Tiger337 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 45 minutes ago, Edman85 said: Morosi appears to have done some shark jumping in recent years, it pains me to say. It's too bad. I liked him as a Tigers writer and his first several years as a national writer. At least he apologized for his mistake yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Pretty good day for me. A 29 score. You have to remember those career numbers linked to players that very breifly played for certain teams. ⚾️ Immaculate Grid 251 9/9: Rarity: 29 IMMACULATE! 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 Play at: https://immaculategrid.com @immaculategrid x @baseball_ref Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Edman85 said: Morosi appears to have done some shark jumping in recent years, it pains me to say. You have to understand that he's got people breathing down his neck CONSTANTLY about getting clicks. I mean, it's a non-stop battle for writers now and so they have to try to draw attention to themselves all the time, so they risk their credibility for clicks, because they have to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said: You have to understand that he's got people breathing down his neck CONSTANTLY about getting clicks. I mean, it's a non-stop battle for writers now and so they have to try to draw attention to themselves all the time, so they risk their credibility for clicks, because they have to. yeah, this seems to be a problem all over the media. Media, in general, is losing credibility fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, Tiger337 said: yeah, this seems to be a problem all over the media. Media, in general, is losing credibility fast. Integrity is long gone. The most famous sportswriter in our town flat-out lied about being somewhere and even used quotes from people he didn't speak to - and he's still working. 30 years ago he'd be finished. It's all because News used to be considered a necessary financial loss for TV networks. Then the execs started designing it to make a profit, so integrity went out the window for ad dollars. Watch BBC news when you get a chance (online). Very little hyperbole - just very dry, straight reporting (most of the time). That's how it used to be here. Now its about stoking anger and fear to drive up ratings. That trickles down to sports and even weather, so it's about getting attention first. We'll apologize in the 25th minute in the newscast if we got it wrong. Hey, sensationalizing the weather for profit can be extremely dangerous. People start ignoring the warnings. here in Michigan if we are expecting 4-6 inches of snow it's wall-to-wall coverage, BREAKING NEWS. 4-6 inches of snow.....around here? half the people driving SUVs? Not really a story. Then when a REAL dangerous storm hits people ignore it as just another and get caught off-guard. Big part of what happened with Katrina in NOLA. It's only about ratings and clicks now. News was never supposed to be that. I know someone who was fired as a news director because he refused to use BREAKING NEWS every single day. He through it should be for major events only. The final straw was when he refused to use it to cover a heated schoolboard meeting. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 $70 million a year? Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Holy mary mother of god Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 I chose the wrong profession. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 1 minute ago, chasfh said: Holy mary mother of god But what is that after he exchanges it at the Toronto airport? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 I guess they have the money there, but it's gonna be funny when they don't win a World Series with him. This is just nuts. Plus, there is a real possibility that much of that 2nd half of the contract he's gonna be injured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 What's Juan Soto gonna ask the Yankees for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Really, was it ever going to be any other team? They're the #1 team on the west coast, and arguably in all of baseball, over the last decade. Pacific time zone, closer to home, big Asian community, favorable weather year round, center of the entertainment and media community on the west coast. In retrospect, a no-brainer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 The Dodgers just screwed everyone. I would imagine most of the other owners are livid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 1 minute ago, Motor City Sonics said: The Dodgers just screwed everyone. I would imagine most of the other owners are livid. I blame Scott Harris and Eduardo Rodriguez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 700 million for a guy with a torn UCL. That doesn't sound smart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, chasfh said: Really, was it ever going to be any other team? They're the #1 team on the west coast, and arguably in all of baseball, over the last decade. Pacific time zone, closer to home, big Asian community, favorable weather year round, center of the entertainment and media community on the west coast. In retrospect, a no-brainer. But we signed Kenta, he was supposed to bring other Japanese players here. They had 700 million, but we had Kenta. $700 Million? Kenta?. Angela's party has double fudge brownies, but it also has Angela Double Fudge? Angela? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious D Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 My buddy, who is a big Dodgers fan, just texted that he hopes that Ohtani doesn’t like rough sex. Hilarious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, chasfh said: Really, was it ever going to be any other team? They're the #1 team on the west coast, and arguably in all of baseball, over the last decade. Pacific time zone, closer to home, big Asian community, favorable weather year round, center of the entertainment and media community on the west coast. In retrospect, a no-brainer. I thought San Francisco, Seattle, and Toronto had chances, at least from the outside looking in. San Francisco has been rumored to be itching to spend money lately. Ohtani taking hacks at McCovey Cove had some allure to it. Big media market, west coast. Seattle seemed to me to be San Francisco to a lesser degree. And they’ve recently made some moves that made me wonder if they were trying set some things up to be in favorable position to land Ohtani. Smaller media market, but essentially the entire Pacific Northwest for territory. Toronto seemed to me to have international feel and possibly the ability to escape in a big city with the entire nation as the fan base. It’s northern, but the dome is there for the games and he can go wherever he wants to after the season is over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious D Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 I’ll bet Maeda K’s more hitters than Ohtani does next season. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 8 minutes ago, Tiger337 said: 700 million for a guy with a torn UCL. That doesn't sound smart. It’ll be interesting to see what the salary structure is. Some of it is deferred. So what is the schedule of it, how will it affect annual payroll. I don’t know if/how deferred salary affects the annual average value and luxury taxes. I wonder if this becomes factor in the next collective bargaining agreement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 11 minutes ago, Tiger337 said: 700 million for a guy with a torn UCL. That doesn't sound smart. They must be calculating that they will still make all their money back on him off the field as well as on. And they might. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, casimir said: I thought San Francisco, Seattle, and Toronto had chances, at least from the outside looking in. San Francisco has been rumored to be itching to spend money lately. Ohtani taking hacks at McCovey Cove had some allure to it. Big media market, west coast. Seattle seemed to me to be San Francisco to a lesser degree. And they’ve recently made some moves that made me wonder if they were trying set some things up to be in favorable position to land Ohtani. Smaller media market, but essentially the entire Pacific Northwest for territory. Toronto seemed to me to have international feel and possibly the ability to escape in a big city with the entire nation as the fan base. It’s northern, but the dome is there for the games and he can go wherever he wants to after the season is over. I'm thinking Ohtani is tired of not winning, and none of those teams are as likely to win a World Series as Los Angeles is in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliforniaDreaming Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 That is just insane. I can't imagine that the last 4 years of that contract are going to be pleasant. But who knows.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 1 minute ago, chasfh said: I'm thinking Ohtani is tired of not winning, and none of those teams are as likely to win a World Series as Los Angeles is in the near future. Either that or he wanted 700 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Just now, CaliforniaDreaming said: That is just insane. I can't imagine that the last 4 years of that contract are going to be pleasant. But who knows.... I think the length is OK. The risk is that he getting paid as if he is two players and the the pitcher have may have peaked already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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