2025 MLB Thread

[chasfh]

4 minutes ago, 1776 said:

That’s the buzz on the boards.

Imagine the face to face (or voice to voice, or text to text) pressure they get from gambling interests—the kind they can’t report.

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

McCullers must have ****ed up some guys’ parlays. 

I've seen from pretty vile stuff from gamblers when things don't go their way.  This post was made after Arraez was carried off the field on a stretcher after his terrible collision at first base.  

https://x.com/hittinslips/status/1914096393062588737

[HeyAbbott]

11 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

Attendance was under 5000? At Wrigley Field?

Actually, this was pre-Wrigley field.

[IdahoBert]

4 minutes ago, HeyAbbott said:

Actually, this was pre-Wrigley field.

It’s 1975 but it was a day game. 

[HeyAbbott]

1 minute ago, IdahoBert said:

It’s 1975 but it was a day game. 

OOPs!!! Should have read the link . 1900 was pre- Wrigley, but the post was refering to 1975.My bad!!

[IdahoBert]

6 minutes ago, HeyAbbott said:

OOPs!!! Should have read the link . 1900 was pre- Wrigley, but the post was refering to 1975.My bad!!

When I first saw the link, I immediately thought it was 1875 just as you did, but when I clicked on the box score and I saw Don Kessinger I did a double take, and read it correctly. 

[chasfh]

Donnie Baseball! 

 

[Motor City Sonics]

21 hours ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Nick Maton DFAd by the White Sox.

 

 

What happened to that guy.  His first two years in Philly he was over .250 with a decent OBP of .330

[Sports_Freak]

Donny Kelly got the boot in his 2nd game as manager...thrown out in the 6th inning...lmao

[Sports_Freak]

 

[casimir]

38 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

 

Bud Black was just fired.  Thankfully the Tigers faced them before the Rockies hire the next guy who will no doubt turn them around into immediate winners.

[Tiger337]

9 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

When I first saw the link, I immediately thought it was 1875 just as you did, but when I clicked on the box score and I saw Don Kessinger I did a double take, and read it correctly. 

In 1883, Providence beat Philadelphia 28-0 behind Old Hoss Radbourn.  

[papalawrence]

32 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

In 1883, Providence beat Philadelphia 28-0 behind Old Hoss Radbourn.  

As a kid I had a 1975 fleer all-time greats card of Old Hoss. Good name for a pet dog

[casimir]

43 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

In 1883, Providence beat Philadelphia 28-0 behind Old Hoss Radbourn.  

 

Old Hoss paid homage to Fernando Rodney’s dad when he pitched.

[IdahoBert]

3 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

 

That’s kind of mean, but I get it. 

[papalawrence]

1 hour ago, casimir said:

 

Old Hoss paid homage to Fernando Rodney’s dad when he pitched.

Old Hoss pitched in the 600 inning era. Over 2 seasons (1883-4) he started 141 games, completing 139. He went 108-37. In total he won 300+ games in 11 seasons. I also heard he was an excellent bowler and was the first riverdance phenom

 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=radbou001old

Edited May 12 by papalawrence

[monkeytargets39]

6 hours ago, casimir said:

Bud Black was just fired.  Thankfully the Tigers faced them before the Rockies hire the next guy who will no doubt turn them around into immediate winners.

New manager:  Brad Ausmus

[1776]

Warren Schaeffer will be the “interim” manager. He’s been in the Rockies organization for years. He was managing the Asheville Tourists years back when we saw them play and they were affiliated with Colorado. He played for Asheville prior to getting into coaching. He may work out to be a good choice. 
I agree with what Dave Roberts said in defense of Black upon his firing, (paraphrasing) ‘Casey Stengal couldn’t make this team a winner.’
 

[CMRivdogs]

2 hours ago, 1776 said:

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I agree with what Dave Roberts said in defense of Black upon his firing, (paraphrasing) ‘Casey Stengal couldn’t make this team a winner.’
 

Casey couldn't make the Mets a winner either

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[monkeytargets39]

Pirates have signed Beau Burrows out of the Mexican League.  

[romad1]

4 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Pirates have signed Beau Burrows out of the Mexican League.  

insert Alec Guiness meme of "that's a name I've not heard in a long time" 

[Tigeraholic1]

18 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Pirates have signed Beau Burrows out of the Mexican League.  

[Sports_Freak]

All the pro and con talk about trading Skubal with a year and half of team control? It could be worse. Lmao;

 

[chasfh]

32 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

All the pro and con talk about trading Skubal with a year and half of team control? It could be worse. Lmao;

 

Jed appears to be unclear on the nature of the major league baseball business: namely, it's a legalized monopoly that's essentially a license to print money regardless of the quality of the product.

[Sports_Freak]

41 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Jed appears to be unclear on the nature of the major league baseball business: namely, it's a legalized monopoly that's essentially a license to print money regardless of the quality of the product.

True. Team value increases no matter the product on the field. OTOH, you have teams like the Mets or Dodgers who don't seem to care about spending huge money on payroll. Yes, they're bigger markets and  making more money but they're spending it for the best possible product. And if a team is run properly, they don't need to spend so much. Drafting and developing players can work just as well as giving out huge contracts to established starts. It's just much slower.