two or three years like that have over the last decade. And it's not just the cost of tickets. The cost of merch has become ridiculously over-priced over the last ten years. The cost of whatever medium you choose to consume baseball has absolutely skyrocketed over the last ten years. All of that pricing will stabilize and see only slow incremental increases like they did pre-2000. The MLBPA needs to be shattered into a thousand pieces first.
>>153539187can't find him on bbref. source?
>>153539191shut up pseud
>>153539093>one where divisions are aligned according to market size.National League Div A - royals, a's, rays, brewers, padresDiv B - reds, orioles, mariners, pirates, indiansDiv C - rockies, cardinals, twins, dbax, marlinsAmerican LeagueDiv A - astros, giants, jays, tigers, bravesDiv B - white sox, nats, rangers, dodgers, cubsDiv C - angels, mets, phillies, red sox, yankees
>>153539093
>>153539217>yankees and mets in same division>cubs and white sox in same division>angels and dodgers notAre you high?
>>153539216>shut up pseud>i want to give more of my annual $45k salary to multi-millionaire playerrs
>>153539242Key Players to WatchP Jeremy Wu-Yelland, the Boston Red Sox prospect, will be a key arm in China’s pitching staff. Wu-Yelland pitched for High-A Greenville in 2024, recording a 2-1 record with a 5.67 ERA in 23 relief appearances. He threw 33.1 innings, allowing 31 hits, 21 earned runs, and 23 walks, while striking out 42 batters with a 1.620 WHIP.P Alan Zhang Carter dominated in the American Association in 2024, posting a 0.72 ERA with 61 strikeouts in 37.2 innings. He returns after an impressive 2023 WBC, where he showcased an upper-90s fastball and a sharp slider.P Wei Zhao posted a 0.82 ERA in 17 innings with 11 strikeouts at the 2024 U-23 World Cup. The left-hander threw a complete game shutout against Nicaragua, and looks to step up again in tournament play with a spot in the 2026 WBC on the line.OF Samuel Benjamin blasted six home runs with a 1.214 OPS in 26 games in the MLB Draft League before earning a Double-A promotion.CF Xudong Zhu played in nine games at the 2024 U-23 World Cup, leading China in hitting with a .357/.393/.400 slash line. He totaled 10 hits, one double, two RBIs, five stolen bases, and eight runs scored in 28 at-bats. In the California Winter League, he batted .357 with a .400 OBP.SS Qirui Wu appeared in eight games at the 2024 U-23 World Cup, batting .267/.533/.421 in 15 at-bats. He recorded four hits, two triples, three RBIs, and one stolen base, while drawing three walks and striking out five times.IF Jiaji Chen excelled in the 2025 CWL season, hitting .306/.843/.429 in 18 games. In just 14 at-bats, he collected 15 hits, two doubles, two triples, eight RBIs, four stolen bases, and four walks.
>>153539242>samuel benjamin
>>153539246you're still hanging on, eh? is that from a folder from the last time you did this shit?
>>153539217WHO
OriolesRed SoxBlue JaysRaysYankees
>>153539242>>153539251
We need to nationalize Major League Baseball and bring the players and the owners to heel under proletarian dictatorship
almost half way to nu already tho
>>153539264sean doolittle we stand with you
>>153539264Che went to the wrong part of Bolivia to try to gain support. they were too rural and uneducated, completely divorced from the centers of power to even be aware they were fucked over. mistrustful of ideas from strangers and completely focused on the day-to-day struggle to survive.
>my best labor action is a strike
Xudong Zhu will cause Crapan to lose their value and respect the Chinese dragon in the Chinese century of prosperity
>>153539387>umm... what if we just voice our concerns and hope they fix the issue!!!work stoppage is the most effective way for change to happen
>>153539387BASED
>>153539251>Samuel Benjamin
>>153539387I wanna buy that hat so bad but no one will get that it’s a reference to bill lee’s segment in baseball which why would they kek
>>153539519it would still be a sick hat to own
if you aint Doyers you gay as fuck holmes!
Blow gays
>>153539530It would be, I’m ahistorical and a midwit but for the longest time I thought it was a Chinese communist party hat or whatever but it’s an abbreviation for the Soviet Union, I learned that watching a documentary on the miracle on ice coz the soviets had it on their sweaters
>>153539505bootlicker is really only mad because the Cardinals suck. he'd be saying the complete opposite if it were different. because my team sucks everyone should suffer. my team should be able to sign whoever they want for as long as they want and pay them whatever they want to pay them.
