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@TheOttSpot @karafagan PaidforbythecommitteetosendRonaldAcuñaJrtotheAllStarGame

@karafagan "TEOSCAR HERNÁNDEZ HAS BARELY SHOWED UP TO WORK THIS YEAR" (chart of NL OFs sorted by plate appearances) "DO YOU REALLY TRUST HIM TO REPRESENT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE ON THE BIGGEST STAGE? VOTE SENSIBLY: DON'T VOTE TEOSCAR"

MLB teams have whole campaigns begging you to vote their players into the ASG. They should start airing political-style ads that attack their opponents with unflattering black & white photos and out of context quotes.

@lage46605 @reh_beeXII @smerkinkones Ok, guy who thinks Camden Yards doesn't exist because oil companies.

@guy_tweeter_666 @reh_beeXII @smerkinkones Y’all are dumb as fuck 😂

And to think the Americans were laughing at ppl saying they wanted to walk to stadiums.

@reh_beeXII @lage46605 @smerkinkones And all I did was reply. 😀

@guy_tweeter_666 @lage46605 @smerkinkones we are literally on the same side. All I did was ask a question about capacity and when it was built.

@reh_beeXII @lage46605 @smerkinkones Yes. I didn't respond to that person. I responded to the person who made a factually incorrect statement that Fenway (and I'm assuming Wrigley) are the only two baseball stadiums in urban neighborhoods. There are probably YouTube videos that explain how threads/replies work.

but circling back to the original tweet, the person was talking about the walk ability to stadiums relating to the World Cup not one game in the World Cup is being played at a baseball stadium. Even if the field could be catered to a regulation soccer field, their specific capacity requirements the stadiums must meet.

@reh_beeXII @lage46605 @smerkinkones Yes. We are talking about baseball stadiums.

I looked it up and it has a capacity of just under 39,000 people. The smallest NFL stadium is Solider field which has a capacity of 61,500. my only point being is that baseball stadiums can be built in the city in most cases because their capacity on average is smaller. Which would explain why it can be built in the city limits in a few cases. thats all.

@reh_beeXII @lage46605 @smerkinkones I mean PNC Park was built in 2001 which is almost a full century after WWI. Where did I say anything about capacity?

@guy_tweeter_666 @lage46605 @smerkinkones and what is the capacity of those baseball stadiums? when were they built?

@lage46605 @smerkinkones @reh_beeXII It's not true that there are only 2 urban baseball stadiums left.

@guy_tweeter_666 @smerkinkones @reh_beeXII Wym “not true” I learned about it in History class. After WW2, companies wanted to nationalize vehicles over public transportation. Especially in LA, they had trolley’s & trains to anywhere.

@lage46605 @smerkinkones @reh_beeXII This is not actually true. There are still a lot of baseball stadiums dropped in urban neighborhoods that you can walk right up to. Unfortunately, it is no longer the norm.

@smerkinkones @reh_beeXII It was built pre WW1. Only two stadiums are like that before the oil companies told the government to pass a law that attractions must have parking lots

@smerkinkones @reh_beeXII I agree, but that's not reality. And the reality is you cannot walk to the Meadowlands.

@reh_beeXII All stadia shd be. Thats were the ppl are. For some reason (money) in America this changed and its a huge shame

@ShalnevaE @SeanGailmard You're racist, got it

Oh but you should "pick" on people. Adhering to an accepted phonetic standard of speech, which exists in every language, even though we are now supposed to pretend that it doesn't, is the basic requirement of elite education. Speaking with the correct pronunciation is particularly important in philology, for the reasons my professor so aptly expressed. You cannot debase the great Villon by reciting his verses with a provincial accent.

My medieval literature professor -- who was both absolutely exceptional & absolutely vicious, not even trying to hide her contempt for subpar students -- threw a student out of her class once with the words: "I cannot let you taint Villon with that provincial accent." I'm guessing her approach wouldn't go down well at Berkeley of 2026.

I actually think peak Covid psychosis was people trying to break into nursing homes and those people pretending they had Parkinson's or something after getting the vaccine.

@Tbabs17 Some of you have never been involved in labor negotiations and it shows

Respectfully…. Fuck off, Paul.

@fem_mb This is entirely untrue

Portland, Maine - which was a thriving, vibrant city just 20 years ago - now has nearly half of its storefronts boarded up. Our only department store closed 6 months ago because they were losing too much money from shoplifting. We lost the downtown grocery and hardware stores before that. There is one place left in all of downtown where you can buy a Father's Day card: the CVS drugstore. It's open until 10 pm on Saturdays. I got there at 5:15 to a sign on the door: "We closed early at 5 pm. Sorry for the inconvenience." That happens constantly in the businesses that are left. Even the post office just randomly closes early. I had to walk through a homeless encampment scattered with needles that has taken over the sidewalk on Spring Street to get to the movie theater the other day. On Congress Street, there are addicts overdosing in the bus shelters. It's unbelievable how fast this city went downhill. It was a cool place to live two decades ago.

@LiberalSoppy @tincanvetph @ConnCFC Lol

@tincanvetph @ConnCFC At least you can see the ball. Ice Hockey is just full speed with not much skill

Honestly I don’t know why football isn’t as big as it should be in the US. Your national team isn’t even bad. How can you guys prefer basketball and baseball to this? Shout out to the Americans who love football, you’re real ones

@dontgetrekt @fleurdelis502 @mbs59er A lot of Major League baseball players are from the DR and Puerto Rico (which is part of America, actually). Baseball is also a big deal in Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico, Japan, and Korea. And all those countries have players in Major League Baseball. You might wanna get out more.

@fleurdelis502 @mbs59er Wait what

The only reason why the US doesn’t win every World Cup is because our best athletes choose football, baseball, basketball, and hockey over soccer It’s like we are sending our 5th string up against everyone else’s best

@GregoryCasts @sportsrapport So now we're just saying anything

@sportsrapport The only thing more overrated than Springsteen is Bob Dylan.

My most controversial middle aged sportswriter take: Bob Seger has better songs than Bruce Springsteen

@BobStein_FT Ohmygodshutthefuckup

People who aren't from the Rust Belt/Jersey should not be allowed to just publicly spout dumb shit about Bruce Springsteen.

@SolSenseX @UMFL2002 @TalkSoccer Yeah, it makes it worse and more confusing and pisses everyone off when the game just...ends. I like soccer, but the stoppage time thing is outdated. Just put up a big clock and stop it when play stops.

@UMFL2002 @TalkSoccer But imagine if at the end of the third you keep playing for 1-3 more minutes depending on how the game played out up to that point. Now the players have a slightly ambiguous amount of time left and it changes strategy and speed differently each game

I say this with no malice whatsoever… Keep watching and learning the game and then you will understand stoppage time is one of the smartest “rules” in all sports.