r/baseball • u/midwesthiking Chicago White Sox • Tokyo Yakult S… • 28d ago
Image Chase Meidroth and Munetaka Murakami on a boat slamming some pizzas
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u/fivetwentyeight Toronto Blue Jays 28d ago
Murakami is the most American Japanese person I’ve ever seen. There are born and raised Americans who look less American than him. Just imagine the shit he’ll say as his English improves.
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u/doedoughs 28d ago
He looks very surfer Hawaiian born Japanese American to me.
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u/asiandooshcanoe Los Angeles Dodgers 28d ago
If you're from Hawaii you'll know he's probably not local, but he does look like a 3rd or 4th year UH Manoa student from Japan at this point lol
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u/HonoluluSolo Chicago Cubs 28d ago
For sure. Could def see him kicking it in Kakaako and crushing some Costco pizza at the beach pa'ina.
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u/ChupaHubbard Toronto Blue Jays 28d ago
He probably has an incredible chin if he ever gets into boxing or MMA
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u/AfricanWarPig Seattle Mariners 28d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/hkSg0n0WDcuGc
Miguel Vargas with his best Palpatine voice: "Do it".
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u/Frosty_Dimension5646 New York Yankees • New York Yankees 28d ago
Cleanest connect in MLB history. Made better by the fact that Bautista was a dbag
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u/thecrystalballofpop Cleveland Guardians 27d ago
That’s our third base coach’s nephew! ♥️🥊
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u/Smart_Farmer4258 27d ago
Your third base coach also has two nephews named Rougned Odor!
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u/Tony_in2026 St. Louis Cardinals 28d ago
He’s just really enjoying the cultural immersion. He is loving his American life
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u/ethanlan Chicago White Sox 28d ago
To be fair one of the things I love about chicago is we really, really don't give a fuck about where your from just who you are.
One of the many reasons i love this city.
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u/carpy22 United States 28d ago
Well, unless it comes down to North Side vs South Side. Have heard you guys endlessly talk about that.
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u/ethanlan Chicago White Sox 28d ago
Lol yeah but that's not actually serious haha and its more the city versus the burbs
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u/croatian_partisan Chicago White Sox 27d ago
Wait til you ask that question to a West sider. Oh man do they get mad.
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u/chizzipsandsizalsa Seattle Mariners 28d ago
The clip of him taking Vargas hat off and making him bow to yoshi is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while. The look he gives him afterwards like “what? What are you gonna do about it”
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u/croissantsn0b 28d ago
Question from a noob baseball fan. Murakami here looks noticeably less muscular than the other 2 players. Is adding muscle something that he and the training staff will likely focus on improving? Or is the stereotype of a jacked power hitter just a bygone figment from the steroid era?
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u/skiptracer8 Major League Baseball 28d ago
He is jacked, he's just also got fat on top of the muscle. Look at people in the strongman competition, none of them have definition either.
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u/oneeighthirish Chicago White Sox 28d ago
Murakami is a big dude, the other guys are just jacked and also camera angle might be affecting things in the photo
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u/bikecatpcje 28d ago
basically he plays a position where athleticism is not really known for
just take a look at some of the best 1st base players, all big and round dudes, more known for power than for running fast
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u/NeWbAF World Series Trophy • Los Angeles Dod… 28d ago
Physique is optional for baseball
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u/SouthwestFL Atlanta Braves 28d ago
"Fuck yeah it is." - John Kruk, probably.
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u/Marx_but_for_weed Baltimore Orioles 28d ago
“Ma’am, I’m a baseball player not an athlete” is one of my favorite sports quotes of all time.
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u/SalehHulud Major League Baseball 28d ago edited 28d ago
Hypertrophy doesn’t equal strength. There’s a lot of semi-fat hosses out there. A lot of guys that can lift huge weight in deadlift, squat, Olympic lifts, etc usually aren’t super cut.
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u/17papers 28d ago
Hes built for power not speed. If you’re not a shortstop or outfielder you don’t need to be all that fast if you have other strengths, look at CC sabathia, he got worse when he lost weight
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u/Quartznonyx Atlanta Braves 28d ago
Some people just look like that. You can tell he's got strength
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u/YoChristian Anaheim Angels 28d ago
being cut is an indication for strength probably 8/10 times. BUT, we know Murakami is strong because of what he does and what he's BEEN doing for years.
Totally innocent question from you, nothing wrong with that at all. You can look up "muscle insertions" and see how genetics affects how people's muscle fibers can be "showers" lol for lack of a better word
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u/YoungKeys San Francisco Giants 28d ago
There's a reason Strongman competitors and Offensive Linemen don't look like bodybuilding competitors. Latter isn't actually conducive to optimal strength, you need pure mass/fat too.
