CMRivdogs Posted December 31, 2024 Posted December 31, 2024 33 minutes ago, Tiger337 said: Another legendary player has passed away. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=7613330848743283 https://www.mlb.com/video/randle-blows-ball-foul-c31267713 And the only ballplayer to pay homage to the KingDome Quote
Tenacious D Posted January 1 Posted January 1 (edited) Saw this on X—very talented artist who specializes in baseball-related paintings www.braddavisart.com Edited January 1 by Tenacious D Quote
papalawrence Posted January 1 Posted January 1 4 hours ago, Tenacious D said: The next 10 should be strong for Detroit. Doesn't help when they had 2 #1 overall picks and their overall WAR is probably about zero Quote
casimir Posted January 1 Posted January 1 19 hours ago, Tenacious D said: It’d be interesting to see how much of that WAR was earned with the original drafting team. 1 Quote
Edman85 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 On 1/1/2025 at 7:47 PM, holygoat said: Man, the Rockies lmao! Last I checked, and I still think this is true, the Rockies are the only team that has never gone above the draft pool. Keep in mind you get 5% where you pay a tax and do not lose any picks. Most teams are 4.5%-5% over their pool. The Rockies do not pay that tax. Quote
Tigermojo Posted January 6 Posted January 6 Royals get Lorenzen for $7 million. Seems like a steal to me. $12 million mutual option for 2026. I'm surprised he didn't get more than that. Quote
chasfh Posted January 7 Posted January 7 1 hour ago, Tenacious D said: Let’s go! Not for nothing, this tweet name checks 17 different teams. I’m a little surprised they didn’t extend it out to 15 years and name all 30 of them. Quote
monkeytargets39 Posted January 8 Posted January 8 (edited) RIP Brian Matusz I know several folks on here that were super high on him when he was a prospect with Baltimore, but he never really broke through in the bigs. Gone way too soon. Edited January 8 by monkeytargets39 1 Quote
chasfh Posted January 8 Posted January 8 10 hours ago, monkeytargets39 said: RIP Brian Matusz I know several folks on here that were super high on him when he was a prospect with Baltimore, but he never really broke through in the bigs. Gone way too soon. His last big league start, he was on the Cubs in 2016 and got smoked off the mound, Cubs were down like 6-0, and they came back and won in extras. We learned two things that day: (1) Cubs really might break the curse after all; and (2) that was the end of Brian Matusz, major leaguer. Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 I wonder when baseball when expand again. It's been a very long time, 27 years. I don't think baseball has much more room and I think 32 is the max that baseball could handle. I don't think there are a whole lot of markets that really are screaming for baseball. First the Rays have to be dealt with - I don't think they're staying in Tampa. So where would they move? Orlando? Salt Lake City? Nashville? Once that gets settled, then expand and have 8 4-team divisions. I am moving the Rays to Salt Lake and expanding with Montreal and Nashville. AL East Baltimore, Boston, New York, Toronto AL North Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, ,Minnesota AL South Houston, Kansas City, Nashville, Texas AL West Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Seattle NL East Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh NL South Atlanta, Cincinnati, Miami, Washington NL Central Chicago, Colorado, Milwaukee, St. Louis NL West Arizona, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego Schedule For me, every series outside your own division would be a 3-game series. Within the division there could be variables of 2 or 4 game series, but rarely. 18 vs. your division (54) 6 vs. other divisions in your league (72) 6 vs. your partner team (6) -- each team has an interleague opponent they play every year. (Tigers would be the Pirates) 6 vs. 5 other interleague teams (30) Partner teams? Orioles - Nationals (Beltway series) Red Sox - Phillies (Patriots series) Yankees - Mets (Big Apple Series) Blue Jays - Expos (O Canada Series) White Sox - Cubs (Windy City Series) Guardians - Reds (Puked in My Mouth Series) Tigers - Pirates (Steal Wheels Series) Twins - Brewers (Dairy Dream Series) Houston - Marlins (Gulf of America series) Kansas City - Cardinals (Show Me Series) Nashville - Braves (Biscuits & Gravy series) Texas - Diamondbacks (Something having to do with Cowboys Series) A's - Giants (Gamblers Anonymous Hotline Series) Angels - Dodgers (SoCal Series) Salt Lake City - Rockies (Continental Divide Series) Mariners - Padres (Pacific Coast Series) I would consider swapping Houston back to the NL for Atlanta or Miami to have 1 team in each league from Texas. Now that everyone has the DH, does it matter all that much? Quote
