ChesterCopperpot Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 He was an excellent SS in high school apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Chris Correa testified others in the organization knew about what he was doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Tabe, are you going to believe the testimony of a convicted felon or the most upstanding organization in the history of sporting? Just look at that face, now! It oozes trustability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 It oozes something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 53 minutes ago, Ryan said: It oozes something. As always, honor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 1 hour ago, Tabe said: Chris Correa testified others in the organization knew about what he was doing. Where did you see this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaldo Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Here is a good one. When Amaro was with the Phillies as GM their analytics dept. consisted of a subscription to fangraphs. I am 100% serious. Here is the admission. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/chris-correas-46-month-sentence-is-a-wake-up-call-to-baseball-020203254.html?nhp=1 And that is where it gets truly interesting. Major League Baseball has held off on disciplining the Cardinals, citing Correa’s ongoing trial. That ended as of Monday. At the All-Star Game, when asked about potential discipline, commissioner Rob Manfred said: “To date, there has been no implication that this was an organizational problem but there has been an indication that it was one employee, did something inappropriate, the organization found out about it and fired the employee.” This does not jibe with the story Correa told Judge Lynn N. Hughes when he pleaded guilty in January. In the midst of a conversation about the value of the information accessed from Houston’s database ($1.7 million) and the restitution Correa will pay (more than $279,000), Hughes pivoted to whether Correa found Cardinals information in Ground Control. Correa said he did. “Who did you tell?” Hughes said, according to a transcript of Correa’s re-arraignment hearing. “Colleagues,” Correa said. “At the Cardinals?” Hughes said. “Yeah,” Correa said. Hughes did not push. Correa did not name names, at least not in any publicly available records (a number of documents in the case remain under seal). The admission nevertheless should be damning for the Cardinals. Even if Correa was a so-called lone wolf in accessing the database, the knowledge of it by others at any level, whether superiors or subordinates, means they actively chose to allow a crime to continue rather than take appropriate steps to prevent it in the future. It doesn’t make them complicit. Just grossly irresponsible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 1 hour ago, Craig H said: Where did you see this? Same article evilwaldo quoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 NIce bomb. . . .http://deadspin.com/bryce-harper-hit-this-pitch-to-goddamn-saturn-1784008049 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 And it wasn't even the farthest yesterday - this one went farther. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Watching Edwin go from a guy that was literally a trade throw-in afterthought and transform himself into the player he is today has been amazing. He used to strike out every goddamn at bat, and now his patience to wait for the bad pitch is kind of scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Watching Josh Donaldson go from PTBNL for the Cubs to Top 5 Player in baseball, on the other hand, has made me sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I'm fine with this arrangement. Can't wait for the summer when the Jays, owned by one of the most profitable corporate conglomerates in an entire nation in one of the 10 biggest markets in north American sport, cry poor. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 1 minute ago, Death From Above said: I'm fine with this arrangement. Can't wait for the summer when the Jays, owned by one of the most profitable corporate conglomerates in an entire nation in one of the 10 biggest markets in north American sport, cry poor. It's like when the Houston Astros cried poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 4 minutes ago, Death From Above said: I'm fine with this arrangement. Can't wait for the summer when the Jays, owned by one of the most profitable corporate conglomerates in an entire nation in one of the 10 biggest markets in north American sport, cry poor. I think i saw that Rogers is technically the richest owner in MLB, although it might depend on how Dodgers ownership is calculated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 There really is 0 reason why thte Blue Jays should not be the highest payroll team in baseball. As much as people try to come up with "Canadas Team" narratives in hockey, the only real "Canadas Team" in modern sports i the Blue Jays. They are the baseball team of an entire fucking country, and are owned by the countries biggest TV provider. Just acknowledge you are either cheap as fuck, or are pulling the Cards "Oh, no, Pujols lied, don't hate us for letting him walk" thing the Cards did a decade ago and look brilliant for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 The PR is that Rogers is a publicly traded company, so they have "responsibility to shareholders." But, MLSE, owned by Bell and Rogers, is not, so they dont have to disclose their financials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaldo Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 1 hour ago, sabremike said: It's like when the Houston Astros cried poor. Or the Phillies cried poor throughout the 90's telling people that spending money on pitching was silly since everyone comes out to see home runs. They were forced to change when they got a new ballpark. The best 'cry poor' excuse of all time was the Braves who cried poor when their games were on TBS because the broadcast rights were some measly figure. Turner just used the baseball team as a loss leader making tons of money for the network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 55 minutes ago, evilwaldo said: Or the Phillies cried poor throughout the 90's telling people that spending money on pitching was silly since everyone comes out to see home runs. They were forced to change when they got a new ballpark. The best 'cry poor' excuse of all time was the Braves who cried poor when their games were on TBS because the broadcast rights were some measly figure. Turner just used the baseball team as a loss leader making tons of money for the network. Just like WCW, except successful. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I cry poor all the time and all I get is pelted with wooden nickels by Kuetsar. They at least have Bills logos on them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Darius Bagfelt Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 4 hours ago, odessasteps said: The PR is that Rogers is a publicly traded company, so they have "responsibility to shareholders." But, MLSE, owned by Bell and Rogers, is not, so they dont have to disclose their financials. I read somewhere since Bell and Rogers own only 37.5% of MLSE they dont have to disclose certain things to shareholders but since Rogers owns 100% of the Jays they do. I cant find the story that talked about that or else I would post it since it was written by someone smarter than me. Like I keep saying though I think the Jays want to stay at the 150-160 million payroll since they do well financially there and the asses in seats and TV ratings are being used to offset the sinkhole of that 5 billion dollar NHL TV deal they entered into 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Thats what i was trying to say, if i didnt say it correctly. Someone posted numbers on toronto sports media dot com that Rogers apparently hasnt lost as much as people think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Death of the Lefty One Out Guy? (commonly known as the LOOGY) http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/07/21/rob-manfred-limit-use-relief-pitchers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Manfred is going to turn out to be far far worse than Bud 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 If I had ESPN Insider I could read all of the incredibly dumb ideas they have for improving the game. Such as shortening games to 7 innings. That was the one you could see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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