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[Scott]

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Rangers extend RP Jose Leclerc. 4 years, $14.75M plus 2 option years worth a potential $12.25M

[Majingir]

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Good news: Rays changed their logo
Bad news: It's basically same logo as before

They're also keeping the Devil Rays logo they had last year. Sleeve patch on alternate, and having throwback jersey for a few games this year.


Can Rays and Brewers stop messing around already and just do the right thing to their primaries?

[BigOscar]

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So the previous question is all but answered, but until BigOscar or someone else chimes in, I'll just keep going with that second question. I realize it's not as easy of a question as I thought as you'd probably just keep playing guessing games, so I'll try and leave some subtler hints (I can get more specific with all three if no one still gets it):

After Opening Day 2019 passes, there is a team that will have seen a different starting left fielder on Opening Day for each of the past thirteen seasons. Name that team, and name the player that started that streak in 2007.

• One of the starters is now a coach on an MLB club.
• One of the starters is affiliated with a sports programming network.
• The 2007 player who started the streak was also an All-Star in 2007.
• The 2018 Opening Day starter is also the only one on the list to have even played in the MLB in 2018.

I'd guess the Rays? Maybe Rocco Baldelli? Feel like we've had a lot of pretty dodgy outfielders

[Majingir]

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Another ASG change is having 2 rounds of voting.

Top 3 at each position makes it into the final ballot and fans will have 1 day of voting to choose the starters.

[CMH]

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Why yes, yes he would. [emoji38]

Wouldn't he be a double digit single digit?

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[SPTO]

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Another ASG change is having 2 rounds of voting.

Top 3 at each position makes it into the final ballot and fans will have 1 day of voting to choose the starters.

STOP MONKEYING AROUND!

Now they're mucking up All-Star voting? Didn't they learn from their last experience with the All-Star Game?

[Themayorofawsometown]

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Another ASG change is having 2 rounds of voting.

Top 3 at each position makes it into the final ballot and fans will have 1 day of voting to choose the starters.

Sounds absolutely pointless

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[LambertandHam]

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STOP MONKEYING AROUND!

Now they're mucking up All-Star voting? Didn't they learn from their last experience with the All-Star Game?

Gotta get that TV money.

[dubcity]

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MORE CHANGES? JESUS CHRIST

[redsox4evur]

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STOP MONKEYING AROUND!

Now they're mucking up All-Star voting? Didn't they learn from their last experience with the All-Star Game?

Not sure if you're serious or not but if you are, the ASG has pointless for the last 2-3 years. There has literally been 0 reason to even turn it on. So why should it matter if they change up how the voting goes when game itself literally means nothing and has 0 implications?

[TripleCrown9]

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The MLB All-Star Game is literally the only one worth watching.

And changes to the voting process don't change that one bit.

[Themayorofawsometown]

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Not sure if you're serious or not but if you are, the ASG has pointless for the last 2-3 years. There has literally been 0 reason to even turn it on. So why should it matter if they change up how the voting goes when game itself literally means nothing and has 0 implications?

Exactly I'd rather them try and fail than keep everything the same for the old heads

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[BigOscar]

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Not sure if you're serious or not but if you are, the ASG has pointless for the last 2-3 years. There has literally been 0 reason to even turn it on. So why should it matter if they change up how the voting goes when game itself literally means nothing and has 0 implications?

Yeah I imagine they saw the year where the entire Cubs lineup got voted in, including Addison Russell hitting something like .230 and thought "yeah, this isn't exactly working"

[SPTO]

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Not sure if you're serious or not but if you are, the ASG has pointless for the last 2-3 years. There has literally been 0 reason to even turn it on. So why should it matter if they change up how the voting goes when game itself literally means nothing and has 0 implications?

I was half serious.

At least it's the only ASG worth a damn.

[Blzer]

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As for the ASG conversation, I love it in the MLB.

It's also one of the areas where I think they got pace of play right: with the HRD round timer.

So the previous question is all but answered, but until BigOscar or someone else chimes in, I'll just keep going with that second question. I realize it's not as easy of a question as I thought as you'd probably just keep playing guessing games, so I'll try and leave some subtler hints (I can get more specific with all three if no one still gets it):

After Opening Day 2019 passes, there is a team that will have seen a different starting left fielder on Opening Day for each of the past thirteen seasons. Name that team, and name the player that started that streak in 2007.

• One of the starters is now a coach on an MLB club.
• One of the starters is affiliated with a sports programming network.
• The 2007 player who started the streak was also an All-Star in 2007.
• The 2018 Opening Day starter is also the only one on the list to have even played in the MLB in 2018.

I'd guess the Rays? Maybe Rocco Baldelli? Feel like we've had a lot of pretty dodgy outfielders

Good guess, but nope. I'll slightly add to my hints:

• The 2008 Opening Day starter is now a manager.
• The 2010 Opening Day starter is now on MLB Network.
• The 2007 Opening Day starter (who started the variance streak) was said starter for the team for several years, though was injured for one of them and couldn't start.
• The 2018 Opening Day starter is currently trying out for an AL West team, as is the 2017 Opening Day starter.

By the way, I have to clarify that I came up with these trivia questions myself. I don't think there really are any holes in them to speak of, but if they're a bit too difficult that may be why.

Wouldn't he be a double digit single digit?

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I... don't know?

He has one digit on the back of his jersey.