RD Profile Banner
RD Profile
RD

@downsr30

437
Followers
51
Following
788
Media
15,319
Statuses

Be present, not perfect.

Joined July 2012
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
Pinned Tweet
@downsr30
RD
3 years
Well played, @Nike and @Cubs . One of the nicest surprises that’s ever happened to me. Very, very awesome.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
18
30
920
@downsr30
RD
2 years
Not that I pay a lot of attention ppls’ ear sweat, but this doesn’t look like Joe Musgrove’s sweat to me.
Tweet media one
310
236
2K
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@BlackKnight10k People act like Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Steph Curry, Pat Mahomes, Shohei Ohtani and Tiger Woods don’t get fair recognition. Could it be that Clark is just an extremely good basketball player, and it has absolutely nothing to do with race? Yes. That’s it.
41
9
1K
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@DanClarkSports What if I told you there were fewer Tommy John surgeries last year than there’s been since the early 2000’s?
36
0
1K
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@BaseballQuotes1 A balk is an illegal motion that an umpire deems is deceitful to the runners. So yes, this is a balk.
10
1
846
@downsr30
RD
1 year
The year was 1998. I was 9 years old. The Cubs were fighting for a Wild Card, and I’ll never forget this botched ball by Brant Brown. Seiya Suzuki made me re-live my youth.
38
82
412
@downsr30
RD
1 year
@CodifyBaseball He was Kyle Schwarber 15 years before Kyle Schwarber.
6
2
347
@downsr30
RD
9 months
@JimBowdenGM You literally posted a speculative flight tracking screenshot earlier today.
5
3
293
@downsr30
RD
2 years
Spin rate is up significantly tonight.
Tweet media one
35
23
283
@downsr30
RD
6 months
@SwagnShades Heavily disagree. So many players are held back bc that’s just how the system is. We’ve seen numerous players thrive at 19 or 20 in the majors.
15
0
182
@downsr30
RD
1 year
@Gr8estOfA11Time @CodifyBaseball How I know you haven’t done your research: when baseball was America’s #1 sport in the 1970’s, games took on average 2:33. Last year: 3:06. Is it millennials that are impatient, or that game has slowed down significantly?
14
0
161
@downsr30
RD
7 years
Cheating on your significant other & staying w/ them w/o them being aware of the situation is among the worst things you can do to someone.
1
40
158
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@Leg_baseball No need to study when ppl saw it coming long ago. Any honest Cubs fan could have told you this was coming. Most fans only saw his highlight reel plays on highlights shows. They didn’t see the horrible approach, unwillingness to take a walk, inability to lay off pitches 3 feet off
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
15
1
147
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@BlackKnight10k How many championships did Steph Curry, LeBron James and Pat Mahomes win in college? How come at the Masters this weekend, Tiger Woods could finish 20th and he’ll get more coverage than some random white dude that wins it? How come the Nuggets were winning the NBA Finals last
14
4
118
@downsr30
RD
6 months
@TalkinBaseball_ I feel like he’s been 17 for 3 years.
2
1
114
@downsr30
RD
3 months
@saps_coach @StrollerAdam Seems like a real class act 🤦🏼‍♂️
Tweet media one
1
3
113
@downsr30
RD
1 year
@TalkinBaseball_ You just gotta go out there and play.. yes.. that’s exactly the point.
2
0
113
@downsr30
RD
2 years
Doesn’t seem to be all that greasy on other days he pitched in much warmer weather.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
22
10
103
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@KarenDrives @BlackKnight10k So now racism only exists in girls college basketball? Interesting.
2
0
101
@downsr30
RD
3 months
@CubsZone Love when they acquire guys worse than what they already have.. and that’s hard to do
4
0
99
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@IamTrevorMay We saw the same thing with Gunnar Henderson last year, and he won Rookie of the Year. He hit .189 in April, .213 in May and struck out around 40% of the time and then took off.
