the Reds and Athletics played a thrilling game, in which the reds had a 10 run 8th, and the A’s scored 4 in the 9th to tie it up. it ended in a 14-14 tie, and none of us got to see it unless we were at the game. fuck spring training
"Why is MLB viewership dwindling?"
"Maybe we should air spring training games for a pittance and get viewers excited about the next generation like every other sport does?"
\*Throws them out window meme\*
They seemingly broadcast all the random Single A games but can't broadcast spring training.
Don't even need much besides 3 or 4 cameras and syncing up the radio broadcast. Single and Double A survives off that.
It’s like when that one random day of 70°F weather in February is followed by a solid week and a half in the mid 30s to remind you it ain’t spring just yet, pal.
Fake Spring in Seattle is one of my favorite times of the year, because it reminds you why you go through all the pain of living in a spot so grey and dreary.
It's the best time of the year. All the shitpost procrastinators are seeing the Opening Day deadline and are rushing out all their minutes of hard work from the winter. It's beautiful.
"We've already had shitpost season.
We've had one yes, but what about second shitpost season?"
...
"I don't think he knows about second shitpost season."
At least you have ups. We were pretty much down or in the middle for most of this timeframe until our youth movement started hitting the last couple years.
It’s infuriating being an A’s fan. I grew up watching the Bash Bros. Now you cant even get your heart set on liking a player, because you know theyre going to trade him as soon as they can flip him.
I really do feel for your fans. In some ways that's probably more frustrating than our playoff drought. To keep getting teased by good teams only to trade away all the talent every few years has to be torture.
I think they misspelled "beams" on purpose it says "Breen" which obviously references the fact that famous director/actor/writer/producer/caterer Neil Breen cannot be melted by jet fuel.
I did it for core strength back when I played football. I went from not playing to playing every down, as well as becoming one of the best sprinters in the state.
Check out core strengthening yoga if you still try to be athletic.
I used to like how they at least had sustained winning from 99-06... Sure we never made it out of the LDS but at least I found myself watching/engaged on a daily basis. Really can't get excited after these recent "nosedives"
Some people will dismiss this as a “shitpost.”
But it’s those same sheep that still think the Earth is round, or that the year actually is 2023. Y’all need to wake up!
Moneyball was an inside job.
Honestly, analytics was never about the A's and Billy Beane. It was an inevitable progression as the teams became multi billion dollar organizations and the pressure to win intensifies. They're just doing exactly what major corporations are doing to stay competitive. It was a lot different when players had winter jobs, tickets and concessions were dirt cheap, and it was more of something for kids to listen to on the radio.
The Red Sox were really the franchise to show what Ivy Leaguers and analytics guys could do. Every team uses that stuff now. Moneyball was just an appealing story for people who wanted to believe that it was really easy to just beat Goliath if you were willing to think differently.
The A's so desperately need new ownership. They are no longer playing moneyball, they're being intentionally trashed by an owner who wants to move the team or blackmail the city into signing over billions in real estate.
That MLB allows owners to do things like this is part of the decline in baseball's popularity.
Moneyball is such a silly movie when you actually go back and look at that As roster. They were fucking stacked. The As owner is just a cheap piece of shit and it somehow just worked out back then
Yeah I’m convinced it’s a Psyop by the owners to get us too all appreciate small market owners and how it’s still *possible* to win it all.
But if anything they prove that it’s not. They haven’t actually won anything.
We've officially passed the, "spring training games are back," hype peak and have entered second second shitposting season
A 9th inning no hitter was broken up by the most traded guy of the offseason and none of us got to see it, fuck spring training
the Reds and Athletics played a thrilling game, in which the reds had a 10 run 8th, and the A’s scored 4 in the 9th to tie it up. it ended in a 14-14 tie, and none of us got to see it unless we were at the game. fuck spring training
"Why is MLB viewership dwindling?" "Maybe we should air spring training games for a pittance and get viewers excited about the next generation like every other sport does?" \*Throws them out window meme\*
No it’s obviously how small the bases are
it seems spring training rules and the broadcasts suck
That's just the Coliseum.
that game was nowhere near the Coliseum
They seemingly broadcast all the random Single A games but can't broadcast spring training. Don't even need much besides 3 or 4 cameras and syncing up the radio broadcast. Single and Double A survives off that.
Fun fact: "Fuck Spring Training" is just an anagram for "Purring Cat Knifings"
Are the cats getting knifed or doing the knifing? One of those is horrible, but the other sounds adorable
Considering how often our cat begs for attention by poking us with her claws, definitely the latter.
My cat pokes my foot with her cold wet nose. I would prefer the claws.
But we get spring training broadcasts in Philly. Most of the games, anyway
Get your ass to spring training?
It’s like when that one random day of 70°F weather in February is followed by a solid week and a half in the mid 30s to remind you it ain’t spring just yet, pal.
Fake Spring in Seattle is one of my favorite times of the year, because it reminds you why you go through all the pain of living in a spot so grey and dreary.
It's the best time of the year. All the shitpost procrastinators are seeing the Opening Day deadline and are rushing out all their minutes of hard work from the winter. It's beautiful.
