MLB 2025 Season

Flagg wrote:

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

I watched most of last night's game and Monday's game on the baseball package. It's nice to see Texas do well. Also did I hear right that the new owners lowered some prices of things such as parking, concessions?

Yeah, that was the first thing they did. Across the board price reduction on concessions, souvenirs and parking.

Oh, and they implemented a Blue Light Special a la K-Mart. For one inning they flash the blue lights and announce the special. Last night it was $4 beer for one inning. Hilarious. Half the stadium got up and headed up the aisles to concessions!

that's pretty funny. never heard of a team doing that.

I keep waiting for CJ wilson to run out of steam and he keeps shutting teams down. He has thrown way more innings this year than he ever has in his career.

Did you guys know JP Ricciardi is 50 years old?! He looks great for his age.

Fucking a....Tommy John for Strasberg

The Fixer wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Fucking a....Tommy John for Strasberg

saw that. as a phillies fan I'm not upset. as a baseball fan that sucks.

hawpe to tampa. hopefully his nose fits into tropicana field dome

Missed the other thread before i posted in here. Oh well. Yeah, its definitely too bad for baseball. The good thing that comes out of it, if you need anymore proof Ron Dibble is a complete moron, here you go.

The Fixer wrote:

ha. the nats broadcast is one of the few I wouldn't trade for the phils guys

Did you see what he said about how strasberg should suck it up and stop crying?

CHICAGO -- A waiver claim for Manny Ramirez was awarded to the White Sox on Friday, as confirmed to MLB.com by a Major League source.

But if the White Sox want to add Ramirez, they might need to become fans of the Rockies and the Phillies over the next five days, leading up to Tuesday's deadline to consummate a trade.

The Dodgers want to move Ramirez and especially the remaining $4 million-plus on his contract. But the recent sweep by Los Angeles in Milwaukee improved the team's position in the National League Wild Card race, so it's hard to call the Dodgers sellers.

With crucial head-to-head series against contenders (Colorado beginning Friday night, Philadelphia beginning Monday night and San Francisco beginning next Friday night), and the indisputable fact that they are a better team when a healthy Ramirez is in the lineup, Dodgers management might wait until Tuesday's deadline before deciding what to do. The Dodgers currently sit five games out in the NL Wild Card race, but also in fifth place.

Meanwhile, the Dodgers and the White Sox can spend that time working on a deal, which also includes an anticipated demand by Ramirez for a contract extension in exchange for waiving his no-trade clause.

The White Sox more than likely placed a waiver claim on Ramirez with the understanding that the framework of a trade was in place or the Dodgers would pull back Ramirez. That latter move would not leave the White Sox to pay the full amount of his remaining salary.

The Dodgers have until Tuesday, the last day for a player to be eligible for a postseason roster, to make a trade involving Ramirez, decide to keep him or let the claiming team take him and the approximate total of $4.5 million he's owed, with $3.3 million deferred.

White Sox general manager Ken Williams gave a somewhat mixed response when asked about the White Sox current financial state in regard to adding another impact player.

"Whenever I've talked to [White Sox chairman] Jerry [Reinsdorf], it's less about money, even though we are stretched right now," Williams said. "We are stretched and quite frankly looking at walkups every day to see exactly what we're going to have available to us. But he certainly hasn't given me any reason to think there are any restrictions right now on dollars."

One school of thought is that the Dodgers will wait until the last moment to decide on a trade, letting another weekend pass to see if they remain in contention for a National League playoff spot. The Dodgers entered Friday's action sitting in fifth place in the NL Wild Card race but only five games behind the top spot.

Paying the $4.5 million to Ramirez for one month of service -- basically $1 million more than left-hander John Danks is earning for the full 2010 campaign -- would seem like a prohibitive cost. But the White Sox play 16 of their final 22 games at U.S. Cellular Field, including four against the Red Sox from Sept. 27-30, and the presence of Ramirez could increase the daily gate.

Ramirez would serve as the team's primary designated hitter, reducing playing time for Mark Kotsay, Andruw Jones and potentially Mark Teahen. The White Sox hope to get a motivated Ramirez in his last month before he enters free agency, with his bat helping to give the White Sox pitching staff a little more leeway to work and giving them a better chance to make up 3 1/2 games on the American League Central-leading Twins.

With the White Sox moving away from a player who basically would be limited to just one lineup spot entering the 2010 campaign -- although Ramirez could play the outfield -- it is unlikely they would commit to him past September and what they hope would be October. Ramirez would prefer to serve as a designated hitter past 2010.

"Well, ideally, that's always my preference -- help for today and help for tomorrow as well," said Williams, referring to the claim of Alex Rios last August, aimed to help in 2010 and beyond. "Sometimes you're in the mode of just getting into the playoffs and you shoot for help today. Every name that goes on the wire, we take a look at and explore the possibilities."

The White Sox declined to address the Ramirez claim on Friday, saying they "won't/can't comment on waivers" via text. The Dodgers also had no comment on the situation.

The Rangers were confirmed to have put in a waiver claim on Ramirez, but the waiver process awards the claim in reverse order by record, meaning the White Sox, with the lesser record, were ahead of the Rangers in their pursuit of Ramirez.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd ... p&c_id=mlb

FenwayFaithful wrote:

norm, is it too late to order my #99 Dodgers jersey?

if we keep winning sorry it's tough to say that with a straight face, then you might have plenty of time...but if he's moved, you'll probably be able to get one cheap on ebay :P

OK, I'm sick of hearing about manny again.

Manny + Hawk Harrleson = The Fixer now pulling for the Twins in the AL central

What an awesome fight between the Nats and Fish. Morgan's a punk. LOVED how Sanchez dropped that little shit.

I think the season is pretty much wrapped up.

NL: Atlanta takes the east, Cincinnati takes the central (what the heck happened to the Cards?!), Padres take the West. The NL Wild Card is pretty much the only playoff spot in flux but I think Philly will get it and not San Fran.

AL: Texas wins the west, Twins take the central, Yanks win the east and Tampa gets the WC.

Of course I want my Twins to win it all but both they and the Rangers will have their work cut out for them against the big shots in the east.