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Nats look terrible so far, with an all but unrecognizable roster. Not a good off season for the front office. The O's, on the other hand, continue their rebuild with a roster that has some familier faces and some decent pitchers, although they just lost their ace, John Means, to TJ surgery. Tough break. O's much more entertaining than the dull Nats even though the Nats are just 3 seasons removed from being WS champs. -- Al
 
Warrior said:
Similar to when Krafty Bob shook down the state of MA regarding his new stadium, he threatened to move the team to CT (staged some phony baloney ground breaking ceremony) unless the state of MA ponied up some dough for infrastructure around the stadium......why should the state pay for that, yet they did and the swell fella that Krafty Bob is, he stayed in MA and stiffed CT............then he bought the old racetrack in the area for pennies on the dollar, built a new stadium, then a massive hotel, shops and restaurants, he makes a small fortune every Sunday and throughout the year...............thanks to the state of MA caving in.

What a system.
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Likewise is the stadium situation in Buffalo. "It is important to note that the government handouts — $850 million up front ($600 million from the state and another $250 million from Erie County), plus ongoing expenses — represent a majority of the cost of the $1.4 billion stadium project. The team’s owners, Terry and Kim Pegula, will put in only $335 million, chump change for a couple with a net worth north of $7 billion, according to Bloomberg." Why should the taxpayers, most of whom will never set foot in the stadium, be paying for all those sky boxes?

Fourteen yrs ago Louisville built the Yum Center for the UofL Cardinals, and hoping to draw and NBA team as well (never going to happen). I told a business associate at the time the financial analysis was bogus. And sure enough, the Center is now paying only the interest on the loan, and the principal actually increased by $28M. And the arena is miles, about a 20 min drive, from the campus, completely divorcing the team from the campus and student access.
Chris
 
Warrior said:
Talk about classy fans...........

https://twitter.com/i/status/1518014858956095491

Loved the guy who says "those fans need to be identified and banned from future games" as 900 beer cans rain down on the field.
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Fan behavior seems to be getting worse but the greedy owners never suggest banning alcohol sales which are the source of the fights and unruly behavior. Too much profit. So other fans and players have to suffer through loud mouths, fights, profanity, and all manner of nonsense at these events. I don't have any sympathy when they refuse to address the root cause. And, at least for the NBA, the chickens are literally coming home to roost with the animal rights protestors at the Timberwolves game. The NBA wants to celebrate "protest" when it suits their purposes but not so much when it doesn't. How about that security guy body slamming the woman to the floor in a nanosecond like a WWE takedown? If only he had been in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, JFK would have lived to a hundred. I guess violence against women is not such a big deal when it happens during the game to protect the reputation of an owner.
 
Combat said:
Fan behavior seems to be getting worse but the greedy owners never suggest banning alcohol sales which are the source of the fights and unruly behavior. Too much profit. So other fans and players have to suffer through loud mouths, fights, profanity, and all manner of nonsense at these events. I don't have any sympathy when they refuse to address the root cause. And, at least for the NBA, the chickens are literally coming home to roost with the animal rights protestors at the Timberwolves game. The NBA wants to celebrate "protest" when it suits their purposes but not so much when it doesn't. How about that security guy body slamming the woman to the floor in a nanosecond like a WWE takedown? If only he had been in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, JFK would have lived to a hundred. I guess violence against women is not such a big deal when it happens during the game to protect the reputation of an owner.
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this "lifetime ban" they give out is meaningless...
even if they use some high tech very expensive sophisticated face recognition software...
when you enter the stadium...and then they can file trespassing charges...it's still really just a joke...
so...basically I can throw a full beer can at a player...trying to clock him in the head...and all I get is banned...what a blowhard punishment...
a felony assault charge with a lethal weapon...coupled with the ban would be more effective in curtailing future bad behavior...
 
Walker Buehler threw the first complete game of the season last night. 19 games into the season. The second longest time in MLB history that it has taken that long. The old days of letting starters pitch as possible are long over. Kershaw was pulled while still throwing a perfect game earlier in the season.
 
