October 30, 201410 yr They should have sent Alex Gordon home on that error in the 9th. This is exactly what I was thinking, but with less math http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/send-alex-gordon/
November 15, 201410 yr victor martinez gets $68m to dh for the tigers for the next 4yrs. not bad. gotta say tho that if anybody deserves a big payday its him.
November 17, 201410 yr $325 million for 13 years!!!!!! Stanton of the Marlins got that much. Insane. Do they have any idea how many policemen that could buy? But it's their money.
November 17, 201410 yr $325 million for 13 years!!!!!! Stanton of the Marlins got that much. Insane. Do they have any idea how many policemen that could buy? But it's their money. Approximately half of professional athlete salaries are taxed. So yes it does buy a few policemen.
November 17, 201410 yr $325 million for 13 years!!!!!! Stanton of the Marlins got that much. Insane. Do they have any idea how many policemen that could buy? But it's their money. Approximately half of professional athlete salaries are taxed. So yes it does buy a few policemen. Plus they pay taxes in every away city they play in. So they are paying for Cleveland and Cincinnati cops as the season goes on....
November 17, 201410 yr $325 million for 13 years!!!!!! Stanton of the Marlins got that much. Insane. Do they have any idea how many policemen that could buy? But it's their money. Approximately half of professional athlete salaries are taxed. So yes it does buy a few policemen. Plus they pay taxes in every away city they play in. So they are paying for Cleveland and Cincinnati cops as the season goes on.... Plus their agent gets 10%~ of their salary, and they're likely in the top tax bracket, meaning approximately half of their earnings are taxed. Meanwhile the first Hollywood actor to incorporate himself was...Ronald Reagan. This meant he only paid the much lower corporate earnings tax on his acting income rather than the era's 90% on earned income. No doubt pro athlete unions have attempted to this.
November 17, 201410 yr no state income tax in florida, right? Sure. They don't pay state income or municipal earnings taxes in states/cities where those taxes don't exist. However they do pay the ridiculous property taxes that exist in "low-tax" states like Texas.
December 6, 201410 yr The name Didi Gregorius, a player from the Reds past - and also obliquely to the Indians, has popped up again. Gregorius is a shortstop drafted by the Reds who played very briefly for them in September 2012. Then, in the off-season, was traded to Arizona as part of a three team trade that sent Shin-Soo Choo from Cleveland to Cincinnati and Trevor Bauer from Arizona to Cleveland. Now he is part of another three-team deal that is sending Gregorius to the Yankees. Making 24-year-old Didi Gregorius the most likely player to follow Derek Jeter as shortstop for the Yankess.
February 6, 201510 yr poor victor - that left knee again: Victor Martinez has torn meniscus Detroit Tigers slugger Victor Martinez tore the medial meniscus in his left knee during workouts, the team announced Thursday.
February 10, 201510 yr had enough winter yet? reds & indians pitchers & catchers report feb 18 here is the rest of the league: http://www.springtrainingonline.com/reporting-dates/
March 16, 201510 yr I have heard from a very strong source that the 2019 MLB all-star game will be in Cleveland and its a done deal.
March 16, 201510 yr I have heard from a very strong source that the 2019 MLB all-star game will be in Cleveland and its a done deal. That'd be interesting. They just recently announced 2016 and 2017 so I'd be surprised to hear that 2018 and 2019 are already locked up. It was also conventional wisdom that DC would be hosting in 2018, but that would mean 4 years in a row at an NL park. In that case, there is also talk of Baltimore hosting 2018, which would then make sense to keep it in an AL city the following year (since it will be in the NL in '15,'16, and '17). Besides Baltimore, the only AL cities that have gone a longer time than Cleveland without hosting are Texas, Toronto, and Tampa Bay (TB never hosted it). Toronto and Tampa Bay have insufficient stadiums, and Texas hosted in '95. In addition to all that, Progressive Field will also be significantly rehabbed, and Cleveland has had some great press as a convention/sporting event location lately, so logically it would make sense to have Cleveland host in 2019. Edit: There are actually 4 AL cities that have gone longer without hosting (besides Baltimore)...I forgot about Oakland. They also fall into the insufficient stadium category though.
