/mlb/ - AL > NL edition

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Who /NationalLeague/ here

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Mariners!

>>74276414
it is undeniably easier to pitch in the nl and i dont know why this fact triggers some nl fans so much

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mo'Lester, you should make it harder to identify you

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.... going for 29!!!

>>74276489
sorry mate, i like dingers and vagina

>>74276515

reposting it here


Johnny Cueto

>dominates in NL. Spends half a season in the AL on KC, he's absolute shit. Getting booed off the field. KC makes it to the world series where Cueto is able to pitch against the NL again. Pitches a shutout. Now he's in SF, and is dominating again

Jake Arrieta

>In baltimore, getting booed off the field, getting trolled by FUCKING DWARFS on twitter. About to be released. Signs with Cubs(also injects himself with a fuckload of pilates), wins a cy young and throws a couple no hitters.

What did the NL mean by this?

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jays desu

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>tfw MRI on calf

hopefully its just a tweak, but can we trust his word on the subject?

>>74276623
of courshe

>>74276623
i heard its a tear, could be 3 months

>>74276664
rip jays
F

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>Ross Atkins: "One of our best teams could be if Justin Smoak is playing first base at a regular rate, playing every day for us."

what did he mean by this?

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Lets post shameful shit team's fans have done.

I'll start with a few.

Sox

>While he was the Royals first base coach, he was attacked on the field at Comiskey Park by two fans during a game against the Chicago White Sox on September 19, 2002. Gamboa suffered permanent hearing loss in his right ear.

why is life so short, /mlb/?

>>74276692

Cubs

On August 12, in a game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, Victorino was hit with a full cup of beer while making a catch. A complaint was filed with the Chicago police by Victorino and the Cubs,[13] and the fan was charged with two misdemeanor counts.

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>>74276709

forgot pic

On August 12, in a game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, Victorino was hit with a full cup of beer while making a catch. A complaint was filed with the Chicago police by Victorino and the Cubs,[13] and the fan was charged with two misdemeanor counts.

>>74276709
>>74276717
crybaby

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>>74276724
Hey, you never know what cubs fans put in those cups. Could be more than just beer

>>74276692
>>shameful shit team's fans have done.

>On any given day on /mlb/ dodgers fans hav e bragged about being the best merchandise-selling team in all of the majors in conditions they deem fair.

>>74276760

>someone shits in the wrigley field piss trough
yes, you piss in a big trough at wrigley instead of a urinal
>the turd clogs the drain
>piss trough starts overflowing
>cubs fans just start pissing in cups and throwing them onto the field

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More Cubs

>The Wrigley brawl on the night of May 16 -- during the ninth inning of the Dodgers' 6-5 victory over the Cubs -- began when a fan who was evidently drunk reached over the chest-high infield wall near the bullpen, hit Chad Kreuter, a catcher, in the back of the head and then snatched his cap. Kreuter had been sitting with the pitchers with his back to the fans along the first-base wall.

Kreuter and several teammates chased the fan and ended up trading punches with several fans, while the rest of the team stood watching the melee. It took stadium security officers nine minutes to restore order.

randy levine and dellin betances go five rounds in the octagon, who do you have?

>>74276939
Betances

Why do Blue Jays fans brag about being in the Arcade League?

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>>74276489
/realprofessional/ teams reporting in

>>74277024
are the diamondbacks the ugliest team in baseball?
color scheme, logo, uniforms. its all shit

>>74276939
Betances is phenomenal for the first five rounds, and then Girardi decides there needs to be a sixth round, so Betances ends up shitting the bed.

Zach Davies 2017 NL Cy Young
cap it!

reminder subtracting 27 WS wins from the AL is like winning the world series to NL fans

reminder it took a 103-win NL team 7 games and a DH to beat an AL team with 1.5 starters

>>74276996
when they lose to an AL team in the playoffs again they can pretend it's because their league is better

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Your 2017 AL Cy Young Award winner.

>>74277024
>it's another NLfags bitch about the AL being superior episode

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>>74277100
>>74277134
For me, it's Robert Gsellman.

