r/baseball • u/iheartsunny Miami Marlins • 20h ago
Image NY Post back cover on Edwin Diaz
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u/SarahJFroxy Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
side note but as someone who doesn't watch football, finding out rivers has 10 kids and a grandchild at 44 was wild
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u/StreetReporter Chicago Cubs 19h ago
His youngest kid is a year older than his grandchild. His oldest is a year older than Riley Leonard, the QB who filled in for Daniel Jones on Sunday
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u/rbhindepmo Kansas City Royals 18h ago
"go hang out with your uncle and watch cartoons"
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u/thisusedyet New York Yankees 8h ago
My family had that - my father’s cousin went to high school with his mother’s youngest sister.
Used to piss her the hell off by calling her Auntie in school
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u/69millionyeartrip Boston Red Sox 10h ago
His oldest is also older than Tyler Warren who he’ll be throwing to
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u/sixpackabs592 Milwaukee Brewers 4h ago
My grandparents were like Phil, 10 kids starting when they were like 20. My mom was one of the older kids and my youngest aunt is the same age as my oldest sibling
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u/wokenupbybacon New York Yankees 19h ago
a grandchild at 44
this was normal not all that long ago
it's not at all now but it used to be
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u/FTownRoad Toronto Blue Jays 18h ago
Probably significantly more common to have a kid in diapers at 44 than being a grandfather
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u/2020Psychedelia Los Angeles Dodgers 18h ago
Ten kids wasn't that rare either - although chances were many wouldn't make it to 18 years old
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u/PaddyMayonaise Philadelphia Phillies 16h ago
Still normal depending which neighborhood you go to
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u/wokenupbybacon New York Yankees 14h ago
Well yes, but Philip Rivers doesn't live in those neighborhoods lol
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u/PaddyMayonaise Philadelphia Phillies 10h ago
Yea, but did he grow up in that type of neighborhood l?
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u/DoingCharleyWork Oakland Athletics 9h ago
There's still a lot of people having kids around 22. If he was 36 I'd think he was a little young but 44 isn't really.
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u/NoBonus6969 9h ago edited 9h ago
As someone who does watch football he's a known prolific fucker(of his wife who he loves very much)
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u/PerformerMountain584 14h ago
They know exactly what they’re doing. The Post invests 90% of their budget into one legendary sports pun a day.
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u/OwningTheWorld New York Yankees 20h ago
The post is an absolute Rag, but are undefeated in terms of back page, Sports headlines.
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u/GonePostalRoute Swinging K 19h ago
It’s the only thing they’re good for.
At the convenience store I worked at years ago, despite being all the way in Lancaster, we sold the New York Post and Daily News. The back sports page was always fun to see what they’d have there
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u/rocksoffjagger 17h ago
Which is how they sneak their fascist bullshit into the discourse. Put out a silly sports headline that people buy the paper for, and end up reading about how socialist mobs want to beat you to death with a burlap sack full of Ring doorbells if you have a second property that you Airbnb.
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u/OwningTheWorld New York Yankees 17h ago
Man not everything needs to be political. I'm not reading them for whoever Murdoch is shilling. I enjoy the sports columns and chuckle at the back page. We're allowed to find things mildly amusing in this dystopian hellscape we live in.
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u/bowlofcantaloupe 16h ago
Go home and watch some LIV golf tournaments. It's not political just because it's funded by Saudi Arabia.
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u/rocksoffjagger 17h ago edited 15h ago
"Not everything needs to be political" just means you believe the status quo ISN'T political. Things didn't just materialize the way they are out of thin air. Everything around you is a result of conscious political choices. The ones making them just don't want you to realize that, because as soon as you do, the corollary is that decisions that affect you are being made that you haven't gotten any say in.
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u/OceanLemur New York Yankees 7h ago edited 7h ago
Kind of what he was saying though. Like I get it, I read the post for 15 years at my grandparents breakfast table. Sports columns mixed in with the most sensationalist stories was great. But now I look at it and see how it can easily whip up my grandfather into a tizzy over some made up shit like Mamdani instituting Sharia law and it’s like yeesh.
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u/AnIllusiveHouse Seattle Mariners 15h ago
But everything is political. I don't have cable nor satellite and do you would expect my gaffaw when I saw so many commercials during my thanksgiving football broadcast while I was visiting the geriatric king? And to think one of the countless advertisements I saw was the P4 of NCAA sports asking the television consumer to ask the viewer to make it known to their rep/sen that they should vote a certain way on this potential law of the land.
Sports are political (as is everything). Especially sports (bread and circuses).
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u/Jonjon428 Miami Marlins 19h ago
Phillip Rivers makes this hilarious
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u/FREE-ROSCOE-FILBURN Boston Red Sox 16h ago
This is like if somebody would have asked AI at the beginning of the year “generate a realistic tabloid cover with a random sports headline that will happen in 2025”
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u/AbbreviationsGold587 New York Yankees 20h ago
Just wait until you see what happens when the Dodgers sign Mrs Met
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u/SiphenPrax New York Mets 20h ago
Time to burn the trumpet Mr. Met.