March 16, 201510 yr I have heard from a very strong source that the 2019 MLB all-star game will be in Cleveland and its a done deal. That'd be interesting. They just recently announced 2016 and 2017 so I'd be surprised to hear that 2018 and 2019 are already locked up. It was also conventional wisdom that DC would be hosting in 2018, but that would mean 4 years in a row at an NL park. In that case, there is also talk of Baltimore hosting 2018, which would then make sense to keep it in an AL city the following year (since it will be in the NL in '15,'16, and '17). Besides Baltimore, the only AL cities that have gone a longer time than Cleveland without hosting are Texas, Toronto, and Tampa Bay (TB never hosted it). Toronto and Tampa Bay have insufficient stadiums, and Texas hosted in '95. In addition to all that, Progressive Field will also be significantly rehabbed, and Cleveland has had some great press as a convention/sporting event location lately, so logically it would make sense to have Cleveland host in 2019. Edit: There are actually 4 AL cities that have gone longer without hosting (besides Baltimore)...I forgot about Oakland. They also fall into the insufficient stadium category though. How is the Skydome insufficent?
March 16, 201510 yr I have heard from a very strong source that the 2019 MLB all-star game will be in Cleveland and its a done deal. That'd be interesting. They just recently announced 2016 and 2017 so I'd be surprised to hear that 2018 and 2019 are already locked up. It was also conventional wisdom that DC would be hosting in 2018, but that would mean 4 years in a row at an NL park. In that case, there is also talk of Baltimore hosting 2018, which would then make sense to keep it in an AL city the following year (since it will be in the NL in '15,'16, and '17). Besides Baltimore, the only AL cities that have gone a longer time than Cleveland without hosting are Texas, Toronto, and Tampa Bay (TB never hosted it). Toronto and Tampa Bay have insufficient stadiums, and Texas hosted in '95. In addition to all that, Progressive Field will also be significantly rehabbed, and Cleveland has had some great press as a convention/sporting event location lately, so logically it would make sense to have Cleveland host in 2019. Edit: There are actually 4 AL cities that have gone longer without hosting (besides Baltimore)...I forgot about Oakland. They also fall into the insufficient stadium category though. How is the Skydome insufficent? The Rogers Centre* was decried as being obsolete not long after it was built. It was cutting edge when it opened, but it is now one of the last multi purpose facilities left in MLB. The team has said that the stadium needs hundreds of millions of dollars in upgrades in order to bring it up to par.
March 16, 201510 yr I saw a Blue Jays game a year or two after the Skydome opened. The place sucked. They had message on the scoreboard warning of a $50,000 fine for smoking. Also security came by and told us to quit making noise.
March 16, 201510 yr Of all the stadiums in MLB that "could" be turned around, I would give the Rogers Centre a try. Sure it's not the small format parks that are the trend these days. But the concourses and suites are not THAT bad. Nothing a hundred mil couldn't polish up in an offseason.
March 17, 201510 yr I saw a Blue Jays game a year or two after the Skydome opened. The place sucked. They had message on the scoreboard warning of a $50,000 fine for smoking. Also security came by and told us to quit making noise. "Quit making noise, eh."
March 17, 201510 yr I saw a Blue Jays game a year or two after the Skydome opened. The place sucked. They had message on the scoreboard warning of a $50,000 fine for smoking. Also security came by and told us to quit making noise. "Quit making noise, eh." Was it because you were opposing fans?
