Happens a lot. Hell, look at Sanchez when he got called up just last year.

First time ever playing in the ballpark and, given the rain, didn’t even have a chance during BP to familiarize himself with the field. He probably wasn’t entirely aware of how much room there was while he was running full-speed and tracking the ball.

Nothing would be wrong with just wanting him on first base, which is why the intentional walk exists...

They don’t understand any of that. To them, the election was a sporting event. Trump winning was the Super Bowl. His actual presidency is the victory parade as far as they can understand. Hence the constant “you lost! get over it!” schtick. To them, it’s over until next time and their team is the champ. They don’t…

Albert’s Hidden Clam is my new band’s name.

Life’s tough for all you John Rampinos out there.

I spent a decent amount of time in Jacksonville over the past year and I can say with confidence that that’s where they come from.

I agree with Sam’s take on Jeter being overrated as a leader, but this part isn’t true. Jeter was named captain prior to the 2003 season and Varitek was named captain prior to the 2005 season.

I guess i must have had those Iversons in 1998 or 1999, because there’s no way my parents paid $120 for them, but it’s the 1997 model.

They look like the Iversons I had in 1997...

Fenway is an absolute dumpster of a ballpark. Yeah, the history is cool, but in terms of actual experience watching a game, it’s down near the bottom of the league.

Thought that last Santa was gonna go all Night’s King on the penguins and raise up some zombie santas.

It’s like 2016 in gif form.

If you had access to all 150+ starters in baseball, Chris Sale would probably still be in your rotation.

Companies are going to attempt to automate as many jobs out of existence as possible anyway. That will always be the goal. Raising the minimum wage to something livable isn’t and won’t be the reason for that.

Low-A is in Columbia, SC. High-A is in Port St. Lucie, Florida. They aren’t going to allow a marketing ploy to disrupt the upper levels of their minors, so his playing time (if he gets any beyond this AFL exposure) will be in his sweet spot.

this is the AFL, not A-ball.

He’s not on the 40-man roster, so he’s not a part of the revenue sharing program. The Mets get all of the money.

A 30 year old who has never played baseball at a high level and hasn’t played the sport at all in over a decade isn’t “worth the gamble”. He’s a marketing ploy. There’s nothing baseball related about his being there. That’s exactly the point that Law is explaining here.

The team has been in its current city shorter than any team in baseball. While you’re going to get some people who latch on and become devoted to the team right away, it takes time (and yeah, typically some success) to have that take root with an entire fan-base, typically when kids who were raised around the team…