July 7, 20196 yr 8 hours ago, SoxAce said: Adam Eaton approves. Roid-rage. He’s probably more upset about the bone spur in his right elbow and his ERA nearing 5.
July 7, 20196 yr Francisco Cervelli will no longer catch. https://www.dkpittsburghsports.com/2019/07/07/francisco-cervelli-pirates-done-catching-dk/
July 7, 20196 yr 162 interleague games at the break. NL leads 89-73, but the bottom 5 AL teams are 15-42. Absolute garbage teams.
July 7, 20196 yr National League Central is an interesting race. Looks like no team wants to actually "win it" by playing well. Mediocrity rules!
July 8, 20196 yr 17 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said: National League Central is an interesting race. Looks like no team wants to actually "win it" by playing well. Mediocrity rules! I makes the game more interesting. Watch the Cardinals rise about those ashes.
July 8, 20196 yr 15 minutes ago, kitekrazy said: I makes the game more interesting. Watch the Cardinals rise about those ashes. Anybody but the Cubs
July 8, 20196 yr On 7/7/2019 at 7:53 AM, Moan4Yoan said: Roid-rage. He’s probably more upset about the bone spur in his right elbow and his ERA nearing 5. He's always been a ridiculous, self-important red-ass. Easily one of my least favorite players, even when he's not playing for the Cubs.
July 9, 20196 yr Has anyone seen what Tony Clark said today? He wants to do away with the draft. Honestly, if he goes to court with it I think he'll win. They could still do a signing pool based on the average dollars spent in the draft, and I honestly think it might work, just like it does with the International FA. It would be interesting how sports would change if amateurs were free agents. It might hurt competitive balance a ton, but with what the NBA is showing us it seems like the fans prefer dynasties to competitive balance. If that is the case, it may lead to contraction in leagues instead of expansion, with less desirable locations no longer viable for sports. I've long been of the opinion that all sports leagues have overexpanded. Somewhere between 24-28 teams is the ideal number. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/mlbpa-director-tony-clark-voices-opposition-to-draft/ Edited July 9, 20196 yr by Jack Parkman
July 9, 20196 yr 37 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said: Has anyone seen what Tony Clark said today? He wants to do away with the draft. Honestly, if he goes to court with it I think he'll win. They could still do a signing pool based on the average dollars spent in the draft, and I honestly think it might work, just like it does with the International FA. It would be interesting how sports would change if amateurs were free agents. It might hurt competitive balance a ton, but with what the NBA is showing us it seems like the fans prefer dynasties to competitive balance. If that is the case, it may lead to contraction in leagues instead of expansion, with less desirable locations no longer viable for sports. I've long been of the opinion that all sports leagues have overexpanded. Somewhere between 24-28 teams is the ideal number. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/mlbpa-director-tony-clark-voices-opposition-to-draft/ I hate this idea. I much prefer competitive balance to the European model where only a few teams in each league take all of the top talent and there is no chance for most teams to ever win a title. While there obviously cities and franchises with advantages here, it is nothing like you see in Europe.
July 9, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, Jack Parkman said: Has anyone seen what Tony Clark said today? He wants to do away with the draft. Honestly, if he goes to court with it I think he'll win. They could still do a signing pool based on the average dollars spent in the draft, and I honestly think it might work, just like it does with the International FA. It would be interesting how sports would change if amateurs were free agents. It might hurt competitive balance a ton, but with what the NBA is showing us it seems like the fans prefer dynasties to competitive balance. If that is the case, it may lead to contraction in leagues instead of expansion, with less desirable locations no longer viable for sports. I've long been of the opinion that all sports leagues have overexpanded. Somewhere between 24-28 teams is the ideal number. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/mlbpa-director-tony-clark-voices-opposition-to-draft/ I don't know how anyone looks at the last free agency period in the NBA and thinks that its fans prefer dynasties to competitive balance. I certainly don't.
July 9, 20196 yr 33 minutes ago, Balta1701 said: I don't know how anyone looks at the last free agency period in the NBA and thinks that its fans prefer dynasties to competitive balance. I certainly don't. They ought to repeal that law of supply and demand
July 9, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, Balta1701 said: I don't know how anyone looks at the last free agency period in the NBA and thinks that its fans prefer dynasties to competitive balance. I certainly don't. If you look at tv ratings they get higher with dynasties than with competitive balance. It is weird, because I am with you. I don't like the lack of competitive balance either. I do maintain the thought that the leagues have overexpanded. I'm not happy that the NHL is going from 30 to 32 teams, I thought they should have just moved the Coyotes from Phoenix to Las Vegas. They wouldn't even have had to change the team name. There are already teams struggling to draw fans in every sport. Edited July 9, 20196 yr by Jack Parkman
July 10, 20196 yr 8 hours ago, Jack Parkman said: Has anyone seen what Tony Clark said today? He wants to do away with the draft. Honestly, if he goes to court with it I think he'll win. They could still do a signing pool based on the average dollars spent in the draft, and I honestly think it might work, just like it does with the International FA. It would be interesting how sports would change if amateurs were free agents. It might hurt competitive balance a ton, but with what the NBA is showing us it seems like the fans prefer dynasties to competitive balance. If that is the case, it may lead to contraction in leagues instead of expansion, with less desirable locations no longer viable for sports. I've long been of the opinion that all sports leagues have overexpanded. Somewhere between 24-28 teams is the ideal number. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/mlbpa-director-tony-clark-voices-opposition-to-draft/ If this ever happens the Sox will be in deep shit. They'll never put up the money it would take to sign some of these guys. The Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers and Cubs would just clean up.
July 10, 20196 yr 56 minutes ago, Lip Man 1 said: If this ever happens the Sox will be in deep shit. They'll never put up the money it would take to sign some of these guys. The Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers and Cubs would just clean up. Not necessarily. I'm not sure if you need a draft if you have a bonus cap similar to the international rules. You pool the players together and say each team has x amount of dollars based on previous year's standings. The worst team gets the most money and the WS champion gets the least. Sure, the top American prospect could sign with the WS champ, but that would take up a majority of their pool and they wouldn't get much else out of the class. You could also institute rules that prevent teams from talking to players until May 1st. Edited July 10, 20196 yr by Jack Parkman
July 13, 20196 yr Angels combined no hitter with all the players wearing Skaggs jersey... pretty incredible.
July 13, 20196 yr 11 hours ago, SoxAce said: Angels combined no hitter with all the players wearing Skaggs jersey... pretty incredible. Due to the 2005 ALCS, I hate the Angels...but this was pretty awesome. Cool baseball moment. Cool human moment.
July 13, 20196 yr 40 minutes ago, The Sir said: Due to the 2005 ALCS, I hate the Angels...but this was pretty awesome. Cool baseball moment. Cool human moment. How could you hate them? They sucked against the Sox and kinda got screwed big time by Eddings
July 13, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, fathom said: How could you hate them? They sucked against the Sox and kinda got screwed big time by Eddings The ball bounced. And they whined terribly about that (correct) call, as if changing it would have won them the game (false), when they hit so poorly that our bullpen had to get all of two outs in the entire series.
July 13, 20196 yr 1 minute ago, Balta1701 said: Andrew Cashner heads to the Red Sox from the O's. For two 17 year old lottery tickets.
July 19, 20196 yr Man I wish we had a manager like this who seemed to actually care about his players getting screwed over.
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