March 17, 201510 yr I saw a Blue Jays game a year or two after the Skydome opened. The place sucked. They had message on the scoreboard warning of a $50,000 fine for smoking. Also security came by and told us to quit making noise. "Quit making noise, eh." Was it because you were opposing fans? Blue Jays fans are always the most annoying visiting fans when they're at other teams' parks. So they shouldn't dish it out if they can't take it
March 17, 201510 yr I saw a Blue Jays game a year or two after the Skydome opened. The place sucked. They had message on the scoreboard warning of a $50,000 fine for smoking. Also security came by and told us to quit making noise. "Quit making noise, eh." Was it because you were opposing fans? Blue Jays fans are always the most annoying visiting fans when they're at other teams' parks. So they shouldn't dish it out if they can't take it This. They used to come down to Muni and actually get upset if you rooted for the Indians near them. I came very close to popping one in the face once, and they got further upset when they got booted and we didn't.
March 17, 201510 yr Geez. Toronto fans are the worst. Was at the Cavs Raptoprs game in November, they were relentless. Louder than the rest of the Q. Anyway, they should pump money into the rogers centre. No excuse for that. could be state of the art if they focused. Oakland will not be hosting an all-star game, I think Cleveland definitely has the next AL game.
April 6, 201510 yr whoa that is a scoop if it pans out correct -- i hope cle gets that all star game. and in crossover mls and mlb news -- here is something very funny: Video: Sporting KC players re-enact George Brett pine tar incident after 1-0 win over NYCFC at Yankee Stadium BY DANIEL O'LEARY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Any amount of damage Sporting Kansas City may have doen to the Yankee Stadium field during a 1-0 win over NYCFC last Saturday is now 100 percent forgiven. A YouTube video surfaced of a trio of players re-enacting the infamous George Brett pine tar incident and it is delightful. For those scoring at home, that's Sporting KC's Seth Sinovic as home plate umpire Tim McClelland, Benny Feilhaber as first base ump Drew Coble and Matt Besler playing an enraged Brett. We can only hope that this starts a trend, with every MLS team having to remake their city's most famous/infamous moment in the Bronx. the short video here: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/soccer/video-sporting-kc-players-re-enact-brett-pine-tar-incident-article-1.2174528
April 6, 201510 yr whoa that is a scoop if it pans out correct -- i hope cle gets that all star game. and in crossover mls and mlb news -- here is something very funny: Video: Sporting KC players re-enact George Brett pine tar incident after 1-0 win over NYCFC at Yankee Stadium BY DANIEL O'LEARY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Any amount of damage Sporting Kansas City may have doen to the Yankee Stadium field during a 1-0 win over NYCFC last Saturday is now 100 percent forgiven. A YouTube video surfaced of a trio of players re-enacting the infamous George Brett pine tar incident and it is delightful. For those scoring at home, that's Sporting KC's Seth Sinovic as home plate umpire Tim McClelland, Benny Feilhaber as first base ump Drew Coble and Matt Besler playing an enraged Brett. We can only hope that this starts a trend, with every MLS team having to remake their city's most famous/infamous moment in the Bronx. the short video here: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/soccer/video-sporting-kc-players-re-enact-brett-pine-tar-incident-article-1.2174528 I vote for Matt Williams's home run in the 1997 Division Series. :)
April 6, 201510 yr funny and crazy short video -- that time the yankees>indians pitchers traded wives! http://nypost.com/video/that-time-two-yankees-swapped-wives/ aaand of course this story is soon to be a ben affleck matt damon movie called the trade: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/sports/baseball/ex-yankee-peterson-has-no-regrets-40-years-after-w/nT7fG/#__federated=1
April 6, 201510 yr It's Official: D.C. Will Host The 2018 MLB All-Star Game http://dcist.com/2015/04/dc_might_host_the_2018_mlb_all-star.php
April 7, 201510 yr Went to Reds Opening Day, and the game was significantly shorter than most I remember. Actual game time was 2.5 hours. Usually they creep a little past 3 hours. There was a thirty minute rain delay in the middle of the game which brought it to the "usual" time. This was with about 10 strikeouts on both sides and a few mid-inning pitching changes. I guess time between half innings is cut short and the batters can't call time out whenever they want. It made a difference. We'll see if that was an outlier or if it will be a trend.
