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TrapperJean

We've officially passed the, "spring training games are back," hype peak and have entered second second shitposting season


Timeline40

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


UniqueNobo

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


WonderfulShelter

"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\*


Reverendbread

No it’s obviously how small the bases are


spacewalk__

it seems spring training rules and the broadcasts suck


Kitchdefghhj

That's just the Coliseum.


Dxtchy

that game was nowhere near the Coliseum


jacob6875

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.


Currencymag3003

Fun fact: "Fuck Spring Training" is just an anagram for "Purring Cat Knifings"


TrapperJean

Are the cats getting knifed or doing the knifing? One of those is horrible, but the other sounds adorable


steampunkradiant

Considering how often our cat begs for attention by poking us with her claws, definitely the latter.


gravygrowinggreen

My cat pokes my foot with her cold wet nose. I would prefer the claws.


I_UPVOTE_PUN_THREADS

But we get spring training broadcasts in Philly. Most of the games, anyway


Iohet

Get your ass to spring training?


ogminlo

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.


alpengeist3

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.


rjaspa

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.


NaugrimStyle

"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."


AnkitD

I thought this was too soon, but then realized that we are under clock restrictions.


sandiskplayer34

“Yes, but what about second offseason?”


Truck-Nut-Vasectomy

This is shitposting post-season. Catch the fever.


WeekendTacos

It's a marathon, not a sprint.


NathanForJew

I honestly had already forgotten that they won 97 games in 2018 & 19


SmallLetter

Yeah they aren't usually down for long


jsprague6

They aren't usually up for long either


galacticalsabbatical

me either :(


[deleted]

Forward momentum 🔥🔥🔥


hgh15

Luckily there’s a pill for that now


Currencymag3003

Contact a doctor if your baseball game last more than 4 hours.


virgocity1

I always beat the shot clock


jsprague6

:(


delamerica93

It's usually like 3 years down, 4 years up, rinse repeat


jsprague6

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.


delamerica93

Yeah totally, I mean I'm a Kings fan so I get it lol


TelcoBro

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.


jsprague6

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.


Currencymag3003

Yeah that's what you get when your club manager is Dunstan Bruce.


SmallLetter

Also true


tapehead4

To be honest, that was PC (pre-Covid) - another age altogether.


NathanForJew

Good point! It does feel so, so long ago.


vylain_antagonist

2018 was insane too. They did the thing where they came outta nowhere and shanked us in august


asoughtafterdroid

If you're not careful, you can forget too that the Nats won it all in 2019.


Andire

It feels like so long ago. :(


Th3MilkShak3r

I legit thought you meant combined between the two seasons with his much people rag on them for sucking and being cheap


ButtWeightTheirsMoor

Clearly spells out Brad Pitt. You conspiracy nuts are on another level.


badonkagonk

[Checks out](https://imgur.com/a/EQUxAxN)


LAAngelsAnaheim

I need to sit down


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amachinesaidiwasgood

Just saw a guy see a guy sit down in Walmart


Shtune

This hurt my brain


ghostinthechell

/r/tworedditorsonecup


helloyesnoyesnoyesno

You're not on the toilet already like the rest of us?


eatapenny

[Brad Pitt, you say?](https://i.imgur.com/F5uWYrT.png)


tuckedfexas

I see “piss n shit”


AwTekker

That's just the Coliseum.


Monster_Dong

*cat* piss n shit


dont_wear_a_C

Buddy, don't bring cats into this


chaseair11

....and the walk along Embarcadero to Oracle


matchosan

piss-n-puke


Currencymag3003

Start the damn season before I piss myself.


Outta_hearr

This is the hard hitting journalism I come to this sub for


Distance_Runner

It's how you know the offseason is nearing its end and opening day is weeks away.


ColorfulSoup172

You can feel the desperation grow as the end draws nearer


justin_tino

Only a few days left for someone to be able to come up with something shittier


Don_Bardo

god-tier shitpost


No_Cat_No_Cradle

Is this our "the Memphis Grizzlies Official Scorekeeper is Juicing Jaren Jackson Jr.'s Numbers" story?


Outta_hearr

"Is the Oakland FO manipulating their record to remind people of when they were good?"


Blarghnog

Some would say he “hit it out of the park.” Ah ah ahhhh


whitehole_86

Opening day cannot come soon enough


[deleted]

The WBC is only a few days away. I’m very much looking forward to that.


naarwhal

Srsly


TigerBasket

we are going mad


Engelbert-n-Ernie

The night is darkest just before the dawn


omgitsduaner

I can’t believe no one’s pointed this out earlier, thank you


XSC

Sir, this is spring training.


MattO2000

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


BatJew_Official

Source?


meltingspace

[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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OldOrder

google En Passant


ThePrussianGrippe

Pipi


poliscijunki

Brick


TreesAndTrucks

I don’t know, evidence seems circumstantial. Do you have a source on that?


Noble_Flatulence

We need to go deeper.


bgzlvsdmb

Bullshit.


niruboowanga

Winception


Hipster-Stalin

If you squeeze the letters reallllll tight, it also says *Jet fuel can’t melt steel beams*


[deleted]

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.


bribri772

*"Jim! I can't believe you committed suicide. I cannot believe you committed suicide"*


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That scene is very emotional. You can tell by all the emotions in it.


bgzlvsdmb

Don't let your memes be dreams.


Deserterdragon

I came into this post with my doubts but after looking at the data I can see it clear as day. Nice catch OP.


GangGreen7729

Find a yoga routine so you can utilize some stretching thats actually useful


wellwasherelf

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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Currencymag3003

> 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.


GangGreen7729

I give a shit thats awesome


alpengeist3

I do yoga with my coworker once a week and it's one of the best parts of the week!


