OT: MLB Thread

[XPOFAN]

Yeah, I'm surprised that Canada was able to survive as a country.

Well we did have a referendum the year after...just saying

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Thank you Dr Freud.

They did once but even then I used to call them chokers and never had faith in them. This nostalgia that they were a great organization is hilarious. It was only after I divorced them that I realized I was a battered spouse and that my relationship with that team was abusive.

And yet you refuse to see that your relationship with the Habs is exactly the same. They have you on a leash and they give you nothing anymore. Haven't for decades now.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

They don't sell off all stars not try to compete threaten to move not make playoffs in 23 years etc

When the Canadiens do all that at the same time, then talk to me.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

They try to compete, but not too hard. And their tolerance for not winning Cups seems to get higher every year, just like their ticket prices.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

When will they have $5.00 tix and $1.00 hot dog night at the Bell Centre?

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Yanks hand Jays their second loss in a row and retake a 1.5 game lead in the AL East.

I guess Jays fans will now suddenly realize that it's only the middle of August and that there's a lot of baseball left to be played.

 

[xposbrad]

Blue Jays still in first place?

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Awwww

 

[XPOFAN]

Yanks hand Jays their second loss in a row and retake a 1.5 game lead in the AL East.

I guess Jays fans will now suddenly realize that it's only the middle of August and that there's a lot of baseball left to be played.

Yep. You should realize it too though. Lots of time for Jays to take back first place

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Yep. You should realize it too though. Lots of time for Jays to take back first place

...or fall further behind.

 

[XPOFAN]

...or fall further behind.

or leap further ahead...:smilewinkgrin:

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

...or fall further behind.

Looks like the other guy is about to add a Blue Jay avatar.

 

[XPOFAN]

Looks like the other guy is about to add a Blue Jay avatar.

Nope

 

[Sal_Butera]

NYTIMES: Baseball Fever Grows in Montreal With Hope of a New Team

Mark Routtenberg, a Montreal businessman and a minority owner from 1990 until 1999, was a dissenting voice during that decline. He said the problem was ownership, not the fans. He argued, unsuccessfully, that the team should borrow money to pay the good players, rather than send them elsewhere, and in turn, fans would go to games. He was overruled.
“I would sit in meetings, and they would talk about how we had the most wins per dollar spent on payroll,” he said. “I would say, ‘What good is that?’ Isn’t the goal to win a World Series?’ ”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/19/s...in-montreal-with-hope-of-a-new-team.html?_r=1

 

[Krustchev]

NYTIMES: Baseball Fever Grows in Montreal With Hope of a New Team



http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/19/s...in-montreal-with-hope-of-a-new-team.html?_r=1

"Show me the . . . publicly financed downtown stadium."

 

[XPOFAN]

"Show me the . . . publicly financed downtown stadium."

You have one in Philly...no?

 

[Krustchev]

You have one in Philly...no?

That's the point. MLB wants the stadiums to be publicly financed because they don't want the team owners to be debt-ridden . . .

 

[XPOFAN]

That's the point. MLB wants the stadiums to be publicly financed because they don't want the team owners to be debt-ridden . . .

You mean they want corporate welfare so the owners can get richer on the backs of the working stiff.

 

[Krustchev]

You mean they want corporate welfare so the owners can get richer on the backs of the working stiff.

That too. But MLB decides what it wants and requires, not the fans.

 

[XPOFAN]

That too. But MLB decides what it wants and requires, not the fans.

The 1% always getting their way...where's Bernie?