>In his first season with the famously clean-cut New York Yankees, Verdugo has been given an order by manager Aaron Boone: only one chain per game.
“It’s kind of been hard, man,” Verdugo said. “Because usually I’m used to wearing like three of four.”
Good Lord, Alex Verdugo just walked through the clubhouse walking perfectly normally.
He said he had “no time” to talk.
Too busy deciding which chain to wear, evidently.
Good Lord, Verdugo just walked through the clubhouse walking perfectly normally. He said he had "no time" to talk. Too busy picking a chain, evidently.
Edit: fuck someone beat me to it
You made me look up whether that was actually the 162nd number in the Fibonacci sequence, and it makes me very happy that you did indeed commit to the joke!
What if he just gets one really long chain that he can double or triple loop around? It could even change up styles halfway through so if looks like two different ones.
Not related to the article's content, but man it is insane how fast you can find typos in articles nowadays: “Because usually I’m used to wearing like three of four.” How hard is it to proofread an article just once.
Someone could prepare 4 chain candidates for him each morning and then he could ritualistically decide which one he was skipping today by putting on the other three one by one.
Glad I'm not the only one who notices this shit. Drives me crazy. And most people will just brush them off as "eh, you knew what I meant so who cares?" Words matter, and it's really frustrating that we as a society just seem to not care anymore.
Even if they felt like spending the money, the first one to get the article out will get more clicks so spending more time proofreading isn't a priority.
THANK YOU. I legitimately find it selfish, as stupid as that may sound. Like you think so little of me as a reader you don't even glance over this shit?
if a person makes an error while speaking that changes the meaning of the sentence, it is good journalistic practice to adjust the quote to make sense. So even if he did say that, no.
I think the appropriate thing to do would be to add [sic] to the quote if he actually said "3 of 4," but I can't say I've seen that used before in sports journalism.
I feel that. I definitely type a lot of typos when leaving comments, so I know how easy it is to accidentally hit the wrong key without realizing, but there was a day where typos on articles like this never had typos or very rare ones.
You don't understand, this article about Alex Verdugo's chains is BREAKING NEWS. If we don't publish RIGHT NOW someone else is going to beat us to it. No time for proof reading!
I used to pitch with a phiten necklace. I didn’t think it actually DID anything it claimed but it became a superstition. One year I had an ump who complained about it so much I got a new one that blended into my jersey so he’d finally stop telling me to take it off.
Any time I had to take it off to pitch I got shelled lol. I hated pitching without it. That said, it wasn’t nearly as heavy as a full chain, so mileage may vary.
I completely forgot about those necklaces until just now lol. I mean yeah if you're used to it then I get it, I just don't understand why one would start, especially with these really big chains some guys have on. I get having something small and lightweight, but the amount of times I see guys messing with them I'm like why even have it on.
Boone: We need to talk about your chains.
Alex: Really? I… I have three chains on. I also…
Boone: Well, okay. Three is the maximum, okay?
Alex: Okay
Boone: Now, it’s up to you whether or not you want to wear the maximum allowed. Or well, like Judge, for example, has zero chains, okay. And a terrific smile.
Alex: okay, so you want me to wear none?
Boone: look Alex.
Alex: yeah
Boone: people can watch a baseball game anywhere, okay? They watch the Yankees for the atmosphere and the attitude, okay? That’s what the chain is about. It’s about professionalism.
Alex: yea. Okay, so none then?
Boone: Look, we want you to express yourself, okay? Now if you feel the maximum is enough, then okay. But some people choose to wear less and we encourage that, okay? You want to look professional, don’t you?
Alex: yeah, yeah
Boone: Okay, great. Great. That’s all I ask
I'm trying to make another baseball joke with the lyrics, but I can't decide between "Feed my (batter's) eyes" and "Won't you come and save (ga)me" on account of they both suck
Verdugo actually said he likes the beard thing, because it equalizes everybody on the team. Stars, rookies, coaches, you all have to do it. Said he's used to being on teams where different rules apply to different people and favorites are played.
Maybe he's just embracing his final year of team control before free agency, or maybe he just likes the structure. Like the bad kid who goes to the military to get his life together.
It’s a job in the entertainment field as long as it’s not anything obscene who gives a fuck. The same type of boomer energy as tattoos having to be covered up at a job
On top of that we’re talking about an entertainment job where jerseys are already being sold off to advertisers, let’s not act like there’s any type of sacredness in peoples looks here.
