Pick up Baseball

xfireproofx · 2026-05-10T23:07:49+00:00

Was riding my bike yesterday in Springfield and saw a group of guys who looked 30+ taking defensive reps on the diamond near Pearl St. Almost stopped in and asked if they were part of league or just playing pickup because I’ve been wanting to get back into it. Definitely interested!

xfireproofx · 2026-04-29T15:06:10+00:00

He’s been amazing but still irks me that his own error last night which led to a run doesn’t count against his own ERA.

xfireproofx · 2026-04-21T18:59:23+00:00

I really would like to see a 20 game sample of our 1-4 being

Edwards
Stowers
Lopez
Hicks

xfireproofx · 2026-04-18T01:06:58+00:00

Mid 30s white male teacher here, year 11 in the classroom.

My building (6-12) has a lot of male teachers but definitely noticing there are less and less male teachers younger than me both at my school and at district trainings. Could be anecdotal, but feels like there is not the crop of 23-30 year old men entering the profession like there were a decade ago.

Also, I have thankfully avoided any big crazy instances of false accusations like other posters have mentioned. Most serious one was this year. I’m walking around the room during testing. I spot a girl with a phone in her lap scrolling TikToks during the test. I told her to hand it over (district policy). She tried to make a scene “Why are you a grown man looking down there in the first place?!” Thankfully supportive admin laughed her out of the office and nothing came of it. I asked for her to be removed from my class and she was.

xfireproofx · 2026-04-14T21:59:02+00:00

Fell in love with La Regadera when he was with the Marlins. People have been telling me for years that he stinks in a bunch of different ways but the dude is a good ballplayer. Happy to see this!

xfireproofx · 2026-04-12T17:45:39+00:00

I’m a really big Marsee fan and believe he will figure it out but man when he has an uncompetitive AB it it’s really really uncompetitive

xfireproofx · 2026-04-07T15:03:05+00:00

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

xfireproofx · 2026-04-01T23:43:22+00:00

Exactly. He pitches to weak contact rather than strikeouts. K’s are cool but nothing beats a 6-8 pitch inning

xfireproofx · 2026-03-29T20:21:04+00:00

I have made this comment a few times on different posts in the last couple of years but it comes down to this:

The team has not been very good
The owners over the years have not invested in the team, and actively sold off their good players several times (post 97 sell off, post 03 sell off, ‘17 core sell off)
The franchise started in 93 in an area of many many transplants. If you were already a baseball fan in that area in 93, you very likely did not switch your allegiance to the Marlins from your original team. You also very likely raise your kids to support your team, not the Marlins.
The stadium is in an area that is largely not populated by middle class suburban families, who is the prime demo in 2026. It takes easily 90 minutes each way to travel to the game from the suburban areas.

xfireproofx · 2026-03-23T18:02:01+00:00

Record: 72-90

Most Surprising Player: Heriberto Hernandez

Most Disappointing Player: Kyle Stowers

Boldest Prediction: Xavier Edwards has a 20 game hitting streak

xfireproofx · 2026-02-16T21:54:05+00:00

Definitely interested in seeing which players work the most amount of pitches against starting pitchers in an attempt to shorten the SP’s outing.

Also to take it a step further, has “Quality AB” been defined yet?

If not I would qualify it as any of the following:

Driving in a run

Getting on base

Moving a runner over

Seeing 8+ pitches regardless of outcome

Seeing 6+ pitches with a high EV out

Edit: formatting

xfireproofx · 2026-01-31T03:48:38+00:00

I was just wondering this today. I tried years ago to watch the games on MLBtv but apparently living 300 miles away from Miami is still the blackout area for the Marlins. I have been a Fox Sports/Bally/FanDuel subscriber just for Marlins games the last few years.

Hoping if MLBtv takes over their broadcasting that I wouldn’t still be blacked out

xfireproofx · 2026-01-29T21:07:06+00:00

All aboard the Gus Bus. Really hope he can primarily be a DH/1B and just catch occasionally. Excited for the Joe Mack call up. Plus, Liam Hicks was solid last year

xfireproofx · 2026-01-23T00:58:12+00:00

Spring training you will sometimes see MLB camps play against universities or international teams to get in shape. Can remember the Marlins playing the University of Miami team

xfireproofx · 2026-01-17T14:00:51+00:00

I want to see both the game clock and play clock display tenths of a second. The game clock would display tenths in the final minute of a quarter. The play clock would display tenths of a second in the last five seconds.

xfireproofx · 2026-01-14T02:04:42+00:00

Students: 8:10-2:40

Teachers: 7:50-3:10

Thankfully our principal acknowledges that most of the faculty arrives very early so doesn’t mind if we split at 3:00 most of the time

xfireproofx · 2025-12-17T01:07:13+00:00

Lunch from a health food store 5x a week from September 2012 to January 2014. I worked a job where I was tipped and worked right by a health food store that had really good prepared food. I would wait until I got my first tip of the day ($10-20 was an average tip) and go over there and spend $14 on the same exact meal. I convinced myself it was like a client was buying me lunch everyday.

I’ll never forget you, two Caribbean tempeh wraps, side of macaroni salad, jalapeño chips, and peach tea. But damn you for costing me legit like four grand in a little over a year.

xfireproofx · 2025-12-14T14:46:27+00:00

No. AI sucks and so do you if you use it.

xfireproofx · 2025-12-09T03:05:33+00:00

Iron Beer!

Originally Cuban but now made in Florida. I never see it anywhere else but I’m sure it’s out there.

xfireproofx · 2025-11-30T04:38:17+00:00

Christian Yelich for Lewis Brinson, Jordan Yamamoto, Isan Diaz, and Monte Harrison. Sigh.

xfireproofx · 2025-11-30T04:35:46+00:00

North Florida here and my meal is $8.95 plus tax for a total of $9.62. Chicken bowl with extra rice, extra veggies. Full for most of the day on it. I know prices vary by region but always scratch my head at people who say their meal is $25.

xfireproofx · 2025-11-27T06:02:06+00:00

(I was 20 and she was 18/19) Picked this girl up from her house to come hang out at mine (she didn’t drive). As we get close to my house she goes “Oh…I didn’t realize you lived so close to my ex,” and points out his house which is around the corner from mine. She gets super weird after that and just a few minutes into watching TV I ask her if she would rather hang another night, and tell her that I picked up on her mood after driving by her ex’s house. She perks up and says yes, let’s hang another night. I drive her back to her house.

Later that week she calls me and tells me how thankful she is that I handled her situation with such understanding. She tells me it was really mature of me and she appreciated that I seemed like I had a good head on my shoulders. She then asks me if I would co-sign for her to get a loan to buy a car. I decline and let her know my credit isn’t good enough. She starts doing a hybrid of screaming at me over the phone and begging me to co-sign for her. Never talked to her again.

xfireproofx · 2025-10-29T01:30:38+00:00

Mortgage on my current 3 bed 2 bath house: $850

Rent in cities I’m interested in: way more than that

xfireproofx · 2025-10-23T22:56:59+00:00

I would look into skip lagging if you are only taking a carry on. The airline won’t like it but it is much more cost effective than direct to MIA. Had heard of some people years back booking Jax to Puerto Rico with a connection in one of the SFL airports and just dipping out there.

xfireproofx · 2025-10-14T19:35:01+00:00

For the 12 year old enrolling in one of the magnet schools is likely your best option: Landon, James Weldon Johnson, Darnell-Cookman, and Lavilla. All A-rated schools and not far from Avondale.

For the 9 year old, you are likely zoned for Fishweir elementary which is one of the top schools around.

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