2020 MLB Off-Season Thread: Justin Turner is a Piece of Shit

[Krandor]

That actually was a ball but yes

[Cail]

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone is taking an immediate medical leave of absence to have surgery to get a pacemaker, the team announced Wednesday.

[Xno Kappa]

Scary as hell considering he also had open heart surgery when he was a player. Although everything I've read so far is this the pacemaker thing is routine and he'll be back to work in a couple of days.

[Cail]

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...rig-day-june-2

[Outlaw]

I heard that most of the games this year are going to be on ESPN+. Is that true?

[Vaspinne]

The Rangers are gonna allow full capacity crowd at their home opener which is in a month.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/m...city-1.5944811

I mean, I get it, you guys are vaccinating at a good pace, but fuck you have some stupid people in charge

[Mertron]

almost as sad as the Mets practicing catching the final out of the world series

https://twitter.com/gottabelievepod/...817802247?s=21

[Melena]

J-Lo and Alex Rodriguez are splitting.

[Mertron]

lol

https://twitter.com/jgroc/status/137...136256006?s=21

[Xno Kappa]

Lmao I was hearing it on the radio

[Vaspinne]

This is kinda fun. The Met's dugout getting into it after each pitch towards the end is great. And to get a batter to 0-2 after 2 pitches, only to walk him 20 pitches later has to be fucking infuriating lol

https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status...02232922832897

[Mertron]

https://twitter.com/jasongay/status/...792832513?s=21

[Mertron]

https://twitter.com/jasongay/status/...792832513?s=21

No batter can step out of the batter’s box. Lock it up. Stay in there. No long, lingering batting glove and helmet adjustments. If a batter steps out, it’s a called streeeee-rike!

No visits to the mound. No more mid-inning cocktail parties with the catcher, coaches and infielders. Want to change pitchers? Just shout out the change.

I bet you’re with me to this point. You’re thinking, I like this Banana Ball already! But hold on, there are some other, wilder rules:

Every inning counts. In “Banana Ball,” the team posting the highest score in a single inning “wins” the inning. The goal is to get five points. As soon as a team wins five innings, game over, go home.

No walks. That’s right, no walks. On Ball Four, the hitter starts running. First, second, third—as far as you can go. The defense, meanwhile, has to throw the ball around the entire infield and outfield, and only then it can try and throw you out on the base path. Maybe you’ll get tagged out! Maybe you’ll get an inside-the-park home run! Who knows!

No bunting. This one’s personal. The Bananas just don’t like bunts. Swing for the fence!

If a fan catches a foul ball, it’s an out. OK, this has been my dream in every baseball game I have attended since I was 5 years old. Why do you think I always brought my glove?

[Mertron]

guess we’ll need a 2021 thread soon

anyway

https://twitter.com/bsblauthority/st...422993922?s=21

[Outlaw]

Good. I don't want that trash on my team.

He also had over a pound of Oxy pills.

[Xno Kappa]

guess we’ll need a 2021 thread soon

anyway

https://twitter.com/bsblauthority/st...422993922?s=21

Jesus Christ lmao

[Boyiee]

21 Yankee games are going to stream on prime. Glad I didn't follow yes around with my streaming service. So close to dropping YouTube TV Just need to convince myself I don't need live tv.

[Cail]

https://twitter.com/hector_baseball/...431995909?s=21

[6souls]

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/m...-in-the-state/

MLBPA discussing moving the All-Star Game out of Georgia in protest to the voter suppression law recently passed.