New BP drip.😮💨
— Houston Astros (@astros) February 20, 2024
Introducing our new Batting Practice @NewEraCap, available now in the Astros Team Store. pic.twitter.com/dqN5KapdRf
texasaggie2015 said:
Mic check...is this thing on?
EastCoastAgNc said:Giants To Sign Pablo Sandoval To Non-Roster Deal https://t.co/jcTu7VWOI5 pic.twitter.com/B08O6x68f6
— MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) February 17, 2024
I thought he hadn't played in a really long time
Farhan Zaidi on why Pablo Sandoval is in camp: “We had to sign Pablo because the workout videos he was sending me were taking up all the space on my phone.”
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) February 19, 2024
That's damn near Jimboesque! Too soon?The Porkchop Express said:
Rendon has made $129.9 million since 2020 for the Angels.
That means they have paid:
$722,266 per hit
$5.876 million per home run (22 in 4 years, dazzling)
$1.164 million per RBI
$32.3 million per stolen base. He's had 4 in 4 years after averaging 8-10 a year for the Nationals.
WAR per year:
2020 (COVID) 2.2
2021: 0.0
2022: 0.9
2023: 0.1
That reads like the scene from Animal House when Dean Wormer reads out their midterm grades.
It's definitely Alvarez, you can tell by the way he moves. I would assume Abreu is the only guy on the roster who physically is in the same ballpark so that tracks.Farmer1906 said:
Hard to tell in that video... is that Abreu & Alvarez?
RED AG 98 said:
I want thatNew BP drip.😮💨
— Houston Astros (@astros) February 20, 2024
Introducing our new Batting Practice @NewEraCap, available now in the Astros Team Store. pic.twitter.com/dqN5KapdRf
Red Five said:It's definitely Alvarez, you can tell by the way he moves. I would assume Abreu is the only guy on the roster who physically is in the same ballpark so that tracks.Farmer1906 said:
Hard to tell in that video... is that Abreu & Alvarez?
Is first base totally out of the question?
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) February 20, 2024
Yordan Alvarez, in English: “WE GOT PITO NOW!”
Gonna have to disagree with you, there. The easy answer is for the geniuses that moderate this forum to stop making stupid-ass decisions and banning people over nothing.texasaggie2015 said:
I know the easy answer is to double check before posting- and I will. I should have done that to begin with and that's my fault. But I truly (and very obviously) had no intent to troll or break any rule and the mods obviously didn't care to check. I also think those who "false flag" a post for trolling should get the same ban.
Red Five said:Gonna have to disagree with you, there. The easy answer is for the geniuses that moderate this forum to stop making stupid-ass decisions and banning people over nothing.texasaggie2015 said:
I know the easy answer is to double check before posting- and I will. I should have done that to begin with and that's my fault. But I truly (and very obviously) had no intent to troll or break any rule and the mods obviously didn't care to check. I also think those who "false flag" a post for trolling should get the same ban.
Women can be such buzz killersMarvin said:RED AG 98 said:
I want thatNew BP drip.😮💨
— Houston Astros (@astros) February 20, 2024
Introducing our new Batting Practice @NewEraCap, available now in the Astros Team Store. pic.twitter.com/dqN5KapdRf
That's a nice hat. Unfortunately, I've been told to throw three away for every new Astros hat I buy.
something... something... obsessed... intervention.... something.
Here is where his value is per fangraphsQuote:
The Toronto Blue Jays will be deliberate with outfielder George Springer in the 2024 season, per manager John Schneider. Schneider said the team plans to cycle Springer in more at designated hitter in the 2024 season but will also give him his fair share of days off to maintain his health.
Given the focus and main product of this site is A&M athletics, I doubt he nor the other owners really pay much attention to how the MLB forums are moderated. At best, there is incredible inconsistency. At worst, specific groups are outright targeted for rather innocent mistakes.superaggie73 said:Red Five said:Gonna have to disagree with you, there. The easy answer is for the geniuses that moderate this forum to stop making stupid-ass decisions and banning people over nothing.texasaggie2015 said:
I know the easy answer is to double check before posting- and I will. I should have done that to begin with and that's my fault. But I truly (and very obviously) had no intent to troll or break any rule and the mods obviously didn't care to check. I also think those who "false flag" a post for trolling should get the same ban.
I agree completely…almost like the mods are trying to make sure Texags doesn't make any money. Less traffic means less money. I wonder how Billy feels about his mods trying to ruin his product.
