Star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. and the San Diego Padres are in agreement on a 14-year, $340 million contract extension, a source familiar with the deal tells ESPN.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 18, 2021
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 18 February 2021 02:19 (three years ago) link
one owner didn't get the memo
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 18 February 2021 02:24 (three years ago) link
jesus
― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 February 2021 02:50 (three years ago) link
(also that's awesome)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 February 2021 02:54 (three years ago) link
It has to be a record.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 18 February 2021 03:56 (three years ago) link
OMG
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 18 February 2021 05:44 (three years ago) link
if you're going to give out a 14-year contract, it might as well be to a player who's 22 years old
― na (NA), Thursday, 18 February 2021 14:27 (three years ago) link
dude doesn't even have a full season under his belt
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 18 February 2021 14:29 (three years ago) link
neat
The Giants have made a unique addition to their coaching staff: former Rays outfielder Fernando Perez joins them as a video analyst. Perez is a Columbia alum, a documentary filmmaker and a published poet. He's also a Spanish speaker who can help Latino players w/video analysis. pic.twitter.com/4eH0c9hhxo— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) February 18, 2021
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
Cute optics but big picture though:
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/14/crowley-charles-johnsons-ownership-is-a-shame-for-the-san-francisco-giants/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 18 February 2021 19:17 (three years ago) link
clown
The speech, which was downloaded to YouTube and went Twitter viral on Sunday morning, offered information that the Mariners' front office would likely never share publicly to the media or the fan base. https://t.co/g4rRecXKxX— Seattle Times Sports (@SeaTimesSports) February 21, 2021
― mookieproof, Monday, 22 February 2021 01:46 (three years ago) link
Mariners have released a statement: Kevin Mather has resigned.— Corey Brock (@CoreyBrockMLB) February 22, 2021
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 22 February 2021 21:15 (three years ago) link
forced to resign for saying out loud what every front office truly believes
remarkable idiocy though. rotarians!
― mookieproof, Monday, 22 February 2021 21:22 (three years ago) link
Seattle should put up a statue of Mather for getting Kelenic in the Diaz/Cano trade.
― Rocky Thee Stallion (PBKR), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 00:22 (three years ago) link
Manfred must be so so pissed.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 01:59 (three years ago) link
is it bad that, as a lifelong fan, i want the CBA negotiations 10 months from now to utterly destroy baseball
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 04:06 (three years ago) link
not at all
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 04:55 (three years ago) link
I don’t know if the players deserve that.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 06:18 (three years ago) link
group economics
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 09:44 (three years ago) link
Blue Jays just announced they are no longer going to have a radio team. I still listen all the time in the car or while doing work around the house - and listening to TV broadcasters try to paint a picture of what I can’t see is going to be some serious garbage.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 27 February 2021 14:13 (three years ago) link
Time for some pirate radio announcers to swoop in
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 27 February 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
xp Wait, what? Yeah, I listened a lot on the radio. Yet another reminder that I'm old, because this doesn't even compute to me.
― francisF, Saturday, 27 February 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link
yeah, hoping for a cottage industry of amateur feeds, who knows?
― francisF, Saturday, 27 February 2021 23:32 (three years ago) link
Oh I see, a "simulcast". Bah, radio is a craft not to be taken on by anyone. Thankfully Wilner is gone at least
― francisF, Saturday, 27 February 2021 23:34 (three years ago) link
Close your eyes and imagine...
Joe carter rounding the bases after hitting a world series winning home run. One of the biggest hits in baseball history...
As the sound of Buck Martinez's strained "howme rawwwwwnnnnnnnghghghghg...." call trails off, Pat Tabler chimes in with "Joe Carter is a baseball player, Buck."
