gehringer_2 Posted July 6 Posted July 6 7 hours ago, StrangeBird said: It‘s definitely possible that there are other important goods in life equivalent in value to personal freedom, including meaningful connection with others. Yes - in the US I think we've come to conflate political liberty with personal freedom and they are not the same thing. I think that without doubt there are things higher on the hierarchy of meaning than personal freedom. Quote
romad1 Posted July 6 Posted July 6 Montreal did nothing to lose their franchise. They deserve another shot. The only sweetener they could include in their package would be a devotion to sports betting in all aspects of life. The city motto will change to: "Je parie ma maison sur la victoire de l'équipe de Montréal dans ce match." Or whatever the correct human translation of that would be. Quote
IdahoBert Posted July 6 Posted July 6 22 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: Not to worry, If third party reports are accurate Merton didn't either. 😉 What is he reported to be guilty of doing toward the end of his life? Quote
casimir Posted July 6 Posted July 6 20 hours ago, Tiger337 said: Montreal is all that matters. Oui, tres bien, mon ami. Allez les Expos! 1 Quote
Tiger337 Posted July 6 Posted July 6 50 minutes ago, romad1 said: Montreal did nothing to lose their franchise. They deserve another shot. The only sweetener they could include in their package would be a devotion to sports betting in all aspects of life. The city motto will change to: "Je parie ma maison sur la victoire de l'équipe de Montréal dans ce match." Or whatever the correct human translation of that would be. Yes, I still believe they were pushed out. They did quite well when they were winning and I think they could do well again. . Quote
casimir Posted July 6 Posted July 6 18 hours ago, KL2 said: Portland - It seems like there is a BGH here and people have romanticized Portland as a baseball town, since baseball does have an appeal to more intellectual folks. But has minor league baseball ever thrived in Portland? Plus, the politics in Portland is a nightmare. Someone isn't up on their current events. The legislature just passed a bill for $800 million in bonds for the stadium That legislature move is interesting. I was under the impression that there wasn't much local public interest in an MLB team there. They have not had minor baseball there since 2010 unless you count summer collegiate baseball. Maybe they need to bring back the Portland Mavericks for a popularity kick? Quote
Sports_Freak Posted July 6 Posted July 6 17 hours ago, IdahoBert said: I only just now realized that your picture is of Arthur Schopenhauer. The old woman dies the burden is lifted. I thought it was Keith Richards...😆 Quote
lordstanley Posted July 6 Posted July 6 Problem with both Montreal and Vancouver is the lack of a ballpark and the C$ exchange rate. I think the latter could be overcome. Of the two, Montreal is a better baseball city and more likely to get a team again someday. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted July 6 Posted July 6 (edited) 2 hours ago, IdahoBert said: What is he reported to be guilty of doing toward the end of his life? When it comes to RCC strictures, I'd say 'guilt' is in the eye of beholder, but her name was Margie. Much like the character in "of Human Bondage" Merton had a passion that his disciplines still did not free him of. Edited July 6 by gehringer_2 Quote
gehringer_2 Posted July 6 Posted July 6 36 minutes ago, lordstanley said: Problem with both Montreal and Vancouver is the lack of a ballpark and the C$ exchange rate. I think the latter could be overcome. Of the two, Montreal is a better baseball city and more likely to get a team again someday. Right - I don't the exchange rate should be an issue per se. You pay the going rates US dollar terms. The team's income will be higher measured in SCA as well so it's just a conversion factor. Tax rates on the other hand..... Quote