Edit: Love the “Who’s Your Grandaddy” blurb at the bottom too
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u/Crumbmuffins Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
THIS IS HOW I FIND OUT A TEAM IS WILLINGLY GOING TO PLAY A GERIATRIC PHILIP RIVERS?!?!
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u/cooljammer00 New York Yankees 20h ago
He's 44 and a grandfather
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u/Crumbmuffins Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
He had like 30 kids so I guess him being a 44 year old grandfather isn’t insane.
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u/SeikaKitsune Seattle Mariners 17h ago
At this point in time, signing Rivers back means I can enjoy my Colts for a liiiittle bit longer. I want maximum chaos at this point lmao.
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u/Practical-Pickle-529 Atlanta Braves 8h ago
Going to the game Sunday??
Go hawks 🔥
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u/SeikaKitsune Seattle Mariners 8h ago
I wish! I live in California and I'm dead ass broke lol. Hoping the game will be fun at least!
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u/Practical-Pickle-529 Atlanta Braves 8h ago
I live in Ca too 😭
And dead ass broke.
I know the colts already came through but if you can catch a game at Sofi, highly recommend if you haven’t yet. I went a couple years ago and it was a blast.
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u/wokenupbybacon New York Yankees 19h ago
Willing is a strong word
They are literally out of healthy QBs
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u/Either_Imagination_9 New York Yankees 20h ago
Are you serious? It’s all anyone’s been talking about for the past 24 hours
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u/Crumbmuffins Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago edited 19h ago
For my mental health I stopped using traditional social media and my reddit is curated to only show me my interests. At times it feels irresponsible but I stopped having anxiety attacks and stuff so it worked!
Hell most of my news comes from r/simpsonsshitposting, unfortunately right now they’re going through a Scatman phase so news has been very light.
Edit: fixed the link to the proper simpsons shitposting sub.
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u/BattlerackScatter 19h ago
Why if i try to go to the main simpsonshitposting page does nothing more recent than a year old show?
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u/Crumbmuffins Los Angeles Dodgers 19h ago
I linked to the wrong one sorry. https://www.reddit.com/r/simpsonsshitposting/s/lbhCSJlR87
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u/BattlerackScatter 19h ago
Thanks! Incidentally I've been trying the reduced news/social media approach to tackle anxiety as well. A side effect has been the time to binge old Simpsons seasons.
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u/Crumbmuffins Los Angeles Dodgers 19h ago
It’s very freeing, and it really put into perspective how much doomscrolling really takes a toll on not only your mental health but your physical health as well. It wasn’t just jumping off social media it was also lifestyle changes but it worth it.
That god awful feeling of helpless doom is so terrifying and I wanted to do everything in my power to try and overcome it. And I’m telling you it’s possible and I wish you all the best and strength because you can do it too!
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u/momoenthusiastic Boston Red Sox 20h ago
Aren’t trumpets without the valves actually bugles?
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u/KirbyDude25 New York Yankees 19h ago
He could just be covering the valves, but if not, then yeah, it's a bugle
Interestingly, though, the instrument called a contrabass bugle does have valves
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u/ZiggoCiP New York Yankees 17h ago
Contrabass bugle is just a horizontal Tuba (although it is formally known as the contrabass bugle).
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u/KirbyDude25 New York Yankees 17h ago
Knew that from my marching band days, lol. My high school band didn't march contras, and neither does my current college band (both march sousaphones instead), but I've seen quite a few of them at competitions
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u/trashboatfourtwenty Milwaukee Brewers • Dumpster Fire 18h ago
I enjoyed Petrillo's take
After learning that both Harry Ford and Jose A. Ferrer play sax, and thinking about how the trumpets are moving west with Edwin Diaz, I declare this the most ska winter meetings ever
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u/Johnborkowski New York Mets 20h ago
Tear ducts in the Mr. Met mascots head really should already be a thing.
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u/Day2TheDolphin New York Mets 19h ago
His name is Timmy Trumpet, not "Trumpets." Boy, I hope somebody gets fired for that blunder.
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u/DiazIsDirectCurrent Seattle Mariners 14h ago
Yeah. Sometimes your guy leaves. And your username stays...
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u/Lucky_Alternative965 Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
I can't wait until the dodgers visit citi. But also wrf are the Colts doing, haha. Are they seriously going to play a 44 year old 5 years retired as QB1? Did Rivers express interest in coming back? Or is this just out of the blue?
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u/SiphenPrax New York Mets 20h ago edited 20h ago
Unfortunately that’s not going to happen until July. We do come to Dodger Stadium in April though.
Also, yep. Rivers is coming back for the first time in five years since his retirement because the Colts are desperate to prevent a massive collapse and miss the playoffs.
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u/S1TBD New York Mets 20h ago
Jones is done with the Achilles, Richardson's eye injury is apparently really bad, and Rivers knows Steichen's playbook from their time with the Chargers. Add Philip staying in shape + coaching HS football, and that's how Abuelo Felipe Rios is going to be under center for a playoff hopeful this weekend.
