Let's all enjoy some forced labor baseball

[Mofo]

“barely qualified”


You know what they call the person who graduated last in their med school class? Doctor.

You can pick the sunflower seed shells out of MY shoes any day.

Aww, yer sweet.

I used to be pretty good. Never close to being good enough to even play low level college ball, but I was decent for my league. I played rec league until I was 19 though, so it wasn’t even high school or travel level

Well I was useless. Decent speed and fielding ability, and I played 3B and OF in LL and high school. Once I encountered anything approaching good pitching though, I was among the worst hitters on the team. Anything offspeed would screw me up. I noticed the same thing as an adult when I tried to play goalie in hockey; I was probably a full half second behind every shot to react.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Aww, yer sweet.

Well I was useless. Decent speed and fielding ability, and I played 3B and OF in LL and high school. Once I encountered anything approaching good pitching though, I was among the worst hitters on the team. Anything offspeed would screw me up. I noticed the same thing as an adult when I tried to play goalie in hockey; I was probably a full half second behind every shot to react.

I was a high strikeout, low walk total, high home run total type of hitter. Coaches always put me at first base because I could scoop the short hop better than anyone else on the team, but if it wasn’t hit right to me, I probably wasn’t stopping, which was probably also why I played first base since lefties were a rarity

 

[Carnzo]

Do it.

 

[Rock Strongo]

The younger players are hurting and losing opportunities.

I'm also sick of S. Korean baseball.

"look, an 88 mph fastball"

 

[Mofo]

which leads me to:

Who is the Better Fictional OSU Quarterback? Shane Falco or Johnny Utah?

Same guy. Though Johnny Utah would sometimes get into the huddle and suggest the correct play would be to jerk each other off...

 

[wazzu31]

They can fill every team. Might not be MLB quality players, but I’d quit my good job right now if I had the chance to play 60 games at the MLB level.

Didn’t just hundreds of minor leaguers lose their jobs? I’m pretty certain they wouldn’t have an issue finding players.

 

[nappyvalley]

The younger players are hurting and losing opportunities.

I'm also sick of S. Korean baseball.

Probs better than North Korean baseball...

 

[Dolemite censored]

Probs better than North Korean baseball...

You're probably right.

Make an error in that league and you get executed by an anti-aircraft gun.

 

[redseat]

I am hoping that Blackmon can break some kind of home/away splits record in the shortened season.

There is a better chance the Orioles having a winning record then this ^^ happening

 

[Mebert]

There is a better chance the Orioles having a winning record then this ^^ happening

 

[redseat]

 

[Mebert]

for reference, here are Blackmons career home/away splits....these are some magic numbers

 

[redseat]

for reference, here are Blackmons career home/away splits....these are some magic numbers

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See, Told you the Orioles had a better chance

 

[gob]

The younger players are hurting and losing opportunities.

I'm also sick of S. Korean baseball.

Didn't Japanese ball start up?

 

[nynasty]

1 month to opening day!?!

 

[DragonfromTO]

i love MLB for this clause that allows the commish to basically say "fuck you, play, show up or we replace you" more or less.

kudos.

A clause that "allows" them to "force" the players to play... under the terms that both sides already voluntarily agreed to back in March. It's just genius, that sneaky sneaky clause

 

[Rock Strongo]

A clause that "allows" them to "force" the players to play... under the terms that both sides already voluntarily agreed to back in March. It's just genius, that sneaky sneaky clause

who said it was sneaky? i'll hold my breath.

i DID say i like the clause, which i do. and he can force them, which is what he did. they dont show, they bring in minor leaguers.

i'll wait for my 'sneaky' verbatim quote.

 

[steveringo]

I feel bad for FL & AZ... Early on they were talking about playing the entire season down there... Now, they're not even going for spring training (summer training)....

 

[scotsman1948]

i love MLB for this clause that allows the commish to basically say "fuck you, play, show up or we replace you" more or less.

kudos.

Hey if they want me to play and pay me what ballplayers earn a year then they won’t have to twist my arm. I’m so tired of hearing these millionaires griping about how tough they’ve got it

 

[DragonfromTO]

who said it was sneaky? i'll hold my breath.

i DID say i like the clause, which i do. and he can force them, which is what he did. they dont show, they bring in minor leaguers.

i'll wait for my 'sneaky' verbatim quote.

I guess my point was that I don't really see how this couldn't have been done anyway in the absence of any clause. IANAL but it seems like a simple matter of contract law.