Baseball

[jfish26]

Holy hell the Astros today just bombed it.

They've fucked up at every turn.

I feel bad for their players, because there are going to be a lot of empty base, 2 out beanings this year for them.

It's absolutely unbelievable that wealthy organizations can possibly be bad at crisis management anymore.

It is SO simple: apologize without reservation. Make earnest, good faith efforts to remedy the situation and, where applicable, put up guard rails against the same thing happening again. Move on.

[Sparko]

Toronto better look inwardly too. They certainly have a book on the Royals. Little team power but they jumped on everything. Teams need to take a look at outliers in their recent past. Ned was stubborn enough to not allow a trend to change his strategy. The Astros prove that being cynical isn’t nearly enough. You could sense the rot there in 2015.

[CrimsonNBlue]

Holy hell the Astros today just bombed it.

They've fucked up at every turn.

I feel bad for their players, because there are going to be a lot of empty base, 2 out beanings this year for them.

It's absolutely unbelievable that wealthy organizations can possibly be bad at crisis management anymore.

It is SO simple: apologize without reservation. Make earnest, good faith efforts to remedy the situation and, where applicable, put up guard rails against the same thing happening again. Move on.

Tell that to mizzou.

Oh wait, you said wealthy organizations.

[Deleted User 141]

they ain’t banging on a drum, they bustin’ in.

[Deleted User 289]

3 batter minimum? How about instituting something like a 9 batter limit per inning or a 5 run limit per inning too? DUMB!
I say if people are upset games are too long - fuck 'em.

[Shirley]

The Astros’ cheating derailed my career. So I’m suing.

(Mike Bolsinger last pitched in the major leagues in 2017 as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays.)

“We’ve dealt with it, we’ve said we’re sorry, we’re moving forward,” Houston Astros owner Jim Crane said on Thursday at the team’s spring training facility in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Pardon me, but I disagree. The team hasn’t adequately dealt with its cheating during the 2017 season, when Houston won the World Series, and just announcing that you’re moving forward doesn’t mean you can leave behind the damage you’ve done. That’s why this week I filed a lawsuit against the Astros.

Like with many kids, my love of the game began the first time my dad handed me a baseball. I knew I wanted baseball to be a big part of my life, and it turned out that I had some talent. I’ll be the first to say I wasn’t the most naturally gifted pitcher. But I loved the sport and trusted that, if I persevered​ after being drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2010, I might be able to work my way up through the minors and have a major league career.

I made my first appearance in the majors for the Diamondbacks in 2014. From there, I played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2015​, ​where at one point I was proud to post a 2.83 earned-run average through 16 starts. I was sidelined for most of the 2016 season with an injury, then was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays and sent to Triple-A. Focusing on getting back to big leagues, I embraced the label of journeyman.

Toward the middle of the 2017 season, I was transitioning into the role of relief pitcher. My first few games as a reliever made me optimistic: This could be my future in baseball. Then came the Astros game on Aug. 4, 2017, in Houston.

I remember the game vividly, because it was my last and worst​ ​in major league baseball. The stadium was packed. I live in Texas, so my wife and her friends were there. The Astros got off to a lead, and I was brought in during the fourth inning. The Astros seemed to know every pitch that was coming. I threw 29 pitches, and the Astros scored four runs off me in one-third of an inning before I was taken out. My pitches were getting smashed, and I ended up walking a few batters because the Astros appeared to know when to lay off. The postgame recaps said I had unraveled. I knew as I left the mound that this could be it; for a journeyman pitcher, a game that bad could be his last.

After the game, I recall, the Astros bragged during interviews about how well they had played. I was immediately designated for assignment by the Blue Jays — which means I was cut from the team’s 40-man roster. I accepted responsibility for my performance, picked up my belongings and have never played in the major leagues again.

From there, my life completely changed. ​ ​I accepted a pitching job in Japan to earn money to support my family. I didn’t want to be defined by that disastrous inning against the Astros. My wife was pregnant, so it was not ideal to move to a country where we didn’t have any friends or family around, but it was the only option I had.

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[Sparko]

Really a Black Sox moment. Toronto was accused of doing it too, but seemed to throttle back a bit.

[Deleted User 141]

Astros are fucked.

Wonder what Vegas odds are for MLB Leaders in HBP.....Altuve vs Field.

[Sparko]

Piece of metal. Jeebus. Compound the felony MLB

[pdub]

Thing is, if teams throw at the Astros, they aren’t going to sit back and take it. They’ll have to throw back. Will get ugly.

[NewtonHawk11]

Going to be very 2015 when the Royals fought everybody for the first few months. Baseball hated how cocky and confident they were and they threw at them.

[Sparko]

That was a fun season though. Miss the Ace.

[pdub]

Servino from the Yankees - Tommy John.

[jfish26]

Looks like he'll soon have an elbow ligament that's been severino'd out of a cadaver.

I'll show myself out.

[pdub]

Put that joke down with all the other Bombers.

[jfish26]

Put that joke down with all the other Bombers.

It really was one deserving of a Bronx cheer.

[pdub]

I'm just yanking your chain, was a decent pun.

[jfish26]

I'm just yanking your chain, was a decent pun.

The crowd here is no murderer's row.

[pdub]

No, bunch o pushovers, no one locked up in pinstripes.

[Shirley]