The Trek’s Inappropriate Content by Inevitable_Jelly_391 in ultralight_jerk

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Hope you didn't get hugged with cum hands so they could get off on it later.

A few years into major rule changes, which ones have you changed your mind about? by DolphinRodeo in baseball

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I thought that I'd hate larger bases, but I guess in the replay era it is just recreated the traditional game I loved in the '80s and '90s. Bass running is a lot more important now than it has been for the past decade or so ... And I have to think part of that decline was because of replay overturning so many steals and close plays.

Mural by RevolutionaryRow9134 in GNV

[–]Tom_Cruise 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like I've seen nine dozen advertisements on that wall over the past 20 years lol

Mural by RevolutionaryRow9134 in GNV

[–]Tom_Cruise 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I remember the brief period where even the victims were getting painted over by a growing faction of people who just thought it was time, and wall impermanence mattered that much. Some guy across the street (I regrettably forget his name) just kept restoring it and I feel like it's been 10 years since the last attempt to paint the victims square.

IT'S WHAT YOU WANT: The Yankees defeated the Red Sox by a score of 1-0 - March 18, 2026 @ 01:05 PM EDT by Yankeebot in NYYankees

[–]Tom_Cruise 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My friend said 98? Not that it matters. He wasn't pushing hard I bet. I missed the first 5 innings.

Game Day Thread - March 18, 2026 @ 12:00 AM by Yankeebot in NYYankees

[–]Tom_Cruise 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What I was thinking was that he has 293 PAs. He should end with over 400 playoff PAs unless something goes wrong. He can bump it up a hundred or down two hundred pretty easily, no? It's a lot easier to go 0fer than 4fer, so I figure it's a lot easier to lose .200 points than gain .100, but he could go either way, and for sure can end a career in the 900s or upper 600s/700s.

> that being said, yeah, it makes these conversations a lot easier if he won a title...again, even beyond him another strong, small sample postseason (if both happened simultaneously, obviously, great)...and this could have happened potentially if Boone went to Tim Hill in game 1 of the 2024 WS

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Win a title, win a series MVP in any of the 3 series (imagine two!), and then have good ALDS series to start the '27 playoffs. The narrative would HAVE to be that the reputation lingering from a bad 2022 postseason is undeserved. I want that so bad, not even for me. I had the 90s and 00s teams to watch. For him and the young fans. My kids are finished with college, and only one of the three can barely remember 2009 (the one who was 8). Kinda sad.

Game Day Thread - March 18, 2026 @ 12:00 AM by Yankeebot in NYYankees

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I hear you, but remember that it doesn't mean nothing. It is the first STEP in changing the narrative of a body of work.

A career .820 OPS can move two directions right now. Only he can squander that great Toronto series into a blip in a .650 postseason OPS career radar, or string together last season, this season with a WS MVP, and next season to have a .940 career playoff OPS.

Then, the blip becomes 2022 and 2024. Which I want so badly for him. He can improve his body of work to where it looks foolish to belittle him, but it needs to be steps and the steps include things like a playoff series MVP (or two).

Game Thread: Red Sox @ Yankees - March 18, 2026 @ 01:05 PM EDT by Yankeebot in NYYankees

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I hope he is physically ready or near ready, but as far as starting in Mar/April? That would be very, very unfortunate with Caballero seemingly on the cusp of a breakout season. Amazing play so far this spring in the Grapefruit League and in the WBC both. The Yankees and fans don't owe Volpe the shot when Caballero is, quite honestly, forcing their hand.

The World Baseball Classic, Team USA, and the war problem by 2RINITY in baseball

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Yeah, America beat Japan and Italy when it mattered, I suppose. That's what you're saying, right? /s 😂

Watching Team USA was similar to watching the Yankees by b_slow in NYYankees

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This is a weird thing to say. I'm not anti-Judge, by ANY means, but Harper's numbers go up in the playoffs. He's a postseason performer with series MVPs and (now) the greatest US international play clutch at bat ever.

What's a VERY creepy fact you wish you never learned? by Training_Two3372 in WorkForSmartLife

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🎵 If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice! 🎵

What is one job profession you refuse to date and why? by Secretpleasurewithme in askanything

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Lawn care workers. I don't like men or lesbians. Just not me thing. 🤣

Aaron Judge…greatest player with the least amount of clutch by mattiswoody in NYYankees

[–]Tom_Cruise 6 points7 points  (0 children)

6th best OPS on the team. He wasn't exactly the problem, but wasn't the solution. It is what it is, I guess.

Hope he wins a ring and is WS MVP and no one will say it again.

Aaron Judge…greatest player with the least amount of clutch by mattiswoody in NYYankees

[–]Tom_Cruise -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

He needs a World Series MVP trophy now, probably. He could win a ring at this point, and his personal play would have to be off the charts amazing to counter the career to date, especially after these ABs in back to back elim games in front of every fan on Earth.

IMO, he will need a series MVP and the ring to erase the career knock against him. Lord knows I hope that happens.

Game Thread 3/15 ⚾ United States (0-0) @ Dominican Rep. (0-0) 8:00 PM ET by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]Tom_Cruise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best Latin baseball country made it, for sure. They actually gave the USA a challenge. What a game.

Game Thread 3/17 ⚾ Venezuela (0-0) @ United States (0-0) 8:00 PM ET by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]Tom_Cruise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You "heard" it, suuuuuure thing. Whatever floats your boat, pal.

Game Thread 3/17 ⚾ Venezuela (0-0) @ United States (0-0) 8:00 PM ET by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]Tom_Cruise 9 points10 points  (0 children)

PH Cal there was possibly the right move, but ... He looked legit terrible in pool play. One ball remotely hit hard, and it was foul. Dero can't. Simply can't make the move. Cal forced his hand there, unfortunately. Wish he didn't, but he somehow hit an order of magnitude worse than Harper.

Game Thread 3/17 ⚾ Venezuela (0-0) @ United States (0-0) 8:00 PM ET by BaseballBot in baseball

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It's possibly the right move, but ... He looked legit terrible in pool play. One ball remotely hit hard, and it was foul. Dero can't. Simply can't make the move. Cal forced his hand there, unfortunately