Quote :

"Yes, there's no strategy or thought involved in football. Clearly baseball is the thinking man's game, which is why a baseball manager being ejected is so devastating to a team's in game play."

gonna agree with you here. i enjoy baseball more than football, but strategy in baseball is pretty overrated. football really is more of a chess match between two coaches (if peyton manning isn't playing), but i'd be willing to bet that a vast, overwhelming majority of football fans don't give a shit about how strategic it is and instead are more focused on YEAH FUCKING KILL THAT GUY LAY HIS ASS OUT BIG HITS BIG HITS BIG HITS

7/5/2012 8:49:48 PM

Quote :

"i'd be willing to bet that a vast, overwhelming majority of football fans don't give a shit about how strategic it is and instead are more focused on YEAH FUCKING KILL THAT GUY LAY HIS ASS OUT BIG HITS BIG HITS BIG HITS"

This was pretty much my point earlier. Maybe if I had screamed it using shorter words, Kurtis wouldn't have completely missed it.

7/5/2012 8:56:37 PM

Nah we traded those guys to Nascar for Joe Gibbs

7/5/2012 8:57:51 PM

[Edited on July 5, 2012 at 9:48 PM. Reason : maybe this one will load faster]

7/5/2012 9:41:24 PM

Old dude is a flopper

7/5/2012 9:45:45 PM

7/5/2012 11:16:17 PM

That gif looks fake as hell.

Also why does Rat Soup keep posting the same retard picture of James Mcdonald?

7/6/2012 7:52:03 AM

that's jeff karstens

7/6/2012 11:43:06 AM

^^
It is fake.

7/6/2012 12:35:55 PM

^^ Okay fine, but why do you keep posting it. The Pirates have some ugly ass pitchers on their team.

7/6/2012 12:40:21 PM

that was the first time i posted that picture. i can't help it if jeff karstens makes ridiculous pitch faces.

7/6/2012 7:27:17 PM

ITT Michael Bourn should be an all-star over the 2011 NLCS and WS MVP

7/6/2012 8:05:41 PM

2011

7/6/2012 8:18:05 PM

ITT David Freese is a center fielder

7/6/2012 8:27:23 PM

I'm just glad each team has 30 pitchers, definitely necessary

7/6/2012 8:42:51 PM

It's early, but Rizzo looks the part.

7/6/2012 8:49:07 PM

Carlos Gomez loves turning routine singles into triples

Which would be great if he were batting, but he does it as an outfielder

7/7/2012 4:19:10 PM

hahah

7/7/2012 6:02:23 PM

Fuck you larussa. We got our 2 extra Braves on inspite of your stupid fucking game.

7/7/2012 7:05:34 PM

So I live an hour from baltimore and i'm about to go to my first o's game this year...in anaheim

7/7/2012 8:45:21 PM

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120707&content_id=34654470&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

Rat Soup, your thoughts

7/8/2012 11:37:43 AM

lulz

i, too, thought of ratsoup when i saw this

7/8/2012 12:38:43 PM

I think i've shared my thoughts on that several times already

7/8/2012 1:08:01 PM

http://deadspin.com/5924229

Rat Soup, your thoughts

7/8/2012 6:08:36 PM

feelings on baseball progressivism negated by having to read a male tabloid

[Edited on July 8, 2012 at 6:43 PM. Reason : .]

7/8/2012 6:43:17 PM

So tuff

7/8/2012 7:06:31 PM

ok so in both of those scenarios a manager came running out to say WTF. in the first one, the manager was ejected from the game because he said something an umpire didn't like. in the second one, the manager said something the umpire probably didn't like (being second guessed) but was rewarded with an overturned call.

[Edited on July 8, 2012 at 7:45 PM. Reason : removed something that belongs in the o's thread]

7/8/2012 7:41:53 PM

Vicente Padilla layed the fucking smack down on Teixeira



"In this sport, as competitive ball players, we get pretty fired up," Padilla said. "So I think, maybe, [Teixeira] picked the wrong profession. I think he'd be better off playing a women's sport."

7/8/2012 8:29:56 PM

oh yeah. layed the fucking smack down by resorting to a contrived jab at another player's manhood. i'm sure that was hard. "what? you're calling me out on throwing at people? well...well...you're a girl!"

