RIP Peter Angelos (I guess)

[jr/shotglass]

The Senators were atrocious. No one cared that Ted Williams was the manager.

Well ... yes and no. When it's one of your two MLB options on TV and one of three within driving distance, you tended to at least notice them.

 

[HanSenSE]

I've never understood why the Senators didn't object when the Browns moved to Washington.

 

[Twirling Time]

I've never understood why the Senators didn't object when the Browns moved to Washington.

The Browns actually moved to Baltimore and became the Orioles. And it was in the same league (not NL vs. AL), so I share your curiosity.

Maybe the Senators already had a roving eye and didn't care, because they moved to Minnesota shortly thereafter and became the Twins.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Armando "Ball One" Benitez - Mets fans are well acquainted.

I can't recall another regular closers who was more terrified of a man reaching base.

Benitez would look like a world-beater with 1-2-3 inning. One guy gets on and he looked like he was ready to run off the mound.

 

[Twirling Time]

The second (expansion) Senators ghosted after 1972 to become the Texas Rangers, and jeez, talk about old-school AL Yankees/Red Sox farm-team small ball. This top-5 market might as well have been based in Texarkana. Their cheapness made Milburn Drysdale blush.

Finally, some hope in 1989 after Nolan Ryan was signed and a skinny centerfielder called Sammy Sosa showed some hope. But Sosa and other assets were traded soon enough and it was more of the same. Nolan only pitched every fifth day.

To Tom Hicks' credit, he spent some money and got some hittin' in here before he went broke and the team had to be auctioned off.

I saw startup 2A Texas high school football teams win championships before that franchise even sniffed the postseason, and that was with Fergie Jenkins and Nolan Ryan. (They got screwed in 1994 by the strike when they led the AL West, albeit with a losing record.)

They got their heart ripped out in 2011 and came back a dozen years later to slay that demon.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

It's probably not being done, but a 30 for 30 on this, the 30th anniversary of the Major League Baseball player's strike would be a must see for me. So many different storylines that just died:

The Expos having the best record in baseball.
The Indians chasing the White Sox for the playoffs for the first time in 50 years.
Pretty sure Tony Gwynn was batting .400 when play halted.

 

[SixToe]

This top-5 market might as well have been based in Texarkana. Their cheapness made Milburn Drysdale blush.

Excellent. Jane Hathaway would be pleased.

 

[tapintoamerica]

The second (expansion) Senators ghosted after 1972 to become the Texas Rangers, and jeez, talk about old-school AL Yankees/Red Sox farm-team small ball. This top-5 market might as well have been based in Texarkana. Their cheapness made Milburn Drysdale blush.

Finally, some hope in 1989 after Nolan Ryan was signed and a skinny centerfielder called Sammy Sosa showed some hope. But Sosa and other assets were traded soon enough and it was more of the same. Nolan only pitched every fifth day.

To Tom Hicks' credit, he spent some money and got some hittin' in here before he went broke and the team had to be auctioned off.

I saw startup 2A Texas high school football teams win championships before that franchise even sniffed the postseason, and that was with Fergie Jenkins and Nolan Ryan. (They got screwed in 1994 by the strike when they led the AL West, albeit with a losing record.)

They got their heart ripped out in 2011 and came back a dozen years later to slay that demon.

I just looked this up. I had no idea that everybody in the AL West was way, way under the .500 mark. The division-leading Rangers were 52-62.
Gwynn was at .394 when the strike hit but was 19-for-40 in August.

 

[dixiehack]

It's probably not being done, but a 30 for 30 on this, the 30th anniversary of the Major League Baseball player's strike would be a must see for me. So many different storylines that just died:

The Expos having the best record in baseball.
The Indians chasing the White Sox for the playoffs for the first time in 50 years.
Pretty sure Tony Gwynn was batting .400 when play halted.

Matt Williams with a chance to catch Maris before McGuire and Sosa "saved" baseball.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Not to threadjack (RIP Mr Angelos. You're still a better owner than Bob Nutting could ever dream of being) but that strike I think started on August 15, five days before I went off to college. I remember being so bummed because baseball was such a part of my summers as a teenager. The summer before, me and two friends went camping and made sure to pack a TV so we could watch the All Star Game because we wanted to see Camden Yards).

 

[garrow]

Matt Williams with a chance to catch Maris before McGuire and Sosa "saved" baseball.

Mattingly coulda got a ring that season too!

 

[Octave]

I can't recall another regular closers who was more terrified of a man reaching base.

Benitez would look like a world-beater with 1-2-3 inning. One guy gets on and he looked like he was ready to run off the mound.

A closer walking 41 dudes in a season is a joke. Only the Mets.