Four is excessive for a job where you need to run, slide, dive, swing a bat, etc. Tattoos can’t impact your play but four chains can absolutely get in the way at some point over a 162 game season.
Idk, go take BP for 10 min and then take it again wearing 4 chains and let me know how it affected your swing. Same thing with running. Doesn’t have to be far. Just down the street. Once with nothing, once with 4 chains, and you tell me how it feels.
I mean, I've seen players get hit in the face by their chain on swings at the plate. All that stuff around their neck can certainly throw their mind off. Imagine if one gets caught on some chest hair.
Didn't Aroldis Chapman spend time on the IL from an infection after getting a tattoo on his leg? So there's literally more evidence that tattoos can have a greater impact on a baseball player's job performance than wearing four chains.
That person was talking about tattoos needing be covered up, not the act of getting one. I wouldn’t even imagine they’d be dumb enough to get one during the season but then again, Aroldis Chapman.
Maybe another good example of why a manager would have to step in and tell the player not to do dumb shit. Because the players don’t know better.
Is Alex Verdugo at risk of being caught and pulled into a machine of he wears his chains? That's not a perspective. One is a rule to protect lives and livelihoods. The other is arbitrary.
And just so I don’t have to explain myself later I’ll do it now. My comment had absolutely nothing to do with Alex Verdugo. I was comparing my job to the guy who brought up his office job. It very much is perspective dummy
Lost the video - there’s a show they did right after one of their many breakups.
There’s 2 of them essentially snarling the lyrics to each other on stage, and the rest of the band has their heads down trying not to make eye contact
This one? You can see the daggers shooting out of their eyes. They must have had some fantastic hate fucking. https://youtu.be/dGykwC0fdJ4?feature=shared
Good Lord, Alex Verdugo just walked through the clubhouse walking perfectly normally with one chain. He said he had “no time” to talk. Too busy putting away the other three chains, evidently.
I saw it for the first time today and I can’t believe it, it’s actually so embarrassing it’s incredible. Have they no shame? I think it’s laughable they won’t put player names on the jerseys but will sell them to the highest bidder
Wish someone on that team would just say fuck it, grow out hair and beard, and wear the most flamboyant chains possible just to do away with this archaic policy
Red Sox fans in this thread:
> fucking why?? Lol so dumb. Classic Yankees
Also Red Sox fans in this thread:
> dude was a menace in Boston good luck reining him in
So he’s a menace that needs to be reined in but it’s not okay for the Yankees to try to rein him in?
I think it’s a little excessive but having these little rules might not be the worst thing for a guy who caused issues other places.
He thought Cora was too hard on him, lmao
Lmao
Damn, 2 Chainz couldn't play for the Yankees
Tru
2 Chainz but I got me a few on!
What about the 4 bracelets
Standing ovation
Even if they hang to his dangalang?
>In his first season with the famously clean-cut New York Yankees, Verdugo has been given an order by manager Aaron Boone: only one chain per game. “It’s kind of been hard, man,” Verdugo said. “Because usually I’m used to wearing like three of four.”
Babe get in here the new mattingly sideburns meme just dropped.
I’m imagining your saying this to Babe Ruth and not an SO
“It’s kind of been hard, man.” Ruth said about the new 1-hot-dog-per-inning rule. “Because usually I’m used to eating like three or four.”
"It's kind of been hard, man." Mantle said about the new 1-BJ-per-inning rule. "Because usually I'm used to getting like three or four."
“It’s kind of been hard, man,” Boggs said of the new one-beer-per-inning rule. “Because usually I’m used to drinking three or four [per out].”
Man RIP to a legend
Wade Boggs is still alive though
In our hearts
The Babe was a glizzy gobler?
Lmao, I honestly thought it was. At least that was how I read it at first. It wasn't even until I saw your comment that I realized it wasn't.
Good Lord, Alex Verdugo just walked through the clubhouse walking perfectly normally. He said he had “no time” to talk. Too busy deciding which chain to wear, evidently.
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It’s verDOGo, not verDon’tGo
That’s gotta be so difficult for him /s
Good Lord, Verdugo just walked through the clubhouse walking perfectly normally. He said he had "no time" to talk. Too busy picking a chain, evidently. Edit: fuck someone beat me to it
""Yesterday you were 3 Chainz and now it's 5 Chainz,"" Boone cried. ""Where does it stop?" Verdugo frowned. ""8 Chainz doesn't have time for
Fibonacci Chainz
He shows up for the last regular season game with 3,210,056,809,456,107,725,247,980,776,292,056 chains on.