>>74277118
>remember that literally every important event of the 20th century and the first 16 1/2 years of the 21st century occurred between world series wins for an NL team

>>74277207
>using the cubs history to represent the national league
that would be like using the indians history to represent the american league

>>74277254
you could have gone with the red sox for a comeback, but ok

>>74277207
uhh, literally exactly the same with the whos and red sox

>>74277268
>>74277269
there we go, I knew someone would pull those cards

>>74277268
>lifelong gay cubs fans since october 2016 only know one AL team

can't make it up

>>74277325
literally what
I'm the guy who posted these
>>74277207
>>74277268
>>74277287

>>74277348
I was referring to the person you were replying to that doesn't even know about the red cucks drought

just play along dude

>>74277207
>it took the mets, diamondbacks, and marlins an average of 5.66 seasons to go from being awful expansion teams to beating "elite" Arcade League teams in the world series

Please remind me how superior the AL is

>>74277362
just get 16 more expansion teams and you guys will catch up

>>74277362
memes
but shout-out to the marlels for 2003 for not even needing 7 games to beat the Yankees after Aaron Boone.

>>74277361
ok

>>74277362
>using the mets, diamondbacks and marlins to support NL superiority
wew lad

>>74277362
remind me how the Dodgers being the Yankees' WS bitches throughout the 50s and 60s makes the NL superior

>>74277362
Those teams have an average drought of 20.3 years. The Yankees have a drought of 8 years

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Kipnis desu

Actually seeing a lot more mariners stuff around town today,

>>74277078
He's good for 2 innings max.

Jared Weaver finally signed with the only team that wants his broken ass and 75 mph fastball

>>74277556
Someone probably posted your meanie comments on Reddit and Buzzfeed wrote an article about it

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>>74277826

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>>74276506
this

>>74277024
More Than half of those teams had less than 80 wins last year

>>74277943
because the good teams can actually handle their business and aren't just scraping by

>>74277957
>because the good teams are few and far between and are just coasting on 2/3 of the league bottomfeeders
ftfy

>>74277997
You can interpret it either way but I think having a few outstanding teams is preferable to having 15 variations of the Chicago Who Sox.

>>74277024
>Arranged alphabetically instead of by division

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Name a better league than the National League.

Don't worry, I'll wait.

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>>74277826

He'll be picked up by KW before the ASB

>>74278244
the American League. that was easy

2017 is Justin Smoaks year. He will bounce back and have a solid season at 1B.

Stop laughing. STOP IT.

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>>74276489
where the phillies at

>>74278297
Still waiting...

>>74278352
>DG and pepe join forces
Has meme magic gone too far?

>>74278244
PCL. Better pitching easily

>>74278356
please explain how the nl is better
keep in mind, the two divisions compete every year and the AL wins more often than the NL

Daily reminder that beating the Dodgers is equivalent to winning the WS to Giants fans

>>74278546
pretty sure we had this already today

>>74278556

Doubleheaders are common in baseball

>>74278556
Well it's indsiputable

>>74278546
>Giants fans
????

>>74278244
KBO would give them a legitimate run for their money

>the al has more rings than the nl and there is literally nothing nl fans can do to change that

>>74278627
Reminder that the National League had to force MLB to literally -=!!!CHANGE THE RULES!!!=- because they were unable to compete with the far superior American League

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>>74277134
Your 2021 AL Cy Young winner

>>74278638
skeletor?

>>74278627
>the nl would have to win every single world series until 2033 for this to not be true
really makes you thing

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>>74278655
Brady Aiken

>>74278627
>b-but, not if you take the Yankees out
>n-not if you count rings won after this arbitrary year that I've deemed fair

>>74278638
>AL Cy Young
DESU should be considered "The" Cy Young Award, considering the level of competition is much greater than in the NL
Call the NL award the Tommy Lasorda

>>74278675
Nah, the Don Drysdale Award

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why did the arcade league add in some dumb arbitrary fat person position
are they sissies lmao

>>74278546
>>74278584
Is it true that selling team merchandise is equivalent to winning a WS for Dodgers fans?

