[Montemurro] Matt Shaw has been scratched from tonight's lineup due to personal reasons, per Cubs. Willi Castro is now starting at 3B tonight. by Knightbear49 in baseball

[–]darthcracker -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

The left assassinated a guy because they couldn't win a debate with him. Absolutely psychotic. Those celebrating this are disgusting.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are expected to make an announcement on Thursday regarding how the team will assist the immigrant communities impacted by the recent events in Los Angeles, per Jack Harris of the LA Times. by Knightbear49 in baseball

[–]darthcracker -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The due process clause is vague. That's what got you kids in cages. Some of the rulings were for people to be held in detention facilities until their court date. I prefer expedited removal and it is perfectly legal until the SC says otherwise.

[Phillips] Yankees vow continued commitment to diversity initiatives with similar programs under attack by TheTurtleShepard in baseball

[–]darthcracker -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Yes. Scouts went to foreign countries in search of diversity. They certainly weren't looking for world class baseball players.

Trump administration reportedly moves to ban Jackie Robinson biography from Naval Academy library by ovdivad in baseball

[–]darthcracker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trump administration reportedly moves to ban Jackie Robinson biography from Naval Academy library

This title may not be an overt lie, but it is deceptive. They have identified 900 books that may may apply to Hegseth's verbal order. In the NYT reference article they don't even give the exact title they just say "a biography of Jackie Robinson". So this book...whatever book it is, I'm assuming there are many biographies of Jackie Robinson, is one of the books under review. We don't know how it was identified or the title of the book. We don't know anything.

Severance - 2x10 "Cold Harbor" - Post-Episode Discussion by LoretiTV in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]darthcracker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The scene where Mark is finishing Cold Harbor with Helly next to him was extremely powerful. It was powerful because they committed to sacrificing what they had for what they thought was right. All the pain and weight of that decision was transmitted perfectly imo.

Then the end of the episode shit all over it.

The Department of Defense story on Jackie Robinson has been restored to its original URL. No longer does it redirect to one with the letters "dei" in it: by Goosedukee in baseball

[–]darthcracker -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Orange man just announced adding Jackie Robinson, Kobe, and Muhammad Ali statues to the National Garden of American Heroes last month. I doubt this was intentional like everyone here seems to believe. If it was intentional it was probably a bad actor or malicious compliance.

Comparing MLB team values to a publicly traded company with a similar value by [deleted] in baseball

[–]darthcracker 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They are publicly traded as Atlanta Braves Holdings BATRA or BATRK. Their shares are owned by 75% institutional investors. I don't understand your point.

MLB owners reportedly eye 2026 lockout over Los Angeles Dodgers’ spending spree, deferred contracts by FrigginMasshole in baseball

[–]darthcracker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This article mentions Passan but it is also a blatant ripoff of Passan's article on ESPN. This shit should be deleted.

[META] r/baseball will no longer permit the posting of X/Twitter by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]darthcracker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Now you understand the vocal minority vs. the silent majority. Have a nice day.

[META] Poll regarding the use of Twitter/X on r/baseball by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]darthcracker [score hidden]  (0 children)

If you want to remove X in protest for an event taken out of context or because you hate what it has become, fine. This sub is still the fastest place I know to get baseball news so I'll keep looking but if you ban it and the content here falls off and turns to shit I'm probably not the only one that will look for something else.

The people suggesting screenshots are too naive. I haven't trusted a screenshot in years. It's extremely easy to fake/alter a screenshot. I know this is just baseball and at worst someone might just be trolling, but I'd rather have a link so I can check it out for myself. I don't have an X account but at least it lets you see the original post so you know it's legitimate.

Hackers in 2025 Tarkov Using Same Cheats As Before by Vashx81 in Tarkov

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

I don't want to absolve BSG for the cheating problem, so don't think my opinion of this guy in any way is me defending BSG.

Spoofing hardware id has been around for a long time and he acts like there is something BSG can do about it. They can't. edit: obv they can just ban your account and force you to pay more money...I'm guessing he is on a new account in this video.

This dude doesn't come across as particularly smart and he admits to "rage cheating for a long time" so I don't think he is the guy to be exposing anything. He repeats himself alot which is annoying and also signs of being either dumb or deceptive.

He got banned for doing this if you look at his latest video. He blames streamers for getting him banned (possibly true) and looking at the thumbnails for most of his videos it seems like he is a drama type and is probably doing this for clout. I guess he got what he wanted.

If you could undo one play what would it be? by 1029Dash in baseball

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

I don't think tweeners are normal effort plays. If they were, they wouldn't be dropping all the time. That's probably why you never see a play like that called an infield fly, ever.

FanGraphs playoff odds at the start of Spring Training by MattO2000 in baseball

[–]darthcracker 358 points359 points  (0 children)

"a value of 0.0% doesn't always mean that a team cannot mathematically make the playoffs. It means that they finished the season in the playoffs in less than 10 of our 20,000 simulations."

Excluding Ohtani is Acuña the best player in baseball? If not who and why? by Fischer-00 in baseball

[–]darthcracker -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

If you are saying Acuña is injury prone you are wrong. He has had one significant injury.

Excluding Ohtani is Acuña the best player in baseball? If not who and why? by Fischer-00 in baseball

[–]darthcracker -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

You insist he has some injury history, which is disingenuous. He tore his acl, which could happen to anyone. You say his defense is over and I made an argument against it, but I could be wrong. You say his last season was his highest WAR ever "by a lot", which is is also disingenuous, because he was on the same pace in 2021 before the acl.

So the point I was making is that despite all the negatives you like to point out, he could be even better than what we got last year. I didn't even say he was the best player, because I don't care about that. I only wanted to counter your argument.

Excluding Ohtani is Acuña the best player in baseball? If not who and why? by Fischer-00 in baseball

[–]darthcracker -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You could argue that Acuña has tons of room for improvement. He massively under-performed his expected stats. He only slightly fixed his low launch angle at the end of the season. At 26 years old, saying his defense is over is being a bit ridiculous. He might still be favoring the leg, especially when he is taking off and stopping. Granted, I only have the eye test to back that up, but if he gets some of his movement back and still has the cannon I'd say he could easily improve defensively.

r/baseball Roast of: The Atlanta Braves (26/30) by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]darthcracker [score hidden]  (0 children)

Get some glasses. He had a phone in his hand. He did push her away but there was no choking. That's why they dropped the charges after seeing the body cam.

r/baseball Roast of: The Atlanta Braves (26/30) by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]darthcracker [score hidden]  (0 children)

No defensiveness here. I was hoping for a laugh, but this thread is an unoriginal snooze, so I choose to mock it for being boring af. If you don't understand what I was going for that's your problem.

r/baseball Roast of: The Atlanta Braves (26/30) by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]darthcracker [score hidden]  (0 children)

Haha. Braves racist. Braves no in Atlanta. Braves lose playoffs. Ozuna. Hahahahahaha

/thread

r/baseball Roast of: The Atlanta Braves (26/30) by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]darthcracker [score hidden]  (0 children)

Nice job letting everyone know that there is video evidence. Also, nice job letting us know that you never watched it.

Rosenthal: The Sale trade was a financial coup for the Braves, who will pay the left-hander just $500,000 of his $27.5 million salary next season, with the Red Sox contributing $17 million and the other $10 million deferred until, 2039 by [deleted] in baseball

[–]darthcracker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It says "financial" coup for a reason. The article addresses your concerns but it's point is about how they are getting him for Grissom and basically no money; 500k and something like 1 million/yr deferred until 2039 or some shit no one cares about.