NL West Talk

[calsnowskier]

It was only a matter of time until the next Bumgarner tantrum. "You can't flip your bat until you've saved 2 babies from a burning building."

But this was not a "Bum tantrum". This was a notoriously hot-headed ump trying to bait the pitcher into a confrontation.

Pure and simple.

 

[OutlawImmortal]

But this was not a "Bum tantrum". This was a notoriously hot-headed ump trying to bait the pitcher into a confrontation.

Pure and simple.

Bumgarner tried to show him up in my opinion.

 

[calsnowskier]

Bumgarner tried to show him up in my opinion.

Nice logical gymnastics there. You get all 9.5s except the German judge who only gave you a 8.0.

Bum got screwed by a bad ball call and turns around in frustration. You then blame him for the ump taking off his mask and eye-fucking him for 17 seconds. That took skillz, bro. SKILLZ!

 

[Villain]

But this was not a "Bum tantrum". This was a notoriously hot-headed ump trying to bait the pitcher into a confrontation.

Pure and simple.

The pure and simple answer is that they're both assholes.

 

[calsnowskier]

The pure and simple answer is that they're both assholes.

I am not arguing otherwise.

 

[HammerDown]

West really should be suspended for that. He was the 100% instigator. Not only was Bum not even looking in West's direction when West started his cock-measuring contest, but after that "ended", West waited for Bum to set for the pitch before he inexplicably called time just to mes with Bum's flow.

Completely unprofessional, and West should, AT LEAST, be suspended. It won't happen, though. If the league had any intention of keeping umps in check, West would have been done decades ago.

Gimme a fucking break.

 

[HammerDown]

It was only a matter of time until the next Bumgarner tantrum. "You can't flip your bat until you've saved 2 babies from a burning building."

Madison Bumgarner "makes a point" with Country Joe West.

Giants fans parade through downtown San Francisco.

What a complete joke.

 

[Villain]

I am not arguing otherwise.

It seemed like you were making the argument that it's all on West and Bumgarner was just standing up to the big bad bully umpire. Bumgarner is probably the most wound-up tightass in the game right now. He's insufferable.

What if his manager wasn't someone chill like Boche, but instead he was playing for Arizona? Holy shit can you imagine the size of the pine cone he'd be cramming up his ass every morning to be in an organization like that?

 

[Villain]

Welp, Magic Number stays at 2 for the night. Maybe tomorrow.

 

[calsnowskier]

It seemed like you were making the argument that it's all on West and Bumgarner was just standing up to the big bad bully umpire. Bumgarner is probably the most wound-up tightass in the game right now. He's insufferable.

What if his manager wasn't someone chill like Boche, but instead he was playing for Arizona? Holy shit can you imagine the size of the pine cone he'd be cramming up his ass every morning to be in an organization like that?

Bum can be overbearing. He can be an ass. He can be a hypocrite.

But that situation WAS totally on West. Bum turned around when West made a HORRIBLE call. He did not stare down the ump. The ump was the one to whip out his pee-shooter and start waving it around. you tell me how Bum should have reacted at that point. Should he have gotten on his hands and knees and begged West for forgiveness? Should he have blown him a kiss? He stood there and returned the stare. No more than that. After that "conversation" was over, bum got the sign from Posey and was about to deliver the pitch when West called time on him, breaking his rhythm.

West is a hothead. He has a WELL earned reputation as such. He, for some reason believes the fans paid to go to the game to see him call balls and strikes. The dude is demented. This is not a new opinion of mine. I am not the only person to have this opinion of him. This opinion is rather widely accepted and has been for decades.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

This "race" should be over today, right?

 

[Villain]

This "race" should be over today, right?

Alex Wood pitching in Coors?

 

[OutlawImmortal]

Bum can be overbearing. He can be an ass. He can be a hypocrite.

But that situation WAS totally on West. Bum turned around when West made a HORRIBLE call. He did not stare down the ump. The ump was the one to whip out his pee-shooter and start waving it around. you tell me how Bum should have reacted at that point. Should he have gotten on his hands and knees and begged West for forgiveness? Should he have blown him a kiss? He stood there and returned the stare. No more than that. After that "conversation" was over, bum got the sign from Posey and was about to deliver the pitch when West called time on him, breaking his rhythm.

West is a hothead. He has a WELL earned reputation as such. He, for some reason believes the fans paid to go to the game to see him call balls and strikes. The dude is demented. This is not a new opinion of mine. I am not the only person to have this opinion of him. This opinion is rather widely accepted and has been for decades.

This wasn't an isolated incident in that game, and you can't complain about ball and strike calls. Batters get tossed in the dugout all the time for similar shit. Bumgarner yelled fuck and looked right at him right after the pitch, usually pitchers look away when they do something like that. Then he proceeded to stomp on the mound like a child who had their toy taken away. Joe West just felt that if he had something to say then he should say it, thus the stare down where Bumgarner decides he has nothing to say and goes back to actually pitching.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Alex Wood pitching in Coors?

Giants being enormous quitters in odd-numbered years

 

[Villain]

This wasn't an isolated incident in that game, and you can't complain about ball and strike calls. Batters get tossed in the dugout all the time for similar shit. Bumgarner yelled fuck and looked right at him right after the pitch, usually pitchers look away when they do something like that. Then he proceeded to stomp on the mound like a child who had their toy taken away. Joe West just felt that if he had something to say then he should say it, thus the stare down where Bumgarner decides he has nothing to say and goes back to actually pitching.

The track records of both halves of that stare down make them equally guilty as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Villain]

Joc Pederson just got intentionally walked by a left handed pitcher. So weird.

It was to get Alex Wood to the plate, who grounded into a run-scoring error (Alex Guerrero, who just stole 2B in some weird twilight zone moment) by Nolan Arrenado. Then Joc Pederson got tagged out and kneed on Cristhian Adames' in the nose.

Cristhian Adames is a real baseball player.

September beisbol.

 

[Villain]

Magic number is still 2. Maybe we'll get to see this again, but in the home uniforms.

 

[Villain]

The rookies had to dress up like pro wrestlers for the flight to SF.

I think that's Yimi Garcia as the Iron Sheik.

 

[Villain]

Kiké Hernandez activated from DL by Dodgers

Spoiler

If you don't recognize them, that Justin Turner on Kike's right and Joc Pederson on his left

Dodgers president orders Enrique Hernandez to wear banana suit in dugout

According to Hernandez, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman spotted him in the 12th inning wearing the banana suit. Hernandez said “Andrew saw me and said, ‘you’ve got to go down there.’ I said, I’ll get fined. He said, ‘I’ll pay your fine.’

“Gotta do what the boss says.”

Narrated by Vin Scully:
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#RallyBanana

 

[navamind]

Moar liek Kurveshaw, amirite?