Here comes the NL to defend their objectively inferior version of "baseball" and punch up at the literally objectively and 100% verifiably superior American League

Things you now remember:

- Cubs are still World Series Champions
- Pissboi is forever my little bitch
- Kershaw is a terrible pitcher when it matters
- Mark Teahan played baseball
- You will never be Ray Chang
- Mark Prior is 36 years old
--- He's only 3 years older than Jon Lester, Justin Verlander, and Cole Hamels
--- He's only 1 year older than Hisashi Iwakuma
--- He's 2 years younger than John Lackey
--- He's 7 years younger than Bartolo Colon
- John Lackey and Bartolo Colon were teammates

>>74278743
>Bartolo Colon
Lol, I love that guy! He's so fat and wacky. Loved when he hit that home run!

hey im still confused, why did the cubs have a literal DH bat instead of travis "exceptional batting ability" "9 career dingers" wood or any of their other pitchers

I thought NL baseball was superior in every way

>>74278743

Mark Prior and Kerry Wood, just two more names to add to the list of lives ruined by niggers...

>>74278743
>- You will never be Ray Chang

is he playing this year for the WBC?

Imagine trying to explain the DH and why it's """needed""" to someone from the early 20th century

David Ortiz took roids and the league did nothing about it

>>74278845
they would be like "huh that's a good idea, we should implement it in the superior league"

>>74278845
They would laugh in your face
Babe Ruth would demand a trade to the National League

>>74278845
>hey, you see that pitcher striking out 62% of the time with a .152 batting average?
>what if it told you you didnt have to watch that 3 times every game?
easy

>>74278845
>free outs is for fairies
5 words that would have changed the game for the better

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>>74276489
senpai

>>74278915
i would cum in this girl
just so you know

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>>74278700
being #1 in attendance is like winning the WS

Daily reminder that the Giants blew a 4 run lead in an elimination game

>>74278964

The giants bullpen*

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>someone is being obsessed with the giants again

kek

>>74278964
Well, everyone knows that. It's on the local news every night. (as well as, Casilla has blown more saves than the division margin).

Nothing new there.

>>74278964
Still wasn't the worst thing last post season.
>blowing a 3-1 lead

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>wearing dad caps

So, are there any Padres fans here?

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>>74279030
Reminder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y77gKZ2EEb0

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>>74279050
I am a navyfag dodger fan who goes to 5 or 6 dads games a year

>>74279063
Most teams would still kill to have Kershaw on their team, including your team, faggot.

Reminder that the AL has somehow both better pitching and batting than the NL
Avg was higher in the AL and ERA was lower in the AL

>>74278695
That dumb position is the ONLY reason the Cubs won (excluding ded pitching)

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kershaw is good he is just not AAA+ elite like madbum and he cant go 8 innings in the playoffs

>>74279107
Damn...

what does the babby league even have going for it at this rate? a couple top-end pitchers that were A) shit in the adult league (>>74276563) and /or B) padding stats with free outs?

As an Astros fan my opinion of the DH usually changes daily depending on how the DH did that day. But considering that we have gotten jack shit from the DH spot in the last couple years we might as well had a pitcher hitting. It's like we never left the NL.

>>74279175
why dont you and FUCKING ALTUVE get the fuck back to the NL

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>>74279096
~Uhm, as long as he agrees to NOT be on the playoff roster -- SURE!

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>Each MLB player get $100.50 for food everyday

>>74279175
watching beltran hit dingers against the rags will definitely better than getting up for concessions every time the pitcher tries to """""bat"""""

>>74278941
>Yankees averaged almost 38K per game last year

"no"

>>74279263
I guess him closing out the 2016 Nats and 2013 Braves doesn't matter then, right?

>>74279267
Well the Players' Union negotiated per diem a loooooooong time ago. It also increases per season (and adjusted for inflation).

>>74279267
>MiLB players get $25 a day

>>74279282
They play in the third most populated state you buffoon

>>74279304

I'm actually not a dodger hater, but my guess is that the only reason they beat either of those organizations is because both teams can't choke and lose.

>>74279267
That's a lot of Big Macs.

>>74279304
>closing out

see >>74262099

Ace can't even win a pennant.

