Houston, We Have Rule Changes! The Official 2023 MLB Season Thread
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He's had good at-bats today.
You know what’s annoying?
MLB introduced this pitch clock that speeds up the game.
So how come the fukkin gamecast on the ESPN and MLB apps are slow as fukk?
I’ll check the boxscore, tab over to the gamecast to see how an at bat is playing out. And it fukking takes forever.
Meanwhile the shyt will update and the batter will be out and the next batter is down 1-2.
What the fukk…
MLB introduced this pitch clock that speeds up the game.
So how come the fukkin gamecast on the ESPN and MLB apps are slow as fukk?
I’ll check the boxscore, tab over to the gamecast to see how an at bat is playing out. And it fukking takes forever.
Meanwhile the shyt will update and the batter will be out and the next batter is down 1-2.
What the fukk…
Spidey Man
Superstar
I should be used to this by now, but if these cock sucking muthafukkas lose this fukking game
Need to flip Astros and the Rangers for this to make any sense
There's a lot of annoying ways to lose baseball games but your bullpen giving up the lead because they cant throw strikes is so wack 
Sounds FrenchThat's a hell of a last name
Those are all great, but nothing touches enter sandman for Mariano. It was absolutely perfect for him given his nickname and the fact that the greatest closer ironically walked out to the perfect song to open a concert with (especially in the early 90’s when the album released) while his demeanor was always the total opposite of the energy of the track.
The whammy bar effect at 8 seconds
The drums kicking in at 16 seconds
The distortion on lead and rhythm guitar kicking in at 24 seconds mixed with the cymbal crashes at 24 & 30 seconds
The gradual build of tension until the 55 second mark when the main riff finally hits as Rivera would reach the mound
Imagine having to lead off the 9th with all this happening around you
It's really impressive that everyone in baseball knew that Mariano Rivera was going to throw a cutter...and almost nothing else....for 18 years....and still people struggled to make good contact on it.Imagine having to lead off the 9th with all this happening around you
Imagine a guy tipping his pitches today....every day...and that guy still having a like a 2.00 ERA
Well, to be fair, neither the catcher nor Mariano said he knew where the ball would end up (within the zone) so it’s a really hard pitch to hit. It tailed so much I think he still owns the record for broken bats since not many hitters could bring their hands up and in enough to get solid contact.
And this was all because he found the grip accidentally trying to throw a different pitch during warmups according to legend
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
I’m here for the scraps
2.21 ERA in 1115 regular season games with 1,283 & 2/3 innings pitched. Across 96 playoff games with 141 innings pitched the ERA was 0.70
Goat, and nobody wanted to face him to close out ANY game.2.21 ERA in 1115 regular season games with 1,283 & 2/3 innings pitched. Across 96 playoff games with 141 innings pitched the ERA was 0.70