The tone of the warning they gave me and everything else seemed very personal and targeted. It was very odd.EastCoastAgNc said:Given the focus and main product of this site is A&M athletics, I doubt he nor the other owners really pay much attention to how the MLB forums are moderated. At best, there is incredible inconsistency. At worst, specific groups are outright targeted for rather innocent mistakes.superaggie73 said:Red Five said:Gonna have to disagree with you, there. The easy answer is for the geniuses that moderate this forum to stop making stupid-ass decisions and banning people over nothing.texasaggie2015 said:
I know the easy answer is to double check before posting- and I will. I should have done that to begin with and that's my fault. But I truly (and very obviously) had no intent to troll or break any rule and the mods obviously didn't care to check. I also think those who "false flag" a post for trolling should get the same ban.
I agree completely…almost like the mods are trying to make sure Texags doesn't make any money. Less traffic means less money. I wonder how Billy feels about his mods trying to ruin his product.
The gif I think of when I think of rangerette fans getting their panties in a bunch:The Porkchop Express said:
I still love how we all got bans and posts deleted by the hundreds for posting hot women pictures in the ALCS after doing the same thing for the last 1,000+ games.
Let's not rehash this again. I caught the ban hammer for this reason, but like I said chatted with mods behind the scenes and got reinstated. I agree with you the double standard was ridiculous. We will find out this season if those new restrictions and rules are going to stay in place, or if we will be allowed to go back to the "good ol' days".The Porkchop Express said:
I still love how we all got bans and posts deleted by the hundreds for posting hot women pictures in the ALCS after doing the same thing for the last 1,000+ games.
But we were deliberately told otherwiseBonnettecj1 said:
It's clear the mods are fans of the Rangers.
The hiding of threads is a good idea, and not just for this case. The unfortunate thing is it probably wouldn't be available for non-subscribers (following the pattern of hiding posts from a specific user), so there would be a sizable chunk of the population who would still be vulnerable to the same mistake.texasaggie2015 said:
Basically this is what needs to happen:
- People who false flag a post for trolling need to be banned
- If erroneously posting on the wrong thread with good intentions will get you banned for 12 months, they have to have a feature where you can hide certain threads
- I'm sure people have trolled and then edited their post to say they posted on the wrong thread. But the mods have to do a better job of looking at things case by case.. especially with a 12 month ban on the line
Just my two cents.
I got 3 days for just posting an umpire scorecard with ZERO commentary....someone else will need to do it.The Porkchop Express said:
I think someone, potentially me, although my own rope is pretty short, needs to start about 50 other threads with very specific content.
Offical Astros-Rangers Trash Talk Thread but you can only talk trash about the Rangers
Official Astros-Rangers Trash Talk Thread but you can only talk trash about the Astros
Official Astros-Rangers Trash Talk Thread but you can only talk trash about the New York Rangers
Official, I Am Not Sure I'm in the Right Thread so Here's my Baseball Post for Now
Official I Just Got Banned but I Got Up Again and Staff's Never Going to Keep Me Down: A Chumbawumba Retrospect Thread
Official Adolis Garcia is only two letters away being named Adolf Thread
Official Scott Coolbaugh Had Sex with Laura Bush Rumor Mill Thread
Official Colt .45s - Washington Senators Thread - All trash talk must take place between the 1962-1965 seasons
Official Arlington Stadium was Hotter than the Surface of the Sun Thread: A Porkchop Theory
Official I'm A Ranger Fan reading the Astros Thread and I'm Going to go Back and report this post like the ***** that I am
and so on
I am 1000% behind these threadsThe Porkchop Express said:
Official, I Am Not Sure I'm in the Right Thread so Here's my Baseball Post for Now
Official I Just Got Banned but I Got Up Again and Staff's Never Going to Keep Me Down: A Chumbawumba Retrospect Thread
Official I'm A Ranger Fan reading the Astros Thread and I'm Going to go Back and report this post like the ***** that I am
and so on
What about the men?CFTXAG10 said:
The fact that moderation, as a topic, has even come to this level of concern is next level idiocy. What's worse, the way to fix it is entirely simple.
1) Don't ban users unless they clearly cross a line (personal attacks, obvious trolling, etc.)
2) Bans for nudity not for scantily clad women. We are all adults here.
3) Evaluate your mods, and weed out the trash that clearly can't handle the position
texasaggie2015 said:
Basically this is what needs to happen:
- People who false flag a post for trolling need to be banned
- If erroneously posting on the wrong thread with good intentions will get you banned for 12 months, they have to have a feature where you can hide certain threads
- I'm sure people have trolled and then edited their post to say they posted on the wrong thread. But the mods have to do a better job of looking at things case by case.. especially with a 12 month ban on the line
Just my two cents.
