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Very interesting posts. Thank you.
It’s also a good time to mention that the Cubs have that 256M$ payroll.
I just read a report that said it’s unclear whether Henderson will be getting flexor tendon surgery, or some other kind of elbow surgery.
It’s sure looking like Bernal is our catcher going forward. I’m looking forward to what Raniel Rodriguez’ defense at third base looks like.
Glad to see Torres getting some regular playing time. He may, or may not, be back next year with all the talent pushing him. But he made the big money for at least one year.
Mid America airport was supposed to take over for Lambert. The government spent over a billion dollars building it. That’s probably 2 or 3 billion in today’s dollars. It’s located about 40 miles from Lambert in southwest Illinois. It’s still there but few travelers from St.Louis want to drive an hour or more back and forth to an airport in Illinois. Later on billions more were spent erasing a large part of Bridgeton in order to build new runways for Lambert extending west. Pilots generally don’t like to use those runways because they have to taxi too far. There was another plan to build a runway on the south side of I70 but Congressman Bill Clay would have none of it. It would have erased St. Ann which Bill Clay said was an emerging middle class Black community. I tend to agree with Bill Clay.
Note: I’m writing this from memory and it all happened more than twenty years ago. Please fact check.
The Cardinals played a lot of small ball last night rather than swinging for the fences all the time. I wonder if that signifies the beginning of a different approach to how the game is going to be played.
Having big trouble with Direct TV tonight. Thinking about signing up for Elon Musk’s Starlink and his Tesla phone. Just not sure how the apps will work.
Just a couple of comments. Walker should be a GG contender for right field. The Phillies have everything but elite defense. They’re not going very far in the playoffs because of that. Gastelum and Bruhl are getting better.
Personal note: I got censored several time last night. I’m okay with that. I was mad because I believed that Matthews is an up and coming star. Then when I saw him on the mound, I thought I had been snow jobbed again. I wish the spokesman for the organization would abandon the hype. I’m going to start doing more of what BW does. Watch what they do not what the pundits say.
Would it be possible for Josh Baez to hit two home runs with only one swing of the bat? What about if a pitcher with big hands threw 2 balls in one pitch?
Darn! Just when it was looking like we were going to stage a comeback, we find ourselves down by 10 instead of merely 7 runs.
If Raniel Rodriguez is as athletic as reported, he might be able to play third base. That ball that rolled down the line past Blaze Jordan would have been caught by several third basemen.
Quinn Mathews needs to bulk up. Spend more time working out. He’s not close to being ready for the big leagues. D
Gutsy for Oli to let Gastelum relieve. He’s gotten knocked around as he finds his footing at the major league level.
FWIW – Ohtani is only making 2M$ a year for now. In 2033 he starts getting 68M$ a year for the next 10 years for a total of 680M$
during those 10 years. That might make it stressful for the Dodgers to stay under a hard ceiling.I’ve said before that there ought to be a hard floor, too. Take a designated percentage of each team’s revenue, add it all together, and divide by 30 teams. Each tram gets an equal share. Factor that in to where the ceiling would need to be.
Something drastic needs to be done. There are too many empty seats at too many ballparks. Negotiations that consist of everybody playing hog need to end. Let certain players’ reps and certain owners’ reps sit across from each other and talk it out face-to-face, man-to-man.
Liberatore coughs it up again just like his last time out. Take him out if he makes it through five innings. Get him prepped for long relief. What’s going through Oli’ mind when he’s watching Liberatore pitch?
That was the third ball I’ve seen roll under Blaze Jordan’s glove. I’m sure there have been more.
I’m forcing myself to withhold the nastiness things I want to say.
We’re spending 30M$ for Arenado to
play for Arizona.Bloom should be fined for allowing this to happen.
Sorry I can’t agree with you on this, 1982 willie.
Taking some money away from the general pension fund to give to Mikolas is absurd, IMO. He’s already got enough money for himself, his children, his grandchildren, his great grandchildren, etc. He doesn’t need more.
A hard floor and a hard ceiling spreads the money around more fairly. Every player gets a piece of the pie if only for a while. No player gets to hog 20M$, 30M$+++. Get over the fear that somebody might not be getting enough, whatever ‘enough’ means. With a hard floor and a hard ceiling there’s still plenty of money for everybody.
Something equitable can be worked out. Negotiate the details.
The agents are present, if not in body, then in soul.
Somebody has to say something other than ‘both sides will dig in their heels because it’s all about the money’. Get rid of the fear and get rid of the agents. And something could be worked out.
