r/baseball • Umpire • Aug 21 '26

Feature OFFICIAL FRIDAY COMPLAINT THREAD

NOW'S THE TIME TO AIR YOUR GRIEVANCES ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HAS WRONGED YOU AND YOUR TEAM THIS YEAR.

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u/steve_ample Peoria Javelinas Aug 21 '26

I AM NOT GETTING QUALITY ADVICE ON THE MARINERS SUB. MY BOAT IS SINKING, AND THESE GUYS ARE JUST TELLING ME TO PLUG THE HOLE WITH CLEATS AND PINE TAR. I'M A SEAFARER, I DON'T HAVE CLEATS.

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u/RichardNixon345 Arizona Diamondbacks Aug 21 '26

IF YOU WERE REALLY A SEAFARER YOU'D KNOW YOU HAVE CLEATS, YOU PHONY FULL OF BALONEY

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u/pizzaplanet666 Arizona Diamondbacks Aug 21 '26

THIS MADE ME SPIT MY COFFEE ONTO MY WORK COMPUTER LAUGHING, YOU BASTARD

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u/Lilrip94 St. Louis Cardinals Aug 21 '26

They have a big dumper that can close that hole right up

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u/Correct_Look2988 Chicago Cubs Aug 21 '26

If he can hit it

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u/alliluna24 Seattle Mariners Aug 21 '26

THE INABILITY OF THE SEATTLE MARINERS TO PERFORM UNDER ANY SORT OF EXPECTATIONS MUST BE STUDIED

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u/lunasilvia Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

SERIOUSLY WHAT HAPPENED TO BRYCE MILLER. I'M KINDA SAD BECAUSE HE'S ONE OF MY FAVOURITE PITCHERS AND HIS STUFF WAS SO ELITE UNTIL THE PAST MONTH

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u/dsramsey Boston Red Sox • Philadelphia Phillies Aug 21 '26

SAME BUT GEORGE KIRBY. JUST BE THE PERFECT PITCHING UNICORN YOU ARE IN MY HEAD DAMNIT.

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u/jet8493 Seattle Mariners Aug 21 '26

AT THIS POINT I THINK IT’S BECOMING CLEAR THAT IT’S A FAILURE OF OUR COACHING/APPROACH. MUCH AS I LOVE WHAT PETE WOODWORTH HAS DONE FOR OUR PITCHING STAFF OVER THE YEARS, I THINK THE LIMITATIONS OF HIS APPROACH ARE REALLY BEING EXPOSED.

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u/Ill-Weather-6383 Seattle Mariners • Dumpster Fire Aug 21 '26

I THINK THE BONE SPURS HE ELECTED NOT TO HAVE SURGERY FOR ARE WEARING HIM DOWN AS THE SEASON GOES ON

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u/lunasilvia Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

DO YOU THINK HE SHOULD GET SURGERY NOW AND SHUT DOWN THE SEASON OR SHOULD HE GO TO THE PEN AND DO SURGERY AFTER THE SEASON ENDS? CUS HE WAS ELITE OUT OF THE PEN LAST POST SEASON BUT IT'LL TAKE SOME MIRACLES AND MORE JIMOTHY NIGHTS TO GET THERE

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u/Ill-Weather-6383 Seattle Mariners • Dumpster Fire Aug 21 '26

HONESTLY, HE PROBABLY WANTS TO RIDE OUT THE REST OF THE SEASON. PERSONALLY, I THINK HE SHOULD GET SURGERY AND LET KADE HANDLE HIS SPOT IN THE ROTATION BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

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u/RichardNixon345 Arizona Diamondbacks Aug 21 '26

KETEL MARTE

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u/pizzaplanet666 Arizona Diamondbacks Aug 21 '26

SCREAMING

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u/sagwithcapmoon Toronto Blue Jays • Chicago Cubs Aug 21 '26

YO WHATS HAPPENING WITH HIM?

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u/violetsteam Arizona Diamondbacks Aug 21 '26

WE WISH WE KNEW

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u/nooookay Boston Red Sox • Boston Hunters Aug 21 '26

I WAS TOLD WE CAN MAKE UP STORIES AND TREAT THEM AS FACTS SO FROM NOW ON KETEL MARTE WAR RECRUITED BY AN ALIEN RACE FROM A NEIGHBORING SOLAR SYSTEM TO FIGHT IN AN INTERGALACTIC WAR FOR THE FATE OF EARTH AND ALL OF THE MILKY WAY AND HE WILL NOT RETURN UNTIL WE ARE ALL SAFE, OR HE WILL NOT RETURN AT ALL AND WE ARE ALL DOOMED

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u/violetsteam Arizona Diamondbacks Aug 21 '26

