MLB 2025: The A's are Playing Where Now?

[tomalak301]

Depends on how badly things are going?

The Brewers are nowhere near as bad as, say, the Colorado Rockies. Have the Braves held a team meeting this season? Seems like they probably need one, even though they've been playing better recently.

 

[Kraig]

Sunday, the SF Giants beat the Texas Rangers in the bottom of the 9th with a little league home-run.

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[Aragorn]

The Rockies are this year's White Sox. They went 5-25 in April, one loss short of the Orioles record of 26. Barely ahead of them with 7 wins, the White Sox are also this year's White Sox.

 

[tomalak301]

The Rockies are this year's White Sox. They went 5-25 in April, one loss short of the Orioles record of 26. Barely ahead of them with 7 wins, the White Sox are also this year's White Sox.

After what the Giants showed in San Diego, I'm still worried about the series coming up.

 

[Aragorn]

Man in Pittsburgh in critical condition after falling 20 feet from The Clemente wall onto the right field warning track.

 

[Aragorn]

No official statement yet, but it's sounding like the guy that fell was drunk and belligerent.

 

[Aragorn]

Detroit's Riley Greene became the first player to homer twice in the 9th inning in a 9-1 win over the Angels.

 

[1001001]

Detroit's Riley Greene became the first player to homer twice in the 9th inning in a 9-1 win over the Angels.

Goddamn, the Angels were decent for about 2 weeks, then reverted to form.

 

[BillJ]

Goddamn, the Angels were decent for about 2 weeks, then reverted to form.

Didn’t they just put Trout on the IL.

 

[Aragorn]

Trout is hitting .179.

 

[1001001]

Yeah it’s all bad.

 

[Aragorn]

Both Fox games in a rain delay, so they're showing the Padres-Pirates. That Pittsburgh attendance is like a UFL game.

Looks like they're not showing it all the way through. Just live look-ins at random games. Just two guys in a studio talking baseball today.

 

[cardinal biggles]

That Pittsburgh attendance is like a UFL game.

Can you blame them? How many more times are the fans supposed to believe that "Next year's gonna be our year" line of shit before it's time to bring out the pitchforks and go after Bob Nutting?

 

[Captain Marsh]

Did anyone see that catch Arenado made?

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[BillJ]

Can you blame them? How many more times are the fans supposed to believe that "Next year's gonna be our year" line of shit before it's time to bring out the pitchforks and go after Bob Nutting?

Fool me 30 times, shame on you. Fool me 31 times, shame on me.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Did anyone see that catch Arenado made?

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I love that he gave the ball to the fans he fell into.

 

[cardinal biggles]

Fool me 30 times, shame on you. Fool me 31 times, shame on me.

To be fair, Nutting has only owned the team since 2007, so the Pirates' doldrums between 1993 and 2006 aren't on him. But he's had plenty of time to turn it around if he really gave a rat's ass.

A commenter on Reddit put an interesting spin on the team's current woes:

This isn't a major league ball club. it's a family fun destination, a theme park. Ownership views Kennywood as its competition, not MLB teams.

If the black and gold-colored baseball team that happens to be playing at the theme part is good, that's cool. That'll draw local baseball fans along with the casuals and local families who come out for bobble heads and fireworks.

But if they're not good, them not being good isn't more important than how long guests have to wait in line for a beer and a hot dog. It's certainly not important enough to spend the kind of money necessary to possibly make them good.

As Travis Williams* said, you can overcome a bad outcome on the field with a good outcome in the ballpark, but you can't overcome a bad outcome in the ballpark with a good outcome on the field.

Once you understand what this organization actually is, and accept it, everything they do (and don't do) falls into place.

*Travis Williams the Pirates' president, not to be confused with Travis Williams the former NFL linebacker.

 

[Kraig]

Fool me 30 times, shame on you. Fool me 31 times, shame on me.

You can get fooled again?

 

[Aragorn]

A commenter on Reddit put an interesting spin on the team's current woes:

That's how the Mariners owners treat their stadium. Come for the garlic fries! Collect that bobblehead doll! Last season they were throwing free hot dogs down at the fans from the top of the stadium with little parachutes. They even have themes where the fans don't even pay attention to the game, like knitting day or bring your dog to the game day.

It's not like they can sell their fans on all their playoff wins.