Kyle A
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Halpin option tells me they’re cool with DeLauter spending time in CF or Angel in CF
Tim Stebbins@tim_stebbins
The Guardians have outrighted Nolan Jones and optioned Petey Halpin to Triple-A Columbus. Jones has ability to reject outright.
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MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says the continued growth and success of the World Baseball Classic could lead to a midseason competition in the future. spr.ly/6017B6nZWV
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You realize the impact of the WBC championship when Venezuela catcher Willson Contreras says winning the gold over USA was more meaningful to him than winning the 2016 World Series with the Chicago Cubs
Chris Cotillo@ChrisCotillo
Willson Contreras on the WBC: "I think it’s the best experience of my life. I played in the World Series in ‘16 and it was big but playing the WBC for your country, for 37 million people, means a lot more to me."
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@CleGuardPro If baseball loses some fickle fans I’m not going to lose sleep over it.. it’s necessary to make changes for more equality financially. If the players and a certain subset of owners don’t want to do that a lock out is necessary. Tell the dodgers to go find their own league.
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@guardsguy thanks to the steroid era... different circumstances.
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And all this positive momentum for the sport goes away if they can't come to an agreement after the season avoiding a strike...
Michael Mulvihill@mulvihill79
With 10.87 million viewers on FOX and Fox Deportes, the World Baseball Classic Final outrated the seven-game average of the 2025 NBA Finals.
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@CleGuardPro And I enjoy baseball for myself, if casuals go away temporarily because of it doesn’t bother me. Players should be sweating losing the casuals as much as the owners. Salaries can go down and I think they forget that. Baseball fans will be back whenever the strike is over.
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@octoberstanton Got caught locking in on slider, suprised with the heat
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Why would you take pitch number 5 when you have the most power in baseball?
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So intelligent of Rob Manfred to kill all this momentum with a lockout next year…
FOX Sports PR@FOXSportsPR
The #WorldBaseballClassic has met the moment, and @FOXSports’ coverage continues to match it! Team USA's semifinal win over the Dominican Republic on Sunday delivered the most-watched #WorldBaseballClassic telecast of all time with 7,369,000 viewers across FS1 and FOX Deportes. 🥇 USA's ticket punch to the #WBC Final was the most-watched telecast on FS1 since 2019 (9th most-watched telecast on the network overall).
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@JoshuaAHsu @Rob_Shenanigans I hear that.. it’s all just spinning their wheels until they get a consistent quality qb. I’m 37 and I’ve never seen it, hard to believe they will ever find the needle in the haystack. Baker was as close as I’ve seen, not consistent though.
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@guardsguy @Rob_Shenanigans Been supporting the Browns for a while now. I’m afraid Waddle might be 40 before the Browns seriously compete in the AFC. This franchise is in bad shape and resetting (again) with a new coaching staff? I like the optimism. I’m also more realistic about this current leadership.
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Should the Browns have given up a 1st + a 3rd + a 4th round picks to Miami for Waddle (+ a 4th)?
Waddle ranked 27th in receptions among WRs in 2025 and 22nd in receiving yards
Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter
Broncos are trading for Miami WR Jaylen Waddle, per source. Denver receives: Waddle and Dolphins’ 4th-round pick (11th in round) in this year’s draft. Miami receives: Broncos’ 1st round pick (30th overall) along with their late 3rd and 4th round picks (30th in each round) in this year’s draft.
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Just because I don’t want to do something crazy, doesn’t mean I want to tank.
Just because I don’t want to tank, doesn’t mean I want to do something crazy.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
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@613Jet @McKendryMM12 @BFW @WingedWheelPod Las Vegas locals seem to be more into knights then raiders from what I can tell
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@McKendryMM12 @BFW @WingedWheelPod I think Detroit is a city that meets his criteria, but no way does a city with an NFL team not have the NFL team number 1
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Literally called Hockeytown, come on now.
Brandon Walker@BFW
I need examples of a US city with at least three pro sports teams where the NHL team is top two in fandom in the city. Boys here said Detroit, DC and Tampa. I think I’ll give them DC and Tampa, but contest Detroit. Some guys said Minnesota, I think Twins are bigger than Wild.
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@Jared_Carrabis Players association/high rev teams can avoid a lockout by listening to points to up the competitive balance and thinking about players outside the top 1%. So far they haven’t publically.
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I hate to say it, but the lockout has been in the back of my mind this whole tournament. This is by far the most important the World Baseball Classic has ever felt. Viewership, revenue and attendance numbers are steadily climbing year over year.
They can’t fuck this momentum up with a lockout next year, can they? Oh, they can. And they will. If there’s one thing we can all agree on as it pertains to this beautiful game that we all love so dearly, it’s that it has a tendency to not be able to get out of its own way.
I hope I’m wrong, because MLB has truly positioned itself to soon become the second most popular sport of the four major sports. That is, if they can prevent what feels like the inevitable.
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@PitcherList Thank you, it’s a strike all the way from the pitchers hand until the very end. Not an egregious way off the black pitch outside. Fans are reporters act like this is a piece of cake and the ump should be ashamed.
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That DOM vs. USA final strike was painful to watch
But just look how stupid hard it is to accurately call this a ball at 90 mph after dealing with 101 mph.
This is the final, what, 10 feet to the plate? Starts dead center and ends below the zone.
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Geraldo Perdomo worked the AB of his life just to be the last out as his team was eliminated
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@JeffPassan It was a strike from out of the hand, till right before it crossed the plate. Easy one for ump to miss. Not the first missed calls ever contrary to everyone’s beliefs. It happens.
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"100% it was a ball."
The spectacular USA-Dominican Republic WBC semifinal game was marred by blown calls -- including one that ended the game. I spoke with Geraldo Perdomo, Juan Soto and DR GM Nelson Cruz about it. Here's what they said, free at ESPN: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…
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@drivelinekyle @YankeeWRLD This! It’s a strike all the way from out of have till right before it crosses plate too.
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@YankeeWRLD ABS helps umpires too. Imagine calling these 90 MPH full count shadow zone sliders after the guy is throwing 102 MPH heaters. It’s just insane we have humans be solely responsible for it.
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I can’t wait for games to never end like this because of terrible calls again. What a horrific ending to an amazing game
AT@YankeeWRLD
HE CALLED THAT A STRIKE WHAT THE FUCKKKKKKKKKKK
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