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But the Toronto Blue Jays aren't exactly a tight fisted team either. Their payroll is the fifth highest. :( |
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1) Vancouver Devil Rays 2) Ottawa Nationals 3) Calgary Rockies 4) Edmonton (Forest) Rangers I'd rename them all though. :confused: |
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And it's not even like the Jets and the New York Football Giants where the organizations spend money but still suck. Those are incompetent organizations. It's almost like it's the business model of the Angels and the Pirates to suck to the point just above where fans can still take it. They're not incompetent organizations at all. If I were a fan of those teams, I'd be insulted that the owner takes me for such a chump. |
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Ridiculous? How?
Is it ridiculous for a business owner to treat his business as a business as opposed to operating it for the community in the public interest? And don't you think that a less competitive "playing field" is not in MLB's best interests? MLB 's share of the pro sports market does seem to have dwindled in the last 75 years. :confused: |
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If there appears to be a correlation between rich teams and championship teams, how is such a complaint "ridiculous"? What's wrong with more competitive balance? Does that not make a sport more rather than less interesting?
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LOL Geddy Lee Behind home plate during Springers home run
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So it all starts tonight - the Not-Brooklyn Bums versus the Toronto Red, White and Blue Jays!
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Great start to the Series last night!!! Now it's the Dodgers turn to feel the pain! Go Jays!
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Now THAT was a power explosion! Maybe my rooting for the Jays won't doom
them after all:) Trent King PS- cool screen capture of Geddy, I looked for him but failed. |
It was almost as if they knew what pitches the Dodgers were going to throw before they threw them.
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How come the Dodgers didn't do their stupid dance last night ?? :D
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Did the Dodgers merely trot a series of fireballers out to the mound? Do the Dodgers actually have any pitchers who can throw a knuckleball or even a screwball to upset the timing of opposing batters? Quote:
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Like every other team in the playoffs, the Dodgers are underestimating the Jays. The Jays are good 1-9 in the lineup with a bunch of moving parts. Dodgers relievers are awful too. Jays in 4.
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How demoralizing must it have been for the Jays to know that Yama got better the more times he faced their lineup. It's almost like he's picking up more intel on the batters than the other way around. Take that, Billy Beane!
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Watched the new Netflix documentary last night about the collapse of the Expos. Great franchise and amazing fan base. Collapsed in large part because there wasn't sufficient money available from the owners to be competitive. The idea that people are complaining about Dodgers management is absurd. Don't have the money to field a competitive team? Sell the team to someone who does. Professional sports franchises in the US right now are among the most valuable assets in the world. If you can't play in that end of the pool . . . go home. No one has to buy a baseball team. The anger should be directed at 9-8 owners who don't even hide the fact that they aren't trying.
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Huh?! It's not up to the owners to try to do anything but make money. It's up to the coaching staff and players to try to win.
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Shohei. The f**king Dodgers get Shohei, and we pay more to get Juan Soto. It's not fair.
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Without Shohei Ohtani the Dodgers wouldn't be in the World Series right now. Without Juan Soto, the Mets might be?
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What really astounds me watching these games though is just how many times pitchers throw the ball into the dirt or even bounce it before the plate. What's even more astonishing is how often batters swing at those pitches. And these are the best players in the world theoretically....
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Wow, back-to-back inning-ending TOOTBLANs. Suzyn, you can't predict baseball!
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For all the ceaseless Ohtani talk, the series is tied and the Blue Jays have home field advantage.
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What a way to bounce back from last night.
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Great Series, nothing better than playoff baseball.
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Couldn't agree more, Phil! Well done by the Jays in Game 4. Trent King
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Nice to see a moment where Shohei Ohtani shows he’s human. But they don’t come very often.
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But the Blue Jays found a way to silence his bat yesterday. More off speed pitches perhaps? :confused: |
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When was the last time someone was walked intentionally 4 times in a row in a World Series game? If I'm Mookie Betts, I'm super offended. |
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Very high risk strategy to put a man on base to pitch to a future HOF player in a tie game, but then again Ohtani was in such a zone that you can see the reasoning.
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Your prediction is bang on so far. 👍 |
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Talk about bouncing back from a heartbreaking 18 inning loss!
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I really wanted to see Yamamoto in the 19rh inning of that game...
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Good for the Jays! It's all in front of them now, up to them to grab the title.
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I kind of wonder why Shohei Ohtani ended up swinging himself out of his batting helmet in the fifth. He must have been trying to kill the ball by swinging through his power alley. Perhaps a reminder from an old school coach (John McGraw?) might be in order "Hey, superstar, don't just swing for the fences. Hit the ball where it's pitched!"
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