2025 MLB Thread

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Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr

That's great. First time I've seen that quote. Two of my favorites.

[David Watts]

Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr

That wasn't the aim of my post. The goal was to show your statement about manners was hypocritical.

I think you reached that goal.

[Amazin69]

Originally Posted by David Watts

I think you reached that goal.

Really? How so? Actions that affect other people and free speech on an anonymous forum are rather different, I'd like to think.

(Pardon my kicking the horse's corpse, but being called a hypocrite is not something I care to wake up to. I didn't like it when a certain poster tried to call me a racist, and I don't much like it now. Tyvm.)

[Cobra Mgr]

Originally Posted by Amazin69

Really? How so? Actions that affect other people and free speech on an anonymous forum are rather different, I'd like to think.

(Pardon my kicking the horse's corpse, but being called a hypocrite is not something I care to wake up to. I didn't like it when a certain poster tried to call me a racist, and I don't much like it now. Tyvm.)

Oooohhhhhhh. So manners are only to be displayed when Amazin decrees so.



And I didn't call you a hypocrite. The reasoning given for your position is hypocritical.

[David Watts]

Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr

Oooohhhhhhh. So manners are only to be displayed when Amazin decrees so.



And I didn't call you a hypocrite. The reasoning given for your position is hypocritical.

Thanks.

[Cobra Mgr]

Angel Hernandez has been reincarnated.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr

Angel Hernandez has been reincarnated.

I tell you, I could not watch that video all the way through. Reasons:

• Jomboy is fun, but sometimes what he does is TMI.
  
• I am really getting tired of Boone's act. I see too much of him, and I am tired of it.
  
• I said it before but it bears repeating: MLB really needs ABS and it should be used to call balls and strikes automatically. Why waste time with a challenge system?

It used to be true: "Bad calls will even out" (unless the umpire had a grudge or was on the take) and everybody accepted that, even though we had Boone-like scenes. But now, at the plate at least, the evidence is clear and glaring. This nonsense has to end; it is time.

[Cobra Mgr]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

I tell you, I could not watch that video all the way through. Reasons:

• Jomboy is fun, but sometimes what he does is TMI.
  
• I am really getting tired of Boone's act. I see too much of him, and I am tired of it.
  
• I said it before but it bears repeating: MLB really needs ABS and it should be used to call balls and strikes automatically. Why waste time with a challenge system?

It used to be true: "Bad calls will even out" (unless the umpire had a grudge or was on the take) and everybody accepted that, even though we had Boone-like scenes. But now, at the plate at least, the evidence is clear and glaring. This nonsense has to end; it is time.

You should watch the end. All the previous incidents w/this ump. He is to umpiring as Lex Luthor is to billionaires.

[Amazin69]

Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr

Oooohhhhhhh. So manners are only to be displayed when Amazin decrees so.

To whom here have I been ill-mannered, kind sir? I said mean things about a public figure, that's all. Do you really want me to dig through your posts for example of your doing the same? I'm fairly certain that you won't lack for examples.

I'm sorry if you're emotionally invested in Dad-of-the-Year, but that's not the same as my being mean to you. So I believe I've been reasonably impeccable, tbqh.

[Cobra Mgr]

Originally Posted by Amazin69

To whom here have I been ill-mannered, kind sir? I said mean things about a public figure, that's all. Do you really want me to dig through your posts for example of your doing the same? I'm fairly certain that you won't lack for examples.

I'm sorry if you're emotionally invested in Dad-of-the-Year, but that's not the same as my being mean to you. So I believe I've been reasonably impeccable, tbqh.

1. Lol! Never claimed to have superior manners as you did. Even if I did, I would consider your "threat" a bluff because you just said you were too lazy to quote your own self from one page over.

2. Never claimed you were ill mannered to anyone here.

3. Nevertheless, even if I had made those claims, even if you were to find "proof" of either false statement, it still would not change the fact you made up a hypocritical explanation of having more impeccable manners than this father.

4. Therefore, you are putting up nothing but smokescreens to avoid tackling the truth you don't want to confront. Namely, you have no discernible, intelligent, rational, logical, ironclad, sound foundation to describe this man as a street thug dickhead.

[Déjà Bru]

Cobra, I always imagine you smiling like your avatar when you are engaged in such repartee. You are at your happiest, I think. Carry on!

Amazin, by all means, keep "punching"! But both you guys, please keep it civil. Individually, you are both much more valuable than when you "get together" like this.

