IdahoBert Posted January 21 Posted January 21 The guy who broke into her apartment realized who she was and robbed her anyway. He was already in trouble for having broken into a church on Christmas Day. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-03-mn-34270-story.html Quote
IdahoBert Posted January 21 Posted January 21 https://6abc.com/little-caesars-mike-ilitch-rosa-parks-paid-rent/1759779/ another article about this. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 21 Posted January 21 (edited) 9 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: The guy who broke into her apartment realized who she was and robbed her anyway. He was already in trouble for having broken into a church on Christmas Day. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-03-mn-34270-story.html This guy is like a 6 time loser at this point. Went to jail after the Parks robbery, after he got out he was busted again (2009), got out and busted again for a crime on the same MO in 2020. https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2020/03/man-who-attacked-rosa-parks-accused-of-similar-crime-in-grand-rapids.html Edited January 21 by gehringer_2 Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted January 21 Author Posted January 21 8 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: This guy is like a 6 time loser at this point. Went to jail after the Parks robbery, after he got out he was busted again (2009), got out and busted again for a crime on the same MO in 2020. https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2020/03/man-who-attacked-rosa-parks-accused-of-similar-crime-in-grand-rapids.html I am no fan of police brutality, but someone who robs and physically assaults a weaker elderly person - it wouldn't bother me to see them get an errant elbow to the chin by the cops. You know, an "oopsie". Quote
papalawrence Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Dodgers reach tentative agreement with Yates. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/01/dodgers-sign-kirby-yates.html Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 21 Posted January 21 (edited) Per the link above, the Dodgers are expected to owe something like $400M in luxury tax. If there are 15 teams getting equity payments, that $26.6M per team just in luxury tax revenue, just from the Dodgers. Edited January 21 by gehringer_2 Quote
monkeytargets39 Posted January 21 Posted January 21 The one voter who didn’t vote for Ichiro needs his credentials revoked 1 Quote
4hzglory Posted January 22 Posted January 22 1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said: Per the link above, the Dodgers are expected to owe something like $400M in luxury tax. If there are 15 teams getting equity payments, that $26.6M per team just in luxury tax revenue, just from the Dodger. i read their CBT number would be close to $400 and their tax payment would be $120 mil. Quote
Tiger337 Posted January 22 Posted January 22 1 hour ago, monkeytargets39 said: The one voter who didn’t vote for Ichiro needs his credentials revoked Only Rivera and Jeter have gone in unanimously, so Suzuki is in good company. Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted January 22 Author Posted January 22 1 hour ago, monkeytargets39 said: The one voter who didn’t vote for Ichiro needs his credentials revoked I agree. I want to know the reason. Is it gonna be one of these "I have to protect the integrity of baseball and nobody can be allowed to be perfect" a-holes. Maybe this is like the Pedo who didn't vote for Nolan Ryan. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 22 Posted January 22 1 hour ago, 4hzglory said: 2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said: Per the link above, the Dodgers are expected to owe something like $400M in luxury tax. If there are 15 teams getting equity payments, that $26.6M per team just in luxury tax revenue, just from the Dodger. i read their CBT number would be close to $400 and their tax payment would be $120 mil. OK - thanks - I misread it - thought at the 4th tier they had to pay multiples of the overage.....so still about $8M per team just from the Dodgers. Phillies, Dodgers, Mets and Yankees all over $275M AAV but the penalties depend on how many years they have been over and by how much so the total tax isn't a straightforward % of this year's overages. At any rate, it's interesting that the luxury tax payments are getting to where they are not trivial to the receiving teams. 1 Quote
monkeytargets39 Posted January 22 Posted January 22 (edited) 9 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said: Edited January 22 by monkeytargets39 Duplicate Quote
monkeytargets39 Posted January 22 Posted January 22 9 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said: If That was a Randy Smith signing and Randy Smith talked this guy up like he was the greatest. And flubbing the flyball in Weaver's no-hit attempt. That was on the manager. That was late in the game and Paquette had very little experience in RF, he should have never been out there in a no-hitter. You put your best glove you can. But of course, whatever ex-Padres Randy Smith had on that roster, they probably didn't even have a good RF'er. Laziest GM ever. Seems like all he did was deal with the Padres and his dad's team in Houston. He drafted them, so by golly he's gonna prove he was right in Detroit by bringing all the stiffs here. Oh don't get me started on Randy Smith. The Matt Millen of baseball. Wasn’t the big selling point for Paquette was that he was Mark McGwires backup—so he must be good by the commutative property of talent. Quote