April 7, 201510 yr ^ now there was a game i wish i could have attended. how exciting. thee game of opening day i would say.
April 7, 201510 yr Went to Reds Opening Day, and the game was significantly shorter than most I remember. Actual game time was 2.5 hours. Usually they creep a little past 3 hours. There was a thirty minute rain delay in the middle of the game which brought it to the "usual" time. This was with about 10 strikeouts on both sides and a few mid-inning pitching changes. I guess time between half innings is cut short and the batters can't call time out whenever they want. It made a difference. We'll see if that was an outlier or if it will be a trend. The pace of game changes were pretty substantial, in my opinion. I forgot about them until I noticed the clock ticking down in the outfield. There's a maximum of 2:25 allowed between innings (not just the break, but the pitcher and hitter must be playing by the time the clock hits 0:00), and hitters must keep one foot in the batters box at all times. Right now a violation just gets a warning, but starting in May there will be up to a $500 fine for every violation. Apparently the average game time was 2:49 yesterday, compared to 3:08 last year. Given one day worth of games is a small sample size, but that's a pretty substantial difference.
April 7, 201510 yr If the pace of 20 minutes shorter per game is a trend for the season, that's 810 fewer hours of baseball over the year and 54 fewer hours per team.
April 7, 201510 yr 1) Chicago embarassed themselves on Opening Day. They had a terrible bathroom situation because the stadium is still under major renovations. 2) This clip is really funny. http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/04/marlins-marcell-ozuna-misses-catch-braves
April 28, 201510 yr How badly did the Angels want to trade troubled outfielder Josh Hamilton to the Rangers? So badly, that the Angels agreed to pay $70 million of Hamilton's remaining $83 million owed on his 5-year, $125 million contract. Hamilton agreed to drop $6 million from it due to Texas not having a state income tax. This means the Rangers will only need to cover $7 million for Hamilton's three remaining three seasons(!)
April 28, 201510 yr Hey, they're pursuing the Mets model for future greatness. They're only a couple hundred million in non-playing salaries away from the goal.
April 28, 201510 yr Orioles playing last home game with White Sox with no fans in attendance due to riots. WTF? http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/04/28/orioles-white-sox-game-closed-to-public-rescheduled-rays/26523105/
April 29, 201510 yr Orioles playing last home game with White Sox with no fans in attendance due to riots. WTF? http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/04/28/orioles-white-sox-game-closed-to-public-rescheduled-rays/26523105/ We actually did something like this in junior high of all places: A Maple East vs. Maple West wrestling match with no audience allowed.
May 4, 201510 yr #1 Who's next? http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/05/03/milwaukee-brewers-fire-manager-ron-roenicke
May 8, 201510 yr Interesting that Kenny Lofton is on Pedro's list. http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/page/instantawesome-martinezpitch-150507/here-five-toughest-hitters-pedro-martinez-ever-had-face
May 11, 201510 yr Interesting that Kenny Lofton is on Pedro's list. http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/page/instantawesome-martinezpitch-150507/here-five-toughest-hitters-pedro-martinez-ever-had-face Not surprising though, Kenny was a lot better hitter than he got credit for and a particularly smart one. He was always trying to make contact and had a great eye for the strike zone. Plus Pedro was always very focused and didn't particularly like to have to hold runners.
May 19, 201510 yr #1 Who's next? http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/05/03/milwaukee-brewers-fire-manager-ron-roenicke Miami Marlins. They fired their manager and replaced him with their GM, who's only managerial experience was coaching a high school team - in the mid-1980's(!) http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/05/18/dan-jennings-miami-marlins-manager/27520219/
June 16, 20159 yr Well this should be fun... St. Louis Cardinals Investigated by F.B.I. for Hacking Astros WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors are investigating whether front-office officials for the St. Louis Cardinals, one of the most successful teams in baseball over the past two decades, hacked into internal networks of a rival team to steal closely guarded information about player personnel. Investigators have uncovered evidence that Cardinals officials broke into a network of the Houston Astros that housed special databases the team had built, according to law enforcement officials. Internal discussions about trades, proprietary statistics and scouting reports were compromised, the officials said.
