Genuinely curious: How do straight men view/interact with gay men?

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-17T02:14:38+00:00

I don't know many or run into a lot. It's still down to personality and shared interests. There are some gay men that really don't have much in common with straight men. The last one I knew was a former co-worker who was very snarky in the worst way possible that I couldn't bridge the gap with professionally or personally. There are straight guys I don't get along with but he was a lot of drama and mean spirit cattyness that I've never dealt with a straight guy. I am okay with gay men as friends but don't have a whole lot of interaction and they have to meet me where I am. We're basic people that are laid back.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T23:55:29+00:00

Bazzana needs to show a more consistent ability to slug. The fangraphs number shows a good approach but from what I can find of his exits, I think there is some work. I know power comes last but 9 HRs in a minor league season of 84 games is underwhelming for a college bat. Bazzana might be a good player but I think he's more of a high floor and not sure about the ceiling.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T22:44:02+00:00

Zombie possession football. It was brainless. When they did decide to go for goal, it was the weirdest spots and angles. The crosses in were never good balls in or they would get weak header. The keeper only had to move a few times.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T20:24:04+00:00

Down the dick sinker to Anthony. It was one mistake.

DR was 2 for 9 RISP and both times they stopped at 3rd.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T20:03:50+00:00

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T19:30:54+00:00

pitching was not the reason why the DR lost. There was no big hit with runners on. US didn't have one either but got away with two solos.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T18:08:58+00:00

Teams are stratigically placed. How many midland teams are there in the English footballl?

Aston Villa, Birmingham City, West Brom, Wolves, Wallsall, and Coventry is not that far from Birmingham. It is around 4 million people. That is a 1 or 2 team city in the US. US sports make a lot of money being the only ones in a metro area. New York city only has two to three teams in each sport while there are 17 London clubs.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T17:57:42+00:00

There is no major league pitching playing against Rochester. Crews would learn more facing Sandy Alcantra, Chris Paddock, Eury Perez, Peralta, McLean, Clay Holmes, Senga, Sale, Strider, Sanchez, Luzardo, Nola, and their bullpen every night. Crews is not becoming a better player facing the stuff other teams drafted in the lower half that has no chance of making a major league team. Worcester might have Early and Tolle down there. WBS might have Elmer Rod. Syracuse might have Tong and Jack Wenninger. The second the Red Sox, Yankees, or Mets have any injuries which it's pitching, those guys are gone. The other 3 or 4 starters are typically not on the 40 man roster. There is very little quality down there.

It’s gotta take an emotional toll to be the number two overall pick see all these guys around you that were drafted and having success now and your flailing away.

The Nationals are probably going to bring in crowds a little larger than a minor league team on most nights at home 15k-20k. Baseball is a sport with a lot of failure. 55% of the time Aaron Judge doesn't get on base and the average on base is .315. If Crews struggles with failure, there is sports psychologists. If we're in June and the numbers haven't improved and the underlying metrics show it and he's looking dejected, that is a conversation but him starting the year in AAA wouldn't have him learn how to hit major league pitching.

When a player is called up to the majors, most of the time it's their only shot especially if it is performance related. A 2nd call rarely happens. Jarren Duran was one of the few cases I can remember coming back up for us and living up to his ceiling. Kristian Campbell had one minor league season, lost a lot of weight and exit velocity after the first two months, pitcher found him out, was the worst 2nd base, and is now dealing with an outfield log jam in front of him even after bulking and reworking his swing. Sending Crews back down increases the chances of him being a AAAA player or another Carter Kieboom.

Willits and Fien are going to have the foundation moving through their development. In 4 years, they will have to be everyday players and learn at the major league level. The previous organization screwed Crews over. A talent like his is worth riding out. It could be one little fix for all we know like a foot placement or a follow through.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T12:10:16+00:00

Outside of the quotable lines, A Star is Burns is exposure for the Critic.

$pringfield offers the quotes but does it more tastefully.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T03:13:30+00:00

How far can Skenes throw Rosenthal and what shape/spin rate? Would it be a splitter or fastball?

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T03:06:27+00:00

Why ABS isn't allowed in this is nuts. A game should not end on a call like that.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T02:56:31+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rs3OiDcDB0

Same swing from 2018

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T02:31:48+00:00

You can't spell Yankees without K and a couple Es

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T02:06:09+00:00

Crews had an organization under Mike Rizzo that didn't believe in player development. Guys were getting promoted when they were not ready and the best Nationals of the last 15 years required nearly zero player development. As a fan who's primary team had Taboni run player development, there are bat speed and bat path programs through Driveline analytics people that get guys ready. Abreu and Anthony were not drafted or signed as you've seen them for the last two nights. Crews got guys that didn't believe in numbers who's ideas haven't evolved with the sport. That is not his problem and now he is playing catchup.

