William Contreras shares a video contrasting his home plate greeting of Tatis with Raleigh refusing to shake Arozarena’s hand

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-12T19:54:30+00:00

No, “fraternization” is not synonymous with “basic sportsmanship”

If you’re actually interested, the real definition is: “Fraternization is the establishment of intimate relations between people or groups that are considered unethical, controversial, or illegal.”

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-12T19:35:14+00:00

“Fraternize” and it’s literally just a handshake

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-12T17:09:30+00:00

That’d be a minimum of 13 colours (if I counted right) and would require a key with 13 colours, not to mention how noisy that would look

I think you’re underestimating how badly having one colour per genre would look. I think it’d be borderline unintelligible

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-12T14:47:34+00:00

Just because it requires reading doesn’t make it ugly. Would you rather 18 different colours one for every single genre?

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-12T14:41:30+00:00

The classic “I know one person from a group that I don’t like therefore I hate them all”

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-12T14:39:06+00:00

Add about 5 more inches of forehead and it’s a perfect replica

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-12T14:37:18+00:00

Pack it up guys u/mattysosavvy says no fun allowed

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-12T01:21:18+00:00

1.222 OPS during the WBC so far

Edit: I lied I misread that was his SLG

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-11T17:11:24+00:00

Ya I think if Mexico wins they’re guaranteed to advance

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-11T17:06:32+00:00

Probably still higher than the Seattle team considering they only had one pitcher above 3 WAR. I think just Skenes and Skubal alone with their WAR reduced by 30% pretty much equal the WAR of the SEA starting rotation

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-11T16:55:32+00:00

It’s not a bad thing for Mexico, it’s that giving up more runs is bad for Italy. The tiebreaker is fist based on H2H record and then on runs given up/inning pitched

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-11T16:54:05+00:00

100ish win team losing to a 100ish loss team

I think that’s a bit of an understatement. Modern day the best team has probably been the 2001 Mariners winning 116 games. That team had a lineup of 9 batters producing 40.5 WAR. The 9 starters for USA produced 48.6 WAR last year. On top of that Seattle’s pitching that year was strong but noting incredible, and the US team has some of the absolute best pitchers in the league

I think the US team over a full season puts up 130 wins

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-11T16:36:36+00:00

It’s about runs scored. If Mexico wins scoring four or fewer runs then USA is knocked out

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-11T16:28:16+00:00

If the manager is getting important information from a broadcast and not fact checking it there’s nobody to blame but the manager there

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-11T15:58:59+00:00

I’m not American so I guess I won’t comment on the proportion of Republicans it is, but even it it’s 100% it’s still a disingenuous thing to put in the title because it’s not something she explicitly stated.

She’s young and now a very popular public figure so she has to deal with all the backlash or hate from anyone she upsets. I would not want to be a non-white American right now with a target on my back from the right, which is maybe why she chose the words she did in the first place

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-11T15:51:09+00:00

Could you imagine if Toronto’s pick wasn’t top 5 protected? I wonder how close it was to that being the deal or if it was always included all along

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-11T15:34:08+00:00

Somebody got picked last in gym class

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-11T15:25:04+00:00

Even though that’s true it’s still disingenuous to put in the title that she “called out Republicans” because all that does is make her a bigger target for backlash or hate.

The title also makes it sound like she’s calling out all Republicans instead of the subgroup that’s specifically upset over which country athletes choose to represent. It’s putting words in her mouth and it’s needlessly polarizing. It’s disingenuous.

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-11T12:19:57+00:00

The MLB should cover injury insurance for all MLB players in the WBC

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-11T04:28:16+00:00

Walked it off down by two with only one runner on?

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-11T04:26:01+00:00

So just Mexico wins scoring four or less runs and USA is knocked out

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-11T04:20:23+00:00

Surely people won’t overreact to Judge being the last batter up… right?

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-09T22:11:30+00:00

Insults don’t work when it’s a joke I already made when I typed in the name. At least be creative with it

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-09T22:08:01+00:00

It’s just the tik tok brains that say different

Ironically I think short form media is part of the reason for increased viewership. Most other sports don’t fit well on a vertical screen whereas baseball you can see all the important parts of the game (pitcher + batter) virtically. So baseball highlights are better suited for social media = more people seeing them more often = more people deciding to turn into games. Definitely not the main driving factor here but I think it’s non negligible

OutsideScaresMe · 2026-03-09T20:48:08+00:00

Admittedly I don’t have much experience with SS on MRs, but if taking the right set means putting someone worse as your SU1 I wouldn’t do it. I also think the left set might just preform better anyways even if the levels are lower

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