7/8/2012 8:45:04 PM

Rat Soup, you are becoming the jaybee of baseball threads

7/8/2012 8:57:52 PM

i don't pay enough attention to his posts to know what that means, but i guess i'll stop pointing out instances of umpire and player douche baggery?

7/8/2012 9:07:24 PM

padilla is a fucking twat, i hate that guy

7/8/2012 9:10:56 PM

so lightning hit the rangers' stadium today

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=22970091&topic_id=21753540&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_22970091&v=3

my favorite is around 1:16 where the 1st base coach for the twins starts waving his hands in the air, heads towards the field, then makes his way over to the rangers' dugout before turning and running for the twins' dugout.

[Edited on July 9, 2012 at 1:09 AM. Reason : also adrian beltre being less afraid of lightning than people touching his head]

7/9/2012 1:08:29 AM

Rat Soup, since we have a few days before real baseball is played, please summarize your thoughts on the following subjects

- Home field advantage in the World Series
- Two wildcards
- Realignment
- Umpire egos
- The DH
- Lightning
- Ozzie Guillen
- Right field at Fenway
- Center field in Houston
- The Marlins' HR dolphin bonanza
- Young star players adopting ethnic names
- The Phillies' forthcoming fire sale
- Balks
- Hawk Harrelson
- ARod's HOF chances
- John Kruk
- On deck circles
- The Pirates
- WAR/WPA/VORP/RAR
- San Jose
- Saturday night national broadcasts
- Dodger Dogs
- The HR Derby
- Chris Berman
- LOOGYs

Thanks

7/9/2012 9:26:43 AM

^ LOL

He'll probably talk plenty about the Pirates and his man crush on Jeff Karstens.

7/9/2012 10:22:49 AM

LOL! let me tell you about my MAN CRUSH on jeff karstens

Found a good pic of rflong (left) and ernie



[Edited on July 9, 2012 at 12:07 PM. Reason : phone]

7/9/2012 12:06:45 PM

hey nowRat Soup, since we have a few days before real baseball is played, please summarize your thoughts on the following subjects in two words or less

- Home field advantage in the World Series- don't care
- Two wildcards- for
- Realignment- don't care
- Umpire egos- non issue
- The DH- faggotry
- Lightning- clown question
- Ozzie Guillen- deportation
- Right field at Fenway- cool
- Center field in Houston- retarded
- The Marlins' HR dolphin bonanza- epic
- Young star players adopting ethnic names- soccer
- The Phillies' forthcoming fire sale- don't care
- Balks- under called
- Hawk Harrelson- live cremation
- ARod's HOF chances- 100%
- John Kruk- sweaty suits
- On deck circles- archaic
- The Pirates- farce
- WAR/WPA/VORP/RAR- rolen
- San Jose-got nothing
- Saturday night national broadcasts- al michaels
- Dodger Dogs- OVERRATED
- The HR Derby-retirees team
- Chris Berman- why not
- LOOGYs- magical

7/9/2012 1:00:33 PM

^^ Wow Rat Soup must be in 3rd grade.

7/9/2012 6:11:47 PM

Derby time WHO YA GOT?

Bautista to win, Trumbo to give him a run for his money

7/9/2012 7:37:18 PM

Oh, Berman's in this?

7/9/2012 7:57:50 PM

^^ I'll have another.

7/9/2012 8:02:11 PM

Stanton to win

if he's healthy enough to participate

7/9/2012 8:07:33 PM

Say what Pedro

[Edited on July 9, 2012 at 8:13 PM. Reason : c'mon tree]

7/9/2012 8:13:05 PM

ok apparently Stanton has been scratched, probably days ago

I'll take Cano

7/9/2012 8:14:43 PM

shit I don't even know what Robinson just said

7/9/2012 8:14:49 PM

Quote :

"I'm no switch hitter"

Yeah. Sure, bud. Whatever you say.

7/9/2012 8:18:37 PM

Fuck you, Berman.

7/9/2012 8:32:00 PM

lol Andre Dawson

7/9/2012 8:35:25 PM

who is this young white boy?

7/9/2012 8:47:02 PM

Mark Trumbo, star of the 1995 Disney film "Trumbo Drop"

7/9/2012 8:47:38 PM