June 16, 20159 yr ^ Many people refer to the Cardinals as the New England Patriots of MLB. But this isn't what they meant!
June 16, 20159 yr #1 Who's next? http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/05/03/milwaukee-brewers-fire-manager-ron-roenicke Miami Marlins. They fired their manager and replaced him with their GM, who's only managerial experience was coaching a high school team - in the mid-1980's(!) http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/05/18/dan-jennings-miami-marlins-manager/27520219/ Been done before! http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/22066/the-night-ted-turner-managed-the-braves The night Ted Turner managed the Braves Ted Turner was the "Mouth of the South," "Terrible Ted" and "Captain Outrageous," a brash, outspoken business mogul who had a golden touch. He launched the first successful cable news network with CNN, sailed to victory in the America's Cup and used his cable empire to turn his Atlanta Braves into "America's Team." But 36 years ago this month, Turner discovered there was one thing he couldn't do: manage his own baseball team. After the 38-year-old Turner put on a Braves uniform and stepped into the dugout to manage his tanking team for one game on May 11, 1977, National League president Chub Feeney, supported by baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn, gave him the thumb. Anyone who owned stock in a team was forbidden to manage it, they told him. "They must have put that rule in yesterday," Turner told a reporter the next day. "If I'm smart enough to save $11 million to buy the team, I ought to be smart enough to manage it."
June 22, 20159 yr In the off-season, the Washington Nationals signed free-agent starting pitcher Max Scherzer to a 7-year, $210-million contract. Although Scherzer's been great with Detroit in the past, many wondered if any pitcher could live up to a $30-million-a-season deal. Well, his last two starts might have answered that: http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/59400/max-scherzer-now-the-best-pitcher-in-the-game Scherzer came within two batters of pulling off "The Vander Meer" in his last two starts. On Saturday, he pitched a no-hitter against Pittsburgh - the only baserunner coming when the second-to-last batter in the 9th was just barely struck by a pitch. -- On the previous Sunday, he pitched a one-hit, one-walk CG, where the only hit came on a bloop-single in the 7th. Scherzer's line in the past two games: 18 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 26 SO He still has a chance for "The Vander Meer" if he no-hits the Phillies this Friday. (Finally, a reason to watch the Phillies this year!)
June 23, 20159 yr In the off-season, the Washington Nationals signed free-agent starting pitcher Max Scherzer to a 7-year, $210-million contract. Although Scherzer's been great with Detroit in the past, many wondered if any pitcher could live up to a $30-million-a-season deal. Well, his last two starts might have answered that: http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/59400/max-scherzer-now-the-best-pitcher-in-the-game Scherzer came within two batters of pulling off "The Vander Meer" in his last two starts. On Saturday, he pitched a no-hitter against Pittsburgh - the only baserunner coming when the second-to-last batter in the 9th was just barely struck by a pitch. -- On the previous Sunday, he pitched a one-hit, one-walk CG, where the only hit came on a bloop-single in the 7th. Scherzer's line in the past two games: 18 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 26 SO He still has a chance for "The Vander Meer" if he no-hits the Phillies this Friday. (Finally, a reason to watch the Phillies this year!) One batter. Neither Vander Meer no hitter was a perfect game. Another pitcher almost did the same thing nine years later, it was for the Reds and VM was a teammate.
