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Top 5 Karen moments and freak outs

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Top 5 Karen moments and freak outs

The people we all love and hate… Karens. Karen’s are stupid. Karen’s are boomers. Karen’s ruin everything. And I mean everything. Karens also happen to be funny. Luckily for you, I scoured the internet far and wide to find the best, funniest, and most ridiculous Karen moments and freak outs. These videos demonstrate and show just exactly what a Karen is. What exactly is a Karen though? Let me explain.

 

The Origin Story

According to Wikipedia, a Karen pejorative term for someone perceived as entitled or demanding beyond the scope of what is appropriate or necessary. A common stereotype is that of a white woman who uses her privilege to demand her own way at the expense of others. Depictions also include demanding to “speak to the manager”, being racist, being anti-vaccination, or sporting a particular bob cut hairstyle. As of 2020, the term was increasingly being used as a general-purpose term of disapproval for middle-aged white women.”

 

Karens also have very distinct haircuts. The haircut is a source you can use to tell if it is just your average everyday boomer, or if it is a Karen. Just like when you can tell the difference between a whitetail deer or an elk.

Now that you know just what a Karen is, let’s take a dive into the top 5 Karen freak outs and moments.

#5: Park Ranger Karen

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Karen Video #5

 

This video demonstrates just how rude and racist they can be. That poor Asian family can’t even go on vacation without spotting a wild Karen. Karen blocks the Asian families path like she’s Gandalf like, “You shall not pass”, but with more racism. She goes out of her way to prove the point that Asians don’t belong in America, which they do. America is a free country, but some people believe in, “If you’re not white and have my haircut, you are a less important person than me”. Overall, the video is actually pretty decent. Although whoever was recording looked like they recorded it on a Gameboy from the 90’s, the video in itself is funny and deserves some credit.

 

#4: Crazy Verizon customer Karen

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Karen Video #4

 

This video is flat out crazy. For those who can not understand the context of this video, Karen’s phone plan is crappy and she wants to change it. The Verizon employee talks to her about different plans she can choose from. But because Karen is on a whole other level than you, she thinks she should  get a brand new phone. The Verizon employee tells her that is not possible unless she pays for it. From then, the video down spirals in chaos. Karen basically turned into the Devil himself, and unleashed all her anger and hate on this poor employee. It was so bad, more employees came to help, and they still could not handle the power of the Karen. It’s like Naruto. He has the demon fox trapped inside of him, and when he gets backed into a corner, he can trigger this demon, and it gives him crazy powers. This video demonstrates how Karen’s think they are the head of society and they deserve more than the average person, when in reality, they don’t.

 

#3: Karen the Witch unleashes her powers on “tresspasser”

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Karen Video #3

 

This video low key creeps me out. Karen stands there in her long, black, straggly hair, just staring into your soul. She judges every part of you. If I were the poor, black man that was in that scenario, I’d try and throw boiling water at her to burn off her old, saggy witch skin. Not only is there witch Karen, there is her super compassionate partner, who I like to refer to as a Greg. Greg’s are basically the husband of a Karen, and demonstrate exactly what a Karen is, only in Male form. Greg is not only asking the guy questions like it is 21 questions, he decides to roll his camera on his phone to probably show the police later. Typical Karen move. These beautifully racist couple probably have no clue that he is the owner of the property, but still go out of their way to question the black man if it’s his property, and then go on to call the cops, for standing on HIS OWN PROPERTY. Unbelievable. The delusion of the couple is out of this galaxy. Mind your own business, Karen.

 

#2: KidsBop Karen

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Karen Video #2

 

This was very close to being #1 on this list, but compared to the next one is not as good. Anyways, this Karen goes WAY out of her way to tell the driver and the backseat passenger just how idiotic they are. Getting out of your car, in the middle of a street, just to yell at some people,  really takes some nerve. But Karens have that nerve. She rants on the driver for a little while, then she REALLY lets it all out against the passenger. She even goes as far to start yelling cuss words at them, while her kids are in the car next to them. And then, makes this face. 

 

Game over. Good luck with that. If I were them, I would just walk out of the car and ask for a car to run me over. That face is basically the infinity gauntlet. “Now, reality can be whatever she wants”, with that face. The best part of the whole video, and the signature mark, is when she tells her kids are, “too busy watching KidsBop”, to listen to her cuss. Every second of this video I burst into laughter uncontrollably. Just a surreal video.