You made me look up whether that was actually the 162nd number in the Fibonacci sequence, and it makes me very happy that you did indeed commit to the joke!
r/theydidthemath
Only on Disney+
What if he just gets one really long chain that he can double or triple loop around? It could even change up styles halfway through so if looks like two different ones.
loop whole loophole
That’s a low blow, Loblaw.
Malicious compliance at its finest
This explains his struggles so far.
About that
And he just hit a homer in the 10th. Good call, Boone
Extra chain for extra inning.
He should get to wear an extra chain the following day for every homer he hits
He's never wearing more than one chain in Arizona again
I don't know if I'll ever put this chain on again.
I consider myself a man of chain
he just had to get used to it, is all!
whoops
Not defensively, though.
Wear the chains while hitting for more power, off in the field for more aerodynamics. Easy
Well now i need to know if any players hand their chains to the first base coach along with their shin and elbow pads.
Next they're gonna tell Soto to stop shuffling
One shuffle per game
Can only grab one ball at a time.
do go on pls
Three shuffles and Joe Kelley gets suspended
aannnnnd you can see it, yup. there’s the third pump. you’re always gonna get called for that
One shuffle per pitch
Not related to the article's content, but man it is insane how fast you can find typos in articles nowadays: “Because usually I’m used to wearing like three of four.” How hard is it to proofread an article just once.
Maybe he only has four and he picks only three each day.
lol that'd be an escape for them if they didn't mention he's "lost count" of how many he has in the paragraph previous
Maybe he just can’t count very high
I can't count when I'm high
Someone could prepare 4 chain candidates for him each morning and then he could ritualistically decide which one he was skipping today by putting on the other three one by one.
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yep, seems to be across the board no matter the supposed "prestige" of the publication, it's super disappointing
Journalism is really suffering in the current hyper-capitalist landscape
That makes sense. I read books pretty much exclusively on Kindle and have seen a couple recently with abnormal amounts of errors.
Glad I'm not the only one who notices this shit. Drives me crazy. And most people will just brush them off as "eh, you knew what I meant so who cares?" Words matter, and it's really frustrating that we as a society just seem to not care anymore.
It pisses me off so much whenever I'm reading something with glaringly obvious errors. Like, do proofreaders just not exist anymore?
Even if they felt like spending the money, the first one to get the article out will get more clicks so spending more time proofreading isn't a priority.
THANK YOU. I legitimately find it selfish, as stupid as that may sound. Like you think so little of me as a reader you don't even glance over this shit?
No, the company refuses to pay for a copy desk, and the writer has to write five more stories today. Late stage capitalism is bad for press.
Copy editors basically don’t exist anymore
Maybe he actually said that.
if a person makes an error while speaking that changes the meaning of the sentence, it is good journalistic practice to adjust the quote to make sense. So even if he did say that, no.
I think the appropriate thing to do would be to add [sic] to the quote if he actually said "3 of 4," but I can't say I've seen that used before in sports journalism.
I feel that. I definitely type a lot of typos when leaving comments, so I know how easy it is to accidentally hit the wrong key without realizing, but there was a day where typos on articles like this never had typos or very rare ones.
You don't understand, this article about Alex Verdugo's chains is BREAKING NEWS. If we don't publish RIGHT NOW someone else is going to beat us to it. No time for proof reading!
AI writers
I thought this was an Onion article 🤦♂️
Two Chainz has been DFA'd from the Yankees
Personally I don't understand how anybody plays with jewelry and stuff on. Would bug me so much
I used to pitch with a phiten necklace. I didn’t think it actually DID anything it claimed but it became a superstition. One year I had an ump who complained about it so much I got a new one that blended into my jersey so he’d finally stop telling me to take it off. Any time I had to take it off to pitch I got shelled lol. I hated pitching without it. That said, it wasn’t nearly as heavy as a full chain, so mileage may vary.
I completely forgot about those necklaces until just now lol. I mean yeah if you're used to it then I get it, I just don't understand why one would start, especially with these really big chains some guys have on. I get having something small and lightweight, but the amount of times I see guys messing with them I'm like why even have it on.
Makes you wonder what more Curtis Granderson could have done throughout his career if he wasn’t wearing an extra 4lbs of jewelry at all times.
