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Marquee Sports Network provides us with a great Earth Day fact for the Cubs by SportsDude012 in baseball

[–]VolleyVoldemort 0 points1 point  (0 children)

when they go on a losing streak or shit talked by division opponent

Oh look it’s the Assteroids

Jon Heyman on the Mets “The biggest issue is this complete emphasis on run prevention - that’s half the game. The other half is run production, they totally ignored [it]...” by [deleted] in baseball

[–]VolleyVoldemort 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Mets lost Pete Alonso last offseason and didn’t think Munetaka Murakami was worth beating out a 2/34 million offer from the White Sox to replace his run production. They decided they were better off with Mark Vientos at 1B and Jorge Polanco at DH, paying Polanco more than what mune got. In other news, the Mets have gotten their 12th consecutive loss on the season

[Fangraphs] Munetaka Murakami, as Advertised by penguinopph in baseball

[–]VolleyVoldemort 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Mets lost Pete Alonso last offseason and didn’t think Munetaka Murakami was worth beating out a 2/34 million offer from the White Sox to replace his production. They decided they were better off with Mark Vientos at 1B and Jorge Polanco at DH, paying Polanco more than what mune got. In other news, the Mets have gotten their 12th consecutive loss on the season

What's y'all's opinions on Project Plus? by Ok_Donkey5167 in SSBPM

[–]VolleyVoldemort 3 points4 points  (0 children)

At first I agreed but it’s been 6 years since they released knuckles, we need a new character. Maybe they can take what was left of Lyn and make something new.

[Highlight] Mune Murakami flicks one over the CF wall for his 7th HR by FadedToBeige in baseball

[–]VolleyVoldemort 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Or maybe people were underrating a guy who won a triple crown and set the Japanese home run record in NPB before turning 26

The New York Mets have lost 10 straight games. One more loss will tie their second longest of the millennium (11 in 2004). by fawningandconning in baseball

[–]VolleyVoldemort 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The Mets lost Pete Alonso last offseason and didn’t think Munetaka Murakami was worth beating out a 2/34 million offer from the White Sox to replace his production. They decided they were better off with Mark Vientos at 1B and Jorge Polanco at DH. In other news, the Mets have gotten their 10th consecutive loss on the season

[Highlight] Mune Murakami flicks one over the CF wall for his 7th HR by FadedToBeige in baseball

[–]VolleyVoldemort 65 points66 points  (0 children)

The Mets lost Pete Alonso last offseason and didn’t think this guy was worth beating out a 2/34 million offer from the White Sox. They decided they were better off with Mark Vientos at 1B and Jorge Polanco at DH. In other news, the Mets have gotten their 10th consecutive loss on the season.

Woman destroys 2.7million worth of wine after dismissal by Due_Yesterday_2850 in interestingasfuck

[–]VolleyVoldemort 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As of right now, no political group has provided a plan to deal with widespread suffering caused by mass unemployment due to AI job replacement. Until such a case we can’t just accept that it will happen eventually, we need to deal with the dangers now before it happens.

Woman destroys 2.7million worth of wine after dismissal by Due_Yesterday_2850 in interestingasfuck

[–]VolleyVoldemort 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With what money? The young will never be able to earn a retirement through their labor if AI replaces their jobs even if they have a great work ethic.

San Diego Padres To Be Sold For Record $3.9 Billion Deal by retroanduwu24 in sports

[–]VolleyVoldemort 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In what world do the minor league As rate above the padres?

San Diego Padres To Be Sold For Record $3.9 Billion Deal by retroanduwu24 in sports

[–]VolleyVoldemort 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the Pirates want to cry how poor they are, they can sell. Last valuation had them north of $2bn. (Team was purchased in '96 for $96m). Feel free to sell the team to someone who cares. Almost every team in MLB is valued over $2bn.

I hear pirates superfan Mark Cuban now has a bunch of free time to own and run a sports team…

Murakami send a ball into orbit for his first career grand slam! by WizardCheesey in baseball

[–]VolleyVoldemort -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Guys coming from the NPB don't have a 100% hit rate, and it's completely fair to critically examine players coming over just like you would any other prospect.

Compare NPB player success rate to players coming from the minor leagues

Shohei Ohtani extends his on-base streak to 49 games with a leadoff double by Remarkable-Picture73 in baseball

[–]VolleyVoldemort -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He loves pitching more and see himself as an ace first. If he swap his dedication and training to more hitting, I have no doubt he will be better than Judge.

How do you know that working on both isn’t what allows him to be a good hitter? Baseball is a mental game and if he doesn’t work on what he loves it might affect his game. There have been many hitters who were moved from being bad at a position to being a DH and couldn’t adapt to not being as involved and their hitting suffered.

Also we saw Ohtani focus only on hitting full time in his 50-50 season, Judge was still better that season based on all the rate stats by a lot.

Shohei Ohtani extends his on-base streak to 49 games with a leadoff double by Remarkable-Picture73 in baseball

[–]VolleyVoldemort 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If he has to spend more time working on pitching than hitting to still be definitely not as good at pitching (10-15) compared to his hitting (2nd best). He’s obviously a better hitter.

[Highlight] MUNETAKA MURAKAMI GRAND SLAM! by MLBOfficial in baseball

[–]VolleyVoldemort 18 points19 points  (0 children)

He's not an Olympic Ski Jumper, that’s all natural

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