Seattle owner offends indiscriminately

[moonslav59]

1. Blackout rules

2. Service time issues

3. Slow ass replay

4. No DH in NL

5. Luxury tax

 

I'm trying to figure out where I'd put "lack of a payroll floor." Fans of the O's and Pirates seem to get royally screwed.

 

I'd put no payroll floor above the lux tax, maybe even higher. If I was a Pirates fan, I'd put it #1.

 

1. Black out rules

2. No payroll floor

3. Service time

4. Low pay for bottom of 26 and 40 man roster players

5. Slow play

6. No DH in NL

7. No robo umps

8. Lux tax

 

[mvp 78]

@pgammo

While awaiting some idea from Scott Boras on a way to make rookie service time workable for both sides, remembwe Bobby Grich @Rochester

, 1970(.383/.503/.570/1.074), 1971(.336/.439/.632/1.071)...

Orioles won pennants each year. Mark Belanger&Davey Johnson were SS-2B. Grich played short, with Ron Shelton--Bull Durham, Cobb, etc.--at 2B. If Grich had played 150 G for O's those two years, would he be in the HOF?

[mvp 78]

Maybe they did the calculus and thought it was easier to let the story fade into the background and have Mickey walk out the back door rather than pull the bandaid off and bring it front and center to the media?

 

They chose... poorly.

 

https://twitter.com/craigcalcaterra/status/1366742053489672192

[Bellhorn04]

They chose... poorly.

 

https://twitter.com/craigcalcaterra/status/1366742053489672192

 

This is putting Tito in a rather bad spot now.

[mvp 78]

Roberto Alomar will have his association with the Blue Jays severed. His HOF banner will be taken down due to sexual assault allegations.

[mvp 78]

@jay_jaffe

Roberto Alomar now has the dubious distinction of being the only Hall of Famer on the ineligible list.

 

Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle were briefly banned in the mid-'80s because they were hired as greeters at Atlantic City casinos but the Hall took no action.

[mvp 78]

Aside from the betting scandals of the 1920's, people put on the Ineligible List include:

 

Fergie Jenkins - drugs and being a cool dude, reinstated

Mays/Mantle - working at casinos and being cool dudes, reinstated

Rose - betting, should be reinstated but won't be because he's a dickbag

Steinbrenner - hiring a PI to investigate Dave Winfield, reinstated

Steve Howe - 7 drug related suspensions, reinstated

Marge Schott - being a ******** racist and sexist scumf***, reinstated

Jenry Mejia - PED 3 strike rule, reinstated

Chris Correa - STL scouting director that hacked into HOU database, sentenced to 46 months in jail

John Coppolella - Braves GM that circumnavigated INTL signing restrictions

Brendon Taubman - HOU Assist GM/former McKinsey consultant creep who joked about DV to female reporters

[Slasher9]

I wish I had been old enough to hear Sean McDonough do Red Sox games. He's turned into one of my favorite voices at ESPN. Has been going through puberty for seemingly 40 years with all the voice cracks

 

he was awesome.

[mvp 78]

Jack Morris has always sucked anyway.

 

Jack Morris has been suspended indefinitely from Tigers broadcasts. Statements from Bally Sports and the Tigers: