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And the problem with that is...?

This was already 100% certain

Damn, was hoping for some good news and didn't get it.

Es posible estar orgulloso de ser americano; pero, refleja muy malo a la persona que lo esté.

If Team Jingoistic Twats wins the WBC and Cal goes to the White House.....I'm done. At least with him. I will boo the piss out of him when I see him in a game.

All M's. A certain run-producing M's catcher known for his hindquarters was not welcome on my grid today. We'll see about next time.

I, too, enjoy baseball players who suck

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Here's a hot take for ya: the WBC would just straight-up be more fun without a USA team in it.

Every American has ancestry that can trace to other cultures. Just have *everybody* play for the country their maternal great granddad (or whatever) was from.

Watching the infamous Italy/USA game. Joe Davis literally calls the 21 USA-born players on the Italy roster "players who weren't good enough to make Team USA" And the whole broadcast is still heaping on the nationalism. And his voice is still annoying.

I intensely dislike this man.

Never used that site in my life. All I ever see is people airing grievances about it.

If he was such a great leader, though, where was that leadership when they, playoff spot NOT secured, went out and got sloshed before playing Italy?

Said sloshing *really* goes against the "fIgHt fOr yOuR cOuNtRy" thing they seem to be all about, too.

Yeah. I'm gonna need more than this.

I guess this is a start to rebuilding Cal's likability.

It's gonna take more.

But remember, universal healthcare is an unserious pipe dream floated by naïve children who don't know how the world works!

It won't be enforced against white people.

Wasn't the least bit hard for them to win while awful in 2016 or 2024 (or 2022). What's changed? Certainly not the awfulness.

Ah, but he's got nothing on Dick Pole. Right, @mrtuffperson.bsky.social ?

And his entrance music was the Ultimate Warrior theme from the old WWF (Warrior would similarly run to the ring for his matches). Really made an event out of it 😆

Todd Coffey (who was the closer for Mariners AAA one year) did that. When he played for the Brewers (I think it was) they even put up a timer on the big screen for his sprint from the bullpen to the mound. Good stuff.

Last year's April Fools was solid. I hope they do something different this year. The most obvious things to do would be to force everyone to make the same grid or to put out a grid with no possible correct answers.

Whatever happens, I hope it'll be creative!

Well yes, I figured you would 😆

I don't usually have cheering interests when national teams play, but damn, go 🇩🇴 this time. They're everything baseball should be.

SYBAU?

Good thing she wasn't a man. They are famously incapable of caring and feeling (?????)

Your post defaults to hidden, at least on my end. Sorta rude. Just because you say dicks a lot?

I just had a fun thought. What would be the categories for a @jonbois.bsky.social themed grid?

Mariners category, obviously.
"Player first name Bob" 😆
One I'd love to see for the actual grid is Multi-HR Game
What else? Maybe something to tie in with Lonnie Smith 🤔

Definitely my favorite Rangers pitcher called Rocker 😆

Rusty Kuntz is a "name HOF'er" for sure 😆

George W Bush brought unimaginable death, destruction, and pain to this world, but I never thought *he* doubted his intentions were pure.

Trump is something else entirely. I'm not sure I even have words.