[mytreds]

Sirs, this is a Wendy's (Talk's Sports Thread)

[Cobra Mgr]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Cobra, I always imagine you smiling like your avatar when you are engaged in such repartee. You are at your happiest, I think. Carry on!

Amazin, by all means, keep "punching"! But both you guys, please keep it civil. Individually, you are both much more valuable than when you "get together" like this.

I'm done.

As I've "matured", I've avoided arguing the sky is blue when people tell me it is polka dot. But this back & forth has shown me I still have a mean streak when it comes to Karens. Been dealing with them my whole life living in the south. Accusing me of all kinds of crap.

So I let this linger too long.

As I've said before, people think right & wrong is the same as like & dislike. If people want to just say they don't like what the dad did, that's their biz. I don't agree. But I will defend their right to like what they want. But when it is suggested the guy broke some kind of decorum, nearly accuse him of some kind of assault, paint him as a thief, out of some misguided chivalry....It got my dander up. I guess I had flashbacks from past Karen episodes.

But as I've said, I'm done.

[Amazin69]

Sigh. Given today's events, I hardly want to argue endlessly, but I don't think I should let this pass…

Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr

1. Lol! Never claimed to have superior manners as you did. Even if I did, I would consider your "threat" a bluff because you just said you were too lazy to quote your own self from one page over.

"Threat" is an unnecessary escalation of rhetoric, IMO. But I have certainly done plenty of research for plenty of posts through the years. (When I debunked the myth of "throwing 135 pitches in throwing the first no-hitter in Mets history destroyed Johan Santana's arm and ruined his career" that Gary Cohen unfortunately likes to push, I dug up the complete videos of all six of Johan's subsequent starts, including the actual injury the following month and linked them in the Mets thread.) My desire to research comes and goes as I feel like it; I am under no obligation to myself, much less to you, to keep it at a constant level.

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds," to quote Ralph Waldo Emerson.

But hey, I'll be glad to post an example of your criticizing a public figure. Here, you criticize Wander Franco, even after taking your position that I don't have a right to criticize Father-of-the-Birthday-Week. Hypocrite, shame thyself!

Or, better yet, feel free to express yourself. Just get off my back when I do likewise, tyvm.

2. Never claimed you were ill mannered to anyone here.

Then what's your problem? I have opinions, just as you do. I conduct myself politely towards my fellow board members, rather than, say, calling them hypocrites…

3. Nevertheless, even if I had made those claims, even if you were to find "proof" of either false statement, it still would not change the fact you made up a hypocritical explanation of having more impeccable manners than this father.

The father did what he did.

I would not have done what he did.

I attribute the difference between us to the fact that I was raised not to do such things, under the rubric of "common courtesy", "respect for others" and, yes, manners.

All of these are factual statements. I'm sorry you don't like them, but as is often said, "facts don't care about your feelings."

4. Therefore, you are putting up nothing but smokescreens to avoid tackling the truth you don't want to confront.

Oh, so now you know the "truth", eh? Here I thought we were having a difference of opinion.

And you also seem to think you know my motivations for making the statements that I have made. I never knew you were telepathic! Hope you're not "listening" to my thoughts right now, because you might not like what you "hear".

RIP, Gordon Lightfoot.

Namely, you have no discernible, intelligent, rational, logical, ironclad, sound foundation to describe this man as a street thug dickhead.

I'm reasonably certain that I don't need to meet any standard of proof, as we are not in a court of law. And even if we were, Father-of-the-Birthday-Week couldn't sue me for defamation, as he is a public figure.


Preach, Shaun!

I have my opinions. If you don't like them, you'll have to find a way to cope.

One would hope that said coping will not involve further personal insults. Thank you for your time.

And now I'm done, too.

[Cobra Mgr]

Aroldis Chapman gave up his 1st hit in 50 batters. The A's led off the 9th w/a double that became the winning run.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr

Aroldis Chapman gave up his 1st hit in 50 batters. The A's led off the 9th w/a double that became the winning run.

Yet another example of a player leaving New York and undergoing rejuvenation. It makes me wonder.

[mytreds]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Yet another example of a player leaving New York and undergoing rejuvenation. It makes me wonder.

Bellinger is on track to have one of his best years with NY, so that dog don’t hunt.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by mytreds

Bellinger is on track to have one of his best years with NY, so that dog don’t hunt.

Yes, and Goldschmidt and McMahon have been good, too. All of them not great but good. Still, some folks flourish here and some don't.