***2021 MLB Thread: BACK***

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by teel, Mar 31, 2021.

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  1. RoderickJaynes

    RoderickJaynes Well-Known Member
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    They’ll reconvene 10 days before February and be shocked there’s still mountains between them after not talking for 7 weeks. Fucking assholes
     
  2. lazy bum

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    this is what they always do in all sports. These people suck and both try to use our angst about the lack of progress as a pressure point against the other side. Fuck em all (but of course the owners more).
     
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  3. DeToxRox

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  4. WillySaliba

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  5. zeberdee

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    that headline is making some major presumptions but still crazy.
     
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  6. Boo MFer!

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  7. DeToxRox

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    Manfred is already in the Bettman territory where anything terrible I hear about him is likely true.
     
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  8. MG2

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  9. MG2

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    That's an awful look for Manfred and his office. What a moron.

    What a shame for the rest of us, too, because this means more Heyman and Morosi.
     
  10. NDJOECA

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    A Rod was working out at my gym today, dude is way bigger in person than I thought.
     
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  11. Charles DeMar

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    Always liked Maybin and especially enjoyed his brief time in Houston; he had a solid career and hope he enjoys his next gig with the players alliance
     
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  12. DirtBall

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  13. bro

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  14. bro

    bro Your Mother’s Favorite Shitposter
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  15. Boo MFer!

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    Y’all hear about Rosenthal?
     
  16. TC

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    Can confirm.
     
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  17. ashy larry

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    maybe mlb network is going in a different direction (neck ties)
     
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  18. Boo MFer!

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    Don’t sleep on bolos.
     
  19. ashy larry

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    this league is only big enough for one cowboy and his name is aj minter
     
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  20. ashy larry

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    ms met finna make me act up
     
  21. Boo MFer!

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    That waist…:ahh:
     
  22. Bert Handsome

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    I never got the sense that MLB Network felt like state run media before but maybe I wasn't looking hard enough. It's probably because baseball media loves to tell anyone that is paying attention how terrible the game is.

    Golf channel is far worse than any other as far as being a mouthpiece for the PGA Tour and they aren't even owned by the PGA.
     
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  23. MG2

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    Part of me is still really cynical about it and wondering if this story is exaggerated, but it makes Rosenthal so good he's just never going to correct it or say the specifics of what really happened. I just can't recall anything Rosenthal said or wrote that was some over the top criticism of Manfred, and if he really was suspended for 3 months or whatever last year, how did no one know it or report about it at the time?
     
  24. Boo MFer!

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  25. Champ

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    [​IMG]
     
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  26. Truman

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    Adam Eaton surely gave the best man speech

     
  27. Boo MFer!

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    Holy shit. This is up there with Dusty Baker’s son getting drafted recently after JT Snow grabbed him from that World Series game like 5 minutes ago.
     
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  28. bwi2

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    tbf he’s still like 19
     
  29. ashy larry

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    drake, no!
     
  30. teel

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    Thank you for your service

     
  31. mp_22

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    What did Ken Rosenthal say about Manfred?
     
  32. zeberdee

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    these kids look like they should be going to prom, not getting married.
     
  33. DeToxRox

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    Baseball is saved

     
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  34. The Goat

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    At least it will be easy to avoid that broadcast.
     
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  35. WillySaliba

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    I was trying to think of the best baseball Manning’s after that started. I realized quickly it already existed in announcers that have since retired.
     
  36. The Subspace Mariner

    The Subspace Mariner Well-Known Member

    Bryant and Rizzo. Obviously won't work right now though.
     
  37. MG2

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    Baseball already does the Manning stuff most nights if you watch MLB Tonight. It's basically Redzone meets Manning Cast at various points, only with people you'd rather punch in the face than listen to talk over the baseball going on.
     
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  38. laxjoe

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  39. NP13

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  40. MG2

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    The chances of me ever watching a second of the Kay/ARod thing are close to nil, but that booth is a massive improvement. Cone is very good from my random times listening to him in games and away from them. He's very smart and open minded about stuff, and Perez isn't bad.

    Only bad part of that for me is it probably means the end of any StatCast broadcasts, which were usually pretty good.

    I think this is really dumb, but I appreciate that ESPN is at least investing on some level in its baseball product. That's an improvement over the nothing they've done for the last decade+.
     
  41. Bert Handsome

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    [​IMG]
     
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  42. The Goat

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    [​IMG]
     
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  43. Bert Handsome

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    This is ESPN telling us that the NY market is all they give a shit about.

    Instead of trying to elevate the status of a national broadcast, they cop out and just cater to the three markets that will pay the bills with zero effort.
     
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  44. JGator1

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    Give us Mike Francesa!!!!!!!!!!
     
  45. dblplay1212

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    Cone is pretty good imo. I like Kay but that's probably bc that's all I know for a long time. Arod can eat a dick.
     
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  46. zeberdee

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    ESPN thinking A-Rod and Michael Kay are going to be able to recreate the Manningcast is fucking hilarious.

    maybe just put it on the YES network.
     
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  47. teel

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    Credit to a random Twitter user calling it E YES PN
     
  48. SC

    SC I’m boring and I’m bored
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    ESPN insisting on a 3-man booth plus a dugout reporter for SNB remains maddening.
     
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  49. teel

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    Also Karl Ravech :facepalm:
     
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