 

Now, the best video of all

#1: Karen saves the day by calling cops on black family at park having BBQ

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Karen Video #1

Words can’t even describe this video. Karen is so incredibly ridiculous in this video I can’t even think. 24 minutes of utter Karenism, if that is even a word. Racist Karen goes out of her way to make life tough for an innocent black family just having a BBQ in a PUBLIC PARK. She pulls all kinds of reasons out of her gray hair about how it is bad for society and her city. A nearby citizen questions her for a little while. The black family talks to her, and she STEALS the lady’s credit card! Then Karen acts all defensive like she is being threatened or hurt. Then she pulls a typical Karen move, which is calling the cops if things don’t go her way. Even the police think she is an idiot. They too don’t care because after all it is a PUBLIC PARK. This Karen is so freaking delusional, she has no idea what she is doing. She needs to mind her own business, and stop trying to take charge of everything.

What we know as of know about MLB The Show 20

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What we know as of know about MLB The Show 20

Release date

March 17th, 2020 

Platforms

Available on Playstation 4 and 5, Nintendo Switch, and even Xbox. The other games were only available on PS4. Not anymore. This increases popularity because people don’t have to go buy a Playstation just to play MLB The Show

Early Access

There are 4 options when ordering MLB The Show 20:

Standard Edition

Cost: $60.00

Standard Edition gives you the complete copy of the game, as well as a choice gold pack. 

  • 1x Gold Choice Pack
  • 5,000 Stubs
  • Early Access

MVP Edition

Cost: $80.00

MVP Edition gives you early access. The game comes in a SteelBook cover, and within the game, you get a ton of packs, including

  • Double Dailies
  • 30x Avatars
  • 1x Diamond Variety Pack
  • 2x Gold Choice Pack
  • 10x Show Packs
  • 10,000 Stubs
  • Early Access

Digital Deluxe Edition

Cost: $100.00

DD gives you early access like many of the other editions, as well as a few packs. 

  • Double Dailies
  • 30x Avatars
  • 2x Diamond Variety Pack
  • 5x Gold Choice Pack
  • 20x Show Pack
  • 25,000 Stubs
  • Early Access

Anniversary Edition

Cost: $100.00

The Anniversary Edition is the most valuable edition of the game that you can get. The additional rewards you obtain are

  • Limited Edition Steelbook
  • 25,000 Stubs
  • Early Access
  • Double Dailies
  • 30x Avatars
  • 1x Diamond Variety Pack
  • 2x Gold Variety pack
  • 20x The show Pack

Cover Athlete

Javier Baez

Background information about Javier Baez

Born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Position: Shortstop, Third Base, Second Base

Current team: Chicago Cubs

Salary: $5.2 Million per year

Career Awards: 2x All-Star, Silver Slugger, World Series Champion, 2016 NLCS MVP.

Gameplay

Gameplay for MLB The Show 20 is smoother than it’s ever been. They have fixed some of the weird animations you get now, such as an outfielder missing a routine fly ball, or a shortstop holding onto the ball instead of throwing it. 

They also have fixed hitting animations. When you used to good-good a ball, it would usually turn into an out. There is another level, perfect-perfect. It’s almost guaranteed no to become a hit if it’s perfect-perfect.  

Road To The Show

Multi-Reward challenges are now in the game. This motivates and rewards players to hit better, which makes the fanbase of MLB The Show that much stronger. You can now get multiple rewards for completing challenges. Obviously, the harder the challenge, the more rewards you earn.

On-field relationships are also a new addition. The stronger of a relationship you have with another player, the better you play together. For instance, a second baseman and shortstop that have a strong connection will start turning double plays that you see in a top 10 highlight reel. Behind the backflips, barehand grabs, jumping throws, etc. 

Franchise Mode

Franchise mode was always one of the modes in the game that never was as popular as modes like Battle Royale, or even Diamond Dynasty. With some of the new modes in Franchise, it’s bound to become more popular.

Custom leagues are now in the game. This allows you to change the league to your liking. If there is a rule you don’t like, you can get rid of it. Free agency can be turned off. The list goes on. 

Minor League teams are now becoming better than ever. San Diego Studios says, “They got next”. After all they are the next generation of bright stars. The minor leagues are becoming more consistent, more powerful. This is making the game more exciting and promising. 

