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MLB 2019 and Beyond: Something Something Three True Outcomes....

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The Rube said:
What is internal, stays internal. No surprise. If found out, use whatever leverage you can.
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I am all for opaque but What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports are you saying here? :p
 
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The Rube said:
What is internal, stays internal. No surprise. If found out, use whatever leverage you can.
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Agreed.

Baseball is weird in that there is a very unique micro culture in each and every clubhouse. This extends beyond the clubhouse into the game itself where many, MANY norms are used while playing the game (think the "Unwritten Rules"). One of the keys is "what happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse".

Baseball as a whole seems to have a "if you ain't cheating, you ain't trying" mentality because the above mantra is strong. Think about how long steroids were around before concrete evidence came out. Now it seems the front of choice has moved onto technology.

It's a house of cards. Since everyone is doing it, everyone keeps their mouth shut. Once it's discovered however, some people will jump ship (some to clear a conscious, others for fame/publicity, and some of course for $$$$)
 
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"Jose Altuve went all the way down through the dugout and into the clubhouse to take his jersey off after that homer while his team was celebrating in the field."
 
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RaceBoarder said:
Agreed.

Baseball is weird in that there is a very unique micro culture in each and every clubhouse. This extends beyond the clubhouse into the game itself where many, MANY norms are used while playing the game (think the "Unwritten Rules"). One of the keys is "what happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse".

Baseball as a whole seems to have a "if you ain't cheating, you ain't trying" mentality because the above mantra is strong. Think about how long steroids were around before concrete evidence came out. Now it seems the front of choice has moved onto technology.

It's a house of cards. Since everyone is doing it, everyone keeps their mouth shut. Once it's discovered however, some people will jump ship (some to clear a conscious, others for fame/publicity, and some of course for $$$$)
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See, Kep? He gets it. He speaks sportsball. ;)
 
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The city of Los Angeles passed a unanimous resolution urging MLB to take championships away from Boston and Houston and give them to the Dodgers.
 
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MissThundercat said:
The city of Los Angeles passed a unanimous resolution urging MLB to take championships away from Boston and Houston and give them to the Dodgers.
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I think we still all need to keep in mind how much Dodgers fans still need to go **** themselves.
 
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HOF 2020 announcement:

D. Jeter, 99.7%
L. Walker, 76.6%
 
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First Time said:
**** the guy who kept Jeter from unanimous.
If Jeter isn't a hall of famer to you...sorry but you shouldn't be a voter.
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While i wouldn't leave Jeter off. There are legitimate reasons to not vote for him in a given year.

If the ballot is full and there are several people either at the end of their eligibility or in danger of falling off due to lack of votes. You can justify not voting for Jeter who a) is in yr 1 and wont fall off, and b) was always going to get elected.
 
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Schilling got 70%.

He's the only one who has a realistic chance next year?
 
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I’m a little surprised Jeter got that high of %. I’m not necessarily big on the stupid games some writers play, I’m just surprised there wasn’t the same games played. I get it, he’s “YEA! JEETS!” but he was surrounded by an incredible cast throughout his career. Which is fine, a lot of people have been.

But it’s funny that his gray numbers are literally average for a HOFer.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jeterde01.shtml#all_hof_other

Second all time offensive WAR, but fourth worst defensive WAR (-8.3) for a SS top JAWS SS. Heh, now I’m digging into it. No one below a +5.5 dWAR has ever been elected as SS. Just to show you how important that position usually is defensively.*. For middle infield, only Biggio (-2.9), and Carew (-1.7) have ever gotten in under 0. Edgar Martinez (-9, 2/3 of his games at DH), Molitor (-6.9, 1/2 at DH) got in. Eight 1B were worse and got in. 7 LF, 2 CF (mantle and Cobb), 11 RF. Zero C ever. 12 IF, 32 OF have ever been elected with sub-zero dWAR.

That said, he almost certainly belongs given his longevity and overall milestone accumulation. It’s just interesting the dynamics of elections.

*i still can’t believe they didn’t move his *** to 3B or some other position where he couldn’t do as much damage. Then again, when you surround yourself with juiced up howitzers who can’t play defense either...
 
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MissThundercat said:
Schilling got 70%.

He's the only one who has a realistic chance next year?
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The election is between now and then. Perhaps Dump will lose and he'll be killed in The Great Orc Uprising.
 
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