Poll of the Day > Sports Discussion Topic #180: St. Louis Cardinals OF Tryouts Inside

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Pham's gonna be happy in Tampa, at least.

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Nobody is happy on the Rays. I will always be a fan of Tommy but I'm pretty ambivalent on the trade overall. The Cards are not good so they might as well sell and I can't pretend to know how good the players they got back are.

I'm sorry, have you seen Mallex's Florida chain?

http://www.mlb.com/assets/images/1/7/4/271595174/cuts/750x409/cut.jpg

That is not the chain of an unhappy person!
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Tommy wore that ninja hood when it was cold in St. Louis. What if I posted a pic and said "that is not the hood of an unhappy person." Seems like you're making a lot of assumptions re: interesting attire and its suggestions towards a person's self-actualization

Why would he be happy in Tampa?

Also, I love how the random edgelord who finished our topic basically had the sig that Squall was making fun of earlier in the topic:

I am not afraid to express my opinions, no matter how unconventional they may be.
I don't apologise for doing so. If you don't like what I say, tough.

That guy gives so few fucks that his signature tells everyone how few fucks he gives every time he posts

There is only one sig in this topic so far, but as far as sigs go it is acceptable.

I've had sigs blocked from display for a long long time

I could never. Part of the joy of the occasional chocoboslayer post is to be reminded that he is the cream of Yuna fanboyism.

I just realized at one point in the game last night Greg Garcia was pinch hitting with the game on the line and I was like what the hell why not Pham. Well now we know.

Bye dozier

Once Joe Mauer leaves at the end of the year I'm really not gonna know anybody on the Twins. They need to bring back #ParkBang

They should rename target field Byung Ho #ParkBang in honor of the legend

One of the Eds is still there

My cousin got engaged last night and his fiancee posted the pics on Facebook and wrote "I've been dreaming of you since I heard my first fairytale" and I've been smhing about it all day

I haven't watched baseball and played Fire Emblem on the 3DS like I said I would, but now it feels like it's too late to really tune in this season.

Is this the same cousin that was in a relationship with coffee? Is he marrying coffee?

No, but it would be funny to imagine coffee posting that status about fairytales.

oh, I misread that. Thought your cousin was the one making the post, not coffee

This year seemed like a really active trade season. There wasn't really one huge name (what, like Archer and Machado maybe?) but it feels like there was just more activity overall.

The Rockies' lone move was trading for a 36-year-old reliever with less than 200 ML innings

A lot of big Leaguers did get moved but a lot of the moves they were a part of were just confusing. What the heck are the Rays and Pirates doing

Archer to the Pirates perplexed me at first, but then I thought about it and decided they'll probably hold on to him until next season and hope he has better numbers where they can flip him to a desperate team for better value.

Better than Austin Meadows though? He was like a top 10 guy entering this season

I don't know. There's a lot of dumb GMs out there (like whoever is on the Pirates) so nothing would surprise me.

I think they're planning to use Archer as a piece of their next contending team. He's under team control through 2021 and they're pretty good this year. I just don't know if the move is them going all in for a 2018 wild card slot or them retooling in advance of the offseason for when they upgrade to try and beat the Cubs.

Another example of how position players are pitching too often. Jose Reyes gave up 6 runs in the 8th and the Nats scored a whopping 25 in total.

Conspiracy theory: MLB told teams to use their hitters to pitch more often going forward to soften the blow of introducing the DH to the NL this off-season. They think the opposite of pitchers hitting for themselves is good

Jose Reyes is quite possibly the worst Rockie ever (and a wife-beater, but that ties into the former) so I enjoy this news

Uh oh, the Rockies are shaping up to blow it late-game to the Cards again

Chewster posted...

Jose Reyes is quite possibly the worst Rockie ever

That's because you missed out on his pitching skills

https://imgur.com/3Pwdrxu

Ultima_Dragoon posted...

Chewster posted...

Jose Reyes is quite possibly the worst Rockie ever

That's because you missed out on his pitching skills

https://imgur.com/3Pwdrxu

This is real good

He needs to work on his release point.

Why did they have a non pitcher guy playing pitcher

MNTwins1991 posted...

Why did they have a non pitcher guy playing pitcher

They were down by like 17 runs in the 8th so they did this to preserve their bullpen in a game they couldn't win anyway. It happens basically every night now where it used to be a cherished oddity

Adam Jones is cool

https://deadspin.com/adam-jones-wouldnt-let-the-orioles-trade-him-is-awesom-1828026559

So what games is the sports topic playing lately. I'm on Persona 5 about 20 hours in. I also bought an NES classic on Monday but haven't opened it. As I typed this I remembered Ultima's post

Ultima_Dragoon posted...

I haven't watched baseball and played Fire Emblem on the 3DS like I said I would, but now it feels like it's too late to really tune in this season.

Which FE?

I'm still Octopath Traveling as you know. I'm like 27 hours in and haven't played in a couple of days because the repetitiveness is getting to me, just like with Bravely Default as anticipated. Overall I still like it but it's a bit of a shame because they were super close to making an amazing game

I just started EarthBound

Chewster posted...

I just started EarthBound

I hope you kept your favorite thing as Rockin

I've never been a fan of RPGs. When Super Mario RPG came out a lot of my friends liked it but I never played it. I might try that next to see if I will find it enjoyable.
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Regarding the idea that there were more trades than usual at the deadline, I just heard on Effectively Wild (fangraphs podcast) that the Giants are the only team who didn't make a deadline adjacent move and they still did add Austin Jackson on the 8th

I don't really like RPGs much either but I figure the SNES Classic gives me a reason to try some out anyway. SMRPG is a pretty good one for somebody who doesn't really like the genre cause it's easy and it's got timed action bonuses like Paper Mario (if you've ever played those) that make the turn-based combat a little less boring

I did like the first two Paper Mario games so I was hoping it would be somewhat similar to that. I too will try some out with the SNES classic.
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Turn based combat isn't boring

Turn based RPGs are a thinking man's games, just like baseball

MNTwins1991 posted...

Turn based RPGs are a thinking man's games, just like baseball

Football is turn based strategy

STLCards1991 posted...

Turn based combat isn't boring

Hey man if you like menu simulators that's cool

I know that I'm really not qualified to talk about this subject

CaptainHammer posted...

Football is turn based strategy

I'd say it's more like rock paper scissors

Basketball, soccer and hockey are all RTS

MNTwins1991 posted...

CaptainHammer posted...

Football is turn based strategy

I'd say it's more like rock paper scissors

That's interesting. You mean because they have to select plays simultaneously? The issue with that analogy is that in RPS both sides are working to attain the same goal whereas in football one is on the attack and one is on defense each turn. Did you ever play odds and evens instead of RPS? That's a little closer maybe

Yeah, odds and evens works too. I just compared it because you're trying to read/ predict, your opponent, disguise your move,and call plays simultaneously

CaptainHammer posted...

The issue with that analogy is that in RPS both sides are working to attain the same goal

It's way overly simple, but in football the goal in this analogy is to beat your opponent. Say you're playing best out of 5 RPS. A first down is winning one bout, and winning 3/5 is a touchdown. On defense, it could be breaking up a pass or allowing no gain, and then forcing a punt