papalawrence Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Read that the Dodgers deferrals have topped 1 Billion and there are payments out as far as 2044. Quote
Edman85 Posted January 9 Posted January 9 7 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said: I wonder when baseball when expand again. It's been a very long time, 27 years. I don't think baseball has much more room and I think 32 is the max that baseball could handle. I don't think there are a whole lot of markets that really are screaming for baseball. First the Rays have to be dealt with - I don't think they're staying in Tampa. So where would they move? Orlando? Salt Lake City? Nashville? Once that gets settled, then expand and have 8 4-team divisions. I am moving the Rays to Salt Lake and expanding with Montreal and Nashville. AL East Baltimore, Boston, New York, Toronto AL North Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, ,Minnesota AL South Houston, Kansas City, Nashville, Texas AL West Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Seattle NL East Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh NL South Atlanta, Cincinnati, Miami, Washington NL Central Chicago, Colorado, Milwaukee, St. Louis NL West Arizona, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego Schedule For me, every series outside your own division would be a 3-game series. Within the division there could be variables of 2 or 4 game series, but rarely. 18 vs. your division (54) 6 vs. other divisions in your league (72) 6 vs. your partner team (6) -- each team has an interleague opponent they play every year. (Tigers would be the Pirates) 6 vs. 5 other interleague teams (30) Partner teams? Orioles - Nationals (Beltway series) Red Sox - Phillies (Patriots series) Yankees - Mets (Big Apple Series) Blue Jays - Expos (O Canada Series) White Sox - Cubs (Windy City Series) Guardians - Reds (Puked in My Mouth Series) Tigers - Pirates (Steal Wheels Series) Twins - Brewers (Dairy Dream Series) Houston - Marlins (Gulf of America series) Kansas City - Cardinals (Show Me Series) Nashville - Braves (Biscuits & Gravy series) Texas - Diamondbacks (Something having to do with Cowboys Series) A's - Giants (Gamblers Anonymous Hotline Series) Angels - Dodgers (SoCal Series) Salt Lake City - Rockies (Continental Divide Series) Mariners - Padres (Pacific Coast Series) I would consider swapping Houston back to the NL for Atlanta or Miami to have 1 team in each league from Texas. Now that everyone has the DH, does it matter all that much? If baseball does expand, it will be to the cities/states who shell out the public money to make it happen. Everything else will fit in around that. Quote
Tiger337 Posted January 9 Posted January 9 51 minutes ago, chasfh said: Sadly, Baseball is never going back to Montreal. They made sure of that. Quote
monkeytargets39 Posted January 10 Posted January 10 I can see Nashville….beyond that…..maaaaybe San Antonio? I don’t see Portland or Salt Lake City getting in it any time soon. Quote
papalawrence Posted January 10 Posted January 10 Portland had an independent league team in the 70s. Jim Bouton pitched for them. There is an excellent documentary on the team https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battered_Bastards_of_Baseball Quote
Tenacious D Posted January 10 Posted January 10 32 teams seems sufficient—I suspect that is why we haven’t seen any more expansion. Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted January 10 Author Posted January 10 C.C. Sabathia is going to the Hall Of Fame but Lou Whitaker isn't in it. That seems so wrong to me. Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted January 10 Author Posted January 10 The WAR (Baseball Reference's formula) for MODERN DAY Second basemen Joe Morgan 100.6 Ryne Sandberg 67.9 Roberto Alomar 67.0 Craig Biggio 65.5 (not counting Rod Carew who played 1b half of his career) Lou Whitaker 75.1 Come on man, so he didn't talk to the media. So what? He was never rude about it. It's such a crime. He and Tram should have gone in together and the writers already cheated us out of that, but someone please do something here. To shut a guy out for not having good quotes, while Bill Mazeroski gets in based on ONE home run. Come on, man..... Quote
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