HeyAbbott Posted July 6 Posted July 6 Won't expansion be a great destabilizing influence for MLB? Baseball is in great danger of becoming like watching the Harlem Globetrotters versus the Washington Generals. The league is in danger of becoming pure entertainment, like professional wrasslin' in my estimation, with nary any true sport in sight Granted we are not there yet, but when there is basically 4 teams and 26 dwarves, competition suffers. Quote
IdahoBert Posted July 6 Posted July 6 1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said: When it comes to RCC strictures, I'd say 'guilt' is in the eye of beholder, but her name was Margie. Much like the character in "of Human Bondage" Merton had a passion that his disciplines still did not free him of. Yes. This is par for the course of being human. He was in great physical pain in the hospital and he fell in love with a student nurse after years of monastic abstinence. But he wasn’t stealing from widows and orphans, he wasn’t expropriating land from the peasantry and driving them into starvation, and he wasn’t leading wars against infidels, so none of this diminishes him in my eyes to the point that I would think that his spiritual insights were tainted. Quote
chasfh Posted July 6 Posted July 6 19 hours ago, Tiger337 said: Also, not going to go over well with the union especially with agreement soon coming to an end. It also would not go over well with the other owners since less money would be flowing into the game. Flip side: contract, then re-expand into those contracted markets after a number of years. Instant windfall. Quote
chasfh Posted July 6 Posted July 6 18 hours ago, Tenacious D said: Nashville Cats and the Salt Lake Sister Wives? Sure, why not? I don’t care about Salt Lake, mainly because I know they’re going to choose a stupid minor-leaguey-type name. But I’m hoping against hope the Nashville private equity corp retains the Nashville Sounds name. Probably less than 10% chance they do. It may not even be in the consideration set. It’ll probably be the Nashville Thundering Turtles or something equally idiotic. Quote
chasfh Posted July 6 Posted July 6 (edited) 4 hours ago, casimir said: Oui, tres bien, mon ami. Allez les Expos! Allons-y Expos! (Don’t pronounce that final “s”, though.) Edited July 6 by chasfh Quote
chasfh Posted July 6 Posted July 6 1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said: Right - I don't the exchange rate should be an issue per se. You pay the going rates US dollar terms. The team's income will be higher measured in SCA as well so it's just a conversion factor. Tax rates on the other hand..... Sure, all the players will get paid in US dollars, but Canadian businesses doing business in Canada operate under the Canadian dollar, and if the value of CAD goes down, so does the value of the business. SCA: is that the Specialty Coffee Association Canada Chapter? Because that’s the main result when i search for whatever the hell that means. https://scacanada.coffee/ Quote
gehringer_2 Posted July 6 Posted July 6 1 minute ago, chasfh said: Sure, all the players will get paid in US dollars, but Canadian businesses doing business in Canada operate under the Canadian dollar, and if the value of CAD goes down, so does the value of the business. SCA: is that the Specialty Coffee Association Canada Chapter? Because that’s the main result when i search for whatever the hell that means. https://scacanada.coffee/ that was supposed to be a dollar sign - I think it got spellchecked out and I didn't notice... $CA Quote
chasfh Posted July 6 Posted July 6 2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: that was supposed to be a dollar sign - I think it got spellchecked out and I didn't notice... $CA FWIW, CAD is the official international designation for Canadian currency. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted July 6 Posted July 6 3 minutes ago, chasfh said: FWIW, CAD is the official international designation for Canadian currency. too easily confused with a philandering Quebecios. 🤣 Quote
chasfh Posted July 6 Posted July 6 7 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: too easily confused with a philandering Quebecios. 🤣 Quebecios? Is that two people named Quebecio? 😉 Quote
