Poll of the Day > Sports Discussion Topic #174: The Big League Boys

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Joe Mauer just got his 2000th career hit. I don't really know how big of a milestone that is but it's probably pretty decent

That's a respectable number

according to twitter he's the 286th player to get to 2000 hits. That seems pretty respectable for how long the MLB has been around

MC LeMahieu leads the Rockies in home runs

this preds aves game is fire emoji as AF

MNTwins1991 posted...

according to twitter he's the 286th player to get to 2000 hits. That seems pretty respectable for how long the MLB has been around

It is good. 3000 is where you auto reach the HoF and obviously he won't get there and he is unlikely to make the Hall anyway but it's not totally inconceivable. Catchers sometimes get a boost to their candidacy and sometimes they're totally passed over for no reason so it's hard to say. The MVP will help. He definitely had Hall of Fame talent but he has just thrown away too many years due to health or just playing like shit. Seems like a cool guy though and his 2009 was truly amazing

MNTwins1991 posted...

this preds aves game is fire emoji as AF

They held on for a while, but they're looking a bit overmatched in this third period

CaptainHammer posted...

It is good. 3000 is where you auto reach the HoF and obviously he won't get there and he is unlikely to make the Hall anyway but it's not totally inconceivable. Catchers sometimes get a boost to their candidacy and sometimes they're totally passed over for no reason so it's hard to say. The MVP will help. He definitely had Hall of Fame talent but he has just thrown away too many years due to health or just playing like shit. Seems like a cool guy though and his 2009 was truly amazing

I don't think many twinkles fans are talking about HoF for mighty Joe, but he'll be a twins legend forever. Looking back, his contract wasn't even that bad (the twins are notorious for never actually paying players and the mauer contract was apparently a huge deal), but he had a few slump years when fans had massive expectations for him, after his monster seasons. The last few years he's been quietly pretty darn good again

I took off my adblocker so I could stream the Sharks game on my computer and I'm realizing this site is horrible with ads. It keeps moving my screen up and down to make room for ads as they load.

Ultima_Dragoon posted...

I took off my adblocker so I could stream the Sharks game on my computer and I'm realizing this site is horrible with ads. It keeps moving my screen up and down to make room for ads as they load.

do you have a chromecast?
if not and you're having trouble finding the game, PM me

I find the various subreddits for streams of each sport tend to be the best. Since people can up and down vote, it's helpful in finding ones that work and are trustworthy.

Turning your Adblocker off is like exactly what you do not want to do with these sites. If they make you do that, then fuck em, not worth it even if it works. You gotta use protection at all times

yep chews is right. never turn off your adblocker for these streams. If there's a rare case where the site won't let you proceed with an adblocker on, move on to the next.

I meant this site as in Gamefaqs. I'm streaming the game off of NBC using my Comcast login so it's pretty safe.

oh yeah that will be safe. Speaking of, sometimes when i go on gameFAX on my phone, I get a pretty nasty popup. It will completely close my gfax tab and open the popup, which says my phone is infected with 9 like viruses, which just isn't true. Very malicious ads by @sballen

I knew you were talking about the ads on gfax, but still thought you were using a less than official stream. I would've had to smh at your recklessness if that was the case

Nah, that's like having unprotected sex with a stranger

MNTwins1991 posted...

oh yeah that will be safe. Speaking of, sometimes when i go on gameFAX on my phone, I get a pretty nasty popup. It will completely close my gfax tab and open the popup, which says my phone is infected with 9 like viruses, which just isn't true. Very malicious ads by @sballen

I get these too. The robot voice saying congratulations. Not great.

Some day I will become the type of person who exclusively posts their Facebook statuses in essay format and all the replies are "I love you" and "ok this made me cry"

Sad news to report guys. Eric Hosmer went hitless last night and ended my beat the streak at 5 games. Back to square one. Or should I say... Circle one.

8-15 inches of snow this weekend. Why do I live in this terrible place

I should just leave and leave everything behind

We are going to have a mix of precipitation here. Maybe an inch of snow when said and done. My kids softball team that I help coach on have their first game of the season this weekend. We'll see if it is canceled. Last year due to weather they only got to play 3 out of the 7 scheduled games and the day of the tournament got canceled due to weather.
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In the 80s here. Will be 64 on Sunday. Get fucked Midwest.

We're just getting a layer of ice on the whole city. Guess I have to keep the bike inside for a bit longer...
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Today is insanely beautiful and so was yesterday and it's gonna be 40 tomorrow

It's been really windy the past few days which sucks cause you basically can't do anything in that weather

You can go sailing or fly a kite

Good post on Mauer and the Hall of Fame.

https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/joe-mauer-and-the-rule-of-2000/

1. I didn't know this but it's effectively impossible to get into the Hall without at least 2000 hits now. Silly but true apparently.

