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05-30-2020, 03:20 PM #551
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05-30-2020, 05:50 PM #552
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05-30-2020, 06:28 PM #553
How did it happen that NYC, of all places, is home to two of the stupidest, just plain bad team owners? The Wiipons and James Dolan.
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05-30-2020, 07:44 PM #554
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06-05-2020, 06:16 AM #555
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06-05-2020, 06:18 AM #556
If 2020 every does start, we'll be ready.
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06-05-2020, 08:09 AM #557Been there, skied that.
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TGR forums cannot handle SkiCougar !
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06-05-2020, 10:14 AM #558
That's because their careers are real short, smart guy.
And it's not as though they're getting hired for some nice gig these days when baseball is over in their lives.
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06-05-2020, 10:27 AM #559
But sometimes they get to stay with Susan Sarandon in her prime.
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06-05-2020, 12:15 PM #560
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06-05-2020, 12:39 PM #561
the owners could have just stuck to the deal they offered and had agreed to.
some people will look for any excuse to lick boots.j'ai des grands instants de lucididididididididi
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06-05-2020, 04:06 PM #562Registered User
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Lotsa proposals out there for how to construct a partial season and some really wacky ones for how to do the playoffs.
Here's one with a 22 team playoff format. I kinda like it:
https://sports.yahoo.com/commentary-...140010301.html"The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size."
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06-05-2020, 05:32 PM #563
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06-10-2020, 08:41 PM #564
The Astros are not on the clock.
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06-11-2020, 08:38 AM #565
Right? Such a blown opportunity.
And yeah on the second point; I mean, I watched a nascar race last night. The second such midweek viewing for me in a month!
Lol.
Did MLB have to pay the NFL to license that little chime when the pick is in or is it just ever so slightly different?I still call it The Jake.
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06-11-2020, 08:01 PM #566
I’d just can’t get into car races. And the crashes are not healthy to wait for.
Some “sports” are only fun to participate in, not watch others.
I’ll just review the draft since I don’t know any of these kids are. But the Sox got a guy named Blaze, so that is something. Looks to have some power.
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06-12-2020, 07:39 AM #567
This image of Claudell Washington was from the year I started collecting cards... I was too young to really know much about him but it was the first thing that popped into my mind when I read the headline. He had some nice seasons. 65 isn't young but is certainly way too young at the same time. RIPj'ai des grands instants de lucididididididididi
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06-12-2020, 09:49 AM #568
Looks like '87 Topps?
Just read up on him, sounds like a hell of a guy. RIP.I still call it The Jake.
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06-12-2020, 09:53 AM #569
ding ^
And speaking of the 80s, holy shit, Lonely Island has a Bash Brothers bio on Netflix.
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06-12-2020, 09:55 AM #570
I think he played for my og TBS Braves.
But however fuzzy, I memba. RIP Claudell.
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06-12-2020, 10:06 AM #571
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06-12-2020, 10:14 AM #572
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06-12-2020, 10:15 AM #573
He had a crazy season for the Braves where he OPS'ed .840 because of plate discipline well outside of his career norms. I always wonder when I see stuff like that how different some of these players careers could have been if coaches were preaching that it was ok to take a pitch back then.
A Janet Jackson inspired Bash tune:
how am I going to get through work when all I want to do is watch this movie?j'ai des grands instants de lucididididididididi
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06-12-2020, 10:57 AM #574
Ah yes, the good old days...
https://sports.theonion.com/report-8...sen-1819577884
Report: 87% Of Americans Unaware They Have Been Chosen In Later Rounds Of MLB Draft
So maybe this is for the GSD thread, but does this seasons draft portend a different BB structure going forward? Maybe just AA & AAA farm teams? Be good or be gone. I mean, compared to other sports, the draft is ridiculous but necessary to fill out a teams farm system rosters of a lot of players that make a pittance of a salary and likely won't sniff the show. Kinda of a waste. Football has bigger rosters, more injuries and drafts less than baseball (before this year). Dreams die hard in pro sports, why prolong it?
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06-12-2020, 02:30 PM #575Registered User
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Looks like we will have a season, just as Manfred said earlier this week. Most probably the 50 game sprint the owners can impose and which the players must accept.
Short article here, love the last paragraph.
MLB Owners Have Made The Same Offer To Players Again
Despite Rob Manfred’s claim that the owners’ next offer to the MLB players would be “another significant move in the players’ direction,” every move in that claim, starting with “another,” turned out to be false.
“MLB’s new offer to the MLBPA for a 72-game season is roughly equivalent to what players would receive in a 50-game season at full prorated pay,” The Athletic reported.
In the same report, Evan Drellich pointed out that increased roster sizes and playoff pay meant an additional $71 million for the players — less than $100,000 per player.
MLB’s new offer to the MLBPA for a 72-game season is roughly equivalent to what players would receive in a 50-game season at full prorated pay, source says.
— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) June 12, 2020
Each offer from the owners has fundamentally landed in about the same place: about $1.25 billion or roughly a third of the players’ full compensation for the year.
As the Daily News’ Kristie Ackert pointed out on Friday, it sure seems like the owners are not actually negotiating. Instead, they’re running out the clock until the calendar requires that they unilaterally impose a short season.
Manfred reportedly makes $11 million per year. Every penny of that better be worth it to be remembered as the commissioner who imposed an absurdly short season and permanently alienated the players."The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size."
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