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What happens is that the people that run the city need to use money to run the city and not coddle billionaires. They are right to tell these rich bastards to pay for their own park, but then they suffer for being right. They've offered to help pay for things, but not the whole thing. The fans in Oakland are good fans, but yeah, they don't show up when the team sucks. Same thing as here. Comerica Park was pretty empty until the end of August. But if the Tigers pulled what Fisher did and intentionally tanked to drive down attendance "See, they don't support us", Detroit would react the same way Oakland did. So would most other cities. The A's will have more support in Sacramento than they will in Las Vegas. Sure, the first year in Vegas will be great, but after that, they'll be drawing about the same as they did in Oakland. Too many other distractions in Vegas.

Does that mean they never play on Tuesdays and always suck in July?

Boy, if you were a Mariners fan, how pissed would you be at this offseason? One game away from making the playoffs last year and they've done NOTHING. The Rangers are going to rebound and don't snooze on the A's. The A's could actually be sneaky good this coming season. They have gone from an ugly situation where the fans were getting their hearts ripped out, and players were getting minor leagued for showing fan support to now being in a situation where a fan base is going to be auditioning for an future MLB franchise and they will be extremely supportive. They made some decent moves this offseason. The Astros also made moves to try to keep their hold on the division. But the Mariners? Well, at least they get to be in the same division as the Angels.

No, we need him for when AJ uses 9 pitchers out of the bullpen.

This Red Sox thing is getting ugly. LOL.

Yeah, that was when that guy reached for it and hurt his hand, I remember that.

My garbage did NOT get picked up because some idiot parked in front of my house and the automatic truck could not get close enough to pick up the bin. Car stayed there for about two weeks and my next door neighbor let me put my bin in front of his house the next week.

Tork for Devers. Make it happen !

I took my garbage out at about 2pm once (our pick up day is Monday) because I knew I wouldn't be home until about 1am and I didn't want to make noise. One of my neighbors must have called it in because I had a warning notice on my door about taking my garbage out before 5pm.........This is on a Sunday, mind you. I think it was a $300 fine if I did it again. You want to know how much noise I made taking out my garbage late the next time? I made sure that wheelie bin made bumped everything it could on the way to the driveway. Yet, there is a woman, who NEVER EVER shovels her sidewalk or throws salt down...........and this is not an old lady incapable of doing it, either. She has plenty of physical strength to fill her backyard, garage and house with junk (she's a hoarder), but can't clean her sideway. Never gets a ticket or a warning. Ever. I take out the garbage 3 hours early and I'm a criminal EDIT: It's a non-HOA neighborhood. I'd never live in a HOA neighborhood.

The teams never did anything during their careers. Cracked the playoffs a couple times but were eliminated immediately. I'd like to see Trout get a shot at a ring, unless it's the Dodgers or Mets. The Angels wasted him just like the Lions wasted Barry and Calvin.

Coudn't stay healthy

No, but the Browns are trailblazers.

Waste of a brilliant career. See: Barry Sanders & Calvin Johnson

New season. New thread I see that Mike Trout is moving to RF. Cool. That'll clear a path for Anthony Rendon to move to CF when he gets back...........in 2027.

As the band Gomez says - He's got Options. But again, we're gonna pass over Sweeney (and others) to make room for Zach McKinstry. Why? Because he's left handed? He's career .220 against right handed pitching. Because he can play multiple positions? So can most of the roster. This is like the Red Wings bringing back Dan Cleary for four years too long. I'd rather take my chances with Sweeney, Lee, or even Navigato. They all may suck, but who knows? I know what Zach is. Nothing personal, but he will give you those two weeks that make you think "Hey, what about this guy?" and then resort to sucking again. Raburn 2.0. He played multiple positions too.