>>153539547wait you thought the soviets were chinese?
>>153539552No lmao, I thought CCCP was an abbreviation for the Chinese communist party, not an abbreviation for the Soviet Union I’m not that dumb
>>153539561ok i do really like the idea of the chinese communist party commissioning english language merchandise
>>153539568I guess people are getting really into China which i understand, I’d like to visit one day I bet it’s dope
China bad
>>153539242This is an embarrassment to the feelings of our people. Where is Steven Kwan? Jonah Tong? These players need to recognize their Chinese heritage and identity.
>>153539594Australia is a festering western wound ripe with flies and feces. Do you believe otherwise?
>>153539581yeah i want to see guangzhou one day at the very least
>>153539597Jonathan Long is playing for Chinese Taipei
>>153539620>t*ipeiUnified Chinese national baseball team when?
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gweilo spamming
>>153539606yeah the flies are farked but we dont have feces everywhereour homeless guys have class
>>153539519>>153539530>$489.00 plus tip https://www.ebay.com/itm/188009200623?chn=ps&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1tQp-3R7KRYS2n6CFAF-u-w49&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-173151-913341-5&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=188009200623&targetid=&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=9032941&poi=&campaignid=23508706704&mkgroupid=&rlsatarget=&abcId=10414390&merchantid=425235904&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23518452418&gbraid=0AAAAAD_QDh9BL-jR7h7ZHBKD_jGrzA9Ug&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI88f9u-TkkgMVac7CBB243wT_EAQYCiABEgLBZ_D_BwE
>>153539661 I want to see the NW part of the continent the most
>>153539093Im a White Sox fan, no matter what happens our owner wont spend money so i dont want to lose baseball.
>>153539643Read Taipei
>>153539666Lmao insane if anyone buys that
>>153539672I’m telling my white sox friends irl you shouldn’t want a salary cap, ishbia is gonna spend and he’s gonna be one of the wealthier owners once the team changes hands
uh oh nipponese tranny melty againChinese century of domination
>>153539666faux vintage. nice try satan
>>153539682It’s crazy too that the reason it cost that much is Bill Lee’s aura kek. Couple on there going for only $250.
>>153539661Britain minor is not a baseball contener.
>>153539710dont stop the duolingo lessons mate, youre still a work in progress
>>153539691Ill believe it when i see it, i dont trust Reinsdorf at all to not jew his way out of handing the team over.
>>153539716lel
>>153539703Is that really why? What a guy. I get it
>britain minor>baseballgo lose to the superior allied Pakistan in YOUR national sport of cricket mate.
>>153539716I coulda been a contener
Chris Bassitt, MLBPA executive subcommittee member, on the salary cap debate and why he's against it:“The salary cap doesn’t fix anything. If you look at every major sport with a salary cap, we have the best parity. The salary cap is not the issue. Having suppressed salaries across the league so owners make more money is not the answer."If I would tell you in 25 years, the Dodgers would be going to 10 World Series and winning seven of them, is that an issue? Because that’s the Patriots. The Chiefs have been to what, six or seven? The Philadelphia Eagles have been to four or five. The parity in our sport is better than any other sport."We will make changes to try to help the so-called bottom teams out, but a salary cap and suppressing salaries and taking from players to try to help the so-called bottom teams spend more? That’s not the answer. Because if you’re trying to make a competitive league across the board, we have proof that every single league [has] less parity than ours. So how can you sit there and say a salary cap is going to fix this when every single salary cap sport has less parity than ours? It makes no sense."Again, the root of the answer is not the salary cap, and the root of why owners want a salary cap is not for competitive balance.”
>britain minor >failed at cricket, jumped to baseballI bet you are a dodgers fan.
>>153539746i coulda been someboy
>>153539719Idk man he might own them all the way until that 2030 date whenever it is which feels like an eternity but it’s pretty much widely accepted in Chicago that he’s going to sell the Sox and Michael will keep the Bulls. I guess Sox fans should feel grateful that the bulls are more lucrative otherwise that would be the team they’re keeping in the family
oh no I seem to have set off the saar itt
>>153539746You never had the makings of a varsity athlete.