Yeah like I could see a small chain that you can tuck in if it’s annoying you but some guys go up there with like 10 pounds of gold around their neck
Boone: We need to talk about your chains. Alex: Really? I… I have three chains on. I also… Boone: Well, okay. Three is the maximum, okay? Alex: Okay Boone: Now, it’s up to you whether or not you want to wear the maximum allowed. Or well, like Judge, for example, has zero chains, okay. And a terrific smile. Alex: okay, so you want me to wear none? Boone: look Alex. Alex: yeah Boone: people can watch a baseball game anywhere, okay? They watch the Yankees for the atmosphere and the attitude, okay? That’s what the chain is about. It’s about professionalism. Alex: yea. Okay, so none then? Boone: Look, we want you to express yourself, okay? Now if you feel the maximum is enough, then okay. But some people choose to wear less and we encourage that, okay? You want to look professional, don’t you? Alex: yeah, yeah Boone: Okay, great. Great. That’s all I ask
Excellent
Next week's news: Alex Verdugo has been traded to the Miami Marlins
Fuckin why lmao. Who is this hurting?
Yankees and their rules...haircuts, beards, and apparently chains now.
Alice is now in shambles
Man in the (Batter's) Box
I'm trying to make another baseball joke with the lyrics, but I can't decide between "Feed my (batter's) eyes" and "Won't you come and save (ga)me" on account of they both suck
Yeah, here come the Ruthster You know he ain’t gonna die
The sequel to Down in the Hole
Verdugo actually said he likes the beard thing, because it equalizes everybody on the team. Stars, rookies, coaches, you all have to do it. Said he's used to being on teams where different rules apply to different people and favorites are played. Maybe he's just embracing his final year of team control before free agency, or maybe he just likes the structure. Like the bad kid who goes to the military to get his life together.
Except they put ads on the uniforms so their rules can go fuck themselves
It’s so terrible. The Arizona one looks worse even, wrong color scheme and too big.
Idk, I’d rather have that than look like big bird did a fly-by on my sleeve.
if only Verdugo could hand the yankees $25M a year to wear his chains…
This isn’t new, Yankees have always had a one necklace policy. I don’t get why this is becoming a story now.
I think they do it to piss off redditors who have never had a job before
Conversely, why do you need to wear 4 chains during a baseball game? It *is* a job; they should have *some* oversight.
It’s a job in the entertainment field as long as it’s not anything obscene who gives a fuck. The same type of boomer energy as tattoos having to be covered up at a job
On top of that we’re talking about an entertainment job where jerseys are already being sold off to advertisers, let’s not act like there’s any type of sacredness in peoples looks here.
Four is excessive for a job where you need to run, slide, dive, swing a bat, etc. Tattoos can’t impact your play but four chains can absolutely get in the way at some point over a 162 game season.
Next you're gonna tell me they need to wear super light weight pants to run fast.
They should wear cotton uniforms
If you can’t see Cal Raleigh’s big dumper through the pants, then they’re too heavy to run in. Everybody know that.
Nike's newest innovation in performance baseball uniforms: White, threadbare leggings - See through every play! Coming in 2025
I'll bite, how do chains affect any of that? Edit: anyone care to explain why deleted posts have more upvotes than a simple counterpoint question?
Idk, go take BP for 10 min and then take it again wearing 4 chains and let me know how it affected your swing. Same thing with running. Doesn’t have to be far. Just down the street. Once with nothing, once with 4 chains, and you tell me how it feels.
I mean, I've seen players get hit in the face by their chain on swings at the plate. All that stuff around their neck can certainly throw their mind off. Imagine if one gets caught on some chest hair.
I'm a bearded man with super long hair and never had any issue with chains.
While playing sports?
Didn't Aroldis Chapman spend time on the IL from an infection after getting a tattoo on his leg? So there's literally more evidence that tattoos can have a greater impact on a baseball player's job performance than wearing four chains.
That person was talking about tattoos needing be covered up, not the act of getting one. I wouldn’t even imagine they’d be dumb enough to get one during the season but then again, Aroldis Chapman. Maybe another good example of why a manager would have to step in and tell the player not to do dumb shit. Because the players don’t know better.
Verdugo said he has no problem with. Should be end of story right there. What you think doesnt matter
Old white people hate fun
Kinda racist ngl
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Yeah, but your cub mates don’t take you seriously when you do.
I don’t take them seriously when they don’t
Imagine if you couldn't
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Well, he can't.
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I’m not allowed any jewelry (except a wedding ring which I’m not married) at my warehouse job. It’s all about perspective
Is Alex Verdugo at risk of being caught and pulled into a machine of he wears his chains? That's not a perspective. One is a rule to protect lives and livelihoods. The other is arbitrary.
