2025 MLB Season Starting NOW!!!

[jlhoots]

On 5/29/2025 at 3:03 AM, Dan Gould said:

All it took to make Milwaukee a .500 club was a visit from Boston.

Now, it's Atlanta's turn.

What an f-ing joke this team is.

Milwaukee beats Phillies twice in a row in Philadelphia for 6 wins in a row.

[Dan Gould]

First series with Yankees this weekend and I have fewer than zero fucks to give.

 

Thank god the Cubs have an actual roster of talent or baseball season would be over (and cricket is not something I am about to start watching).

[JSngry]

WNBA is a good summer product as well.

[ghost of miles]

Really nice story about Judge and his wife’s first year of parenting:

For Judge, fatherhood brings ‘excitement’, ‘wonder’, ‘joy’

[JSngry]

Wow. 

[JSngry]

Ok, here's something that is the opposite of predictable. Or excitement. Or joy, But definitely a sounce of wonder, like I wonder what the fuck happened here?

But thinghs have gotten better since, although for how much longer...

[Dan Gould]

Will @Matthew stop by about Giants acquiring Devers from the Red Sox for barely more than a box of baseballs and an equipment bag?  Apologies if he is not the resident Giants fan, it's been a while ...

 

While I wasn't thrilled at the length of the contract given to Devers, the fact remains that this is a top hitter very much at the height of his talents.  It basically means that for the Red Sox to crawl into the post-season this season, at least two of three rookies have to hit as advertised, with no growing pains.  

I would feel a lot better about this if the players received included someone that the Giants might actually miss in the future but this ain't that. 

About the only thing I can say about it is that it (somewhat) relieves the logjam of outfielders and rookies finding playing time, and if that had necessitated sending Duran or Abreu away, I would have been quite upset.  I want to see what those two can do as they are not at their peak and are very good already.

 

[sonnymax]

On 6/4/2025 at 7:23 AM, Dan Gould said:

First series with Yankees this weekend and I have fewer than zero fucks to give.

Thankfully, I did, along with one or two to spare for this past weekend's series. Sox take 5 out of 6, Judge strikes out again and again and again. What's not to love?

[GA Russell]

This is more complicated than it should be, but it looks like you can stream every MLB game for the rest of the year for $60 (50% off).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/offers/ref=atv_3p_mlb_c_6rhKJb_HS15e16a_1_1

[Dan Gould]

Proof that signing Devers for a crap ton of money didn't mean shit when it came to helping the team, but now at San Fran he's happily taking ground balls at 1B.  Fuck him:

 

Devers will likely split his time between DH and first base for now. Devers got some work in at first on Tuesday, but the Giants want to get him up to speed before they consider giving him his first start at the position.

“We talked to him a little bit today. He goes, ‘I’ll play wherever you want me to play, I’ll hit wherever you want me to hit,’” Melvin said. “He’s going to DH today. He’s going to hit in the three-spot. We’re going to work him in and get him some ground balls at first and make sure he’s comfortable before we put him over there. That’s pretty much the way we’re looking at it right now, a little bit of DH and a little bit of first.”

 

[JSngry]

Why did Dolly leave Porter?

[felser]

2 hours ago, JSngry said:

Why did Dolly leave Porter?

Because he wanted to move her off third base on the Porter Wagoner Revue softball team, as Mel Tillis was a better fielder?

[JSngry]

Or maybe because Dolly felt like she was getting her chain yanked just a little too hard?