HAS ABOUT AS MUCH BASIS IN REALITY AS SOME OF THE OTHER EXPLANATIONS IVE SEEN IN THIS SUBREDDIT

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u/unrelated_yo Aug 21 '26

I HEARD HE HURT HIS KNEE IN SOME UNDERGROUND UFC SHENANIGANS

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u/nooookay Boston Red Sox • Boston Hunters Aug 21 '26

CLOSE, IT WAS UFO NOT UFC

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u/Apprehensive-Cost276 Arizona Diamondbacks • Colorado Rockies Aug 21 '26

MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE (IN HIS KNEE)

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u/No_Amount_7886 Cincinnati Reds Aug 21 '26

WE BEGGED HIM TO TAKE OFF BECAUSE THIS WEEKEND IS OUR LAST CHANCE TO WIN A BALL GAME THIS YEAR. WE’RE SORRY, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OUR UPCOMING SCHEDULE, YOU WILL FORGIVE US.

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u/ihatereddit999976780 Seattle Mariners Aug 21 '26

WE LOST 22-0

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u/chuck212 New York Yankees Aug 21 '26

THANKS FOR THAT BY THE WAY, NOW WE'RE NOT THE LAST TEAM TO DO THAT.

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u/Either_Imagination_9 New York Yankees Aug 21 '26

OH GOD I FORGOT ABOUT THAT GAME

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u/TimAllensMatingCall Pittsburgh Pirates Aug 21 '26

YANKEE FANS SUFFER SO MUCH

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u/chuck212 New York Yankees Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26

JUST BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE NO LEGS DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T COMPLAIN WHEN I TWIST MY ANKLE

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u/Ill-Weather-6383 Seattle Mariners • Dumpster Fire Aug 21 '26

YOU WON'T BE COMPLAINING WHEN IT'S PART OF EPISODE 7 BY JON BOIS

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u/Gbrusse Seattle Mariners Aug 21 '26

YOU UNDER ESTIMATE MY ABILITY TO C9MPLA8N ABOUT ANYTHING

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u/TheLivingBubba Milwaukee Brewers Aug 21 '26

BUT YOUR UNIS LOOKED GREAT

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u/Antyok Kansas City Royals Aug 21 '26

THANK YOU FOR REPLACING OUR LOSS TO THE WHITE SOX AS THE LARGEST DEFICIT IN A SINGLE GAME THIS SEASON

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u/TheJewishMerp Chicago White Sox • Boston Hunters Aug 21 '26

WE PITCHED TO PCA IN THE 10TH, AND THE METS ARE IN TOWN TODAY.

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u/blue_collared Chicago White Sox Aug 21 '26

WHY DO WE ALWAYS FACE TEAMS WHEN THEYRE HOT AFTER A SHIT START (LOOKING AT YOU BOSTON)

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u/Scone_Of_Arc New York Mets • Binghamton Rum… Aug 21 '26

FERNANDO TATIS JR.

THATS IT. THATS MY COMPLAINT.

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u/Admirable-Square-140 San Diego Padres Aug 21 '26

TO BE FAIR THIS WAS ALSO MY COMPLAINT FOR HALF THE SEASON

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u/This_is_me2024 Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

MY FIANCÉE AND I ARE BOTH WORKING FROM HOME TODAY. I KEEP HEARING HER "TEAMS" NOTIFICATIONS AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SHE DOESN'T HAVE A HEADSET PLUGGED IN

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u/Handcuffsandwhiskey Milwaukee Brewers Aug 21 '26

Hurry up and get married so you can get a divorce, that's some psycho shit.

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u/SnooCauliflowers9981 Milwaukee Brewers Aug 21 '26

HAS SHE NOT HEARD OF THE MUTE VOLUME SETTING ON HER MACHINE? OR THE MUTE IN TEAMS?

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u/This_is_me2024 Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

WHY WOULD YOU MUTE WHEN YOU CAN JUST PUT ON A HEADSET? MUTE IS BAD, THATS HOS YOU MISS CALLS

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u/Question_It_All_3000 Milwaukee Brewers Aug 21 '26

Realest take in here

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u/lastminutealways Seattle Mariners • Chaos Bandwagon Aug 21 '26

I CAN’T HANDLE TEAMS NOTIFICATIONS, I ONLY DO THE RED DOT AND THAT’S TOO MUCH. CALLS RING TO MY HEADSET BUT THAT IS EVEN LOUDER AND MORE ANNOYING THAN THE TEAMS RING, BUT LUCKILY I DON’T GET MANY CALLS

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u/pmorter3 Chicago Cubs Aug 21 '26

OBLIQUE STRAIN TAKING DANSBY OUT

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u/Snoo14022 Chicago Cubs Aug 21 '26

NICO'S BEEN GOOD AT SHORT BUT I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN LIKE 1-2 INSTANCES WHERE HE MISSED SOMETHING THAT DANSBY WOULD'VE GOTTEN GRR

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u/g3neraL5 Chicago White Sox Aug 21 '26

I don’t think this fits the theme of the thread but I have to say it: FUCK THESE ADS. I GOT MLB.tv BECAUSE THE BOYS WERE PLAYING SO WELL AND EVERY GOT DAMN THING IS PRESENTED BY SOMETHING. THE WEATHER BY BLAH BLAH BLAH, THIS DOUBLE BY, THIS HALF INNING BY, THIS MOUND VISIT BROUGHT TO YOU BY. MAKE IT STOP

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u/GreatSavitar Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

THIS REPLY IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY OZEMPIC.

