IdahoBert

Has Andrew Romine, been universally known as “All 9 Romine” for a long time and I merely missed it or did Jason Beck just make this up? Have I been walking around for years unaware of this? I am not a ‘Sports Bro’ and don’t watch or listen to wall to wall sports shows or podcasts so I could’ve missed this if this is where it was proclaimed. I don’t go to a lot of bars either where drunk people are celebrating and screaming drunk people sorts of stuff which is the only other place it could’ve been slurred into common parlance and seared on to the surface of the collective unconscious . I’ve never heard it here which I think if it were actually a real thing is where I would’ve heard it.

You want to take your kids to a ball game but it lasts four hours. It’s an amenity for parents. I’ve only seen one game at Comerica because I live 2000 miles away so I don’t know how often those amenities, however, are actually used.

If anybody likes video games, Bailey is like Elena in Uncharted. and Jennifer is like Chloe. I like Elena even though she never kills as many people as Chloe.

Does anyone know how the MLB owners structure their bargaining team? Although the owners all are “haves“ in the largest sense, in the specific sense of their relation to each other there are definitely haves and have nots. The have nots can’t have the same exact interests as the huge big money teams. I tried to find something on the Internet explaining the structure of the ownership negotiating group in this regard and was unsuccessful. Does Manfred just end up making the decision and then he has to sell it to the other owners? Do they have a small representative group representing each fraction of the owners at large? Do they take a vote and the majority rules or do they need a super majority? I doubt if they are like the anarchists at Occupy Wall Street and feel compelled to achieve some form of consensus.

It’s much easier for the owners to use the “divide and conquer“ strategy than the players.

That’s why Al Gore invented steroids.

The World Series ended November 2 and could’ve gone longer. Adding more teams would make the season go even deeper into November. And there’s no way they’re going to shorten the season to accommodate expanded playoffs. And teams that are wild cards now would justifiably have to be bumped up to at least a three- or five-game series? A bunch of crappy one-game playoffs seems like a stupid “reward“ punishing better teams and rewarding worse ones. And you end up going until the middle of November? Every opportunity to generate more revenue isn’t always good. Amalgamated Puppy Grinders is not a good idea even though it may create jobs, and neither is playing halfway through November.

I think this whole thing could drag out for quite a while.

Now I’m serious again …

Me so happy. I can’t add anything that hasn’t already been said. This isn’t perfect but it’s extremely positive, and rooting for perfection is a waste of time. I just hope we have baseball this next year.

I am hoping for something big to happen so I keep checking my “sources” and it is such a letdown to see that instead of a headline about a big signing the main story right now on the Tigers mlb.com page is “Here’s One thing for every team to be thankful for.” Noooooooo! I’m like a kid who just wants to see his fancy shortstop package dressed out with a navy blue and orange ribbon under the Christmas tree even if it’s weeks before the big day and I’m being told instead to be “thankful” for whatever else it is I already have. @&$#! When DD and Mr. Ilitch managed Christmas the world was a better place.

This is like being promised to go out for ice cream and dad instead comes back from the IGA with monkey puke yellow Sealtest ice milk. I really liked the idea of a fancy, good hitting slick SS.

I think $341 million is clearly drunken sailor territory.

I will ultimately reveal the truth that I am Iron Man when I am darn good and ready.

Wherever he goes out the people always shout there goes … (oh heck I see everybody beat me to it).

I want to have something to be thankful for on Thanksgiving.

I hate having hope. Hope is a cruel skank.

They go with where the player made “his most indelible mark.” Right now JV has played only two complete seasons and a portion of one with the Astros. Unless he goes George Blanda and pitches into his 50s he goes into the HOF as a Tiger.

Carlos Correa doesn’t think Derek Jeter deserved any of his Gold Gloves. Got a big case of man love for this guy. https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/amp/Astros-Carlos-Correa-Yankees-Derek-Jeter-Glove-SS-16624758.php

As I recall he then found his bearings.

Tork and Greene are not going to get any better facing still more AAA and AAAA pitching. Both have demonstrated an ability to adapt to increasing challenge and that additional challenge is only available in the majors. The future is now. Vincere vel mori!

Detroit is a team that’s going places. Being a part of that is exciting. As for the “Detroit tax” I can’t see why “where“ makes a difference for a player. They are in their team’s city only half the time. They have to work late. They have few days off, and sex workers are top-shelf everywhere if you have the money.

I have only tried to access the site on my iPhone and until a few minutes ago it’s been down almost all day for me aside from a window of about 20 minutes earlier today.