Freaking Baseball, Man.
The Mets traded Canha. I knew they were going to, but I’m still sad.
I freaking LOVE Canha, yo. He was easily one of my favorite Mets (basically him and McNeil).
Edit:
At least he’s with the Brewers, so there’s a chance he’ll get to the playoffs.
Mets Stuff
Hahaha, this is fantastic.
McNeil!
Hahaha, I love that they put this on there, too:
More Sticky Drama
Oh, Scherzer.
Chart
I love these types of graphs, yo:
Kansas City has hefty boys. Seattle does not.
It’s interesting how there are a few little clusters. I wonder if these stats relate to anything else (or will relate to any of the year-end stats).
First day of baseball!!!
LET’S GO METS!!!
(Did y’all ever think I’d be so into a sport? Me neither.)
Draft 2023
It’s fantasy baseball draft day!
Here are my dudes:
- Randy Arozarena
- Charlie Blackmon
- Seth Brown
- Mark Canha
- Michael Conforto
- Jake Cronenworth
- Travis d’Arnaud
- Brandon Drury
- Freddie Freeman (my first pick last year and my first pick this year)
- Andres Giménez
- Teoscar Hernandez
- DJ LeMahieu
- Francisco Lindor
- Andrew McCutchen
- Starling Marte
- Jeff McNeil
- Max Muncy
- Brandon Nimmo
- Lars Nootbar
- Will Smith
- Chris Taylor
Pitchers:
- Max Fried
- Yu Darvish
- Giovanny Gallegos
- Kenley Jansesn
- Tyler Mahle
- Adam Ottavino
- Blake Snell
- Marcus Stroman
WOO! I hope I do as good as last year. Or better.
WBC
I think my favorite thing to come out of the World Baseball Classic this year is the absolute bromance that’s developed between the Japanese team and the Czech team. Ohtani wore a Czech hat and now EVERYONE is wearing Czech hats, haha.
Also, the final showdown between the US and Japan was pretty great. I know some people are very critical of the WBC (for things like the Diaz injury), but it’s enjoyable to watch and probably a lot of fun for the players.
GREAT(?) BRITAIN
So Great Britain is playing in the World Baseball Classic today and bruh.
These jerseys.
(source)
It’s like someone’s aunt was in charge of making these and she just bought those iron-on letters from Michaels or something and stuck ‘em on there.
Edit: HAHAHAHA THE “T” FELL OFF
Best response: “Not the first time Britain has been impacted by the loss of “T””
Edit again: This thread is the best.
Batty
Jeff McNeil is so underrated.
That is all.
McNeil!!!
YAY!
Four-year, $50 million extension with the Mets!
Awesome. I hope I get to see him play in person someday.
Baseball is Insane
This is absolutely crazy, haha.
How long did it take Jomboy to break this whole thing down?
MLB Error Bracket
Hahaha, this is actually a great idea.
I remember a lot of these from the year.
Also, I’m getting “Jenny from the Block” vibes from “Ozuna from the Braves.”
“Don’t be fooled by my law-breaking rage
I’m still, I’m still Ozuna from the Braves”
Eliminated
Sooooo that was disappointing. The Mets did SO GOOD this season and then fell behind the Braves in the division at the last minute.
Then just lost to the Padres in the wild card game.
Bleh.
Maybe next year.
Troisieme
So I ended up getting third place in our fantasy baseball league!
Not too bad for my first time I guess. It really helped that my team was like 75% Mets and the Mets had a good year. It’s going to be hard to pick a different set of dudes next year, but the odds that I’d be able to get the exact same set are pretty low.
Woo!
MCNEIL!
Well deserved. He was so good this year. Last year was an aberration. I’m so glad I picked him up for my fantasy team!
Playoff
Oh god, I’m in the playoffs in fantasy baseball!
I mean, I guess we technically all are, but only the top four get a chance to end up in first place, and I’m in the top four!
Now time to get crushed, haha.
deGrom!!
HE IS BACK
Edit: and of course the Mets lose because the bullpen sucks and why should deGrom deserve run support anyway???
Padres, WHAT
Excuse, me, Padres, but what the hell are these uniforms?
These are the COOLEST, most UNIQUE uniforms I’ve ever seen. I absolutely love them.
They’re beautiful. They stand out. People who don’t like these are fart bags. How can you not like these????
Dave Stieb
So remember the guys that did that fantastic Seattle Mariners set of videos?
Here’s a set of videos on Dave Stieb and his wild pitching career. We watched it a while ago, but here it is for all you nerds.
I love their way of telling a story. It’s so engaging. I had no idea who Stieb was before watching this but was super invested while watching Part 1.
Also, I looked it up and it sounds like he uses Google Earth for all his zooming in and out of graphs/pictures. I thought the motion of the “camera” looked familiar.
All of Part 3 is fantastic, by the way.
Reconciliation
So it’s been about a year since this Mets madness:
I’m glad they’ve seemed to work things out this year. The whole team seems to have a lot more chemistry this year. Maybe this will be their year?
Baseball drama, man.
(Edit from end of season: LOL NOPE)
METS!
This was fantastic. The Mets are special this season.
I know it’s early…
…but the Mets are looking so good this season.
That is all.
I love baseball
This is fantastic.
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