Redskins Rick

Mac Davis

Not sure how to take this, are you serious?

But, look at the overall trade, and what they gave up for Glenn Davis.

I think MLBTR is right, Didi could return back with a good off-season to get healthy and still be one of the better SS in the game. 1 year deal to prove that, might be best for him.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/11/mlb-free-agent-predictions-2020.html MLBTR Top 50 FA

My settlements exactly. My daughter was 6 weeks early and that was 40 years ago. She spent 6 weeks in Children's Hospital in their Neonatal ICU. First born, young parent and feeling hopeless as all get out. Test tubes, IVs and all sorts of other tubes and wires, made for a frightening scene for us. That first year, 2 major surgeries, it finally got easier and now she is amazingly healthy and we owe it all to the staff there, for their skill level, compassion and love for what they do.

And at the same time, probably gained some attendance for allowing integration.

Amen, I could not agree with you more.

my apologies for derailing the congrats to the Nationals. We can have this sidebar discussion in another more appropriate thread.

When popularity slacks off, then you will see cable TV dollars start to reflect that, and then you will see owners go into a panic mode.

I could care less about baseball in 1950s. Heck, 1960s was a good memory, but thats not my baseball model of idea. Heck, not even show what my model of idea is. I see my grandkids and their friends with no interest in baseball. I see rec leagues still offer baseball, but not at the sizes they used to burst out at. I see attendance declining at MLB games for 12 straight years. Yes, baseball will be around in 2030. Is baseball perfect? No. What does baseball have to do, to tweak the game? Who know, but IMO, juicing the ball for HRs, isnt going to work.

I think Bundy is fixable, and if somebody can figure out a solution, he would become almost unhittable.

True, but salaries and costs were not what they are today, either. Young people are just not into the game, they show no desire to play or even watch the games. I think thats a pretty safe thing to say and hard to argue. DC has never been fiscally responsibility with spending within their means, so hard to use their 7M cricket field as evidence. As we get older, I doubt we hear the word expansion for MLB, if anything contraction and a reduction of teams, IMO is more likely down the road to happen.

My favorite quote, and I dont remember who. But, a left handed batter, hated to face Randy Johnson. He said he felt like Randy was reaching out to scratch his nose from 60 feet away.

I think people forget these guys are human, and not all are able to complete the same. 1. As pointed out, some do worse on more rest, and yet others can do better with more rest. 2. Just like some can warm up quickly, which is a requirement for a reliever, and some just cant get ready that quickly.

Well, if you ask the MASN ex pitcher from that ERA, sorry, name alludes me. He claims the biggest problem with pitchers, is that the teams sit them down or DL them for the slightest handnail or itty bitty bo bo. I am not saying he is right, but I do wonder, if sometimes, the pitcher just needs to work through their "dead" arm and it bounces back. But, with the amount of money on the line, and 18 month window for TJ recovery, you also need to be smart about it too.

1. Attendance for the most part is down all across MLB. 2. Even playoff teams have seen a decline in ticket sales. So I agree that W/L is a factor in the equation, its not the only factor. No Baseball isnt dying tomorrow. But, Baseball has issues that need to be address if they want to survive another 100+ years.

Thanks for the baseball history lessons. Anything before 1960 is not something I will have any memory of. I know the 5 man was first created in the 1920s, but never really used until the Dodgers pushed it out in the early 70s.

thank you. as the child of a premature baby that is now a full grown adult. Children Hospitals have a special place in my heart.

I think its a good thing, and the last I checked it was Davis money. Why can't a good deed just get the credit it deserves?

Do they consider Beltsville and Laurel, DC Metro area?

I pray the biggest headline, will not come from TMZ, as a result of one of the players, doing something incredibly stupid.

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Jan 10, 2020

Good Point, and yes, I agree.