3
1
92
@downsr30
RD
6 months
@RetroJeff83 @DavidMa19867767 @78_bmg @OliLondonTV Yea I’d agree here. Any “bar” that serves food is a restaurant until dinner is over. If this was at like 8PM, then I’d say there’s more room to be bothered. However, regardless of the situation, there’s much better ways to handle it.
5
0
91
@downsr30
RD
2 months
@MLB Red = No Green = Yes
Tweet media one
29
0
89
@downsr30
RD
9 years
Tweet media one
2
19
83
@downsr30
RD
3 months
@BCB_Sara Why do people keep acting like Nelson Velasquez is some star? He’s awful.
6
0
90
@downsr30
RD
7 months
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
4
1
86
@downsr30
RD
1 year
@AMaclin4 @MLB I’m 33 years old, been a diehard baseball fan for as long as I can remember, and I don’t ever remember Spring Training games being competitive. It’s a scrimmage.
3
0
82
@downsr30
RD
6 months
@TGrammie2 @MattWallace888 I’m not sure why people are so concerned about what other people enjoy.
5
0
86
@downsr30
RD
6 months
@BBGreatMoments I’ll take this
Tweet media one
11
0
83
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@Buster_ESPN In 2021, the Marlins started 1-6 with Ng as their GM. In 2023, they started 1-4. Their bad start this year is DEFINITELY because of her. 🤦🏼‍♂️
4
2
84
@downsr30
RD
4 months
I’m not saying Counsell is a bad manager, but Cubs fans were all over Ross last year about his decision making. I don’t understand so many decisions by Counsell. Nothing worse than the decision to constantly put Alzolay in high leverage situations.
20
8
84
@downsr30
RD
7 months
@JohnBackstrom7 @jnmegatron @HeavensFX Bc it’s what every league does after a big record is broken. It’s embarrassing that they didn’t.
1
0
81
@downsr30
RD
2 months
@Sixth_Castle @NickyScatz Why hasn’t Trump drastically changed like that in 8 years?
6
1
80
@downsr30
RD
7 months
@sportsiren @EASPORTS If they made a women’s game for any sport, do you think any males would be whining about not having male personalities in the game? If a female personality is good enough, the people will call for them to be in the game, but there shouldn’t be an effort to seek someone out just
3
0
82
@downsr30
RD
2 years
@markashreve @Buster_ESPN OR stop overreacting to one year of the “best” teams getting beat, and let a larger sample size dictate whether this is an actual issue or not.
6
0
78
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@jonmorosi @MLB Look at the average fastball velocity and spin rates over that same time frame.. that’ll give you a positive correlation.
1
1
77
@downsr30
RD
6 months
@Gilbino_81 @BasebaIlKing Underperformed? There’s been several #1 picks that barely had a cup of coffee in the bigs.
1
0
75
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@BleacherNation Between Canario’s reads in LF and his approach at the plate, I think he’s ready for AAA again. He looks so uncomfortable in the field.
6
0
68
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@adam_jacobi Shoe deals are given out because the company thinks the shoe will sell with a player’s name attached to it, not because of talent. I had never heard of A’ja Wilson prior to today. I’m not a big girls bball fan either. I only started watching bc of Clark, Reese, JuJu and South
5
1
66
@downsr30
RD
2 years
How was this not noticed??
19
5
62
@downsr30
RD
4 years
@stoolpresidente Saw it coming
Tweet media one
1
0
60
@downsr30
RD
4 months
@annaclimbsmtns @TalkinBaseball_ Hi, this is baseball, not basketball.
1
0
64
@downsr30
RD
3 years
@bayoucutie40 @BillyCorben @MiamiDadePD @iflymia @fox_sheldon What you didn’t know is that he stole an employee’s keys to that cart he’s standing on, which is why the cop is talking to him in the first place. That being said, grabbing the cops arm set him up for an arrest, if he wasn’t going to get arrested as it was already.
