tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post7374184495308482375..comments2024-03-29T00:20:29.561-04:00Comments on IT IS HIGH! IT IS FAR! IT IS... caught.: Ye olde scribe, Bob Klapisch: "I wonder if commissioner Rob Manfred understands how much MLB suffers from having two of its legacy franchises – the Orioles and Pirates – turned into junkyard scavengers. Nor does he seem to be aware that shrinking the minor leagues robbed so many communities of their pipeline to baseball."Stanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758839786688249648noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-16528029050869080432021-11-09T02:16:06.717-05:002021-11-09T02:16:06.717-05:00Sarah Lawrence, a statistician wannabe gal needs t...Sarah Lawrence, a statistician wannabe gal needs to be immediately culled from this site. And I happen to believe that she's not always wrong. Such crazy anger is managed for 4-5 days max, then this garbage starts. Who knows, maybe she got stood up at the prom? Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615587341938145936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-59819803301845116332021-11-08T23:24:59.986-05:002021-11-08T23:24:59.986-05:00Poor, deluded moron, Barney.
Stat Boy never learn...Poor, deluded moron, Barney.<br /><br />Stat Boy never learns.Goathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808682413304861995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-62027192709961216512021-11-08T12:55:46.799-05:002021-11-08T12:55:46.799-05:00...And what does any of this possibly have to do w......And what does any of this possibly have to do with the terrible World Series ratings?<br /><br />I agree that gutting the minor leagues was a horrible idea. But as Duque says here, the real problem is that the style of play in MLB has become nearly unbearable. Until that is addressed, everything else is so much Klapischian verbiage.HoraceClarke66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16965472730239358589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-81997265777282658402021-11-08T12:51:24.707-05:002021-11-08T12:51:24.707-05:00As for Klapisch...yeah, he's more than a bit o...As for Klapisch...yeah, he's more than a bit of an idiot. A few years ago, Coops suckered him into writing an adoring book, focused around how smart he was to sucker Derek Jeter out of Giancarlo Stanton.<br /><br />What do these terms even mean, anyway? ARE the Orioles a "legacy franchise"? I mean, since they spent the first 51 years of their existence as the St. Louis Browns?<br /><br />It has now been 38 years since the O's have so much as been in a World Series—and 42 years since the Bucs got there. All of which implies that there is much more wrong with both franchises than simply the size of their markets. <br /><br />During those same years, the likes of Tampa Bay, the Marlins, the Cardinals, Oakland, Cincinnati, Minnesota, Cleveland, San Diego, and Kansas City have all been in and/or won the Series, strongly implying that something else is wrong here...HoraceClarke66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16965472730239358589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-74989030906318815632021-11-08T12:45:38.454-05:002021-11-08T12:45:38.454-05:00Bitty, don't forget Nader's previous, ridi...Bitty, don't forget Nader's previous, ridiculous run for the presidency in 1996!<br /><br />Really, it's amazing how many people in this country don't understand the difference between advocating for a cause and what used to be called "practical politics."<br /><br />Nader's previous consumer and safety efforts were great, saving countless numbers of Americans from rip-offs and early deaths. Holding political office? That's a whole different ballgame, and his inability to understand the difference has really cost us.<br />HoraceClarke66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16965472730239358589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-37431478457641722542021-11-08T11:13:48.271-05:002021-11-08T11:13:48.271-05:00They should do what the NHL and NBA does with the ...They should do what the NHL and NBA does with the entry draft...make it a weighted lottery so the worse record doesn't necessarily get the first pick. The lottery is good for ratings...lots of viewers watch the NHL or NBA lottery. I can't tell you how loud my scream was when the NY Rangers got the first overall pick 2 years ago. I think it's still echoing in my house...ranger_lphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266113266381454434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-35893962908424489572021-11-08T09:44:05.002-05:002021-11-08T09:44:05.002-05:00There's a riot goin' on in cell block numb...There's a riot goin' on in cell block number 9.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876016557456927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-77182208489059872172021-11-08T08:54:30.520-05:002021-11-08T08:54:30.520-05:00The Yankees can suck it. There is no passion in th...The Yankees can suck it. There is no passion in that organization, no will to win. They are schmucks.<br /><br />MLB is a sack of shit and Manfred is a tool, a pawn, a flunky - a kept man/woman who parts his cheeks for Hal and his ilk. He's a nothing.<br /><br />This country has become dumbed-down, imbecilic, intolerant and angry, just like this post that I'm composing.<br /><br />And Ralph Nader, not for nothing, is a hypocritical, bloviating megalomaniac who should have dropped dead in 1999, but manages to live on and crawl out of the woodwork every few years to drool on his worshipping hordes.<br /><br />Fuck baseball, one of the last things I really cared about. I'm not bitter...13bithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704750226699235013noreply@blogger.com