MLB '24 Regular Season Thread

The whole City of Oakland-A's ownership pissing match is a master lesson in how not to negotiate in good faith, or even how to bluff well. All logical solutions and reasonable efforts to compromise have been rejected by a greedy billionaire because he doesn't want to spend a dime of his own money in a shakedown of public funding.

St. Petersburg, like so many other municipalities, is spending taxpayers' money -- or tourists who are taxed like crazy in Florida -- on a project that a couple of rich Goldman Sachs guys don't deserve. I have respect for Sheng Thao and the Oakland City Council for telling Fisher to take his toy somewhere else, even though it's a sad thing for the actual real fans of the franchise.

There is a significant group of people in the East Bay who have stayed true to the team despite what seems like a never-ending line of carpetbagger owners who have treated them like less than dirt. When the Giants played at the 'Stick and weren't good, the A's were a reasonably cheap option, particularly with a BART station. With Oracle Park, interleague play and a team with little hope of actually keeping or spending money to get better, why would anyone care if the A's leave town?

Manfred is a spineless jellyfish who is bound and determined to kill the sport he runs, so obviously he thinks Fisher is automatically deserving of a sweetheart deal. A pox on their houses. Maybe there's an abandoned tomato field on I-5 near Woodland where his team can play, or even better, Lodi.

I would have loved to have seen a ballpark built on the old Alameda Naval Air Station property. Yeah, the traffic would be horrendous and the wind would be terrible. But the view of the massive ship terminal cranes would be spectacular. I loved when Mythbusters would go out there for segments.

 

Yeah, if it's one thing the Mariners need it's another guy who strikes out about 35% of the time.

 

For all their offseason moves to reduce strikeouts, the M’s are whiffing even more this year. Nineteen of them last night, with three hits.

 

Angel Hernandez spirit lives on. Ump show.

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Bad day for fat first basemen. Is Rowdy next?

Astros Release Jose Abreu - MLB Trade Rumors

Blue Jays Designate Daniel Vogelbach For Assignment - MLB Trade Rumors

 

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Dang, I love Daniel Vogelbach. An MLB player hiding in a beer-league slow-pitch softball body.

 

I believe the Cubbies just lost Jordan Wicks for a while. He goes out 28 pitches into his start in obvious discomfort.

 

What are the “M” caps women in Wrigley’s front row are wearing?

 

Ohhhhhhh boy

 

Lifetime ban if true he bet on baseball, right? If it's good enough for the players ...

 

Players get one year for betting on baseball. It’s lifetime if you bet on your own team, I believe.

How that would translate to an ump, I don’t know.