RIPPA Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 Well the Yankees just completed a 4 game sweep in Houston That is not a sentence I ever thought I would say 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Ronel Blanco has thrown a no-hitter against the Blue Jays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 I turned the Tigers game on after Iowa beat LSU, just in time for the tenth inning. I chose wisely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 10 hours ago, John from Cincinnati said: Ronel Blanco has thrown a no-hitter against the Blue Jays. Earliest (by calendar date) a no-hitter has ever been thrown in a season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Former Red Sox and Orioles president Larry Lucchino has died at the age of 78. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 The Phillies have DFA'ed Connor Brogdon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimLivingston Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Joey Bart is a Pirate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Hey if the season ended right now the Tigers would be top seed in the AL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 the Jackson County vote that would have moved the Royals to downtown KCMO in a few years went down and went down hard the surprise wasn't that suburban Jackson County voted against moving the stadium farther away from them, the surprise was that KCMO also voted against it the question also had some spending for Arrowhead renovations that they didn't announce until late in the campaign so it is possible to run a campaign endorsed by the people who won the Super Bowl 2 months ago and still lose because you were hashing out your proposals during the campaign truly a masterclass in how to fuck things up anyways.. I'd suspect something gets figured out since the Royals/Chiefs leases don't expire until 2031 but until then, more threats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Hmm... yes... "hilarious." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 It appears that the Athletics will play in Sacramento in the season before their stadium in Vegas is ready Quote The Athletics appear close to severing ties with Oakland after 56 years and making a minor league ballpark in West Sacramento their interim home before the expected move to Las Vegas for the 2028 season. The team met with Sacramento officials Wednesday. According to a report by Sacramento radio personality Dave Weiglein of Sactown Sports, the team will announce its decision to relocate either Thursday or Friday. If the move comes to fruition, the A's will share Sutter Health Park with the San Francisco Giants' Triple-A team, the RiverCats, for up to three seasons beginning next season. There was no indication the A's informed Oakland of their plans. The A's are facing a tight timeline to decide where they will play after their lease at the Oakland Coliseum ends following this season. Major League Baseball schedules are typically finalized in May and distributed to teams by July. Commissioner Rob Manfred, while refusing to impose a strict deadline on A's owner John Fisher, has repeatedly said that he hopes the team resolves the issue quickly. Oakland officials and the A's conducted three formal meetings, the most recent one on Tuesday, to discuss extending the lease at the Coliseum, where the A's won four World Series titles. Given the city's distrust of A's management, triggered by the team's decision to enter into an agreement to move to Las Vegas in April 2023 despite being close to finalizing a deal to build a $12 billion waterfront mini-city at Howard Terminal, the negotiations were not always smooth. While the office of Oakland mayor Sheng Thao issued a statement Tuesday night indicating that the city expected further negotiations, the A's suggested that the two sides remained far apart. Oakland initially offered a five-year lease with a team opt-out after three, with $97 million due the city regardless of the length of the term. Other demands included the team agreeing to sell its half of the Coliseum site to a local developer, which would allow the city to go forward with a redevelopment project that includes three sports venues, housing and retail. The city also sought assurances from MLB that Oakland would be given a one-year exclusivity agreement to present a viable owner for a future expansion team. Sources told ESPN the city's bargaining position was based on the strength of the media market, which has earned the A's a reported $67 million per year from its local television contract with NBC Sports California. A move to Sacramento would require a renegotiation of that contract, although the Kings and A's both air on NBC Sports California. Oakland also emphasized the convenience of remaining in the Coliseum; a move to Sacramento would require the team's employees -- if they are able -- to move 90 miles to the east for three years before moving to Las Vegas. Weiglein, a popular morning radio host known locally as "Carmichael Dave," rose to prominence as the leading voice for Sacramento when the Kings appeared ready to leave for Seattle in 2013. The Sacramento RiverCats are owned by Kings owner Vivek Ranadive, a friend of Fisher's whose goal is to bring big league baseball to California's capital city. He sees the A's -- even on a temporary basis -- as a three-year audition for the city to get on Manfred's short list for MLB expansion. The other consideration is for Sacramento to position itself as a viable option if the Athletics' deal in Las Vegas falls through. The bolded part is cute 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 The As officially announced the plan this morning They will play the 2025-27 seasons in Sacramento with an option to play 2028 there too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I think the most interesting part for me was the $67m in annual TV revenue. That's a different story than the poverty Oakland ownership has tried to sell us for decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Shoot, I was hoping for SLC. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 The Marlins announce that Eury Perez will be under going Tommy John surgery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madl Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 (edited) 2 hours ago, RIPPA said: The As officially announced the plan this morning They will play the 2025-27 seasons in Sacramento with an option to play 2028 there too Optics are bad, but Sutter Health Stadium is a much nicer place to watch a baseball game than Oakland Coliseum and I imagine Sacramento might provide hot crowds for at least a while, as opposed to Oakland (which allays has some excuse why they’re not supporting their pro sports teams). Probably a positive change in the short-term. Opening a new ballpark in Las Vegas in time for 2028 or 2029 seems a mite ambitious considering they don’t seem to have a blueprint yet, so far as I know. Edited April 4 by madl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister TV Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 12 minutes ago, madl said: Optics are bad, but Sutter Health Stadium is a much nicer place to watch a baseball game than Oakland Coliseum and I imagine Sacramento might provide hot crowds for at least a while, as opposed to Oakland (which allays has some excuse why they’re not supporting their pro sports teams). Probably a positive change in the short-term. Opening a new ballpark in Las Vegas in time for 2028 or 2029 seems a mite ambitious considering they don’t seem to have a blueprint yet, so far as I know. The Tropicana which is located on the site of the stadium closed on Tuesday, so things are kind of moving. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 I should start a thread "Stupid Things the As Owner Says" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 The Mets still haven’t won but to be fair, look at the strength of their schedule so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 We were discussing this at work. Should a team’s fans really panic if we are still in the first week of the season? this isn’t the 1988 O’s just yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 Depends on what expectations are for a season The extra wild card keeps more teams in it longer However - you don't want to dig too big of a hole In this specific case - the NL East is real bad so everyone is gonna be in it for awhile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 Supposedly Monday's Marlins/Yankees game which was supposed to start at 2 pm EST has been moved to 6 pm EST due to the Solar Eclipse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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madl Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 The Pirates are 6-1 so far this season and were 20-8 and in first place on May 1 last year. That alone should keep you from getting too excited or too depressed about how your team is doing during the first couple weeks of a six-month season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Shohei Ohtani hit his first Dodgers home run Wednesday night. The Dodgers proceeded to take that nice moment and crap all over it by threatening the fan who caught it and then Ohtani (apparently) lied about meeting the fan: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/shohei-ohtani-dodgers-integrity-in-question-after-battle-over-first-home-run-ball/ar-BB1l62KO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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