Today is Election Day. I voted. I’ve no interest in watching talking heads all evening about it. Thinking about baseball is a lot more fun. As of 5 PM Sunday the main free agency period began, with the end of the period for players and teams to pick up or decline options. The MLBPA indicates…… Continue reading 20-21 Free Agents
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Gold Glove Finalists
The list actually came out last week. I didn’t address it at the time because my Rays were busy winning a pennant and playing in the World Series. This award has at times in the past been notorious for awarding the undeserving based on reputation…often reputation with the bat and not the glove. In recent…… Continue reading Gold Glove Finalists
Mets Sale Approved
The MLB owners have rubber stamped the sale of the Mets to Steve Cohen. He now has a 95% stake in the club. The Wilpon family retains 5%. With the sale, the Mets are valued near $2.5 billion. Cohen has previously announced he was bringing Sandy Alderson back to be the team president. Yesterday he…… Continue reading Mets Sale Approved
Tigers Close to Hiring New Skipper
Detroit is reportedly finalizing a deal to hire AJ Hinch as their manager. He, of course, was the manager of the 2017 WS champion Houston Astros. He was also suspended for the 2020 season by MLB, and subsequently fired by the Astros, for failing to stop the Astros players’ cheating scheme in 2017. He was…… Continue reading Tigers Close to Hiring New Skipper
It’s Like It’s 1985 Again
The Chicago White Sox have gone back to the future to hire their “new” manager—Dr Emmett Brown, ummm, I mean Tony LaRussa. He was previously their manager from 1979 – 1986. He led the ChiSox to the playoffs in 1983, which was their first postseason appearance since 1959. After getting fired part way through the…… Continue reading It’s Like It’s 1985 Again
He Said, She Said – We Have A Champion Edition
Scouts: Well ladies, gentleman and our soon to be robotic overloards, we finally have a conclusion to the 2020 season. We have a new champion, the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Rays put up a heck of a fight, but ultimately the Dodgers were just too dominant, too relentless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMDFv5m18Pw Rays 1, Dodgers 3 I’m sure…… Continue reading He Said, She Said – We Have A Champion Edition
“HOLY COW!”
“Now how about that?!” “I can’t believe what I just saw!” Y’all know what I mean. Game 4, 8-7 Rays, series tied 2-2 I can barely breathe. Wow.
He Said, She Said – World Series Game 2!
Scouts: I said yesterday that lastnight’s game was very important for the Rays and they needed to make a statement in a big way. Well, I’m not sure they made a big statement, but they did show everyone they did not come all this way to just roll over and give up. They struck back,…… Continue reading He Said, She Said – World Series Game 2!
He Said, She Said – It’s The World Series!
Scouts: And we are officially underway in the 2020 World Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Los Angeles Dodgers. This is the moment we have all been waiting for. The best of the best. The creme dela creme. MLB’s gamepage isn’t loading correctly for me, so for today we’ll be using Prof’s personal…… Continue reading He Said, She Said – It’s The World Series!
He Said, She Said – Let’s Go To The World Series 2020!
Scouts: And we are now down to one. One final game to decide who will face the Rays in the World Series. Personally I had no dog in this race. Sure I like the Braves, they have some former O’s, plus it would have made Prof very happy. However I also kinda like the Dodgers.…… Continue reading He Said, She Said – Let’s Go To The World Series 2020!
Rays in WS
Everyone can breathe a sigh of relief. The Asterisks finally got sent home, 4-2, at the hands of the Rays. After being just the second team to force a game 7 after being down 3 games to mil, they did not become the first team with a regular season losing record to reach the World…… Continue reading Rays in WS
He Said, She Said – Playoffs 10/15/2020
Scouts: There was a lot going on last night, two key baseball games, and two presidential town halls, so you are excused if you, like me had a hard time keeping up with it all. Personally I put my computer into window’d mode and had all four running at once. It…was a lot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkwD5rQ-_d4 Dodgers…… Continue reading He Said, She Said – Playoffs 10/15/2020
He Said, She Said – Playoffs 10/14/2020
Scouts: I hope no one was ready for the WS to start, because it looks like we will be playing more baseball. All the routes and sweeps that were in progress all took a step back as the empire struck back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGy9i8vvCxk Dodgers 15, Braves 3 – Scouts: 11 runs in the first inning, including…… Continue reading He Said, She Said – Playoffs 10/14/2020
He Said, She Said – 10-13-2020 Playoffs!
Scouts: Sorry for my absence the past few days, I had a mini holiday and was unable to write up the daily post. I’m back now, and should be good to go throughout the rest of the season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNc45FTenhg Rays 5, Astros 2 – Scouts: After all that worry over a losing, cheating Astros club…… Continue reading He Said, She Said – 10-13-2020 Playoffs!
ChiSox Fire Renteria
The Chicago White Sox have dismissed manager Rick Renteria after 4 seasons at the helm. The announcement came with laudatory statements about him and about how it’s not about the last week or so of the regular season nor the playoffs. Instead, it was supposedly about the nebulous idea of how to “take the next…… Continue reading ChiSox Fire Renteria
