MLB Off-Topic

[Blzer]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

He means Damon's first game back in Boston as a Yankee...Damon first started playing with Boston in 2002 and 2006 was his first year with the Yankees.

That not only makes much more sense, but also sounds much more familiar. Damon went to Boston after Oakland. I'm just mixing up many things here.

[DamnYanks2]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

How do you delete a post on tapatalk?

Sent from my HTCD200LVWPP using Tapatalk

[redsox4evur]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

My only hope is it's a big list, with plenty of teams represented. I suspect there are fan bases out there who think their teams are "clean" compared to others. Which is ludicrous.

Nah what's ludicrous is that people think Big Papi is clean. When he failed that test in 03 or whatever.

[Master Live 013]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

I just saw this AM that Peter Gammons is stating there is a list of PED users coming out next week (Gordon was on this list apparently). This stuff is never going to end...

I like it, no gain without pain. Hopefully this galvanizes the Union to take a tougher stand against cheaters. 2 year suspension for 1st offense (that's right, 2).

Lets see how much they really want it.

[SPTO]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

Nah what's ludicrous is that people think Big Papi is clean. When he failed that test in 03 or whatever.

Wouldn't it be hilarious if Papi was on this list that's forthcoming?

Course, that's not going to happen.

[redsox4evur]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

Wouldn't it be hilarious if Papi was on this list that's forthcoming?

Course, that's not going to happen.

It would be and he would deny til the NL fans adopt the DH in the league.

[Sportsforever]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

On the PED thing...I know there are those who want to ignore the accomplishments of Bonds, Clemens, etc, and pretend an entire generation of baseball wasn't played. Does this also mean we need to asterisk every generation of baseball played before amphetamines were prohibited? I actually think the ban of greenies has as much of an impact on players not staying on the field as anything...yet I've never once heard Bob Costas argue that we need to look at what Mantle/Mays/Gibson did in a different light than players today who can't pop the pills just to get up for a game.

[dubcity]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

yet I've never once heard Bob Costas argue that we need to look at what Mantle/Mays/Gibson did in a different light than players today who can't pop the pills just to get up for a game.

Costas has always (conveniently) minimized the negative stigma associated with amphetamines in baseball. He compares it to pitchers scuffing baseballs, or guys trying to steal signs.

[SPTO]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

I think the reason why greenies don't get talked about as much is because it's akin to being hopped up on caffeine in able to stay alert.

Not excusing the use of it, just relating the thinking behind some people brushing it under the rug.

[redsox4evur]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

I think the reason why greenies don't get talked about as much is because it's akin to being hopped up on caffeine in able to stay alert.

Not excusing the use of it, just relating the thinking behind some people brushing it under the rug.

You could liken it to Adderall also. The drug that I think Crush Davis failed his test for a couple years ago. I take it because I have ADD and it helps me focus in class and when doing homework.

[kehlis]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

I didn't know the Braves had become a publicaly traded company but this story is funny on several levels. Although for any of you who might dabble in the stock market could be a value as a buy low point:

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb-news/4704017-braves-just-keep-bravin-stock-falls-50-percent-as-team-calls-up-ineligible-player

The Braves' season is less than a month old, and already they're plumbing new depths — not just of the NL East standings, mind you.

Sure, the team was 5-18 (.217) entering Sunday's game against the Cubs.

MORE: The Braves won a lot in the '90s, but they should've won more

But, as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution points out, the price of the team’s stock has fallen by more than half in the two weeks it has been trading on the Nasdaq exchange.

In short: The Braves aren't half as good as they used to be.

“This has been off-the-charts crazy,” New York-based stock analyst Robert Routh told the Journal-Constitution. “I never thought this would get as low as it has.”

The Braves’ Series A shares (symbol: BATRA) closed Friday at $15.64, down 56.5 percent from the opening price April 18. Series C shares (symbol: BATRK) closed Friday at $14.92, down 44.7 percent from the opening price.

But wait. There's more.

Because of a front-office mistake, the Braves faced Sunday's game a player shy of a 25-man roster, The Associated Press reported.

The team announced Sunday morning that it had selected the contract of veteran utility player Emilio Bonifacio from Triple-A Gwinnett.


One problem, The AP noted: Bonifacio isn't eligible to be on the Braves' 25-man roster until Saturday (it hasn't been 30 days since the Braves released him and then re-signed him to a minor-league contract).

Reliever Chris Withrow, sent down, already had blown the Windy City, so the Braves had only 24 players available Sunday, despite the fact Bonifacio was wandering the visitors' clubhouse Sunday morning at Wrigley.

[Sportsforever]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

I didn't know the Braves had become a publicaly traded company but this story is funny on several levels. Although for any of you who might dabble in the stock market could be a value as a buy low point:

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb-news...ligible-player

I saw the story about Bonifacio this AM...just ineptitude at its finest. How a professional sports team botches something like that I don't know, but it doesn't give one confidence that people know what they are doing.

[AC]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

In all fairness I believe the Jays did something like that this year as well.

[Sportsforever]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

In all fairness I believe the Jays did something like that this year as well.

It is a rule I didn't know existed...so I get it, but then I'm not paid to know the rules. I'd expect all these front offices to have a team of people who's sole purpose in life is to know this stuff and verify every move before it's made.

[TripleCrown9]

Re: MLB Off-Topic

Apparently ESPN aired the 'Four Days in October' 30 for 30 today, and completely removed everything about Game 6, featuring former employee Curt Schilling.