California Angels fan since 1975
California, USA
Joined May 2015
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Rest in Peace Bob Boone.
The man behind the plate, ready for strike three from Donnie Moore with Dave Henderson at the plate.
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Is there a retired player out there mid-40s who could do a Julio Franco and give us a good season?
Julio’s only 68 maybe give him a call…
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If you google one thing today, make it “THE PETER PRINCIPLE” and understand how the world works…
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Sagittarius and baseball manager trivia:
Pat Murphy was born one day after Mike Scioscia. 11/27-28/1958.
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Garret Anderson CLEARS the bases!
Erstad says he’s got it…
24 years ago tonight something we dared to dream about for ages happened.
Another would be nice. There is nothing like that feeling.
In 2002 the Angels played the Twins in the ALCS a few months after Bud Selig had bandied about contracting both teams.
The Rays playing the Brewers on the eve of a salary cap lockout carries with it the same irony just this time before the stupid disaster instead of after it.
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Gloomy future ahead…
Formalizing my prediction on this for accountability purposes:
The MLB lockout will last until mid-to-late June when the Players’ Association will cave to internal pressure and agree to a cap-and-floor system.
The MLBPA’s $415 million war chest sounds like a lot of money, but it really isn’t. That provides about $350k to each of the sports 1,200 players. That is about 45% of the minimum player salary of $780,000.
Roughly 60% of the league is made up of players making league minimum. These are not players who are able to set aside huge sums to subsist on while the union does battle with the owners. Somewhere around the end of May, these players are going to start running out of money.
The amount of debt taken on by young players is a key factor. Financial stress is going to be the major factor driving these negotiations. The owners have financial obligations to their teams, but a massive asset in the team itself to secure inexpensive debt to cover that gap.
In a staring contest, I’m going to bet on the billionaire owners over a union comprised of a majority of modestly-paid players with mortgages, credit card debt and mismatched lifestyles.
If I had to put a date on it, I’ll go Monday, June 21, 2027. It’s unfortunate, but I do think the lockout will last that long. Because the owners are not going to bend on a cap-and-floor model.
Feel free to bookmark this to either congratulate me or roast me for the prediction when this is all over.
Better yet, drop your own prediction below of a specific date when the lockout ends and a new CBA is signed, and share a little bit about your reasoning.
Ads for boner pills, horror/creepy movies, soft porn, gambling don’t grow the game. We live in a harsh world, baseball is escapism please let us escape.
Dodgers player Alex Call is calling out MLB and broadcasters over the ads during postseason games.
"Can we please get the soft porn ads off playoff broadcasts? My son wants to watch baseball with Dada, but how do I justify that when a half-naked woman could come on screen anytime?? This is America’s Pastime. Parents shouldn’t have to worry about this."