Maybe Javier Baez returns to career norms (which are much lower after 3 sad years here). What a revelation that would be to have the player we hoped we were getting. More likely we'll be hoping for a return to the Injured List by June. Maybe Tork's mental cleanse worked (I don't blame him for it, (they were ♫ twistin' his melon, man. I mean they talked so much hittin' they twisted his melon, man, call the cops ♫). How cool would it be to see him force his way onto this team by looking great? More likely that he's only on this team if there are injuries, or he's traded by St. Patty's Day. Maybe Casey Mize shows a glimmer of why he was a 1/1 after a year of Tommy John recovery. Waiting to hear how he looks this Spring. Haven't heard much. More likely that we take our lumps with the flameout of two 1/1's in the same year. Maybe Kenta shows he belongs on a major league pitching staff again. More likely that he's just done, one of those, once you lose it, it's just gone type of deals. Maybe Parker Meadows puts a full season together that looks like his August & September run of last year. You get that guy for a full season, he's an All-Star. More likely that he remains uneven, but frustratingly tantalizes us with flashes. I'll keep my hopes up that he's not another JaCoby Jones/Mikie Mahtook - who had these runs that made you think "wow, if they could put it all together". I don't think he is. I think he's better than that. They wouldn't have made the playoffs without him last year. Maybe Gleyber Torres lives in those power alleys, like I think he could. Not having that short porch in NYC tempting you into swinging out of your shoes might actually be a benefit for him. Show me a guy who hits line drives and I'll show you a guy that thrives at Comerica Park. More likely that he still takes long swings and flies out too much. Maybe Hao-Yu Lee is the Kerry Carpenter of this year. Nobody in the mainstream is talking about him but he looks like a guy who could possibly be someone who plays in such a manner that you CAN'T leave him out of the lineup. More likely that he gets tucked away in Toledo to make room for McKinstry and Baez, who bring next to nothing. Maybe our infield doesn't look like we have 3 or 4 DH's trying to prove something defensively. An infield with an just-learning Keith-Torres-Jung/McKinstry is not going to help our pitchers much. Don't know what to think of Sweeney and Baez in the field See, it's 17 degrees outside. The wind chill is 0. I have to shovel again today. I have a nasty cold. Not working today because of Felons Day, so I am kind of bored. February sucks, I need baseball desperately now. We need a live feed of Spring Training. I'll watch calisthenics, for crying out loud. Enough of this already. Just give me something other than speculation ! Give me green grass and sunny skies. Give me baseball NOW ! Bonus points if you can name that song reference - you'll need to be into Brit Pop

It's been speculated - by me. Am I any less credible than any of the "official" speculators that kept putting Bregman on the Tigers? I think I was always in the camp of him not coming here, but started to believe these arseholes because they kept saying it. I think I stated on here plenty of times that it would end up being short term Boston or maybe the Cubs, I may have said one year, but it kind of is a one-year contract, from his point of view. I was just flipping through rosters and saw that the Mariners could use someone like that. For a team that only missed the playoffs by one game and was in first place n the AL West as late as August 10th, that maybe, just maybe they'd be willing to take a real shot at it. They did NOTHING this offseason. They were a bigger disappointment than the Orioles. The Mariners just kind of sat it out, hoping that their pitching was so good that it didn't matter. Yes, their pitching is good, but they're not avoiding pitcher injuries forever. Seems like Tork would be the kind of guy they'd take a chance on. If I was a Mariners fan, I'd be livid over this offseason. So I am speculating. Luke Raley at first? Um, okay.

7 more women accuse Justin Tucker. Do the Browns need a kicker?

Torkelson to the Mariners?

Always nice to beat Ohio State, no matter the sport

Bonderman's change up is looking great and Miggy's lost weight !

Only lightning will stop games this year. They are going to play in heavy rain. Rain Outs are for the weak.

This whole idea of keeping both McKinstry and Baez is annoying. If Jung looks great this Spring and McKinstry is McKinstry, why do we need to keep him. The options? If you're worried about losing a McKinstry, then I don't know what we're doing here. Who cares? The guy's a stiff that has a great 3 week run once a year. He's Ryan Raburn with a better glove. Besides, if they cut him, what are the chances of another team taking him anyway?

Injuries, man, Injuries