MLB 2024 Off Season

Cliffy6745

They could be a lot worse considering that hat looked awful to begin with

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/ ... -uniforms/

And they could be on the verge of signing Reyes.

xavier mcdaniel

It appears Phillies fans that your new closer will be Jonathan Papelbon.

tcaporale

Guess that means that Madson is gone.

New Miami Marlins uniforms: http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/11/11/2554 ... go-florida

The Fixer

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

It appears Phillies fans that your new closer will be Jonathan Papelbon.

Awful.

eeriepadave

tcaporale wrote:

eeriepadave wrote:

Anyone hear about Wilson Ramos (Washington Nats catcher)? He was kidnapped in Venezuela. Hope everything turns out well.

Yeah, what a nightmare that story is.

They rescued him

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/72223 ... kidnapping

norm

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=j ... nts_111111

Cliffy6745

Matt Kemp is about to get paid. 8 years $160 mil it sounds like.

Monster Rain

It seems like the sale of the Astros will be voted on when the owners meet next week and the team will move to the AL West in 2013. I hate the idea of 2 15-team leagues. If having the same number of teams in each league is so important, why did they bother expanding to 30 teams in the first place (that's rhetorical--I know the answer is $$$ from the entrance fee for expansion teams)? I just don't want to deal with interleague play every day of the season. It's nice to have it for a few weeks, but I think they'll find that interleague games won't draw as much of a crowd when they aren't condensed into a specific timeframe--especially since they schedule the "marquee" matchups for weekends when attendance is always higher anyway. Once it stops being economically advantageous to have interleague play, what will the owners do?

norm

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Matt Kemp is about to get paid. 8 years $160 mil it sounds like.

Monster Rain

On a related note, the Dogers announced that all home games will be day games. They can't afford Kemp AND electricity.

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Matt Kemp is about to get paid. 8 years $160 mil it sounds like.

Cliffy6745

Monster Rain wrote:

On a related note, the Dogers announced that all home games will be day games. They can't afford Kemp AND electricity.

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Matt Kemp is about to get paid. 8 years $160 mil it sounds like.

mfc2006

Monster Rain wrote:

It seems like the sale of the Astros will be voted on when the owners meet next week and the team will move to the AL West in 2013.

as a lifelong Astros fan, i hate this move. they need to stay in the NL.

Wobbie

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Matt Kemp is about to get paid. 8 years $160 mil it sounds like.

:yawn:

Newch91

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_le ... lb-wp26964

polaris_x

verlander wins Cy Young ... no brainer here ...

Cliffy6745

I only started this and plan to read the rest tonight but it seems like a serious take down of Angelos.

http://www.mrdestructo.com/2011/11/man- ... learn.html

Wobbie

god, how I wanted this pujols to miami rumor to be true....sadly, it looks like it's not to be :x

Monster Rain

I don't understand Selig's desire to push this move down everyone's throats. I read today that they told Crane that the sale wouldn't be approved unless he agreed to the move. So now the owner and fans are stuck with a move they didn't want and baseball has interleague games every day. I wouldn't be surprised if MLB expands to and additional team in each league withing the next 5-6 years and splits the leagues into either 4 divisions of 4 teams each or 2 8-team divisions with a Wild Card from each division. This will, of course, make the Astros and their fans even angrier since expanding in the AL without moving the Astros would have the same result. I figure it'll take a few years for MLB to realize that interleague play every day just doesn't work well and then they'll have to expand in order to give each league an even number of teams to fix the mess this move will cause.

mfc2006 wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:

It seems like the sale of the Astros will be voted on when the owners meet next week and the team will move to the AL West in 2013.

as a lifelong Astros fan, i hate this move. they need to stay in the NL.

Wobbie

Monster Rain wrote:

I don't understand Selig's desire to push this move down everyone's throats. I read today that they told Crane that the sale wouldn't be approved unless he agreed to the move. So now the owner and fans are stuck with a move they didn't want and baseball has interleague games every day. I wouldn't be surprised if MLB expands to and additional team in each league withing the next 5-6 years and splits the leagues into either 4 divisions of 4 teams each or 2 8-team divisions with a Wild Card from each division. This will, of course, make the Astros and their fans even angrier since expanding in the AL without moving the Astros would have the same result. I figure it'll take a few years for MLB to realize that interleague play every day just doesn't work well and then they'll have to expand in order to give each league an even number of teams to fix the mess this move will cause.

mfc2006 wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:

It seems like the sale of the Astros will be voted on when the owners meet next week and the team will move to the AL West in 2013.

as a lifelong Astros fan, i hate this move. they need to stay in the NL.

Bud's an idiot.

I certainly hope you're wrong about expansion....it wasn't so long ago they were talking contraction. we don't need any more teams. and interleague sucks....they like to give credit to Bud for this "innovation"....I give him blame.

mfc2006

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/72429 ... can-league

:(

fuck this. i certainly have mixed emotions about it....the only positives (in my mind) are that the TX/HOU rivalry will be cool & that we're moving to the Pac NW, so we'll get to see the Astros play. but still....they are an NL team. this is bullshit.

DewieCox

I kinda like the idea. The plan is to give all the division teams the same schedule. The way interleague is set up now is awful, but I think alot of people's problems is the out of balance schedule. I guess the new way won't make it totally fair, but it should be closer right?

I get if you're an Astros fan bein upset about the switch, but it's not like they're movin the Cards or Dodgers.

Wobbie

DewieCox wrote:

I kinda like the idea. The plan is to give all the division teams the same schedule. The way interleague is set up now is awful, but I think alot of people's problems is the out of balance schedule. I guess the new way won't make it totally fair, but it should be closer right?

I get if you're an Astros fan bein upset about the switch, but it's not like they're movin the Cards or Dodgers.

ooh, ooh, ooh....move the dodgers! Great idea! :thumbup:

Wobbie

astros to AL; more wildcards :roll:

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/72464 ... proved-mlb

Monster Rain

Kershaw got the NL Cy Young.

Wobbie

Monster Rain wrote:

Kershaw got the NL Cy Young.

that's OK...the do*gers still suck

norm

imalive wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:

Kershaw got the NL Cy Young.

that's OK...the do*gers still suck

and how many times did the 2011 cy young winner beat timmy?

Wobbie

norm wrote:

imalive wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:

Kershaw got the NL Cy Young.

that's OK...the do*gers still suck

and how many times did the 2011 cy young winner beat timmy?

a couple? a few? a handful? who keeps track of that shit? :silent:

Lizard

norm wrote:

imalive wrote:

Monster Rain wrote:

Kershaw got the NL Cy Young.

that's OK...the do*gers still suck

and how many times did the 2011 cy young winner beat timmy?

WOOHOO!!!!!!!

norm

Dale Sveum??? :?

Wobbie

norm wrote:

Dale Sveum??? :?

in Theo they trust.