>>74279396
Actually, double cheeseburgers are good post-workout food.

>>74279361
The fuck does that have to do with anything? That place had empty seats everywhere all of the time, especially early on in the season. Guess they could have STH propping their # up

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Jints

>>74279030
>losing a game to a pitcher whose finger fell off after 2/3 of an inning followed by 8 1/3 bullpen innings

>>74279383
How many other teams have beat the Braves and Nationals in the playoffs?

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>>74279396

2017
>no more fatdoval jokes
>no more ottoman jokes

feels bad man

>>74279462
>blowing a 3-1 lead to a team who hasn't won in 100+ years
lolololol

>>74279438
>>74279396
who /mcgangbang/ here

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>>74279501
lololololol

When will the Cubs become a winning franchise like the Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, and Cardinals?

>>74279488
We still have Berlin Wall jokes.

>>74279606
>winning franchise
>Dodgers

see >>74262099

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>>74279594

>>74279606
I completely forgot about this meme.

>>74279443
Stop trying to be stupid

>>74279689
what meme?

>>74279443
new yankee stadium has a lot of bullshit inside and most cucks wuold rather go to the restaurants inside the park rather then be in the stands is what i'm thinking.

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>>74279685
*smiles about not being racist*

>>74279478

since 2010 here are the braves, nats, and dodgers in the playoffs

2010, giants over braves in nlds, gay-ass even year meme starts

2012, cards knock the braves out of the wc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgpdxj9KTFk

2012, cards defeat the nats in a hilarious failure cascade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06lfGDPLgdU

2013, dodgers beat braves nlds

2013, cards knock out dodgers in nlcs, this is when the entries began
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqNS-8bUqsU

2014, cards knock out dodgers again, entries multiplied
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKIDS7A_cm4

2016, dodgers beat nats nlds
cubs beat dodgers

Never underestimate the power of weaponspace.

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>>74276489
Nats

A lot of beat writers are talking about the possibility of Betances leaving the Yankees in Free Agency. He's been a Yankee fan his whole life, so I wonder if they'll ever make amends.

>>74280406
he'll come over to the mets desu

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NL fags that destroyed the ASG should turn on the NBA-ASG for 5 minutes and take a look at the future.

>nothing at stake and nobody gives a shit
>showboating
>bojangling
>buck-dancing

>>74280627
fucking dumb as shit. imagine giving in to lifelong gay cubs fans since October 2016. fred needs to be lynched before he makes the game 7 innings with a runner on third at the start of each

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>>74280746
>mfw a canadian makes opinions on baseball near me

>>74280812
You're fat

>>74280824
*your

AL > NL

>>74281069
Wrong.

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>>74281079

>>74280812
i know, I hate it too

>>74281069
>>74281079
# of AL rings> # of NL rings
indisputable

>>74281153
How many rings does your team have? Please don't tell me you're a rag fan.

>>74281095
>>74281079
>Sum wun git me duh pitcha batting stats tuh teach anon uh lessin

>>74281217
This ought to be good, how many rings does yours have?

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>>74281217
jokes on you buddy, i hate the rags

>>74281153
>>74281217
>comparing leagues
>has absolutely nothing to say to dispute AL superiority so he turns to team by team comparisons
just accept the AL is better

>>74281330
only yankee fans can brag about AL ""superiority"" because without their team, ""it"" wouldn't exist

>>74281398
AWWWWW
Love you too, sweetie

>>74281398
>he literally doesnt understand the concept of the league as a whole and can only cry about the yankees
wew

>>74281456
How have the memeiners contributed to the league as a whole?
I'm curious

>>74281507
dank memes

NL fans are so upset that they have less rings
Hilarious

>>74276563
>pitch in the NL
>actually invested since you're playing real baseball, try to perfect your craft

>pitch in the AL
>bored to oblivion because you have to watch AL baseball in between innings. claustrophobic because the homerun walls are only 20 feet behind your mound. Don't even try because the sooner your ERA hits triple digits the sooner you'll get traded with a slighly-more-than-50% chance of going to an NL team

is it worth it paying for MLB TV in canada? im sure ill be able to watch blue jays games, but what about other regional broadcasts from the US? Id like to watch more of the NL