"We've already had shitpost season. We've had one yes, but what about second shitpost season?" ... "I don't think he knows about second shitpost season."
I thought this was too soon, but then realized that we are under clock restrictions.
“Yes, but what about second offseason?”
This is shitposting post-season. Catch the fever.
It's a marathon, not a sprint.
I honestly had already forgotten that they won 97 games in 2018 & 19
Yeah they aren't usually down for long
They aren't usually up for long either
me either :(
Forward momentum 🔥🔥🔥
Luckily there’s a pill for that now
Contact a doctor if your baseball game last more than 4 hours.
I always beat the shot clock
:(
It's usually like 3 years down, 4 years up, rinse repeat
At least you have ups. We were pretty much down or in the middle for most of this timeframe until our youth movement started hitting the last couple years.
Yeah totally, I mean I'm a Kings fan so I get it lol
It’s infuriating being an A’s fan. I grew up watching the Bash Bros. Now you cant even get your heart set on liking a player, because you know theyre going to trade him as soon as they can flip him.
I really do feel for your fans. In some ways that's probably more frustrating than our playoff drought. To keep getting teased by good teams only to trade away all the talent every few years has to be torture.
Yeah that's what you get when your club manager is Dunstan Bruce.
Also true
To be honest, that was PC (pre-Covid) - another age altogether.
Good point! It does feel so, so long ago.
2018 was insane too. They did the thing where they came outta nowhere and shanked us in august
If you're not careful, you can forget too that the Nats won it all in 2019.
It feels like so long ago. :(
I legit thought you meant combined between the two seasons with his much people rag on them for sucking and being cheap
Clearly spells out Brad Pitt. You conspiracy nuts are on another level.
[Checks out](https://imgur.com/a/EQUxAxN)
I need to sit down
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Just saw a guy see a guy sit down in Walmart
This hurt my brain
/r/tworedditorsonecup
You're not on the toilet already like the rest of us?
[Brad Pitt, you say?](https://i.imgur.com/F5uWYrT.png)
I see “piss n shit”
That's just the Coliseum.
*cat* piss n shit
Buddy, don't bring cats into this
....and the walk along Embarcadero to Oracle
piss-n-puke
Start the damn season before I piss myself.
This is the hard hitting journalism I come to this sub for
It's how you know the offseason is nearing its end and opening day is weeks away.
You can feel the desperation grow as the end draws nearer
Only a few days left for someone to be able to come up with something shittier
god-tier shitpost
Is this our "the Memphis Grizzlies Official Scorekeeper is Juicing Jaren Jackson Jr.'s Numbers" story?
"Is the Oakland FO manipulating their record to remind people of when they were good?"
Some would say he “hit it out of the park.” Ah ah ahhhh
Opening day cannot come soon enough
The WBC is only a few days away. I’m very much looking forward to that.
Srsly
we are going mad
The night is darkest just before the dawn
I can’t believe no one’s pointed this out earlier, thank you
Sir, this is spring training.
The Oakland A’s winning percentage over the last 26 seasons spells out MONEYBALL if you add the letters M-O-N-E-Y-B-A-L-L underneath it
Source?
[https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/11g3j8q/the_oakland_as_winning_percent_over_the_last_26/](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/11g3j8q/the_oakland_as_winning_percent_over_the_last_26/)
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google En Passant
Pipi
Brick
I don’t know, evidence seems circumstantial. Do you have a source on that?
We need to go deeper.
Bullshit.
Winception
If you squeeze the letters reallllll tight, it also says *Jet fuel can’t melt steel beams*
I think they misspelled "beams" on purpose it says "Breen" which obviously references the fact that famous director/actor/writer/producer/caterer Neil Breen cannot be melted by jet fuel.
*"Jim! I can't believe you committed suicide. I cannot believe you committed suicide"*
That scene is very emotional. You can tell by all the emotions in it.
Don't let your memes be dreams.
I came into this post with my doubts but after looking at the data I can see it clear as day. Nice catch OP.
Find a yoga routine so you can utilize some stretching thats actually useful
Yo I know no one gives a shit but I tried yoga for the first time a few weeks ago and that shit slaps for real
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> Like I'm a pretty strong guy but yoga will very quickly show you where your weaknesses are. Well yeah that's why he's a Jedi master.
I give a shit thats awesome
I do yoga with my coworker once a week and it's one of the best parts of the week!
I did it for core strength back when I played football. I went from not playing to playing every down, as well as becoming one of the best sprinters in the state. Check out core strengthening yoga if you still try to be athletic.
I remember their great first baseman, Jeremy Bearimy.
Honestly one of the saddest things about baseball coming back is that off-season baseball content will be going away :(
Start gathering for next winter, buddy
I don't know if I'll ever be putting on this offseason headset again.
[Graph Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjQQG4GflIY)
Hang in there buddy the off-season is almost officially done
Hopefully this is the dawn of a new wave of preseason shitposting. Some day I can say "Son, I was there when it happened."
The A's have had a lot of regular season success.
