Dolfan in NYC Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Well we made it to the All Star Break. Tonight is the derby, tomorrow is the game, and then TRADES~ for the rest of July! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 (edited) Ohtani is pitching, DH, and batting lead off in the ASG. Credit to MLB for actually getting behind a special player for once. Too bad Ohtani is stuck with the Angels. Edited July 12 by Craig H 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted July 12 Author Share Posted July 12 BTW, if you want to see what complete psychopaths professional athletes are: I get about caring what you put into your body, but Jesus Harold Christ. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted July 12 Author Share Posted July 12 42 minutes ago, Craig H said: Ohtani is pitching, DH, and batting lead off in the ASG. Credit to MLB for actually getting behind a special player for once. Too bad Ohtani is stuck with the Angels. You probably don't want to see the segment from ESPN with Stephen A. Smith going on a full-on racist rant against him... It's skin-crawlingly grotesque. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 12 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said: You probably don't want to see the segment from ESPN with Stephen A. Smith going on a full-on racist rant against him... It's skin-crawlingly grotesque. Yeah. Hard pass on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 1 hour ago, Dolfan in NYC said: BTW, if you want to see what complete psychopaths professional athletes are: I get about caring what you put into your body, but Jesus Harold Christ. To be fair, I think planning on being laid up for a week at most is a good idea when getting the vaccine. I had COVID and each Pfizer shot I got made me feel like I was all fucked up for days. The symptoms were like what I had with COVID, but more extreme if that makes any sense. After the first shot, the symptoms started within hours. I felt like I was beaten with a baseball bat, my head was killing me to the point I took my migraine medicine, sick to my stomach, etc. The stuff that lasted for days was bad pain going up and down the stairs, feeling lethargic and falling asleep at my desk multiple times, brain fog, etc. All the same stuff happened with the second shot. So if you can come back sooner in whatever line of work you're in if they allow that, then cool. Our company was giving folks paid time off for up to 5 days for each shot. Not everyone is so generous, but with regards to baseball, they're probably even more generous. Now, is the vaccine causing pseudogout, something I never even heard of, maybe not? For the other stuff though, I could see where some guys may have felt messed up for days afterward and instead of just taking the time off, they compensated in other ways and wound up hurting themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Ape Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 This is why I’m rooting for the lockout to put me out of this shit franchise’s misery. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Jesus Soto and Ohtani is going to have to go on the 15 day DL just for this first round alone. They have to be completely gassed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 5 hours ago, Craig H said: To be fair, I think planning on being laid up for a week at most is a good idea when getting the vaccine. I had COVID and each Pfizer shot I got made me feel like I was all fucked up for days. The symptoms were like what I had with COVID, but more extreme if that makes any sense. After the first shot, the symptoms started within hours. I felt like I was beaten with a baseball bat, my head was killing me to the point I took my migraine medicine, sick to my stomach, etc. The stuff that lasted for days was bad pain going up and down the stairs, feeling lethargic and falling asleep at my desk multiple times, brain fog, etc. All the same stuff happened with the second shot. So if you can come back sooner in whatever line of work you're in if they allow that, then cool. Our company was giving folks paid time off for up to 5 days for each shot. Not everyone is so generous, but with regards to baseball, they're probably even more generous. Now, is the vaccine causing pseudogout, something I never even heard of, maybe not? For the other stuff though, I could see where some guys may have felt messed up for days afterward and instead of just taking the time off, they compensated in other ways and wound up hurting themselves. Kota Ibushi just missed the last two NJPW shows due to vaccine side effects as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contentious C Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Man, that was one of the best Derbies in a long time. 6 for 6 to close it! Yeeeesh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Alonso is fun. Invite him back forever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail Sabin Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 As long as he keeps making more money for winning the Derby then playing a Full Season he might as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 And then there's this. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted July 13 Author Share Posted July 13 I felt like such an old man watching last night I swear: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Rob Manfred said in an interview with the BBWAA that it is pretty much a lock that the 7 inning DH and the extra runner in extras would be going away next year 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 They talked about that on Jomboy's podcast about how now the players are saying they like the 7 inning DHs and it's going to be going away. Personally, I also kinda like the shorter DH games, but the extra runner in extras is the dumbest fucking thing that can die in a fire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Well again - I think something that people forget is that - most of these players came up through the minors that used the 7 inning DH so it isn't a crazy concept to them. But the big reason they are going away is so teams can start doing day/night DHs again and charge separate admission 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alstein Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 (edited) On 7/12/2021 at 2:35 PM, Dolfan in NYC said: BTW, if you want to see what complete psychopaths professional athletes are: I get about caring what you put into your body, but Jesus Harold Christ. That's like Flip Gordon level stupid. At least he got a vaccine though, so it's not like too dumb to live stupid. Edited July 13 by alstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 I'm amused that the ASG is in a save situation and Cash wants to stay the hell away from Chapman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 So are those the worst uniforms/jersey in recent All Star game history? I mean how had is it to just use the home uniforms for one side and the away uniforms for the other side. At least they had them use their team hat or nobody would have a clue on the team they played for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Will Clark Craig couldn't get much farther from THAT play if he tried now. EDIT: rassin' frassin'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Just now, Pete said: Will Clark couldn't get much farther from THAT play if he tried now. Considering he retired over 20 years ago... I would say he is pretty far away from it already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 Watched the full All Start game on replay and while Vlad Guerrero Jr home run is absolutely insane, the fact that was he was about a foot away from beheading Max Scherzer on a line drive out was more scary impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 And the Yanks are having their 2nd COVID outbreak of the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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