>>74281611
>play in the babby league
>pad stats with free outs and generally worse hitting

>pitch in the AL
>do good against elite batters or head to the NL when you need to save your career

>>74281779
>50 years later still bootyblasted about the expos

>>74281611
>Makes fun of the AL for having hitter friendly ballparks
>Literally the top three hitter friendly ballparks in all of baseball come from the NL
What did he mean by this?

http://www.espn.com/fantasy/baseball/story/_/page/mlbdk2k16_parkfactors/which-parks-most-least-favorable-fantasy-baseball-hitters-pitchers-mlb

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>>74281779
>Fat people to unathletic to actually play 95% of the sport
>Elite

>>74281742
i dont know, do you think its worth the money to watch other games?
I cant answer this for you

>>74280627
>nothing at stake and nobody gives a shit
>What is money?

>>74281916
yes im willling to pay to watch other games, its just blackout restrictions im wondering about

>>74281897
I need the NL batting stats for all pitchers.
Where can I find it?

>>74281988
What American teams are even blacked out anywhere in Canada? Mariners?

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>>74281988
>cant watch 19 Mariners games every year because i live close to Oakland
send the As to Montreal or Vancouver please

>>74281988
Wait and see if T-Mobile offers it for free again this year.

>>74281896
>implying frogs should've ever had a team

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>>74281905
>fat people too elite to play in the babby league

>>74282081
Here's the stats for pitchers with a minimum of 50 plate appearances
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=p&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=50&type=8&season=2016&month=0&season1=2016&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=17,d

>Jake Arrieta leads all pitchers will a wRC+ of 91
wew

Here's DH for reference
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=dh&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2016&month=0&season1=2016&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=17,d&page=1_50

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>>74282373
>a full page of elite complete baseball players with negative wRC+

i honestly didn't even know that was possible

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>>74282373
>NL

>>74282137
>T-Mobile operates in Canada

>>74282436
>i honestly didn't even know that was possible
it is with NL baseball

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>mfw watching the Orioles

>>74282565
I had no idea. Move to a real country then.

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wait wait wait hol up

nl babbs ACTUALLY think that dudes who throw the ball really well but bat like retards and get a NEGATIVE score on a weighted stat that's centered around the league average at 100 are more complete baseball players than old sluggers that can and have fielded but simply don't because there are better options, yet still contribute very significantly to the team in getting runs, while at the same time giving their elite pitcher a break due to him having to face 9 legitimate offensive threats per lineup

wow..

Fucking mariner poacher. The M's have had all time greats. Get fucked.

>muh 50 year old batting
Of the 13 qualified DHs, 10 of them are 33 years old or younger. 5 of those are under the age of 30. All but Avisail Garcia put up a better wRC+ than Jake Arrieta
>Whos
http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=dh&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=400&type=8&season=2016&month=0&season1=2016&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=14,33&filter=&players=0

>>74282709
Also, Fat Papi was the only qualified DH in 2016 that was at least 40.

>>74282709
>the absolute state of Mini Miggy

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>there are DHs that hit dingers more often than babby league pitchers get singles

I feel like I'm just shooting a corpse at this point. babby league thoroughly and irrevocably exposed as quad-A

Only 5 teams in the National League were able to score more runs than the American League average (731). Of those 5 teams, two of them (Rockies and D-Backs) play in two of the most hitter-friendly parks in all of baseball.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2016-standard-batting.shtml

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/2016-standard-batting.shtml

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>>74283005
N L B T F O
L
B
T
F
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Texas Yankees going H-A-M on the NL!!!

They can't recover from this. It's like watching Trump vs someone on twitter.

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>>74277076
The ones they before last year were fine. These new ones just look autistic.

>>74282115
Couldn't you just turn on a TV or go to a bar or something

new to baseball here, why did the NL win the las world series if the AL is better?