3
3
61
@downsr30
RD
6 years
Ppl saying Mollie Tibbetts is getting all the attention because she is white 🙄 Try this instead: Mollie is from small-town Iowa, & a lot of ppl took notice quickly.. No matter what ethnicity, a young girl from small-town Iowa goes missing, you’d see the same type of rally.
7
2
59
@downsr30
RD
2 years
@M00se1992 @Buster_ESPN Which of these home runs was helped by Yankee stadium?
Tweet media one
4
0
63
@downsr30
RD
9 months
@JimBowdenGM Man, these journalists are getting desperate.
0
0
62
@downsr30
RD
2 years
@JonHeyman There are currently roiders in the HOF, but two of the best roiders aren’t in bc they were more under the public eye than others.
2
1
59
@downsr30
RD
4 months
@TalkinBaseball_ That’s a broken arm. Ouch.
1
1
61
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@jonmorosi @MLB This is all you need to see.
Tweet media one
2
0
60
@downsr30
RD
4 months
@moshjeier @TalkinBaseball_ Welcome to not knowing the rules of baseball.
1
0
52
@downsr30
RD
2 years
@Ken_Rosenthal @dennistlin It’s the Padres if you don’t want to pay to find out.
1
0
57
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@tjwatt4mvp @IndianaFever I’ll certainly watch for CC
0
0
52
@downsr30
RD
4 years
@JakeAsman It’s almost like I predicted it.
Tweet media one
3
1
46
@downsr30
RD
9 years
@lenandjd Awesome sight at an awesome place! http://t.co/eYY7ndvcFe
Tweet media one
2
34
52
@downsr30
RD
2 months
@Sixth_Castle @NickyScatz I don’t care for either Trump or Biden, but you can’t possibly believe that Biden is fit for a leadership role at this stage in his life. It’s painful to watch. You can disagree with Trump and his views, but you can’t argue that he can at least still hold his own in front of a
6
4
48
@downsr30
RD
4 years
@AsteriskTour Duvall hit a grand slam when his team was up by 16 runs. He shouldn’t have tried that hard. We should shame him.
1
0
48
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@ErikStenholm @Steel6Rings If baseball is dead, why do payrolls and salaries keep going up? Why are ticket prices going up? Why is Apple paying $85m to stream 2 games one night a week? You can claim inflation, but the rate of growth is outpacing inflation by far. I think the framework for how people
2
1
48
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@dmcbride77 It still blows my mind that they weren’t more aggressive in the transfer portal before this season. They had a need for a big girl, and they stayed in house. Stuelke was fine, but having a real threat down there could have allowed Clark to elevate her game even further.
6
0
47
@downsr30
RD
2 years
@LotteDah Not at all. I’m a Cubs fan.. My anger was over by May :)
1
0
48
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@DanClarkSports Now he’s trying to claim a “pace” for Tommy John surgeries. 😂
2
0
46
@downsr30
RD
6 months
@DavidGiglioCA @DALLASBRADEN209 Agreed. Ippei is said to make between $300-$500k/year. No bookie is giving a leash like that to someone unless they KNOW they are good for it.
2
1
46
@downsr30
RD
8 years
I don't care if you work at Subway, in construction or if you're the U.S. President .. Be awesome at your job. Don't act like you hate life.
0
11
43
@downsr30
RD
9 months
@TatisMVPszn Big difference. With Judge they were trying to lower the AAV to lower their tax implications. With Ohtani, this doesn’t lower the Dodgers tax implications. It still takes the present day value of the contract against the CBT. The Padres were trying to take a 10 year deal at
2
0
44
@downsr30
RD
2 years
Tweet media one
10
2
41
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@CoverComics @DanClarkSports Yes, it’s far too early to say the pitch does or doesn’t have an impact, which is why the original post and point was silly in the first place. Being that he chose to make this claim, I threw back data that proved if anything, his point was a shot in the dark, not backed by
1
0
42
@downsr30
RD
2 years
@KnuppelRodney @JesseRogersESPN It happens because the MLB doesn’t hold umpires accountable. That’s a game-changing call right there, and he messed it up. Umpires “discretion” shouldn’t play more of a role than the players playing the game.
