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[hanton]

did PCA pimp that or what....

[jaysblue]

I guess today we find about if any players were claimed off waivers. Wonder if some guys get moved. 

[Laika]

Orioles claim Robert Jr. 

Desperate move there. 

Yankees claim Schreiber. meh. 

[BTS]

That's going to cost Baltimore like 5M between his salary for this season and his 2M buyout on a 20M option

[jaysblue]

6 minutes ago, BTS said:

That's going to cost Baltimore like 5M between his salary for this season and his 2M buyout on a 20M option

They also probably wanted to keep him away from the Jays and other WC teams. 

[Spanky__99]

11 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

They also probably wanted to keep him away from the Jays and other WC teams. 

Jays had priority. They didn't want him.

[glory]

13 minutes ago, jaysblue said:

They also probably wanted to keep him away from the Jays and other WC teams. 

Jays are behind the Orioles so the Jays passed on him. Robert over Daz Cameron would have been a big upgrade, but they obviously didn't feel it was worth his remaining salary plus buyout. 

[Laika]

1 hour ago, glory said:

Jays are behind the Orioles so the Jays passed on him. Robert over Daz Cameron would have been a big upgrade, but they obviously didn't feel it was worth his remaining salary plus buyout. 

Maybe 

Robert's ROS projections range from 93 to 104 wRC+

Cameron's from 84 to 104

Steamer and ZiPS both favour Cameron, offensively! 

shocking, but true 

[SeranthonySantander]

Funny clip I saw on Facebook talking yanks with Red Sox and Yankees game.

jazz steals 3rd up by 6, uncontested, I think that was the issue.

Red Sox announces says “that’s padding your stats, Chisholm is a bush league player”

other Red Sox announcer Will Fleming goes “wouldn’t you like to see Moran drill Austin Wells right here?”

i wish our announces were like this 

[hanton]

1 hour ago, SeranthonySantander said:

Funny clip I saw on Facebook talking yanks with Red Sox and Yankees game.

jazz steals 3rd up by 6, uncontested, I think that was the issue.

Red Sox announces says “that’s padding your stats, Chisholm is a bush league player”

other Red Sox announcer Will Fleming goes “wouldn’t you like to see Moran drill Austin Wells right here?”

i wish our announces were like this 

Boston announcers were't too happy......then had to issue an apology for what they said lol  

Jazz did nothing wrong IMO, they were up by 6 runs so not mercy territory

[SeranthonySantander]

Partial Yankees hate part racism.

sources:

Boston has a long-standing reputation as one of the least welcoming major U.S. cities for people of color, marked by severe wealth gaps, housing segregation, and historical racial tension. [1, 2, 3]

 

Reputation and Public Perception

• National Ranking: In multiple national surveys comparing major U.S. cities, African American respondents have consistently ranked Boston lowest in terms of how welcoming it is to people of color.[1]

• Local Consensus: Most users on Quora agree that Boston maintains a pervasive reputation as a racist city, despite some civic progress and diverse cultural communities.

[Olerud363.354]

54 minutes ago, SeranthonySantander said:

Boston has a long-standing reputation as one of the least welcoming major U.S. cities for people of color, marked by severe wealth gaps, housing segregation, and historical racial tension.

Could be true but totally opposite to my experience in Boston.  I have done 10 Boston Marathons, 15 or so red sox games, and visited MIT/Havard as a distinquished scholar 5 times.    The latter is actually more like a jr. pharmaceutical rep before I became permanently unemployed in 2014.   

Anyway point is always seemed to me to be like a woke liberal place where they would bend over backwards to create a welcoming environment for people of color, the latinx, the bigenders.  Not that you learn anything from visiting a place while travelling the elite circles of the place.  Probably if I did they same activities in Oklahoma city I'd come away thinking that place was woke.     

[SeranthonySantander]

36 minutes ago, Olerud363.354 said:

Could be true but totally opposite to my experience in Boston.  I have done 10 Boston Marathons, 15 or so red sox games, and visited MIT/Havard as a distinquished scholar 5 times.    The latter is actually more like a jr. pharmaceutical rep before I became permanently unemployed in 2014.   