I AGREE SO FUCKING MUCH I HATE MODERN ADS. ITS ALL ALCOHOL, GAMBLING, DICK PILLS, WEIGHT PILLS, AND A NEW CAR

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u/glucoseintolerant Aug 21 '26

" Strike outs are presented by Subway" HOW THE FUCK DO THEY DO THAT?

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u/EdgeOfThorns76 Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

I DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF BASEBALL SUBSCRIPTION ON TV BUT IT SURE DOES SUCK WATCHING HIGHLIGHTS ON THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR MLB. 10 TO 12 COMMERCIALS ON A 15 MINUTE OR LESS HIGHLIGHT REEL IS FUCKING RIDICULOUS.

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u/StealthStaminaKills Aug 21 '26

IT WAS ALL ON POINT EXCEPT FOR THE WHISPERING AT THE BEGINNING.

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u/NickEvansExists New York Mets Aug 21 '26

WHY ARE WE HOT AFTER SHITTING THE BED FOR THREE MONTHS.

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u/AbbreviationsGold587 New York Yankees Aug 21 '26

BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT THE METS IF YOU DON'T GIVE YOUR FANS THE TINIEST BIT OF HOPE

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u/GreatSavitar Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

IS BO DOING OKAY? BESIDES THAT I LITERALLY DON'T CARE

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u/bolieve11 Toronto Blue Jays • Chaos Bandwagon Aug 21 '26

HE SHAVED HIS HEAD, HES TWINNING WITH VLADDY AGAIN 😭✌️

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u/GreatSavitar Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

IS THAT GOOD OR BAD?! CAUSE VLAD IS BAD NOW

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u/bolieve11 Toronto Blue Jays • Chaos Bandwagon Aug 21 '26

IDK THEY ARE JUST CONNECTED, MAYBE HE’S SHOWING SOLIDARITY WITH HIS SLUMP
https://giphy.com/gifs/EspU8K48Rvo5umJX0j

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u/Yanks1813 New York Yankees Aug 21 '26

BECAUSE THE METS WERE NEVER ACTUALLY THE WORST TEAM IN BASEBALL

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u/ChristianFiction New York Mets • Seattle Mariners Aug 21 '26

WORST STRETCH OF SEASON WITHOUT SOTO. BEST STRETCH OF SEASON WITHOUT SOTO. MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

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u/GreatSavitar Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

I'M SICK OF THE PULLED/TIGHT HAMSTRINGS EVERY NIGHT. FUCKING DO SOME YOGA OR SOME SHIT GUYS.

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u/roastedfunction Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

WHY ARE HAMSTRINGS MADE OF GLASS GAHHHHHHHH

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u/BigTall81 Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

CAN ANYONE ON THIS GODDAMN TEAM SIMPLY RUN TO 1ST WITHOUT GETTING HURT? GIMENEZ BETTER NOT BE OUT LONG.

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u/InspectorTiny1952 Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TROP AND I CANNOT BE CONVINCED OTHERWISE

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u/officerdoot Arizona Diamondbacks • Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

MY TEAM HASN'T WON A GAME THERE SINCE 2019. I AGREE.

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u/GreatSavitar Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

IT STARTED WITH BARGER BLOWING UP BOTH ANKLES TRYING TO GET TO FIRST. WHEN DOES IT END?!

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u/BigTall81 Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

THAT'S THE FUN PART! IT DOESN'T!

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u/pizzaplanet666 Arizona Diamondbacks Aug 21 '26

IF ONE MORE PERSON ASKS ME IF I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT KETEL ILL REMOVE MY OWN SPLEEN

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u/majortrout4 New York Yankees Aug 21 '26

DONT DO THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO KEEP IT 

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u/WickyT Boston Red Sox • New York Mets Aug 21 '26

THE YANKEES EXIST

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u/Whats_Opera_Doc Boston Red Sox Aug 21 '26

BOOOOOOOOOO

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u/carpetsoop Kansas City Royals Aug 21 '26

FUCK THE MLB APP WHY CANT I LOOK AT THE CALENDAR ANYMORE WHAT THE FUCKING CRAP IS THAT SHIT

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u/pizzaplanet666 Arizona Diamondbacks Aug 21 '26

COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE MLB APP DESERVE ITS OWN THREAD TBH

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u/carpetsoop Kansas City Royals Aug 21 '26

BUT WJAT IF I HAVE INSIDE INFORMATION THAT THE ROYALS PUNTED THIS SEASON IN PROTEST OF THE MLB APP BEING SHIT

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u/ohemperigee Seattle Mariners Aug 21 '26

MARINER.