0
0
43
@downsr30
RD
8 years
People who complain about everything will never be happy with anything.
0
11
39
@downsr30
RD
4 months
@jpmarnell_III @CubWin Anyone that blames Bartman shouldn’t be a Cubs fan.
1
0
41
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@bicktom87 @stoolpresidente So if she would have transferred to South Carolina the last 3 years, and won 3 nattys bc she’d make them WAY better, that allows her to enter the conversation? Such a tired take. Best player of all time = individual performance Best team of all time = team performance
5
1
40
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@adukueb @BlackKnight10k Well Caitlin Clark is far above Reese as a player, so that wouldn’t make sense. If Reese was one the greatest of all time on an underdog team, and Clark was just a good player and played on a good, well-rounded team. Sure, that would make sense. Breanna Stewart is white. How
3
0
38
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@Bardiownsgarbs @BlackKnight10k Again, IOWA is not making headlines. Caitlin Clark is. Who is South Carolina’s best player? What records has their best player broken? How many jerseys of that player have sold? Why does the NBA market LeBron James but not the Nuggets? The Nuggets won the championship.
1
0
38
@downsr30
RD
1 year
@KMaC703 @TalkinBaseball_ Go to a batting cage, set the pitches to 95mph - the exact same spot every pitch - I bet you can’t hit 1/10 pitches fair.
3
0
37
@downsr30
RD
3 years
@Alden_Gonzalez @JesseRogersESPN Even if the girl came out today and said “I’m lying, I did this all for $$$!” People would still cancel Bauer and claim he was guilty. That’s how shitty our world is. (And no, I’m not saying she’s actually coming out and saying that, nor am I saying Bauer is innocent)
3
0
36
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@Bardiownsgarbs @BlackKnight10k Also: 2006 Rose Bowl. Reggie Bush - America’s sweetheart running back lost, yet the media coverage cared way more about him than Vince Young and Texas. Reggie Bush is black. What’s the narrative now?
5
0
36
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@KarenDrives @BlackKnight10k Do you know how most of them became pro? They were stars in college. The biggest reason Clark is getting more hype than the superstar females that came before her is because social media exists to bring eyes and ears to every little thing she does. When the next big star
3
0
36
@downsr30
RD
4 months
@YankeeWRLD It was .676 in March/April of 2022 .699 in 2021 .705 in 2015 .706 in 2014 You’re comparing a cold weather month of one year to an entire season of others years?
0
0
36
@downsr30
RD
7 years
1 arm kid that works at Kum N Go asked me if NLXF was something he could do. Told him hell yes. He's coming to class Wed. Boom. That's life.
0
0
33
@downsr30
RD
6 months
@piper4missouri Businesses were forced to close, and businesses had no way of generating income for months. Who forced people to go to college and take out loans?
11
0
34
@downsr30
RD
7 years
If the person you've been dating long-term/married to isn't genuinely your best friend, what are you doing? Get out.
3
6
32
@downsr30
RD
6 months
@BrittMcHenry I mean, if it was bad, wouldn’t he have legal charges? All of a sudden MLB is bigger than the law?
4
0
29
@downsr30
RD
8 months
@brendan_cubs Morel throwing from that low angle is going to make it harder to be accurate and will likely make the ball 2-seam like crazy, which will make it harder for the 1st basemen to receive.
2
0
31
@downsr30
RD
7 years
Low-carb diets = quick, short-term, unrealistically sustainable lifestyle for majority of people. Balanced nutrition = sustainable results, sustainable lifestyle. If you can’t sustain your “diet” for the long-term, what exactly are you trying to accomplish? Nutrition > Diet
0
2
32
@downsr30
RD
7 months
@TalkinBaseball_ If they don’t sign by February 1st, they can’t play until May 1st. However, a player should be able to prove if he hasn’t received a fair market value offer, they can still sign after February 1st. Determining fair market value would be a pretty simple task.