>>153539716KEK
I don’t understand what battle of asia is happening right now and I don’t care to
bayBAW
2 days until Spring Training games14 days until World Baseball Classic35 days until Opening Night
>>153539758I know hes supposed to hand things over but ive been burned by that fucker so many times that i will always believe he will find a way out of things and never leave the teams i root for alone. As for the Bulls and Michael im holding out hope he will sell the team only after Jerry dies(Which will be 110 years old or something most likely).
itt
Chinese National baseball in 14 days.
>>153539795wagmi
>>153539795beginning of st is everything. the rest is gravy and doesn't need a countdown.
Now that I'm not a neet anymore I finally understand why people despise this sport.
>>153539801I get it honestly, at a certain point you start to wonder if he actually enjoys tormenting the fans, it kinda felt that way over the last 5 years. I think he’ll sell the team but at least some point he’s gonna die.
>>153539824I was never a neet and I enjoy this sport
>>153539824that's ok, we despise you too <3
>>153539746>>153539754>a one way ticket to palookaville ;-;
for me, it's original hot
>>153539824Why are you here?
>>153539824I enjoyed this sport when I had two or three jobs.
>>153539824fuck off normie
>>153539846Mango hab or garlic parm for me
>>153539846boneless meal deal mango habanero hot honey rub well done voodoo fries
>>153539846plain, monday or tuesday for $0.70 boneless. choosing two of the accumulated sauces i've stowed away in the breakroom (chikfila sriracha, wendy's ranch, and domino's buffalo atop the leaderboard)
>>153539824More people with jobs watch baseball than those without.
>>153539878doubtful sweaty
>>153539885>doubtfulsource?
>>153539853I juggled 4 jobs while going to school for a while. can't believe I'm feeling sentimental about it but it's really missing the kind of energy to be able to endure shit like that.
>>153539864Just because I'm making sure I have a steady income once my parents get tired of my bullshit/die doesn't mean I'm a normie now.
incum this bussy
>>153539885I’m not sweaty.
>>153539894>I'm making sure I have a steady incomecongratulations on turning 19 you fucking faggot
>>153539750He's right but for the wrong reasons. Baseball has insane parity because of the inherent randomness in distilling a 162-game season to a Bo3/5/7 matchup. That said, he's 100% correct about the owners only supporting it out of financial motivation. I hate this league.
>>153539824Baseball is fine if you're unemployed or if you are willing to spend around $250-750 bucks per team you want to watch/support. It's a shame the games are complete garbage and entirely hinge around the same 2-3 teams and the same 2-3 players on the teams every time.
>>153539824LEAVE
>>153539891I feel that. I can work a second job that's part time, but anything more than that I'll want to kill myself.
>>153539824other way around for me, this is the perfect sport for when you come back home exhausted from work, too tired and too little time to enjoy any "ludokino", to young to enjoy those basketball games only 40+ year olds and ewhores like, too tired to watch any hockey game to sweat it out, and too much self respect to watch football.
>>153539926kek. I remember the feeling of driving to work before daylight wondering what the point was of anything. It all pays off eventually.
PLEASE flake my arsenic
>10 years ago, china was equal skill-wise with 1980s america>today china is at 2011 america levels of baseball talent will the enshitification of American baseball talent post-2016 be enough to give china the edge?
>>153540063>china>baseball talentthe republic of china is ok but the commies are dog shit
>>153540063you know nothing about baseball
5 right fielders, no short stop, 8 starting pitchers, a 3rd baseman that never played 3rd, and a 1st baseman that never played 1st. What could go wrong? Run prevention!
