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MLB Regular Season 2013 |OT3| - Umpires Still Suck
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Dominican Power
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Anything more than 5 years for Cano is a disaster.
I am not trying to say anything.
I would be OK with 6. He would play all of his last season at age 36 and would not be too bad. Teams expect to have to eat the back end of a contract when it comes to big FA. 6 years would not have too much in the way of a horrible mess. 3 years at elite, 2 at very good, 1 at good and it would work out.
What kind of presents do you think teams will give him?
Cant wait. Fuck that dude. Give Pirates back the ability to over pay rookies and international free agents next dude whomever you're going to be you twats
They stopped being good and fans stopped showing up. During that streak the indians were always near the top of the league, the last so many years any run they have made fell apart by august.
I need the playoffs to get here already though so I can start caring and rooting for the tigers and pirates instead of rooting for the white sox to lose more (though picks 1 and 2 are locked already so i just need the white sox to lose one more game to lock draft pick 3 for next year)
The AL central is going to be really interesting soon though. The tigers still have a few more decent years in them, the indians look good, KC shows real potential. The Twins have a farm system that should fix them up in the next few years, and the white sox at least have a pretty solid set of starting pitching (just need a catcher, and third baseman, and a lead off hitter, and a bull pen, and a first baseman, and a.... yeah lol)
Well I know that they dropped off and their attendance fell but I'm surprised at how low it is this season with a team that is competing. I though the city would rally around the team and attendance would get a nice boost.
Hopefully aids, herpes, arcenic , anthrax
to be fair the last two years the indians were making a run for it at some point in the season only to fall super hard... the fans are likely fool me once shame on you... fool me twice shame on me... YOU WONT FOOL ME 3 TIMES!
but yeah you would think that they would be packed for these last few games.... but they were just playing the white sox.... who wants to see anyone play the white sox lol.
The problem is that people look at the 90's and think that's supposed to be the norm. But in the long view (since the mid 70's) Cleveland has been a horrible baseball town.
The mid to late 90's was a perfect storm. You had a downtown economic renaissance, you had a new stadium, you had a historically great team, you had no Browns football and you had an overall resurgence in the popularity of baseball nationwide.
Those conditions will never be duplicated again. So, it's an extreme outlier within a 40 year window of being a bad baseball town.
The Indians are fortunate that the Dolans are Clevelanders at heart and actually have a fondness for it's history. A more practical owner would look at the situation and start looking elsewhere. Next year is going to play a big role in the history of this franchise. If attendence doesn't bounce back after they 1) spent money 2) won baseball games ... even they might have a change of heart.
Mr. Enigma
Member
The Indians are going to spend some money. They are the next in line behind the Dodgers for a sweetheart TV deal that's going to pay them a shit ton of cash. So they're about to start opening the checkbook too.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
Yea but attendance has been rough. Like many have stated.
A flaming bag of dicks.
??
They already sold their network/tv rights to Fox Sports for 230 million and 400 million in rights fees over the next 10 years.
http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2012/12/fox_sports_purchases_sto_for_a.html
amishpriest99
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I think it was announced at around 31,000.
Dominican Power
Member
Would The Nationals throw money at Cano?
weekend_warrior
Banned
Well yeah, they've been terrible. but didn't they set a record for consecutive sell-outs up to the early 2000's or something? Before they got really bad and attendance dropped.
ConradCervantes
Banned
Yahoo, you fucking cocktease. I thought we'd be rid of the Selig scourge today.
Used the town to leverage new stadiums for countless teams.
Sold the franchise rights to a known cheapskate that was in it for the money.
Ruined the team's chances for a new stadium because of the approved revenue sharing plan.
This one is for you, Selig.
http://www.thesportsloop.com/photos/tropicana field empty.jpg
Get fucked. I hope you visit Philly.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
At the Mariano Marianos last home Mariano.
LET'S GO MARIANOS
LET'S GO MARIANOS
Lee Chaolan
Member
lol. Go Marianos!
Original Famous Ray
Member
<sigh> David Wright gets a pitch right in the coconut. I hope he's alright. This Brewer pitcher has poor control.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Holy damn that sucks.
Selig didn't want an indignant and outraged McCann ringing his doorbell.
Dominican Power
Member
Good shit Nova.
weekend_warrior
Banned
This is really pathetic. I'm glad most of these players won't be back next year.
Tawney Bomb
Member
Maybe I'm wrong, but the economy in Cleveland isn't the greatest, so even with a better team, attendance probably won't surge like it should. Plus people are saving money for Browns tickets and then selling them cheap on eBay once the Browns touch a football.
Dominican Power
Member
Can't even win on Mariano's last day in YS.
Alex Anderson
Member
*cranks volume*
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
This is pretty cool to watch.
Shame the Yankees suck so bad. Definitely not the way Mo's career should end
Shame the Yankees suck so bad. Definitely not the way Mo's career should end
weekend_warrior
Banned
Mo!
Lee Chaolan
Member
Indians and Rays going ho-hum about business as usual. Shocked the Yanks just rolled over and died the way they did though. Yikes.
Dominican Power
Member
You're a pathetic Jets fan and use to be fan of The Knicks. I bet you weren't even a fan of The Devil Rays when they were one of the worst teams in the league year in and year out. So, you shouldn't be talking.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
I rooted for the Devil Rays when I moved to Florida. So that was 2004 or so.
You can't accuse somebody of being a bandwagoner when they root for the fucking Jets.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Now all that's left is for the Angels to blow up, it's like Groundhog Day with the Rays Indians and Rangers here...
Surprised nobody is making fun of the Rangers for having a 4 error inning.
Doesn't stop the Tigers from selling well.
Doesn't stop the Tigers from selling well.
Lee Chaolan
Member
They won a World Series a couple years ago and went back last year. If the Indians actually fielded competitive teams for multiple years like that, or hell, went back to the WS. you can bet Attendance would be way higher. They're just tired of our teams shitting on us.
Not really a good excuse when you can't outdraw a team that is purposely shitting on themselves.
Why are we talking about Florida and second rate New York teams?
The eighties have been gone for more than a couple years.
The eighties have been gone for more than a couple years.
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