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    Re: 2020-2021 Off-Season News, Notes and Discussion

    Quote Originally Posted by NeilHamburger View Post
    I am strongly against expanding the rosters to 27 or 28. After watching a season where every other inning someone was replaced by someone else I can't believe MLB thinks most fans want that? MLB seems to be the only sport that progresses by doing things that most fans don't want. It's odd. I feel like other sports would've already banned the shift, tried to find ways to discourage the 3 true outcome approach and limited bullpen use. As I would argue most fans would be in favor of all that. MLB progresses by making their game less appealing to fans.
    i agree with you, but you need to look no further than this board. when we had the long thread about outlawing the shift, you had people coming out of the woodwork to say things like "the game will correct itself."

    someone needs to wake me up when baseball "corrects itself" in regard to the shift.

    as you said, other sports leagues would have already addressed this. but baseball is so bad it is led by something called rob manfred.

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    Re: 2020-2021 Off-Season News, Notes and Discussion

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    Wish he would start naming names and burn the place down.
    I'm not sure - besides getting paid - what this will accomplish. Let's say this makes it to depositions and such and Luhnow doesn't settle. Even if it came out that Luhnow was a victim of an unholy bargain between Manfred and Crane all it's going to do is stoke public outrage even more against Manfred and the Astros. Now that in itself isn't necessarily bad but the Astros and Crane aren't going to be penalized any more. No other players are going to be punished. The worst/best thin g that would come of this is if public outcry is so huge that the owners will fire Manfred. But with a new CBA being negotiated and the country still in the middle of a pandemic, I sincerely doubt Manfred will lose his job. Even if the owners looked past that and wanted to fire him, Manfred could make public allegations against all the other teams that cheated.
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    Re: 2020-2021 Off-Season News, Notes and Discussion

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    I’m no Wade Miley fan but I’d much prefer the Miley contract to that.

    Go ahead everyone, go take a gander at Ray’s numbers.
    Ray may have a higher ceiling, but his floor is so much lower.

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    Re: 2020-2021 Off-Season News, Notes and Discussion

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    Devin Williams won NL Rookie of the Year. Hey, we got it right again!

    Kyle Lewis wins AL Rookie of the Year unanimously. Very deserving.

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    Re: 2020-2021 Off-Season News, Notes and Discussion

    Tony LaRussa having DUI problems again

    https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...mpression=true
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    Re: 2020-2021 Off-Season News, Notes and Discussion

    Everyone should read the last 2 paragraphs of that story.

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    Re: 2020-2021 Off-Season News, Notes and Discussion

    From Rosenthal Twitter:

    White Sox spokesman Scott Reifert says the team was aware of La Russa’s arrest before naming him manager.
    Hoping to change my username to 75769023

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    Re: 2020-2021 Off-Season News, Notes and Discussion

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    From Rosenthal Twitter:
    Yep.
    It's in the article that Chip linked in his post

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    Re: 2020-2021 Off-Season News, Notes and Discussion

    Has anybody made an AA manager joke yet?

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    Re: 2020-2021 Off-Season News, Notes and Discussion

    Quote Originally Posted by Coopdaddy67 View Post
    Has anybody made an AA manager joke yet?
    Will the White Sox now try to acquire Aristides Aquino from the Reds?

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    Re: 2020-2021 Off-Season News, Notes and Discussion

    Marcus Stroman won't play for the ChiSox after they hired LaRussa...

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    No amount of money honestly. Peace of mind is always priority.
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    Re: 2020-2021 Off-Season News, Notes and Discussion

    In the affidavit, the peace officer described him as "argumentative."
    Shocking. I am shocked.
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    Re: 2020-2021 Off-Season News, Notes and Discussion

    He’s a “Hall of Famer baseball person.”

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    Re: 2020-2021 Off-Season News, Notes and Discussion

    Quote Originally Posted by BCubb2003 View Post
    He’s a “Hall of Famer baseball person.”
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    ESPN obtained the full arrest report for Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa's DUI charge.

    "Do you see my ring?" La Russa said to the arresting officer. "I'm a Hall of Famer baseball person. I'm legit. I'm a Hall of Famer, brother."
    https://www.si.com/mlb/2020/11/10/to...i-hall-of-fame
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    Re: 2020-2021 Off-Season News, Notes and Discussion

    Makes you wonder how many other times he's used a similar line and got away with things.
    ...the 2-2 to Woodsen and here it comes...and it is swung on and missed! And Tom Browning has pitched a perfect game! Twenty-seven outs in a row, and he is being mobbed by his teammates, just to the thirdbase side of the mound.

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