MLB

[E.H. Ruddock]

Moustakis

[@SkitchP]

Moustakis

Are you keeping your O's stats up to date?

[BigRedLedbetter]

Bumgarner just devoured the Cards. No?

[philpritchard]

So... the best GM in the game, who put together a consistent, sustainable, winning product on a shoestring budget, is now going to take over the role for a team with a seemingly limitless payroll.

The idea of competing in the AL East just got a little less daunting.

[doug rr]

you scared me, I thought Dayton Moore was leaving

[BigRedLedbetter]

So... the best GM in the game, who put together a consistent, sustainable, winning product on a shoestring budget, is now going to take over the role for a team with a seemingly limitless payroll.

The idea of competing in the AL East just got a little less daunting.

Truth. On paper a huge get for the Dodgers.

[numbers]

I'm not saying Friedman won't be successful with LA, but running a team with a huge payroll that is expected to win the World Series is an entirely different animal than running a team that doesn't spend money and has no expectations.

[philpritchard]

I'm not saying Friedman won't be successful with LA, but running a team with a huge payroll that is expected to win the World Series is an entirely different animal than running a team that doesn't spend money and has no expectations.

I think it depends how you decide to run it. If Friedman changes his philosophy and suddenly starts thinking "Well, I don't think this player is all that good, but we have tons of money, so why not?" then things probably won't go well. If he continues to evaluate players the same way he always has and just increases his valuations appropriately, then I think he'll do extremely well.

[numbers]

I just read that Friedman was working for TB without a contract. How could that be? This orginization continues to be an absolute disgrace and embrassment to the league.

[BigRedLedbetter]

I just read that Friedman was working for TB without a contract. How could that be? This orginization continues to be an absolute disgrace and embrassment to the league.

Agreed and this is a big loss for them.

[numbers]

I'm radically anti Rays. I don't think moving the team is enough. They should be contracted and a new expansion team with new ownership should be created.

[philpritchard]

I'm radically anti Rays. I don't think moving the team is enough. They should be contracted and a new expansion team with new ownership should be created.

This is meant to be a joke, right?

[numbers]

I'm radically anti Rays. I don't think moving the team is enough. They should be contracted and a new expansion team with new ownership should be created.

This is meant to be a joke, right?

Obviously it's an exaggeration, but it pretty much sums up how I feel about that franchise.

[numbers]

I gotta say, I like Ripken as a color man. I'm surprised by this because usually I think he's a colossal dink but he brings alot more to the broadcast than I expected.

[philpritchard]

I'm radically anti Rays. I don't think moving the team is enough. They should be contracted and a new expansion team with new ownership should be created.

This is meant to be a joke, right?

Obviously it's an exaggeration, but it pretty much sums up how I feel about that franchise.

Why do you hate them so much?

[numbers]

I'm radically anti Rays. I don't think moving the team is enough. They should be contracted and a new expansion team with new ownership should be created.

This is meant to be a joke, right?

Obviously it's an exaggeration, but it pretty much sums up how I feel about that franchise.

Why do you hate them so much?

They dont draw any fans, regardless of how the team is doing.

They take all the revenue sharing money they get and stick it in their pockets.

They play in a ridiculous mockery of a stadium that has to have special pinball rules for when balls bounce off of the catwalk.

They dont even entertain the thought of resigning their star players.

They let things like service time play a key role in player development.

I could go on and on. Every year that goes by that baseball continues to ignore what's going on down there it becomes more disgraceful.

[Lament]

I find the Trop to be a charmingly bizarre place to see a game.

[philpritchard]

They dont draw any fans, regardless of how the team is doing.

That's a fair complaint, but it's also a Florida-wide issue with professional sports teams.

They take all the revenue sharing money they get and stick it in their pockets.

I would be interested to see what kind of money the team actually makes. This could very well have a lot to do with the first issue.

They play in a ridiculous mockery of a stadium that has to have special pinball rules for when balls bounce off of the catwalk.

There's one particular stadium that comes to mind when you use the term "ridiculous mockery of a stadium". I'm sure you can figure out which one it is. People just cut it some slack because it's really old.

They dont even entertain the thought of resigning their star players.

This ties in to payroll. Don't you respect a team that loses its best players year after year and still manages to put a competitive team on the field?

They let things like service time play a key role in player development.

Again, their aggressiveness in this regard ties back in to payroll, but every team in the league does this. Do you think Mookie Betts made his MLB debut June 29 because that's just the way it worked out? They delayed calling him up because of service time concerns.

[spike]

i have a real problem with the "always october" parkas the managers are wearing this postseason

[Norah]

I'm radically anti Rays. I don't think moving the team is enough. They should be contracted and a new expansion team with new ownership should be created.

This is meant to be a joke, right?

Obviously it's an exaggeration, but it pretty much sums up how I feel about that franchise.

They're not the abomination they used to be. When the current ownership came into place they became one of the smartest teams in baseball.