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https://www.mlb.com/news/royals-red-sox-to-meet-in-2027-field-of-dreams-game Poor Brewers/Cardinals' fans...will have to wait in line to participate should have had Cubs/Cards there for a series...B.Harper was arguing for staying longer, but that would take some of individual oomph out of it, for Netflix now as well

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/markets/stocks/articles/ceo-fired-900-people-zoom-151745864.html More interest rate/mortgage/refinance "victims" are piling up...

https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/whitesox/ Also Roch 11, Bonemer 30, Carlson 62, Hagen and Braden come off Top 100 $50k bonus baby Boston Smith 13th for #1 Seattle system gaudy 6/Top 16 from this year's draft Oppor still #21 Zavala 30th Seems Ian Thorpe also lost his eligibility... Sebastian Romero flies up charts Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 50 | Run: 55 | Arm: 55 | Field: 55 | Overall: 40 Romero received the second-largest bonus in Chicago's 2026 international class, signing for $1.5 million out of Venezuela in January. He's a more advanced hitter than most 17-year-olds, and his tools are roughly comparable to those of Jaden Fauske, who landed an above-slot $2,997,500 bonus as second-rounder last July. He'll likely spend his first pro season in the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League.

National Treasure movies are vastly underrated lol. (Also, Odyssey in IMAX 70 mm and Anne Hathaway/Obi Wan fighting off dinosaurs in a dystopian 80's neighborhood, Attack the Block for this generation...👍)

Just like the PCA MVP statue campaign (probably goes next to the Millenium Bean)/"W"intrust flag flies high this year lol... (Also the Padres for some reason really upset WestEddy for all their wild/or responsible spending...that doubled their franchise value despite the elevated debt load.)

Smith is now #10-12 in the top rated Mariners' farm system. They would probably argue that getting Robbie Ray by merely adding his salary shouldn't have been all that difficult. The Mize trade probably would required Hagen and/or McDougal and Detroit was unlikely to trade him to the Sox unless they beat the SD offer by 15-25% They still could have at least tried for Eric Lauer or Bieber, though. One would think it might even work to LA's advantage to have an upstart Sox team knock off the Rays Yankees Red Sox Tigers Astros etc., before the World Series.

Seidler was PE too!!! Ask Padres' fans the last couple of years...nobody ever actually dared to challenge LA's market dominate until he came around and they miss him as much as any owner in recent memory and still hope they can carry on the mission to win a title in his memory. (Or ask Angels' fans what it's like to have Arte Moreno since one year after the 2002 Disney/ABC championship and waste the prime years of Trout/Ohtani for over a decade now?) That said, I havent watched a full game in ages because the Sox finally got interesting again AND added Mune. One thing you do quickly learn as a baseball watcher, entertaining offense is always more fun. Even though elite pitching speed and defense usually wins out in the postseason.

SD advantages No NFL football competition no other pro sports franchise yo compete with for sponsorship dollars/strong promotional calendar only bettered by LAD Cinco de Mayo/popularity of team in northern Mexico Weather Consistent Top 3 MLB attendance Beautiful stadium Gaslamp District/Ballpark Village General lack of availability of CA franchises...see Lakers' recent prices, LAD and SFG not for sale, A's moving to Vegas Star studded/entertaining young team even still with Tatis M.Miller Merrill surfing...4/6 post season appearances, four post season series victories...Manny Machado to HoF as a Padre, etc. LAD rivalry...albeit mostly one sided, one of the last teams to knock them out of post season and also had them down 2-1 in the LCS before Cease imploded Aggressiveness/competitive spirits of Peter Seidler/AJ Preller Ethan Salas

Also was the chair/head of the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts board before being ousted. Not a great couple of years.

Didn't he also post some of the fastest times to first base/sprint times in one of those recent All Star games?

That sounds quite familiar. Tatis and Boston Smith, to name two others... And what did Tobias Meyers do for the Brewers in previous seasons as an emergency stop gap?

sportico list from March going by Lakers and Padres' deals...looking at 25-30% over these valuations right now in August New York Yankees: $9.4 billion/$11.75 projected Los Angeles Dodgers: $9.05 billion/$11.3125 billion Boston Red Sox: $6.65 billion/$8.3125 Chicago Cubs: $6.48 billion/$8.1 billion San Francisco Giants: $4.36 billion/$5.45 billion Atlanta Braves: $4.11 billion/$5.14 billion Philadelphia Phillies: $3.75 billion/$4.69 billion Houston Astros: $3.65 billion/$4.56 billion New York Mets: $3.58 billion/$4.0-4.25 billion San Diego Padres: $3.1 billion (sold for $3.9 billion)

https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/lakers-125-billion-sale-shows-why-private-equity-loves-sports--and-wont-leave-230550825.html

Would imagine it's just as much for benefits/health care...

Back up or third string QB syndrome...

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/mlbs-field-of-dreams-spectacle-is-a-massive-lift-but-still-worth-the-trouble-025900544.html https://www.mlb.com/news/bryce-harper-decked-out-in-corn-for-field-of-dreams-game https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/baseball/2026/08/13/bryce-harper-corn-themed-gear-bat-field-of-dreams-game-iowa/91296902007/ https://www.facebook.com/reel/908860335616195/?referral_source=external_link&surface_type=tab&in_reels_tab_context=TRUE

In a tightly contested matchup, a team functioning like a well-oiled machine cannot afford to have one of its integral pieces struggling in the manner that Edwin Díaz has, ultimately leading to a blown save in the ninth. Blowup outings here and there can be explained, but what’s baffling about Díaz right now, as he allowed four straight hits (all singles) to give up the lead, is that the stuff just isn’t performing as you’d expect. Too often he located the pitch well and didn’t get the result you’d assume, like in this Chourio RBI single. Díaz blew the save and left a mess for Alex Vesia with two on and two out against Jake Bauers. Vesia threw a 1-2 slider that didn’t break enough, and Bauers squeezed it past the infield for an RBI single to give the Brewers the 5-4 lead. In typical Brewers fashion, they came back in this one with nothing but singles. truebluela.com

Tuesday's Dodgers-Cubs Major League Baseball game averaged 923,000 viewers across TBS, truTV and HBO Max, marking the largest MLB regular season audience on the TNT Sports networks since an Indians-Yankees game in April 2009 (1.1M). (A previous version of this article stated that it was the most-watched on TNT Sports since it began carrying national MLB in 2007, but that was based on an error in the company's announcement Friday.)

Edwin Diaz 6 sv/10 svo also still don't pitch to Max Muncy in high leverage/clutch situations 17 blown saves overall Team Blown Saves Save Pct. Nationals 31 52% Tigers 26 48% Athletics 24 55% Royals 23 56% White Sox 23 57% Cardinals 22 61% Yankees 21 62%

Martin is going to solve a blister issue in Charlotte?

He's going to solve a blister issue at Charlotte?

White Sox have given two pitchers away for nothing in Tobias Meyers and Shane Drohan that have now made significant contributions to Milwaukee playoff teams. Seems like bench coach Walter McKinven needs to keep recruiting from that staff/front office... And Dylan Cease is going to finish 1st or 2nd for AL Cy Young.

Uh oh.

You mean they acquired 2/5 starting pitchers from Boston via trade...?

Shane Drohan leading LAD/Sasaki through 4, 2-0 waived by Sox in 2024, claimed by Red Sox, then traded to Milwaukee with Kyle Harrison and D.Hamilton A.Vaughn .299 .852 Pitchers - MIL IP H R ER BB K HR ERA Drohan 4.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 3.71