Brownie19
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ummm - that's not how you get pregnant...
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reports are saying it's nothing serious. May have dodged a bullet.
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Man - that's brutal news. So much talent. It always seems he's on the verge of becoming a star.
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Sorry man, but I clarified that I was suggesting it wouldn't surprise me if everyone is telling the truth and that I obviously have no idea if Grichuk is racist. Misconstruing what people said based on predetermined bias and slamming them for it is also a plague on our society.
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Fair enough. I can accept that.
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Jesus - my wife milks my prostate longer than that! hahaha
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I don't have a problem with it (have native's complained it offends them?). Baseball needs everything it can to engage the fans in the seats.
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He insinuated it by suggesting Huff and Grich were probably best friends and that Canada will never tolerate racism. But whatever - new topic!
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Have they indicated they will change the colours? I agree with you - I'd like to see them keep the colour scheme.
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General 2020 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
Brownie19 replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
That Dodgers lineup is insane. -
I've heard the Braves, Chiefs, Indians, etc. aren't considered offensive because it's not a slur. Redskin is defined as a slur in contemporary dictionaries.
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Would the Cleveland Spiders keep the blue and red threads to mimic the Spiderman colours?
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Boxy - it's ******** to suggest Stro might be playing the race card without at least acknowledging there's a possibility that what he's saying is legit and based on his experiences with Grichuk.
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Is that a backup catching playing umpire? If so, that's awesome.
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Fair enough - Vladdy was always destine to play 1st. I can buy that. I don't think he gave himself the best chance to compete and play 3rd, but what's done is done. I don't get why the Biggio example is dumb. If Biggio adds 25 lbs this offseason and can no longer handle 2nd base or the OF and loses all his base running ability - nobody should be OK with that. At what point isn't it OK for Vladdy to continue adding weight? When he becomes too fat to play 1st base and has to DH? He seems to get a pass because he's 'big boned' and the prodigy child here. I also disagree that Bo would be just as valuable at 3rd (or 2nd) as he is at SS. SS is a premium position and the Jays literally don't even have another option. Bo being able to play a solid SS is huge both for the short and the long term success of this team. I'm happy he's put the work in to transform his body and to make the improvements to stick there.
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Perhaps I chose my words poorly. I should have said "it wouldn't surprise me one bit if they are all telling the truth". I really have no idea if Grichuk is racist (and neither do you!). While it's easy to rip Stro for playing the race card - what we can't forget is these guys played a couple of seasons together. He knows a hell of a lot more about Grichuk than us. It was also somewhat of a joke you uptight f***s. We're all arguing over who said the more outrageous thing and whatnot when there's a possibility that everything said true.
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General 2020 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
Brownie19 replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Disagree. He's beyond s*** in all situations. He couldn't call a T-Ball game. -
For some reason, I fully expect they are all telling the truth. Stro kicked people out of the gym Grichuk is racist Grichuk is overrated Fans would rather have Stro than Grichuk on the team (ignoring cost, control, etc.) Grichuk comes off like he's incredible dumb. Stro is just super arrogant and talks too much.
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And Vlad being in shape and optimizing his abilities increases the chances to win the WS. How f***ing difficult is this?
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Miggy was 33% better than Fielder in their first 6 full respective seasons. Yes there's no guarantee he'll be a Jay beyond that - but there's a chance he is. I'd like to think we'll be in a position where we're winning and retaining our top talent.
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Yeah but he does 'gain value' if he works his ass off and becomes a league average 3rd baseman. Didn't most peg Bo to move off SS when he was drafted? Didn't he work his tail off to get into better shape and improve his defense to the point that he's expected to stick at SS for the foreseeable future? If Bo didn't work hard, he might already be at 2nd base, which would hurt the Blue Jays right now. Being in shape theoretically also increases his base running abilities and decreases the chance of injury. Christ - being in good shape probably improves his defense at 1st base too...wouldn't that be a good thing? Wouldn't it be nice to have early career Pujols defense instead of straight to the Prince Fielder defense? If Biggio let himself go, got fat, which eliminated his above average speed and made his defense below average at 2nd to the point he had to move to 1st....would everyone be OK with that? or would you criticize him? Personally, I would criticize him as it because it would hurt his career and hurt the team.
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Ah - nevermind - I'm dumn. I guess top prospects do play against competition that's older than them, but it seems like in other sports, top prospects are trust into much higher competition way sooner than at the MLB level. Football and basketball players obviously jump right to the pros (+ the very best NHL draft picks). I guess baseball is just 'different', but I don't necessarily disagree with MLB's notion to reduce the # of minor league teams, weed out the career minor league players. I'd love to see a way to condition and advance the kids to the majors faster.
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I think this really provides an incredible opportunity for our young prospects. Instead of riding s***** buses in A ball, they'll be working out and practicing with the big club all year. I wonder if this allows baseball to re-think how prospects develop. Would being around the team more instead of being on minor league teams with tons of watered down talent and such actually be better?
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Boxy - there's the Jays alternative in a low profile for you. https://www.baseballtown.ca/us/mlb-toronto-blue-jays-low-profile-alt-4-cap.html
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General 2020 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
Brownie19 replied to Bobthe4th's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
something else - I'm not sure I've ever see a legit SS make the throw in the hole using that technique.
