2024 MLB season news and notes

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The deadline has officially begun!!

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/...on-civale.html

[dgalehouse]

Recently my daughter pointed out to me RHRP Will Smith has 3 World Series rings in the last 3 seasons. Has anyone else ever won 3 consecutive rings with 3 different teams?

Smith is a lefty.

[Bellhorn04]

Recently my daughter pointed out to me RHRP Will Smith has 3 World Series rings in the last 3 seasons. Has anyone else ever won 3 consecutive rings with 3 different teams?

Wow, she's pretty good...

[notin]

Smith is a lefty.

He is. My mistake.


But back to the point of the post, is Smith alone in that regard?

[notin]

Also worth noting, Smith signed with KC this off-season, a team sitting on the fringe of the postseason …

[dgalehouse]

He is. My mistake.


But back to the point of the post, is Smith alone in that regard?

I don't know how to research it, but I very much doubt anyone else has done that. Pretty sure he is the only one.

[notin]

I don't know how to research it, but I very much doubt anyone else has done that. Pretty sure he is the only one.

I flat out googled it. Apparently Will Smith is the first. Don Baylor played in 3 consecutive World Series with 3 different teams, but lost the first one (with the ‘86 Red Sox) and the third one…

[5GoldGloves:OF,75]

I flat out googled it. Apparently Will Smith is the first. Don Baylor played in 3 consecutive World Series with 3 different teams, but lost the first one (with the ‘86 Red Sox) and the third one…

I thought Smith was Lonnie, a regular position player who won rings with three different teams in '80, '82, '85; he also got back in the World Series with a fourth team, but lost in '91-92.

Another guy of note is Orlando Cabrera, a starting middle infielder for five different cities in six postseasons from 2004-2010. He only won one World Series -- Boston '04 -- and apparently wore out his welcome quickly wherever he went. But nobody can call OC a loser; all five of his clubs were first-place teams.

[Bellhorn04]

I flat out googled it. Apparently Will Smith is the first. Don Baylor played in 3 consecutive World Series with 3 different teams, but lost the first one (with the ‘86 Red Sox) and the third one…

And then you have poor Kenny Lofton, whose teams did this in a 3 year stretch:

2002 Giants - blew 3-2 lead in WS
2003 Cubs - blew 3-1 lead in NLCS
2004 Yankees - blew 3-0 lead in ALCS

And just for good measure:

2007 Indians - blew 3-1 lead in ALCS

[notin]

And then you have poor Kenny Lofton, whose teams did this in a 3 year stretch:

2002 Giants - blew 3-2 lead in WS
2003 Cubs - blew 3-1 lead in NLCS
2004 Yankees - blew 3-0 lead in ALCS

And just for good measure:

2007 Indians - blew 3-1 lead in ALCS

I haven’t joked about the Curse of Kenny Lofton in years. Also you left out the 1999 Cleveland Indians, up 2-0 in a best of 5 ALDS and lost to Boston/Pedro.

Credit for discovering the Lofton Curse does go to Tom Verducci…

[notin]

I thought Smith was Lonnie, a regular position player who won rings with three different teams in '80, '82, '85; he also got back in the World Series with a fourth team, but lost in '91-92.

Another guy of note is Orlando Cabrera, a starting middle infielder for five different cities in six postseasons from 2004-2010. He only won one World Series -- Boston '04 -- and apparently wore out his welcome quickly wherever he went. But nobody can call OC a loser; all five of his clubs were first-place teams.

No one called OC a loser, but reportedly he was called just about everything else. I don’t think ever heard of a player getting so much negativity from his teammates and staff…

[Bellhorn04]

No one called OC a loser, but reportedly he was called just about everything else. I don’t think ever heard of a player getting so much negativity from his teammates and staff…

But it was all rumors and innuendo, wasn't it? I don't think there are any names attached to quotes about him...

[notin]

But it was all rumors and innuendo, wasn't it? I don't think there are any names attached to quotes about him...

There were a few incidents that were not. Such as when he called the official scorer mid-game to change an error he was charged with.