MLB 2024

[Flex]

"Glad" I can go back to fully hating Jared Durran. Fuck him, I want him off the team.

So is this not the first time he's done something like this?

He's an anti-vaxxer, refused to get a shot when they were require to travel to Canada and had to sit out a series in Toronto. Huge me-first piece of shit.

He was getting some kudos this year for playing so well and being candid about working on some mental health issues. This more than unwinds any of that good will.

[Dr. Medulla]

From Seymour Hersh's memoir:

As we drove to the ballpark, Hall learned I had spent much of my childhood playing baseball and going to games at Comiskey. So he defied the apparent office dicta about being anything but civil to a rookie and told me about one of his early experiences covering the Yankees in Chicago. It was a year or two after Babe Ruth, in his prime, had broken all records for hitting home runs. As usual, the Babe was playing catch in front of the first base dugout before a game. Somehow a kid had gotten past the ushers and was parked near the dugout, constantly begging the Babe to sign his scorecard. The kid was about twelve years old, as Harry told it, with a leather cap and the smudged look of the street. The kid’s mantra, said over and over again, as he waved the scorecard, was “Sign my card, Babe…Sign my card.” He was indefatigable. Finally, after half an hour or so of the bleating, the Babe, totally irritated, told the kid to scram and added, “I don’t sign scorecards, kid. I only sign balls.” With that, the kid flung the scorecard away and, using both hands, emphatically cupped his groin and said, “Oh, yeah. Well, sign mine.” As Harry told it, the Babe fell to the ground in laughter and, once the game began, glanced before each at bat toward the dugout where the kid had parked himself, and could not stop smiling. The mighty Babe, Harry added, went 0 for 4 that day.

[Dr. Medulla]

https://www.sporcle.com/games/Hejman/graphic_images

15/20, ran out of time before I got to the last one.

[revbob]

https://www.sporcle.com/games/Hejman/graphic_images

15/20, ran out of time before I got to the last one.

Trying to do this on my phone id nearly impossible as Im either not seeing everything or I need to zoom in and the screen changes

But I got the first several right off until I needed to see what thevred and blue graphs represented

[Dr. Medulla]

https://www.sporcle.com/games/Hejman/graphic_images

15/20, ran out of time before I got to the last one.

Trying to do this on my phone id nearly impossible as Im either not seeing everything or I need to zoom in and the screen changes

But I got the first several right off until I needed to see what thevred and blue graphs represented

I found the more recent ones more difficult. My brain just started freezing up with those guys from the 90s.

[revbob]

https://www.sporcle.com/games/Hejman/graphic_images

15/20, ran out of time before I got to the last one.

Trying to do this on my phone id nearly impossible as Im either not seeing everything or I need to zoom in and the screen changes

But I got the first several right off until I needed to see what thevred and blue graphs represented

I found the more recent ones more difficult. My brain just started freezing up with those guys from the 90s.

Yeah, also I needed to know it is Rickey and not Ricky

[Dr. Medulla]

https://www.sporcle.com/games/Hejman/graphic_images

15/20, ran out of time before I got to the last one.

Trying to do this on my phone id nearly impossible as Im either not seeing everything or I need to zoom in and the screen changes

But I got the first several right off until I needed to see what thevred and blue graphs represented

I found the more recent ones more difficult. My brain just started freezing up with those guys from the 90s.

Yeah, also I needed to know it is Rickey and not Ricky

Last names alone work.

[revbob]

https://www.sporcle.com/games/Hejman/graphic_images

15/20, ran out of time before I got to the last one.

Trying to do this on my phone id nearly impossible as Im either not seeing everything or I need to zoom in and the screen changes

But I got the first several right off until I needed to see what thevred and blue graphs represented

I found the more recent ones more difficult. My brain just started freezing up with those guys from the 90s.

Yeah, also I needed to know it is Rickey and not Ricky

Last names alone work.

Good to know. It did just take Ichiro come to think of it

[revbob]

Judge fastest player in history to hit 300 homers.

[Dr. Medulla]

Judge fastest player in history to hit 300 homers.

The sooner the Yankees switch him to permanent DH, the greater the possibility that he catches Aaron (or, if you prefer, Bonds). Trout is that screaming alarm about big dudes in the outfield.

[revbob]

Judge fastest player in history to hit 300 homers.

The sooner the Yankees switch him to permanent DH, the greater the possibility that he catches Aaron (or, if you prefer, Bonds). Trout is that screaming alarm about big dudes in the outfield.

Agreed, he's had his share of injuries and moving him to CF is only going to accelerate his eventual decline. Id prefer they have a smaller faster guy in center.

[Dr. Medulla]

Heh, right now the Dodgers' lead is only 2 games over both the Padres and D'Backs.

[revbob]

I try not to use Jeter in these but RoY is hard enough. Chose 1 non Yankee, I think my best score yet.

[tepista]

I try not to use Jeter in these but RoY is hard enough. Chose 1 non Yankee, I think my best score yet.

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Nice! I use Mickey and Bernie fairly regularly, myself! Yeah, Jeter's a no-no. I hit 20 today, most of that came from Vince Coleman and Chone Figgins

[Dr. Medulla]

The 3B/SB one was what done tripped me up.