Anyway point is always seemed to me to be like a woke liberal place where they would bend over backwards to create a welcoming environment for people of color, the latinx, the bigenders.  Not that you learn anything from visiting a place while travelling the elite circles of the place.  Probably if I did they same activities in Oklahoma city I'd come away thinking that place was woke.     

yea I guess maybe its certain neighbourhoods that are bad.  Southie.  Prolly gunna wanna stay away from there. Brockton too.  

[G-Snarls]

Ha!

Mariners bounce back, beating the Red Sox 8-5 in the 8th

[SeranthonySantander]

Bad things happen to racist cities.  I regret ever making the Red Sox jerk off thread 

[hanton]

Fenway lol

this is going to extras

[hanton]

TB, Yankees and now Boston play that stupid Purge Siren

[hanton]

Boston walks off the Mariners

[G-Snarls]

14 minutes ago, hanton said:

Fenway lol

this is going to extras

And Trevor Story walks it off

Mariners are donezo

[hanton]

Seattle looks done, they suck

Twins and Texas both have huge leads right now and the Orioles are playing the Rockies.  

[SeranthonySantander]

Hunter goodman hit by batted ball.  I looked up how often this happens each year and they don't even have numbers for it.

This happened to me once in T-ball when I played for team Dairy Queen.  Everyone on the team was pissed at me.

[Forever92]

14 hours ago, Laika said:

Orioles claim Robert Jr. 

Desperate move there. 

 

If it means a win.... could be a steal. 

[jaysblue]

17 hours ago, glory said:

Jays are behind the Orioles so the Jays passed on him. Robert over Daz Cameron would have been a big upgrade, but they obviously didn't feel it was worth his remaining salary plus buyout. 

Yeah, I’d still prefer Robert over Cameron, but that’s just my two cents. My guess is the roughly $5M remaining on his contract probably scared them off.

To me, both probably have a similar floor the rest of the way. The difference is the upside. Robert still has the better bat and at least has the potential to make a legitimate impact if he gets hot. Since August 1, Robert has hit .267/.321/.520 with 6 HRs and a 128 wRC+. If he carries that August production into September, then I think he’s absolutely worth the gamble. If he goes back to being an 80–90 wRC+ bat, then sure, he probably isn’t giving you much more than Cameron. But if I’m choosing between the two for a playoff push, I’d rather gamble on Robert’s upside.

[jaysblue]

Colton Cowser robs a win for the Orioles in Coors Field FFS 😡

[G-Snarls]

2 hours ago, jaysblue said:

Colton Cowser robs a win for the Orioles in Coors Field FFS 😡

What a catch too but damn wish the Rockies had pulled it off of course 

 

[John_Havok]

19 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

What a catch too but damn wish the Rockies had pulled it off of course 

 

Great catch

 

Vomit inducing

[G-Snarls]

1 hour ago, John_Havok said:

Great catch

 

Vomit inducing

So is the hyperbole from the Orioles broadcasters while they show the replay over and over 

[Brownie19]

The Angels are being sold to Los Angeles Rams and Denver Nuggets owner Stan Korenke, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Wow. The reign of Arte Moreno is over, or at least will be in the first quarter of 2027. There was no word that the Angels were again up for sale. Moreno put the team on the market in Aug. 2022, but with no suitable offers, he announced five months later than he’d keep the club. The sale seems like great news for Angels fans. Kroenke hasn’t been quite as generous with the Nuggets’ finances as some would like, but his teams, which also include the Colorado Avalanche, certainly tend to have more success than the Angels have enjoyed.

So much for dumping Vlad and his massive contract on Arte Moreno and the Angels.  I have to think this is good news for LAA.

[G-Snarls]

32 minutes ago, Brownie19 said:

The Angels are being sold to Los Angeles Rams and Denver Nuggets owner Stan Korenke, reports the Los Angeles Times.

So much for dumping Vlad and his massive contract on Arte Moreno and the Angels.  I have to think this is good news for LAA.

Just think about it

[glory]

Arte was the one human being on earth other than Ed Rogers who would have taken Vlad's contract. Damn.