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MLB 2015 - Meet the new boss, same as the old boss!

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jen said:
wow, I just can't believe Pete Rose would lie. :p

He was supposed to be involved in ASG stuff this year - wonder if they'll give him the boot.

I have absolutely zero sympathy for him. He knew exactly what he was doing and what it would cost him, but he doesn't want to pay the consequences (or thinks he shouldn't have to).
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Bingo.

Even the Dowd Report (which is GREAT for curing insomnia) implicates that he bet on the Reds in 1985. He retired in 1986, and had ~500 plate appearances in '85. He wasn't exactly a part-time player when he was betting.
 
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Pardon me if this has been discussed before.

Sixteen-year-old French shortstop Melissa Mayeux became the first international woman eligible to be signed by a Major League Baseball team on Sunday when she was added to the league's registration list for the signing period beginning on July 2. Odds are that teams will pass on signing Mayeux until she is at least 18 years old, but the fact that such a thing is possible is a pretty fantastic advancement in the conversation around a sport that is almost totally gender-divided from a young age.
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Don't tell Keith Hernandez.
 
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I don't see how this is a big deal*. If there was a chick that was good enough to play, I think teams would have less of an issue with it. There isn't a "G.R.O.S.S." sign posted at the entrance of pro sports**. It's more of a "prove yourself" mentality. I see it as less of a gender equality thing and more of a physical accomplishment. *shrug*

*I mean it is a big deal, but not for the reasons that most of the coverage will immediately jump to
**Save for places like Augusta.
 
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That's the issue: the performance. Can she sufficiently hit a 95 mph fastball? Can she hit a ball farther than 350 feet with power? Is there requisite speed for the major leagues? Teams aren't going to mess around with that roster spot if she can only advance past low-A ball.
 
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Hammer said:
That's the issue: the performance. Can she sufficiently hit a 95 mph fastball? Can she hit a ball farther than 350 feet with power? Is there requisite speed for the major leagues? Teams aren't going to mess around with that roster spot if she can only advance past low-A ball.
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At first I thought they might since they could make some serious cash on tickets for the first MLB (or even minor league) game with a woman playing. Then I thought, jeebus, imagine the costs required to give her a lockerroom and all that other jazz. Or imagine if she was preggers during the regular season. How would that play out?

The CBA isn't set up to handle it. Which doesn't mean it should or shouldn't be. But certainly if a woman finally does cross that threshold, the CBA would need to address a lot of these issues.

But then again, low A doesn't really impact a whole lot in terms of an organization. Cripes, I'm guessing most MLB teams' highest paid players make more in a series than these teams pay in an entire year on payroll.

Who knows?
 
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Philly.com reporting Ryne Sandberg "steps down" as Phillies manager. Some details from Philly.com within.

ESPN reporting Pete Mackanin will be appointed interim manager for at least this weekend. They quote Sandberg from an afternoon press conference as stating "I do not like to lose. I hate to lose. I think that's the biggest thing that weighed on me."

This is somewhat reminiscent of Sandberg's first retirement as a player. Following a series (in Philadelphia no less) he abruptly quit. Later on he gave the Cubs continuous losing ways as a reason.
 
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110 years ago today -- "Moonlight" Graham makes his only appearance for the NY Giants.
 
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Today is Bobby Bonilla's annual $1.2 million payday from the Mets.

Isn't that an enviable situation? To be paid over a million dollars a year for doing nothing?
 
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ShirtlessBob said:
Today is Bobby Bonilla's annual $1.2 million payday from the Mets.
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Funny thing about this is Nate Silver did an analysis of it and found that it was actually a very good deal for the Mets. Time value of money FTW.
 
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Here's something to make you feel old. The White Sox signed Fernando Tatis, Jr.

His dad was also a Junior, does that makes him Junior Junior? :p
 
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Bob Ryan on the (ho hum) All Star game and when it wasn't.
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He's right. You probably have to be at least 35 years old to really remember when the All-Star game was even a moderately big deal.

I'm old enough to remember when it WAS a big deal. Every significant change in the game seems to have diminished the star power of the game. Free agency may have been the first nick in the armor in 1976. Expanding the playoffs so twice as many players got the exposure of post season play in 1994 (actually happened in 95). Interleague play in 1997. Every single game from every single team being televised. I was at Tom Browning's perfect game in 1988. Neither the Reds or the Dodgers televised the game. Highlights were all from a stationary camera behind home plate. This was a game between two teams with a huge rivalry that were coming down to the wire to win the NL West. For almost a decade now, if you had cable or satellite TV, you could watch a game every single day of the season, save for the 3 days of the All-Star break, and nowadays you don't even need the Extra Innings package to do so.

In 1988 a third of all TVs in use the night of the All-Star game were tuned into the ABC broadcast of the game. As recently as 1998 it was still 25%. Last year, it was 10%. The last year that showed an increase was 2008, when it went from 15 to 16%. Even in 2003, the first year of the "this time it matters" crap the number of viewers declined and the ratings were flat.

The ratings this year will not buck the trend. A rating of around 6 and a share of under 10 is what I expect. In 20 years I wonder if these games will even be played.
 
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In the 70's the ASG was one of the best sporting events of the year. It was so much fun. MLB really managed to destroy it. Bravo, lads.
 
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Went to the '64 All Star game @ Shea. Had a blast even @ 8 years old. I think we drove their from NJ, but we may have taken the 7 train.

Will never go to another.
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The All-Star game used to be mandatory viewing in my house, but ever since they made it count, I lost interest.
 
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Free agency, interleague play, and most importantly, the increase in access to out-of-market games combined to erode the popularity of the All Star Game. Back in the days of dinosaurs, you got a few of your team's games on local TV, a Game of the Week on Saturday, and that was it. As a Tiger fan, I didn't get to see Mike Schmidt, the Dodgers, the Cards and the Reds with the exception of one night in July. Now, seeing these teams is a nightly occurrence if you so choose. Back then? Game of the Week, or make sure you watched This Week in Baseball. That was it.

The only mistake MLB made of the above-mentioned was interleague play. They weren't stopping the free agency train, nor were they going to do anything about the proliferation of the televising of games. Those was going to happen regardless. It's not 1965 anymore, fellas.
 
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