Despite the obvious advantages NL pitching would have over AL pitching, they are unable to convincing separate themselves from the AL. Going off league averages, the AL is only slightly behind the NL in Earned Runs (673 to 669), FIP (4.25 to 4.13), and ERA (4.20 to 4.16). The NL and AL league average of H/9, K/9. HR/9, and BB/9 are all virtually the same, despite the fact that AL pitchers have to regularly face 9 skilled hitters.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2016-standard-pitching.shtml

http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/2016-standard-pitching.shtml

>>74283129
i dont have cable and dont really feel like going to a bar until 10 on a wednesday night

Fuck this Texas Yankees cunt. If you have to go out of your way to prove that the AL is better than the NL, it probably isn't better. Just fuck off already, the Cubs won the World Series and beat your precious AL team.

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>>74283112
I might like them if they got rid of the gradient stuff on the uniform its totally minor league. Especially the ones at the end of the pant leg.

Even without it its still a downgrade over what they had before that i thought was pretty nice.

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>>74283136
by playing AL baseball against a half-dead team

>in seven games

>>74283255
>If you have to go out of your way to prove that the AL is better than the NL
but you dont. the AL has more rings than the NL. this is a fact. Its the nl that is going out of their way attempting to prove they are better

>>74283307
>>74283255
why did the cubs play AL rules if NL baseball is superior? They could have had their pitcher hit in Cleveland

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>>74283262
The old ones in my opinion are a cool novelty but the colors just didn't match with their weird ass purple and teal or purple and black shit. I understand them changing it because it just looked tacky and outdated, and the purple, black and white made them look too much like the rockies.

Maybe if the dbacks decide what color they want to be they'll start winning games lol.

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I can't wait until actual baseball starts and the retards on both sides of this "debate" get drowned out by things people give a shit about

>Almost 100% of the time an NL team plays in an AL park and has the choice to not have their pitcher hit, they take advantage of it
why is this?

>>74283403
>why is this?
NL managers are afraid that their pirchers might get beaned by inferior league pitchers?

>>74283469
>inferior league pitchers

>>74279107

>>74283403
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhnsC2V4_0w

>>74283400
Fuck you, we can discuss what we want.

>>74283897
agreed
lets continue discussing why the AL is better

>>74283926
There's no objective way to prove that the AL is better it's all just memes.

What is it going to take to get the National """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""League""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" officially segregated from real baseball?

>>74283977
>There's no objective way to prove that the AL is better
if only there was some sort of competition where the best NL team and the best AL team played against each other to see who was better.
This would allow us to solve this argument easily

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>>74277463

Is there any point in buying baseball cards (or any type of sports cards) anymore?

>>74284094
Is there any point to anything, Anon?

>>74283307
Seven games and extra innings. To use NEET language they played on easy-mode with cheat codes.

>>74283370
Jesus

>>74284124
shit family you're right

>>74284094
No but el Presidente Trump has a quota for carbon pollution to meet so expect more of them.

>>74284137
>>74284124
what do i do now lads?

>>74283370
NL fags have families, don't roast them too hard.

>>74284009
Interesting concept. Do you mean a series of games where the best team from each league plays each other, or something more like a single game composed of the best of the best from each league? I'm sure either idea would paint a clear picture as to which league is better

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>I enjoy watching the shortstop get intentionally walked so the pitcher comes up to bat for a free out, I consider this strategy

>>74284255
Even the logos are better

>>74284255
now post the full size pic idiot

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>>74284228

>A pitcher getting maybe a hit once every 50 at bats justifies this

why don't just pitchers just hit better?

holy shit
NL getting BTFO
are there any nl fans left here? this thread is even devoid of the usual sf la shitposting and barely any cubs posters

>>74284270
One time Madison Bumgarner hit a home run
Let's link that webm for the 50th time even though it was during an inconsequential day game in July

It's just so rare we gotta see it again

>>74284255
I wonder how Astros and Brewers fans felt about being respectively promoted to and demoted from real baseball.

>>74284285
>cubs posters
Who?

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>>74276466
>AL is better
How many times did Triumph show up at your stadium?

Checkmate baby league


>Also
Everyone laugh at the giant pile of money the Who decided to set on fire in front of their fans eyes in giving Shields everything he wanted after how badly he played for the Who.

