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Thread: MLB 2021 Official Thread
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12-09-2021, 09:11 AM #2001
Well, fuck, now I turn on my TV and see ads for all sorts of gambling apps during games. Its absurd. They are direct sponsors/"partners" in some MLB ventures. Furgetabout the NFL. I'm not an NBA fan, but, that's gotta be big, too. Pete has to be steaming. But, he'll make it into the hall, after he dies, which will be soon. No way the veterans will allow him the speech on the lawn. That's his penalty.
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12-09-2021, 09:12 AM #2002
Wow, you really think they'll let Pete in one day?
You have more faith in baseball than I do I guess.I still call it The Jake.
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12-09-2021, 09:23 AM #2003
Well, honestly, I never thought I'd see commercials for real time gambling on my TV during actual games in my lifetime. It's only a matter of time before we see a headline all about a player or players that are caught doing bets on their phone back in the locker room before, after, or even during games. Certainly relatives.
But it wouldn't surprise me at all to see that FanDuel or SportsKing signed a stadium sponsor deal. It's coming.
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12-09-2021, 09:57 AM #2004
MLB 2021 Official Thread
The marketing of the gambling is annoying AF. I voted to legalize it here but didn’t think about that. It wouldn’t have changed my mind but the efforts to recruit a whole new market are annoying. As if Jamie Fox got that fancy suit and all his money by being some big gambler.
Sent from my iPhone using TGR ForumsIf we're gonna wear uniforms, we should all wear somethin' different!
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12-09-2021, 03:07 PM #2005
still cannot believe there has not been a lawsuit about the 2 different balls from a gambler.
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12-09-2021, 10:12 PM #2006
https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/s...435837448?s=20
Nature or nurture? Damn, kid.
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12-10-2021, 08:59 AM #2007
That guy just breeds power hitters I guess.
I still call it The Jake.
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12-10-2021, 09:11 AM #2008
Vlad Jr. was in the Appalachian League when ex-SIL was there. We got to see him for a short while on his way up. Then saw him for a while in High A in Florida
In order to properly convert this thread to a polyasshat thread to more fully enrage the liberal left frequenting here...... (insert latest democratic blunder of your choice).
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12-10-2021, 09:26 AM #2010
Tip your waitresses folks.
In related news:
HOF voters are self-important moronsI still call it The Jake.
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12-10-2021, 09:42 AM #2011
Hey, sportswriters. Used to be where you wound up if you couldn't get a real job in journalism.
I had forgotten how good Manny's numbers are.
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12-10-2021, 10:17 AM #2012
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12-10-2021, 10:37 AM #2013
Manny will be bartender.
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12-10-2021, 10:46 AM #2014
Proudly serving drinks in the shadow of Ted Williams frozen head.
I still call it The Jake.
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01-04-2022, 07:38 AM #2015
Couple of real journalists in the sportswriter ranks.
Ken Rosenthal being one.
Just got let go by MLB for speaking truth like :
[Manfred] and the owners, supposed stewards of the game, are turning the national pastime into a national punch line, effectively threatening to take their ball and go home while the country struggles with medical, economic and societal concerns.
Baseball is a business, we all know that. But it is a business that former commissioner Bud Selig describes as a social institution with social responsibilities, a business that holds an antitrust exemption, distinguishing it from every other professional sports league. Such a business should hold itself to a higher standard, but in these talks, if you can even call them that, Manfred and the owners keep sinking lower. Unless making dead-on-arrival proposals, tone-deaf public remarks and other assorted blunders is your idea of negotiating savvy.
Ken will be fine, Fox and the Athletic know what he brings to the table and will continue to pay him well, but it just shows again how out of touch and self interested Manfred and MLB are
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01-04-2022, 07:54 AM #2016
I didn't think we could do worse than Selig, but here we go. Watching the owners overplay their hand could very easily be worse than 1994.
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01-04-2022, 08:05 AM #2017
Some teams fans might benefit from a break from baseball.
This might be ok."timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
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01-04-2022, 09:50 AM #2018
Tito just confirmed he will be back for the 2022 season, so it would be nice to have this silly farce wrapped up in time to have a season.
Please, while he's healthy.
Timber, are you talking about Mets fans?
I feel like you're talking about Mets fans.I still call it The Jake.
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01-04-2022, 11:07 AM #2019
Yes, Mets fans. I think a year off from baseball might be healthy for them and it would give Buck and "Mr. Smiles" some time to bond. Maybe go fishing together.
"timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
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01-04-2022, 11:09 AM #2020
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01-20-2022, 10:53 AM #2021
In lockout news, the Mets have agreed to terms that will pay Max Scherzer more than the entire payroll of at least two MLB teams next year.
Who says baseball is broken?
https://www.audacy.com/sports/mlb/ma...-teams-in-2022I still call it The Jake.
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01-20-2022, 02:07 PM #2022
Las Vegas Rays?
Portland Rays?
Nashville Rays?
Austin Rays?
https://www.tampabay.com/sports/rays...with-montreal/
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01-20-2022, 02:16 PM #2023
I was thinking about this kind of thing a lot recently when I heard the news that a high profile athlete in another sport got a multi-year deal at about $50 mil/year. Specifically it occurred to me that if an average stadium employee earned say $25k/year then that single star's salary would represent the earnings of about 2,000 workers. Two thousand! Hmm.
Not to pick on these stars, as they are just lowly millionaires, (ok, multi-millionaires), and we're living in a time where the billionaire ranks are swelling. And they are admittedly the very best at what they do, and people want to watch em do their thing, and pay for it.
Still, something does seem a little out of whack, don't it?
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01-20-2022, 02:24 PM #2024
No one is faulting the players for getting paid. The problem is you have teams that put nothing out there other than rookie minimum contract players, and then another team puts out guys who make more than the first team's entire payroll.
It's not good for the game and doesn't lend itself to long term success for the players as a whole or the sport. I don't know what the solution is but I know it isn't coming soon.I still call it The Jake.
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01-20-2022, 02:48 PM #2025
how is it not good for the game if, say, that’s the astros in 13-15 and then they go on a half decade tear (granted the cheating helped)?
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