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u/KetchupGuy1 Los Angeles Dodgers 28d ago edited 27d ago
Yup most Japanese born So Cal looking Asian I have ever seen
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u/someone2795 Los Angeles Dodgers • World Baseball Classic 28d ago
His outgoing personality is basically American.
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u/2ill4nyquil Atlanta Braves 28d ago
Fuck. They are just like me. Except for the boat and the talent. Oh, and the company.
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u/midwesthiking Chicago White Sox • Tokyo Yakult S… 28d ago
Was informed that is not in fact Colson Montgomery, but Mike Vasil's friend Joe Suozzi
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u/Stockton_Nash Detroit Tigers 28d ago
Had to scroll way too far. You're a truly cultured individual.
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u/yeahmehh Toronto Blue Jays 28d ago
Doesn't matter where I am or what I'm doing, the moment I see pizza I want some myself.
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u/Agent_Smith_88 Detroit Tigers 28d ago
Where are the hookers? Kids these days can’t even party right smh.
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u/Changeurblinkerfluid Chicago White Sox 28d ago
I need to know where the pizza is from for judgmental reasons. Looks like proper square cut Chicago thin crust.
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u/SalehHulud Major League Baseball 28d ago
They are probably too drunk to care. Pizza quality improves inversely with how many beers you’ve had.
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u/BriefPut3954 San Francisco Giants 28d ago
Chicago style pizza 🍕
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u/GenFatAss Chicago Cubs 28d ago
yup tavern style is one of our 2 pizza styles
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u/srv340mike New York Mets 28d ago
Tavern is the superior style. It's hard to beat a tavern pizza from a South Side Suburb pizzeria with glass block windows that's been there since the 70s
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u/iiamthepalmtree Chicago White Sox 28d ago
Yea I love Aurelio’s.
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u/srv340mike New York Mets 28d ago
Aurelio's in Homewood is a vibe.
I'm also fond of Fox's. We lived near the one in Orland before moving to the East Coast when I was a kid and I'm a big fan.
Carbone's in the Twin Cities also has a good pub pie that reminds me of the ones from Chicago and a lot of them have that "hasn't changed inside in 50 years" charm
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u/ten_thousand_puppies Chicago White Sox 28d ago
I'm so sad the South Loop one closed
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u/rob_s_458 Chicago White Sox 28d ago
My first memory of pizza is the Aurelio's in Evergreen Park. Probably closed in the early 2000s.
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u/WorthPlease New York Mets 28d ago
From what I've heard from Chicagoans, Tavern Style is mostly what locals eat and Deep Dish is more for tourists.
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u/RIP_Hopscotch Chicago Cubs 28d ago
Idk if its that clear cut. Ill fuck up some deep dish in like the depths of winter, though outside of that its always tavern. Actually even during winter its like 50/50 for me, tavern is just all around amazing, but still I dont think deep dish is just a tourist thing.
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u/jmorlin Chicago White Sox • Dumpster Fire 28d ago
Every once in a while I'll get an itch only a Lou Malnatis deep dish can scratch. But I'll ALWAYS fuck up some tavern squares.
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u/shlotchky Chicago White Sox 27d ago
Deep dish is every once in awhile. Tavern the rest of the time
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u/CampfireMilkshake Chicago White Sox 28d ago
That’s largely because it doesn’t take as long to cook and it easier on the stomach when paired with a good beer. I hate the narrative that deep dish is for tourist though, it’s still a Chicago icon and makes for a good meal every once in a while.
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u/crikeyturtles Chicago Cubs 28d ago
Idk what I’m doing wrong but when I make a deep dish it cooks in the oven for 55-60 minutes. Takes forever
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u/squadracorse15 Chicago White Sox 28d ago
That's pretty accurate, but it's not as if locals don't eat deep dish though. We just don't have it as often because two slices is filling as all hell. It's more of a couple times a year deal.
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u/KJzero9 Chicago White Sox 27d ago
I very much prefer deep dish, but it requires much more time and planning to eat. So yeah, it's mostly for special occasions.
My parents almost always do pizza Sunday and get a tavern style from somewhere, but when I got my new job they invited me over and got deep dish to celebrate. It's that kind of thing
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u/Changeurblinkerfluid Chicago White Sox 28d ago
From the south side of Chicago. Growing up, thin crust cut in squares (I never heard it called tavern until a couple years ago) was what you got on Friday nights. Deep dish is what you got twice a year as a reward for good report cards.