Justin Verlander
Jordan Zimmermann
Michael Fulmer
Daniel Norris
Literally who cares (Get your shit together Anibal, but hopefully Matt Boyd)

>>74284327
Why tho
Firesale now and pray to god you can get something good

It's like i'm back in 2009-2011 /sp/ again

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>>74284325
>>How many times did Triumph show up at your stadium?
>This is an actual accolade for the ninny league

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>YFW A baby league stadium would never let a game end like this.
They'd come up with some shit like designated bunter instead of letting of bring in a starter with the WORST batting average on the team get the walk off by landing the cheekiest bunt heard round the league that year.

>>74284340
>Firesale
>With those contracts

JD and Kinsler will be gone if they aren't in contention

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>>74284348
>Being this upset that his team doesn't have anyone relevant cheering for them or bantering with the fans.

>>74284299
Why even look at the same inconsequential day game in July homerun for the 50th time when we can look at the webm of the pitcher bunting to win a game for the 70th time?

I mean just wow stratagems

wow guys, youre not going to believe this
i have been running some numbers and found something strange
apparently, the AL has won more world Series than the NL
The AL has won more all star games than the NL
The AL has won more inter league games than the NL
for whatever reason theres this weird phenomenon that is making the AL more successful in any instance where they play NL teams. Not sure whats causing it but ill continue researching this disturbing trend

>>74284378
>A hand-puppet (not even a Muppet) is a relevant person in Shitcongo
>NL

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>>74284299
>Bumgarner home run
I'll take the Arrieta home run in the playoffs off him that the one cubs fan sitting in the sea of Gnats fans catches.

>>74283136
Well, they needed to play a team with about 2-2.5 total starters and needed the DH to win

>The double switch is an advanced strategy reserved for only the most cerebral of managers

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>>74284412
>Being this butthurt that Triumph never visited your team

>Pivotal moment of the game
>2 outs
>Above average hitter gets walked on 4 pitches to load the bases
>Pitcher batting .110 who hit a home run 2 years ago must strike out or hit a weak grounder to 2nd
>Pulls hamstring running it out
>DL

>>74284432
Did Triumph visit Boys Town

>>74284401
It's that easy. You don't need to point out the Facts such as NL pitchers come to the AL and face real baseball players and play like shit, or the fact that the AL plays all around better fundamental baseball than the NL, or any of these things. The simple answer is this

AL (64) > NL (42)

Honest question: which league has more teams with NO world series victories?

>>74284448
>AL (64) > NL (42)
Wow.... is this real?


Wow.....

>>74284428
And an injured catcher. And the other catcher with flu.
And extra innings. In game seven.
And a rain delay.
And noticeable referee favoritism.

But the NL is the best, really

>>74284445
do you know what pinch hitters are?

>>74284466
It's the 6th inning and they've only thrown 64 pitches

>>74284456
Well it couldn't be the clearly superior National League in which real baseball is played by real baseball players.... right?

>>74284466
Holy fuck this sounds like some deep strategy
A what??? This shit si complicated bro
I'm bustin my brain up man I didn't go to strategy school

>>74284325
If you're talking about Trump he was nominated in Cleveland, literally next door to the stadium. But I wouldn't expect a lifelong to know that

>>74284466
Hmm... is that a batter that comes into the game to only bat and does no fielding and basically doesn't play 95% of the game?

>>74284445
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f3NJnUwXjk
>INB4 'Hurr no outs'
They walked to get to Hendrick using your exact thought process and got booty blasted with a 2 run single.

>>74284486

No he's talking about an old as fuck puppet gag called Triumph. For lifelong cubs fans since November 5th 2016 that's a major deal.

>>74284488
>2nd inning

>>74284486
>Triumph at the RNC
>They kick him off the floor even though his credentials to be there because upright Republicans in charge don't have a sense of humor.
>He uses a fake Roger Alies to sneak back in.

Also
>Damage control by saying being near a stadium for another event is the same thing as being at the stadium for the game.
Hue hue hue

>>74284456
3-3 with the brewers and astros coming from both leagues

>>74284500
>puppet gag called Triumph
Literally fucking what. Wrigley and Boystown should be burned

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How many entries did it take to screw in a lightbulb?

