Bengalboy99
666 posts


@Thats_BB_Suzyn Put your Yankees hat back on & go fuck right off
English

Taking off my Yankees hat for a minute to assess the Mets situation.
The Pete Alonso situation captures everything about why David Stearns is not the secret genius we were told he was, and why he is, simply, a terrible GM.
You don’t let a Forever Guy, the franchise leader in HR, walk to another team. At least not without a good reason. And the reasons Stearns gave for not even making an offer to Pete simply don’t hold up. They reveal that he might just be an idiot.
1. “His defense is sub-par.” Sure, but then you signed Bo Bichette to play a position he never played, and he was already a terrible defender at the position he did play. And then you signed a roleplayer to play 1B who hadn’t even played 1B before. So even if you prioritized defense, you had no plan to make that happen.
2. “He won’t age well.” Pete never gets hurt, plays 162 games, and has been the most consistent right handed power hitter in baseball since coming into the league. He’s a lock for 35-45 HR every year with an .800 to .850 OPS. There’s a reason he’s the franchise leader in HR. Homegrown guys like that come along once in a generation.
3. “We didn’t want to hamstring ourselves with a long term contract, especially because we already did that with Lindor and Soto.” Understandable, but the Orioles only signed him through his Age 35 season. That’s a bargain in this day and age. Aaron Judge, Ohtani, Mookie, Vlad Jr., Soto, Trout, Harper, and Machado are all locked up through Age 39 and beyond. If you’re scared of signing an elite 1B to a 5 year deal through Age 35, you shouldn’t be a major league GM.
Simply put, all of Stearns’ reasons were complete BS.
Now I can think of some reasons to keep Pete:
1. Chicks dig the Forever Guy - Win or lose, some fans will always buy tickets to see an elite homegrown player they grew up with. Investing in someone like that is a good business decision. Insurance in case you don’t win. There’s something special about seeing a no-name prospect become a superstar over the course of his rookie year. Fans, especially kids, have been on this journey with Pete since he broke Aaron Judge’s rookie home run record in 2019. Obviously winning matters most. But take this from a Yankees fan. When we were mediocre and in between playoff windows in 2013-2014, we still paid to go see Jeter and Mariano.
2. The Quest for 500 - Pete is on a borderline HOF track. Every HR he would have hit at Citi Field would have been a new record. Unless he gets hurt—and so far he never gets hurt—he had a really good chance to get to 500. Why take that away from fans?
3. The Mets have never had a Forever Guy. Seaver. Straw. Doc. DeGrom. None of those guys stayed with the Mets. Pete not only had a chance to be a face of the franchise, but THE face of the franchise, for decades to come.
Look, I’m not emotionally invested in the Mets. I don’t hate them, even if I don’t root for them. And as a baseball fan, I think every team deserves a homegrown hero, win or lose. I count dozens of Mets fans amongst my family and friends. It’s painful to see what Pete on the Orioles has done to them.
There is certainly an argument to be made for being ruthless, doing whatever it takes to win. But David Stearns didn’t do that either. Instead of being a secret genius, it seems he had no plan at all. Now that they’re a dumpster fire, it doesn’t surprise me that Pete Alonso is the outlet through which fans are venting their frustration.
dianna@runwildkian
PETE ALONSO
English

CRAIG CARTON WITH A MESSAGE FOR AUBREY HUFF!
"I don't know if I've ever even heard of you! To go on such a hateful, disgusting diatribe is frankly offensive! You shouldn't be given the oxygen we're giving you! Keep it to yourself!" — Craig Carton
@craigcartonlive @TyJohnsonNews
#MLB #Giants #AubreyHuff
English

BELIEVE IT MAGGOTS. OUR TERROR REIGNS BEYOND YOUR WILDEST IMAGINATION.
Credit: TT @absurdist.io
English

@mike_daddino Kinda like Carmelo Anthony’s dumb smile after missing a shot
English

Now go row row row your boat Norway, all the way to CHUM town. Your overlords will take it from here.
Credit: TT: @hockinghillsmetalhead
English

@battymamzelle & if you don’t then you got your job through DEI also
English

@Orioles Pete Alonso can’t wait to rip off his teammates shirts that night especially
English

Baseball is for everyone 🧡
See you at The Yard this Friday for Pride Night!
#WallpaperWednesday

English

I understand that theft is a crime, but why should she lose her job over that? On what basis was she fired? You do something cringe in public and you lose your job? That is so stupid
Polymarket@Polymarket
NEW: Woman who was caught on video dumping out a Knicks-themed trash can & stealing it during the parade revealed to be a JPMorgan Chase DEI executive — who has since been fired.
English

Can anyone seriously name a worse Mets manager historically than Carlos Mendoza?
SNY Mets@SNY_Mets
"If somebody's able to bounce back after bad outings, it's a guy like Freddy. He's a competitor, he's a guy who's gonna come back the next day and look for ways to get better" - Carlos Mendoza on Freddy Peralta
English

Joe Haden says most people have no idea how quickly an NFL contract disappears once taxes and family expenses hit.
“I signed a five-year, $50 million contract.”
“I had about $26.6 million guaranteed.”
“My first year, I got a $12 million signing bonus.”
“After taxes, I only touched around $7 million.”
“The first thing I did was give my parents $3 million.”
“Then I bought them a $1 million house.”
“So right away, about $5 million was gone.”
“I bought my brothers cars.”
“I bought myself a penthouse.”
“I got a Range Rover Sport and a Bentley GT.”
“People hear $50 million and think you’ve got $50 million sitting in the bank.”
“That’s not how it works.”
“You look up after all that and realize you might only have around $1 million left.”
“You start understanding real quick that a $50 million contract is not actually $50 million.”
“That’s why so many guys go broke.”
English

















