2023 MLB (non-Tigers) catch all thread

[Jim Cowan]

6 minutes ago, casimir said:

Your rarity score was 7?

I had a cruddy day and got a 5.  A whole 5 right answers.

For me that's a decent day.

[casimir]

1 minute ago, Jim Cowan said:

For me that's a decent day.

I think this might be my worst.  Just couldn’t come up with much of anything.  Edwin Jackson and Octavio Dotel couldn’t help me.

Edited September 14, 2023 by casimir

[CMU97]

21 minutes ago, casimir said:

I think this might be my worst.  Just couldn’t come up with much of anything.  Edwin Jackson and Octavio Dotel couldn’t help me.

The only Tiger I could use today was legendary Lloyd. I probably could have used, but former tigers are usually what I use first.

[Toddwert]

Red Sox fire Chaim Bloom today 

[Jim Cowan]

I got 7 out of 9 today, including Edwin Jackson. 

[SeattleMike]

30 minutes ago, Toddwert said:

Red Sox fire Chaim Bloom today 

Dombrowski is probably smiling. 

[chasfh]

2 hours ago, Toddwert said:

Red Sox fire Chaim Bloom today 

Chaim got Mookied.

[casimir]

5 hours ago, Jim Cowan said:

I got 7 out of 9 today, including Edwin Jackson. 

Daggumit!  Jake Cronenworth never played for Tampa, only in their minors.  And of course, that was the first box I went for.

[casimir]

8 correct after that whiff.  And of course Edwin Jackson could have helped me today.  Oh, so stupid,

[theroundsquare]

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 166 9/9:
Rarity: 125
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Woohoo!  

[Tiger337]

Chaim Bloom got fired because the Red Sox wanted to become the Tampa Bay Rays and it didn't work.  

https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/insider/story/_/id/38399430/chaim-bloom-boston-red-sox-gm-parted-ways

[gehringer_2]

52 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Chaim Bloom got fired because the Red Sox wanted to become the Tampa Bay Rays and it didn't work.  

https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/insider/story/_/id/38399430/chaim-bloom-boston-red-sox-gm-parted-ways

Seems to be a common theme after a Dombrowski tenure.

[Toddwert]

10 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Seems to be a common theme after a Dombrowski tenure.

he guts the minors and surprise you have no pitching prospects.... Keith Law talked about the Red Sox  on his Athletic podcast. About the ownership all of sudden got cheap

[Tiger337]

Dombrowski is the Billy Martin of GMs.  He wins in the short-term, but destroys things long-term.  Dombrowski is revered in Detroit, because that was the only time in the last four decades that the Tigers had a winning team.  He is less liked in Boston because they were already a winning organization prior to DD.  

[Toddwert]

16 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Dombrowski is the Billy Martin of GMs.  He wins in the short-term, but destroys things long-term.  Dombrowski is revered in Detroit, because that was the only time in the last four decades that the Tigers had a winning team.  He is less liked in Boston because they were already a winning organization prior to DD.  

who are they talking about in Boston to replace Bloom? Keith Law mention there was talk about Cora being interested. seems like Cora should be under the microscope too

[Tiger337]

47 minutes ago, Toddwert said:

who are they talking about in Boston to replace Bloom? Keith Law mention there was talk about Cora being interested. seems like Cora should be under the microscope too

I doubt it will be Cora.  They want someone with GM experience.  So far, there isn't any name emerging as a favorite.  

[Toddwert]

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shocked that Jimmie Foxx didnt have 3000 hits after playing 20 years

[RandyMarsh]

I got 7/9 today as well. Should've stopped after the whiffing on the first question of 30/30 and 200 hits. Trying to go for the rarity I said Kinsler but he topped out at 190 hits. Also missed the middle square of 40+ HRs and Gold Gloves. I'm terrible with GGs but I knew Goldschmidt has won a bunch in recent years and I thought he hit 40 atleast once but nope he topped out at 37.  

[Hongbit]

28 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

I got 7/9 today as well. Should've stopped after the whiffing on the first question of 30/30 and 200 hits. Trying to go for the rarity I said Kinsler but he topped out at 190 hits. 

Amazingly, its happened already this season. 

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, RandyMarsh said:

I got 7/9 today as well. Should've stopped after the whiffing on the first question of 30/30 and 200 hits. Trying to go for the rarity I said Kinsler but he topped out at 190 hits. Also missed the middle square of 40+ HRs and Gold Gloves. I'm terrible with GGs but I knew Goldschmidt has won a bunch in recent years and I thought he hit 40 atleast once but nope he topped out at 37.  

Willie Mays works for pretty much any Gold Glove + stat milestone square.  

[RandyMarsh]

5 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Willie Mays works for pretty much any Gold Glove + stat milestone square.  

I always forget when GGs even started so I was afraid to mention any guys pre 70s, I'll have to remember that they been around longer than I thought. 

[Tiger337]

9 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

I always forget when GGs even started so I was afraid to mention any guys pre 70s, I'll have to remember that they been around longer than I thought. 

They started in 1957.

Tigers Gold Glove Winners:

P. Lary

P. Rogers

C. Freehan

C. Parrish

C. Rodriguez

2B. Whitaker

2B. Polanco

2B. Kinsler

SS. Trammell

SS. Brinkman

3B. Rodriguez

LF. Cespedes

CF. Stanley

CF. Pettis

RF Kaline

The biggest surprise is Cespedes.  He was a good defender, but I don't remember him winning a Gold Glove or having the reputatuion to win one. 

I am a bit surprised Lemon never won one.  There were some great center fielders, but I figured he would have snuck in there one year with either Chicago or Detroit.  

 

[chasfh]

9 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

Dombrowski is the Billy Martin of GMs.  He wins in the short-term, but destroys things long-term.  Dombrowski is revered in Detroit, because that was the only time in the last four decades that the Tigers had a winning team.  He is less liked in Boston because they were already a winning organization prior to DD.  

Sharp observation.

[chasfh]

8 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

I doubt it will be Cora.  They want someone with GM experience.  So far, there isn't any name emerging as a favorite.  

I know someone who’s available. 😁

[RandyMarsh]

Im not familiar with the area but I was always under the impression that the main blame for attendance was not just the park itself but being located in St. Pete instead of Tampa.

If that is indeed the case I don't know that a new stadium is going to help all that much outside of maybe the first year or two until the novelty wears off.