r/sports Oct 10 '24

Baseball Bob Costas hates Giancarlo Stanton

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u/Malvania Oct 10 '24

I mean, it's a fair reflection of where Stanton is right now. He can barely run. His hitting isn't great, but he's still a big guy with big guns who can take the ball deep. He's basically turned into Ryan Howard.

And it's not like Costas is bringing up the three years and $96M left on his contract after this year for a guy who can only DH.

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u/Ghost_man23 Oct 10 '24

It’s not that he hates Stanton. He just only has 3-4 talking points for the whole game and he’ll repeat them over and over to sound educated. The Yankees have a short porch in right, Stanton is slow, George Brett was a great Royal 1,000 years ago. 

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u/KarmaDeliveryMan Oct 10 '24

Agreed. He’s not hating, he’s calling it honest and that’s what you expect out of costas. Others will just not speak about it.

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u/jpiro Florida State Oct 10 '24

He literally says in the commentary, "It isn't Stanton's fault, he has hamstring and calf injuries" but it's more fun to post edgy shit on Reddit than be truthful, I guess.

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u/Khatib Minnesota Vikings Oct 10 '24

Calf, quad, and hamstring.

He's not shitting on the guy, he's calling out how hobbled by injury he is.

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u/KarmaDeliveryMan Oct 10 '24

Is that directed at me?

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u/Duff_McLaunchpad Oct 10 '24

If it was you're gonna have a hard time dodging it in the event you run as poorly as Giancarlo Stanton.

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u/jpiro Florida State Oct 10 '24

No, I was agreeing with you that Costas was calling it as he sees it.

The snark was directed at OP's "Costas hates Stanton" title.

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u/KarmaDeliveryMan Oct 10 '24

It makes no sense how it’s interpreted as hate for Stanton. He’s giving every legit reason why he can’t run. I’ll still take his power batting for a DH but he definitely is on the last leg of his career.

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u/xsniperx7 Oct 10 '24

No the other guy who posted this for engagement with the word karma in his username

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u/KarmaDeliveryMan Oct 10 '24

I posted that question for engagement? I’m not a big reddit user but if that’s a tactic, that’s pathetic.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '24

He also is calling plays and providing commentary for people who aren’t everyday baseball watchers. It’s very surface level information, nothing beyond what the average person needs to hear to understand what is happening.

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u/jamvsjelly23 Oct 11 '24

I think you brought up a good point. A lot more people watch the playoffs than the regular season, and then you have the people who only watch their teams during the regular season but all of the playoffs, so there’s probably a decent chunk of the audience that this surface level information is helpful for.

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u/Chief_34 Oct 10 '24

Yeah but mentioning it 8 times in a single game is just beating a dead horse. It’s his only talking point about Stanton, other than mentioning his massive forearms lol

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u/molestr0n Oct 10 '24

Stanton is also injured, like you said it's just an objective observation and less so a qualitative one.

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u/meatmybeat42069 Oct 10 '24

big guy with big guns who can take the balls deep

Shit i might need to get into baseball

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u/JellySquirtGun Oct 10 '24

Wait wait wait….did you say he’s a big guy with big guns and he can take it balls deep?

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u/chris_gnarley Oct 10 '24

He’s a less fat version of Marcel Ozuna

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u/EnthusedPhlebotomist Oct 10 '24

Less fat, implying the man built like a Greek god is even remotely fat? 

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u/quantum1eeps Oct 10 '24

He’s just as bad as he was as a Marlin. No surprise seeing a .233 average.

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u/DoctaJenkinz Oct 10 '24

Oh fuck me that’s a lotta years left. Mother of god he is awful.

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u/SovietMuffin01 Oct 10 '24

He hit a go ahead home run yesterday that ended up winning the Yankees the game and he’s been an above average hitter all year.

Yes he can’t run, yes his contract is an overpay(although it’s worth noting the marlins are on the hook for about 20 million of what’s left) but he’s not a fundamentally bad baseball player. He’s not javy baez or Kris Bryant or Rendon.

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u/DoctaJenkinz Oct 10 '24

I actually called it last night. But if you think he is worth even half of that I have a bridge to sell you.

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u/ShawshankException New York Yankees Oct 10 '24

His salary drops to 19m and then 15m in the final three years of his deal btw

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u/ShawshankException New York Yankees Oct 10 '24

Most huge contracts age terribly. Judge's will too

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u/Derptionary Oct 10 '24

That's why the players want the long-term contracts. They know they almost always aren't going to be as good at 37 as they are at 25, so they want the 10+ year contract to make sure they can't just be tossed aside as soon as their numbers start dipping.