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Its the bridge! The traffic!! Reeeeeee

Why does it seem like the Rays defense is ALWAYS in the perfect spots

Ok he actually made a great play there to end the inning lol.

Ground ball in the hole and he barely gave an effort. Its actually unreal. Borderline theft to be getting paid to play and giving this kind of effort after almost a whole year off. Angels might be better off just releasing him if he’s gonna be like this

He really looks like he doesn’t give a s*** out there.

Rendon is a dumpster fire holy s***. What a douche

Also just a reminder you don’t have to be a f***ing toe rag every year. Haven’t even started game 1 and you’re already bitching

Semien was such a gem

5th spot is generally the best spot for high power high K guys, Varsho probably has the 3rd/4th best power on the team rn so it makes sense. Whats the other option there? Kirk maybe? Ok, but then that means you have 3 lefties in the 6-9 spots and almost ensures a LOOGY reliever will buzzsaw that portion. Plus having a guy who can steal bases (possibly??) in front of Kirk seems like a good fit

Removing Bo and Vlad would just force in other STUDS like Clement and Votto though

So they’re rolling with Varsho in the middle of the lineup again. Really hope he can bounce back this year. We need a lefty that can do SOMETHING

Incoming 3ip/6er Berrios start

As expected

Nope. If the prospect ended up not panning out, people would complain literally every single time whatever new SS we have strikes out. Are you forgetting about Varsho last year? And if he continues to be bad this year.... yeesh

Who gets the GDT today??? Does anyone have dibs

Yeah im not really understanding how Philly got cancelled so early yet Baltimore is still on. They’re like an hour apart.

I can’t remember the last time we got rained out on opening day. #blessed

Probably longer, you know there’s gonna be a bunch of extra ceremony stuff due to the bridge disaster

That sucks

Boras will have to settle for NOT buying that new mansion he wanted this summer.

On the last day of spring training too lol what a buffoon.

Its possible. IF it turns out he was lying about this I hope it blows up in his face and he gets booed into oblivion.

https://content.mlb.com/documents/8/2/2/296982822/Major_League_Rule_21.pdf He pretty plainly broke rule 3: (3) Any player, umpire, or Club or League official or employee who places bets with illegal book makers, or agents for illegal book makers, shall be subject to such penalty as the Commissioner deems appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances of the conduct. Any player, umpire, or Club or League official or employee who operates or works for an illegal bookmaking business shall be subject to a minimum of a one-year suspension by the Commissioner. For purposes of this provision, an illegal bookmaker is an individual who accepts, places or handles wagers on sporting events from members of the public as part of a gaming operation that is unlawful in the jurisdiction in which the bets are accepted. Now, there is a line in there stating "in light of the facts and circumstances of the conduct" which could definitely have him in the clear even if he payed off the debt knowingly. But I suppose if he confirms that he verified the payment then he could be opening himself up to more questions about if he was actually the one gambling or not.

Right, exactly. Very convenient to claim he had no idea, which even at face value doesn’t make any sense since the 2 dudes basically said they were brothers/best friends. They pretty much spent ever day together on and off the field. Most plausible explanation is that Ohtani agreed to pay off the bets, but Ippei never explained it was an illegal betting company and now Ohtani is pissed because he’s technically on the hook for legal ramifications. Also directly broke MLB rules, so his only defense is… to destroy his best friend’s life by throwing him under the bus saying he stole from him.

So basically Ohtani is a confirmed POS?? Going full steam ahead with the narrative that Ippei STOLE his money, when we already heard from other reports that Ohtani paid off his dept willingly.