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u/GroovinChip Baltimore Orioles Aug 21 '26

ORIOLE

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u/lt_dt Aug 21 '26

TAYLOR WARD?

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u/Val_Killsmore Mexico • Minnesota Twins Aug 21 '26

I'M RON BURGUNDY?

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u/MaineSoxGuy93 Boston Red Sox Aug 21 '26

GO FUCK YOURSELF SAN DIEGO

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u/Affectionate-Gap905 Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

WE LOST GAUSMAN

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u/vinyljello Chicago Cubs Aug 21 '26

WE LOST WITH GAUSMAN

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '26

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u/Bladestorm01 Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

LOOK WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO OUR BOY!!

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u/Separate-Worker-6412 Seattle Mariners • Mariner Moose Aug 21 '26

JERRY DIPOTO CALLED UP THE GREATEST GENERATIONAL TALENT WE HAVE TO MAKE HIS MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT AGAINST THE TEAM WITH THE BEST OPS AGAINST LEFTIES IN THE LEAGUE I MEAN CMON WTF

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u/Ill-Weather-6383 Seattle Mariners • Dumpster Fire Aug 21 '26

THE HARDEST ROAD

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u/Fabulous-Net96 Los Angeles Dodgers Aug 21 '26

WE HAVE KYLE TUCKER

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u/PewpyDewpdyPantz Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

CONGRATULATIONS. SO HAPPY YOU GUYS ENDED UP WITH HIM.

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u/Ok-Depth-5144 Colorado Rockies Aug 21 '26

YOU SHOULD HAVE PAID HIM 70 MILLION A YEAR INSTEAD OF 60 MIL

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u/RespecDawn Toronto Blue Jays • Milwaukee Brewers Aug 21 '26

THANK GOD IT'S YOU AND NOT US

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u/bkzwhitestrican New York Yankees Aug 21 '26

FUCKIN RAYS

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u/Intelligent-Title-56 Kansas City Royals Aug 21 '26

FINALLY GET HOT WHEN IT DOESN'T FUCKIN MATTER WHICH ALSO INSPIRES FALSE HOPE FOR NEXT SEASON. FUCK

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u/Edsgnat Los Angeles Dodgers Aug 21 '26

AT LEAST NOW WE KNOW WHY TICKET PRICES AND CONCESSIONS ARE SO DAMN EXPENSIVE. EVERY TICKET AND BEER AND DODGER DOG SALE GOES IMMEDIATELY TO PAYING AN INSURANCE CLAIM

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u/MapToTheStarsEddie Baltimore Orioles Aug 21 '26

THEY TRADED MY FAVORITE PLAYER AND I KNOW IT WAS THE RIGHT MOVE BUT I HATE EVERYTHING

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u/tinathefatlardgosh Athletics Aug 21 '26

I DECIDED TO ROOT FOR ANOTHER TEAM THIS YEAR AND THEY SUCK SHIT TOO.

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u/RespecDawn Toronto Blue Jays • Milwaukee Brewers Aug 21 '26

MAYBE ITS YOU

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u/Ill-Weather-6383 Seattle Mariners • Dumpster Fire Aug 21 '26

I REALLY HOPE IT WASN'T US BECAUSE I'M SORRY IF IT WAS

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u/FREE-ROSCOE-FILBURN Boston Red Sox Aug 21 '26

WE HAVEN’T REMOVED CHAD TRACY’S INTERIM TAG YET

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u/laker_padres619 San Diego Padres • Los Angeles Angels Aug 21 '26

HOW DID WE LOSE A SERIES TO THE METS?!!!

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u/dukefett San Diego Padres Aug 21 '26

WE GOT THROWN OUT AT THE PLATE THREE TIME IN TWO GODDAMN INNINGS!!! UNBELIEVABLE!

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u/girlypopsam Cleveland Guardians Aug 21 '26

cries in swept by the METS

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u/fickle_tartan Chicago Cubs Aug 21 '26

PLEASE SPEAK UP

ALSO IF YOU WANT THE ASTERISKS TO ACTUALLY SHOW INSTEAD OF TURNING THE TEXT ITALIC YOU CAN ADD A \ BEFORE EACH OF THE ASTERISKS AND IT WILL CANCEL THE FORMATTING.

*LIKE THIS*

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u/Fun-Series-4091 Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

I DON'T LIKE THE TROP

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u/coolchazine Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

I TRULY DON'T THINK ANY OTHER TEAM UNDERSTANDS THE PSYCHIC DAMAGE THE RAYS HAVE INFLICTED ON THE JAYS OVER THE YEARS. IT'S BAD ENOUGH FACING THEM, BUT FACING THEM AT THE TROP IS ELDRITCH HORROR-LEVEL STUFF.