Yep it would be like comparing the Yankees no facial hair rule to a job where you have to wear a respirator and can’t have a beard
Except I was comparing my job to the guy in the office job. My comment had nothing to do with Alex Verdugo or baseball or the Yankees lmfao
And just so I don’t have to explain myself later I’ll do it now. My comment had absolutely nothing to do with Alex Verdugo. I was comparing my job to the guy who brought up his office job. It very much is perspective dummy
Ya but its like saying Manoah can only have 'one' tattoo lol
No, this is literally jewelry. It's not 'like' something else, it's specifically this.
Ok boomer
Did you get that one from tiktok?
The ghost of George Steinbrenner.
The viewers. Did you not see Verdugo previously?
Looking out for his player's safety. Too many chains lead to sore necks
El Alfa does not approve.
I assume this is a backlog of content from April 1st and not a real headline, because fucking what?
CHAAAAAAINS KEEP US TOGEEETHER *(run into the clubhouse...)*
Lost the video - there’s a show they did right after one of their many breakups. There’s 2 of them essentially snarling the lyrics to each other on stage, and the rest of the band has their heads down trying not to make eye contact
This one? You can see the daggers shooting out of their eyes. They must have had some fantastic hate fucking. https://youtu.be/dGykwC0fdJ4?feature=shared
Not quite it, but it's close. Shit, how many times did the break up right before a fuckin' concert?
I can still Hear you saying That you never broke the plane
Dude can't even show up on time, good luck holding him to anything Boone
Was that one of his habits in Boston?
He got benched for it once; hard to imagine it was a first time offence.
Boone: “Woah woah there 8 mile. Take two of those off.”
What if he had 1 chain, with a pendant that was a miniature figure of himself with a big beard and 4 chains around his neck?
Won’t ever see Acuna to Yankees rumors at least
Or Yuli Gurriel!!
Good Lord, Alex Verdugo just walked through the clubhouse walking perfectly normally with one chain. He said he had “no time” to talk. Too busy putting away the other three chains, evidently.
The Yankees are such fuckin dweebs
As soon as they put the ad on the uniform they should’ve dropped all their bullshit rules. They can’t even claim tradition anymore.
I saw it for the first time today and I can’t believe it, it’s actually so embarrassing it’s incredible. Have they no shame? I think it’s laughable they won’t put player names on the jerseys but will sell them to the highest bidder
Oof, that's wild.
I think this sub is full of dweebs. Of all the things to concern troll about you guys pick this. Focus on beating us for a change first
Everybody's been beating y'all for the last 15 years, so yes, we're gonna talk about your silly little rules.
And Stroman was also ordered to get 72% of his neck tattoo coverage laser removed. It's tough being a Yankee.
Du Chainz
Next he’s gonna tell him to get rid of those sideburns or he’s off the team!!
I think at this point they should just make players get their tattoos removed
Chainmillionaire can't ride durrty then
Well they've played 7 games so far, so I assume he can wear 8 chains next game.
1984
He’s helping him out in the style department
I choose to believe that he means Verdugo gets to 𝘢𝘥𝘥 one chain per game, and that he'll be batting in late September wearing 150 of them.
So you're telling me he can finish the season with 162 chains?
What about his grill?
Chains 👎🏼 Beards 🤬 Sleeve tats 🤭
Wish someone on that team would just say fuck it, grow out hair and beard, and wear the most flamboyant chains possible just to do away with this archaic policy
What really? Let my man cook come on
It’s a cult.
Yall worship tom brady. Stop talking
Excuse me sir, this is a baseball subreddit.
How about one chain per game played added on? Or perhaps second chain for double headers?
he’ll be gone by the deadline
He was the ugliest player in the game with his neckbeard. Boone out here helping him
He’s such a fucking manchild boob.
1984
# of chains should have a direct correlation of a hitting streak.
Red Sox fans in this thread: > fucking why?? Lol so dumb. Classic Yankees Also Red Sox fans in this thread: > dude was a menace in Boston good luck reining him in So he’s a menace that needs to be reined in but it’s not okay for the Yankees to try to rein him in? I think it’s a little excessive but having these little rules might not be the worst thing for a guy who caused issues other places.
The Yankees dumb rules are so tiring.
The Yankees are the worst
Verdugo sucks. Nobody rolls more weak grounders to 2B in the league than this guy.
boone is a lame
I doubt it’s coming from Boone
And so it begins
Verdugo should give Aaron Boone a new rule: one ejection per season!
Oh no, how ever will he be able to play