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the money i would pay for this

i was about to start yapping abt structure but honestly yeah this is pretty true

"how do you tell the difference between a whippet and an italian greyhound" simple. look at it head on. if it looks like a dog it's a whippet. if it's making a face like you've just threatened it with a firearm, it's an iggy

Nobody tells you how much being a baseball fan spoils you. Like what do you MEAN there isn’t another 2.5 hour race today???

Padres fans, you better take good care of Candelita over there and here’s why:

I firmly believe Jose Iglesias was one of the guys to turn the ‘24 mets around. He’s criminally underrated (career .290 hitter like hello?) but that’s honestly the least of it. He just has so much personality in a sport that encourages players from a young age to shun personality and emotions and individualism and just play ball. And that spreads to the *whole team.* One of the reasons why the 2024 mets were so incredible and fun to watch was because the players were so much more than numbers. You’d watch Manaea on the mound and see a silly guy just throwing some baseballs and doing a damn good job of it. You’d watch a Lindor AB and see one of the most genuine, incredible, and stylish guys on the whole team RAKING. And you’d watch Iglesias hitting while singing OMG to yourself. At least, if you’re me. Point is, the 2024 mets were at their core a group of guys just having so much fun and not being afraid to show it, and Jose Iglesias led that movement. When a team appears like that to the *fans,* the team camaraderie is so incredible that they can’t help but start winning. He might not have had the most power or the best defense, but Jose Iglesias deserves to go down in Mets history as one of the greats.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk

the two rpf powerhouses are fighting tag this shit hurt/comfort

the emotional rollercoaster huascar brazoban just went on

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK🗣️🗣️🗣️

Write it shitty, write it scared, write it without a clue but don't you be so spineless and have an AI write fanfic for you.

the old married couple battery dynamic will be the death of me

thinking about the game of 9/29/24 again for no reason at all

logan: cal finally let me call my own pitches 😏 i did great cal: he had no idea what he was doing and kept pressing the wrong buttons 🙄 but he did great

testing my luck here

Rogers, who has worked as the catcher for all of Skubal's starts, jogged to the mound at Globe Life Field to examine his batterymate. He investigated by poking just beneath Skubal's eye with his left index finger, and then, for no reason in particular, he slapped Skubal softly on the other side of his face with his right hand.

"I gave him a little love tap there," Rogers said.

Skubal couldn't help but smile.

"He's a beauty," Skubal said.

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"I think we have a better relationship off the field than we do on the field," said Skubal, who spent two weeks with Rogers at the alternate site before making his MLB debut in August 2020. "That's not to say we don't get along on the field. It's just, that's how close I am with that guy."

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Before every game, Skubal and Rogers complete the USA TODAY crossword puzzle as part of their individual pregame routines.

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Skubal has improved significantly at the USA TODAY crossword, thanks to lessons learned from Alexander and Rogers along the way, but he still asks Rogers for help.

"I'd say, every other day I need good help," Skubal said, "but some other days I can get it. Today, I got it by myself. Typically, if you can get going and get some clues, it helps you out. If you get stuck in one area, and then you get one word, it'll unlock like 15 words. He'll help me get the one. He's like, 'OK, this is the one that will unlock the puzzle.' And then I'll be able to do a lot of it."

Skubal and Rogers also exchange at least one text message every single day, whether the Tigers are in spring training, the regular season or the offseason.

It's because Skubal and Rogers play Wordle, a web-based game in which players have six attempts to guess a daily five-letter word that's the same for all players. They have texted each other their results every day for the past two years. There's usually lively banter between them, especially if someone doesn't get the word within the allotted six guesses.

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Skubal had talked about getting Rogers a gift at the end of last season for catching every pitch of his incredible campaign, much like Justin Verlander would buy a watch for his catcher after throwing a no-hitter. Before the follow-up season begins, Skubal delivered in his usual low-key fashion.

“He got a nice little gift on his wrist, a nice Rolex,” Skubal said Friday. “I just gave it to him the first day I saw him here.”

Actually, two watches.

As a left-handed pitcher with a 100+ mph fastball and a nasty changeup and slider, Skubal is arguably one of one. The watch he gave Rogers is one of two, with Skubal buying the other for himself.

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The gift is a reflection of that trust. Since then, Rogers has been trying to find occasions to wear the watch, which he joked might be the most expensive thing he owns.

“I’ve been [in] ragged shorts and a t-shirt wearing it,” he said. “I’m wearing it every day. I just got engaged and we got engagement pictures, so I got to wear it last night and show it off a little bit -- hopefully not taking away from her ring. …

“But again, it means a lot to me, so I’m going to try to wear it as much as I can.”

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