lordstanley Posted July 6 Posted July 6 3 hours ago, chasfh said: Allons-y Expos! (Don’t pronounce that final “s”, though.) You can even say Go Expos! The Quebec government just approved the use of "Go", although not without fierce debate. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/oqlf-go-habs-go-ok-1.7576171 Using 'go' to cheer on sports teams is now OK, says Quebec language watchdog Quebec's language watchdog has changed its tune on whether it's acceptable to use the word "go" to cheer on sports teams. In a new guideline posted in its online dictionary, the Office québécois de la langue française says that while "allez" is the preferred term, it's now "partially legitimized" to use the English word to show encouragement. The flip-flop comes after the office took a hard line with Montreal's transit agency, pressing it for months in 2024 to scrub the word "go" from the electronic signs on more than 1,000 city buses. The reversal followed a public outcry on the eve of the Montreal Canadiens' first playoff home game in April, when the Montreal Gazette reported how the transit agency had replaced "Go! Canadiens Go!" with "Allez! Canadiens Allez!" to stay on the watchdog's good side. The reversal followed a public outcry on the eve of the Montreal Canadiens' first playoff home game in April, when the Montreal Gazette reported how the transit agency had replaced "Go! Canadiens Go!" with "Allez! Canadiens Allez!" to stay on the watchdog's good side. A similar complaint in 2021 targeted the hashtag GoHabsGo that appears in oversized letters outside the Bell Centre in Montreal, the home arena of the Canadiens. The person who filed the complaint suggested that to comply with Quebec's language rules, the expression "Allez les Habitants allez" should appear alongside the English slogan, in larger letters. "And yes, I'm serious, if the law applies, then apply it!:)" the person wrote. 2 Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted Friday at 12:37 AM Author Posted Friday at 12:37 AM Getting medical treatment -- one drop at a time and I am bored.................... Here's the MLB expansion (in 2031) AL East Baltimore Boston New York Yankees Toronto AL North Chicago White Sox Cleveland Detroit Minnesota AL South Atlanta Kansas City Orlando Rays Texas AL West Las Vegas Los Angeles Angels Salt Lake Sting Seattle NL East New York Mets Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington NL South Cicinnati Houston Miami Nashville Stars NL Central Chicago Cubs Colorado Milwaukee St. Louis NL West Arizona Los Angeles Dodgers San Diego San Francisco Schedule. Division Rivals x18 = 54 League Rivals x6 = 72 Interleague Rival (Every year) x12= 12 Interleague Rotaton 4 teams x6 = 24 Interleague Rivals - Trophy Name Baltimore v Washington Beltway Boston v Philadelphia Patriots Yankees v Mets Big Apple Toronto v Arizona The Leftovers Trophy (until Arizona moves to Vancouver then it's the Maple Leaf) White Sox v Cubs Windy City Cleveland v Cincinnati Ohio Detroit v Pittsburgh Rust Belt Minnesota v. Milwaukee Norsemen Atlanta v Nashville - (some sort of southern reference) Kansas CIty v. St. Louis - Show Me Orlando v Miami - Sunshine State Texas v. Houton - Lone Star Las Vegas v San Francisco Screw Oakland Angels v Dodgers - So Cal Salt Lake v Colorado - Rocky Mountain Seattle v San Diego - Vedder Cup (which is actually a real thing now) Playoffs All Division winners get a bid 3 wild cards, the 3 next-best records Seeding is 100% based on record, regardless of standings, so a division winner with 83 wins would be lower than a third-place team with 88 wins First round - Best of 3. #1 gets a bye. 2 vs. 7 - all three games at #2 home 3 vs. 6 - all three games at #2 home 4 vs. 5 - first two games at #4, third game at #5 Second Round best of 5 - all teams re-seeded Third Round best of 7 World Series best of 7 Expansion Draft Each Major League Team can protect 10 players from the 40-man roster and 12 prospects (non-40 man). Expansion teams will be allowed to contact 10/5 players to ask if they would accept being drafted. For every player drafted away from your team, you get to move two players onto the protected list (from the 40 man) For every prospect drafted away from your team, you get to move three prospects onto the protected list No team can lose more than 2 40-man players or more than 3 prospects. The expansion teams will get an extra 2nd round pick (in mid-round) the first year they draft, an extra 3rd round pick (mid-round) their second year and an extra 4th round pick in their third year (end of round). I'm just playing around. I know much of this is very unrealistic. Well, actually, I do believe Tampa Bay >> Orlando and Nashville and Salt Lake as the expansion teams. Quote