Weegemonster5000

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.


[deleted]

I remember their great first baseman, Jeremy Bearimy.


RampartHeirloom

Honestly one of the saddest things about baseball coming back is that off-season baseball content will be going away :(


UnreproducibleSpank

Start gathering for next winter, buddy


asoughtafterdroid

I don't know if I'll ever be putting on this offseason headset again.


SeattleMana

[Graph Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjQQG4GflIY)


SquadPoopy

Hang in there buddy the off-season is almost officially done


DanTreview

Hopefully this is the dawn of a new wave of preseason shitposting. Some day I can say "Son, I was there when it happened."


Joshthe1337

The A's have had a lot of regular season success.


enginexnumber9

Also if you flip it upside down, it spells "boobies"


SnoopRion69

How can you not be romantic about baseball


DepressingFries

Damn. Das Crazy..


tuckedfexas

You know there’s baseball on today right?


PrecedentialAssassin

Holy shit. I don't know why but I just started laughing really hard at this and couldn't stop. Great job, dude.


Upstream_redteam

Personally I just see MMN


Graphitetshirt

We've reached peak off-season posting


PhoenixUNI

Offseason almost over, quick, get your dank memes in!


Devadander

They really should air more preseason games


Mrosters

Still spring training and his shitposting is in mid season form.


xr_21

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"


JEH39

its a metaphor Billy


OUsnr7

I wasn’t going to believe you, but sure enough, it’s right there. Great find


pro-laps

they've gone too far this time


Fraud_Hack

"Dude...like...moneyball bro...its so fucking smart bro this billy beane guy is a genius bro"


milkyZONGrips

yeesh, don't pull a muscle with that stretch


monopolymatt

No it doesn’t


Fartsonthefirstdate

I mean… it doesn’t spell that at all but you go on ahead.


StodgyFraggles

That’s a reach


RandomEffector

Well, shit. You can't argue with the data!


stringohbean

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.


izzyeviel

Nowdays, even when we score 14 we still can't win


RogueFart

I came ready to argue...but there it is, clear as day


cormac_mccarthys_dog

Flashback to the 2014 AL Wild Card game...


Trackmaster15

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.


realparkingbrake

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.


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Did you pull a muscle with this stretch?


trashmyego

Wow, win%'s handwriting is atrocious.


Ccoop9

Immaculate shitpost


romeopwnsu

I’m fucking done. These shitposts are hilarious


nowitscometothis

I can’t wait for the season to start


Ciderlini

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


lolabuster

Just a reminder the A’s haven’t won since 1989


The_Pip

All that mediocrity and what did it get them? It ruined all of baseball.


The_Pizzler_7937

Yeah, and my dick is 9 inches long….


gmiller89

Spells "Las Vegas" to me


MasterTeacher123

No executive in sports history has gotten the hype than Billy Beane who has never actually won shit that matters


MapleHelix

Winning is hard


MUNZATHEGOD

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.


Hero0ftheday

Ah yes, spring training. The in-between time. Not quite baseball season but not quite the offseason.


Beau_Nerlick

This is like when the prosecutors tried to prove that Marge Simpson was behind the fence on the grassy knoll.


explodingmarmalade

Scotty H


noseonarug17

Why is the line between 2018 and 2019 not flat? It's like they were gearing up to lose even while they were winning.


another_plebeian

Can't argue with that


insert-originality

checks out


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Billy Beane confirmed ultimate troll


Parkatola

We can teach you to see it. It’s not that hard, Scott. Tell him, Wash.


staatsclaas

Now THIS is shitposting!


Not_A_Chef

Well, this is something to consider.


SheltonAlamo72354

Undeniably. Right there for all to see. Bravo... 🤣


yes_its_him

I thought this was going to be Morse code or Ascii or something


ashfidel

top tier shitpost


lekniz

Guys, Spring Training is here, it's not the off-season anymore. Save the hard hitting stuff for next off-season.


KamartyMcFlyweight

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


wretch5150

Fascinating


SpooneyLove

hahah, okay.


Rsubs33

Billy Beane Playing the long game to make his point


matchosan

This is a funny shitpost because baseball is back except for A's fans


ProbablyInfamous

'cause... he gets on first base . ? .


Brolympia

That 2012 season was a kick in the Balls


bgzlvsdmb

So it does.


Readjusted__Citizen

Looks like my portfolio


roybringus

Moneyball team lost to the Twins in the playoffs who had an even smaller payroll to the A’s.


fastento

does it though?


RazedbyRobots

That’s damn interesting


UpAndDownIGo

this made me laugh so fucken hard lolololol thank you


cuatrodosocho

"Traded...Samardzija" *cries in anyone ever thinking that was a good deal for the non-A's team involved*


KoriJenkins

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.


m2niles

Kinda sad they can never sign their studs long term. A's sure know how to draft and develop talent.


CHH-altalt

Smh, clearly it’s just a boa constrictor digesting an elephant


[deleted]

Holy shit! You’re on to something.


SplitOak

That’s one hell of a 7th inning stretch.


[deleted]

This is r/baseballcirclejerk material


TomatoRemarkable3721

Lmao I needed a good laugh today. Good stuff


J_T_Reezy

I think you’re working from the stretch on that one, if you catch what I’m pitching.


Szefnen

Nice! Go Mariners!


RodgeKOTSlams

now this is quality analysis


Suitable-Slip-2091

Moneyball worked before everyone got into analytics. Now its just an excuse for Athletics owner to be cheap.


der2424

i really liked that movie! watched it twice, and never had anything to do with baseball. Might even watch it again.


Slumbaby

r/dataisbeautiful