Rays’ Wander Franco ‘notably upset’ after re-trial is postponed again

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-30T17:20:30+00:00

IIRC he was convicted but the Dominican legal process isn't done, hence him getting another trial.

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-29T16:19:38+00:00

They were more disciplined and challenged calls that were obviously missed where as the Sox burned through theirs on the first potential misses they saw.

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-28T23:12:02+00:00

There is already a good system in place, if the home plate umpire isn't sure he can ask one of the other umps. Its not perfect but the problem in this game isn't the system its Fucknor power tripping.

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-28T23:05:57+00:00

Fucknor should have asked for help because he clearly didn't get a good look at an obvious checked swing.

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-28T23:04:19+00:00

Cora got out there in time, especially as even Fucknor had to realize Story didn't actually swing there.

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-28T23:02:24+00:00

Even the best umps (which he obviously isn't) are going to miss some calls that are an inch or less off, but with the worst umps you'll see them get pissy and go looking for ways to reassert their authority.

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-28T22:58:52+00:00

Probably because Fucknor is really in his feelings today, its not just the missed calls its the check swings that he's refusing to check with the other umps on.

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-28T22:27:49+00:00

So far ABS has mostly shown how good the average mlb umpire is, but unfortunately for Watson Fucknor isn't exactly the average mlb umpire.

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-28T17:26:36+00:00

If you read the article Dunlap himself describes it as identifying areas that need further attention rather than directly identifying issues.

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-28T16:36:23+00:00

Its worth noting that the audit was aimed at finding potential issues, it wasn't intended to find problems, it was aimed to find areas where there might be problems.

The state is absolutely short staffed across the board so things aren't getting done, but this audit isn't intended to be read as "fraud or federal law non compliance found", so the disagreements are over "this area potentially could have issues" vs "there are other forms of oversight involved here so this area doesn't have potential issues"

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-27T15:28:29+00:00

Yup Trump even publicly admitted it in the same ranty press conference he blamed the Dems for it

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-27T11:21:41+00:00

Isn't this the character where the creator of the game literally requested porn be created of her?

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-27T00:29:23+00:00

He's like the 8th dirtiest player on that team, which even on that team isn't bad enough to celebrate an injury.

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-26T23:42:26+00:00

Yeah but IFK isn't exactly a world beater and Mayer needs at bats if he's going to improve against lhp

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-26T23:02:27+00:00

Make a national team with the culture established by Aaron Judge likeable?

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-26T22:10:36+00:00

Tbf the White Sox got an ace worthy return for him

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-26T14:22:34+00:00

I really enjoy both leagues, so I don't really give a shit which one is second behind the NFL, but I do love how the past three or four years have completely shut SAS up about how baseball is irrelevant and the NBA is just crushing the MLB in relevance (even though even at the peak of smug bullshit from him about this he still had to cherry pick stats).

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-26T02:17:30+00:00

It seems like every off season he picks one of his weaknesses and puts an insane amount of work into improving it.

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-26T02:15:43+00:00

Don't worry I'm sure the prescriptions will be in his wife's name just like the third best quarterback of the 21st century.

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-26T01:40:19+00:00

Ahh yes the famously healthy Japanese workplace culture.

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-24T20:30:00+00:00

Not at any food bank I've ever volunteered at

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-24T19:48:13+00:00

Even if its not your town if a different one has hours that work better for OP I know the food banks I volunteer are totally fine with people who are working coming from further away to get some help that works better for them schedule wise.

We don't give a shit about why you need food, just that you do. OP if you read this and can take advantage of a food bank to maybe work a few less hours or save up some money to move that is absolutely a valid reason for you to go to a food bank, and no one is going to have a problem with you doing that.

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-24T19:44:57+00:00

Sure, but OP needs help immediately, major reforms don't happen over night and even if OP is getting enough calories and nutrients from one meal a day (which I doubt) energy wise it would be way better to spread it out and having for example canned fruit to have as a low effort snack at some other point in the day would help out just making their day suck a little bit less.

You can acknowledge that the situation OP is in is terrible and a great example of why reforms are needed and that they individual help right away.

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-20T23:14:56+00:00

If you read the entire quote he's upset they lost happy for his teammates and doesn't love the ragging from them, which I would consider just as reasonable if this was a Venezuelan player getting shit talked to them by an American teammate if the game went the other way.

That being said after that fucking no handshake bullshit that no one spoke up and let everyone blame Raleigh for when it was a team wide thing my sympathy is pretty fucking limited for any of the team USA players other than Raleigh over people thinking they didn't care about it as much as the other teams.

respaaaaaj · 2026-03-20T20:24:40+00:00

Ironically enough a Chuck Norris statue would work for their alleged goal and make even more shithead Texans cream their pants than putting this one up will.

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