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[Majingir]

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Different sport but didn't the Saints temporarily move after Katrina? I don't know if it was a fair enough to the 300 people that didn't leave Nawlins but it happens.

The obvious example is the NO/OKC Hornets as well.

Yeah, they split "home" games between LSU and the Alamodome.

Thing with the Rays, though, is that this is likely to be a 3-season relocation.

IMO their best option is to do what the Jays did during COVID: spend April/May at a ST facility (while the Florida heat/rainfall is still manageable), then play the remainder of the season in Durham, NC (the Bulls are Tampa's AAA affiliate).

A 10,000 seat stadium might be too small.

Rays averaged around 17,000 fans. Buffalo would be the closest thing to getting the capacity numbers close to their average in terms of current minor league parks.

[Majingir]

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Latest sounds like the league wants them to stay in the TB area if they need a new ballpark for the time being.

If they really are fine with a minor league ballpark for major league games, maybe they do just go with something like Steinbrenner field?

But 10,00 fans only would be tough to force on the Rays for a while. Having about 7,000 less fans at a game on average is a lot of money being lost.

[Ghost Of The Year]

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Latest sounds like the league wants them to stay in the TB area if they need a new ballpark for the time being.

If they really are fine with a minor league ballpark for major league games, maybe they do just go with something like Steinbrenner field?

But 10,00 fans only would be tough to force on the Rays for a while. Having about 7,000 less fans at a game on average is a lot of money being lost.

The real problem the Rays are going to have isn't the amount of seats. If Steinbrenner Stadium in Tampa held 30,000 it wouldn't help. They need a dome to play in because of weather. If they play in an open-air stadium anywhere near the Tampa area, they aren't going to average more than 10,000 a game, in my opinion.

[LowerWolf]

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RIP Fernando. And just days before the Dodgers-Yankees World Series.

[Master Live 013]

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I say bring them to Puerto Rico for a year :P

[Majingir]

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Manfred says robot umps should be arriving in the MLB within the next 4 years.

Current CBA I believe lasts through the 2026 season, so perhaps the new deal has the robot umps tested in ST for 2027 and then 2028 its fully implemented?

[Ghost Of The Year]

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Manfred says robot umps should be arriving in the MLB within the next 4 years.

Current CBA I believe lasts through the 2026 season, so perhaps the new deal has the robot umps tested in ST for 2027 and then 2028 its fully implemented?

What we really need is a robot commissioner to replace Manfred.

[Majingir]

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What we really need is a robot commissioner to replace Manfred.

He said he's retiring in 2028 so things like robot umps and whatever else he implements in the 2026 CBA would be the last big changes he makes.

[Dead2009]

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Im sure everyone will love this news lol

https://x.com/JomboyMedia/status/1852062961252388930

[DrJones]

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Im sure everyone will love this news lol

https://x.com/JomboyMedia/status/1852062961252388930

Bob Costas was very good in his day. But his day was many years ago.

Al Michaels is pretty much in the same boat now, but he has 30M reasons to stick around.
Those steak dinners aren't going to buy themselves!

[DrJones]

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For those who still want one last baseball fix for 2024, the Japan Series is still going on.

The Yokohama BayStars, one of NPB's afterthought franchises, is on the verge of the biggest upset in Japanese league history. They lead the Fukuoka Hawks (Dodgers analogue, mega-rich warm weather team with a lot of recent success) 3 games to 2. They've already upset Japan's 2 most popular teams, the Hanshin Tigers (think Red Sox/Cubs, former lovable losers who finally made good) and the Yomiuri Giants (Japan's Yankees - most fans, most haters, most titles) to get there.

NPB's playoff format is rough on underdogs. As the 3rd seed (top 3 teams in each 6-team league make the postseason), the BayStars played their 1st 2 series entirely on the road. First a best-of-3 at Koshien Stadium (Tigers), then a best-of-7 at the Tokyo Dome (Giants), where the top seed starts the "Climax Series (LCS equivalent) with an automatic 1-0 series lead. As you might imagine, it's pretty rare for a 3-seed to run this kind of gauntlet, only one previous 3-seed has won a title.

In addition, Hawks vs BayStars is the biggest mismatch in Japan Series history, as Fukuoka finished 20 games ahead of Yokohama (a lot, considering a 143-game schedule!). If Yokohama pulls it off, it'll be a bigger upset by winning percentage than all but one playoff series in MLB history (the 93-win White Sox over the 116-win Cubs in the 1906 World Series). Fukuoka has won 10 titles since Yokohama's last championship in 1998, so there's a fun narrative here - not as big as Hanshin's 7-game win last year that broke a 38-year title drought and ended The Curse of Colonel Sanders (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Colonel), but still!

EDIT: The BayStars won!

[Sportsforever]

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Im sure everyone will love this news lol

https://x.com/JomboyMedia/status/1852062961252388930

I like(d) Costas; his voice is associated with big games/moments for me. He’s a true baseball fan and he appreciates the history. I’m sad to see him go…


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[Blzer]

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This is pretty cool:




This harkens back to me saying that Judge WS home run might not have even reached the warning track at pre-renovated Oracle Park. Some places are just bandboxes.

I mean this is a tale as old as time, though. That's why we have numbers like OPS+ that are a little more relevant to look at now.

Sadly these 30-park HR figures don't go any further back than 2019, because I would've loved to see these numbers for Bonds in his day.

[Majingir]

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This is pretty cool:









This harkens back to me saying that Judge WS home run might not have even reached the warning track at pre-renovated Oracle Park. Some places are just bandboxes.



I mean this is a tale as old as time, though. That's why we have numbers like OPS+ that are a little more relevant to look at now.



Sadly these 30-park HR figures don't go any further back than 2019, because I would've loved to see these numbers for Bonds in his day.

As much as people hate analytics, I think teams who really utilize and understand it obviously benefit the most.

One of many reasons a team like Yankees and Red Sox are good so often as well with their offenses. They build rosters geared towards their ballparks. Sure, you still have another 81 games to play elsewhere, but getting guys who get a stat boost playing at your ballpark based on what analytics say about them, that has to factor in to decisions as well instead of just overall season numbers.

[l3ulvl]

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I wonder where Kerry Carpenter ranked, I think a lot of us (even Detroit fans) were surprised to see him #3 on the graphic in slugging behind Judge and Ohtani


edit: now I can't find it, I remember the graphic on TV about him being #3 behind them, maybe I have the stat wrong, but being in a pitchers park it'd be cool to see his "no doubters"