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u/Correct_Look2988 Chicago Cubs Aug 21 '26

I REBUKE YOU DEVIL RAYS

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u/PandaKOST Aug 21 '26

SCALPERS JACKED UP THE PRICE OF MY TICKETS TO $11!

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u/TheEverbless Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

TEXAS AND MINNESOTA, CHILL THE FUCK OUT

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u/dalishknives Texas Rangers Aug 21 '26

NO WE HAVE TO STOP THE ASTROS

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u/bordomsdeadly Houston Astros Aug 21 '26

WE ARE ALSO DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO STOP THE ASTROS RIGHT NOW TOO

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u/RespecDawn Toronto Blue Jays • Milwaukee Brewers Aug 21 '26

JESUS H CHRIST THAT WAS FUNNY

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u/IllusiveM0nk New York Yankees Aug 21 '26

WE HAVE TO FACE THE JAYS BULLPEN AND THE SKY IS STILL FUCKING BLUE

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u/RespecDawn Toronto Blue Jays • Milwaukee Brewers Aug 21 '26

BULLPEN GAME. GUARANTEED JAYS WIN.

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u/kaptain_carbon Washington Nationals Aug 21 '26

I JUST GOT INTO BASEBALL SERIOUSLY THIS YEAR WHAT THE FUCK EVERYONE CAN WE JUST HAVE GAMES NEXT YEAR IM HAVING FUN DOES THAT NOT MEAN ANYTHING

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u/PewpyDewpdyPantz Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

VLADDY JR ONLY GETS EXTRA BASE HITS IN A-BALL

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u/Whats_Opera_Doc Boston Red Sox Aug 21 '26

MASATAKA YOSHIDA IS OUT WITH A HAMSTRING INJURY, LIKELY FOR THE SEASON

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u/mjd1977 Philadelphia Phillies • Philadelphia Phillies Aug 21 '26

IT IS GOING TO TAKE A DONNIE BASEBALL WORLD SERIES RUN TO AVERT NEXT PHILLIES MANAGER ALEX CORA

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u/kjb76 New York Yankees • New York Heights Aug 21 '26

I THINK THE YANKEES ARE NOT GOING TO WIN ANOTHER WORLD SERIES UNTIL DONNIE BASEBALL GETS A RING.

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u/bolorwithaK Baltimore Orioles Aug 21 '26

This team SHITS THEIR PANTS every time they get to 2 games under .500!

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u/sjc0526 Baltimore Orioles Aug 21 '26

and THE HOME RUN WAS FAIR!

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u/1990Buscemi St. Louis Cardinals Aug 21 '26

I HATE HOW PEOPLE WANT A LOCKOUT. JUST ADMIT YOU HATE BASEBALL AND WANT EVERYONE TO BE DOOMERS LIKE YOU.

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u/RebeeMo Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

I DON'T WANT A LOCKOUT BUT THINGS NEED TO CHANGE IN THIS LEAGUE, AND I DOUBT ANYTHING HAPPENS WITHOUT ONE.

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u/Dacae Milwaukee Brewers Aug 21 '26

I AM SO FUCKING SICK OF THE GODDAMN CUBS WINNING JUST LET US WIN THE DIVISION ALREADY FOR GOODNESS SAKES.

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u/Icehawk59 Chicago Cubs • San Francisco Giants Aug 21 '26

YOU DORKS HAVE HAD THE DIVISION FOR 8 GOD DAMN YEARS, GIVE IT BACK ALREADY

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u/ynsk112 Milwaukee Brewers Aug 21 '26

YOU DONT DESERVE IT

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u/Icehawk59 Chicago Cubs • San Francisco Giants Aug 21 '26

THATS HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE

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u/Coach_T_Truther Pittsburgh Pirates Aug 21 '26

WHAT A HYPOCRITE

WE’VE WAITED FAR LONGER THAN ANYONE ELSE TO WIN THE NL CENTRAL

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u/joka2696 New York Yankees Aug 21 '26

IF BOB SPENT SOME MONEY, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO COMPETE.

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u/Coach_T_Truther Pittsburgh Pirates Aug 21 '26

WE TOTALLY REVAMPED OUR OFFENSE THIS YEAR, AND ACTUALLY ADDED AT THE DEADLINE

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u/TimAllensMatingCall Pittsburgh Pirates Aug 21 '26

BOO HOO

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u/HelloThereMr1 Atlanta Braves Aug 21 '26

OFFENSE? WHAT OFFENSE? GRANT HOLMES CAN HAVE MY CHILDREN THOUGH

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u/StevenMC19 Baltimore Orioles Aug 21 '26

IM FRANKLY TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT THAT FOUL POLE.

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u/WorldlinessTrick11 Seattle Mariners Aug 21 '26

WHEN WILL THE SUFFERING AND HUMILIATION END, WHY HAS GOD CURSED US, WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO ANGER HIM SO.

