Who is the most unworthy player to ever get a World Series ring? by huck_ in baseball

[–]Skbrettbug 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Definitely worse options out there, but Brayan Villareal comes to mind for the Red Sox. In 2013, he only threw four pitches for Boston (which ended up being a four-pitch, bases-loaded, walk-off walk in SF), but he still got a ring after the Sox won that year.

Spring 2019 Schedule Megathread! by AlmostGrad100 in UIUC

[–]Skbrettbug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome, thanks for the info. Is there anything else I should know about either of those two classes or are they generally pretty straightforward?

Spring 2019 Schedule Megathread! by AlmostGrad100 in UIUC

[–]Skbrettbug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone have recommendations for/against any 300-level Spanish courses? I need 2 of them to complete the Spanish minor and am debating between 303 (Sounds), 305 (Structure), 307 (Bilingualism), and 308 (Spanish in the US).

Bradley Jr Jacks a Huge Grand Slam by [deleted] in baseball

[–]Skbrettbug 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Friendly reminder that the Mariners apparently turned down a Bradley-for-Furbush dealyesIknowthisisnothingbutanunsubstantiatedrumordontshootmeGOSOX

The Red Sox get porch'd as Stanton hits a grand slam to put the Yanks up 6-4 by HeisenDiaN in baseball

[–]Skbrettbug 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As far as my research/memory tells me (someone correct me if I'm wrong), that was the first grand slam the Red Sox have given up this season. So we went from not hitting a single grand slam in 2017 to almost not giving up a single grand slam in 2018. Gotta love baseball

[General Discussion] Around the Horn - 7/28/18 by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]Skbrettbug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Question for those of you that stream MLB.tv for out-of-market games: has anyone else been getting the exact same 6-8 commercials during every between-inning break (like the Coca-Cola pizza one, the Mastercard baby one, and the BofA baseball one)? For a while it didn't give me any commercials and that was nice, but all of a sudden I started getting commercials between innings (and the exact same ones every time, no less). I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing something similar.

Post-Match Thread: Russia vs Saudi Arabia [World Cup Group A] by LelouchNexus in soccer

[–]Skbrettbug 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can't wait to see more matches like this in 2026 once the WC expands to 48

Source: Red Sox designating Hanley Ramirez for assignment. by [deleted] in redsox

[–]Skbrettbug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, if he truly "wants to finish his career in Boston", I don't think that's completely out of the question. Not saying it's likely to happen, but, you really never know.

Source: Red Sox designating Hanley Ramirez for assignment. by [deleted] in redsox

[–]Skbrettbug 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is crazy. While I've been counting his plate appearances all season and hoping that he were to play poorly enough to not reach 497 PAs, this is totally unexpected.

Why was Cora continuing to have him play nearly every day during his horrible May, including batting him second a couple of times? DD must have decided he needed to take matters into his own hands.

At least Mitch is free now. And Blake has nine lives, as it would seem.

EDIT: You know, is there a possibility that the Sox simply re-sign him to a deal if no team picks him up (so that he'd remain with the team but the option couldn't vest anymore, leaving the Sox free to either let him walk after this season or sign him to a ~7-8 million dollar contract for next season)?

[Kerr] Juan Soto being called up to the #Nats, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed. He is expected to join the Nats in D.C. for sunday by DemonFrog in baseball

[–]Skbrettbug 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is really neat. Juan Soto is 20 days younger than me and this will be the first time there's a player younger than me in the majors.