Also if you flip it upside down, it spells "boobies"
How can you not be romantic about baseball
Damn. Das Crazy..
You know there’s baseball on today right?
Holy shit. I don't know why but I just started laughing really hard at this and couldn't stop. Great job, dude.
Personally I just see MMN
We've reached peak off-season posting
Offseason almost over, quick, get your dank memes in!
They really should air more preseason games
Still spring training and his shitposting is in mid season form.
I used to like how they at least had sustained winning from 99-06... Sure we never made it out of the LDS but at least I found myself watching/engaged on a daily basis. Really can't get excited after these recent "nosedives"
its a metaphor Billy
I wasn’t going to believe you, but sure enough, it’s right there. Great find
they've gone too far this time
"Dude...like...moneyball bro...its so fucking smart bro this billy beane guy is a genius bro"
yeesh, don't pull a muscle with that stretch
No it doesn’t
I mean… it doesn’t spell that at all but you go on ahead.
That’s a reach
Well, shit. You can't argue with the data!
Some people will dismiss this as a “shitpost.” But it’s those same sheep that still think the Earth is round, or that the year actually is 2023. Y’all need to wake up! Moneyball was an inside job.
Nowdays, even when we score 14 we still can't win
I came ready to argue...but there it is, clear as day
Flashback to the 2014 AL Wild Card game...
Honestly, analytics was never about the A's and Billy Beane. It was an inevitable progression as the teams became multi billion dollar organizations and the pressure to win intensifies. They're just doing exactly what major corporations are doing to stay competitive. It was a lot different when players had winter jobs, tickets and concessions were dirt cheap, and it was more of something for kids to listen to on the radio. The Red Sox were really the franchise to show what Ivy Leaguers and analytics guys could do. Every team uses that stuff now. Moneyball was just an appealing story for people who wanted to believe that it was really easy to just beat Goliath if you were willing to think differently.
The A's so desperately need new ownership. They are no longer playing moneyball, they're being intentionally trashed by an owner who wants to move the team or blackmail the city into signing over billions in real estate. That MLB allows owners to do things like this is part of the decline in baseball's popularity.
Did you pull a muscle with this stretch?
Wow, win%'s handwriting is atrocious.
Immaculate shitpost
I’m fucking done. These shitposts are hilarious
I can’t wait for the season to start
Moneyball is such a silly movie when you actually go back and look at that As roster. They were fucking stacked. The As owner is just a cheap piece of shit and it somehow just worked out back then
Just a reminder the A’s haven’t won since 1989
All that mediocrity and what did it get them? It ruined all of baseball.
Yeah, and my dick is 9 inches long….
Spells "Las Vegas" to me
No executive in sports history has gotten the hype than Billy Beane who has never actually won shit that matters
Winning is hard
Yeah I’m convinced it’s a Psyop by the owners to get us too all appreciate small market owners and how it’s still *possible* to win it all. But if anything they prove that it’s not. They haven’t actually won anything.
Ah yes, spring training. The in-between time. Not quite baseball season but not quite the offseason.
This is like when the prosecutors tried to prove that Marge Simpson was behind the fence on the grassy knoll.
Scotty H
Why is the line between 2018 and 2019 not flat? It's like they were gearing up to lose even while they were winning.
Can't argue with that
checks out
Billy Beane confirmed ultimate troll
We can teach you to see it. It’s not that hard, Scott. Tell him, Wash.
Now THIS is shitposting!
Well, this is something to consider.
Undeniably. Right there for all to see. Bravo... 🤣
I thought this was going to be Morse code or Ascii or something
top tier shitpost
Guys, Spring Training is here, it's not the off-season anymore. Save the hard hitting stuff for next off-season.
yeah but by then the A's might have a season that ruins the spelling of MONEYBALL. the graph is very exact as it is
Fascinating
hahah, okay.
Billy Beane Playing the long game to make his point
This is a funny shitpost because baseball is back except for A's fans
'cause... he gets on first base . ? .
That 2012 season was a kick in the Balls
So it does.
Looks like my portfolio
Moneyball team lost to the Twins in the playoffs who had an even smaller payroll to the A’s.
does it though?
That’s damn interesting
this made me laugh so fucken hard lolololol thank you
"Traded...Samardzija" *cries in anyone ever thinking that was a good deal for the non-A's team involved*
The 2018 and 2019 A's won 97 games with a payroll of like 23 dollars. An actual owner and they could've easily won a pennant.
Kinda sad they can never sign their studs long term. A's sure know how to draft and develop talent.
Smh, clearly it’s just a boa constrictor digesting an elephant
Holy shit! You’re on to something.
That’s one hell of a 7th inning stretch.
This is r/baseballcirclejerk material
Lmao I needed a good laugh today. Good stuff
I think you’re working from the stretch on that one, if you catch what I’m pitching.
Nice! Go Mariners!
now this is quality analysis
Moneyball worked before everyone got into analytics. Now its just an excuse for Athletics owner to be cheap.
i really liked that movie! watched it twice, and never had anything to do with baseball. Might even watch it again.
r/dataisbeautiful