RandyMarsh Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Speaking of retirements, Cameron Maybin announced his retirement today after 15 seasons. While he may not have hit his star potential like many expected he carved out a nice little career for himself. I don't think he ever got that nice multi year contract though but still 15 years of MLB salary is a nice chunk of change. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 43 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said: Speaking of retirements, Cameron Maybin announced his retirement today after 15 seasons. While he may not have hit his star potential like many expected he carved out a nice little career for himself. I don't think he ever got that nice multi year contract though but still 15 years of MLB salary is a nice chunk of change. Bbref shows just under $39M in career salary. That ain’t a bad living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, casimir said: Bbref shows just under $39M in career salary. That ain’t a bad living. Nope, even if you made 100k a year, you'd have to work 8 lifetimes over at 50 years each to make that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 minute ago, RandyMarsh said: Nope, even if you made 100k a year, you'd have to work 8 lifetimes over at 50 years each to make that much. Yeah, but the tax rate is what gets you on the baseball career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdahoBert Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow February 2 will the lockout be over in six weeks for six months? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow February 2 will the lockout be over in six weeks for six months? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 I don't have the MLB Network so maybe they have been keeping things up to date but I find it odd how quiet everything is about the negotiations. Like I remember the strike in 94 Sportscenter would have updates on it on like a nightly basis but I haven't heard anything about this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfife Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 31 minutes ago, casimir said: Bbref shows just under $39M in career salary. That ain’t a bad living. Just coming here to post this one... I dont keep good records but I think I saw his first mlb game, it was at Yankee stadium, I could be wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, pfife said: Just coming here to post this one... I dont keep good records but I think I saw his first mlb game, it was at Yankee stadium, I could be wrong. Yep it was at Yankee Stadium, I vividly remember going out to the bar to watch it. He ended up taking Clemens deep in his second game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfife Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 I think I went to that one too. We went to the entire series of games. Another recollection I have which could be wrong is tigers had a grand slam in the first inning of one of the games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 23 minutes ago, pfife said: Just coming here to post this one... I dont keep good records but I think I saw his first mlb game, it was at Yankee stadium, I could be wrong. sounds like a natural for the broadcast booth, he could tell inside stories about half the teams in the league! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 hour ago, RandyMarsh said: I don't think he ever got that nice multi year contract not yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) I don't know the whole details but from what I can decipher among various MLB pundits tweets it seems that Rosenthal was fired from MLB Network due to comments he made about Manfred. I guess Manfred didn't like them and basically forced MLB Network's hand. Just another reason to hate him. Edited January 4, 2022 by RandyMarsh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermojo Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 hour ago, RandyMarsh said: I don't have the MLB Network so maybe they have been keeping things up to date but I find it odd how quiet everything is about the negotiations. Like I remember the strike in 94 Sportscenter would have updates on it on like a nightly basis but I haven't heard anything about this one. They had meetings twice in December regarding issues not related to economics. No meetings have been scheduled since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 12 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said: I don't know the whole details but from what I can decipher among various MLB pundits tweets it seems that Rosenthal was fired from MLB Network due to comments he made about Manfred. I guess Manfred didn't like them and basically forced MLB Network's hand. Just another reason to hate him. How the hell does he survive this? Manfred is a joke............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gehringer_2 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 43 minutes ago, oblong said: a Driveline guy? Kewl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 11 hours ago, RandyMarsh said: I don't have the MLB Network so maybe they have been keeping things up to date but I find it odd how quiet everything is about the negotiations. Like I remember the strike in 94 Sportscenter would have updates on it on like a nightly basis but I haven't heard anything about this one. Was the 94 strike on SportsCenter during the offseason, or at least, at this time of the offseason? Seems like football and basketball would have occupied a good amount of its time. Honestly, I wasn't expecting much discussion about the current situation until after the new year started. Looking at my calendar...... hey, Thursday is the Epiphany. Maybe that's a good sign? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 You won't hear anything legit on MLB Network regarding the lockout. It's not a real journalism device. It's a mouth piece for the league. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinzaki Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 ESPN was covering the NHL in 1994 and they had their usual glut of college hoops...hey had a lot to talk about other than baseball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblong Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 I saw a David Aldridge tweet about his time on TNT and he'd criticize David Stern and then get called and chewed out... but never fired. Big difference is that TNT and ESPN and the likes are the customers to the leagues. They give them the money so the league can't be as forceful. MLB Network IS the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 7 hours ago, oblong said: You won't hear anything legit on MLB Network regarding the lockout. It's not a real journalism device. It's a mouth piece for the league. MLB Radio on Sirius must only be affiliated and not owned by MLB. Or the ex players on air just don't give a rip about any backlash for openly rooting for the players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 10 minutes ago, casimir said: MLB Radio on Sirius must only be affiliated and not owned by MLB. Or the ex players on air just don't give a rip about any backlash for openly rooting for the players. There is a difference between ex-players and a reporter. There is no reasonable way they can expect an ex-player to side with the owners or to even be neutral. They are going to support their bros. But they may require a reporter to be at least neutral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious D Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 20 hours ago, IdahoBert said: If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow February 2 will the lockout be over in six weeks for six months? MLBTradeRumors is running a contest, asking visitors to pick the date this gets resolved. I selected March 14th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 10 hours ago, oblong said: You won't hear anything legit on MLB Network regarding the lockout. It's not a real journalism device. It's a mouth piece for the league. And now that Rosenthal is gone, it's become even more of a garbage network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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