>unpromptedly seething over China's supremacy
>unpromptedly>153540063
>have amoral society>winhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dMvsKpLr8s
>>153540088fuck off weebyou also need to be 18 to post here
>live in China>try to prepare breakfast but one of my retarded concubines drank the last of the leaded milk>get in car>car won't start because intake is clogged with a toddler's torso>oh yeah, forgot about that>pluck it out>car is still immobilized due to several human heads jamming up the wheel as well>no time to fix it, I'm late for work>use concubine #3's bicycle>bike is broken because it's chinese just like you>f@#*!>have to walk, I guess>put on standard outdoor chinese facemask>visibility is 20 feet due to smog>best it's been all year, what a beautiful day>see neighbor lady sweeping her dead child into trash bin>again?!>she shrugs and says "china will grow larger" and goes back into house>a sewer explodes, I narrowly dodge a flying manhole cover>get to train station>doors open, suffocated and smothered dead bodies pour out>oh this is the dead body train, I'll take the next one>living people train arrives>doors open, suffocated and smothered dead bodies pour out>trample over them because I'm late, dammit>driver announces "scheduled derailment in 10 seconds, please hold on">train derails, me and some other guy in the back row survive>he waves to me with the one arm he has left and smiles>says "We will live in prosperity!">finally get to the wilderness park where I work>take escalator up to office to clock in>plate at the top of escalator gives way, gears and torque would've eaten my left leg if I still had one>feed it my left hand instead as an offering>for China>get in car to drive a visitor and her family around tiger enclosure>remind them that one of them has to die here as per the rules of the park>daughter says it's her turn and jumps out, mom says "bull (bleep)" and jumps out after her>Tiger kills the mother but breaks its leg while trying to kill daughter due to calcium deficiency>I have to apologize to the daughter: "sorry, Tiger is broken today, come back tomorrow">China wirr grow rarger
>>153540063>post 2016My nigga enshitification in the baseball world began in 2007.The decline of 5-tool players, a never ending stagnation of the starting pitcher, is what allowed China to even be considered a relevant baseball power in the 21st century.The international league has never truely recovered from it. Everything is just on borrowed time to stretch what should had been a short but severe crash into almost two decades of stagnation.
don't reply to the escalator food, he gets off to attention
>>153540063All one has to do is look at trends in a baseball capacity to see that the answer to your question is clearly yesUS elite will develop and draft talent from all pools to stay on top for the foreseeable future though and the Chinese know they simply don't have that dog in themselves
>>153540124>words words wordsthe left can't meme
>>153540124DERETE THIS RIGHT NOW GWEILO!
>>153540124is china full of dead bodies?
>>153540132it's all redditors replying to underage weebs
gweilo seethe wave hit with full force today. imagine when the wbc starts
So from what I can gather the Dodgers broke baseball so hard that we're gonna get a multi year strike where owners demand cap?
>>153539716wat?
shut up sweaty
apparently ohtani can fucking fly now
>>153540342big fly ohtani san
>MLB executives voted for the worst free agent signings this offseason, via @jaysonst>Dylan Cease (Blue Jays) — 13>Kyle Tucker (Dodgers) — 8>Pete Alonso (Orioles) — 5>Bo Bichette (Mets) — 5>Devin Williams (Mets) — 4>Jorge Polanco (Mets) — 4FAGGets kek!
shameek just got bust in his head
bust this bussy
at bat of the only time Barry Bonds faced Mariano Riverahttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/t8I7iY2s2JM
>>153539795>Spring TrainingPreseason is meaningless>World Baseball ClassicNever heard of it>Opening NightGames are meaningless until after the all star breakWe've still got at least 5 months until REAL baseball starts... *sigh*
kim or freeland to start at 2nd for edman until he gets back?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaqSLesn_rU
I can't sleep.
>>153541234Sucks to say, but Freeland is looking like much more promising. He actually takes walks, but he struggles to hit. I'd rather that than Kims all or nothing slap hitting now that he only strikes out. I'm gonna go with Freeland.
Good morning everyone.
>>153540080>no shortstopYankcuck please stop it’s getting embarrassing
>>153541699I hate that stupid shit in her teeth
>>153541699I'm gonna cum
Just... 29 more hours to baybaw....
>>153542838Hell yes
this will be the first game of spring training
>>153543009Neu redsox fan here!
>>153542838>29 more hours to mediocre American sportFtfy
>>153543247Trailer trash, stop spamming this undesirable and instead post ponytailed members of the italian curling team.
>>153543300I approve this message
>>153543300No. I'm going to spam her in your Baseball World Cup threads
since the owl ended there has been a dip in quality and a uptick in post about figure skating. Gets the noggin joggin
will roman anthony be elite this year or will he strain his oblique again?
>>153543413Ben Rice mentioned.
>>153543384Fugitives from accountability; luckily justice never sleeps in The Darnoldreich.
>>153543009Neu in a few
Nu-em tho
>>153543927Kek em
Peff reporting Roman Anthony just ripped his abdomen off the bone, amputation a possibility.
>>153544008Good.
Report in. Recker got a fat azz
BREAKING: David Fry's fucking mug!>t. Bunbunmaru Sports
>>153543413Does a player stop being elite because they get an injury and miss a few weeks?
>>153544528Why is Jazz pitching?
>>153544528Pay no mind to the seething yankucks
nu sox fan here, can someone explain what a sophomore slump is?
