What's new
By:
USCHO Fan Forum

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

  • The USCHO Fan Forum has migrated to a new plaform, xenForo. Most of the function of the forum should work in familiar ways. Please note that you can switch between light and dark modes by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right of the main menu bar. We are hoping that this new platform will prove to be faster and more reliable. Please feel free to explore its features.

2016 MLB Season - Curses, foiled again?

Status
Not open for further replies.
JF_Gophers said:
Only the NL hated the ASG deciding home field. Since they lost 11 of 14. Haha.
Click to expand...

But they won 8 of 14 World Series titles under the rules.
Cardinals and Giants represented five of the eight wins.
And of the six American League wins, three were the Boston Red Sox.
 
aparch said:
But they won 8 of 14 World Series titles under the rules.
Cardinals and Giants represented five of the eight wins.
And of the six American League wins, three were the Boston Red Sox.
Click to expand...

No accounting for AL teams blowing it. Looking at you Rangers and Indians.
 
Re: 2016 MLB Season - Curses, foiled again?

He may be on the move to here???

@jonmorosi: #Pirates and #Nationals have had serious talks about an Andrew McCutchen trade, source confirms @Ken_Rosenthal and @jaysonst reports. @MLB
 
Re: 2016 MLB Season - Curses, foiled again?

aparch said:
Baseball avoids a lockout and agrees to a five year CBA (expires after 2021 season).

Changes: Really none. A couple minor changes to draft picks for FA signings. No International Draft. Luxury Tax will increase over the life of the CBA, but not by much.
Click to expand...

Jeff PassanVerified account
‏@JeffPassan
Every home clubhouse must now have a chef. And spring-training buses must have at least two seats per player. This was important to them.
 
Re: 2016 MLB Season - Curses, foiled again?

aparch said:
Baseball avoids a lockout and agrees to a five year CBA (expires after 2021 season).

Changes: Really none. A couple minor changes to draft picks for FA signings
Click to expand...

The FA compensatory pick goes from the first to the third round. That actually seems like a big deal (and screws small market teams).

Also something very nasty happened to the A's but I don't really understand it. In effect the other owners told them they were cheap bastids who pocketed their luxury tax as pure profit without helping the ballclub, no soup for you.
 
Re: 2016 MLB Season - Curses, foiled again?

joecct said:
He may be on the move to here???

@jonmorosi: #Pirates and #Nationals have had serious talks about an Andrew McCutchen trade, source confirms @Ken_Rosenthal and @jaysonst reports. @MLB
Click to expand...

Phillies supposedly hot for him too.

I wish we would at least give him a look. Always loved him as a player, and its not like our OF has Clemente and Mays.
 
Re: 2016 MLB Season - Curses, foiled again?

bronconick said:
Jeff PassanVerified account
‏@JeffPassan
Every home clubhouse must now have a chef. And spring-training buses must have at least two seats per player. This was important to them.
Click to expand...

I was really annoyed when I first saw the phrase, "Avoided a lockout" in headlines after an agreement was met because to me it's simply incredulous with all the money being made on both sides that they could possibly reach an impasse. But if the above tweet is true and the players really are that freaking spoiled and pampered then nothing surprises me anymore.
 
Re: 2016 MLB Season - Curses, foiled again?

Slap Shot said:
I was really annoyed when I first saw the phrase, "Avoided a lockout" in headlines after an agreement was met because to me it's simply incredulous with all the money being made on both sides that they could possibly reach an impasse. But if the above tweet is true and the players really are that freaking spoiled and pampered then nothing surprises me anymore.
Click to expand...

It sounds like they are exactly comparable to others who make the same salary.

You know the joke about sports strikes: millionaires fighting with billionaires. I see few white hats, but statistically there are likely more on the millionaire side.
 
Last edited:
Re: 2016 MLB Season - Curses, foiled again?

Slap Shot said:
I was really annoyed when I first saw the phrase, "Avoided a lockout" in headlines after an agreement was met because to me it's simply incredulous with all the money being made on both sides that they could possibly reach an impasse. But if the above tweet is true and the players really are that freaking spoiled and pampered then nothing surprises me anymore.
Click to expand...

There's a reason they're known as the most powerful union.
 
Re: 2016 MLB Season - Curses, foiled again?

Kepler said:
Also something very nasty happened to the A's but I don't really understand it. In effect the other owners told them they were cheap bastids who pocketed their luxury tax as pure profit without helping the ballclub, no soup for you.
Click to expand...

I saw a quick graphic on MLBNet when I came home. Their cut of the revenue sharing goes from 100% of their slice this year, to 0% in 2021. They got $35 Mil this season, so it's going to be a pretty big cut.


From what I heard them talking about, this wasn't quite so much them being cheap bastids... but moreso that they're crying "small market" when the Giants just up the street aren't.
 
aparch said:
I saw a quick graphic on MLBNet when I came home. Their cut of the revenue sharing goes from 100% of their slice this year, to 0% in 2021. They got $35 Mil this season, so it's going to be a pretty big cut.


From what I heard them talking about, this wasn't quite so much them being cheap bastids... but moreso that they're crying "small market" when the Giants just up the street aren't.
Click to expand...

Essentially they got a waiver to be a small market team last CBA because of the stadium situation. Now the owners are telling them it's time to get their ish together and be a competent franchise.
 
Re: 2016 MLB Season - Curses, foiled again?

Spartanforlife4 said:
Essentially they got a waiver to be a small market team last CBA because of the stadium situation. Now the owners are telling them it's time to get their ish together and be a competent franchise.
Click to expand...

So they'll move, I assume? Isn't San Jose bigger than the whole SF/Oakland area now?

Hell, move to Mexico City, it's bigger than NYC.
 
Jimjamesak said:
Yup. The A's wanted to build in San Jose, Wolff owns the Earthquakes as well, but the Giants kiboshed that.
Click to expand...

The A's gave up the SJ territory to the Giants when the Giants were having problems in the late 80s/early 90's, and it was thought that the Giants might move.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top