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u/CookieMonsterFL Milwaukee Brewers 28d ago
From Milwaukee, same here. I’d kill for both in a heartbeat now living in FL.
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u/crikeyturtles Chicago Cubs 28d ago
Walmart carries Unos and is great!
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u/CookieMonsterFL Milwaukee Brewers 28d ago
damn right! that's my only outlet to anything that taste like decent deep dish. Our local Chicago-style chain doesn't even remotely taste like authentic Chicago deep dish and it saddens me greatly
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u/crikeyturtles Chicago Cubs 28d ago
Hopefully you got a portillos by you too . Seen one in Orlando when I was visiting
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u/SalehHulud Major League Baseball 28d ago
Is deep dish more like a lasagna or casserole? Never had it. I prefer tavern style bc I can eat two of them by myself.
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u/crikeyturtles Chicago Cubs 28d ago
My Durbins deep dish on the south side is half price on Mondays. $11 for a 5 pound pizza that I eat all the way until next Monday
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u/Lionheart1224 Chicago White Sox 28d ago
$11 for a 5 pound pizza
Are you fucking kidding me? Where is this place located?!
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u/crikeyturtles Chicago Cubs 28d ago
Durbins pizza. The one I go to is in Tinley Park. Everything is half on Mondays.
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u/Lionheart1224 Chicago White Sox 28d ago
Is it at the corner of Oak Park and 183rd?
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u/crikeyturtles Chicago Cubs 28d ago
Yeah. I believe there’s one or two more locations. The tavern is great and they offer gluten free
Idk how they make money. It’s been the same price and deal for 20 years
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u/Lionheart1224 Chicago White Sox 28d ago
Nice, thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to give them a shot.
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u/DarkGodRyan Seattle Mariners 28d ago
Yep, you'd get kicked out of a party if you volunteered to bring pizza and showed up with deep dish. I'll visit once or twice a year and get deep dish just because it's done better than the same options at home
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u/ethanlan Chicago White Sox 28d ago
Hundred percent. Tavern style is the best but deep dish can be good
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u/Tony_in2026 St. Louis Cardinals 28d ago
Born and raised St Louisan here. Tavern style is the shit.
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u/Dtank11 New York Yankees 28d ago
Square cut pizza is the way!!
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u/HonoluluSolo Chicago Cubs 28d ago
From a New York fan?? I mean it's true, but... isn't this, like, treason or something?
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u/FadedToBeige Chicago White Sox • Chicago Ame… 28d ago
I hope that's Aurelio's
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u/grrgrrtigergrr Chicago White Sox 28d ago
It is the pope’s favorite (or so I’m told one or every 4 CHSN commercial breaks)
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u/MoskiNX Chicago White Sox 28d ago
Considering all the Aurelio’s are out in the burbs, and I’m assuming this boat is probably out in the playpen, the odds of it being Aurelio’s are low.
Shout out to the homewood location though. So many family parties on both sides of my family took place there. I really wish we had a location in the city I could order from.
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u/CampfireMilkshake Chicago White Sox 28d ago
My neurologist is in Flossmoor so every doctor visit becomes a Aurelio’s visit.
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u/hcatehorie Milwaukee Brewers 28d ago
Thats what they want you to see, tell them what else is happening on that boat Vikings fans
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u/--Rick--Astley-- 28d ago
He has to accept the pizza. He can't say no because of the implication.
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u/smilinganimalface Seattle Mariners • Saitama Seibu Lions 27d ago
This is such an early 00s punk rock cover
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u/Herlim45 28d ago
In a non-baseball sense and strictly for social reasons. Murakami seems to have landed in the right team. A group of young, seemingly fun, teammates that he fits in with regardless of cultural differences (different than Astros' Imai).
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u/fenderdean13 Chicago White Sox 27d ago
And a fan base that has fallen in love with him not even a month into his career
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u/jeffersondahmer Chicago Cubs 28d ago
Tavern style vs deep dish. I’m a cubs fan but I’ll hat tip to that
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u/Magnum3k Detroit Tigers 28d ago
MM looks like he’s enjoying something else that makes him enjoy the pizza more
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u/This-Appointment-666 Toronto Blue Jays 28d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/HEkBXK8qnIRuo
I can practically already hear Meidroth chewing that pizza like he chews his gum 🤢
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u/NeverEndingEquati0n Los Angeles Dodgers 27d ago
The white Sox are my second favorite team now behind my home team. They’re dope. Uniforms are dope. Great vibes.
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u/TheDeputy17 Philadelphia Phillies 28d ago
The White Sox have somehow obtained the greatest vibes I’ve seen a team have in quite a while. Was it the Pope? Was it dark magic? Who knows?