Lots of chatter about Britton, but no real movement. Only 96 minutes to go and neither the Nats or the O's have made a move, and they need to. O's still need the obvious, starting pitching, and the Nats still need a closer and another SP wouldn't hurt. -- Al
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Time is up. Nats reportedly have gotten Kintzler from the Twins but I have no details yet. The O's appear to have done nothing, either buying or selling. That is not going to help. Too bad for we O's fans. Kintzler, on the other hand, is the final piece to the Nats bullpen. Nats must feel Strasburg will be back soon. -- Al
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And just like I called it, the MFYs got Sonny Gray for a guy who's injured and may never be the same, a guy with a questionable arm and some other tomato can.
Can't wait to them to dominate the division for the next 5 years led by Quasimodo, he'll be the "face" of the franchise........if my dog has a face like his, I'd shave his *** and teach him to walk backwards.......................
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Sonny Gray is young, and under team control for 2 more seasons. However he was god awful last season, and started this season on the DL. If his bad season was just due to nagging injuries then the Yankees got a steal. If, however, the A's know something about the guy not subject to public consumption this could be another Pineda trade: a former all star pitcher that never regains his pre-trade form. We will have to wait and see. If nothing else, it makes this season even more interesting for Yankees fans whose expectations have already been far exceeded this season.
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Don't worry Louis, just get him on that MFY training program that A-Roid, Clemens, Petite, Giambi and Quasimodo were/are all on and he'll be fine. I'll predict he'll be lights out the rest of the year and the MFY's will win the AL East going away.
Some stooge tweeted today "The Sonny Gray deal gets the Yankees even with Houston"..................The Houston Texans? The Houston Oilers? He can't mean the Astros, who are cooking with gas right now?
Love the lofty expectations..............................
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I was ready to vent some anger at the Giants front office for not making any moves, now it appears that they tried but there were no takers.
No one was willing to trade for Cueto as he is likely to opt out of his contract at the end of this year and he is making a rehab start today in the minors. The other player they were trying to trade was Brandon Belt. He has decent offensive numbers and is only owed $2.8 mil for 2017. However, next year he will make $16 mil, part of the $64 mil he is going to make over the next 4 years. $16 mil for a .237 average is not going to garner much interest.
No one was willing to trade for Cueto as he is likely to opt out of his contract at the end of this year and he is making a rehab start today in the minors. The other player they were trying to trade was Brandon Belt. He has decent offensive numbers and is only owed $2.8 mil for 2017. However, next year he will make $16 mil, part of the $64 mil he is going to make over the next 4 years. $16 mil for a .237 average is not going to garner much interest.
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Mets had similar issues with Bruce, Cabrera and Granderson. However, I don't understand why little interest in Bruce; he has 27 HRs.
All of them will be off the payroll next year although I think the Mets want Bruce back and have a club option on Cabrera, which I presume they will not exercise since they've called up their SS of the future, Rosario. That makes Reyes and Cabrera bench players, or alternating at 3B.
All of them will be off the payroll next year although I think the Mets want Bruce back and have a club option on Cabrera, which I presume they will not exercise since they've called up their SS of the future, Rosario. That makes Reyes and Cabrera bench players, or alternating at 3B.
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The Dodgers got Darvish; wow, they are all in at this point. As a Giants fan, I know I'm supposed to hate the Dodgers, but I can't work myself up into a lather towards them, I'll go so far as to say it would be awesome to see them in the WS again, something about the Dodgers, baseball and the WS.
I think it's the uni's, they are classics, maybe it's that rabid fan base, they show up in the 3rd inning and go home in the 7th, what a bunch of die hards.
Just not the Cubs please, once century is enough, just gear up for 2127 and go from there.
I think it's the uni's, they are classics, maybe it's that rabid fan base, they show up in the 3rd inning and go home in the 7th, what a bunch of die hards.
Just not the Cubs please, once century is enough, just gear up for 2127 and go from there.
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I think my disdain for the Dodgers is more regional than anything else. If you are from Northern California, you pretty much see everything in Southern California as a rivalry and vice versa. Be it sports, beaches, weather etc., Nor Cal vs. So Cal is part of the fabric of California life.
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As a Giants fan, the Dodgers have been rivals for a long, long time, first in New York, then in California.
As a Red Sox fan, I'd never in a million years want to see the MFY's in the World Series, but as a Giants fan, I don't have a problem seeing the Dodgers in one.
Not sure why I feel that way (well I know why I feel the way I do about the former, it's the latter), but I do.
People ask me all the time about the Red Sox/MFY's; to me, it was 1976 that did it, specifically the brawl that erupted when that POS Pinella barreled into Fisk at home plate, Fisk had had major knee reconstructive surgery after a horrific injury, he didn't like the slide and was mauling Pinella and then the brawl broke out.
Bill Lee's career basically ended that night after a cheap shot attack on him destroyed his left shoulder, he was a flamethrower lefty to that point, was a meatball artist from then on.
To get in a fight is one thing; to intentionally try to end someone's career is as bush league as you can get, not to mention that NERD Mickey Rivers throwing cheap shots everywhere during that brawl.
They are and always will be the MFY's to me after that disgusting display of bush league tactics, trying to end one guys career and essentially doing so to another.
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Had to look that brawl up as I had forgot about it, was a pretty bad one for sure.
https://youtu.be/ohQaOO_mTzs
https://youtu.be/ohQaOO_mTzs
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I think the Giants and Dodgers still have a rivalry but it's obviously not the same as when they were in NY. How could it be? They were fighting for the hearts and minds of NL fans in the City, not to mention it was an inter borough rivalry between Manhattan and Brooklyn. The rivalry was also heightened by the amount of games the teams played each other. I lean more towards the Giants but since both teams are the precursors of the Mets and is reflected in the Mets' uniform, I don't have any negative feelings towards LA (well not too many anyway). My son hates them, however, because the Dodger fans look down their nose at Angels fans.
Nats LHP Gio Gonzalez was brilliant tonight, throwing 8 innings of no-hit ball against Miami, having it broken up on a lead-off single in the 9th. He came out and left the game to Doolittle, who saved it with a final score of 1-0. -- Al
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Bill Lee's career was over that night; gotta love those classy MFY fans cheering as he left the field.
Disgusting.
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You're right and the Bush league Mickey Rivers cheap shots were ridiculous as well.
An impressive game by uBADo and the win leaves them only 4.5 out of the WC, 2 games less than a couple of days ago. -- Al
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I must have missed that one but what did Mickey Rivers do? Let's not forget that baseball was still a hard nosed sport back in those halcyon days.
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You can see him in the second half of the brawl taking swings at Sox players, yea it was definitely a more Wild ,Wild West in some of those old fashion brawls, even with some of their own team mates and coaches, never foget Reggie Jackson and Billy Martin having a go at it in the clubhouse!!!