MLB players and owners have reached a deal! (Opening day April 7th)

[Captante]

For those who care about baseball:


WFAN NY (radio) reporting that we WILL have major league baseball this season!



Not only that but supposedly they'll play all 162 .... I'm unreasonably happy about this! (it would have been totally "Mets" to spend a bazillion dollars on players for a dead season lol)

 

[MtnMan]

 

[Captante]

Your opinion is deeply appreciated! Fvck you very much!

 

[iRONic]

Noted

*Ignores your ignorant ass

 

[iRONic]

I need Boston to play @ Cincy this year.

 

[Captante]

I need Boston to play @ Cincy this year.

May 31st/June 1st @ Boston.

Sept 20th/21st @ Cinn.

All midweek games & assumes no schedule changes.

 

[iRONic]

Just checked it!!

Same week as LTL Festival!!

Yeah!!

 

[JM Aggie08]

Cared enough to find and upload this image lol.

 

[iRONic]

May 31st/June 1st @ Boston.

Sept 20th/21st @ Cinn.

All midweek games & assumes no schedule changes.

Great American ballpark is awesome!

Fenway is a shithole.

 

[MtnMan]

Noted

*Ignores your ignorant ass

Says the person that thinks that watch overpaid and greedy people play a game is a worthwhile activity. I consider the source, and I really prefer to be ignored by such shallow people. Get off my lawn...

 

[MtnMan]

Your opinion is deeply appreciated! Fvck you very much!

 

[dank69]

 

[brianmanahan]

huge news! i thought this was gonna be like 1994 all over again

 

[brianmanahan]

this guy was drawing mike trout every day until the lockout was over

here is day 97, the finale

https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/tb7r5k

 

[sao123]

Until a salary cap is implemented, major league baseball is still fundamentally broken.

 

[brianmanahan]

Until a salary cap is implemented, major league baseball is still broken.

as a cleveland fan, absolutely

nothing like trying to get lucky with promising minor leaguers in long contracts in order to time things just right

so that we can run on 1/3 or 1/4 the payroll of big market teams, yet still maybe get a chance every 10 years

 

[Captante]

Now that's just plain lazy.... slacker!

 

[Captante]

Until a salary cap is implemented, major league baseball is still fundamentally broken.

Baseball has had multiple teams with relatively low payrolls win in recent years and aside from Boston the mega-payroll teams have been very disappointing. Dodgers & Yankees in particular stand out.

Time and time again we see the same teams crash, burn and re-build successfully (ie: the Cardinals, Braves) while certain other teams throw big money at the problem repeatedly and yet continue to lose anyway.

Baseball isn't just about spending its about spending wisely!

 

[Captante]

as a cleveland fan, absolutely

nothing like trying to get lucky with promising minor leaguers in long contracts in order to time things just right

so that we can run on 1/3 or 1/4 the payroll of big market teams, yet still maybe get a chance every 10 years

Q: How long since the Cleveland Indians/Guardians won a World Series?


A: 73 years (1949-2021)

I'm afraid this run goes well beyond anything a salary cap is going to help much with since bad luck doesn't collect a paycheck!



Seriously I didn't realize it was this ugly!



EDIT: Still ... could be worse!


These teams have never won the World Series


Baseball’s saddest record finally belongs to its most deserving team *(from 2019 but still applies)

 

[jpiniero]

huge news! i thought this was gonna be like 1994 all over again

I did too. Funny thing is the Union's executive committee all voted against it... but the players voted for it anyway.

 

[Brainonska511]

Baseball has had multiple teams with relatively low payrolls win in recent years and aside from Boston the mega-payroll teams have been very disappointing. Dodgers & Yankees in particular stand out.

Time and time again we see the same teams crash, burn and re-build successfully (ie: the Cardinals, Braves) while certain other teams throw big money at the problem repeatedly and yet continue to lose anyway.

Baseball isn't just about spending its about spending wisely!

A salary cap is just a fancy way for billionaire owners to pocket more money on the backs of players.

Says the person that thinks that watch overpaid and greedy people play a game is a worthwhile activity. I consider the source, and I really prefer to be ignored by such shallow people. Get off my lawn...

It wasn't "greedy players" keeping the season on hold: it was a lockout initiated by the greedy owners.

 

[MtnMan]

Now that's just plain lazy.... slacker!

 

[Captante]

Some people are just whiny grouchy a$$holes with something nasty to say but very little (if any) positive to contribute. Not much I can do about it.

What a joke.... go crawl back in your hole and enjoy your fvcking sour grapes in private.

*(apologies to the 99.999% of members to whom the above does not apply)

 

[Captante]

A salary cap is just a fancy way for billionaire owners to pocket more money on the backs of players.

When did I advocate for a salary cap in MLB?

My point was exactly the opposite in fact.... there's no need the league is very competitive.

 

[Brainonska511]

When did I advocate for a salary cap in MLB?

My point was exactly the opposite in fact.... there's no need the league is very competitive.

Sorry, wasn't trying to imply you wanted a salary cap. More of a concurrence with what you wrote.