>>153544784So P. Homo Re was the first slope in baseball. But we don't say that word anymore so
kek desu
new tiger alts here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J321B57YxL0
>>153544817Does gyaru mean flamboyant pinoy?
>>153544839Really like those.
>>153544817GO GO GOGO GOGOYEAH
>>153544839>ad patchPathetic franchise
>>153544839Baltimore Tigers
>>153544861If anything, gyaru is a flashy black woman.https://www.tiktok.com/@rebra.__.chann/video/7407712948312952081
>>153544979Only one team in the MLB is ad patch free, guess which one. If you look up the answer your team will lose 110 games this year.
>>153545015Loaf's
>the crapanese begging on their knees for attention >AGAIN
>>153544990This is not baseball, j*p. Go back to your coffin or I will report you to your company boss.
>>153545025The answer is the Rays.
>O's and Yanks will be playing just 26 hours from now
>>153545297>Yankees will be picking up their first loss of 2026
>>153545063>>153545087China man, shut up and go back to China
>>153545310>walgreens vs boston marketodd matchup but okay
>>153545297The battle for 3rd place begins
>>153545297I’m going to teh game
Japs shouldn't be allowed here since we can't post to 2chan.
>>153545515mfw other anons get to watch live baseball before me
deetoilet kitties
The Wolf Lake, Indiana White Sox
>>153545539Id rather hang out with Japs than Brazilians.
>>153545554The Detroit Beavs
>>153545554O'sbros?????????????
>>153545539that's PVT. Gomez and he is a national hero o7
>>153545566I'd rather hang with Brazilians than Americans ngl
>>153545321Crapan 5 minutes away from being nuked by Cantonese BVLLS again BTW.
>>153545554terrible
>>153545297>gloryholes
>mfw I started chinese posting as a bit and we are now on the precipice of nanking 2
>>153545321>Vote for the first ever female PM>She goes all Hideki Tojo with ChinaThat's your fault Shiro-kun
>waaaaaaaaaah my ubergiganiggahandled japanese babe ruth with rickey henderson legs isn't at a handcrushing enough amount of world series rings
>>153545847>you've caught this genny at a very Chinese time
>>153546019kek
What's the prognosis for >my Colorado Rockies this year?
>>153545554All sports need to quit with this out of branding color shit.
>>153546131Rockies will win 200 games this season
>>153546131If Coors Field produced the magnus effect and also makes balls carry due to the mile high elevation why don't they just focus on producing groundballers and power hitters? I mean it's the perfect concept. Groundballers make you get on top of the ball so it has no chance to carry or fly into the outfield, and power hitters can get under the ball to make it carry or smack it really hard and hope someone can't field it. I mean seriously? Also they have great uniforms but that's neither here nor there...
>>153546172Here's the deal: nobody knows about pitching into your defense.
>>153546131I'm sorry, but Sugano will be raped at Coors Field. It's heartbreaking.
>>153546131Snow
>>153546131Zac Veen to the Yankees by September
>>153546131Why is Coors Field always dead in terms of attendance?
>>153546214It infamously isn't though
>>153546201>ubergiganiggahandled>filtered by Coors magicOhtahni got lit up like a Christmas tree at Coors as well.
>>153546214The Rockies outdrew almost half the league last season.
>>153546205I've been to more snow Rockies games than snow Broncos games.
>>153546234Watching that game gave me PTSD.
>>153546214It's actually not, which is a problem because that retard Monfort has no reason to change anything as long as los doyers fans show up.
>>153546249>you VILLE trade your prospects to the Yankees for a middling reliever in his 30s
>>153546249based dodrekeeillietsubaysoxtroswergelinergergerinaledtioniorlatesoxlinthletics chad!!!!
>>153546251da rox ain't soft
>>153546249Giaviebackaurdiwinyalays BTFO!!!!
>>153546172the problem with coors is that they play games in other stadiums too
>>153546359Control what you can...
>>153546344Take a look at our secret technique!
>>153546019this, but unironically
>>153546373they also don't play 82 consecutive games at coors
>>153546385source?
>>153546399your blown out asshole you dumb nigger
>>153546420sorry...
>>153545847When will you learn that your actions have consequences anon?
>>153546376how....HOW!???
Fun Rockies fact: The Rockies have played game 163 twice and lost both times!
