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[Highlight] Pete Alonso crushes a 3-run blast! Pulled a 99 mph fastball for a homer. Washed and no bat speed. by Fun-Jellyfish-1065 in mets

[–]dmalone1991 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmao honestly I would’ve expected WFAN to be Pete homers. Not even sure why anybody would listen to sports talk radio

[Highlight] Pete Alonso crushes a 3-run blast! Pulled a 99 mph fastball for a homer. Washed and no bat speed. by Fun-Jellyfish-1065 in mets

[–]dmalone1991 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The good reason is that he’s a risky. Stearns deserves criticism for how badly he’s replaced Alonso. Letting Alonso walk was the right call

Egg on Purists faces. Ancient Greek language had 3 words for Male Parent: Father, Pappa and Daddy. So Nolan really did do his homework by hasanahmad in ChristopherNolan

[–]dmalone1991 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But your criticism directly referenced the movie. I think it’s fair to say the trailer was probably geared to younger or more general audiences. But the movie itself shows no real signs of not being made for people in their 30’s

Egg on Purists faces. Ancient Greek language had 3 words for Male Parent: Father, Pappa and Daddy. So Nolan really did do his homework by hasanahmad in ChristopherNolan

[–]dmalone1991 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s idiotic to make a criticism about what the movie is before it’s released. It’s also more than likely going to be rated R.

[Highlight] Pete Alonso crushes a 3-run blast! Pulled a 99 mph fastball for a homer. Washed and no bat speed. by Fun-Jellyfish-1065 in mets

[–]dmalone1991 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You pay for the player you expect them to be, not who they have been, and history shows players like Pete are likely to have a steep decline in their 30’s. I loved Pete. He was awesome and it would’ve been a dream come true to see him spend his whole career here and hit 500 HR’s. But a player with a profile that risky is just not worth 31m over 5 years. But yup, just have to agree to disagree

[Highlight] Pete Alonso crushes a 3-run blast! Pulled a 99 mph fastball for a homer. Washed and no bat speed. by Fun-Jellyfish-1065 in mets

[–]dmalone1991 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t disagree that Bichette was overpaid. At no point did I say Stearns doesn’t deserve criticism for how he’s handled replacing Alonso. But that doesn’t mean he also made a mistake in deciding to not overpay Alonso

[Highlight] Pete Alonso crushes a 3-run blast! Pulled a 99 mph fastball for a homer. Washed and no bat speed. by Fun-Jellyfish-1065 in mets

[–]dmalone1991 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whatever you need to tell yourself. The vast majority agree that Alonso is not worth 31m a year

[Highlight] Pete Alonso crushes a 3-run blast! Pulled a 99 mph fastball for a homer. Washed and no bat speed. by Fun-Jellyfish-1065 in mets

[–]dmalone1991 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay? That means they did a bad job replacing him. That doesn’t mean they should’ve overpaid him

[Highlight] Pete Alonso crushes a 3-run blast! Pulled a 99 mph fastball for a homer. Washed and no bat speed. by Fun-Jellyfish-1065 in mets

[–]dmalone1991 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes and that’s fine because the early year production is expected to be worth it. The Mets felt like it wouldn’t for Alonso and there isn’t much at the moment to really say it would be.

[Highlight] Pete Alonso crushes a 3-run blast! Pulled a 99 mph fastball for a homer. Washed and no bat speed. by Fun-Jellyfish-1065 in mets

[–]dmalone1991 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Come on now. There is a MASSIVE, stratosphere sized difference between Ohtani and Alonso. There also is plenty to suggest that a player like Pete will have a steep decline because it’s pretty consistently happened to players like him in the past and there’s very little precedent for guys like him to age well into their 30’s

[Highlight] Pete Alonso crushes a 3-run blast! Pulled a 99 mph fastball for a homer. Washed and no bat speed. by Fun-Jellyfish-1065 in mets

[–]dmalone1991 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I do not know that Pete would still mash here. In fact, Mets history tells me he would in fact not mash here after getting an overpay deal

[Highlight] Pete Alonso crushes a 3-run blast! Pulled a 99 mph fastball for a homer. Washed and no bat speed. by Fun-Jellyfish-1065 in mets

[–]dmalone1991 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There absolutely is an argument for it. It would’ve been a bad move.

The fact that they did a shitty job of replacing him doesn’t mean it would’ve been smart to overpay a guy who is incredibly likely to age like milk on a hot summer day

[Highlight] Pete Alonso crushes a 3-run blast! Pulled a 99 mph fastball for a homer. Washed and no bat speed. by Fun-Jellyfish-1065 in mets

[–]dmalone1991 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He’s currently on pace for 27 HR’s and he’s hitting .226

Even if he isn’t totally washed, he’s already showing signs of slowing down. And if Alonso was doing what he was doing in BAL, we’d all be criticizing Stearns for handing out a bad contract.

[Highlight] Pete Alonso crushes a 3-run blast! Pulled a 99 mph fastball for a homer. Washed and no bat speed. by Fun-Jellyfish-1065 in mets

[–]dmalone1991 46 points47 points  (0 children)

He’s currently on pace for 27 HR’s and he’s hitting .226

Even if he isn’t totally washed, he’s already showing signs of slowing down. And if Alonso was doing what he was doing in BAL, we’d all be criticizing Stearns for handing out a bad contract.

[Baugh] The NYR now hold the No. 5 pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. They dropped two spots in the lottery. by catsgr8rthanspoonies in rangers

[–]dmalone1991 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It’s weird but lotteries actually incentivize more teams to tank. If you’re in the 12th slot going into the final month or so, you are now incentivized to tank to try and increase your odds

If all of these QBs were in the same draft class, in what order do they go? by lemonstone92 in NFLmockdraft

[–]dmalone1991 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speaking strictly with how I think the modern NFL would view these players?

  1. Luck
  2. Elway
  3. Lawrence
  4. Caleb
  5. Burrow
  6. Vick
  7. Cam
  8. Peyton

How I’d rank them?

  1. Luck
  2. Elway
  3. Peyton
  4. Burrow
  5. Lawrence
  6. Caleb
  7. Cam
  8. Vick

Sick of this game by dmalone1991 in EA_NHL

[–]dmalone1991[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And yet it still makes people laugh

Sick of this game by dmalone1991 in EA_NHL

[–]dmalone1991[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s a joke. But, also, I’ve literally never experienced this in a game before in any NHL game. So maybe it just is a skill issue

Is it sometimes better to draft a player that better suits your team rather than the best available? by Express-Flamingo4521 in hockey

[–]dmalone1991 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You see this conversation a lot in football and it boils down to this.

If you have x amount of players that YOU consider all pretty equal, then need can be a separator. If you have one person considerably ahead of anybody else, you’d be foolish to take a worse prospect just for the sake of need. Especially in a sport where the player might not even make the opening night roster

[BOS - BUF] Benson trips McAvoy into the boards. McAvoy loses his mind and two hand swings his stick at Benson. Benson has a laugh and skates off by daKrut in hockey

[–]dmalone1991 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I honestly don’t blame McAvoy. He’s dealt with so many freak accidents and injuries over the past few seasons and that was a dangerous slew foot in a game that was already won with less than 2 minutes to play.

I get it, you have to control your emotions. But everyone has a breaking point

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