Axolotl2000

Absolutely. He looks like the ball is an extension of his body that flows towards the batter whereas other guys look like they explode when they pitch.

Winner of 3 straight Sawamura awards , MVP in NPB and people
doubted him. Doubt this man at your peril

Yoshinobu is just so impressive to me. Never loses his cool and makes it look so easy while he throws such sick pitches. So deceptively athletic. Just incredible

Never doubt Emperor Yamamoto or Grand Moff Snell. Next up- General Glasnow.

Sheer terror at having to go to the bullpen is making the Dodger starters pitch like they have never pitched before. They have been brilliant. 🫡

Toronto losing is all Justin Trudeau’s fault for dating that loser Katy Perry. Do the right thing, JT, and save Toronto.

In 2023 when Astros won three in TX, that team had a much better record away from Minute Maid. Plus the Astros have always been a force to reckon with. Blue Jays and Seattle are much better at home, so the latter def have the advantage. It is like that 15 inning win flipped a switch.

Brewers are doing everything in the world to avoid letting Shohei get a hit

You are just poking the bear when you keep walking Sho to get to Mookie

Josh Naylor is a lovely young man. So well-spoken, generous with his praise to teammates and opposing players.

I don’t know why they try to take
On the menswear guy. I think he is 500-0 .

Toronto relief pitchers basically throwing BP right now. Either Yankees were that bad or Seattle is that much better.

Manager Mike Shildt retires from Padres Shildt went 183-141 with San Diego and 252-199 since first becoming the Cardinals' manager in 2018.

He says it is for health reasons. If so, I hope he takes care of himself. But part of me wonders if he was given a choice- retire or be fired. With the talent on the Padres, their past few seasons are disappointing. Also, I get such dick vibes from the guy

Mike Shildt retires from Padres

Quite torn because I love both the Jays and Seattle. Tho maybe I am a big partial to Toronto since they represent Canada, and Canada deserves a win over the orange thing.

Incredible graphic.

Now my curiosity is piqued, but we can have a decompression sesh after all the games !

How sickening and pervasive is gambling that they were actually putting bets down on who would win the Nobel Peace Prize, and now they are investigating a leak as bets surged on María Corina Machado before her name was announced.

Two really clever logos. Maybe not exciting or trendy, but for the message across well.

Yeah I know sho will adjust. I think he already was in that last game. But Dave pissed me off cuz he has barely said a word about Conforto, Scott, Treinen, Yates and so on. Maybe he holds Sho to higher standards, but cmon

Brewers seem to have a mostly winning record against the three other teams during the regular season.

Mariners vs Blue Jays
Dodgers vs Brewers.

This is great. All teams that I like and I don’t feel any burning hate towards any of them. Of course I have a preference as to who wins it all, but I won’t be an angry chihuahua if the outcome isn’t what I would like.

Always feel so badly for the losing team- they have to sit and watch the delirious joy of the winners while they have to go back to silent clubhouse. And make all the unneeded champagne and Tshirts disappear.

Hmmm…Brewers swept the Dodgers in both series this year and Cubs had edge 4-3.

Protect this man at all costs

Amazing how a four game stretch agst excellent pitching makes Shohei a choker bum- erasing all he did during the regular season,his pitching agst the Phils, hitting the game winning rbi. Maybe learn from last year that other batters have a chance when the other team focuses only on one guy.

Make them the pariahs of society. There is no prejudice in that - their behavior has demonstrated cruel and anti-social behavior at its worst, so they merit nothing else.

I am all for calling out underperformance, but there is more to unpack here than just poor decision making. Phillies’ entire strategy was tailored to neutralizing him, and kudos to their lefty pitchers who were excellent. None of the hitters were great on either side and yet sho gets the most heat

So weird that since the Yankees are out, I feel all the stress is gone. There was some of that with the Phillies ( they used to always beat my Expos!), but not as bad. Let the boys play.

I have thoughts about Munetaka. One thing is that he may want to forge his own legacy and sign elsewhere than LAD. Also I do think he carries some risk.

Woodrow Wilson may have helped found the League of Nations but he was an unrepentant racist who opposed integration at Princeton. It is a struggle to reconcile the various facets of a person who can espouse ideals whilst denying the rights of others