>>153546131Sorry Rox bro but I'm super stoked to see Marquez out of the hell that is Coors
>>153546435>2007? Am I getting memed on?
>hahaha yes our spending is so smart and we are so powerful unlike dodger shit!*terminator terminates your asshole*>NOOOOOO HOW IS THIS ALLOWED FUCKING DOYERPACOS! *cries* SALARY CAP NOW!Many such cases
Remember to shower before bed so you can get up early for baseball tomorrow! Only 25 hours left!
>>153546463terminator mentioned
>>153546473I am getting up early to watch Olympic hockey desu
>>153546502USA doesn't play until like noon.
>>153546435>>153546462the run they made in '07 was as exciting a stretch as anything I can remember for any team. too bad they fell just short.
>>153546462Matt Holliday didn't touch home which is why it doesn't count.
>>153546525Thank you for your service in getting us ring #5.
>>153546558I can't believe I'm so old I remember the Bawsox being perennial losers due to that Babe Ruth Curse.
>>153546149>out of branding colorthe tigers' colors are navy and orangethe city connects were out of branding
>>153546558like everyone else I was happy for you in '04 but you've been cancer ever since
>>153546584Those were dark times. I remember after the 1986 World Series, the kids in Boston were so terrible they used to tie a ball to their leg with a string for Halloween and pretend to be Bill Buckner.
>>153546615MLB's chiefs
>>153542126I'd rather see a playable Kim than a playable Freeland since the defense and speed will also impact the game. hopefully they both make real gains towards the best versions of themselves. seeing Rojas have to start everyday would suck.
>>153542451stupid hair stupid teeth stupid zoomie
>>153546720The fuck is this raccoon hair?
>>153546720new brownpost trend just dropped letsgooooooooooooo
Alex Cora live now from Jet Blue parkhttps://www.youtube.com/live/u8lMB7k4urE?si=ZiXGVA1YlwQAv9t7
nah she cute tho, timmycels.
Beer nip > ice skate zoomette
>>153546720jesus christ she's hideous4chan always has the worst taste in asians/hapas, meanwhile they'll hate on actually hot asians from asia
you fags going to do this needful?i honestly might skip it
>>153546825yeah but I need a ground pounder for my bussy
Competitive balance is more rigged than it ever was
Baseball soon
>>153546320>>153546351Appreciate the hustle.
>>153546435Fun Rockies Fact: They STILL have been to more World Series then the Mariners.
>>153546767doesn't make it spam worthy
>>153546930M'S ROX MID SERIES WHEN???????
we need nu tho
Locking out nu till a new, lower post cap is implemented for /mlb/. Blame the Dodger fans for posting too much.
I've been in a coma since 2014 and just got out of the hospital 2 days ago. Did my windians win it all yet?
>>153547139Anon, you might want to sit down for this...
mindfuck hiz azz
>>153547176miss this little nigga
>>153546894>no baseball>meaningless baseball>baseball for all>baseball for the best>no baseball
>>153547226It was a fucking awesome logo, as was the Washington Redskins. No fun allowed.
Doggies this weekend
>>153547276do you know what awesome means? yeah, it was cool.
>>153547408His red face and massive grin inspired awe, yes.
>>153547082>>153547117Surely you have a webm to show some, right?
>ESPN is replacing their pile of shit Sunday Night Baseball with wnba and soccer.SNB on NBC is going to be so kino bros and now somehow even better by comparison to the garbage heap product ESPN was crapping out.
>>153547828Peacock brvs...we won.
Hey Gemini, make JP hold a Chihuahua up to Julio and Julio rips his head off with a large and fanged grin like pennywise
>>153547828>wnbanot having a season this year because the cba is all involved with other basketball leagues and they are purposefully holding out so the wnba crashes and props up the other shitty leagues
>>153547899>not having a season this year But who will notice?
>>153547828espn used to be kino. what a bunch of faggots they actually always were.
I need it
Fewer than 24 hours remain until baybaw.
>Mountain Dew Baja Blast is now the official soft drink of Major League Baseball >Mountain Dew will roll out a season-long promotion tied to the biggest home runs in the game. The "Get a Baja for a Blast" program will turn long-distance home runs into product rewards, with more details coming soon
>>153548805
I don't care for Mountain Dew.
>>153548892Kills your spermShould've went with the Partician's choice
why do some posters here post images of players on their teams and others post images of bugs unaffiliated with the game in any way
nu tho>>153549202>>153549202