2. If you don't want to read the whole post, here's the gist for Mauer's chances specifically:

As for Mauer, his offensive decline since his concussion-necessitated move from catcher to first base after the 2013 season somewhat obscures the merits of his case, but what he did before moving makes for a strong resum: six All-Star appearances, three Gold Gloves, three batting titles (the only catcher who can make that claim), 11 other top-five finishes in a slash stat, and an MVP award. The year he won that award, 2009, his .365/.444/.587 line made him the first (and to date only) catcher to win the Slash Stat Triple Crown: his batting average and on-base percentage from that season are the highest of any catcher since World War II.

Even with just 920 games behind the plate, Mauers 39.0 peak WAR is 4.5 wins above the standard for catchers (the average for all Hall of Famers at the position; players are classified by where they accrued the most value) and ranks fifth among backstops behind Gary Carter, Johnny Bench, Mike Piazza, and Ivan Rodriguez, all enshrined. (Yes, Mauers seven best seasons are all from his catching days.) His 54.5 career WAR ranks eighth among catchers and is a full win above the standard. His 46.7 JAWS ranks seventh, the highest of any catcher outside the Hall.

WAR is wins above replacement, JAWS is that author's own thing that rates people's chances to get into the Hall based on merit and established trends

Lets see if the Knights can keep their momentum going tonight!
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I was reading about older blockbuster NFL trades and it's crazy how much things have changed. Trades like this would never happen nowadays. Here are 2 absolutely crazy ones

Ricky Williams trade
Saints traded their entire fucking draft, and a first and a third the following year to move up to pick 5 to get Ricky Williams.

And the Raiders traded Jon Gruden (their head coach at the time) to Tampa for 2 firsts and 2 2nds. Then the very next year, Gruden beat the Raiders in the super bowl.

And of course, the Vikings made the worst trade in history with the Herschel Walker trade

MNTwins1991 posted...

I was reading about older blockbuster NFL trades and it's crazy how much things have changed. Trades like this would never happen nowadays. Here are 2 absolutely crazy ones

Ricky Williams trade
Saints traded their entire fucking draft, and a first and a third the following year to move up to pick 5 to get Ricky Williams.

And the Raiders traded Jon Gruden (their head coach at the time) to Tampa for 2 firsts and 2 2nds. Then the very next year, Gruden beat the Raiders in the super bowl.

And of course, the Vikings made the worst trade in history with the Herschel Walker trade

What's crazy is that the Redskins are run so poorly that they got that king's ransom and kept right on sucking

The wild look soft as hell. The top 2 lines have completely disappeared. This game feels like it should be 4-0

I saw a post on Twitter that said if LeBron and Paul George sign with Houston the first names of their starting lineup would be

Chris
Paul
LeBron
James

And their last names would be

Paul
George
James
Harden

Makes you think

No lie, that's the craziest thing I've seen in a while

What about the fifth dude though

His name is George LeBron

In Road to the Show I made a 3B with the "power corner" archetype (picture of Nolan Arenado) and a month into my AA career they moved me to LF. Makes sense. NOT!!!

The poll today is kind of stupid for including PCs. Of course everyone has had their PC fail at some point. That hasn't happened with my game consoles though

lol I just saw that the Cubs came back from being down 9. Atlanta's bullpen is butt.
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Oops, I didn't know when the Avs game was and totally missed it. They lost anyway

People who wear a Leafs jersey to a Raptors playoff game should be banned from playoff games going forward.
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close down Yonge Street the Raptors won game one let's get that parade going
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lol the Leafs are butt
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There are like ten postponed MLB games because of bad weather. So much for that global warming huh!!!

STLCards1991 posted...

There are like ten postponed MLB games because of bad weather. So much for that global warming huh!!!

there have been so many people on twitter/where ever else complaining that they didn't put a retractable roof on target field.

since the place was built, this is apparently the first time there have been back to back postponed games (rain or snow), so that seems like a dumb argument.

This is also a freak snowstorm...biggest snowfall in years, and it happens to be in mid april. It's been snowing since friday night and it's higher than my knees now

I remember reading when Target Field was about to open that if they had elected for a retractable roof it would have been like another $100 million, and of course it was taxpayer funded so I say open air is the right call.

They're basically having a blizzard in western Missouri right now so I bet it comes our way soon which will be super fun.

Yeah I'm sure there were tons of people complaining about using taxpayer money for a stadium and would have complained even more with the extra 100 mil. I'm not saying being against public funding for stadiums is stupid (because it's not), but I won't get into that right now.

Anyway, some people were purposefully buying tickets for this weekends twins games for dirt cheap, knowing it would get delayed and they'd be able to transfer the tickets to a different game later on with nice summer weather. Seems smart

I think it was a requirement that the SkyDome had a retractable roof, so we could actually get home games in March and April. And considering no other city had one at the time, it was verrrrry expensive.
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These NBA playoffs are fucking sick so far
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The Cardinals completed a 4 game sweep of the Reds who are now a very respectable 2-13.