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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/10/2020 7:05:28 PM

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Former Toronto pitcher who was sent to the minors after getting knocked around by the Astros in 2017 is now suing the Astros

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/11/2020 8:02:08 AM

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For all the stupid ideas MLB throws at the wall, I love this one. Bring outdoor baseball to Montreal! Great city. Creative concept to split home games between St. Petersburg and Montreal.

Principal owner Stuart Sternberg and the Rays have remained consistent in stating that they want to explore a Sister City concept, which would split the Rays’ home games between Tampa Bay and Montreal starting in 2028.

In order for the proposed plan to work, the Rays have been looking for a commitment for new outdoor ballparks from both Montreal and the Tampa Bay area. While St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman has been reluctant to consider building a stadium for a part-time team, the Rays say that the proposed plan took a “significant” step in the right direction on Monday in a meeting with Tampa Mayor Jane Castor and Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan.

“Today, we took a meaningful step toward securing the future of Rays baseball in Tampa Bay beyond 2027,” the Rays said in a statement. “We appreciate Mayor Castor and Commissioner Hagan’s leadership and look forward to a continued dialogue with City and County stakeholders. We remain focused on the Sister City concept and unwavering in our commitment to work in partnership with the community as this process moves forward.”

During the Winter Meetings, Sternberg said that his sole focus was trying to make the Sister City concept work, an idea to which Hillsborough County seems more receptive than St. Petersburg.

“I’m more excited about the plan now than I was a month ago,” Sternberg said during the December Winter Meetings in San Diego. “I’m more excited than I was a month before that, and I’m more excited than when we made the announcement in June. Most people we’ve spoken to in small gatherings and stuff like that, they get what we’re trying to do.”

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is among those who believe the Sister City concept is the best way to keep the Rays in the Tampa Bay area after the ‘27 season.

“I am 100 percent convinced,” Manfred told the Tampa Bay Times during scheduled Owners Meetings last week. “More importantly, the other owners have been convinced by Stu that this is the best way to keep Major League Baseball in Tampa Bay.”

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/11/2020 8:06:17 AM

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Former Toronto pitcher who was sent to the minors after getting knocked around by the Astros in 2017 is now suing the Astros

LOL as he should.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/11/2020 8:31:37 AM

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Former Toronto pitcher who was sent to the minors after getting knocked around by the Astros in 2017 is now suing the Astros

LOL as he should.

Love it. Hope he wins.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/11/2020 9:37:39 AM

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Former Toronto pitcher who was sent to the minors after getting knocked around by the Astros in 2017 is now suing the Astros

So he is blaming the Astros pitch tipping on his shitty pitching? OK

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/11/2020 9:47:54 AM

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For all the stupid ideas MLB throws at the wall, I love this one. Bring outdoor baseball to Montreal! Great city. Creative concept to split home games between St. Petersburg and Montreal.

Principal owner Stuart Sternberg and the Rays have remained consistent in stating that they want to explore a Sister City concept, which would split the Rays’ home games between Tampa Bay and Montreal starting in 2028.

In order for the proposed plan to work, the Rays have been looking for a commitment for new outdoor ballparks from both Montreal and the Tampa Bay area. While St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman has been reluctant to consider building a stadium for a part-time team, the Rays say that the proposed plan took a “significant” step in the right direction on Monday in a meeting with Tampa Mayor Jane Castor and Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan.

“Today, we took a meaningful step toward securing the future of Rays baseball in Tampa Bay beyond 2027,” the Rays said in a statement. “We appreciate Mayor Castor and Commissioner Hagan’s leadership and look forward to a continued dialogue with City and County stakeholders. We remain focused on the Sister City concept and unwavering in our commitment to work in partnership with the community as this process moves forward.”

During the Winter Meetings, Sternberg said that his sole focus was trying to make the Sister City concept work, an idea to which Hillsborough County seems more receptive than St. Petersburg.

“I’m more excited about the plan now than I was a month ago,” Sternberg said during the December Winter Meetings in San Diego. “I’m more excited than I was a month before that, and I’m more excited than when we made the announcement in June. Most people we’ve spoken to in small gatherings and stuff like that, they get what we’re trying to do.”

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is among those who believe the Sister City concept is the best way to keep the Rays in the Tampa Bay area after the ‘27 season.

“I am 100 percent convinced,” Manfred told the Tampa Bay Times during scheduled Owners Meetings last week. “More importantly, the other owners have been convinced by Stu that this is the best way to keep Major League Baseball in Tampa Bay.”