Our collective souls die a little inside. "Touch 'em all Joe" is so out of reach for our middling TV crew.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 27 February 2021 23:56 (three years ago) link
you don't want any of the pirates' announcers
tbf dan shulman is a total pro and has worked in radio, so if anyone can make it work (assuming he's allowed to!), i'd trust him
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 February 2021 00:46 (three years ago) link
Shulman is a saving grace, definitely
― francisF, Sunday, 28 February 2021 01:56 (three years ago) link
for sure.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 28 February 2021 02:34 (three years ago) link
I think it goes more like this:
[Joe carter swings the bat]
Buck: get out of here ball, get out, get out!
[ball clears the fence, crowd erupts, Jays win the series]
Pat: Whoa! How about that!
Hypothetical radio listener: ??????&*&
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 28 February 2021 10:47 (three years ago) link
jbj to brewers, 2 years, 24M
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 4 March 2021 13:47 (three years ago) link
Blue Jays just announced they are no longer going to have a radio team. "
That' some cheap BS in the age of zoom. F'n Ronnie Reagan was doing baseball radio broadcasts by wire (and many others also did so) back in the paleolithic era.
― earlnash, Friday, 5 March 2021 02:13 (three years ago) link
Lindor extended w/Mets. Just before April fools.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 1 April 2021 03:19 (three years ago) link
Boy is it gonna be awesome reliving the Manny Ramirez betrayal all over again.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:30 (three years ago) link
only ‘betrayal’ here was by cleveland ownership
― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:38 (three years ago) link
what was the betrayal?! i was not following baseball in the early Manny years.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:19 (three years ago) link
afaict the betrayal is "chose to sign with a different team in free agency"?
which i guess is worse than "was offered nothing by a team that has been crying poor for years, got traded to a different team where he was offered one of the biggest contracts of all time and accepted it instead of going back to the first team in free agency for some reason"
but not by much
― ✖, Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:56 (three years ago) link
Manny signed with the fucking Red Sox and won a goddamn World Series and Cleveland didn’t.
Yes of course it’s the owners I’m mad at. And at the MLB for not having a salary cap.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:07 (three years ago) link
Poor people should not be allowed to own professional sports teams.
tbf he won two world series with the red sox
and larry dolan is worth $4.6 billion, fourth-most among mlb owners
― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:13 (three years ago) link
aren't even small market teams fairly profitable? i think the issue might be too many, let's say, "wealth oriented" groups owning teams!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:32 (three years ago) link
ALSO: OPENEING DAY!!!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:33 (three years ago) link
thank you all for honoring dr. morbius properly by arguing about something that happened in baseball like 100 years ago
― na (NA), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:41 (three years ago) link
bosox/orioles postponed :(
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:43 (three years ago) link
"And at the MLB for not having a salary cap."
wait what
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:58 (three years ago) link
A couple days late, but Mets opening day. I knew they had a good opening day record, but this is amazing:
The Mets begin the 2021 season with the best Opening Day record ever -- a 39-20 (.661) mark that ought to be the envy of every other club. It’s all the more remarkable considering that the Mets, born in 1962, did not win the first game of any season until 1970. They are 39-12 (.765) since then.
― the last unvaccinated motherfucker on earth (PBKR), Monday, 5 April 2021 14:48 (three years ago) link
Back of the napkin calculations but the Cleveland Neo-Naps could give Lindor the same contract as the Mets and they would still be 112 millions under luxury tax threshold.
Their revenue in 2019 was 290 millions.
There is no excuses.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 5 April 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
rich hill to the mets
why are the rays trading away pieces if they're trying to contend by signing nelson cruz
in any case, it's fun that the first two big names to move in this trading deadline are both 41 years old
― na (NA), Friday, 23 July 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
why are the mets trading for rich hill when he's been absolute garbage since the goop got banned
― ✖, Friday, 23 July 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
i think the Rays want Patino to replace Hill, so their math is they're better off with the relievers they're getting back and Patino in the rotation.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 23 July 2021 22:05 (two years ago) link
why are the rays trading away pieces if they're trying to contend
it’s the only way they know how to live
― mookieproof, Saturday, 24 July 2021 01:21 (two years ago) link