RIPPA Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Ichiro will be signing with the Marlins SINGLEMANIA~! coming your way! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Ichiro will be signing with the Marlins SINGLEMANIA~! coming your way! My favorite quote by Mr. Suzuki: "Chicks who dig home runs aren’t the ones who appeal to me. I think there’s sexiness in infield hits because they require technique. I’d rather impress the chicks with my technique than with my brute strength. Then, every now and then, just to show I can do that, too, I might flirt a little by hitting one out.” You know, there IS a nightclub in left field. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Marlins fans, get ready to hear about how Ichiro's showing surprising power in batting practice only to see him weakly ground out to SS every time he's up with a runner on base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I hope Ichiro plays forever. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 As long as he doesn't come back to the Mariners (unless it's a retirement tour and he's fine with being a bench player) he can play until he's 60 for all I care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I love Ichiro, I fully realize he's not close to what he once was and this is going to be like when the Marlins signed Andre Dawson at the end of his career but dammit I'm jazzed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Man I had forgotten Andre Dawson played for the Marlins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Speaking of Seattle, the Mariners new alts are sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Ken Burns will orgasm. AND FRITZ WILL QUAKE WITH FEAR!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Those socks! Fuck modern ballplayers for deciding they look cool in pajama uniforms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 RIP ernie banks, age 83. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 ....fuck. I don't know how to tell my mom about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Sad news. Ernie is definitely on the Mount Rushmore of Chicago sports and probably the one player that everyone think of with the Cubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillThompson Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Not just a great player, but a great man, and perhaps the most perfect ambassador the sport ever saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Yeah. My dad was a life-long Cubs-mocking Cardinal fan, but he loved to talk about how great Ernie Banks was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Very sad. Not much more to add than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Hate double posting, but Commissioner Manfred wants to eliminate defensive shifting to improve offense. Related: Commissioner Manfred doesn't know anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillThompson Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Hate double posting, but Commissioner Manfred wants to eliminate defensive shifting to improve offense. Related: Commissioner Manfred doesn't know anything. Watching guys take advantage of the shift with little slappers or bunts down the third base line is always great. There's really nothing wrong with the shift, it's a solid defensive strategy and something that smart hitters take advantage of. I really struggle to see how they would be able to implement removing it, opens up a bag of worms fielding wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Getting rid of shifting defense is the dumbest thing I've heard in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 What but why huh? Seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Enforcing position grids because dumb fucks can't hit a ground ball to the opposite field is depressing. Maybe sometimes if you want a better game the solution is to choose better players. Special note: Future Chicago-based cartoon artists. Please remember there is a fine line between Harry Caray and Hank Hill. RESPECT THE LINE!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Hate double posting, but Commissioner Manfred wants to eliminate defensive shifting to improve offense. Related: Commissioner Manfred doesn't know anything. Oh, it's even better than that. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12221038 He actually literally says he wants to "Inject additional offense into the game." INJECT TROLL ACCOUNT SPOTTED IN THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE. Is that not the worst possible choice of words to use in this situation or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Pretty sure injecting more offense into the game has already been done and a lot of people really didn't like it. So, does Mike Trout [for hypothetical example] get preemptively banned from the Hall Of Fame when he starts hitting .400 year after year because nobody's allowed to shift on him anymore? Or does nerfing defense ruin the record book in a good way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 TEH SHIFT IS SCARING FAT GUYS SO THEY CANT HIT DINGERS!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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