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1 minute ago, Roy Firestone said:

I want to know what kind of person would watch the Orioles play the Rays at this point..for any amount of money...or for any amount of time on TV?

Not everyone is wealthy Roy. 

I bet a lot of folks would be more than willing to watch for reasonable rates.

Heck I'll watch the Yankees Vs Red Sox for 50 bucks an hour.

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3 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

I want to know what kind of person would watch the Orioles play the Rays at this point..for any amount of money...or for any amount of time on TV?

Nobody. It's not Tampa's fault though. They are somewhat interesting compared to Baltimore.

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Just now, Can_of_corn said:

Not everyone is wealthy Roy. 

I bet a lot of folks would be more than willing to watch for reasonable rates.

Heck I'll watch the Yankees Vs Red Sox for 50 bucks an hour.

I missed the money part. Sign me up. I need to scratch up aaome funds for a business idea anyway.

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8 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

I want to know what kind of person would watch the Orioles play the Rays at this point..for any amount of money...or for any amount of time on TV?

Someone who likes watching a team that has no stars and yet is 13 games over .500 in the AL East.

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2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Kiermaier is coming off three straight years of 5+ rWAR.

That is star-like.

He's not doing it this year. Snell is having a star-like season and Wendle and Smith could be stars one day. They are both having very good years. But these guys are all nobodies in Roy's universe. 

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27 minutes ago, mdbdotcom said:

That's Roy's idea of a star. And that 1.7 rWAR fits right in with one of his favorite O's, Trumbo.

I don't think that's an accurate characterization of Roy's perspective on these things. Let him represent himself.

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4 minutes ago, LA2 said:

I don't think that's an accurate characterization of Roy's perspective on these things. Let him represent himself.

He did just that when he started a thread stating that signing Trumbo for 3/39 was a steal. Trumbo's rWAR the year he hit 47 home runs was 1.9.

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1 minute ago, mdbdotcom said:

He did just that when he started a thread stating that signing Trumbo for 3/39 was a steal.

And so that generalizes to what Roy considers a "Star?" Someone who idolizes the great Oriole teams and knew them from the inside?

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1 minute ago, LA2 said:

And so that generalizes to what Roy considers a "Star?" Someone who idolizes the great Oriole teams and knew them from the inside?

He certainly considered Trumbo a star, and his awful contract a bargain. I don't think Roy needs you to defend him.

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2 hours ago, Roy Firestone said:

I want to know what kind of person would watch the Orioles play the Rays at this point..for any amount of money...or for any amount of time on TV?

I watched, for free. 

I want to see the guys I followed in the minors (Mullins, Wynns, Wilkerson, Corban, Fry, Scott, Meisinger) in the majors. I also want to see if and how Nunez improves, if Rickard can do things against teams not named "Tampa Bay," and how Mancini improves at first.

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