2
0
31
@downsr30
RD
7 years
Imagine how much happier our world would be if social media, the news, newspaper, etc didn’t exist. Sure, we’d be much less informed, but we’d argue a lot less, we’d cut out a lot of negative shit, and we’d focus on our own lives a whole lot more. #gossipless #livemore
0
5
32
@downsr30
RD
5 months
@LibrarianJoe_ @AgentRachelLuba @BauerOutage Yea I haven’t understood this at all. Why does anyone care if he is or isn’t dating Luba?
7
0
29
@downsr30
RD
3 years
@sam_bailey007 @voiceofcohen 2021: Harper 183 At Bats Trout 117 At Bats Wisdom 74 At Bats
3
1
28
@downsr30
RD
4 years
Tweet media one
2
2
30
@downsr30
RD
6 months
@DaJuiceman2305 @RetroJeff83 @DavidMa19867767 @78_bmg @OliLondonTV As far as I’m concerned, if it’s daytime and it’s a place that serves food, it’s a restaurant. If there’s an issue or a policy that needs to be enforced, why not bring it to management and let them handle it - especially if this is how this person handles things.
1
0
31
@downsr30
RD
2 years
@HomeRunPace @JeffPassan And no one would have thought Tatis was using roids either… until he got caught. There are several steroid users in the Hall of Fame that were never caught. Are they not Hall of Famers either?
8
0
28
@downsr30
RD
2 years
@CodifyBaseball Considering the 4 teams at the bottom were all playoff teams, and 3 of the 4 teams at the top were among the worst teams in baseball - I’d say this stat has no positive correlation.
2
1
30
@downsr30
RD
6 months
@CodifyBaseball It makes you realize that Kyle Hendricks would probably have been Greg Maddux if he pitched 25 years ago.
1
0
30
@downsr30
RD
1 year
@BronToAD @bryanjj0nes @Jolly_Olive Run prevention is literally the #1 goal of pitching - to say it’s overrated is probably the dumbest thing I’ve heard. By that logic, batting AVG, HRs, RBIs and SBs are overrated bc they are dependent on the defense too! If the pitcher was better, the hitter wldnt have hit a HR!
1
0
30
@downsr30
RD
4 years
@Buster_ESPN @HoustonHomer1 @DanielBPrentice But the Red Sox had some wrongdoings under his watch as well,correct? Even if they weren’t “convicted” in baseball law. The fact that he’s been attached to 2 baseball scandals means that they should bring him back immediately after a 1-year hiatus? Not a good look of character.
0
0
27
@downsr30
RD
3 years
I don’t think Judge would have scored even if he was where third base coach Phil Nevin was here.
Tweet media one
3
4
27
@downsr30
RD
4 months
@TalkinBaseball_ He’s probably mad at the Braves that he’s underpaid….. despite him making the decision to sign that contract that every person at the time called him a fool for signing. It definitely seems like his effort is halfass this year.
2
0
27
@downsr30
RD
4 months
@JeffFletcherOCR He’ll be back in his contract year in 2026, at age 36, he’ll hit .310, 30 HRs, with 115 RBI, and an OPS of .950.. someone will then give him a 3 year $100m deal. With how well rested he should be from barely playing, he should be able to play until his 50.
0
1
29
@downsr30
RD
7 years
My biggest issue with relationships is fearing the aftermath if it ends. I need to start focusing on the positives if it doesn't.
0
0
27
@downsr30
RD
5 years
I’m the most unbiased person regarding politics, but I know that if Donald Trump found the cure to cancer tomorrow, there are people that would still not appreciate him for doing so. Give credit where credit is due. Don’t be that idiot that finds the negative in every positive.
1
0
28
@downsr30
RD
6 months
@dgoold The front office clearly is not making good decisions. This is the same front office that decided that Lance Lynn, Miles Mikolas, Kyle Gibson, Sonny Gray is a contending rotation.. The same front office that signed Willson Contreras as a catcher only to decide that he’s not a
9
0
27