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  1. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    What will be Bloom's first move, first transaction? Free agent signing or trade? I predict blockbuster with Oakland... and it may hurt.
  2. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I heard they were just about to shake on everything... and then the owners proposed mandatory stirrups and sanitaries. For themselves!
  3. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I thought I was the only stupid one for still caring, but then I read this: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/stupidest-moment-whole-stupid-mlb-lockout-happened-wednesday-628-pm/uusywjuvh8z8lzbonixfavvt
  4. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I was about to say Rod Carew would hit .500 against modern shifts, but he wouldn't, because after about a dozen bunt hits -- anywhere they vacate -- they'd stop trying to shift him. And that's the entire point.
  5. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Baseball doesn't need to ban the shift -- just get one organization to un-ban the bunt. If yesterday's smaller weaker slower players could master hit-em-where-they-aint, then surely MLB's modern marvels of hand-eye coordination could learn. Oh, wait -- they want a separate pool to pay guys to bunt instead of swinging from their heels...
  6. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Good Faith is just a cover band for these oxymorons. But for this particular ish, someone for the union is going to have to convince the others to accept whatever -- $40 or $50 Million dollars is 40 or 50 more than any previous pool they never had. And any good young player afraid to bet on himself can still trade some primetime for a longterm $80 or $100M contract instead of $300M later. So they'll only be set for life, but maybe not their great grandchildren (unless their grandchildren invested well). I think Luis Severino signed for about $50M when he was 24, and then he blew out his elbow; does anyone think he has any regrets?
  7. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ...which brings us back to the contentious multimillion dollar pool for the really good young players. I know nothing about negotiating, but what I see: union asks for $100M, owners offer $10, U $95/O $15, U $90/O $20 -- and back and forth they go. It was based on these increments that I chose late-May on the poll before we'd see games again. If both sides really want to end this dreadlock, why not just meet in the middle NOW, which is where they're headed anyway?
  8. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Old guys like us can handle it, but it's unforgivable what they're doing to the kids that still actually care about a pastime past its time. With all the sadness going on in the world, did a diversion that gave my son a sense of wonder and escapism really have to turn on him? When our generation is gone, and the next doesn't give a crap about baseball, then what?
  9. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    It feels like the implications of climate change; people can choose to ignore, but there's no denying that time runs out on everything...
  10. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I know an 11-year old who owns binders of baseball cards, caps, shirts, helmets... up until a week ago -- for three months -- he asked everyday if they settled. But now he's all done. Now he watches basketball and hockey, and refuses to even talk about big league baseball. We should still send him to the next meeting, to show the owners and union how they've ruined fandom.
  11. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    If the owners get their way for a 14-team postseason and it leads to an agreement, ok. But I will never use the loathsome phrase Ghost Win, because there is no such thing as something that doesn't exist. The first round will just be Double Or Nothing for the wild card teams -- they either beat higher seeds twice or go home.
  12. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Free agency changed the landscape for sure, but it didn't all happen at once in the 1970s. Big markets stockpiled talent, but small markets were still able to compete -- Cincinnati was actually right at the top in attendance most of the decade, behind only LA. Cincy, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Oakland all won titles after the mid-70s. The Pirates had good clubs in the early 90s, but after Bonds left never finished first again. The Bucs, Reds, A's and O's made it to 12 World Series in the '70s, five in the '80s, and zero since... in 32 years.
  13. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    So sick of the blame game. It's like a requirement for anyone running for anything. I once slammed the door in the face of a candidate who showed up waving a pamphlet all about his opponent and how bad the other guy was. I told him, "Come back when you know what YOU are going to do to make the world better." Never returned.
  14. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    He meant fans are at the top of the consideration list of those the owners least consider.
  15. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Nobody hates the Jeter Yankees and the Jeter fistpump and the Jeter Gold Gloves and the Jeter Fox Cam that followed him around for 9 innings every night more than me. But he's not walking away from the Marlins because he wanted them to tank again.
  16. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Jeter didn't quit Miami; the Marlins quit on Jeter.
  17. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Then they'd have to let Judge go in free agency... because the Jeter Cam would be focused again on the real thing.
  18. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    I liked the team pullover look that Tito popularized. Anything is better than wearing a suit and tie, like in other sports. You're running up and down the sidelines of a sweaty, athletic game -- not sitting at a business meeting. For that matter, nobody should have to wear a tie ever. Unless women also have to -- then it's a true dress code that doesn't break gender bias laws.
  19. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    My vote goes to allowing base umps down the foul lines to check the check; those bad angle calls 90 feet away only add to the length of games and contribute to more strikeouts every year. Second dumbest: Velcro.
  20. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Yankee fans were just confused by Earle. When they looked closely, they saw no real need for Combs... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Earle_b_combs.jpg
  21. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Some of us have also been pointing this out about Bloom since he got here. What if the new, post-CBA tactic is to only spend "big" on buying out arb years of pre-arb players... like the Rays did with Wander? Maybe the first longterm contract Bloom offers is to Casas a year from now (presumably, after Tris proves he's a big leaguer), and then Bello, Yorke, Mayer, etc. whenever they arrive... How cool would Bloom look in two or three years if he has his entire Red Sox core of sustained contenders locked up for the next decade for less money combined than the Yankees will owe Correa?
  22. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    "I just hope the fans understand what we're fighting for," said Ian Happ. This fan has witnessed enough fighting all over the country and in others the past two years. Play.
  23. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    Gordon was MVP in 1942, ahead of Triple Crown winner Ted Williams -- though in retrospect, Joe was second to Mr. Ballgame in WAR. However, according to the Yankees scout who signed him, Gordon was "at his best when it meant the most and the going was toughest." That might not mean much to some modern fans convinced that such qualitative data is meaningless... now try telling that to guys next to him in foxholes back in the real war.
  24. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    ... a bat fossil can't ever flap its wings again.
  25. 5GoldGlovesOF,75
    But he is going to give Johny that part in the new war movie...
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