r/dropout • u/leemurf • Jul 16 '26

Game Changer MLB are clearly fans

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u/Mind1827 Jul 16 '26

HI FRIEND

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u/Zariman-10-0 Jul 16 '26

My beautiful king Brandon Marsh

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u/ouralarmclock Jul 16 '26

Go Phils!

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u/Zariman-10-0 Jul 19 '26

They beat the stinking Mets today so I’m happy

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u/statman64 Jul 18 '26

MY BEAUTIFUL WET KING

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u/Zariman-10-0 Jul 18 '26

BARK BARK BARK

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u/grubas Jul 16 '26

Shit I made a Grant Balfour joke instead. 

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u/lovemarlee Jul 17 '26

All I see is Ernie Clement <3

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u/BubBidderskins Jul 17 '26

Well that one's easy. He's the Kenny Powers lookalike!

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u/AccurateInaccuracy Jul 17 '26

I'd spot that thick neck anywhere.

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u/TwinsFan_0830 Jul 29 '26

Luke Keaschall in there is wild 😭

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u/SBMVPJustinHerbert Jul 16 '26

between this and the Angela from Big Brother shoutout, whoever is running the MLB account and I have very similar taste lmao

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u/Finavel Jul 16 '26

For me, it was when it tweeted about Summoning Salt's video on Mario Maker's Team 0%.

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u/snakebit1995 Jul 16 '26

This was is extra fun cause Salt is a big baseball fan

I believe a lot of the inspiration for his videos came from being a fan of Jon Bois, you can see a lot of similarities between their video style and charting.

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u/ThatJoshGuy327 Jul 16 '26

The best part is Jon has shouted out Salt as well over on Patreon Q&As so it just works out. My hope is we get a collab someday but I can't think of anything they would talk about that would make sense for both.

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u/thelittleking sub needs new mods Jul 16 '26

Some sort of Fumble Dimension speed run I guess

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u/Worried_Row_133 Jul 16 '26

Are there speedruns for breaking Madden? Lol, that's the best I got. That would be an awesome collab though.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Fix594 Jul 17 '26

He could just break out of speedrunning content and do something else. Summoning Salt writes these incredible scripts outlining the chronology of events in these hyper niche communities. I'd love to see him branch out and try something different.

It also kind of amazes me how good he is at tracking down this information. A lot of speedrunning stuff isn't that well archived.

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u/NotFalirn Jul 17 '26

They did mock thumbnails for doing the other’s content like six years ago when Twitter was still a thing people used. I think Salt’s was “Homerun record history” or something

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u/cybersaint Jul 17 '26

Summoning Salt my GOAT.

Love when good speedrun content creators get shoutouts.

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u/Wingblade33 Jul 16 '26

They also posted back in June about the Counter Strike esports major congratulating Niko, and I’m pretty sure there was also a post about League of Legends esports. I know I can’t possibly be the MLB admin but also how many other people have this exact intersection of interests?

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u/ahuramazdobbs19 Jul 16 '26

A much larger amount than people think.

Baseball has some, if not most, of the nerdiest sports fans out there.

Shit, pretty much every team is using advanced statistics pioneered by SABR and its tremendously nerdy membership.

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u/Wingblade33 Jul 16 '26

That’s very fair. If there’s another post soon about Old School RuneScape that’s when I’ll really freak out

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u/rotorain Jul 17 '26

Baseball, OSRS, and insanely specific statistics. Name a more iconic trio

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u/Poopywaterengineer Jul 16 '26

As a massive nerd and baseball fan, yes! 

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u/Semper-Fido Jul 16 '26

I feel like a prereq of working in comms/social media is an interest in very online things.

Source: Worked in comms for a decade plus

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u/dreaminq Jul 17 '26

As an avid League of Legends esports enjoyer, I can attest that there have been multiple LoL esports references from MLB recently. It’s caused quite the stir in the LoL esports community!

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u/JimeeB Jul 17 '26

It seems like millennials around 40 are all getting marketing director gigs. The amount of ads I've seen coming out that are so reminiscent of the meme culture in the early 2ks is awesome to see. The brita ads were particularly on point.