Relocation and Rebranding are now better than ever. Unfortunately, some cities aren’t able to afford a Major League team. That changes with MLB The Show. Rebranding allows you to rename your team, edit jerseys, logo, etc. Relocation lets you move your team to another location. If you wanted to, you could move the Dodgers to our own Salt Lake City.

 

 

 

Why Larry Walker needs to be in the MLB Hall of Fame

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Larry Walker for President

Jan 21st is a very big day this year. For those who don’t know what is on January 21st, that is the day that the MLB will announce who will be in the Baseball Hall Of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. There are many players that you can vote for, such as Edgar Martinez, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling, Manny Ramirez, Sammy Sosa, and more. But the one name that rises above them all, is Larry Walker. The public says it. History says it. Science says it. I say it. And after you finish this article, you’ll say it too.

1: The Canadian Clubber

Larry Walker is an absolute hitting machine. According to FanGraphs and Baseball-Reference, Larry Walker’s career stats go as follows: .313 BA, 383 HR, 2160 H, 1311 RBI, .400 OBP, .965 OPS, 565 SLG, and 141 OPS+. He also participated in 3 home run derbies, was in 5 All-Star Games, won 3 Silver Sluggers, and led the 1997 season in home runs. I also compared Larry Walker to one of the greatest baseball players ever, Ken Griffey Jr. Walker beats Griffey in the following: Batting Average, On Base Percentage, Slugging Percentage, On-base plus slugging, and On-base plus slugging plus. Now you’re probably thinking, “Well, he also played at Coors Field, which has a huge outfield. I say two things: first, he only played 30% of his career games at Coors Field. Secondly if you take a look at his road stats, they are just as good as his home stats. Some of them are also better than some of Griffey’s road stats. 

2: Crazy good defender

Walker was also a very good defender. Both FanGraphs and Baseball-Reference state that he won 7 career Gold Gloves. He also posted a 3.5 DEF, has roughly a 7 DRS, and never in his career had a fielding percentage below .973. If we compare  Ken Griffey Jr’s again, his lowest fielding percentage was .967.  

3: The Complete Package

The Canadian Clubber also was a prolific base stealer. He averaged roughly 15-20 stolen bases a year. His best season when it came to stolen bases came in 1997 when he had 33. 1997 was also the year he won MVP. Wanna take a guess at who won the American League MVP? Ken Griffey Jr, conveniently enough. 

The future of the MLB is international

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 Why baseball is more international than ever

With baseball youth participation at an all-time low, the game is thriving around the world. Baseball is slowly turning into the world’s game

The Slump

Youth baseball participation is at an all-time low. A study by the National Sporting Goods Association shows that from 2001-2010, roughly 8.8 million youth participated in youth baseball, whether that is Little League or Super League. That number drops to 5.3 million in 2015-present. There is an abundance of reasons why it is on the decline. One may be because of expensive travel-ball teams taking over the competition. The average black household usually makes $50,000 per year, and white households make $70,000 per year. From my personal competitive baseball experience, it usually costs somewhere from $700-$1500 to play on a legitimate travel team. 

Another reason may be because the game can be rather boring sometimes. The game of baseball is a slow-paced game. Basketball and soccer are sports where you are constantly moving back and forth on the field of play. There is no wonder roughly 15 million kids play basketball yearly. Now, thankfully baseball is making a comeback. The 2019 estimation is nearly 9 million youth played baseball.  But believe it or not, the game of baseball is even more popular around the globe. 

Foreign Freaks

Some of the biggest names in baseball were not born in the USA. As a matter of fact, studies show that a whopping 29.8% of Major Legauers were born outside of the USA. That’s roughly 1 in 3 Major Leaguers. As a matter of fact, this is so big that the MLB noticed that, and they are now considering adding a second team in Canada, or a first team in Mexico. 

Around the globe, there are some big baseball countries. Japan is one of the biggest hotbeds for superstar talent. Some names include Shohei Ohtani, who is probably the most interesting talent going into the 2020 season, who is both a productive hitter, a great pitcher, and is very fast too. Some others include Ichiro Suzuki, probably Japan’s greatest player ever, as well as Hideo Nomo, Yusei Kikuchi, and on the rise currently, Yoshitomo Tsutsugo, who was recently signed by the Tampa Bay Rays. Another hotbed that comes to mind is Cuba, who has produced players like Yasiel Puig, Yasmani Grandal, who just signed a record contract with the White Sox, and Yandy Diaz, who hit 2 home runs at the leadoff spot in the 2019 AL Wildcard game against the Oakland Athletics. Other countries include South Korea, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Curacao, Canada, Mexico, and Venezuela. In 2017 Gift Ngoepe became the first African Born player to record a base hit in the Major Leagues, a truly incredible feat.

