2025 Major League Baseball Thread

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by BizCat

There's always Vegas.. now that they have gotten NFL and NHL teams.

I think we should wait and see how the fan support is there before we go giving them any more teams.

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

I think we should wait and see how the fan support is there before we go giving them any more teams.

I've read that Montreal is the expected pick. MLB won't pick Vegas even if Montreal ultimately says no. It's baseball, they won't want Vegas.

[ChadFL]

Breaking sports news in the age of social media is so much fun.

http://deadspin.com/katyperrysbootyh...nta-1796888271

KatyPerrysBootyHole And Wetbutt23 Broke The Jose Quintana Trade

The White Sox’s trade of starter Jose Quintana to the Cubs for four minor leaguers went down with remarkable secrecy, with no leaks and no rumors that the teams were even working on it. (It later emerged that Rick Hahn and Theo Epstein ducked backstage at the All-Star FanFest to talk business.) Well, almost no leaks.

If you were on Reddit’s r/whitesox board last night, you saw a thread started by user KatyPerrysBootyHole, who modestly passed along some dirt:

Hey guys, take this with a grain of salt, but I heard from a friend who’s brothers friend works for the cubs (sounds like bullshit I know), that Q is going to the cubs in exchange for 4 players. Has anyone heard anything similar?
Then user wetbutt23 jumped in to make a correction: The deal actually involved four prospects, not big-league players. How did wetbutt23 know? As KatyPerrysBootyHole acknowledged, wetbutt23 was his source.

Wetbutt23 then added a little more detail:

I was just told that the trade was agreed to this morning. And the players were doing physicals and what not. Could have been before game, I am not 100% on the timeline of the physicals
About 13 hours after KatyPerrysBootyHole had passed along wetbutt23's information, the deal was announced: Quintana for four prospects.

A CSN Chicago story on how the trade avoided the radars of the national baseball writers was forced to issue an excellent correction:

Correction: While no national media had this story, a Reddit user named “wetbutt23" had it last night. CSNChicago.com apologizes to wetbutt23 for the error.
KatyPerrysBootyHole is both the Woodward and the Bernstein of our generation, and wetbutt23 is our Deep Throat.

[BizCat]

Tim Tebow hits walk-off home run - YouTube

He's fun to watch.

[fatediesel]

Pablo Sandoval got designated for assignment by the Red Sox. He's due almost $50 million through 2019. Sandoval is going to make $95 million from the Red Sox (less any money he might get if he's picked up by another team) for 161 games with a .236 batting average and 14 homers.

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by BizCat

Tim Tebow hits walk-off home run - YouTube

He's fun to watch.

Such a great guy to cheer for.

[ChadFL]

Chris Christie catches a foul ball. Announcer says "good to see he made it here from the beach." This is the guy who shut down New Jersey's beaches while he and his family spent the day at the beach. Crowd booed like crazy.

STL/NYM NJ Governor Chris Christie catches foul ball & gets booed by Citi Field crowd 7/18/17 - YouTube

[Batman1980]

According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Twins are "close" to acquiring Jaime Garcia from the Braves.
Garcia had been scheduled to start Friday night's game against the Dodgers but the Braves just scratched Aaron Blair from his scheduled outing Thursday for Triple-A Gwinnett, a sure sign that he's headed to the big leagues to replace Garcia. The left-hander would only be a rental as his contract is up at the end of the year but he'd be a great addition to Minnesota's starting rotation, which is relatively thin beyond All-Star Ervin Santana and rising star Jose Berrios. The Royals and Yankees were also said to be interested in Garcia, who sports a 4.33 ERA over 17 starts this season.

Source - http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/4926/jaime-garcia

[sycro]

Braves look like Dodgers kryptonite right now.

[sycro]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

Source - http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/4926/jaime-garcia

Instead, he pitched a great game and hit a grand slam off Alex Wood. Wood had allowed 2 HRs all year before the game; Garcia's was the second of the inning.

[Agent Bond]

Robbie Ray Hit In Head By 108-MPH Line Drive From Luke Voit - YouTube

OMG!

Chris Christie catches a foul ball. Announcer says "good to see he made it here from the beach." This is the guy who shut down New Jersey's beaches while he and his family spent the day at the beach. Crowd booed like crazy.

He sucks, but he did give the baseball to a kid that was conveniently not shown.

[MD-Blu]

A week from today I'll be attending my very 1st ever MLB game Cardinals vs Reds. Yeah I know the Reds are struggling, but hey you never know. I'm looking forward to it, plus the weather forecast looks beautiful.

[Eye Candy]

Adrián is one of only three active players in the majors who started playing in the 20th century. Starting as a 19-year-old with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1998, he has been one of the most productive hitters in baseball over the past two decades. He currently ranks second in WAR among active players and has amassed more than 450 home runs and 1,600 RBIs. With a double against the Orioles on Sunday, he becomes the first Texas Ranger and 31st player to reach that magic number of 3,000 hits.

http://m.rangers.mlb.com/news/articl...ds-3000th-hit/

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2...ric-3000th-hit

Beltré is the only sports figure that I have a named shirt for.

[sycro]

Since July 4, the Dodgers are 3-3 against the Braves and 17-0 against everyone else.

In their last 47, they're 3-3 against the Braves and 37-4 against everyone else.

Braves win also snapped the Dodgers 53 game win streak when they led at any point.

[eagle20]

Originally Posted by sycro

Since July 4, the Dodgers are 3-3 against the Braves and 17-0 against everyone else.

In their last 47, they're 3-3 against the Braves and 37-4 against everyone else.

Braves win also snapped the Dodgers 53 game win streak when they led at any point.

Those braves have been beating the Dodgers to much

[fatediesel]

A defamation suit Pete Rose filed against attorney John Down has backfired big time and could very well end up costing Rose his Fox gig:

In sworn testimony submitted to a court on Monday, a woman claimed to have started a sexual relationship with Rose, then a player for the Cincinnati Reds, when she was 14 or 15 years old and he was in his mid-30s. In a written statement accompanying the court filing, Rose acknowledged a sexual relationship with the woman but said he believed she was 16 at the time.

Rose, 76, can’t face criminal charges on these allegations because the statute of limitations has run out.

The testimony was presented by the defense in Rose’s federal lawsuit against attorney John Dowd for defamation. Dowd said during a 2015 radio interview that Rose committed statutory rape multiple times during spring training while he was a player.

The Phillies had planned to honor Rose with a plaque on their Wall of Fame and a bobblehead giveaway this weekend but canceled after the woman's statement became public. So far Fox hasn't commented on the situation but it seems unlikely that he'll keep his job.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sports...802-story.html

[Batman1980]

44 year old Bartolo Colon turned in a 4 run complete game today for the Twins. Not the best outing but at least he saved our bullpen tonight.

[MD-Blu]

If a game gets delayed or cancelled because of rain, how early do that determine it? The reason why I'm asking is cause I'm going to the Cardinals/Reds game tomorrow and the forecast calls for rain.

[sycro]

Originally Posted by MD-Blu

If a game gets delayed or cancelled because of rain, how early do that determine it? The reason why I'm asking is cause I'm going to the Cardinals/Reds game tomorrow and the forecast calls for rain.

Very rarely before game time.

[Samus Aran]

Darren Daulton has passed away at the age of 55 after a long battle with brain cancer.