Guard Dog 9,307 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Nothing much going on right now. The hot stove is ice cold as clubs reckon with millions of dollars in OPEX debt from the 2020 season. The Tampa Bay Rays are following up their World Series run with a fire sale. Charlie Morton, Mike Zunino, Hunter Renfroe, Chaz Rowe and Nate Lowe were all shown the door. The latter in a trade to Texas for farm system spare parts. Blake Snell and Kevin Kiermaier are being shopped for trade. And the Rays appear to be looking at second tier free agents and farm system depth to fill in the holes. Looks like a tank job to me. That means they are looking to just run out the clock on their lease in St. Pete and move the team to Montreal in 2028. To hell (or Canada) with them. In other news the Cleveland Indians will change their name in 2022. So far no official candidates. You guys may not know this but the nickname came about because a player on the team, Louis Sockalexis, was a native American. He was the first to play in the major leagues. The name Indians might have been meant as derision. Hard to say. But it was made up by the owner of the team who recruited and paid Sockalexis albeit years later. They say today the name was a tribute but who knows. Before that they were the Naps in honor of star player and manager Nap Lajoie. Before that they were the Blues, Bronchos (yes that is the right spelling), Blue Birds, and Spiders. Personally I like Spiders. Any other ideas out there? Quote Get off my lawn! Link to post Share on other sites
ShadySands 7,686 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I like Cleveland Baseball Team or Cleveland Rocks Quote Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to post Share on other sites
Gfted1 5,932 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 What about the Steamer's. Ill see myself out. Quote "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to post Share on other sites
Gromnir 7,660 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 HA! Good Fun! 2 Quote "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to post Share on other sites
Guard Dog 9,307 Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 One of these days I would really like to get to their museum in KC. Quote Get off my lawn! Link to post Share on other sites
Guard Dog 9,307 Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 Hank Aaron passed away today. He was 84. He was a living legend. 1 Quote Get off my lawn! Link to post Share on other sites
Guard Dog 9,307 Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 No one is going in the Hall of Fame this year. Kurt Schilling fell about 15 votes short. Apparently he’s asking for his name to be removed from next year‘s ballot in some kind of a temper tantrum. But what do you expect from him. It looks like support for Mcgwire and Bonda has plateaued. It’s probably not going to happen except through the veterans committee. The BWAA Is really dropping the ball when it comes to these Hall of Fame votes. This year a record number of ballots were returned blank. Quote Get off my lawn! Link to post Share on other sites
Hurlshot 8,165 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 28 minutes ago, Guard Dog said: No one is going in the Hall of Fame this year. Kurt Schilling fell about 15 votes short. Apparently he’s asking for his name to be removed from next year‘s ballot in some kind of a temper tantrum. But what do you expect from him. It looks like support for Mcgwire and Bonda has plateaued. It’s probably not going to happen except through the veterans committee. The BWAA Is really dropping the ball when it comes to these Hall of Fame votes. This year a record number of ballots were returned blank. Yeah, it's garbage. Shilling should be in, so that's dumb. I mean he may not be a sympathetic character, and his temper tantrum is childish, but his career is what it is. Bonds and Clemens are two of the best players to play the game. They were also the best steroid users during the age of steroid use. It is dumb that they aren't in. The BBWAA is such a bizarre, out of touch organization. This doesn't help baseball. It hurts it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guard Dog 9,307 Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 Happy birthday to the National League. It’s 145 years old today. 1 Quote Get off my lawn! Link to post Share on other sites
Amentep 5,860 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Huzzah then to William Hubert and the Chicago White Stockings, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Stockings, Hartford Dark Blues, New York Mutuals, St. Louis Brown Stockings, Cincinnati Reds and Louisville Greys who joined his crazy idea (and who all helped Hubert from losing his top players due to NAPBBP sanctions... ) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hurlshot 8,165 Posted Wednesday at 03:01 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:01 AM Got the Giants versus the Dodgers on TV tonight! I love watching Spring Training. When I retire I want to just spend every March in Arizona watching games. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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