I RUE THIS TEAM, I RUE THIS TEAM WITH MY ENITE BEING BUT MY SOUL IS ENSARED BY THEM. PULLED BY THE VIOLENT WINDS OF COMPULSION.

BEWARE YE ALL WHO ENTER THE STRAIT OF SEATTLE, FOR THE DREADED MARINERS AWAIT ALL WHO ENTER.

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u/Luskar421 St. Louis Cardinals Aug 21 '26

OUR CALL UP ISNT HITTING 3 HOMERS EVERY GANE

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u/EffectiveCycle Cincinnati Reds Aug 21 '26

HE DIDN’T HIT A HOME RUN AGAINST US ALL WEEK HE’S WASHED

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u/GoOdUsErN_ame Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

THE BASEBALL GODS ARE AGAINST US WE LOSE SOMEONE TO THE IL WHAT FEELS LIKE EVERY OTHER GAME FOR THE MOST ABSOLUTE BS REASONS

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u/anti-math Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

LITERALLY WHAT DO YOU MEAN THREE HAMSTRING INJURIES IN ONE GAME I CAN’T TELL IF THE PROBLEM IS US OR THE TROP BECAUSE ITS BEEN HAPPENING ALL SEASON

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u/snark_maiden Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

GD HAMSTRING INJURIES

AND ERNIE, STREP THROAT? IN SUMMER? AT LEAST HE’S FEELING BETTER

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u/violetsteam Arizona Diamondbacks Aug 21 '26

I DONT KNOW WHATS HAPPENING WITH MY TEAM RIGHT NOW OR IF KETEL MARTE HATES US AND WANTS TO LEAVE.
WE ARE LOSING TOO MUCH AND THE PADRES AND PHILLIES ARE WINNING TOO MUCH.
EVERYTHING IS IMPLODING
AND NO ONE RESPECTS GABRIEL MORENO ENOUGH

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u/pizzaplanet666 Arizona Diamondbacks Aug 21 '26

GABI MORENO IS A SAINT

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u/Naught_A_Bot Houston Astros Aug 21 '26

YORDANS MVP YEAR DIED FOR THIS???

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u/Reasonable_Skill_129 New York Yankees Aug 21 '26

BARRING A TANK JOB, ONE SIDE OF THE AL PLAYOFF BRACKET WILL HAVE THE AL BEAST DOG FIGHT WHILE THE OTHER HAS THE FIGHT FOR 81 WINS

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u/violetsteam Arizona Diamondbacks Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26

THE FACT THAT IF MY TEAM WAS IN THE AL WEST OR CENTRAL WE WOULD BE THE DIVISION LEADER BUT INSTEAD WE ARE FIGHTING TO TOUCH THE LAST WILD CARD SPOT IS VERY FRUSTRATING INDEED.
EDIT: I DONT KNOW MY CARDINAL DIRECTION APPARENTLY

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u/scottborasismyagent Los Angeles Dodgers • MLB Players Association Aug 21 '26

THE ANGELS DIDN'T WANNA SPEND 2.5M MORE ON KADE ANDERSON YET SPENT 245M ON THIS HOLLYWOOD LIFESTYLE GUY

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u/MyDadLeftMeAtArbys Chicago Cubs Aug 21 '26

WHY DO WE KEEP SENDING THE ASS MAN DOWN; FUCKING START THE MAN ALREADY

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u/sagwithcapmoon Toronto Blue Jays • Chicago Cubs Aug 21 '26

THE AL WC RACE IS GONNA BE SO FUCKING STRESSFUL TO WATCH

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u/Coach_T_Truther Pittsburgh Pirates Aug 21 '26

THE MINUTE WE SPEND ANY MONEY ON OFFENSE, SKENES FORGETS HOW TO BE A GOOD PITCHER

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u/where_thefuck_i_am Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

JESÚS CHRIST

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u/Yanks1813 New York Yankees Aug 21 '26

I HATE THAT THE ALE IS A BRACKET OF DEATH IN THE PLAYOFFS BECAUSE WE DON'T RE-SEED. THE 5 OF US ARE IN HELL

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u/yzerman88 Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

Y U NO HIT HOMERUN IN CANADA

https://giphy.com/gifs/Tm7kjiy5mOxJbfNL8W

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u/whoeatscheese Detroit Tigers Aug 21 '26

I WILL GIVE YOU JANSEN IF YOU TELL ME I’M PRETTY

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u/-whats-that-meow- Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

YOU'RE THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN THE CLASS

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u/S-y-m-n Aug 21 '26

FUCK THE CLEVELAND GUARDIANS AND OUR NON-EXISTENT OFFENSE

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u/EarlGrayFancyPants Los Angeles Dodgers Aug 21 '26

DO YOU KNOW AN ATTORNEY

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u/1990Buscemi St. Louis Cardinals Aug 21 '26

MORGAN AND MORGAN IS ALWAYS ADVERTISING.