>>74284519
Are you still upset about the drone Ted Cruz?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NDSIhQ4gC4

>>74284515
>>74284456
each league also has one team that has never played in the ws
nats and Ms

>>74284556
>The expos would have gone to the worlds eries, won, and stayed in Montreal if not for the 94' strike.

I want to live in the universe where that happened.

>>74284524
I don't think it's on yet, anon.

>>74284524
Define entry.

>>74284571
no you don't

you think it's bad now with these leafs

you've seen nothing

>>74284524
I'll be honest, I felt really bad for Kershaw when he gave up the golf swing homer to Rizzo and you could easily read him screaming 'NOOOOO!' before clutching his head and slumping down.
https://youtu.be/fzLq4C295QM?t=1h21m10s


He should really consider going to a more well rounded team with how he's sacrificing his body to carry the team and both the players and managers let him down when he plays well, and don't back him up when he chokes.

Nobody cares about the fucking Dodgers you dress wearing joyboy

>>74284695
>doyers

he's gonna opt out and go to the yankees

If the baseball gods offered you a deal where your team would win a ring this year but the rags and dodgers would win the next two, would you do it?
thats a lot of shitposting material lost

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>lifelong diehards of inferior teams will never know this feeling

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>>74284735
i don't have qualms against either of those teams so sure

>>74284735
The answer is yes unless you are an AL West fan or a Giants fan

>>74284735
Almost tricked me but the contract is not such that denying it guarantees a failure to win the world series and >my team is already poised to run at it

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>>74284735
would it really be meaningful if you had to have the baseball gods rig it for you? would you want three years of spoilers?

I dunno man. I want to say of course but I don't want the magic to go away either. I dunno

>>74284792
>would it really be meaningful if you had to have the baseball gods rig it for you? would you want three years of spoilers?
you immediately forget the deal after you make it

>>74284803
even so, it feels shitty buying a ring for your team with some voodoo pact. I want them to play and win

>>74284738
lead poisoning?

How awkward is that going to be when he gets traded?

What price do the baseball gods demand of me for the sox and cards to back to back again like in 05/6 and the cubs never win another world series while im alive. lets say i live to be 50.

>>74284857
your virginity

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>>74284828
>I want them to play and win
WELL SOME OF US DONT HAVE THAT OPTION CANADA

>>74284856
how awkward do you think it will be when his teammates examine every glistening inch of his sexy hot bod

>>74284872
did he sign with the rangers?

>>74284857
they will go back to back but then manfred will abolish both teams

>>74284878
that was just some horseplay and you know it

>>74284859
Trump being impeached and Bernie Sanders being elected president in 2020 with the democrats taking majorities in both chambers of congress.

Michael Saunders for pres

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>>74284885
>>74284893


no deal.

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>>74284924
that's a weird picture of putin

>>74284928
'Member when Trump was supposed to be Democrat and a Hillary pawn? I 'member

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>>74284934
not really I just like laughing at cucks falling for a third-rate demagogue

>>74284909

>>74284942
Not that you faggots care but Michael Saunders cannot legally be president. Also, demagogue implies he doesn't believe the stuff and he's just doing it to get elected, and if that's true he's doing a lot of stuff he doesn't believe in, what he said, after he got elected

>>74284924
Enjoy the Who's attendance falling to be the worst in the country and being moved to Montreal then.


And Trump will get impeached when the Republicans decide to grow some balls and decide treason is not okay when someone in their own party commits it.

>>74284982
>And Trump will get impeached when the Republicans decide to grow some balls and decide treason is not okay when someone in their own party commits it.
Define treason?

>>74284981
He doesn't give a shit about the country as a whole and is just pandering to the people who voted for him. I.E. the far right. The major problem is those policies are going to buttfuck the working whites who also voted for him, so even if he does survive for 4 years, the Republican rape of the economy would mean the Democrats could run a Hillary Clinton / John Kerry ticket and they'd manage to win even the Russians get even more brazen and start hacking the voter rolls. (Fun fact, the Republicans want to shut down the department in charge of keeping digital voting machines from being hacked and tampered with.)