WBC

Every year, the MLB hosts an event called the WBC, standing for the World Baseball Classic. All of these countries create a superteam with the best players born in that country. Some of the top teams that play in the tournament include the USA, Cuba, Japan, the Domican Republic, and Puerto Rico. 

It really intrigues me to watch the american’s play teams from the other side of the world. I’m so usedd to watching the best players in the world play in America, when there are players nearly as good, not playing in the Major Leagues. There are also world tournaments meant for younger generations. Some of the best players played in these leagues, such as Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, Jameson Taillon, Kris Bryant, and of course the biggest name of them all, Mike Trout.

A 2nd chance

Not only are some players coming here, America has some players going away to other leagues. Players who didn’t quite make the cut in the MLB, are now given an opportunity to play in other leagues that aren’t as competitive, such as the Mexican League, or the Nippon Professional League in Japan. Essentially it is a second chance for MLB players who have potential, but aren’t quite at the MLB level. They get paid a solid amount,  and if they shine, they might get invited to come back to america. 

Baseball is an incredible game, it truly is. And the world is now realizing that. And with the MLB’s popularity rising around the world, the game of baseball is ready to make a change for the better.

Top 5 baseball video games of all time

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5: Mario Super Sluggers

 Mario Super Sluggers is a wacky, creative game that came out in 2005. The player(s) get to draft their own team out of Nintendo characters. Some characters are faster than others, while others have better pitching ability. You can even put your mii’s on the team. You can change the batting order, and who plays where. Then the game begins. Each main character has two special powers, one for hitting, the other for pitching. Once you start playing, it turns into a fun, wacky game. You can rob home runs using buddy jumps, throw different pitches, throw obstacles at fielders to make an error. There are also other modes, like challenge mode, where you complete challenges and go around the island picking up Mario’s friends and creating a team. It is pure crazy and fun

4: The Bigs 2

The Bigs 2 came out in 2009, 4 years after Mario Super Sluggers. Your cover athlete is Prince Fielder. Essentially, The Bigs 2 is the MLB version of NFL Blitz. You go on an adventure, starting in Mexico, and go to the big leagues, and beat teams, and after you win, you collect All-Stars and form a super team. You’ll then go to places like Japan, and play their super teams. You customize your person and give them abilities. A genuinely fun game that is addicting.

3: RBI Baseball

Me personally, I have played all of the games 2017-present. The original game was made in 1987. It is essentially Xbox’s version of MLB the Show. Though it may not have all the modes and online features that MLB the Show has, it makes up for that in gameplay. The game is super detailed. Very simple controls, and yet you can still do pretty much everything MLB the Show has, but it’s easier. The games update pretty frequently. There is an exhibition mode, and a season mode, where you play the whole season with the same team. And an online mode, so you can play with friends. A realistic game, that is addicting.

2: MVP Baseball

What a game, MVP baseball was. As Manny Ramirez as the cover athlete, this game during 2000-2010, was easily the best MLB video game at that time. The series stretched from 2004-2007. At the time, people were shocked at how fun and addicting the realistic game was. You could play it on all the old school systems, PS2, Gamecube, Xbox, and even PC. You could customize teams, like NBA 2k, adding and removing players from teams, thus creating a super team match. 

1: MLB The Show:

You all knew this was coming. In my non-expert opinion, MLB the Show is the greatest MLB video game ever created. Every year a new game comes out. Javier Baez is your 2020 cover athlete. There are an insane amount of modes in this game, such as Road to the Show, where you create a player, and then roleplay from the minors to the big leagues. Battle Royale, where you get to draft random cards onto your team. Diamond Dynasty, where you collect cards and make a team out of them. The list goes on and on. If you don’t have a PS4, don’t worry. MLB the Show 2020 comes out on all platforms, Xbox, PS4, and Nintendo Switch. You need to get this game, it is just so good.

Pedro Martinez pitched the greatest season of all time

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Pedro Martinez was a starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in the ’90s. He pitched the greatest season ever, then went on to have quite literally, a hall of fame career. Why was it the greatest pitching season ever? Let me explain.

