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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A no-hitter with 19 strikeouts and one hit batter should be considered a 'perfect game'

I actually think that if you throw 19 strikeouts and you hit one guy and throw a no-hitter, that is the perfect game. [Big Cat]: I think they had a error as well. [PFT]: Unbelievable. For 19 strikeouts. Awesome.

By the literal definition of baseball, it is not a perfect game if anyone reaches base via HBP or error.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Christian Yelich is going to win the MLB Home Run Derby

When I was in Milwaukee, all the brewers, like almost every single brewer when I walked by said, Christian Yelich is gonna win the home run derby this year. It's disgusting.

Cal Raleigh of the Mariners won the 2025 MLB Home Run Derby, not Christian Yelich.
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Big CatBig Cat

Cal Raleigh should be a legitimate candidate for AL MVP.

We talked about Cal Raleigh on Monday and how awesome he is and he should be considered for the MVP.

Cal Raleigh had a great season but did not win MVP; Judge won in a landslide.
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Big CatBig Cat

Baseball players should never eat salads to avoid freak injuries

Dustin May, I'm happy you're alive, but this is why you don't eat salads. Never eat salad. Never touch the stuff. Never do it.

Hot TakeBaseballHotSarcastic
Obviously, salads do not cause injuries to 99.9% of the population, but it fits the 'weird baseball injury' trope.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Phillies are a lock to reach the NLCS

The Phillies would have to really fuck up not to be in at least the NLCS because the NL is trash... they will be in big playoff games... there's no way that they're not gonna be in big playoff games... it's a lock.

The Phillies lost to the Mets in the NLDS, failing to reach the NLCS.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Scott Boras is asking for an insane amount of money for his clients just so he can file a collusion lawsuit against MLB owners

Scott Boras is asking for so much money that he can then say they're colluding against me and then he can file a lawsuit against them.

Boras's clients eventually signed shorter-term deals with high AAVs and no major collusion lawsuit was filed as a result of that specific offseason.
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HankHank

Aaron Judge is cheating and stealing signs again

My other hot seat was Aaron Judge got caught cheating, stealing signs again, Yankees back at it again.

While Judge's eyes moving was caught on camera, it was never proven to be illegal sign stealing; it was widely attributed to tipping by the pitcher.
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Jake MarshJake Marsh

The Pittsburgh Pirates are actually a really good baseball team

Just tip of the cap to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Yeah. With the Sacramento Kings doing that nba, they've been made fun of. They've been bad. The pirates have been awful. And they're... the pirates are really good. The Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Pirates cooled off significantly and finished the 2023 season with a losing record of 76-86.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Cubs are 'sneaky' might make the playoffs this year

I also put a future on the Cubs at a hundred to one, but whatever. I think they're gonna... no, no. All right. Nevermind. That was a, I've talked myself into the Cubs being scrappy enough to make the playoffs. They're gonna be sneaky... I've now upgraded them to Sneaky might make the playoffs.

The Cubs finished 83-79 and missed the playoffs by one game in 2023.
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Big CatBig Cat

Albert Pujols will not reach 700 career home runs

Pujols isn't gonna hit 700... [but] he would be the goat of all goats if he did that. [Foul ball guy] already is, think about the odds of that happening. It's impossible. If he gets [700], it's still the most like calling your shot on that is the most impressive stunt of all time. There's zero chance.

Albert Pujols hit his 700th home run on September 23, 2022, just two days after this episode aired.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The New York Yankees will win the 2022 World Series

Congratulations to the New York Yankees winners of the 2022 world series. Congratulations guys.

The Yankees lost in the ALCS; the Astros won the World Series.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Yankees are definitely cheating to prepare baseballs because they are winning too much

The Yankees are probably definitely doing something different with their balls [because they win every game]... in baseball, if you're not cheating, you're not trying. And so every single team is cheating in a certain way. This seems like they're closing a pretty big cheating loophole.

There was never any evidence or official investigation proving the Yankees were illegally preparing balls during this specific period.
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Jake MarshJake Marsh

Home runs will increase in MLB because they stopped testing for steroids

My cool throne are yobbos, dingers, home runs, whatever you want to call them. Because for the first time in 20 years, Major League Baseball is stopping testing its players for steroids.

Home runs per game actually decreased in the 2022 season (1.07 HR/G) compared to 2021 (1.22 HR/G).
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HankHank

The Red Sox are the best team in baseball and will win the World Series

It's just crazy that the red Sox are just going to win the world series again... They're not that good. They're not that good. Oh, but now they're just the best team in baseball. Yeah. They're like killing the Astros.

The Red Sox lost the ALCS to the Houston Astros in 6 games.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Cubs didn't need Bryce Harper because they need professional hitters like Nicholas Castellanos

Bryce Harper would be a very redundant talent to what the Cubs have right now, and the Cubs need professional hitters, not more guys who hit home runs and strikeouts... I wish they had more [Nicholas] Castellanos, not more Harpers.

While Castellanos was great for the Cubs in late 2019, Bryce Harper went on to win an MVP in 2021, and the Cubs offense stagnated and was eventually dismantled.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Chicago Cubs will remain in first place 'by hook or by crook' for the rest of the season

No matter what, by the time you're listening to this, no matter what, the Cubs will still be in first place by hook or by crook.

The Cubs actually lost the division in a Game 163 tiebreaker to the Milwaukee Brewers on October 1, 2018, and then lost the Wild Card game. They did not stay in first 'no matter what.'
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Big CatBig Cat

Yadier Molina will be the next player-manager for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Yadier's going to be the new player manager. That's what my sources are telling me.

Mike Shildt was named the permanent manager and Yadier Molina never served as a player-manager for the Cardinals.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Cubs should throw at the Pirates for failing to throw at Anthony Rizzo

The Pirates neglected to enforce an unwritten rule, meaning the Cubs should actually throw at the Pirates today to make them respect the unwritten rule of throwing at Rizzo.

Hot TakeBaseballHotSarcastic
The Cubs did not throw at the Pirates to enforce the rule of being thrown at.
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Big CatBig Cat

Sammy Sosa put Chicago on the map when nobody knew where it was

Sammy Sosa did an interview today... Sammy also said when nobody knew who Chicago was, I put Chicago on the map. So the third largest city right after Michael Jordan was the greatest player of all time. Sammy Sosa made people know, hey, Chicago's here. It's in Illinois.

Chicago was a world-famous city long before Sammy Sosa.

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