Tiger337 Posted January 22 Posted January 22 Suzuki was a unique talent who spent a chunk of his prime in Japan. He definitely belongs in the HoF, but he is a bit overrated. He was the best contact hitter of his era, but he was also corner outfielder (a very good one) with a 107 lifetime OPS+. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 22 Posted January 22 6 minutes ago, Tiger337 said: Suzuki was a unique talent who spent a chunk of his prime in Japan. He definitely belongs in the HoF, but he is a bit overrated. He was the best contact hitter of his era, but he was also corner outfielder (a very good one) with a 107 lifetime OPS+. We all know that the people that were close to him say he was capable of hitting for more OPS but he wouldn't - He was a man with an idea of what a proper ball player was and he stuck to it whether it was right or wrong! Quote
Tiger337 Posted January 22 Posted January 22 11 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: We all know that the people that were close to him say he was capable of hitting for more OPS but he wouldn't - He was a man with an idea of what a proper ball player was and he stuck to it whether it was right or wrong! He was probably capable of hitting for more power, but would that have lowered is OBP? We'll never know. They used to say the same thing about Wade Boggs. Quote
monkeytargets39 Posted January 22 Posted January 22 Don’t ignore his elite defense/arm and baserunning. Quote
Tiger337 Posted January 22 Posted January 22 36 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said: Don’t ignore his elite defense/arm and baserunning. Right, he was a tremendous athlete, but it doesn't add up to elite value due to his position and lack of power. I love variety in the game though. I wish there were more players like him to make the game more interesting. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 22 Posted January 22 (edited) 1 hour ago, Tiger337 said: Right, he was a tremendous athlete, but it doesn't add up to elite value due to his position and lack of power. I love variety in the game though. I wish there were more players like him to make the game more interesting. That was one thing that always stood out to me about Cabrera in his prime years: he was a hitter good enough to be capable of hitting with either a power or an OBP/RBI approach and he changed his approach based on game situation as adroitly as any hitter I've been able to see a lot of. Edited January 22 by gehringer_2 Quote
monkeytargets39 Posted January 22 Posted January 22 (edited) 1 hour ago, Tiger337 said: Right, he was a tremendous athlete, but it doesn't add up to elite value due to his position and lack of power. I love variety in the game though. I wish there were more players like him to make the game more interesting. I get it, but let’s say hypothetically the Mariners didn’t already have Mike Cameron at CF when Ichiro came to Seattle and he played the bulk of his career defensively in center. Is he all of a sudden a much better player just because his offensive numbers stack up better against other CFs instead of RFs? We would all probably say yes because CF production is more valuable, but the butterfly effect complicates that a lot. If Cameron isn’t there and they put Ichiro in CF—now what…does Stan Javier or Raul Ibanez play a lot more RF….and how much more does that hurt the team defensively than Ichiros comparative offense in RF vs CF. Edited January 22 by monkeytargets39 Quote
Tenacious D Posted January 23 Posted January 23 On 1/21/2025 at 5:39 PM, monkeytargets39 said: The one voter who didn’t vote for Ichiro needs his credentials revoked All of the ones that voted Sabathia in on first ballot should too. Another case of a likable player from a big market getting special consideration. He had 8 seasons with an ERA over 4.00. Quote
monkeytargets39 Posted January 23 Posted January 23 I think Felix Hernandez was the better pitcher than CC also. Put him on teams that can give him league average run support and he’d be a multiple time 20 game winner Quote
Tiger337 Posted January 23 Posted January 23 50 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said: I think Felix Hernandez was the better pitcher than CC also. Put him on teams that can give him league average run support and he’d be a multiple time 20 game winner They had simlilar peaks, but Sabathia had more good years and a lot more innings. Both were close for me, but Sabathia made my cut and Hernandez didn't. I would probably put Pettitte in over Hernandez too. Quote
Tiger337 Posted January 23 Posted January 23 12 hours ago, Tenacious D said: All of the ones that voted Sabathia in on first ballot should too. Another case of a likable player from a big market getting special consideration. He had 8 seasons with an ERA over 4.00. Schilling is a turd,but he belongs for baseball reasons. He is a slam dunk, although some probably kept him out due to the character clause. Quote
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