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Dodgers win and good thing too because Justin Turner got pulled mid game after a positive COVID result came in and game 7 likely would have needed to be postponed.


Your right Joe..........and was I seeing things or was he part of the Post Game Celebrations ???

 

Yep... he was out there celebrating. He shouldnt have and deserves a hefty fine/suspension.

 

Yep... he was out there celebrating. He shouldnt have and deserves a hefty fine/suspension.


Totally agree Will.......what if another player gets it and takes it home to his family......JEZZ

MLB removed from the game for a reason......how did he get clearance to get back on the Field ???

 

Cy Young Awards are in...

Shane Bieber, AL

Trevor Bauer, NL
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All Ohio!

 

https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs...-allegedly-attempting-to-abduct-his-daughter/

 

Dombrowski hired as Phillies’ president of baseball operations
Associated PressDec 11, 2020, 1:55 PM EST



PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Whether rebuilding or reloading, small market or large, Dave Dombrowski has been a big success at every major league stop.

His next challenging project: a Philadelphia Phillies team that’s gone nine years without a winning record.

Dombrowski joined the Phillies as president of baseball operations on Friday.

“This is a great day for the Philadelphia Phillies,” managing partner John Middleton said in a statement. “David Dombrowski is one of the most accomplished executives this great game has ever seen, and we are thrilled to welcome him to Philadelphia.”

Andy MacPhail is the Phillies’ current president and has planned to retire after the 2021 season. He said in October he would be willing to step aside sooner to make way for a new baseball operations boss.

Philadelphia reassigned general manager Matt Klentak within the organization after finishing 28-32 last season. Joe Girardi remains as manager.

“Between David and Joe Girardi, we now have two of the best people in place to set us on the path back to where we want to be, and that is the postseason and contending for world championships,” Middleton said.

The 64-year-old Dombrowski has led baseball operations for four teams over more than three decades in the majors, taking a trio of franchises to the World Series. His clubs have won four pennants and two Series titles.

Dombrowski was the youngest general manager in baseball history when he took over the Montreal Expos in 1988 at 31 years old, and he played a major role in putting the small-market club on a path to contention with its fruitful farm system.

He joined the expansion Florida Marlins in 1991, two years before their first game, and was the chief architect of their 1997 World Series championship. Then he oversaw an ownership-mandated fire sale, helping to ultimately rebuild a Marlins squad that won another title in 2003, although Dombrowski had left for Detroit by then.

Dombrowski turned a Tigers team that lost an American League-record 119 games in 2003 into a perennial winner. Detroit won four straight division titles from 2011-14 and AL pennants in 2006 and 2012 before cutting him loose after the 2015 season.

He joined the Red Sox as president of baseball operations the following August and made a number of key acquisitions — including ace Chris Sale, slugger J.D. Martinez and manager Alex Cora — that led to Boston’s 2018 World Series championship.

Dombrowski was fired by the Red Sox in September 2019 amid a disappointing follow-up to the championship run.

Known for aggressively pursuing major league talent, Dombrowski has also overseen the drafting and development of a number of stars, including Rondell White, Cliff Floyd, Josh Beckett, Justin Verlander and Rick Porcello.

While he’s always been able to land top players — both by buying free agents and trading away prospects — Dombrowski is taking over a franchise that might not be positioned to spend freely due to existing big contracts and the burden of the coronavirus pandemic.

Middleton has spent aggressively in recent seasons, most notably signing slugger Bryce Harper to a $330 million, 13-year deal in 2019. The team has millions more tied up in deals for Zack Wheeler, Andrew McCutchen, Jean Segura and Aaron Nola.

The spending spree could be at an end, at least for now. A person familiar with the Phillies’ finances told the AP last week the club lost $145 million during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season played without fans. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team hadn’t officially released the figures.

Philadelphia finished four games below .500 last season in Girardi’s first season, one win shy of ending a nine-year playoff drought. The Phillies haven’t had a winning season since taking five straight division titles, two National League pennants and one World Series crown from 2007-11.

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Royals, Carlos Santana agree to $17 million, 2-year deal

 

CLEVELAND (AP) The Cleveland Indians are changing their name – they just don’t know to what or when.

