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MLB 2014 Season |OT| This Year, We Put Some Mustard on It.
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I miss playing games with you.
Seriously, why is the team graphic not in the first post? We should update that thing this season.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Mike Olt starting third for the Cubs!? That Jon Daniels panic move.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
How dare they put Jeter in a category with child molesters.
Never forget:
What a glorious day that was.
I hope that collectible brick giveaway is the same day.
Mike Olt was blocked every which way at the major league level. Only made sense to trade him. I can't fault JD for that move. Garza SHOULD have helped.
To be fair you can get shot for anything in Chicago
Are you safe if you call it catsup?
sf2fanatic
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yankeehater
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Why are you so down on Braves ownership? They actually seem like they are kind of trying now.
ConradCervantes
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Never forget:
I was at work that night, and every time is check my phone something crazy would've happened. GAF was really fun that night too. Too bad about the end result, though. If Kimbrel locked his shit down when it mattered, Brewers would've ended up stomping a mudhole into Texas and walking it dry.
I'm fairly lukewarm on them. If I had to guess, LM is planning to sell the team when the stadium is built and the org's value jumps up accordingly.
yankeehater
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I think outside of Loria the other ownerships in the East at least all try. Phils and Nats both spend a lot, Braves are spending more, and the Mats have spent big in the past. Its not like we have a division of Pirates and Rays or anything.
darkside31337
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Never forget:
Greatest single day in the history of baseball. So much chaos.
Phils owners spend, but they also leave one of the most incompetent FO's intact. Mets owners stole from their team and now have a payroll way below their market level because they're trapped in a tremendous amount of debt.
Great day
yankeehater
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I will disagree about the Phils FO. Just 2 years ago they had the best record in baseball, they also got to 2 WS with Ruben and won 1. Every team goes through periods where guys get old. The Yankees had that very problem last year, huge payroll with an old team that missed the playoffs. The Phils problem is that they havent been able to spend themselves out of guys getting old like the Yankees have now done twice.
if that happen, who do you want as the owner of the team? anyone on mind?
Well, are you saying that they haven't been spending enough or that they haven't been spending correctly?
Gigantic shrug. Just somebody that cares about the product on the field. Beyond that it's probably irrelevant.
No Chick-fil-A though.
yankeehater
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I think some o0f the singing's have been really good, ie Lee, the Pap signing was a good one as well, but they have also gotten really unlucky, Utley's knees failing, Doc's shoulder falling apart, and Howard tearing his Achilles. The worst signing for me was Rollins, he was already declining and his style of play made it clear that it would only get worse. Even that though they really didnt have a guy that they thought they could replace him with. Resigning Ruiz after a down year could be a bad one, we will have to wait and see. There used to be a bunch of good free agents available every year, and it seemed like their plan was to trade away young guys for experienced guys and then spend money on Fas to fill the holes, but now everyone is locking up their own guys before they become FAs and that has killed that plan.
Mr. Enigma
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You really think giving a relief pitcher $50 million was a good idea?
Also, Pat Gillick was still the GM when the Phillies won in '08. Amaro took over the next season.
Also, Pat Gillick was still the GM when the Phillies won in '08. Amaro took over the next season.
Purple Cheeto
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Any of you guys see this: http://espn.go.com/mlb/techniques/pitchanatomy/ pretty cool little web feature on different pitches.
DUFFMCWALIN
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Mike Olt & Ryan Kalish make the Cubs roster. Rangers & Red Sox am cry.
Glad to see Epstein has been able to reverse-engineer the Cardinals' magic pixie-dust machine and use it for the powers of good.
Glad to see Epstein has been able to reverse-engineer the Cardinals' magic pixie-dust machine and use it for the powers of good.
yankeehater
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I know it was still Pat but everything I have read or heard about that year was that Ruben was really involved and already being groomed to take over. I have no idea why people get hung up on how much relievers make. If you can get a top closer then I dont care at all what it costs, even though the team as a whole has struggled Pap still has a good amount of saves, and it would have been much more if they had blown so many 8th inning leads.
Dmncnby2k9
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All the emotions that night were awesome. So much fun posting that day.
Little Green Yoda
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Greatest Sept/Oct in the history of baseball.
What happened? Not ringing any bells for me.
ConradCervantes
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Though it was nice to see Milwaukee win a playoff series for the first time in almost three decades. An impromptu block party broke out in my neighborhood, I had a pretty good time that night.
Mr. Enigma
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B.J. Upton and Jordan Schafer just hit bombs off Max Scherzer.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Does that mean you don't remember pretty much every postseason since they involve the Braves flaming out?
Link? Would love to read through it again.
HarryDemeanor
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Truly the greatest night in the history of our sport.
I cried that night...
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