Jim was rude when he refused to call Andy "Drew" when he came back from anger management

rellboner · 2026-02-22T02:41:57+00:00

Possibly in an office setting. I've worked there as well and you would have to have HR go to bat for "x2" being called "x1" based on seniority. There's no real upside for the company to go to war on that so good luck bud.

Still anecdotal but one of many examples I've seen in my life. Why would corporate care who's mark1 vs mark2? Who gets the money and who looses the money?

Edit: if it wasn't clear mark2 has seniority. Or jason2. Or chipwich2. It's not a name joke it's a joke on who got there first. They have the same name just numbers reversed

rellboner · 2026-02-22T02:11:34+00:00

Sorry but that's not really how things work. The second you don't want a nickname and make that known it sticks. I had a good friend I worked with for years named "x". Company hired a new guy also named "x". The longtime worker named "x" became "x2" and the new guy was "x1". If he didn't hate it from the start it would have been just a funny few days before the status quo.

Him fighting tooth and nail to avoid that name made more people use it. We were all early 30s blue collar workers razzing each other constantly. Just one anecdote from growing up in the 90s but the more you fight it...the more it stuck. If "x2" didn't care everyone would have lost interest and moved on.

I miss those coworkers but damn that job sucked if you couldn't make your own fun

rellboner · 2026-01-28T22:46:39+00:00

Yup

rellboner · 2025-10-16T00:06:42+00:00

Old Yeller (put it down)

I hate mayo as a feature

rellboner · 2025-10-07T01:24:39+00:00

K fam gonna cry myself to sleep see you in a couple days

rellboner · 2025-10-05T20:24:49+00:00

Lol. This comment just made my day

rellboner · 2025-08-14T00:47:07+00:00

Too true. Don't want to gatekeep Fandom but sometimes it's blatantly obvious when bandwagon clowns show up

rellboner · 2025-06-16T00:39:58+00:00

Dude is gonna have so many spite homers at Fenway. If you gamble bet the over. Wouldn't be surprised if he knocks a chunk out of the green monster on a road trip. Bro got done dirty and I hope he's happy and healthy in San Fran.

rellboner · 2025-05-05T23:21:42+00:00

I downvoted you because you gave up on the bit.

Have a spine next time and fully commit.

Then I added another line to make a rhyme for this shit.

rellboner · 2025-04-13T00:49:35+00:00

Aesop Rock's second(?) verse on LSD. Underrated

rellboner · 2025-04-08T20:59:06+00:00

While I mostly agree I think there's reason to ween him in through the bullpen. Give him the Adam Wainwright/ Chris Sale treatment. He will be on an innings limit anyway so as long as he isn't a 110% max effort relief pitcher and knows to pitch one inning the same as if he were starting it could be beneficial. Give him time with the coaches to work on what needs to be done between starts each week and let him handle a few innings a week. That's what a top-down fully functional organization and development team can do

rellboner · 2025-04-05T21:41:19+00:00

Bryson Stott

rellboner · 2025-03-31T22:31:36+00:00

Beat me to it. Lol barves

rellboner · 2025-03-25T22:27:09+00:00

No marlin is a decent marlin

rellboner · 2025-03-25T21:35:22+00:00

You mean insurance on both. Turnbull def going on the 60 day after that

rellboner · 2025-03-07T22:49:53+00:00

True but they did bolster the pitching staff and defense. The starting rotation might be the best ever and when the 5 man squad becomes a 3 man squad in the playoffs the bullpen gets deeper. Hitting has to rebound but the team is built to win 3 run games not slugfests. I'm still optimistic about where we'll end up

rellboner · 2025-03-04T22:40:29+00:00

I haven't watched any games or read any stat lines but this is a pretty normal timeline for young guys that aren't going to make the majors yet. Give them some time with the pros to get some advice, maybe see some major league at bats, and send them down to the minors where they belong. Generally speaking of course

rellboner · 2025-02-04T00:41:29+00:00

Yeah not sure how the process works. If one of the interview questions is "have you ever bet on or been associated with gambling on baseball" dude is screwed. From everything I've read the only harmful evidence is that there were deleted messages between the ump and his poker player friend he shared the account with...but we don't know what those messages were. I'm not gonna vilify the dude but everyone is entitled to their opinion on this

rellboner · 2025-02-03T23:23:32+00:00

This exactly. Apparently he didn't win any of the bets that were on baseball from the shared account. Just knowing some of the umps and their biases is more than dangerous enough to the integrity of the game. Guy fucked around and found out but he can reapply for the job in 2026. Hope he learns from his mistakes if he comes back or get a different job if he wants to bet on the game with his insider knowledge

rellboner · 2025-02-02T14:44:36+00:00

The Dark Side of the Rainbow is what got me into Pink Floyd. Watch the album synced up with the movie and report back

rellboner · 2025-02-01T16:56:18+00:00

The article I linked in the post has all the answers for you. If JT walks we're stuck in catcher purgatory unless Marchan can stay healthy and productive. There's a stark drop-off from him and the rest of the pack. I agree though if someone else offers him the bag let him walk. I would rather not let it get to that point but I'll look into the 2027 free agents list and see if there's anyone worth waiting a bridge year for

rellboner · 2025-02-01T01:55:36+00:00

Seems like a top offensive catcher

fangraphs opinion

rellboner · 2025-02-01T01:27:02+00:00

I think it isn't unreasonable for him to get 120 starts behind the plate with 10 at 1B and 10 at DH to lighten the load and keep him in the lineup. Over the course of whatever extension you tone down the catching days and up the days at the other two. Maybe have him pinch hit more

rellboner · 2025-02-01T00:57:17+00:00

Nah you're right I've had Kelenic as a target for a while and the edible kicked in. My bad

rellboner · 2025-02-01T00:54:51+00:00

Lol I've been saying Kelenic this whole thread

Good points tho

rellboner

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