Using quotes and information tables from the Internet, explain why Roki Sasaki was ever going to sign with anybody other than the Dodgers. Use a romantic theme - such as love, death or nature - and incorporate at least one example of popular poetry, in 30 words or less.
Okay, here goes...
I think that I will never see, a bigger, thicker bullshit tree. From the git-go, Roki was always gonna sign with L.A. On the way, he screwed us. Fuck him.
That's 30 words (git-go is one.) But I stand by the sentiments, which - by the way - are pissing people off everywhere, as details leak from the recent MLB bidding war over Sasaki. This is a scandal! This is an outrage! If Trump cares about justice, he should sign an executive thingy and stick a big, ugly probe into Sasaki and the Dodgers.
First, let's acknowledge that Sasaki has the right to play for whomever he wants. In this case, it was the Dodgers - home to his pals, Ohtani and Yamamoto, a sure-fire contender and, located on the West Coast, a geographic preference for Japanese stars, as long as they can afford fire insurance. I have no problem with his choice.
But here's what stinks. Early in the process, apparently Sasaki's coolies asked each interested MLB franchise to provide a detailed coaching plan to counter a lessening of MPH he experienced last season. Thus, teams like the Yankees - in good faith - sent extensive information about their coaching, scouting, everything - which then went to the Dodgers.
It's as if Coke - looking to sign Taylor Swift - sent over their secret formula for tooth decay, and it's now owned by Pepsi.
Every interested team sent Sasaki a glimpse into their developmental processes - proprietary information, now possessed by the Dodgers. That sucks. And there needs to be blowback.
Right now, here are some realities of baseball in 2025.
1. The NL West is a sham. There is the Dodgers, and everybody else. Sorry, San Diego. Enjoy your wild card chase. You'll be lucky to finish 10 games behind LA.
2. The whole NL regular season is basically a build up to the NLCS, which will pit the Dodgers against the Mets. Oh, certainly, there is a chance that either team will screw up and lose the divisional round. That would just make the NLCS quicker.
3. The foot path for Japanese stars to the Dodgers is now a four-lane highway. Next winter, around now, yet another star will come. He will, of course, want to play with his buddies. The Dodgers.
4. Not sure about the rules in Japan, but don't they limit the number of American players on each team? Is that fair trade? Just wondering.
Listen: If the Yankees gave Sasaki's henchmen (and henchwomen) critical insider information - well - they were fools. Looking back, everybody knew Sasaki would be a Dodger. The question is, did he play us? Should he be up for an Oscar? Did he pretend to be interested, just to wheedle out information and waste everybody's time?
My 2025 juju shit list, which started with Juan Soto, keeps growing. It's going to be an angry juju year.
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A quota is not that bad of an idea…..but perhaps an alternative would be for Japan to form a team, keep their players, and join the MLB NL West!
If Trump cares about justice. Ahahahahahahahah! Oh, the sarcasm! Good one, El Duque! This will go down as your best of '25. I predict that even though we are only 22 days into the year.
2025 - a hell of a year already, Carl. Nova Scotia is looking pretty good. I wonder if they play any baseball up there?
I am exhausted.
Fuck all this.
Never mind Sasaki.
CC is going to the Hall wearing a Yankees cap. That’s something worth celebrating.
Carsten Charles !!!!
13 B.....The smoked salmon and lobster are dirt cheap there. Their baseball team is called the Cape Breton Bombers. Their biggest rivalry is against the Prince Edward Island Mussels.
Due to the influx of Americans to Nova Scotia, new teams will be added in the Canadian Maritimes. The Halifax Horsehides will start operations next season.
We have good/great smoked salmon in the Hudson Valley. Catsmo brand. As good as Acme. Not cheap though. They smoke fish for Daniel Boulud.
“It's as if Coke - looking to sign Taylor Swift - sent over their secret formula for tooth decay, and it's now owned by Pepsi.”
Lovely that is….
I had to laugh, too. Either that, or I cry. Laughing's more fun.
I approve of this message.
When a Mussels' pitcher gives up a big inning, does that mean he was shelled?
Why Boulud would pay anyone to smoke fish is puzzling. Doesn't it cause lung cancer? Aren't fish hard to light up? Forget about it in a stiff breeze.
WinWarb....I had never heard of that brand, but after Googling it, I saw it has excellent reviews. Acme is one of the better-known, but lesser-quality smoked salmon you see available in supermarkets. I recommend Trader Joes' packaged smoked salmon, which costs $ 8.99 for a 1/2 lb. Or try Costco/BJ's smoked salmon. The pricing is excellent.
Here's some music trivia: Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull also started a salmon farm after the group folded. His label, Strathairn Farms, is the UK's largest independent smoked salmon company. The amount of information one can find on this baseball blog is incredible!
@ JM...Reminds me of a Rodney joke on the Tonight Show: " At my age, it's been a long time since I've experienced a stiff breeze!"
Things are so bleak in Yankeeland (as Steinbummer awaits his trump tax cut) that there’s not even a rumor of a trade rumor.
STOP IT! These are very serious, bad times...and you guys keep making me laugh until Coke Zero comes out of my nose!
Good for CC! (I'd be even more enthusiastic if he had decided to, say, get off the bottle and get into shape BEFORE he left baseball. But still, good for him! He was very clutch for us, and should have got the win in the great, "Johnny Double-Steal" World Series game...
...I will also say that HAL must say a little prayer for Steve Cohen and the Dodgers every night. Nothing like those spendthrifts to give him an excuse for hoarding the Yankees (taxpayer-generated) profits that he so enjoys!
More Instant Karma has got us. We now know what it must have felt like for the fans of all those other teams when the Yankees' (relatively restrained) spending from 1976-2009 or so gave THEIR owners an excuse to sop up profits and leave their teams to die on the field.
HOSS - WHY ARE YOU SNORTING COKE ZERO TO BEGIN WITH!?!
Also...Sasaki is already loosing MPH? Or is that just a ploy? But if not...maybe it's best we didn't sign him. Oh, hell! Now I'm falling for Hal & Pal disinformation!! If so, we sure as hell should've signed somebody else.
I guess they should end the season now and hand the trophy over to the Dodgers...like why bother playing the games?
revenue
I heard that it’s safe to snort fish.
The only way to reverse the curse now is for the Yankees to move to Brooklyn and call themselves The Pink Sox…,
Trump 2.0 would N0T allow that
I don't think we really need to fear the insights that the Yankees provided. When have they ever developed anyone?
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