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Munoz was a terrible hitter last year. He hit worse than Bader did, and people want to run Bader and his upper elite defense out on a rail.
But other than that, Munoz is fine.
How did the union help out when PEDs were rampant? Did they fight for the clean guys or the users? I perfectly described unions. You described what they should be.
That’s not how unions work. They aren’t there to protect the game. They aren’t there to look out for the members that do things the right way. They basically do the opposite.
we already have a guy in munoz who can hit but isn’t a great fielder. why get somebody just like that unless you plan on trading one of them.
If Miller hits like Munoz, that would be a big problem. They aren’t in the same league with the bat.
And guys wanting a backup SS who is both a good hitter and good fielder? That’s called a starter.
Can someone pull up some defensive stats to compare Bourjos in his prime to Bader right now?
Using Fangraph’s UZR 150 number, it’s not terribly close.
Bourjos in CF for his career is an 11.9 (he didn’t really have a prime, his number bounced around a lot).
Bader in CF so far is an 18.8 (he’s actually been around a 21 in the last two years that he’s been our primary CF).Bader is elite.
I watched the long one. It was worth the time if you can spare it. Nothing enlightening, but it does give you some insight into how big Yadi is in Puerto Rico, how the Molina brothers grew up, and a picture of their humble home life now (at least when they are at their mother’s house – I am sure all three have mansions).
The idea that the hitting coaches didn’t know anything is probably naive, but the idea that they weren’t involved in any way seems likely, to me. A lot of hitting coaches don’t generally get involved in the sign-stealing, pitch-tipping, and other aspects. They are focused on the hitter, and they work with you both on mechanics and pitch-recognition.
That said, there are others who are very involved in those sorts of things. It could be either, and I’ll trust the people who did the investigating.
Boyer’s logic was circular. Old threads get lost because people start so many new ones. The less threads that are started, the less that will get lost.
I have no idea what thread he started that wasn’t kosher, but since Brian posted here, I assume it was about the Astros cheating. If that’s the case, it was only lost to a blind man.
Honestly, two fantastic handles there. Hard9 and Minuteman3. I can relate to one of those, and it isn’t the good one.
Bob, as the guy who has gone out of his way to avoid acknowledging when you were totally wrong, I’d be careful casting aspersions.
It’s the commissioner’s fault that players cheated. Sure it is.
Players are happy to play in a game that sweeps their transgressions under the rug as much as possible until they aren’t. Then they turn on them.
I also love that Astros players have found their fall guy in Beltran. That big bully made them do it.
This format would significantly de-incentivize Redbird owners, and all other owners, from trying to provide that quality of baseball.
And this one team will tip the scales “significantly” more than the adding of twp teams in ’94? And “significantly” more than the other two teams added this decade?
It’s the end of owners even trying! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! (Again. Again. And again.)
You could just ignore the extra team, like you did amphetamines.
BHC, you are saying that viewership will go down on TV and ticket sales will suffer… but you aren’t talking about revenues?
Funny, a league with a 162 game season has expanded the playoffs more times than any other league I know of in the last couple of decades. Are they making less money now?
Something about a pot and kettle, Scott.
BHC, like I’ve said, people say that every single time a league expands playoffs, and they have always been wrong. You can keep your property, though.
That has nothing to do with the expanded playoffs. It’s about marketability, endorsements, and having national TV deals just like every other sport that’s doing better today than 1983.
First off, my whole point was that people always claim the regular season gets cheapened with expanded playoffs, and it never does. That’s why 1984 was relevant once you guys brought up the NBA. If you didn’t stop watching then, then your point has no relevance to this conversation.
Secondly, to your point that, as a casual NBA fan, you only watch the playoffs – do you think that strengthens your argument against MLBs plan or weakens it? I don’t think it makes the point you think it does.
Well, 1984 is when they “cheapened” the regular season by going with 16 playoff teams. So you’re stopping watching had nothing to do with that then. Thanks for sharing a meaningless tidbit.
You just cry to cry. Buy some tissues and put the computer away.
It’s amazing how the billionaires and millionaires convince people to support them instead of wanting them to just pay their employees a fair wage. I’ll never understand it how people can be so condescending and crass in their defense of owners who treat their employees so pathetically.
I’m not defending the owners. They can fend for themselves. I’m defending the guys who play at the low levels and play for the love of the game. I’m defending the guys whose jobs are going to be taken away by this actions. I know that people’s hearts are in the right place, but the guys at the low levels know the opportunity costs of playing MiLB. They freely make that choice. They are playing because they want to be there. They are chasing a dream to be the next longshot that makes it in the Show. They aren’t trying to be Mike Trout. They are trying to be names that most of us never remember. Guys who are on the end of an MLB bench – who play for 8 teams in 5 years, five glorious years in the Majors.
Those are the guys who are going to get eliminated. Yes, the guys who are left will be better off (for a shorter period of time, because the churn will be rapid). But there are guys who there won’t be room for. Their dream will end early. They won’t get to have stories about playing with 5 guys from the Dominican who can take $12 dollars to the grocery store and then feed 15 guys on what they make. They won’t get to tell stories about how they played against Lance Berkman in the minor leagues.
I don’t care about owners. But I do know basic economics, and I know how these things work. And I know for a fact that there are people just fine with chasing their dreams in poverty. There are far worse things in this world.
You can’t stop progress, though. It’s always been bound to happen, but that doesn’t stop me from being sad and sentimental about it.
Was that 1984 when you bailed on watching NBA regular season? Sure it was. And basketball is doing quite a bit better than they were in 1983. Like I said, it never does.
By your argument, it would strengthen the MLB regular season if we just had a balanced schedule, and the top record in each league made the World Series. Somehow, the regular season would be better even though 75% of the teams in MLB would virtually be eliminated?
More teams in the playoffs means more meaningful games late in the regular season, not less, since more teams would be in contention for a spot.
