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He is a Selig clone. Terrible. No balls and no guts to make a big decision. Total puppet.

yeah 8th in the average list. my boy Cobb is #1!

Rod Carew almost died 5 mths ago and got a transplant to keep him alive. Why is the award named after him? What about Wade Boggs?

 

There are many, many, great baseball players who are worthy of having the thing named after them, but there is only 2 possible choices. So, what are you going to do? You cant represent everybody... there just isnt enough room to do so.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/d...-sex-in-clubhouse-during-games-180409554.html

sex in between innings? this takes the cake!

 

Manfred says shorter season tied to lower pay​

SAN DIEGO (AP) ? If baseball players want to shorten the schedule, management says they should accept a reduction in pay.

Tired from travel in an era that frequently has quick turnarounds following overnight flights, players are seeking changes in collective bargaining. The regular-season schedule increased from 154 games to 162 in the American League in 1961 and the National League the following year, and playing 162 games in 183 days has left little flexibility.

"There are ways to produce more off days in the schedule. Some of those have very significant economic ramifications," baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred told the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Tuesday. "If in fact we are going to go down those roads, those economic ramifications are going to have to be shared by all of the relevant parties. You want to work less, usually you get paid less."

Union head Tony Clark, a former All-Star first baseman, says the sport currently is "not putting players or giving the clubs and their players the best opportunity to play every day at a high level throughout the course of the season." He said the grind is so difficult that players need to take days off to give their bodies time to recover.

"I don't agree that there would need to be a discussion about a loss of salary or a rollback of salaries," Clark said. "If there is a lessening of the games and we put players in the position where playing whatever number of games are in that season, they're able to play, the value of every game goes up as well."

 

so the AL played in more games for 1 year? that seems odd. im all in favor of less games. more doubleheaders like in the 80's. no WBC at all and the WS in early October instead of late Oct and November.

 

Less than 48 hours after Drew Pomeranz played in his first All-Star Game, the Padres demonstrated a classic example of selling high, trading the left-hander to the Boston Red Sox for top pitching prospect Anderson Espinoza.

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/jul/14/padres-trade-drew-pomeranz-red-sox/

 

hate the red sox but love their GM. he goes bold and deep to get key guys to win.

 

Boston has the money and they've been having success in the draft. Don't they sell out every game?

As far as Union head Tony Clark,? What do you think he's going to say when he's head of the players union? Manfred is right. Less games means less money, period! wouldn't you like to go to work less and make the same money also? Stupid statement by Clark, imo......

Edit: Btw, the Sox picked Boegarts in the 1st round of the draft that the Nationals took Harper. The Pirates took Taillon 2nd overall in that draft after Harper.....

 

Bogaerts was not drafted. He was signed as a FA the year before Harper was drafted. The Sox' 1st pick that year was the immortal Kolbrin Vitek.

 

Pomeranz was the 5th pick in that draft btw

 

And that was a very talented draft class. There were a few others also that are playing now also.......

 

Stephen Strasburg joins an exclusive list with his 13-0 start to the season​

The Nationals beat the Pirates 5-1 on Friday night behind another very strong outing from All-Star pitcher Stephen Strasburg. He allowed only one run on three hits in eight innings, pushing his ERA down to 2.51 and WHIP to 0.99. Those are excellent rate stats, and the record is lining up rather well, because Strasburg is now 13-0.

This is only the eighth time it has happened since 1913... (CBS)

 

Which tells you how good the Pirates pitching is compared to the teams ahead of them.....Josh Bell pinch hit again and fouled off a bunch of Strasburg pitches for a walk to 1st base. I don't think he has made an out yet facing 4 of the N.L. best pitchers. How can you send him down? Neise was sent to the bullpen finally and I think the pitching rotation is going to change a lot in the 2nd half......They have 4 rookies they just called up and all are pitching better than the veterans. Cole is supposed to come off the disabled list and start tonight which means somebody has to be sent down.......

 

Ichiro making history...

ST. LOUIS -- The All-Star break didn't slow Ichiro Suzuki's quest for more history. The 42-year-old lined a pinch-hit single to center in the eighth inning of the Marlins' 7-6 win over the Cardinals on Friday night and is now nine hits shy of 3,000.

Ichiro's pursuit of this major milestone hasn't gone unnoticed, and the Busch Stadium crowd gave him a big ovation.

"I thought the fans were amazing right there, with him," Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. "Respectful. St. Louis fans have really been known over the years as some of the best fans in the country. To have that knowledge of Ichiro and that respect, I thought that was pretty cool."

 

i do! i work for a company and we only work 5 7.5 hr days, not a full 8. it's about $5000-7000 out of my pocket in lost wages. It's their company and their rules, so I have to live with it. I don't feel sorry for ANY MLB ball player and the tons of money they make. If they wanna freeze their balls off and play in a cold ass World Series, than play a full 162 + playoff season. I'll be at home in my recliner with Oscar and Tux all toasty warm.

 

Ichiro 6 hits away from 3000!

 

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/e...e-85th-best-player-of-all-time-003936859.html

ESPN thinks Bryce Harper is 85th best player all-time in baseball. guess ESPN didn't see 3 yrs ago when he had 14 hrs and batted like .250 and missed half the year. If Harper is 85th, Trout better be top 10!

 

Napoleon? Is that you?

 

Will-the link didn't show anything ?