~2024 MLB Thread~

[ELA]

It's also funny.  Did AJ Hinch cheat.  Yes.  Yet the White Sox passed on him to hire Tony LaRussa, whose career is largely tied to Mark McGuire.  Are Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire, Roger Clemens, great players who cheated?  Yup.  As is AJ Hinch.  I think he's a great manager, who also cheated.  His records with Houston are obviously tainted.  And if he never makes the HOF, he only has himself to blame.  But he's also a damn good manager.

[ELA]

Braves acting like this is a World Series in the 90s

[SuperMario]

Braves acting like this is a World Series in the 90s

Except in 1995 when they broke my teenage heart. 

[MrNubbz]

Except in 1995 and '97 and 2016

[SuperMario]

Except in 1995 and '97 and 2016

95 i was sad but the Braves pitching staff made that one tolerable. 97 makes me absolutely sick. There's no reason we should have lost that one. No reason. Outside of Joe Table choking.. all he had to do was shut the door.

2016 i wish we could have pulled off.. I really do. I loved that team and the weather gods decided to bring rain and screw up momentum.. but I was lucky enough to take my parents to 3/4 world series games in Cleveland in 2016 and I'll never forget those memories. That and Rajai Davis taking Chapman deep was an experience I can't put into words. The stadium was actually shaking. Was tough to lose after that, but that moment is still surreal.  I still personally blame Trevor Bauer for that result. Playing with drones and slicing open his finger put too many innings on Kluber that eventually caught up to him and the staff. 

[Cincydawg]

Two teams celebrate same day on same field.  

[Cincydawg]

Pete Rose passed?

[ELA]

Pete Rose passed?

Non Hall of Famers pass every day:57:

[ELA]

Two teams celebrate same day on same field. 

Definitely sucks for Diamondbacks fans yhe way that shook out.  A split was almost totally guaranteed 

[OrangeAfroMan]

Don't lose 5 of your last 7.

[SuperMario]

Non Hall of Famers pass every day:57:

This one still irks me. Love MLB, but they're dirty. They blackball people when they can be exposed and use people when it's their moneymaker. Blackball Jose Conseco for being honest, but rode out McGwire, Sosa and Bonds. Blackballed and likely set up Trevor Bauer when he started digging into spin rates and the mathematical and physics side of Astros pitching improvements not adding up and keeping arguably the top 3 hitter ever out of the hall of fame.  None are exactly innocent, but always interesting what they pick and choose. 

[ELA]

This one still irks me. Love MLB, but they're dirty. They blackball people when they can be exposed and use people when it's their moneymaker. Blackball Jose Conseco for being honest, but rode out McGwire, Sosa and Bonds. Blackballed and likely set up Trevor Bauer when he started digging into spin rates and the mathematical and physics side of Astros pitching improvements not adding up and keeping arguably the top 3 hitter ever out of the hall of fame.  None are exactly innocent, but always interesting what they pick and choose.

Yup.  All of them should be in the HOF.  Trevor Bauer is the cautionary tale of why you don't go out of your way to make enemies.  He was apparently a bad teammate, then challenged the status quo.  So as soon as MLB had the chance he's gone.  The fact that the charges were bogus got almost no discussion

[847badgerfan]

Paul Sullivan: Goodbye — and good riddance — to a Chicago baseball season we’d all rather forget (msn.com)


Says it all.

Go Brewers.

[ELA]

White Sox have just gone from bad owner to bad owner for 100+ years.  Its a shame