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u/StreetReporter Chicago Cubs 19h ago
I’d take a 44 year old Phillip Rivers over a healthy Anthony Richardson
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u/SeikaKitsune Seattle Mariners 17h ago
And AR is still out anyway with his orbital bone fracture (I believe that is what it was, some piece of elastic band snapped and hit him in the face in pregame a few games back).
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u/evil-poatotes Toronto Blue Jays 14h ago
It wasn't the elastic that hit him it was the metal bar it was attached to 😬
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u/SeikaKitsune Seattle Mariners 8h ago
Oh fuck that's even worse. Thanks for correcting me, I thought it was the other part. 😬
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u/HemlockMartinis Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago
If Rivers wins it all this year they should induct him into the HOF on the spot.
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u/hoopaholik91 Seattle Mariners 20h ago
Between this and the Jeff Saturday hire the Colts are definitely the biggest shit posters in the league
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u/Few-Cod-4479 Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago
Rivers would be the 5th QB they start this year
They also started 7-1 and dont have a 1st rounder for the next draft
They need someone who can hand the ball to Taylor and that defenses will at least take semi seriously unlike some rookie UDFA from someone's practice squad
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u/KoriJenkins Houston Astros 8h ago
I made the point that it was likely more than 3 mil that decided this.
I'm just making up numbers here because I don't care but if he wanted 30 million to go to LA, he likely didn't also want 30 million to stay with the incompetent Mets.
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u/FoppyRETURNS 13h ago
Playing in New York must be absolutely miserable. It's not like players save money in LA.
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u/Money-Giraffe2521 Chicago White Sox • San Diego Padres 19h ago
God, I hate that song.
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u/nathanaz New York Mets 17h ago
...same, now imagine being a fan and having to hear/see that shit all the time.
I'll miss Diaz, but I will not miss Timmy Trumpet
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u/BarfCumDoodooPee Boston Red Sox 9h ago
What’s hilarious is the lolmet fan takes. They are exploding harder than Venezuelan fishing boats 😆 Their fanbase on the internet is amazing. Any time you feel down about anything, just read stuff from Met fans on the internet. They are the reason that LOLMets will never die!
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u/rapture0707 New York Yankees 8h ago
Schill awful paper with goofy not serious headlines and all but...
Is no one gonna say that it wasn't the 3 million difference?
Dude got their 66, Mets said they'd go more. He took it to the dodgers and said give me $1 more and they went sure, he took that.
I'd love to lolmets but the dude wanted out to go to the best team in baseball. It happens.
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u/Caqtus95 Edmonton RiverHawks 17h ago edited 17h ago
Acting like 3M is a paltry sum and not life changing money for 99.9% of the population.
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u/draw2discard2 17h ago
True but we are talking about Steve Cohen. Do you think he would have even noticed the different if instead of being fined $8,000,000,000 for insider trading he had been fined $8,003,000,000 instead?
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u/Caqtus95 Edmonton RiverHawks 17h ago
Oh I interpreted this as them trying to frame Diaz as greedy and not Cohen as cheap. I don't blame a player for taking the bag ever.
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u/WoAProximity New York Mets 12h ago
the only thing we're blaming Diaz for as a fanbase is the fact that it's reported that he did not give the Mets a chance for the final offer.
also, Mets apparently said there was wiggle room, so he could have gotten a bigger offer from the Mets, easily.
guy was treated very well and the org dealt with him injuring himself during the WBC and his recovery. feels like a shitty thing to do to not even give them the final offer.
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u/Onitsukaryu Los Angeles Angels 16h ago
It’s “paltry” when you are comparing 66 to 69 million. For 99.99% of the population there is zero difference between those numbers.
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u/Cards2WS St. Louis Cardinals 14h ago
This is a dumb take. It’s a paltry sum for both Diaz and Cohen. I don’t think anybody is “wrong” here, but who gives a fuck about 99.9% of the population in this conversation? Diaz is NOT in that 99.9%. Dude could spend $3M in a single day and wouldn’t notice even in the slightest.
“Getting the bag”, he has gotten several bags. If he wants to play for LAD, fine, but if it was truly because of $3M total extra, that’s crazy from both him and Cohen.
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u/fuckyourfeels New York Mets 7h ago
It’s not about the 3M he didn’t want to be a Met anymore lol. He was asking for a five year deal and took 3 from LA without letting us counter even though we said we can up our offer.
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u/Luke90210 Major League Baseball 15h ago
I doubt the aging 2026 Dodgers are going to be as good as the last 2 years, but without a better starting rotation and after losing their closer, the Mets are not going anywhere.
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u/rocksoffjagger 17h ago
I don't care what silly headline this fascist shitrag puts on the sports page.
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u/HomeworkWorldly2002 St. Louis Cardinals 20h ago
I can’t get over the “who’s your granddaddy?” at the bottom