Say they make the post season. Where do they play their "home" games?

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/11/2020 1:39:01 PM

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1. Major League Baseball's proposal to spice up the playoffs isn't a hit with a couple of players.
Commissioner Rob Manfred has had talks with the players association about making the following changes to the postseason:
• Seven teams in each league make the playoffs, up from the current five.
• The wild card games are replaced with best-of-three wild-card series.
• Playoff teams are seeded first by division winners and then by teams with the next four highest win totals. (Ties are broken by head-to-head series. No tiebreaker games for postseason entry or seeding will be held.)
• The No. 1 seed will get a first-round bye. On the Sunday night after teams play the last game of the regular season, a “selection show” will take place in which the No. 2 seed chooses which team it wants to play among the bottom three seeds (Nos. 5, 6 and 7). The No. 3 seed then makes its choice. The No. 4 seed plays the remaining club.
• The higher seed will host all three games in the wild-card round.
Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer, who is never shy about sharing his opinions, blasted Manfred as a "joke" over the proposal.

No idea who made this new playoff format proposal, but Rob is responsible for releasing it, so I’ll direct this to you, Rob Manfred. Your proposal is absurd for too many reasons to type on twitter and proves you have absolutely no clue about baseball. You’re a joke.

Phillies shortstop Didi Gregorious was much more diplomatic with this reaction to the news.

Why are we changing this loveable sport so much

At the risk of feeling Bauer's wrath, I love the new proposal. There is nothing wrong with trying to make baseball more exciting. A selection show would do that. Having teams pick their opponents would DEFINITELY do that.
Think about the attention that would be generated when a team chooses an opponent who ends up beating them? That layer of intrigue being added to a series would be invaluable.
The people who don't like the proposal will cite a watering down of the postseason by adding more teams. Well, that ship sailed once the second wild card was added. There's no difference between five playoff teams and seven.
And for the people who bemoan baseball using gimmicks, guess what? The sport already uses gimmicks. The DH is a gimmick. The second wild card is a gimmick. Playing games in London or at the Field of Dreams stadium is a gimmick. Gimmicks aren't always a bad thing.
It's so easy to just dump on any commissioner who wants to make changes, but I give Manfred credit for trying to keep baseball relevant and improve its TV product. If you don't think the sport needs help in those areas, your head is in the sand.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/12/2020 12:54:30 PM

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The Astros said no players will be available today. The area around their parking lot is roped off and heavily guarded by security

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/14/2020 10:33:34 AM

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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28693762/what-make-houston-astros-owner-jim-crane-public-non-apology?platform=amp&__twitter_impression=true

Passan rips the Astros
Owner specifically

For the mess they maze worse Thursday.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/14/2020 12:39:56 PM

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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28693762/what-make-houston-astros-owner-jim-crane-public-non-apology?platform=amp&__twitter_impression=true

Passan rips the Astros
Owner specifically

For the mess they maze worse Thursday.

Here is a picture of the owner Jim Crane in 2017 at his daughter's weddin............wait, at he and his wife's wedding

An old white guy essentially saying "don't look behind the curtain." The problem is all fake news.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/14/2020 12:46:02 PM

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Bellinger

https://mobile.twitter.com/BlakeHarrisTBLA/status/1228378155720695808

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/14/2020 12:53:17 PM

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There are folks out there with time and the resources that will rip this whole thing open

And Manfred and the Astros will not be happy.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/14/2020 12:54:54 PM

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Passan said he knew and wrote about the cheating in 2017

The code of silence kept it under wraps
No one would go on record

The Astros problems had only begun.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/14/2020 1:36:11 PM

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Gotta love those billionaires making money while the minor leagues get paid squat

BIG adjustments in 2021

And the amount is still appalling

Single-A salaries going to $500/wk means those players earn $10k/year.

The highest threshold, Triple-A, is set at $14k/yr.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/14/2020 2:38:53 PM

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Gotta love those billionaires making money while the minor leagues get paid squat

BIG adjustments in 2021

And the amount is still appalling

Single-A salaries going to $500/wk means those players earn $10k/year.

The highest threshold, Triple-A, is set at $14k/yr.