Combat said:
Walker Buehler threw the first complete game of the season last night. 19 games into the season. The second longest time in MLB history that it has taken that long. The old days of letting starters pitch as possible are long over. Kershaw was pulled while still throwing a perfect game earlier in the season.
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Yep. Now it's throw a 'starter' out there and hope for 5 innings, settle for 4, and pray the bullpen holds up. Guys like Gibson and Marichal used to average about 25 CG's a season whereas now there aren't that many across the whole league in season. Times sure have changed... -- Al
 
lancer said:
Yep. Now it's throw a 'starter' out there and hope for 5 innings, settle for 4, and pray the bullpen holds up. Guys like Gibson and Marichal used to average about 25 CG's a season whereas now there aren't that many across the whole league in season. Times sure have changed... -- Al
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Times have changed and not for the better.I'm "Old School" when it comes to baseball.
Mark
 
lancer said:
Yep. Now it's throw a 'starter' out there and hope for 5 innings, settle for 4, and pray the bullpen holds up. Guys like Gibson and Marichal used to average about 25 CG's a season whereas now there aren't that many across the whole league in season. Times sure have changed... -- Al
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I vividly remember as a teenager we were encouraged to try to throw complete games. It was a badge of honor and the goal of every starting pitcher. So if you had the juice, still had good stuff, were winning, and had eligibility beneath the innings pitched limit we were always given the green light. It was a tremendous feeling to close out what you started and carry the team home. I always thought the "don't fix what isn't broken rule" applied in this situation. But managers like to inject themselves into the game and move their chess pieces around to justify their presence/satisfy their ego.

Joe
 
These pitchers are way overpaid.Most play in 25-30 games out of 162 and pitch 4-6 innings if your lucky and relievers maybe an inning or 2 if that.I know very few people have the talent to be a MLB pitcher but hundreds of millions of dollars for that?{eek3}
Mark
 
I blame that clownshoes organization in Tampa for this, the Doofin Rays..................first they started the shift, now this bullshit with "openers" and pitchers going 4 or 5 innings, God forbid they go through the line up a third time.

The real reason Tampa started this nonsense is they are a dollar store organization, they cobble together a pitching staff and use every arm on the staff as much as possible, openers, middlers, closers, closer by committee, it's idiotic.

But this is the same organization that was winning a deciding WS game, yanked the starter, the bullpen imploded and they lost the series.

Yahoos.
 
Warrior said:
I blame that clownshoes organization in Tampa for this, the Doofin Rays..................first they started the shift, now this bullshit with "openers" and pitchers going 4 or 5 innings, God forbid they go through the line up a third time.

The real reason Tampa started this nonsense is they are a dollar store organization, they cobble together a pitching staff and use every arm on the staff as much as possible, openers, middlers, closers, closer by committee, it's idiotic.

But this is the same organization that was winning a deciding WS game, yanked the starter, the bullpen imploded and they lost the series.

Yahoos.
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I can't get my head around a Florida team winning the Stanley Cup with a chance to do it again this year. The Panthers have the best record in the NHL. All their sweaty retiree fans show up in Blackhawks and Rangers jerseys having fled those arctic wastelands for the swamp heat of El Dorado.
 
Combat said:
I can't get my head around a Florida team winning the Stanley Cup with a chance to do it again this year. The Panthers have the best record in the NHL. All their sweaty retiree fans show up in Blackhawks and Rangers jerseys having fled those arctic wastelands for the swamp heat of El Dorado.
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There is something fundamentally wrong with that, but it is what it is.

Hockey to me is original six; Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, New York, Detroit and Boston..............then for good measure, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, St Louis (they look like a wagon again this year; gee, isn't that just swell, is their cementhead coach still teaching players to check opponents into the glass head first, asking for a friend), the Islanders, the Kings then any other Canadian team.

