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Even after having season tickets last season, I still find the D Backs to be a hard sell. Then they go and do punk ass stuff like this. They're downright AWFUL, boring as all hell to watch, and they're a bunch of classless thugs. I'm sorry, I gave it nearly 100 games, but the more I see of the D Backs, the more I dislike them. Any team that can make people garner sympathy for the freaking Dodgers (after the Ian Kennedy fiasco last season) aren't worth a second of my time.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/diamondbacks-play-revenge-game--drill-andrew-mccutchen-with-fastball-073625493.html

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On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said:
She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.)
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This crowning guy makes DBAdefense look like he has perspective.

Don't I?

*waits for other people*

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OK then. Let's carry on...

Even after having season tickets last season, I still find the D Backs to be a hard sell. Then they go and do punk ass stuff like this. They're downright AWFUL, boring as all hell to watch, and they're a bunch of classless thugs. I'm sorry, I gave it nearly 100 games, but the more I see of the D Backs, the more I dislike them. Any team that can make people garner sympathy for the freaking Dodgers (after the Ian Kennedy fiasco last season) aren't worth a second of my time.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/diamondbacks-play-revenge-game--drill-andrew-mccutchen-with-fastball-073625493.html

They go and plunk McCutchen and act all "Cardinal Way" when trying to defend their act (it was an accident because it's an unwritten baseball rule), while at the same time crying foul over a pool.

Kirk Gibson is the Jerry Glanville of baseball; his teams will be mediocre at best but the coach will still order his players to piss you off with the on-field antics.

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Even after having season tickets last season, I still find the D Backs to be a hard sell. Then they go and do punk ass stuff like this. They're downright AWFUL, boring as all hell to watch, and they're a bunch of classless thugs. I'm sorry, I gave it nearly 100 games, but the more I see of the D Backs, the more I dislike them. Any team that can make people garner sympathy for the freaking Dodgers (after the Ian Kennedy fiasco last season) aren't worth a second of my time.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/diamondbacks-play-revenge-game--drill-andrew-mccutchen-with-fastball-073625493.html

I wouldn't blame the players. Yeah it's their actions, but this is all being ordered by Gibson and Towers. If you're a young pitcher, and you're ordered to be "gritty" and plunk batters or face demotion or get DFA'd, you'll probably do as your told. The manager and GM have poisoned the franchise with that thinking, and their own players are suffering, too.

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IMO,it's weird to see Peavy in a Giants uni,Cepesedes in a A's uni,Masterson in a Cards uni,and Price in a Tigers jersey.

It would be weird to see Cespedes in an A's jersey, because he's a Boston Red Sox. (Red Sock? I never know what to do here)
I believe "Red Sock" would be correct, since it's "Stockings" that became "Sox," and you wouldn't have called a Boston player a "Red Stockings."
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My stupid brain! I was going to bed when I posted that.

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Even after having season tickets last season, I still find the D Backs to be a hard sell. Then they go and do punk ass stuff like this. They're downright AWFUL, boring as all hell to watch, and they're a bunch of classless thugs. I'm sorry, I gave it nearly 100 games, but the more I see of the D Backs, the more I dislike them. Any team that can make people garner sympathy for the freaking Dodgers (after the Ian Kennedy fiasco last season) aren't worth a second of my time.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/diamondbacks-play-revenge-game--drill-andrew-mccutchen-with-fastball-073625493.html

I wouldn't blame the players. Yeah it's their actions, but this is all being ordered by Gibson and Towers. If you're a young pitcher, and you're ordered to be "gritty" and plunk batters or face demotion or get DFA'd, you'll probably do as your told. The manager and GM have poisoned the franchise with that thinking, and their own players are suffering, too.

It's a real shame too, because I really thought pretty highly of Gibby before the second half of last season (I've always thought Towers was worthless, though). But some of the moves he's made on the field have been flat out brainless.

The guy is a straight doppelgänger for John Locke from Lost, personality and all.

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On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said:
She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.)
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Oh, look at that, Tony La Russa takes control of a team's baseball operations, team gets in trouble for intentionally hitting opposing batters. Never takes long with him, does it?

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Well, to be completely fair, this has been the MO in Phoenix for much longer than LaRussa has been there. But yeah, it's definitely not a coincidence that LaRussa is now part of their front office.

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This article sums up the D Backs pretty well.

http://www.brewcrewball.com/2014/6/18/5821722/brewers-diamondbacks-kirk-gibson-plunk-ryan-braun

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On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said:
She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.)
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Yeah, because the Dbacks are the only team that would throw at a player. Get real.

Im not saying that. Throw at a guy all you want. But at least use the slightest bit of tact rather than making yourselves out to look like complete Neanderthals. Intentionally tossing at a team's star player while they're in a playoff hunt because you're star player got hit on accident while you're toiling at the bottom if the division standings does nothing but make you look like a complete dick.

Also, if I were Hunter Pence, this would infuriate me to the absolute core. What terrible accusations to make against an innocent man. I hope justice can eventually be served, and Hunter Pence's good name can some day be restored.

http://wapc.mlb.com/cutfour/2014/08/03/87791380/hunter-pence-cant-parallel-park-mets-fans-troll--right-fielder-with-strange-signs?cid=as_mlb_20140803_29023316

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On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said:
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The Cardinals should be motivated and be hungry as the Red Sox is coming to St. Louis Tuesday to Thursday. They should play well against them, and try to erase some memories from that night before Halloween, Game 6 when the Red Sox won their 8th ring.

Yeah man, beating the gutted husk of Boston in a pointless midseason game is very cathartic.

News flash. Season long meta-narratives suck, "moral force" is incredibly overrated, and for the love of Belldandy, please consider reading some sports analyses written by somebody who is younger than 50.

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The Cardinals should be motivated and be hungry as the Red Sox is coming to St. Louis Tuesday to Thursday. They should play well against them, and try to erase some memories from that night before Halloween, Game 6 when the Red Sox won their 8th ring.

Yeah man, beating the gutted husk of Boston in a pointless midseason game is very cathartic.

News flash. Season long meta-narratives suck, "moral force" is incredibly overrated, and for the love of Belldandy, please consider reading some sports analyses written by somebody who is younger than 50.

You're a Cardinals fan, should'nt you still be upset over last year?

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The Cardinals should be motivated and be hungry as the Red Sox is coming to St. Louis Tuesday to Thursday. They should play well against them, and try to erase some memories from that night before Halloween, Game 6 when the Red Sox won their 8th ring.

Yeah man, beating the gutted husk of Boston in a pointless midseason game is very cathartic.

News flash. Season long meta-narratives suck, "moral force" is incredibly overrated, and for the love of Belldandy, please consider reading some sports analyses written by somebody who is younger than 50.

You're a Cardinals fan, should'nt you still be upset over last year?
It sucked. But there's this year. Next year. The year after that. And so on. And so on.
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