romad1 Posted Friday at 11:57 AM Posted Friday at 11:57 AM 11 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said: Getting medical treatment -- one drop at a time and I am bored.................... Here's the MLB expansion (in 2031) AL East Baltimore Boston New York Yankees Toronto AL North Chicago White Sox Cleveland Detroit Minnesota AL South Atlanta Kansas City Orlando Rays Texas AL West Las Vegas Los Angeles Angels Salt Lake Sting Seattle NL East New York Mets Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington NL South Cicinnati Houston Miami Nashville Stars NL Central Chicago Cubs Colorado Milwaukee St. Louis NL West Arizona Los Angeles Dodgers San Diego San Francisco Schedule. Division Rivals x18 = 54 League Rivals x6 = 72 Interleague Rival (Every year) x12= 12 Interleague Rotaton 4 teams x6 = 24 Interleague Rivals - Trophy Name Baltimore v Washington Beltway Boston v Philadelphia Patriots Yankees v Mets Big Apple Toronto v Arizona The Leftovers Trophy (until Arizona moves to Vancouver then it's the Maple Leaf) White Sox v Cubs Windy City Cleveland v Cincinnati Ohio Detroit v Pittsburgh Rust Belt Minnesota v. Milwaukee Norsemen Atlanta v Nashville - (some sort of southern reference) Kansas CIty v. St. Louis - Show Me Orlando v Miami - Sunshine State Texas v. Houton - Lone Star Las Vegas v San Francisco Screw Oakland Angels v Dodgers - So Cal Salt Lake v Colorado - Rocky Mountain Seattle v San Diego - Vedder Cup (which is actually a real thing now) Playoffs All Division winners get a bid 3 wild cards, the 3 next-best records Seeding is 100% based on record, regardless of standings, so a division winner with 83 wins would be lower than a third-place team with 88 wins First round - Best of 3. #1 gets a bye. 2 vs. 7 - all three games at #2 home 3 vs. 6 - all three games at #2 home 4 vs. 5 - first two games at #4, third game at #5 Second Round best of 5 - all teams re-seeded Third Round best of 7 World Series best of 7 Expansion Draft Each Major League Team can protect 10 players from the 40-man roster and 12 prospects (non-40 man). Expansion teams will be allowed to contact 10/5 players to ask if they would accept being drafted. For every player drafted away from your team, you get to move two players onto the protected list (from the 40 man) For every prospect drafted away from your team, you get to move three prospects onto the protected list No team can lose more than 2 40-man players or more than 3 prospects. The expansion teams will get an extra 2nd round pick (in mid-round) the first year they draft, an extra 3rd round pick (mid-round) their second year and an extra 4th round pick in their third year (end of round). I'm just playing around. I know much of this is very unrealistic. Well, actually, I do believe Tampa Bay >> Orlando and Nashville and Salt Lake as the expansion teams. Detroit and Pittsburgh? Why is this a thing besides one hockey series? Detroit and Chicago would be one I could enjoy. Detroit vs. Toronto since we are good neighbors and have a baseball-related history. Besides that, maybe a Detroit vs. NL team we played in a World Series would work. Detroit vs. St. Louis since we have a lot of post-season experience against each other (as with the Cubs). Quote
romad1 Posted Friday at 11:58 AM Posted Friday at 11:58 AM (edited) 1 minute ago, romad1 said: Detroit and Pittsburgh? Why is this a thing besides one hockey series? Detroit and Chicago would be one I could enjoy. Detroit vs. Toronto since we are good neighbors and have a baseball-related history. Besides that, maybe a Detroit vs. NL team we played in a World Series would work. Detroit vs. St. Louis since we have a lot of post-season experience against each other (as with the Cubs). Also, rustbelt is derogatory. [Walter Sobchak aside] Edited Friday at 11:59 AM by romad1 Quote
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