And they need to bring back the California Golden Seals with their green and yellow colors.........and the white skates.................and the Kings need to go back to purple and gold, the Penguins teal and black, they stole the Bruins colors, not cool.
 
Combat said:
Fan behavior seems to be getting worse but the greedy owners never suggest banning alcohol sales which are the source of the fights and unruly behavior. Too much profit. So other fans and players have to suffer through loud mouths, fights, profanity, and all manner of nonsense at these events. I don't have any sympathy when they refuse to address the root cause. And, at least for the NBA, the chickens are literally coming home to roost with the animal rights protestors at the Timberwolves game. The NBA wants to celebrate "protest" when it suits their purposes but not so much when it doesn't. How about that security guy body slamming the woman to the floor in a nanosecond like a WWE takedown? If only he had been in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, JFK would have lived to a hundred. I guess violence against women is not such a big deal when it happens during the game to protect the reputation of an owner.
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Who's the imbecile that thought it was a good idea to let fans in the stands have beer cans and bottles; pour it into a cup, hand it to them, how hard is that?
 
Warrior said:
Who's the imbecile that thought it was a good idea to let fans in the stands have beer cans and bottles; pour it into a cup, hand it to them, how hard is that?
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It would probably cost an extra cent, so the owners would never go for it. And the environmental protestors would start storming the field.
 
Combat said:
It would probably cost an extra cent, so the owners would never go for it. And the environmental protestors would start storming the field.
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Fenway has gone completely cashless this year, you get a copy of your ticket sent to you phone, they scan it as you enter the ballpark, all food courts and stands take debit/credit cards only, OR, they have machines all over the ballpark where you feed dough in and a prepaid card pops out, for 5,00, 10.00, 20.00, etc, etc.................so what if you bang out one for 20.00 and only spend 16.00 in the ballpark...................they keep the extra dough, or on your next visit, you can still use the card.

That is unless it's your one ballgame a year or your from out of town, then you are SOL.

The hot dog, booze and ice cream vendors have point of sale terminals on their hip, they swipe your card and off you go.

Needless to say, a lot of people are less than thrilled with this.

Basically the 60 plus crowd, or maybe even the 70 plus; how are you going to send a ticket to their flip phone?...............:wink2:.......and cashless?

Oh boy.
 
Warrior said:
Fenway has gone completely cashless this year, you get a copy of your ticket sent to you phone, they scan it as you enter the ballpark, all food courts and stands take debit/credit cards only, OR, they have machines all over the ballpark where you feed dough in and a prepaid card pops out, for 5,00, 10.00, 20.00, etc, etc.................so what if you bang out one for 20.00 and only spend 16.00 in the ballpark...................they keep the extra dough, or on your next visit, you can still use the card.

That is unless it's your one ballgame a year or your from out of town, then you are SOL.

The hot dog, booze and ice cream vendors have point of sale terminals on their hip, they swipe your card and off you go.

Needless to say, a lot of people are less than thrilled with this.

Basically the 60 plus crowd, or maybe even the 70 plus; how are you going to send a ticket to their flip phone?...............:wink2:.......and cashless?

Oh boy.
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I always wondered if gift cards were promoted in part because they realize some people will lose them or not use them? There are probably millions in profits from unused cards. My kids get them and misplace them all the time. I can understand the efficiencies of the cashless approach but it doesn't work for everyone. I don't even have a personal cell phone. I went to the airport a few months ago and they asked for my boarding pass when I checked in. I said isn't that something you give me? They charged me $5 to print it. Unreal.
 
What an outrageous abuse of power for MLB to suspend Bauer for nearly 400 games. The charges were dropped and the evidence suggests he was set up for a pay out. Every grifter in the world has now been empowered to make a false allegation to get a settlement. I'm sure Bauer will prevail in a lawsuit but that will take forever.
 
Speaking of Florida fans, I saw about ten seconds of the Miami Heat playoff game and was amazed that the stands were nearly empty. Having flashback to COVID restrictions but apparently folks in Miami have better things to do.
 
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