A Star is Born

Pedro Martinez was originally signed as an amateur free agent by the Los Angeles Dodgers. He slowly worked up in the Dodgers farm system and made his debut on September 24th, 1992. He was soon traded to the Montreal Expos on November 19th, 1993. Pedro then had his first successful season in 1995, posting a 3.45 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP. He then repeated that season next year, as well as making his first all-star appearance. He then started getting better and better. His best season with the Expos came in 1997 when he posted a whopping 1.90 ERA. With that, he won his first Cy Young award. He then was traded to the Boston Red Sox in 1998, coming second in Cy Young Award behind Roger Clemens. The year following, he would then pitch what I call, “The greatest pitching season ever.”

El Grande

During his time in Boston, Martinez perfected his repertoire. He had a four-seam fastball that had movement that went in the upper 90s, a ridiculous curveball, and a circle changeup, that in my non-official opinion, is the greatest changeup ever. He also mixed in a 2 seam fastball and a cutter from time to time.

The first month of the season was spectacular for Pedro, going 4-1 with a 2.21 ERA. Then he went to the all-star game, and that was when he shined. He started the all-star game in Fenway park. He faced the leadoff man for the National League, Barry Larkin. Larkin was a very disciplined hitter throughout his career. His highest season for strikeouts was only 69. Pedro fed him fastball after fastball after fastball, and then he threw his changeup, and he was gone. 96mph, 97mph, 98mph, and it’s the 85mph changeup that gets him to miss.

Then comes Larry Walker, who is only hitting .382 in about 80 games, which is no big deal at all. And again, Martinez finishes him off with a fastball.

Last up in the inning, is Sammy Sosa, who was leading the National League in home runs. And he strikes out Sosa, which strikes out the side. Martinez just struck out 3 Hall of Famers with ease. But he isn’t done yet.

Next inning, he strikes out Mark McGwire. Pedro feeds the next batter, Matt Williams, a curveball which he chops to second base, but an error by future Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar errors, and now there is a runner on first.

Martinez strikes out Jeff Bagwell, and Matt Williams attempts to steal but is caught stealing by that year’s MVP Ivan  Rodriguez. And just like that, Pedro’s all-star appearance is over.

But that doesn’t stop Martinez. He would then finish the 1999 season going 23-4 with a 2.07 ERA and a .923 WHIP. He had one bad start against the Florida Marlins, where he surrendered 8 runs. The most memorable start, however, came against the Yankees, his final stat line being, 9 innings pitched, one hit allowed, 17 strikeouts. Up against a dominating team, with a complete lineup, he completely shut them down in a hitter-friendly ballpark. But Pedro’s dominance would extend past the regular season, into the postseason, where he continued being Pedro.

Senor October

The regular season ended, and because of Martinez’s brilliant pitching, the Red Sox made the playoffs, where he still shined. The last two postseasons for Pedro weren’t bad, but not as good as they could be, where he posted a 4.15 ERA in 1997, and a 3.41 ERA in 1998. What about 1999? Pedro had 0.88 ERA! In the playoffs!

The most important appearance in the playoffs was actually not as a starter. It was in relief. Game 5 of the 1999 ALDS, against the Cleveland Indians. Fun fact about the 1999 Cleveland Indians: they scored over 1000 runs that season. Anyways, the game was tied 8-8 in the bottom of the 4th, when Pedro Martinez entered the game, facing the herculean task of pitching to the heart of Cleveland’s order.

First came Sandy Alomar, who grounded out. Kenny Lofton was next, and he did the same thing. Two down in the inning and Omar Vizquel came up to the dish, and he lined out to first base. Next inning, it would be even harder.

Leading off in the 5th was Roberto Alomar, who grounded out to shortstop. That’s revenge for the error he had in the all-star game that year. Next up was Manny Ramirez, who actually became Pedro’s teammate in a few years. He drew a walk, putting a runner on base for the most dangerous man in the American League, Jim Thome, who has already hit 4 home runs in the 5 game series. And he struck out, in the most awkward way possible, a blown foul tip call that sent him back to the dugout unsuccessful. And yet another Hall of Famer came up to face Pedro, this one being Harold Baines. And Pedro struck him out too!

Pedro would continue to mow batters down and get the save, no hitting the best offense in the American League. The Red Sox would then be defeated by the New York Yankees, who went on to win the World Series. However, on the bright side Pedro would win his second Cy Young in 3 years, and came 2nd in MVP voting, falling to Ivan Rodriguez in a very close race. And after the season ended, and he got his awards, the greatest season ever pitched, was over. 

 

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