Napalm wrote:cano looking for a 10 year $305 million deal.

i nearly choked when i read that

Jay-Zeesus

The extra $5 million is for Jay-Z.

drsmooth wrote:

Napalm wrote:cano looking for a 10 year $305 million deal.

i nearly choked when i read that

Jay-Zeesus

Soon agents are going to start leaking billion dollar targets, just so that the $275 million actual contracts look like a deal

Ricky Bo just named Roger Maris amongst the Yankees' all-time greats. He's not too bright is he.

(I intentionally avoided that word)

Tigers broadcasters are saying that former Tigers SS Dick Tracewski and his wife were in a car accident in Pennsylvania today and they're both in serious condition.

-- Eric Wedge will not return to the Mariners next year

-- Dale Sveum and his entire Cubs coaching staff are expected to be dumped on Monday

-- The Barves asked Sid Bream to throw out the first pitch if they play the Pirates in the NLDS. Bream said HELL NO

"Whatever their motive was, I don’t want to be involved. ... I wasn’t surprised. Whether their motive was to rub it in the Pirates’ faces, I don’t know. I think it was just more of a gesture to commemorate those two teams getting back together in the postseason. But I’ll stay neutral. I’m not going to do anything to tell the fans in Atlanta or Pittsburgh that I’m one way or the other."

Their motive was probably "The first 30 people we asked said no."

Pence signs a 5 year , $90MM extension with the Giants

That's a lot of money for hunter pence.

bleh wrote:Their motive was probably "The first 30 people we asked said no."

lol

The 2014 draft order is set:

1 = Astros
2 = Marlins
3 = White Sox
4 = Cubs
5 = Twins
6 = Mariners
7 = PHILLIES
8 = Rockies
9 = Blue Jays
10 = Mets
11 = Blue Jays (compensatory pick)
12 = Brewers
13 = Padres
14 = Giants
15 = Angels
16 = Diamondbacks
17 = Orioles
18 = Yankees
19 = Royals
20 = Nationals
21 = Reds
22 = Rangers
23 = Rays
24 = Indians
25 = Dodgers
26 = Tigers
27 = Pirates
28 = Athletics
29 = Braves
30 = Red Sox
31 = Cardinals

#6 org picks #6 - density.

Old friend Doug Glanville says something I agree with regarding the stupidity of one-game wild card "playoffs."

I really like the one game playoff. The problem with Glanville's argument is that if you don't want your season to come down to a 1 game playoff, then you should go out and win your division. Yeah, there's nothing "fair" about a one game deal--a team with one ace might beat a superior team in such a scenario, but it's good for fans, and that's what matters.

Also, if I'm not mistaken, the one game system does reward the team who has the best regular season record in the league, because they play a team that's had to play an extra game. This is good--it's sort of old school.

TenuredVulture wrote:I really like the one game playoff. The problem with Glanville's argument is that if you don't want your season to come down to a 1 game playoff, then you should go out and win your division. Yeah, there's nothing "fair" about a one game deal--a team with one ace might beat a superior team in such a scenario, but it's good for fans, and that's what matters.

Also, if I'm not mistaken, the one game system does reward the team who has the best regular season record in the league, because they play a team that's had to play an extra game. This is good--it's sort of old school.

I like two wild cards, I just think they should play a 3 game series at the home of the team with the better record. Make time for this by doing away with one-game playoffs to determine wild card and division winners in the event of ties. Use a tie-breaking system like the NFL (head-to-head - this REALLY should be used to break divisional ties, given that these teams play 18-19 games against one another - if at the end of the season two are tied for a division, don't toss out 18-19 results in favor of a one-game playoff for heaven's sake - then record vs. division, record vs. common opponents, etc.)

mozartpc27 wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:I really like the one game playoff. The problem with Glanville's argument is that if you don't want your season to come down to a 1 game playoff, then you should go out and win your division. Yeah, there's nothing "fair" about a one game deal--a team with one ace might beat a superior team in such a scenario, but it's good for fans, and that's what matters.

Also, if I'm not mistaken, the one game system does reward the team who has the best regular season record in the league, because they play a team that's had to play an extra game. This is good--it's sort of old school.

I like two wild cards, I just think they should play a 3 game series at the home of the team with the better record. Make time for this by doing away with one-game playoffs to determine wild card and division winners in the event of ties. Use a tie-breaking system like the NFL (head-to-head - this REALLY should be used to break divisional ties, given that these teams play 18-19 games against one another - if at the end of the season two are tied for a division, don't toss out 18-19 results in favor of a one-game playoff for heaven's sake - then record vs. division, record vs. common opponents, etc.)

I'd have no principled objection to this, other than that it might give the League regular season champion too long a cooling off period. Or, I guess, it could give them too big an advantage. However, I'm looking forward to the one game playoff between the Pirates and the Reds. I don't know if I'd be all that excited to watch all of a 3 game playoff.

TenuredVulture wrote:However, I'm looking forward to the one game playoff between the Pirates and the Reds. I don't know if I'd be all that excited to watch all of a 3 game playoff.

This is a fair point, I am pretty excited for this game, although I wish the Cardinals were the team subjected to a one-and-done. The rust belt needs good things to happen, and fuck the Cardinals.