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Re: Re: General MLB News (2024)
« Reply #25 on: February 21, 2025, 06:43:01 am »
ESPN’s plan wasn’t enough games to prevent churn. From the end of basketball to the start of college football, what are they even going to show?
WNBA games

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Re: Re: General MLB News (2024)
« Reply #26 on: February 21, 2025, 08:12:15 am »
Cornhole.

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« Reply #27 on: February 21, 2025, 09:55:44 am »
Yankees will now allow players to wear beards, but only well-groomed ones. I haven't checked Facebook yet this morning but I assume its full of Mattingly sideburn jokes.

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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #28 on: February 21, 2025, 12:56:44 pm »
Yankees will now allow players to wear beards, but only well-groomed ones. I haven't checked Facebook yet this morning but I assume its full of Mattingly sideburn jokes.
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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #29 on: February 21, 2025, 07:19:34 pm »
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Skippy will be thrilled...

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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #30 on: February 24, 2025, 11:43:38 am »
Giancarlo Stanton heading back to NY for medical testing. He's currently dealing with tennis elbow in both of his elbows.

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Re: General MLB News (2025)
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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #32 on: February 24, 2025, 02:50:12 pm »
Salary Cap battle for 2027 CBA is on.

https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2025/02/24/mlb-cba-fight-begins/

Nats have a $70MM active roster payroll...the Doyers have one player making that.  What a pathetic organization this is...


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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #33 on: February 24, 2025, 03:37:11 pm »
Giancarlo Stanton heading back to NY for medical testing. He's currently dealing with tennis elbow in both of his elbows.
He should stop playing tennis then. Or at least stop switching hands so at least one elbow is ok.

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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #34 on: February 24, 2025, 08:37:56 pm »
weird seeing Verlander pitch for SFG

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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #36 on: March 01, 2025, 10:17:57 pm »

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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #37 on: March 01, 2025, 10:32:54 pm »
He’s getting a full pardon too.  Didn’t know they did that for dead people.
posthumous pardons are not unusual

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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #38 on: March 02, 2025, 08:21:21 am »
posthumous pardons are not unusual
dukakis did one for Sacco and Vanzetti.

I wonder if Polis would do one for Joe Hill

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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #39 on: March 02, 2025, 01:28:05 pm »
Umpire Pat Hoberg fired after a MLB investigation found that he allowed a friend to use his online gambling account to place bets, including on baseball. He also deleted messages to try and cover up the activity.

He called a perfect game in the 2022 WS (all strikes & balls correct)

Ah...he called a game perfectly. Puzzled me for a minute...


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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #41 on: March 02, 2025, 08:29:56 pm »
Watching Brasil and Colombia.  Does Brasil have any major leaguers? Japanese guy pitching for them.

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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #42 on: March 02, 2025, 08:49:16 pm »
Watching Brasil and Colombia.  Does Brasil have any major leaguers? Japanese guy pitching for them.
yan gomes and i think one or two others.

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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #43 on: March 02, 2025, 09:58:51 pm »
yan gomes and i think one or two others.
Ah forgot about Yan.

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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #44 on: March 04, 2025, 09:17:09 pm »
The Nats don’t have it at their park but other teams have been using the ball and strike appeal system.  Seems to go smooth. Maybe that will come officially in 2026?

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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #45 on: March 06, 2025, 11:26:43 pm »
Passan:
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BREAKING: Outfielder Lawrence Butler and the A’s are in agreement on a seven-year, $65.5 million contract extension with one club option, sources tell ESPN. Butler, 24, broke out as a rookie last year and is seen as a foundational player for the A’s moving forward.

He’s scheduled to hit arbitration after 2026 per spotrac, so if my math is correct they got 3 extra years for him.

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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #46 on: March 07, 2025, 07:42:28 am »
2 extra.

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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #47 on: March 07, 2025, 12:10:09 pm »
2 extra.
MLB TR says two FA years with the A's having an option for a 3rd.

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Re: General MLB News (2025)
« Reply #48 on: March 07, 2025, 12:11:02 pm »
Christian Walker heading to Houston for an MRI on his oblique.  Ducked that one.

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