2020-2021 Hot Stove League (2 Viewers)

The NL East is shaping up to be the best and most competitive division in baseball.
 
Tommy Lasorda has passed away at the age of 93.

He went out a winner.

Thanks Tommy for 1981; 1988, not so much.
 
It's official, Mad Dog Russo has crowned the New York Mets as the new Kings of New York. NYY's now playing catch-up for the hearts and minds of NYC's residents.
The NL East is going to be a VERY interesting division in 2021. The Nats have lost ground to both the Braves and the Mets and will have to scramble to finish higher than third place unless Rizzo gets a move on. -- Al
 
lancer said:
It's official, Mad Dog Russo has crowned the New York Mets as the new Kings of New York. NYY's now playing catch-up for the hearts and minds of NYC's residents.
The NL East is going to be a VERY interesting division in 2021. The Nats have lost ground to both the Braves and the Mets and will have to scramble to finish higher than third place unless Rizzo gets a move on. -- Al
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Typical overreaction by a media blowhard; one trade and they're the 1927 Yankees.
 
Warrior said:
Tommy Lasorda has passed away at the age of 93.

He went out a winner.

Thanks Tommy for 1981; 1988, not so much.
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As a Giants Fan I am predisposed to hate everything related to the Dodgers.

Yet as a baseball fan I have always respected Tommy Lasorda.

He embraced it when San Francisco made him a villain, to the point where he was no longer the bad guy, he was the star of a storied rivalry.

RIP to a great manager, by all accounts a great person and a pillar of baseball history.
 
Nats have signed former Cubs OF Kyle Schwarber to a 1-year contract. Schwarber is coming off a down 2020 season, like the Nats other big signing, 1B Josh Bell. Could be 2 good signings if they can bounce back to there 2019 numbers. -- Al
 
Warrior said:
Those A's teams of the late 1980's were loaded, three strait trips to the WS, they blew two of them to lesser teams..........................
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I was never an A’s fan but their uniforms are among the best in any sport.

Also Dennis Eckersley is one of my all-time favorite non Giants.

He is not only a well deserved Hall of Famer but the way he handled the whole Gibson home run is beyond admirable.

He taught us all a lesson in humility on that one, all the while never ever losing his dignity in the process.
 
The Yankees signed Kluber, two time Cy Young award winner who's been out of baseball the past two years with injuries.

Guaranteed now he'll go 23-1 and win the Cy Young.

2021 sucks already.
 
Warrior said:
The Yankees signed Kluber, two time Cy Young award winner who's been out of baseball the past two years with injuries.

Guaranteed now he'll go 23-1 and win the Cy Young.

2021 sucks already.
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NYY's have spent a bundle over the last 24 hours; LeMahieu @ $90 mil for 6 years; Kluber @ $11 mil for 1 year and Judge @ $10.175 mil for 1 year. As ABBA once said, 'Money, money, money, it's a rich mans game.' -- Al
 
lancer said:
NYY's have spent a bundle over the last 24 hours; LeMahieu @ $90 mil for 6 years; Kluber @ $11 mil for 1 year and Judge @ $10.175 mil for 1 year. As ABBA once said, 'Money, money, money, it's a rich mans game.' -- Al
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Judge got 10.75 million? That's about 1 million per foot.......................
 
The Giants signed pitcher Alex Wood on Thursday to a 1 year, $3 mil deal.

In 2020 he was 0-1 with a 6.39 ERA.

All of those “recent” Championships seem like they happened 800 years ago......
 
Panzer ace said:
The Giants signed pitcher Alex Wood on Thursday to a 1 year, $3 mil deal.

In 2020 he was 0-1 with a 6.39 ERA.

All of those “recent” Championships seem like they happened 800 years ago......
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I am looking at the Red Sox fighting it out with the LET'S GO O'S!! for last place in the AL East, so needless to say the MLB season for me this year will be another anti climatic one.

When you're in the same division with the gashouse gorillas who are back to their old spending ways and those plucky Doofin Rays, it is what it is.
 
Warrior said:
I am looking at the Red Sox fighting it out with the LET'S GO O'S!! for last place in the AL East, so needless to say the MLB season for me this year will be another anti climatic one.

When you're in the same division with the gashouse gorillas who are back to their old spending ways and those plucky Doofin Rays, it is what it is.
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George;

Yup, you have the Yankees and Rays and I have the Dodgers and the Padres.

It’ll be a while before SF or Boston plays meaningful games, but at least we have some semi-recent memories of a championship or 2.

-Jason
 
Panzer ace said:
George;

Yup, you have the Yankees and Rays and I have the Dodgers and the Padres.

It’ll be a while before SF or Boston plays meaningful games, but at least we have some semi-recent memories of a championship or 2.

-Jason
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The Red Sox and Giants this century have won 7 World Series titles between the 2 of them, so a few down years is not the end of the world.

I'll gladly take a few down years in exchange for 7 World Series titles between my two favorite teams.
 
Warrior said:
The Red Sox and Giants this century have won 7 World Series titles between the 2 of them, so a few down years is not the end of the world.

I'll gladly take a few down years in exchange for 7 World Series titles between my two favorite teams.
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Great post.
 
Another Hof pitcher, Don Sutton, has passed away at age 75. RIP, Don. Continues to be a rough period of time for HoFers. -- Al
 
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