March 30, Year of our Pedro 2023, OPENING DAY

azsoxpatsfan

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I left in top 4, went to buy Zyn, got back, first pitch I see is double play. Too be fair to Arroyo it looked decently well hit
 

DeadlySplitter

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This is a bottom 5 in MLB type of pitching performance today so far. How we can't figure it out for a decade+ now I don't know.
 

Merkle's Boner

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Can someone explain to me the vitriol toward O'Brien? I've always liked him. He seems perfectly fine and non-controversial. Of course, I'm a 52 year-old white guy.
 

JCizzle

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Can someone explain to me the vitriol toward O'Brien? I've always liked him. He seems perfectly fine and non-controversial. Of course, I'm a 52 year-old white guy.
Rumors about him being the one to kinda push out Orsillo don’t help. Plus I think Monaco is just better.
 

glennhoffmania

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Can someone explain to me the vitriol toward O'Brien? I've always liked him. He seems perfectly fine and non-controversial. Of course, I'm a 52 year-old white guy.
He doesn't stop talking and he rarely says anything interesting or useful. He literally just reads stats sometimes. He adds nothing to the game but noise. Mostly it's simply his inability to ever shut up, like even for a few seconds.
 

azsoxpatsfan

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Rumors about him being the one to kinda push out Orsillo don’t help. Plus I think Monaco is just better.
Yea, I hated him at first strictly because he replaced Orsillo. But now I find him wholly inoffensive. He’s not fun to listen to like Eck, Remy, or Orsillo, but he’s fine
 

Merkle's Boner

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He doesn't stop talking and he rarely says anything interesting or useful. He literally just reads stats sometimes. He adds nothing to the game but noise. Mostly it's simply his inability to ever shut up, like even for a few seconds.
But he's the Play by Play guy. He's supposed to just read the stats.
 

CoffeeNerdness

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Can someone explain to me the vitriol toward O'Brien? I've always liked him. He seems perfectly fine and non-controversial. Of course, I'm a 52 year-old white guy.
You're definitely right in his demo, but to answer your question one of his biggest failings is that he has no chemistry with his partners. When they have a good sense of humor like Eck or Youk he tries to match their humor and he's simply a dull guy who's not funny. He also has a weird obsession with RBI.
 

JCizzle

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The Orsillo love always cracks me up since so many people here HATED him years ago.
I never quite got that. I think people hated the chuckle fests, but over 162 games it was kinda nice to listen to some fun every so often.
 

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Casas doesn't dive at first, which is probably good from the seismic point of view.