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u/kirbykickedmydog Chicago Cubs Aug 21 '26

WHEN I DIE, I’D LIKE MY ENTIRE FANTASY BASEBALL TEAM TO BE PALLBEARERS SO THEY CAN COLLECTIVELY LET ME DOWN ONE LAST TIME.

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u/Dremel_Live Arizona Diamondbacks Aug 21 '26

CAN THE KETEL MARTE DRAMA END SO WE CAN GET BACK TO THE INEVITABLE COLLAPSE THAT HAPPENS EVERY TIME WE END UP .500?

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u/JTG523 Baltimore Orioles Aug 21 '26

THE REPLAY REVIEW SYSTEM NEEDS A COMPLETE OVERHAUL TO NOT NEED SUCH A HIGH BURDEN OF PROOF TO OVERTURN 50/50 CALLS BUT NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE UNTIL THE OLD GUARD OF UMPS DIES OFF AND THE UNION LOSES POWER

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u/dsramsey Boston Red Sox • Philadelphia Phillies Aug 21 '26

OKAY WAITING FOR THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE, GOT IT

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u/SpecialAircraft Chicago White Sox Aug 21 '26

WE ARE STUCK ANYWHERE BETWEEN 8 AND 4 GAMES OVER .500 AND REFUSE TO PUT THIS AWFUL DIVISION OUT OF REACH BUT THATS HONESTLY A SMALL COMPLAINT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS

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u/randomguy5to8 Kansas City Royals Aug 21 '26

WE CAN'T PLAY THE ATHLETICS EVERY DAY

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u/Grandmaster2021 Los Angeles Angels Aug 21 '26

WHY ARE WE WINNING MULTIPLE SERIES NOW?

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u/Howtothnkofusername San Francisco Giants Aug 21 '26

WE ARE STILL EMBARRASSING

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u/wigglethetail Chicago Cubs Aug 21 '26

MARINERS ARE NO HELP AGAINST THE BREWERS AND THEN THEY CALL UP KADE TO FACE US?! WHY DO YOU HATE US?!

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u/nextlevelham Cleveland Guardians Aug 21 '26

MY BASEBALL TEAM HAS NOT WON TWO SERIES IN A ROW SINCE MAY 24TH (HOLY SHIT) AND HAS NOT WON TWO GAMES IN A ROW SINCE JULY 21ST. SOMEHOW WE ARE IN A WILD CARD RACE. THE AL IS DOGSHIT.

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u/Stressed-Dingo Boston Red Sox Aug 21 '26

CURTIS MEAD FRACTURED HIS WRIST IN HIS SECOND AB

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u/drsausage2 Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

VLADDY COULDN'T SMOOTH A SILK SHEET IF HE HAD A HOT DATE WITH A BA-

I lost my train of thought...

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u/UsErNaMeS_aR_DuMb Major League Baseball Aug 21 '26

I STOPPED BEING AN ORIOLES FAN BECAUSE THEY TRADED RUTSCHMAN TO THE FUCKING RED SOX, BUT AT LEAST IM NOT MISSING TOO MUCH.

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u/SnarkyNino Cleveland Guardians Aug 21 '26

THE GUARDIANS HAVE 9 GAMES IN A ROW AGAINST THE WORST TEAMS IN BASEBALL AND I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO GO 5-4 SO I'M PREEMPTIVELY COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR MEDIOCRITY

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u/WhatsupDoc35 Major League Baseball Aug 21 '26

THE RANGERS ONLY WIN WHEN THEY ARE BELOW .500!

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u/Temporary-Ad9615 San Francisco Giants Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26

OUR TEAM CONSISTS OF GUYS YOU PUT IN THE THIRD GAME OF SPRING TRAINING WHEN DOWN BY 9

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u/RadicalRectangle Colorado Rockies • Chicago White Sox Aug 21 '26

MY TEAM IS ON A CRASH COURSE FOR A 4TH 100 LOSS SEASON IN A ROW AND I DONT KNOW IF I CAN TAKE IT

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u/UnitedLink4545 Aug 21 '26

WHAT HAPPENED TO BIG DUMPER? NEXT TIME JUST SHAKE HANDS.

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u/Spiritual_Ad337 Los Angeles Dodgers Aug 21 '26

MY OWNER DID SOME FRAUD

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u/DeusMach1na Detroit Tigers Aug 21 '26

THE DOOMERS ALWAYS RIGHT I GUESS

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u/PutStreet Washington Nationals Aug 21 '26

WHY ARE WE SUDDENLY SO TERRIBLE ON THE ROAD?

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u/09f3jns Seattle Mariners Aug 21 '26

!!!