June 23, 20159 yr Here are the stats for the best pitcher in MLB... GP GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO W L P/GS WHIP BAA ERA 14 14 2 2 102.1 68 23 20 6 14 123 8 5 103.5 0.80 .181 1.76 And Johnny Vander Meer can thank questionable lighting against superior batters in his "wild" no-hitters. :roll: Max Scherzer now the best pitcher in the game David Schoenfield, SweetSpot blogger ... Johnny Vander Meer's two games in June 1938 were both no-hitters, the only man to do so. But it's hard to argue the sum of his efforts was more impressive. In his first no-hitter, he walked three and struck out four. In his second no-hitter, under questionable lighting conditions in the first night game ever played at Ebbets Field, he walked eight and struck out seven. It's difficult to diminish such a feat, but compare the combined lines for both pitchers: Vander Meer: 18 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 11 BB, 11 SO Scherzer: 18 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 26 SO Even in this trumped-up era of strikeouts and mediocre batting averages, I'll take Scherzer's games for pure dominance over Vander Meer's effectively wild no-hitters. ... "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
June 23, 20159 yr Entries in long-hidden notebook show Pete Rose bet on baseball as player For 26 years, Pete Rose has kept to one story: He never bet on baseball while he was a player. Yes, he admitted in 2004, after almost 15 years of denials, he had placed bets on baseball, but he insisted it was only as a manager. But new documents obtained by Outside the Lines indicate Rose bet extensively on baseball -- and on the Cincinnati Reds -- as he racked up the last hits of a record-smashing career in 1986. The documents go beyond the evidence presented in the 1989 Dowd report that led to Rose's banishment and provide the first written record that Rose bet while he was still on the field. MORE: http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/13114874/notebook-obtained-lines-shows-pete-rose-bet-baseball-player-1986
June 24, 20159 yr Entries in long-hidden notebook show Pete Rose bet on baseball as player For 26 years, Pete Rose has kept to one story: He never bet on baseball while he was a player. Yes, he admitted in 2004, after almost 15 years of denials, he had placed bets on baseball, but he insisted it was only as a manager. But new documents obtained by Outside the Lines indicate Rose bet extensively on baseball -- and on the Cincinnati Reds -- as he racked up the last hits of a record-smashing career in 1986. The documents go beyond the evidence presented in the 1989 Dowd report that led to Rose's banishment and provide the first written record that Rose bet while he was still on the field. MORE: http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/13114874/notebook-obtained-lines-shows-pete-rose-bet-baseball-player-1986 Quite honestly, betting on his own team shouldn't be much bigger of a deal than betting in general. Betting against his team would be an order of magnitude worse.
June 24, 20159 yr The worst part about this is that he, again, lied. If in 2004 he would have said "I bet on baseball starting in 1986 as a player" before any evidence existed that he bet as a player, people would be more willing to accept him. Now he said he never bet on baseball, then said he bet as a manager and never against the Reds, then it comes out he bet on baseball as a player with no evidence he bet against the Reds, will anyone believe he never bet against the Reds? There is no evidence that he bet against the Reds, but being caught lying twice leads one to not trust a word he says on the matter. He still belongs in the Hall, just like Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, Derek Jeter, etc.
June 24, 20159 yr Look, the reason why baseball is so anti-gambling is because they didn't want a repeat of 1919 and they didn't want the sport to turn into boxing. They didn't want the mafia involved in rigging games in the way they still do with a lot of European sports. That's why they adopted this extreme zero-tolerance policy almost 100 years ago. But what Rose was actually doing was very small-time compared to the worst-case scenario. Perhaps, left unchecked, it could have turned into something more significant over time, but the fact is it didn't. The only way he could affect the outcome of games was to play one player in a situation versus another. He did not actually tell people to go up there and strike out or to throw wild pitches. While there is a threshold that he did cross, "gambling" is not like murder. You either kill someone or you don't. There are gradations to influencing events on which you have placed a wager. I don't give a damn if the guy lied or if he's still lying. Everyone tells lies and gets lied to every day. What's incredible to me is how nasty people from the 80s who were involved in the investigation are still being to Pete Rose. That was 25 years ago but these people are determined to keep kicking Pete Rose. Perhaps he still owes people money. But its those people's fault as much as Pete's for sinking into the world of sports gambling.
Create an account or sign in to comment