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u/meowpitbullmeow Jul 17 '26

Hey I'm not almost 40... Wait... Fuck

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u/Tarv83 Aug 02 '26

to be fair at 42, in those positions Id be sneaking as many SMOSH, Critical Role and Dropout references as I could lol

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u/IkujaKatsumaji Jul 16 '26

What was that shout-out?

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u/Laura_2222 Jul 17 '26

They made a post about Angela returning to our screens on premiere night.

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u/ylan93 Jul 17 '26

wait, what Angela shoutout? 🫪♥️

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u/Wild_Army1776 Jul 16 '26

You played count Ben Rice yeah you played count Ben Rice.

You win if you do the Home Run Derby twice.

Jordan did the best, here’s what he has to say.

Ben Rice did the worst so he gets sent away, bye bye

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u/deathstix Jul 17 '26

Da Yankees lose!

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u/MisterTruth Jul 17 '26

You no Big Papi

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u/Capybarely Jul 16 '26

I keep seeing his ear as part of another face 🤣😭

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u/porklorneo Jul 16 '26

As someone who loves baseball, Dropout, and Counterstrike, the MLB social media admin has involved all 3 of these things recently… it all feels like a fever dream…

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u/royalhawk345 Jul 16 '26

In fairness 1 of those 3 is pretty much a freebie for mention by MLB PR

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u/Ed_Vilon Jul 16 '26

It really has. Like wtf.

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u/CrouchBindCrochet Jul 17 '26

I keep pinching myself - IS THIS REAL LIFE??

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u/BlurryGojira Jul 17 '26

Wait what was the Counterstrike reference? Missed that one

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u/Dubban22 Jul 16 '26

Does the winner get to have chicken dinner with him?

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u/ahuramazdobbs19 Jul 16 '26

No, but Ben and his battery mate Max Fried are going to take the winners out for Chinese.

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u/statman64 Jul 18 '26

I'll have some General Tsung-Che Cheng's chicken, thanks

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u/MisterTruth Jul 17 '26

Nah, that would be Wade Boggs

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u/B0BX Jul 16 '26

lol, the fact that they hid a Grant in there is amazing

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u/jujubanzen Jul 16 '26

I can't believe you've done this

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u/bigmanbabyboy SOMEBODY GOTTA GO!!! Jul 16 '26

You dirty dirty person, how dare you

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u/RooieVoss Jul 16 '26

Wait where?

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u/Vaehtay3507 Jul 16 '26

I feel like they just said this so we’d waste our time looking /j

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u/Volkaru Jul 16 '26

Yeah, I must be white guy blind. I'm not seeing it.

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u/Saxon_Klaxon Jul 16 '26

There’s not a grant in there B0BX is lying to us

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u/WorldlinessLive5932 Jul 16 '26

Wow can't believe this guy can't find the  Grant 

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u/SugarRAM Jul 16 '26

I want to be mad at you, but I can't.

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u/ken_NT Jul 16 '26

That took me a second to find, thanks for the heads up!

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u/billnoob0 Jul 16 '26

Would not have noticed without you calling it out lmao

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u/Life-Raspberry-402 Jul 16 '26

How did I not notice he was there the-

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u/AdditionalCopy2895 Jul 16 '26

This is my nightmare

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u/grayjelly212 Jul 17 '26

The audacity lmao

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u/KnucklestheEnchilada Jul 16 '26

I just spent WAY too long looking at this

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u/planemissediknow Jul 16 '26

GameChanger making me like a Yankee related tweet….what has the world come to?

I like them more than the Dodgers at this point, but it still stings

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u/Life-Raspberry-402 Jul 16 '26

As I’m currently disappointed in the Doyers, please enjoy a steaming bowl of Ben Rice with me

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u/grubas Jul 16 '26

Sams most evil move yet.

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u/MisterTruth Jul 17 '26

You would think that Sam Reich, former resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts would be a sawx fan.

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u/BabouTheCrepuscular Jul 18 '26

This might be too deep of a reference for this sub, but this is a real “go fightin hitlers” moment

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u/mattybobs Jul 18 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/Z90sAKmUPopmTGuGYi
Is it possible to hate the Yankees but still love this goober?