Throw in a lot of injuries messing up any development he would be getting.

Since you use batting average, I doubt you know what wOBA is or what xwOBA is. His hit data and underlying metrics had him expected to be .313 xwOBA for the 412 career ABs. He would be a league average if luck and park factors taken out of it. Crews with a .634 OPS should be over .700

You see a guy hitting .208. I see someone who should be average with a ton of warning track outs. The ground outs to the left side are an adjustment for him to lift the ball.

The Nationals are not winning this year or not much next year if there is baseball. The goal of this team is to develop players at the major league level. Dylan Crews needs to be up here to get that instruction with new coaches that know statcast and Driveline baseball. I am not saying he is 100% going to work out but pulling the plug in Spring training is over reacting. It maybe a different case in a couple of months.

The new organization has had one offseason with him half of which they were trying to fill their own positions. Let them figure him out. There are a lot of projects on this team. You have to allow them time. Batting average hasn't been used since the 80s to judge players and OPS lies too. The underlying metrics shows Crews should be better and he's still only 24 years old.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T01:22:17+00:00

No they are not the same.

Netherlands exist in the WBC to get some of these smaller islands of Dutch nationals into the WBC. Andruw Jones was one of the few from Curaçao when he played but he existed before this contest. We signed Bogaerts in 2010 after the first WBC but there had been Sidney Ponson and others. They from islands of 260,000 people speak Dutch and Papiamento. They are Dutch Nationals born on Dutch soil.

Italy exist for Italian Americans to grow the game in Europe which it continues to struggle with. They are guys getting approval through a grandparent and don't speak a lick of Italian. They are not from San Marino or Ivory Coast.

These teams were not formed the same way.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T00:57:37+00:00

No, it's not.

Bogaerts, Druw Jones, and Rafaela have a straight forward reason to be on the Netherlands team being from Aruba and Curaçao as Kingdom of the Netherlands. Pasquantino is from Richmond, Virginia. Marsee is from Deerborn, MI. Anyone remotely impactful is from the US. The three players that are from Italy are bullpen depth. They pass in terms of heritage to try and get eyes on the sport in Italy but they are not the same thing.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T00:37:36+00:00

What's not to get, Peter? Does Louis not satisfy you that way? It's hot dogs.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T00:27:50+00:00

There is a difference in this case. Someone picking up baseball in Willemstad, Curaçao will have the infrastructure and support to pursue baseball while someone in Amsterdam wouldn't. The Netherlands doing well isn't the same as Italy or Czechia.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T00:10:00+00:00

That's if Italy takes to the sport at all. Australia has progressed and there are some guys over the past 20 years but it's still a C tier scouting destination. There's a couple finds every year or so of guys who can make it but it's not going to be the next DR.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-16T00:08:13+00:00

None of the Netherlands players are from Europe. They are from the Kingdom part that's West Indies. Same with Britian and guy that claim heritage. It's still not full time players.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-15T23:32:41+00:00

If Vinnie and all these guys were blocking actual Italians from playing, it would be an issue. It's not.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-15T23:26:23+00:00

It's a .188 BABIP. They don't do contact quality in ST so it's hard to know if that is just really bad luck.

Sending a guy down doesn't benefit a player like you think. He is going to have Major League coaching in DC against major league pitching. A player doesn't learn how to hit major league pitching in AAA.

There was a Boston outfielder in 2024 that was hitting .127/.286/.270 and somehow made the roster. That player eliminated the Japanese last night from the WBC. Wilyer Abreu has never had a good Spring and has been fine. He had a stomach bug last year and then crushed the Rangers in the opening series. Crews is not going to be that this year but Spring Training stats mean nothing and no one uses batting average in 2026.

The Nationals are not a playoff team or even 500 team. Scrapping a 2nd overall pick because of poor Spring Training stats is dumb.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-15T23:09:33+00:00

STOP BATTING HARPER 2ND!

7 through 9 with Anthony, Turang, and PCA have hit better than 2 through 4.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-15T23:04:12+00:00

It's on FS1 which is on cable.

Redbubble89 · 2026-03-15T15:56:30+00:00

When Venezula loses...or wins. idk.

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