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u/evancomposer Milwaukee Brewers Aug 21 '26

I HATE THAT WE HAVE TO PLAY THE BRAVES NOW. SAVE US, KADE ANDERSON

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u/blue_collared Chicago White Sox Aug 21 '26

WE HAVE A 3 MAN ROTATION

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u/Kuchar1992 Boston Red Sox Aug 21 '26

CHEER RAFFY DEVERS DURING FIRST AT BAT, BOO HIM THE REST OF THE GAME

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u/rob_blacks_mustache Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

GEORGE LOMBARD JR KILLED MY VALDITO! I SWEAR HE WAS ABOUT TO HIT A HOMERUN AT HOME SMH

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u/SirCC_ Pittsburgh Pirates Aug 21 '26

WHY IS PAUL SKENES THROWING 95 MPH MEATBALLS AND PROMOTING SHEETZ “GLIZZIES” INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY WINNING GAMES? WHY IS DON KELLY OBLIVIOUS TO HOW BAD THIS TEAM IS MISMANAGED? ARE WE GOING TO DIE AGAINST THE DODGERS TONIGHT?

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u/Signal_Quarter_74 Kansas City Royals • Milwaukee Brewers Aug 21 '26

WHY DOESN’T SHEETZ BRING THEM GLIZZIES TO MO-KAN OR WISCONSIN!? I HAVE BEEN CRAVING SHEETZ AND/OR WAWA SINCE MY INTERNSHIPS IN PENNSYLVANIA ENDED (YEA I SAID IT, I LOVE BOTH OF THEM. IN READING THEY WOULD LITERALLY BE ACROSS THE STREET FROM EACH OTHER)

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u/LilDebbo Boston Red Sox Aug 21 '26

I CANT TELL IF WERE BACK OR NOT BECAUSE WE KEEP REVERTING TO MAY FORM AND THEN THE NEXT DAY PULLING OFF ONE OF THE GREATEST WINS IVE EVER SEEN. WHAT THE FUCK BOYS MY HEART CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH

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u/Semper-Fido Cincinnati Reds • Louisville Bats Aug 21 '26

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!

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u/Objective-Housing501 Detroit Tigers Aug 21 '26

WHY DOES EVERY SINGLE DAMN RELIEVER IN BASEBALL FORGET HOW TO PITCH AS SOON AS HE PUTS ON THE OLD ENGLISH D?

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u/buckfutten Chicago Cubs Aug 21 '26

THE IL IS HOGGIN ALL THE PITCHERS!

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u/futureformerteacher Seattle Mariners Aug 21 '26

I am a Seattle Mariners fan

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u/HellMuttz Seattle Mariners • Sell Aug 21 '26

YEAH

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u/Illustrious_Trash841 New York Yankees Aug 21 '26

I WISH THE 5 STARTING PITCHERS WOULD BE ALL HEALTHY AT THE SAME TIME

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u/unrelated_yo Aug 21 '26

ITS NOT SO MUCH THE HEAT AS IT IS THE HUMIDITY 

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u/h3shf3sh Detroit Tigers • West Michig… Aug 21 '26

28 BLOWN SAVES.

26 SAVES.

OUR BULLPEN IS MORE LIKELY TO BLOW A SAVE THAN MAKE A SAVE.

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u/pincurlsandcutegirls Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

WE WERE BORN WITH GLASS BONES AND PAPER SKIN. EVERY MORNING, WE BREAK OUR LEGS, AND EVERY AFTERNOON, WE BREAK OUR ARMS. AT NIGHT, WE LIE AWAKE IN AGONY UNTIL OUR HEART ATTACKS PUT US TO SLEEP.

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u/parrenmitchellfan Baltimore Orioles Aug 21 '26

I CANT BE HAPPY WHEN WE’RE ONLY TWO GAMES BELOW .500 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MEANS WE’RE GOING TO LOSE THE NEXT 10

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u/Bladestorm01 Toronto Blue Jays Aug 21 '26

THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS ON THE IL IS TOO DAMM HIGH

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u/Aggravating_Part8610 San Francisco Giants Aug 21 '26

F the Dodgers

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u/sagwithcapmoon Toronto Blue Jays • Chicago Cubs Aug 21 '26

SAY IT AGAIN BUT SCREAM FOR PEOPLE IN THE BACK

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u/ionboii Los Angeles Dodgers Aug 21 '26

YOU CANT BE A GIANTS FAN AND WHISPER THAT. I NEED A LITTLE MORE PASSION THAN THAT SON

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u/mgoooooo Los Angeles Dodgers Aug 21 '26

I DON’T THINK YOU MEAN IT

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u/GameBroJeremy Detroit Tigers Aug 21 '26

BE LOUD AND PROUD

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u/FlipNoLonger Aug 21 '26

This year's pirates team gave me hope, dashed it, and is working towards giving me hope again.

It's genuinely sad to think about what this team would look like with a healthy Konnor Griffin and last year's Paul Skenes.

Sad.

Here come the dodgers to either bury my team for good or give me a jolt of unwarranted hope

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u/pizzaplanet666 Arizona Diamondbacks Aug 21 '26

CANT HEAR YOU

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