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4 minutes ago, Just Regular said:
I'm going Saturday. Chris Young in some ways has some edges on Elias in shiny modern GM attributes.
Did you pitch in the Ivy League? Yes, yes I did.
Were you good? 1000 innings in the show, so...sure.
And you're a GM now? Yep
Got money? So much $$$
Dang...
You could say Elias has the edge in that he built it without the money.
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2 hours ago, blid said:
I appreciate the tradition enough to not outright hate it or care too much, but it is so out of touch with the city of Baltimore and the state of Maryland, it's bizarre.
Disagree here, of course. TNToriole had a great post earlier in the thread outlining the rural/Appalachian connection to Baltimore, and it’s an important piece of history to understand.
I’ll also note that I’ve lived in NYC, Boston, DC, Austin and a few places in Florida. None of those places (including Austin) have the historic country/rural influences that Baltimore has or even the direct connection to this day. It’s very obvious talking to people around town or visitors from just outside the city. All that to say, origin aside, I appreciate the song for unintentionally highlighting that.
I also just think the track is a banger.
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Maybe a minor factor, but there is something to be said for the fact that he and McCann are the only two position players on the roster that have been in the playoffs.
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3 minutes ago, Dibbs31 said:
Hmmm dont think there was enough to overturn that but oh well. Let's get out of the inning
He was safe.
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Palmer says “he embarrassed his profession”
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3 hours ago, RZNJ said:
Who wants Bobby Witt Jr. instead? Buehler? Anyone?
Jason La Canfora.
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I mean this, I think the most effective response to poor service, high prices and a bad fan experience are writing letters (emails). I have written a few over the past couple years, have always gotten a response and have received compensation a couple times. They can’t offer that if everyone writes so they’ll actually have to make changes.
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Melanie Newman just said she wouldn’t want to be the Rays right now because of the pressure or something?
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I wasn’t able to follow the game, bummed the moved it from yesterday and had to trade in my tickets. About half of my group of 20+ had to do the same. How full was it in the stands?
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1 hour ago, Tony-OH said:
I think the issue is the day game crowds in many cities would be low.
I kind of wonder about this. It would come out to about once a month per city, but if it were billed as a “feature game” and say Orioles vs Phillies or Yankees or Cubs or some other interesting matchup, I’d gladly leave work a few hours early on a Tuesday to catch it. But either way, I think the big attraction would be growth of the sport and hopefully a nationwide audience on tv/radio esp with Work from home.
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42 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:
This is a good point. They should always schedule Sat and Sun games in the afternoon in April.
I think MLB is missing a pretty big opportunity not having a day game every day of the week (M-F). There could be a featured game on National tv (MLBN, ESPN, FS1) and every team would play a day game at least very 2.5 weeks. It generally works out that way, so the big things is getting those games picked up.
I think it would do a lot for increasing league wide knowledge among fans of other teams. As it stands I can watch/listen to an O’s game and then usually I’ll listen to a bit of a west coast team’s game. Would be great to feature players/teams during the week.
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1 hour ago, Orioles0615 said:
I wish I didn’t read that. Was feeling so good.
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21 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:
I'll be honest, I like the one and done games once they get out of the pool play. It kinda evens up the odds because any team can beat any team on a given night. Plus, the "tournament style" of one and done is fun to watch.
You’re absolutely right about that, and chances are the pitcher usage changes in a series format. I just want to watch more games!
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It has been fantastic in general and only getting better as other countries generate more talent. I kind of wish they went to a short series format for the “playoff” rounds, but maybe that will come down the road when money gets real. It’s a great event. With over 60 million viewers in Japan last night it was likely the most watched baseball game in history.
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Anxiously awaiting the results of the vendor switch. Last years stadium vending was the worst I’ve experienced since RFK years ago.
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Some fun guys to remember from this list, Daniel Cabrera maybe most surprisingly. Being ignorant to how much Cal improved the defense I’d have to say Adley gets the nod.
As an aside, watching this game it occurs to me that Adley may very well be better in both phases than either JT or Maldonado as soon as next year.
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The best and perhaps only good thing JLC has done since going on air.
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31 minutes ago, NCRaven said:
I like Vavra, but a super sub that can't play short or third is not particulary super. I think he's a second baseman that will likely be replaced by Westburg or Norby; maybe as soon as '23. I wish that he'd been given more time at 2nd, and Stowers more time in RF, after they were promoted, but that ship has sailed.
It depends on the rest of your team makeup to me. If the other infielders are Mateo, Henderson and Urias then you’ve got 3 guys that can play short and 2 that can play 3rd. Vavra spells at 2B, 1B, LF and DH. Some value in that if he can progress as a hitter.
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1 hour ago, Moshagge3 said:
I think it would make sense to lower the wall and have some kind of porch there, like the flag court but with picnic tables or something.
The Braves have something like this in RF, with a section of bar seating basically. The Nats have it in LCF but it is behind a row of standard seating. I don’t love it in either place, but at least the Nats pack them in in front of the casual fans there for socializing.
Camden is a great democratic ball park in that respect, standing room in right, tightly packed seats behind home where an average Joe can scrape together enough for a ticket if they really want. I don’t love the $35 upper deck seats, but otherwise I hope they don’t change too much.
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1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:
They should just paint WALLTIMORE across it in giant letters.
I don’t know what else they could do with it except bring it in maybe 10 feet. Overall, I liked the wall this year. I didn’t see as many doubles and triples as expected but I think it was an overall positive for us.
They should certainly do something to make the wall blend better. This years version looked thrown together, two sets of padding just stacked on top of one another. We don’t need another video or LED screen, though.
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4 minutes ago, survivedc said:
I’d say it’s a little early to say that Gunnar isn’t. He’s been worth almost a full win in his first month in the majors. Certainly more great SS’ than C’s, but Gunnar seems to have at least MVP potential.
Still would take Adley between the two.
Interesting that a SS hasn’t won the award since Jimmy Rollins in 2007. 2 2B’s and 4 3B’s have in the meantime.
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1 hour ago, Pickles said:
Coming in to this season most people it seemed were expecting GG defense and an 800+ OPS from Adley, and I tried to temper expectations, pointing out that if he did that for a decade he'd be a hall of famer.
Well he did just that, and then some, and he looks exactly like a "one in a generation" catcher, so he'd be my choice. Gunnar looks like a fine prospect, but he doesn't look one in a generation.
I’d say it’s a little early to say that Gunnar isn’t. He’s been worth almost a full win in his first month in the majors. Certainly more great SS’ than C’s, but Gunnar seems to have at least MVP potential.
Still would take Adley between the two.
Grayson needs to move to the pen
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His next start would be against Cleveland, then you could maybe get creative and hold him until KC with two off days. I’d give him those two chances.