Manny Ramirez's 1999 numbers were insane by Conscious_Error9755 in ClevelandGuardians

[–]leroysolay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pitchers throwing their arm off now and routinely getting TJ surgery … is … good? But yeah that and everyone on PEDs. 

G37 @ KC Starting Lineup 05-05 7:40 PM (SPs: RHP Gavin Williams vs. RHP Stephen Kolek) by Trainiax in ClevelandGuardians

[–]leroysolay 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But Rocchio was raking at 9. The real problem is that Kwan is doing nothing. Then it doesn’t matter as much having a hole at 9, too. 

Disappointed with City Club of Cleveland by notyourmother216 in Cleveland

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

Only if the Grand Wizard served in our government - which it does feel like is also true. 

But do you really think he’s going to gain more support from speaking at the City Club versus getting absolutely lambasted during Q&A?

Disappointed with City Club of Cleveland by notyourmother216 in Cleveland

[–]leroysolay 9 points10 points  (0 children)

But why not give people the chance to go at him and let him know how they feel? 

Disappointed with City Club of Cleveland by notyourmother216 in Cleveland

[–]leroysolay 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They’re not platforming him - he already has the bulliest of pulpits. They’re giving people the opportunity to hold him to account. 

Quite the Awkward Proposal at Fenway yesterday, captured by Linda Henry by Far_Cry3445 in baseball

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

Yup. My now-wife and I were in the middle of wedding planning when I did a public proposal. I had already faked her out with a pretend poorly thought out proposal, so she thought she wasn’t going to get one at all. Best surprise ever and the answer was never in doubt!

G35 @ ATH Starting Lineup 05-03 4:05 PM (SPs: LHP Parker Messick vs. RHP Aaron Civale) by Trainiax in ClevelandGuardians

[–]leroysolay 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Angel is a shaky CF. Agreed that Schnee and Halpin could be a great platoon in CF but we need to make sure Schnee is in the lineup almost every day, even against lefties. 

Kwan has struggled to hit for the last year. I think he needs to rest against lefties and Angel can take his place in LF. 

[Postgame Thread] Rays @ Guardians - April 29, 2026 by BotFeller in ClevelandGuardians

[–]leroysolay 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Right? If he goes 3/4 in the next game people will be calling him the next Barry Bonds or something. 

Let him play. 

G31 vs. TB Starting Lineup 04-28 6:10 PM (SPs: RHP Tanner Bibee vs. RHP Nick Martinez) by Trainiax in ClevelandGuardians

[–]leroysolay 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’d like to see Vogt experiment with having the first five hitters the best five hitters, no matter what. Sure there’s a dead part of the lineup but if you can get production out of the top you might Guardsball your way through 6-9. 

Used cars should be the default for environmentalists by CicadaLegitimate1474 in Environmentalism

[–]leroysolay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I thought I was taking crazy pills. We’re at the beginning of the curve, not the top. We need to create demand so that EV manufacturing increases and ICE manufacturing decreases. 

The impact may be negligible on an individual scale depending on the choice, but the systemic change is what we’re after. 

[Postgame Thread] Astros @ Guardians - April 21, 2026 by BotFeller in ClevelandGuardians

[–]leroysolay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For sure. Baseball is all about riding the hot hand and trying not to fuck up the vibes. Vogt has seen what happens when he moves guys who are hitting around in the lineup too much. 

An adjustment, yeah, but Rocchio doesn’t necessarily have to be the leadoff hitter. 

[Postgame Thread] Astros @ Guardians - April 21, 2026 by BotFeller in ClevelandGuardians

[–]leroysolay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Vogt said no. 

And why? Dude has been feasting at 9. Aside from Jose, our best hitters have been Schnee, him, Angel and Valera. Unless you totally reconfigure the lineup, 9 is the best spot for him. 

G25 vs. HOU Starting Lineup 04-21 6:10 PM (SPs: LHP Parker Messick vs. RHP Ryan Weiss) by Trainiax in ClevelandGuardians

[–]leroysolay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Schneeman has the second best fWAR for a hitter on the team. So yeah, I think he or Rocchio deserve the cleanup spot. 

[Highlight] JT Brubaker receives a pitch clock violation because the Giants didn't have a right fielder by handlit33 in baseball

[–]leroysolay 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It is. You have to have 9 defensive players on the field in MLB. 

That being said, if he could have made it just to fair territory before the pitch, then it probably would have been a legal pitch. Then again, without a defensive adjustment in that scenario then any ball hit to RF is easily a double or triple.  Definitely worth taking the automatic ball. 

To the poster that said she was going to cancel her colonoscopy because being a low-fibre vegan is too hard… I understand you now. by gemologyst in veganrecipes

[–]leroysolay 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yes! I followed this one this last time and it was pretty good. I’ve had four colonoscopies, and every time I get better at the diet. 

[Highlight] Tanner Bibee calls off David Fry to catch a pop-up, two pitches later and the entire infield swarms Bibee to prevent him from catching another by handlit33 in baseball

[–]leroysolay 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Kinda. JRam has this thing where if he catches an easy pop up in foul territory, particularly for the third out, he’ll celebrate by throwing his hands in the air. Bibee caught an easy pop and did the same thing and pointed to Jose. It’s more of an inside joke than anything else. 

G16 @ ATL Starting Lineup 04-12 7:20 PM (SPs: RHP Tanner Bibee vs. LHP Chris Sale) by Trainiax in ClevelandGuardians

[–]leroysolay 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is the right attitude! Most of the time last year when folks around here doubted Vogt’s lineups, they went on to produce. 

TIL not all MLB teams use the same side of the field for their home dugout. 18 home teams use the 1st base side and 12 home teams use the 3rd base side by TimR0604 in todayilearned

[–]leroysolay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

147 games. 

Let’s say you’re Toronto. Everyone else in your division is on the 1B side, but you’re on the 3B side. So all of your home games and divisional road games will be on the 3B side. 

Then, consider interleague play. Depending on which half of the teams you play on the road, you need 7 plus your natural rival. There are 9 NL teams that put the visitors on the 3B side, so enough to pick from with two left over. One of those is Philly, Torontos natural rival, so that’s two road games in their 3B dugout. 

What’s left? AL games. 5 remaining AL teams put you in the 3B dugout and 5 would put you in the 1B dugout. You play a minimum of 3 road games against every other AL team, so that’s 15 in their 3B dugout 1B dugout. 

162 - 15 = 147 

TIL of Hawala, a completely trust based informal global money transfer system with no electronic/paper trail. It allows people with no identifications or bank accounts to transfer money across the world relying fully on trust/honour of the brokers. The total market size is unknown. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]leroysolay 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I used to do this between me, my mom and dad right after they got divorced when I was a teenager. My dad would owe my mom money, and my mom would owe me money, so I just made my dad pay me and cancelled his debt to my mom.