OT: MLB Thread

[Altair]

They definitely can't blow this if they get to keep the team. It will be the last chance for a major pro team other than the Habs.

You're right but I also don't think the average Montrealer gives a shit about that.

 

[lecoqsportif]

Hmm. Was sceptical, but seems like it’s a thing. Didn’t realize this was proposed by Bronfman at the winter meetings. And if head office was willing to go public today, the PA must be cooperative thus far.

 

[Sal_Butera]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/prishe...in-montreal-than-tampa-or-miami/#2d037dad72bd

 

[Habsy]

Good read Sal, thanks.

 

[CH1]

Montreal >> Tampa. No question. The real question, tho, is will baseball maintain its relevance going forward?

 

[Habsy]

That is the real question. I wonder about it but I do live in an area that doesn't have much buzz about baseball which I find funny because it's very Hispanic saturated player-wise yet they don't seem to care in Miami. It's a beautiful stadium and they draw like crap.

 

[Krustchev]

In case there were any lingering doubts that Clayton Kershaw is a playoff choker . . .

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

In case there were any lingering doubts that Clayton Kershaw is a playoff choker . . .

Arguably the best regular season pitcher in the last 10 years from April through September and arguably the worst in October.

 

[Krustchev]

Arguably the best regular season pitcher in the last 10 years from April through September and arguably the worst in October.

And you would expect his manager, Dave Roberts, to know this. Not sure what he was thinking last night letting him pitch the 8th inning.

 

[worm]

expos did it!!!

 

[Krustchev]

expos did it!!!

I know. I was there. Didn’t work out too well. And Rogers didn’t have as bad a playoff track record as Kershaw does, obviously.

 

[hairnova]

Roberts is a terrible manager but it appears he has a lifetime contract.

 

[Sal_Butera]

MLB owners starting to turn on GMs, skippers who go heavy on stats

Is the worm beginning to turn a little on analytics in baseball? There are presently eight managerial openings in baseball which, according to the Elias Bureau, is the most since after the 2002 sea…

www.nydailynews.com

 

[wiseguy1]

About 18 minutes to find out if Larry Walker makes the hall of fame.

 

[wiseguy1]

And Walker made it, Congrats.

 

[wiseguy1]

Walker made it by 6 votes. Jeter was one vote shy of unanimous, must have been a Boston voter.

 

[Sal_Butera]

Peter Gammons voted for Walker last year but not this year? WTF?

 

[Sal_Butera]

 

[Sal_Butera]

Does Walk go in w Expos or Rockies cap?

 

[Rocket Man74]

From what I have read, he is going in as a Rocky, which totally sucks.