Bunch of people have already figured out

The amount to be increased

About equal to the cost of expenses saved by minor league contraction in

2021

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/14/2020 2:51:15 PM

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Ed, the discrepancy between minoy league and major league pay is appalling! AA players should be in the $90-$100k range while AAA players should be around $125k. Major league salaries are absurdly high.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/14/2020 3:05:29 PM

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Idk what the numbers are
If you’re in the minors AND on the 40-man roster

But I saw a comment some time ago it’s significant

Which shouldn’t surprise anyone when minors guys get busted for PEDs

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/16/2020 3:39:02 PM

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RIP Tony Fernandez. One of my absolute favorite players to watch as a kid.

Tony Fernandez, a stylish shortstop who made five All-Star teams during his 17 seasons in the major leagues and helped the Toronto Blue Jays win the 1993 World Series, died Sunday after complications from a kidney disease. He was 57.

Fernandez is Toronto's career leader in hits (1,583), triples (72) and games played (1,450). He was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/16/2020 5:19:37 PM

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RIP Tony Fernandez. One of my absolute favorite players to watch as a kid.

Tony Fernandez, a stylish shortstop who made five All-Star teams during his 17 seasons in the major leagues and helped the Toronto Blue Jays win the 1993 World Series, died Sunday after complications from a kidney disease. He was 57.

Fernandez is Toronto's career leader in hits (1,583), triples (72) and games played (1,450). He was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008.

Yes, he was a gifted player.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/18/2020 10:50:28 AM

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Atlanta Braves outfielder Nick Markakis has joined the chorus blasting the Houston Astros over their sign-stealing scandal, telling reporters "every single guy over there needs a beating."
"It's anger," Markakis told reporters of his reaction to the Astros' scandal and the ensuing response. "I feel like every single guy over there needs a beating. It's wrong. They're messing with people's careers."
Markakis did not elaborate on what would constitute a "beating." At least two pitchers have indicated that they would consider throwing at Astros batters, and William Hill sportsbook set an over/under of 83.5 for Houston hit-by-pitches in 2020, a number that would rank as one of the 10 highest in the previous five seasons.
Asked about Markakis' comments, Astros manager Dusty Baker replied: "That's cool. I ain't commenting on everybody's comments. Go ahead. You want to beat on us, go ahead."
Markakis also said the Astros' actions were "damaging to baseball."
"There's right ways to do it and wrong ways to do it," Markakis said. "I 100% disagree with way they did it. There's a lot of people that were hurt by it, and it was wrong."
Along with his viewpoint that the Astros players got off "scot-free," he also pointed a finger at MLB commissioner Rob Manfred.
"The way he handled the situation, he should be embarrassed of himself," Markakis said.

Markakis, a 14-year major league veteran, has not faced the Astros since the 2017 season, the year they were found to have used a trash can to signal pitches to batters en route to winning the World Series. The Braves and Astros close the 2020 regular season with a September series in Atlanta.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/18/2020 10:54:46 AM

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Apparently a fan showed at Astros camp

Started banging a trash can when Altuve Bregman and Correa took bp

Yelled cheater when Altuve was done and signing a few autographs

Correa told reporters he was over answering the questions about 2017 and wants to talk 2020

Sorry
This is not going away any time soon.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/18/2020 10:59:21 AM

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Apparently a fan showed at Astros camp

Started banging a trash can when Altuve Bregman and Correa took bp

Yelled cheater when Altuve was done and signing a few autographs

Correa told reporters he was over answering the questions about 2017 and wants to talk 2020

Sorry
This is not going away any time soon.

Poor babes

Show some real contrition, see if it matters, ya dimwits.
Over it? Wow, is he out of touch.
Will be fun to watch this devolve. Manfred was soft, and the entire game will continue to suffer because of it.
Anyone involved during the time, out of baseball for awhile. Title taken away.
Right now, the crooks are being allowed to keep right on stealing.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/18/2020 11:04:38 AM

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I know Manfred said having to answer questions was a punishment

Feh

Then he goes on about not throwing at players

Going to be a fugly year

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/18/2020 11:08:38 AM

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I could care less about whats good for the cheaters .. but honestly, best thing they could do for them is suspend them all for a year. THEN it'd be over. Or a lot of it.
Think about the guys in other sports who disappear during suspensions …. the drama is reduced about a hundred fold if they are forced to take a year off.
Let people calm down. Most Americans can't remember what happened last week. Take the target of their wrath away for awhile, and things would calm down automatically.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 2/18/2020 11:11:10 AM

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Worst thing was giving them leniency or no punishment to sing.

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