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06-15-2020, 07:46 PM | #631 | |
In Search of a Life
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06-15-2020, 08:52 PM | #632 | |
Mod Team
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06-15-2020, 09:10 PM | #633 | |
The Insider
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What Royals pitcher gave up a home run to McGwire in the 1998 season? |
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06-15-2020, 09:23 PM | #634 |
sorta mod-ish
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06-15-2020, 09:27 PM | #635 |
fides quaerens intellectum
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What was the documentary?
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06-16-2020, 06:51 AM | #636 |
Has a particular set of skills
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06-16-2020, 07:32 AM | #637 |
Hockey Town
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06-16-2020, 02:46 PM | #638 |
MVP
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06-16-2020, 02:55 PM | #639 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
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{kicks cat...walks away grumbling} |
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06-16-2020, 02:57 PM | #640 |
Hockey Town
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Oh man that list basically means they don't think very highly of the Royals system...
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06-16-2020, 03:02 PM | #641 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
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Ownership essentially drew a line in the sand at the amount of money they'd have paid the players during a 50 game 'mandated' season. And they used THAT as their anchoring position. So the players called their bluff. I mean Jesus - how disingenuous could they be? And how AWFUL at negotiating are they? Did it really never occur to them that the Players might walk away from the table when their last offer was essentially "sure, we'll play a 72 game season if you'll play those extra 22 for free...." I mean shit, if their goal was to be sneaky and come up with some kind of compromise position so that the players wouldn't file a grievance, at least give them ANYTHING to encourage them to do so. That last offer from MLB was a near carbon copy of the 50 game total payout that the players would have to play 72 games to earn. There was never any chance at all the players would accept it. So either the owners are just catastrophically bad at this, or there was never a good faith belief that they were gonna mandate those 50 games anyway. Hell, it's almost certainly both. I used to think they were greedy shitheads but at this point I'm going back to Hanlzon's Razor - never ascribe to malice that which can be attributed to stupidity. The owners are just ****ing dumb. |
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06-17-2020, 07:33 AM | #642 |
The man you could post like.
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06-17-2020, 07:36 AM | #643 | |
Hockey Town
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06-17-2020, 11:32 AM | #644 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
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It wouldn't do anything to get them around Rule 5 roster requirements and if you aren't on a 40 man pushing to the big leagues by year 7, you'll be gone by year 8 anyway. No team's gonna carry you on their 40 man for 3+ years to protect you from the Rule 5 and just bury you perpetually in AAA. There's not much worth huffing about there. There are very few players of any consequence ever lost to minor league free agency. Ryan Ludwick is the only one I can think of off the top of my head. |
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06-17-2020, 12:12 PM | #645 |
The man you could post like.
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Had a productive meeting today, whatever that means
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