Expressing that “it’s time,” owner Paul Dolan said that after months of internal discussions and meetings with groups, including Native Americans who have sought to have the team stop using a moniker many deem racist, the American League franchise is dropping the name it has been known by since 1915.

In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press on Monday, Dolan said: “The name is no longer acceptable in our world.”

Dolan said the team will continue to be called Indians until a new name is chosen.

That “multi-stage” process is in its early stages and the team will play – and be branded – as the Indians at least through next season.

“We’ll be the Indians in 2021 and then after that, it’s a difficult and complex process to identify a new name and do all the things you do around activating that name,” Dolan said. “We are going to work at as quick a pace as we can while doing it right.

“But we’re not going to do something just for the sake of doing it. We’re going to take the time we need to do it right.”

Dolan said the team will not adopt an interim name until choosing its new one.

“We don’t want to be the Cleveland Baseball Team or some other interim name,” he said. “We will continue to be the Indians until we have identified the next name that will hopefully take us through multiple centuries.”

 

Phil Niekro, HOF'er - dead at 81

RIP

 

Phil Niekro, HOF'er - dead at 81
RIP

RIP Phil...........BEST Knuckleballer EVER.

 

Padres deal for Snell in blockbuster (sources)

The Padres had a void to fill in their rotation this winter. They did so emphatically on Sunday night.

Left-hander Blake Snell, the 2018 American League Cy Young Award winner and one of the sport's premier arms, is headed to San Diego in a five-player blockbuster, according to sources. Prospects Luis Patiño, Blake Hunt and Cole Wilcox along with catcher Francisco Mejía are headed to Tampa Bay in return. Neither team has confirmed the deal, which is pending physicals.

Padres get: LHP Blake Snell
Rays get: RHP Luis Patiño, RHP Cole Wilcox, C Blake Hunt, C Francisco Mejía

Snell, who owns a 3.24 ERA across five big league seasons, is a seemingly perfect fit in San Diego, where the Padres have been searching for rotation help since Mike Clevinger underwent Tommy John surgery last month.

Snell and right-hander Dinelson Lamet should sit atop a formidable rotation that also features Chris Paddack, Zach Davies and a handful of pitchers who will compete for the No. 5 spot -- including MLB Pipeline's top overall pitching prospect MacKenzie Gore.

 

Padres are all in...

The plucky Padres finally broke through in 2020, emerging as one of baseball’s most exciting teams while reaching their first postseason in 14 years.

But they have bigger goals for 2021. General manager A.J. Preller is making that clear.

In Preller's latest bonanza, the Padres swung three major transactions in the space of 24 hours -- including blockbuster trades for two aces. After moves to land Blake Snell and Ha-seong Kim, San Diego now has an agreement with the Cubs that would send veteran right-hander Yu Darvish to the Padres, according to sources. Neither club has confirmed the deal, which has not been finalized and is pending physicals.

The Friars would also add catcher Victor Caratini, who worked closely with Darvish while in Chicago. In return, the Padres would send right-hander Zach Davies and four prospects to the Cubs.

Padres get: RHP Yu Darvish, C Victor Caratini
Cubs get: RHP Zach Davies, SS Reginald Preciado (Padres’ No. 11 prospect per MLB Pipeline), OF Owen Caissie (No. 13), OF Ismael Mena (No. 15), SS Yeison Santana (No. 16)

The move comes on the heels of the Padres' trade with Tampa Bay for Snell, which is also pending physicals.

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Rest in Peace Tommy Lasorda

 

Baseball’s about-face on gambling will be even more pronounced in 2021, as the Washington Nationals announced plans Monday to open the first sportsbook at an MLB stadium, and for an app that will allow fans at Nats games to place bets from their seats.

The team announced it has a deal with BetMGM to become its official gaming partner, starting down a path that could see fans placing bets by opening day and using the sportsbook by summer.
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Pete Rose must be furious!

 

As well he should be.

 

Pete Rose must be furious!


He Belongs in the HOF.

 

Kluber to the Yanks

Martin Perez back to the Red Sox. Sox rotation still a dumpster fire.