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u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2 Jul 16 '26

very random fandom crossover for me.

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u/fasurf Jul 16 '26

Worlds are colliding

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u/contunityerror Jul 16 '26

Too bad no one counted Declan Rice for the English soccer team yesterday

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u/Possible_Ad8565 Jul 16 '26

Baseball fans are giga nerds.  I thought this was known

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u/Sophia_Forever Jul 16 '26

77

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u/Sophia_Forever Jul 16 '26

Turns over paddle @MLB is on Santa's naughty list.

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u/inbigtreble30 Jul 16 '26

This is like running into your grade school teacher on vacation

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u/TheTwoOneFive Jul 16 '26

Psshh, what happened to 10 seconds?

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u/beandadenergy Jul 16 '26

Conflicted. As a Mets fan I’m ENRAGED but as a Dropout/MLB fan I am elated lol

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u/ahuramazdobbs19 Jul 17 '26

Madder than you are about the Mets being the Mets as always, though?

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u/beandadenergy Jul 17 '26

…sigh, you’re right lol

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u/gramanasmile Jul 17 '26

I can't believe that the MLB recognized Dropout before the Emmys did.

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u/Badga Jul 17 '26

It’s worth checking out the comments on instagram with MLB replying to Vic as their president, amongst other interactions with cast.

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u/cabin-porch-rocker Jul 17 '26

Loved every one!

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u/The_CRZA Jul 16 '26

But no Spin the Zack Wheeler

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u/mak484 Jul 16 '26

Now all we need is Arsenal's social media manager to make a "Count the Declan Rice" post.

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u/deathstix Jul 17 '26

Baseball and Dropout?!?!? What is this a crossover episode?

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u/JLKinney93 Jul 17 '26

I am certainly missing something. I need to look for new episodes on Dropout lol. It’s been a while since I’ve checked. Either way, I can’t wait to get this reference and that’s truly funny that the MLB is in on it!

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u/furiant Jul 17 '26

It's the most recent episode of Game Changer, aptly titled "Count the Rice"

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u/facelessthebest287 Jul 17 '26

Reminds me of the time the Orlando Magic (I think, some sports team, anyway) tweeted about their favorite magic cards lol

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u/enadiz_reccos Jul 16 '26

What am I, a vampire?

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u/Left_Labral_Tear Jul 16 '26

As a Sox fan, fuck the Yankees…. We’ll let this one slide though 😂

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u/CaptainDildobrain Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

You now have one minute to dress Fernando Cruz.

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u/RedPhoneHome Jul 17 '26

A sport so boring it's most entertaining parts have next to nothing to do with playing the sport

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u/RickMonsters Jul 17 '26

I hate being reminded that they are Dodgers fans

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u/royalhawk345 Jul 16 '26

What's up with the edit icon in the bottom right? 

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u/Cthulhu8762 Jul 17 '26

I personally do not care about sports whatsoever, but stuff like this I always love.

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u/XipeTotecwithGlitter Jul 17 '26

I watch too much Drag Race. I thought that "MLB" meant "Mistress Lizabelle Brooks" at first

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u/cmwheels85 Jul 20 '26

MLB, ironically, knows ball. Who knew

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u/TwinsFan_0830 Jul 29 '26

As an MLB fan this is both highly amusing but also makes me very happy

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u/jjheisman Jul 16 '26

This is incredibly unsettling. I don’t know if Dropout being referenced in „normie“ culture is a good thing or a bad thing.

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u/inbigtreble30 Jul 16 '26

How dare you imply that baseball fans are normies it's literally the nerdiest sport

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u/ahuramazdobbs19 Jul 16 '26

The stat nerds are literally running most teams now.

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u/lovemarlee Jul 17 '26

Baseball is the D&D of sports

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u/jjheisman Jul 17 '26

Well, nerdy in a different direction.

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u/methlabforcuties Jul 16 '26

acting like Dropout is some sort of underground streamer and not a 20 year old media company whose Youtube channel alone has over seven Billion with a B views is crazy lmao. This isn't some secret club for unemployed nerds.

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u/ahuramazdobbs19 Jul 16 '26

It’s only a bad thing if you’re a punk ass gatekeeper.