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MLB 2024
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Game 3 of the 1981 World Series. I’ll never forget it. 149 pitches. It was a sight to behold.
The inherent problem with hoping that small market teams compete, like the ones you mentioned, is solely on their owners.
Take the Mariners for example. The city of Seattle...hell...the entire PNW would go ape-**** if the Mariners actually made it past the ALCS and into the WS.
The problem is that their owner/ownership group REFUSES to spend on legit, real, worthwhile talent. Sure, they have home-grown talent like Julio and Cal and have brought in other pieces like Arozarena but they're taking the "Mike Trout" approach by having one or two guys carry the entire team into the post season and unless your name is Shohei Ohtani, that's just not realistic.
As for the A's, John Fisher wanted out of Oakland and was hell bent on making it happen. Between the fans and local news in Oakland calling him out on his BS about wanting to stay, there was no way he was going to spend the money to put a contention team on the field. I'll admit, the A's did better than I thought they would this year and perhaps they did take a little inspiration from "Major League" to finish the season their terms but Fisher was going to Vegas one way or another.
The White Sox have been a dumpster fire for years because Reinsdorf thinks he knows more about Baseball than actual baseball experts and he refuses to live in the 21st century. As for the actual team, he refused to spend on real talent to make the team better and assumed that they would get by with what they had. After this year, I foresee a full nuking and rebuild.
The problem with these small market owners is that they dont have any REAL intention of putting a post-season or WS team together. From March to September, these small market teams just recoup the money that has already been spent in order to keep the machine going for next season. To invest in a post season team means doubling the amount of money necessary and even then, it's not a guarantee and these small market owners either can't or wont spend on that.
Then you have teams like the Rockies where they have been so irrelevant for so long that they are actually reducing their payroll for next year, even though they pretend to want to contend.
Yankees in 6. I think their rotation is better, and Ohtani can’t handle the pressure of Yankee Stadium, his career stats against the Yankees are bad.
Yanks in 6. 1977 and 1978 redux.
Whether you're a big market team or a small market team, the surest way to build a winner is through the draft and developing your own core talent through your farm system. Merely signing the top free agents year after year pretty much never works.
Whether you're a big market team or a small market team, the surest way to build a winner is through the draft and developing your own core talent through your farm system. Merely signing the top free agents year after year pretty much never works.
For sure. Every kid in Little League tried to copy his motion.
I’m going to make a prediction, the Yankees will blowout the Dodgers in game 1. The rest of the series will be close.
We can’t count on Ohtani being Status Quo. Solid Defense, putting the ball in play, and managing our bullpen will be the formula.
Not a chance. Both teams have too many weapons. We will have a significant weather advantage when we come home. Looks like mid-low 40’s game time.
Jack Flaherty has had a shaky postseason to put it kindly, and Judge, Stanton, and Soto all have monster stats at LAD. I think they will rattle him.
I did some excel math because I was bored. Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, and Juan Soto combined at Dodgers Stadium in 184 at bats have 19 home runs, a .299 average, .680 slugging, and 1.050 OPS.
Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, and Freddie Freeman combined at Yankees Stadium in 296 at bats have 10 home runs, a .209 average, .372 slugging, and .682 OPS.
So the Yankees might have a road-field advantage in addition to home.
Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, and Freddie Freeman combined at Yankees Stadium in 296 at bats have 10 home runs, a .209 average, .372 slugging, and .682 OPS.
So the Yankees might have a road-field advantage in addition to home.
Exciting game 1. Would rather see the Yankees win rather than the Dodgers.
Can they both lose?
Can they both lose?
Certainly, but it doesn't top gimpy pinch-hitter Kirk Gibson taking HoF reliever Eckersley deep.
That was a mic drop, and supposedly the origin of the term "walk-off homer." Called by Vin Scully as well.
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My prediction yesterday of the Yankees blowing out the Dodgers didn’t pan out, so I won’t try to make another prediction. But I will say, despite the heartbreaking loss, the Yankees did out-hit the Dodgers last night. Something to keep in mind.